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Sleeping Where I Fall: A Chronicle [Signed & Inscribed First Ed.]
by Peter Coyote
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- Used - good+ ; boards mildly curled in a very good jacket, now in archival mylar
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- 1998
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D.C.: Counterpoint, Washington, 1998. good+ ; boards mildly curled in a very good jacket, now in archival mylar. xiv, 367 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates: illustrations; 24 cm. The author who has performed in more than fifty films tells of his life in the heart of the counterculture with the San Francisco Mime Troupe, the Diggers, and… Read more about this item Item Price
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The History of the University of California Botanical Garden, 1970-2010 [Signed]
by Melandry, Mara
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- Used - Fine
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- 2010
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- Paperback
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Berkeley, Calif: Mara Melandry, 2010. Paperback. Fine. xii, 143 pages: b&w and color illustrations, maps; 23 cm. Signed and inscribed by the author. ¶ Botanical gardens, California; Berkeley, California Berkeley, Jardins botaniques Californie.
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M-26; Biography of a Revolution
by Taber, Robert
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- Used - About near fine to near fine(-) in a very good to very good(-) mildly edge-worn jacket in archival mylar.
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- 1st ed. stated
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- 1961
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- Hardcover
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New York: L. Stuart, 1961. 1st ed. stated. Hardcover. About near fine to near fine(-) in a very good to very good(-) mildly edge-worn jacket in archival mylar.. Octavo in black jacket illus in red & white; 348 pages 21 cm. "The 26th of July Movement (Spanish: Movimiento 26 de julio; M-26-7) was a Cuban vanguard revolutionary organization… Read more about this item Item Price
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Out of My Later Years
by Einstein, Albert
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- Used - Fine in in near fine price-clipped jacket in archival mylar. Very crisp
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- First edition with "1" to copyright page
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- 1950
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- Hardcover
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New York: Philosophical Library, 1950. First edition with "1" to copyright page. Hardcover. Fine in in near fine price-clipped jacket in archival mylar. Very crisp. Octavo on grey and red jacket; viii, 282 pages: portrait ; 23 cm; index. Contains Einstein's views on science, public affairs, science and life, personalities, and the Jewish people. Primary source material. ¶
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Hear the Lions Roar
by Stokes, Sewell
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- Used - Closed to tear to spine head cloth, now neatly closed with archival glue; minor foxing to edges; faint damp stain to top edge; b
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- First Edition
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- 1931
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- Hardcover
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London: H. Shaylor, 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. Closed to tear to spine head cloth, now neatly closed with archival glue; minor foxing to edges; faint damp stain to top edge; binding slightly rolled; else tight and clean within. Octavo in red cloth spine and handsomely mottled cloth boards; 334 pages; 19 cm. Author inscription to one "W R… Read more about this item Item Price
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Gracchus Babeuf: the First Revolutionary Communist
by Rose, R. B.
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- 1978
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Stanford, Calif: Stanford University Press, 1978. viii, 434 pages: illustrations ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (pages 405-423) and index. Révolutionnaires -- France -- Biographies. 89.15 communism. Revolutionaries. Kommunismus Vorgeschichte Revolutionairen. Franse Revolutie. Communisme. Named Person: Babeuf, Gracchus, 1760-1797. Babeuf, Gracchus, 1760-1797. Babeuf, Gracchus 1760-1797 Babeuf, Gracchus, 1760-1797. Babeuf, Gracchus, 1760-1797. Babeuf, François Noël. Biographies. Biographies (form) Biographies. Geographic:… Read more about this item Item Price
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Florence Kelley and the Nation's Work; Rise of Women's Political Culture, 1830-1900
by Sklar, Kathryn Kish
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- Used - Fine(-) in fine(-) copy with faint sunning to spine and wee bit of edge-wear. Very tight, bright and clean.
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- First ed., first printing (full number line)
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- 1995
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- Hardcover
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- 9780300059120
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New Haven: Yale University Press, 1995. First ed., first printing (full number line). Hardcover. Fine(-) in fine(-) copy with faint sunning to spine and wee bit of edge-wear. Very tight, bright and clean.. Quarto in illus dark red-purple jacket; 436p, illustrations; 26 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. "Florence Moltrop Kelley (1859 - 1932) was a social and… Read more about this item Item Price
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De Kooning: An American Master
by Stevens, Mark. ; De Kooning, Willem. ; Swan, Annalyn
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- Used - Near fine(+) in near fine(-) jacket in archival mylar. Jacket spine lightly sunned. Binding tight; leaves clean.
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- Stated First Edition
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- 2004
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- Hardcover
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New York: A.A. Knopf, 2004. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine(+) in near fine(-) jacket in archival mylar. Jacket spine lightly sunned. Binding tight; leaves clean.. xvii, 731, [1] pages: illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm; bibliographical references (pages 631-706) and index. Contents: Holland -- The immigrant -- Recognitions -- An American Master -- Springs -- Twilight.
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Big Daddy: Jesse Unruh and the Art of Power Politics
by Boyarsky, Bill
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- Fine in fine jacket ; as new
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- 2008
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- Hardcover
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- 9780520219670
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Berkeley: University of California Press, 2008. Hardcover. Fine in fine jacket ; as new. xi, 265 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates: illustrations ; 24 cm; bibliographical references (pages 225-247) and index. Signed and inscribed by author. / Contents: The death of a boss -- The road to California -- The GI Bill of Rights -- Hat in… Read more about this item Item Price
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What Is Remembered
by Toklas, Alice B.
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- Used - Near fine copy with traced of minor shelf-wear in a near fine jacket with traces of some kind of small spine label. See photos.
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- Very good(+)
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- First edition (stated)
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- 1963
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- Hardcover
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New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1963. First edition (stated). Hardcover. Near fine copy with traced of minor shelf-wear in a near fine jacket with traces of some kind of small spine label. See photos. Nice and crisp nonetheless. In archival mylar./Very good(+). 186 pages, 24 unnumbered leaves of plates: illustrations, portraits ; 22 cm. Includes index (pages… Read more about this item Item Price
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Nathaniel West: the Art of His Life
by Martin, Jay
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- Very fine copy in same jacket housed in archival mylar. As new.
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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- 1970
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- Hardcover
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$68.00
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New York: Farrar, Straux and Giroux, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Very fine copy in same jacket housed in archival mylar. As new./Fine. xiv, 419 pages ; 22 cm; bibliographical references. An exemplary copy. "Nathanael West (1903-1940), born Nathan Weinstein, was an American author and screenwriter whose work, steeped in dark humor and incisive social criticism, painted a stark… Read more about this item Item Price
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Pa Chin and His Writings: Chinese Youth Between the Two Revolutions
by Lang, Olga
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- Fine copy in very good jacket housed in archival mylar.
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- Very good
- Edition
- first
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- 1967
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- Hardcover
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- 9780674493346
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Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1967. first. Hardcover. Fine copy in very good jacket housed in archival mylar./Very good. x, 402 pages: illustrations ; 25 cm. "Works by Pa Chin": pages 337-355./ Includes bibliographical references (pages 356-374) and index. Harvard East Asian series; 28. Ba Jin / Contents: Introduction -- Chapter I Childhood -- Chapter Ii Pa Chin Finds… Read more about this item Item Price
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Mussolini: A Study in Power
by Kirkpatrick, Ivone
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- A tight, clean fine copy in a mildly edge worn jacket with a few creases. Dust jacket housed in archival mylar.
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- Very good(-)
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- First edition (presumed; no earlier printings indicated)
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- 1964
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- Hardcover
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New York: Hawthorn Books, Inc, 1964. First edition (presumed; no earlier printings indicated). Hardcover. A tight, clean fine copy in a mildly edge worn jacket with a few creases. Dust jacket housed in archival mylar./Very good(-). 726 pages: illustrations, portraits, maps, genealogical table ; 24 cm; bibliographical references (pages 697-707). Contents: Book I. The road to power. Childhood… Read more about this item Item Price
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Jaco: the Extraordinary and Tragic Life of Jaco Pastorius, "The World's Greatest Bass Player
by Milkowski, Bill
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- About good(+) with a mild 'printer-dimple' to title page; in a fine jacket housed in archival mylar. Discoloration (water) spott
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- Fine
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- First ed., first printing (full number line)
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- 1995
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- Hardcover
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San Francisco, CA: Miller Freeman Books ; Emeryville, CA: Publishers Group West [Book trade distributor] ; Milwaukee, WI: Hal Leonard [music trade distributor, 1995. First ed., first printing (full number line). Hardcover. About good(+) with a mild 'printer-dimple' to title page; in a fine jacket housed in archival mylar. Discoloration (water) spotting to boards well-hidden well hidden by jacket.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Nine-Headed Dragon River: Zen Journals
by Matthiessen, Peter
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- Used - Fine in fine jacket in mylar
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- Fine
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- 1st ed, first printing (full number line)
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- 1986
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- Hardcover
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Boston: Shambhala: Distributed in the United States by Random House, 1986. 1st ed, first printing (full number line). Hardcover. Fine in fine jacket in mylar/Fine. xii, 288 pages ; 24 cm; bibliographical references and index. Contents: America: Rinzai journals, 1969-1976 -- Nepal: Himalayan journals 1973 -- Japan: Soto journals 1976-1982.
In August 1968, naturalist-explorer Peter Matthiessen returned… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Essential Mario Savio: Speeches and Writings That Changed America; edited by Robert Cohen ; Foreword by Tom Hayden ; Afterword by Robert Reich ; Epilogue by Lynne Hollander Savio
by Cohen, Robert, 1955 May 21- ; editor
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- New
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- 2014
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- Paperback
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Oakland, California: University of California Press, 2014. Paperback. New. xxvi, 291 pages: illustrations, facsimiles ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-283) and index. Contents: The making of a Berkeley civil right activist -- Going south: Mississippi freedom summer -- Leading the Free Speech Movement: protest and negotiation, September-November 1964 -- "No restrictions on the content of speech":… Read more about this item Item Price
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Leos Janacek: A Biography = LeoÅ¡ JanáÄek, Život a DÃlo. English
by Vogel, Jaroslav. Janovický, Karel (ed.)
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- Nice tight clean near fine(+) copy in near fine(-) jacket; now housed in archival mylar.
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- Very Good
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- 1st American ed. / rev. and edited by Karel Janovický
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- 1981
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- Hardcover
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New York: W.W. Norton, 1981. 1st American ed. / rev. and edited by Karel Janovický. Hardcover. Nice tight clean near fine(+) copy in near fine(-) jacket; now housed in archival mylar./Very Good. Quarto in blakc pictorial jacket; 439 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates: illustrations, music, portraits ; 25 cm. Translation of: LeoÅ¡ JanáÄek, život a dÃlo./ "Catalogue… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Life and Music of Bela Bartok
by Stevens, Halsey
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- Used - Front free paper upper corner nealty clipped; else a very tight and clean Very good(++ copy) lacking jacket.
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- Revised
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- 1964
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- Hardcover
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New York: Oxford University Press, 1964. Revised. Hardcover. Front free paper upper corner nealty clipped; else a very tight and clean Very good(++ copy) lacking jacket.. Small quarto in blue cloth; xvi, 364 pages : illustrations, facsimile, music, portraits ; 22 cm. First published in 1953. In preparing the revised edition, the author has provided new information on… Read more about this item Item Price
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Improvement of the World: A Biography of Henry Adams, His Last Life, 1891-1918
by Chalfant, Edward
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- Used - Near fine in near fine jacket In archival mylar sleeve; jacket spine mildly sunned.
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- Near Fine
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- Reprint edition
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- 2001
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780208022325
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North Haven, Conn: Archon Books, 2001. Reprint edition. Hardcover. Near fine in near fine jacket In archival mylar sleeve; jacket spine mildly sunned./Near Fine. Quarto in dark red and gray pictorial jacket; xiii, 708 pages: illustrations ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents: Baseball at Aboyne -- Molecules or Atoms, Living and Dead -- Activities of… Read more about this item Item Price
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Better in Darkness: A Biography of Henry Adams: His Second Life, 1862-1891
by Chalfant, Edward
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- Used - Near fine in near fine jacket In archival mylar sleeve; jacket spine mildly sunned.
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- Near Fine
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- Reprint edition
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- 1994
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780208020413
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Hamden, Conn: Archon Books, 1994. Reprint edition. Hardcover. Near fine in near fine jacket In archival mylar sleeve; jacket spine mildly sunned./Near Fine. Quarto in dark grey-brown pictorial jacket; xiv, 929 pages: illustrations ; 24 cm; bibliographical references (pages 647-892) and index. Weighs 3 lbs 3 oz before packing. Continues: Both Sides of the Ocean. "This Second Volume… Read more about this item Item Price
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