Autobiography from Charles Agvent
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PERSONAL MEMOIRS OF U. S. GRANT
by GRANT, Ulysses S
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- Used - Front endpaper of the second volume detached but present; bright and clean internally. Minor markings to bindings. Handsome, Nea
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- First Edition
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- 1885 & 1886
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$1,187.50
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New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1885 & 1886. First Edition. Hardcover. Front endpaper of the second volume detached but present; bright and clean internally. Minor markings to bindings. Handsome, Near Fine set in a Fine slipcase. Two volumes in full modern polished calf leather with original marbled endpapers and edges and original contrasting gilt-lettered morocco spine… Read more about this item Item Price
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AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY
by ROOSEVELT, Theodore (Teddy)
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- Used - Small, tasteful bookplate of Per Thomsens on the front pastedown. A close to Fine copy with a scarce advance review slip
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1913
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$937.50
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New York: The Macmillan Company, 1913. First Edition. Hardcover. Small, tasteful bookplate of Per Thomsens on the front pastedown. A close to Fine copy with a scarce advance review slip. Decorated blue cloth; xii, (1), 647, (7) pages. Illustrated with photographs. Tipped to the rear pastedown is a printed slip from the publisher intended for reviewers and periodicals… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE PATH TO POWER
by THATCHER, Margaret
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- Used - Fine in a close to Fine dustwrapper with light crease at very bottom rear
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- First Edition
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- (1995)
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$343.80
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(London): Harper Collins, (1995). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a close to Fine dustwrapper with light crease at very bottom rear. For the first time Thatcher writes about her personal life and the experiences that led to her 1979 election. SIGNED by the former prime minister of England on the title page.
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$343.80
AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF BARNUM OR THE OPENING OF THE OYSTER
by BARNUM, P. T
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- Used - About Fine
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- First Edition
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- 1889
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- Wraps
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- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$312.50
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Danbury, CT, 1889. First Edition. Wraps. About Fine. Scarce miniature book (1-3/4" x 2-1/4") in printed and stapled light blue wraps with an illustration on the rear cover; 16 pages plus covers. Illustrated with several cartoonish vignettes.
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$312.50
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF BENVENUTO CELLINI
by CELLINI, Benvenuto
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- Used - Minor wear, spine sunned and a bit marked. Very Good
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- Reprint
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- 1932
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$43.80
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New York: Greenway Publishing Company, 1932. Reprint. Hardcover. Minor wear, spine sunned and a bit marked. Very Good. Octavo (5-1/4" x 8") bound in 3/4 blue polished leather and blue boards, a gilt-decorated and lettered spine, top edge gilt, patterned endpapers; [iv], 506 pages. The English translation is uncredited.
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$43.80
A YEAR OF CONSOLATION with AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS)
by BUTLER Mrs. [Fanny Kemble]
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- Used - Occasional light foxing; front hinge holding by one cord, joints rubbed. Very Good
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- First American Edition
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- 1847
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$437.50
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New York: Wiley & Putnam, 1847. First American Edition. Hardcover. Occasional light foxing; front hinge holding by one cord, joints rubbed. Very Good. Two volumes bound in one, publisher's black half morocco with matching corners. An account of the popular actress's year after leaving her husband, a wealthy Georgian plantation owner who ultimately divorced her. A 2-3/8" x… Read more about this item Item Price
$437.50
BEYOND THE WHITE HOUSE. Waging Peace, Fighting Disease, Building Hope
by CARTER, Jimmy
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- Used - Fine in a Fine dustwrapper
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- First Edition
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- (2007)
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$156.30
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New York: Simon & Schuster, (2007). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. The story of Carter's post-presidency, the most admired and productive in the nation's history. INSCRIBED and SIGNED in full on a Carter Center bookplate pasted to the front endpaper: "Best wishes to/---/Jimmy Carter." Laid in is a letter from the Carter Center presenting the… Read more about this item Item Price
$156.30
AN AMERICAN LIFE
by REAGAN, Ronald
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- Used - Fine in a Fine dustwrapper
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- First Edition
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- (1990)
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$3,125.00
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New York: Simon & Schuster, (1990). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. Cloth-backed boards. Reagan's autobiography, illustrated with photographs. This copy INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the late President on the page with the publisher's logo preceding the title page: "To --- - With Very/Best Wishes,/Ronald Reagan/March 8 - 1991."
Books genuinely signed by this popular President… Read more about this item Item Price
$3,125.00
IN PHARAOH'S ARMY. MEMORIES OF THE LOST WAR
by WOLFF, Tobias
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- Used - Minor bump to top front corner. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper
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- First Edition
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- 1994
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$43.80
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994. First Edition. Minor bump to top front corner. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. Wolff's second book of memoirs, this copy SIGNED by him on the title page and dated Christmas, 1994.
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$43.80
LOOKING FORWARD
by BUSH, George with GOLD, Victor
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- Used - Fine in a Fine dustwrapper
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1987
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- Hardcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$750.00
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New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1987. First Edition. hardcover. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. Illustrated with photographs. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the former President on the front free endpaper in December 1987: "To ---------/with Friendship,/Respect, and Lasting/Appreciation for helping/me 'Look Forward'/George Bush." Advance Review Copy with a letter from the publisher laid in.
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$750.00
THE VANTAGE POINT: PERSPECTIVES OF THE PRESIDENCY 1963-1969
by JOHNSON, Lyndon B
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- Used - Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper
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- First British Edition
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- (1972)
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$937.50
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London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, (1972). First British Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper. Illustrated with photographs. SIGNED by the author on a front blank. Uncommon to find the British edition signed.
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$937.50
THE CONFESSIONS OF JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU
by ROUSSEAU, Jean-Jacques
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- Used - Owner blindstamp on the front free endpaper. Close to Fine in a Near Fine slipcase
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- 1955
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$81.30
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New York: Limited Editions Club, 1955. Hardcover. Owner blindstamp on the front free endpaper. Close to Fine in a Near Fine slipcase. William Sharp. Tall octavo (6-1/8" x 9-3/4") bound with brown Oasis goatskin morocco leather stamped with the title in gold leaf and with hand-made French marbled kraft on the sides. The anonymous translation into English of… Read more about this item Item Price
$81.30
THE CONFESSIONS OF JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU
by ROUSSEAU, Jean-Jacques
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- Used - A few rubbed marks to spine. Near Fine in a lightly soiled, Very Good slipcase
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- 1955
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$62.50
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New York: Limited Editions Club, 1955. Hardcover. A few rubbed marks to spine. Near Fine in a lightly soiled, Very Good slipcase. William Sharp. Tall octavo (6-1/8" x 9-3/4") bound with brown Oasis goatskin morocco leather stamped with the title in gold leaf and with hand-made French marbled kraft on the sides. The anonymous translation into English of… Read more about this item Item Price
$62.50
MY LIFE
by CLINTON, Bill [William Jefferson CLINTON]
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- Used - Fine in slipcase, as issued
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- First Edition
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- 2004
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$1,062.50
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in slipcase, as issued. Special Limited Edition issued a few months after the trade edition. Illustrated with photographs. One of 1500 numbered and SIGNED copies.
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$1,062.50
THE VANTAGE POINT: PERSPECTIVES OF THE PRESIDENCY 1963-1969
by JOHNSON, Lyndon B
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- Used - Near Fine in a Good dustwrapper with a few small tears and chips and some lifting of the lamination
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- First Edition
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- (1971)
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$812.50
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New York: Holt Rinehart Winston, (1971). First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Good dustwrapper with a few small tears and chips and some lifting of the lamination. Illustrated with photographs. SIGNED by the author on a tipped-in page, as issued by The First Edition Circle. Typically this book is found with a signed bookplate added to the… Read more about this item Item Price
$812.50
GRAND MAN: MEMORIES OF NORMAN DOUGLAS
by CUNARD, Nancy
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- Used - Owner initials on front pastedown beneath dustwrapper flap. Near Fine in a lightly worn, Near Fine dustwrapper
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1954
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$56.30
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London: Secker & Warburg, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Owner initials on front pastedown beneath dustwrapper flap. Near Fine in a lightly worn, Near Fine dustwrapper. An affectionate and highly personal recollection of one individualist of another. With extracts from his Letters, appreciations by Kenneth Macpherson, Harold Acton, Arthur Johnson, Charles Duff, and Victor Cunard, and a biographical… Read more about this item Item Price
$56.30
TIME PRESENT, TIME PAST: A MEMOIR
by BRADLEY, Bill
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- Used - Fine in a Fine dustwrapper
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1996
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$43.80
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. INSCRIBED and SIGNED on the title page by the former basketball star and presidential candidate: For Don Penny--/with respect and/humble recognition of my/limitations/Bill." Former New Jersey Senator Bill Bradley speaks with affection about his small-town upbringing and traces the road he took through sports… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE CONFESSIONS OF JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU
by ROUSSEAU, Jean-Jacques
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- Used - Just about Fine in a Near Fine slipcase
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- 1955
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$93.80
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New York: Limited Editions Club, 1955. Hardcover. Just about Fine in a Near Fine slipcase. William Sharp. Tall octavo (6-1/8" x 9-3/4") bound with brown Oasis goatskin morocco leather stamped with the title in gold leaf and with hand-made French marbled kraft on the sides. The anonymous translation into English of 1783 & 1790 revised and completed by… Read more about this item Item Price
$93.80
THE CONFESSIONS OF JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU
by ROUSSEAU, Jean-Jacques
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- Used - Just about Fine in glassine and a lightly soiled, Very Good slipcase
- Published
- 1955
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$62.50
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New York: Limited Editions Club, 1955. Hardcover. Just about Fine in glassine and a lightly soiled, Very Good slipcase. William Sharp. Tall octavo (6-1/8" x 9-3/4") bound with brown Oasis goatskin morocco leather stamped with the title in gold leaf and with hand-made French marbled kraft on the sides. The anonymous translation into English of 1783 & 1790… Read more about this item Item Price
$62.50
BOUND FOR GLORY
by GUTHRIE, Woody
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- Used - Small owner's address label on the front endpaper, gilt on the front cover and spine strong. The dustwrapper is bright and attra
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1943
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$2,187.50
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New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1943. First Edition. Hardcover. Small owner's address label on the front endpaper, gilt on the front cover and spine strong. The dustwrapper is bright and attractive free from any major defect but for a large chip at the head of the spine, extending to 1-3/4" at its deepest and obliterating nearly… Read more about this item Item Price
$2,187.50
