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Erle Stanley Gardner's Ventura: Birthplace of Perry Mason
by Senate, Richard L.
- Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
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- 1996
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- Softcover
- ISBN
- 9780964006546
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- 1
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Ventura: Charon Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1996. Softcover. 0964006545 . Signed by author Richard L. Senate.; 8vo; 96 pages; Signed by Author . Item Price
$24.95
The Life and Work of James A. Garfield
by Ridpath, John Clark
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- Used - Good with no dust jacket; Starting. Spine rubbed, corners worn. Edge of first 30 pages stained. Small tear top spine.
- Published
- 1881
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- Hardcover
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$39.95
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Cincinnati: Jones Brothers & Company. Good with no dust jacket; Starting. Spine rubbed, corners worn. Edge of . first 30 pages stained. Small tear top spine.. 1881. Hardcover. 8vo; 820 pages . Item Price
$39.95
Alfred Tennyson
by Benson, Arthur Christopher
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- Used - Good+ with no dust jacket; Paint bottom edge boards. Light foxing first and last pages. Pages yellowed.
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- 1907
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- Hardcover
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New York: E. P. Dutton & Company. Good+ with no dust jacket; Paint bottom edge boards. Light foxing first . and last pages. Pages yellowed.. 1907. Hardcover. 8vo; 243 pages . Item Price
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Leon Trotsky: The Portrait of a Youth
by Eastman, Max
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- Used - Good+ with no dust jacket; Pages yellowing, bookplate front endpaper. Faint stains down covers.
- Published
- 1925
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- Hardcover
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$49.95
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New York: Greenberg, Publisher. Good+ with no dust jacket; Pages yellowing, bookplate front endpaper. . Faint stains down covers.. 1925. Hardcover. With bookplate of labor organizer Carlos Hudson.; 12mo; 181 pages . Item Price
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Little Journey to the Home of Robert G. Ingersoll
by Hubbard, Elbert
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- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Bookplate front endpaper. Small tears top jacket spine.
- Published
- 1930
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- Hardcover
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East Lansing, Michigan, USA
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$15.00
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East Aurora: Roycrofters. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Bookplate front endpaper. Small tears . top jacket spine.. 1930. Hardcover. Part of Hubbard's Little Journey's series. ; 12mo; 54 pages . Item Price
$15.00
Women of Minnesota: Selected Biographical Essays
by Stuhler, Barbara & Kreuter, Gretchen [editors]
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- Used - Very Good in Good+ dust jacket; Bookplate front endpaper. Jacket spine fading, 1" tear and creasing top front.
- Published
- 1977
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780873511124
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$12.00
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St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society Press. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket; Bookplate front endpaper. Jacket spine . fading, 1" tear and creasing top front.. 1977. Hardcover. 0873511123 . 8vo; 402 pages . Item Price
$12.00
The People's Lawyer
by Kelley, Frank J, & Lessenberry, Jack
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- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Published
- 2015
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780814341322
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- 1
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$59.95
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Detroit: Painted Turtle Books. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2015. Hardcover. 9780814341322 . The life and times of Frank J. Kelley, the nation's longest-serving attorney general. Inscribed by Kelley!; 8vo; 203 pages; Signed by Author . Item Price
$59.95
Opening Doors: The Life &Work of Joseph Schumpeter
by Allen, Robert Loring
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- Used - Very Good- in Very Good dust jacket; Vol. 1 spine canted.
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- 1991
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780887383816
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New Brunswick: Transaction Publishers. Very Good- in Very Good dust jacket; Vol. 1 spine canted.. 1991. Hardcover. 0887383815 . A two-volume biography of economist Joseph Schumpeter. ; 8vo; 662 pages . Item Price
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Solid Brass: The Leonard Falcone Story
by Comstock, Rita Griffin
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- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- 1st
- Published
- 2011
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780983597902
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Twin Lake: Blue Lake Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2011. 1st. Hardcover. 9780983597902 . 8vo; 378 pages . Item Price
$39.95
Woodrow Wilson and the Politics of Morality
by Blum, John Morton
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- Used - Good+ in Good dust jacket; Spine twisted. Jacket spine faded and creased, small piece out bottom.
- Edition
- 1st
- Published
- 1956
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- Hardcover
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$55.00
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Boston: Little, Brown & Company. Good+ in Good dust jacket; Spine twisted. Jacket spine faded and creased, . small piece out bottom.. 1956. 1st. Hardcover. Inscribed by the author.; 8vo; 215 pages; Signed by Author . Item Price
$55.00
Humphrey Davy: Science and Power
by Knight, David
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- Used - Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket; Jacket spine fading.
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- 1996
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780521563093
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$45.00
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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket; Jacket spine fading.. 1996. Hardcover. 0521563097 . 8vo; 218 pages . Item Price
$45.00
Dark Valley Destiny; The Life of Robert E. Howard
by de Camp, de Camp, & Griffin
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- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- 1st
- Published
- 1983
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780312940751
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- 1
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$49.95
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New York: Bluejay Books, Inc.. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1983. 1st. Hardcover. 0312940750 . A biography of the creator of Conan the Barbarian. Slipcased limited edition, signed by the de Camps. #365/1000. ; 8vo; 402 pages . Item Price
$49.95
The Life of William Blake
by Wilson, Mona
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- Used - Good+ with no dust jacket; Spine slightly twisted and darkened, bottom spine bumped. Corners bumped. 1/2" spot on cover.
- Published
- 1927
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- Hardcover
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$65.00
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London: The Nonesuch Press. Good+ with no dust jacket; Spine slightly twisted and darkened, bottom . spine bumped. Corners bumped. 1/2" spot on cover.. 1927. Hardcover. Limited to 1480 copies. ; quarto; 398 pages . Item Price
$65.00
Frederick Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury
by Hinchliff, Peter
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- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket shelfwear.
- Published
- 1998
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780198263869
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$32.50
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Oxford: Clarendon Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket shelfwear.. 1998. Hardcover. 0198263864 . 8vo; 311 pages . Item Price
$32.50
Plumer: The Soldier's General
by Powell, Geoffrey
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- Used - Very Good in Good+ dust jacket; 1/2" tear & long crease top front jacket, shelfwear. Ink name front endpapers, light
- Published
- 1990
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780850526059
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London: Leo Cooper. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket; 1/2" tear & long crease top front jacket, . shelfwear. Ink name front endpapers, light foxing edges of text block.. 1990. Hardcover. 0850526051 . 8vo; 362 pages . Item Price
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Field Marshal the Viscount Montgomery: His Life
by Peacock, Lady
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- Used - Good+ in Good dust jacket; Spine canted, slightly shaken. Jacket chips out corners, some shelfwear, 1" tears along spine.
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- 1st
- Published
- 1951
- Binding
- Hardcover
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East Lansing, Michigan, USA
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$20.00
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St. Albans: Hutchinson & Company. Good+ in Good dust jacket; Spine canted, slightly shaken. Jacket chips . out corners, some shelfwear, 1" tears along spine.. 1951. 1st. Hardcover. Includes 2 fold out maps. ; 12mo; 132 pages . Item Price
$20.00
Live of George Washington (5 volume set)
by Irving, Washington
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- Used - Good+ with no dust jacket; Covers and spines rubbed, corners & board edges worn, 1/2" tear top spine of vol. 4. Some
- Published
- 1856
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- Hardcover
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$299.99
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New York: G. P. Putnam & Co.. Good+ with no dust jacket; Covers and spines rubbed, corners & board edges . worn, 1/2" tear top spine of vol. 4. Some foxing end matter of all . volumes.. 1856. Hardcover. Three-quarter leather with marbled boards, endpapers and edges. A five volume set, Vol 1-2 1856, 3-5 1859.; 8vo;… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Moment of Decision: Biographical Essays on American Character and Regional Identity
by Miller, Randall M. & McKivigan, John R. [editors]
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- Used - Very Good- with no dust jacket; Light foxing edges of text block. Spine ends slightly bumped.
- Published
- 1994
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780313286353
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$75.00
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Westport: Greenwood Press. Very Good- with no dust jacket; Light foxing edges of text block. Spine . ends slightly bumped.. 1994. Hardcover. 0313286353 . Inscribed by the editors to Merton Dillon, with letter. ; 8vo; 236 pages; Signed by Editors . Item Price
$75.00
I Diplomait della Scuola Mineraria di Agordo, dal 1871 al 1933
by Cau, Michele & Cau, Maurizia
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- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket; Some shelfwear to back cover.
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- 2012
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- Hardcover
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$29.95
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Agordo: Cau M. e M.. Very Good with no dust jacket; Some shelfwear to back cover.. 2012. Hardcover. Text in Italian.; 8vo; 175 pages . Item Price
$29.95
Half-Jew: A Daughter's Search for Her Family's Buried Past
by Jacoby, Susan
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- Used - Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket
- Edition
- 1st
- Published
- 2000
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780684832500
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New York: Scribner. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 2000. 1st. Hardcover. 068483250X . Inscribed by the author.; 8vo; 302 pages; Signed by Author . Item Price
$24.95