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The Shop of Lin Family
by Dun, Mao
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Published
- (2015)
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- Trade Paperback
- ISBN
- 9787119092874
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- 1
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Williamsburg, Virginia, USA
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$18.00
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Beijing: Foreign Languages Press. Near Fine. (2015). First Edition; First Printing. Trade Paperback. 7119092871 . Very faint tea stain on top edge, else as new. Not a remainder, no ownership or other marks. Appears to have never been read. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 301 pages . Item Price
$18.00
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The Friday Book: Essays and other Non-Fiction
by Barth, John
- Condition
- Used - Fine+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Published
- (1984)
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780399129971
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- 1
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Williamsburg, Virginia, USA
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$20.00
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New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Fine+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. (1984). First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0399129979 . Book is as new. Unclipped DJ has 1/2 inch tear at top edge of front panel. Binding sound and tight. Signed by author in half-title page. No other marks in book. Not a remainder. … Read more about this item Item Price
$20.00
Gather at the River: Notes from the Post-Millennial South
by Crowther, Hal
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- Used - Fine+ in Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Published
- (2005)
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780807131008
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- 1
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Williamsburg, Virginia, USA
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$10.00
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Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press. Fine+ in Near Fine dust jacket. (2005). First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0807131008 . Appears to be new book. No ownership or other marks. Not a remainder. There is a very tiny puncture on the fore edge of the unclipped DJ, else as new. DJ now in Brodart archival… Read more about this item Item Price
$10.00
A Philosopher Looks at Science
by Whitehead, Alfred North
- Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Published
- (1965)
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Williamsburg, Virginia, USA
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$12.00
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New York: Philosophical Library. Very Good with no dust jacket. (1965). Hardcover. Gray paper over boards is clean and unworn, but has fading to brown on spine and edges of boards and on front panel. There is some tanning on the endpapers as well. No ownership or other marks. Contains seven published philosophical papers by Whitehead. … Read more about this item Item Price
$12.00
Observations on the MYSTERY OF PRINT and the work of Johann Guttenberg
by Van Loon, Hendrik Willem
- Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Published
- 1937
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Williamsburg, Virginia, USA
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$10.00
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New York: Book Manufacturers' Institute, Inc.. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1937. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Blue cloth cover with gilt lettering on spine and top cover.There is fading on the top edge of the cover and the top 1/4" of the spine. Corners sharp, very little wear. Binding sound. Some discoloring on the… Read more about this item Item Price
$10.00
Essaying Montaigne: A Study of the Renaissance Institution of Writing and Reading
by O'Neill, John
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- Used - Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Published
- (1982)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780710009371
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- 1
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Williamsburg, Virginia, USA
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$10.00
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London: Routledge & Kegan Paul. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. (1982). First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0710009372 . Book is as new other than remainder mark on bottom edge. DJ has light wear at upper corners. No ownership or other markings in book. ; The International Library of Phenomenology and Moral Sciences; 8vo … Read more about this item Item Price
$10.00
The Montana Heritage: An Anthology of Historical Essays
by Swartout, Robert R., Jr. & Harry W. Fritz
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- Used - Very Good+
- Published
- 1992
- Binding
- Trade Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780917298257
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Williamsburg, Virginia, USA
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$8.00
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Helena: Montana Historical Society Press. Very Good+. 1992. Trade Paperback. 091729825X . Binding sound and tight without spine crease. Cover has very minimal wear. Pages clean and unmarked. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 214 pages . Item Price
$8.00
Apropos of Lady Chatterley's Lover: Being an essay extended from "My skirmish with Jolly Roger."
by Lawrence, D. H
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Published
- 1930
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Williamsburg, Virginia, USA
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$80.00
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London: Mandrake Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1930. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Blue cloth cover with copper lettering on spine and top cover. Cover is clean and unworn save for slight bump at lower front corner. No ownership or other marks in book save for seller marks in light pencil on endpapers.… Read more about this item Item Price
$80.00
Various Views
by Payne, William Morton
- Condition
- Used - Good+ with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Published
- 1902
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Williamsburg, Virginia, USA
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$12.50
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Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Company. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1902. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Navy Blue cloth over boards with gilt design and lettering on top cover and spine. Binding sound. Top edge gilt. Cover has wear at head and tail of spine and corners. There is a phone number in… Read more about this item Item Price
$12.50
The London Scene
by Woolf, Virginia
- Condition
- Used - Fine+ in Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- Reprint
- Published
- (1982)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780701205423
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Williamsburg, Virginia, USA
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$35.00
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London: The Hogarth Press. Fine+ in Near Fine dust jacket. (1982). Reprint. Hardcover. 0701205423 . Book is as new. No ownership or other marks other than bookseller marks in pencil on ffep. Cover clean and unworn with sharp corners. DJ has faded spine and old stock # sticker on back. Not price clipped, clean and … Read more about this item Item Price
$35.00
The Oxford Book of Latin American Essays
by Stavans, Ilan
- Condition
- Used - Fine in Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Published
- 1997
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780195092349
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Williamsburg, Virginia, USA
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$24.00
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New York: Oxford University Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1997. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0195092341 . Book has small yellow dot on top edge of text block, DJ not price clipped, now in mylar archival sleeve. No ownership or other marks in book. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 518 pages . Item Price
$24.00
Speak Out!: Speeches, Open Letters, Commentaries
by Grass, Gunter
- Condition
- Used - Fine in Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- 1st U. S. Edition; First Printing
- Published
- (1969)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780151847044
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Williamsburg, Virginia, USA
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$30.00
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New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc.. Fine in Fine dust jacket. (1969). 1st U. S. Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0151847045 . Book and DJ as new. No ownership or other markings. DJ not price clipped. DJ now in mylar archival sleeve.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 142 pages . Item Price
$30.00
Shakespeare's Sisters: Feminist Essays on Women Poets
by Gilbert, Sandra M. & Susan Gubar (editors)
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- Used - Near Fine
- Published
- (1981)
- Binding
- Trade paperback
- ISBN
- 9780253112583
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- 1
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Williamsburg, Virginia, USA
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$9.00
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Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. Near Fine. (1981). Trade paperback. 0253112583 . Cover has light crease bottom corner. Binding sound and tight without spine crease. Pages clean and unmarked. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 337 pages . Item Price
$9.00
The Painted Word
by Wolfe, Tom
- Condition
- New
- Published
- (1999)
- Binding
- Trade paperback
- ISBN
- 9780553380651
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- 1
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Williamsburg, Virginia, USA
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$14.00
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New York: Bantam. New. (1999). Trade paperback. 0553380656 . New book. Not a remainder. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 112 pages . Item Price
$14.00
Memoirs of Hecate County:
by Wilson, Edmund
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- 1st New & Revised
- Published
- [1959]
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Williamsburg, Virginia, USA
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$8.00
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New York: L. C. Page & Company. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. [1959]. 1st New & Revised. Hardcover. This is the first edition of a heavily revised earlier version from 1942. Blue cloth over boards is clean and has very minimal wear. Corners sharp. Gilt lettering on spine is slightly faded, but still very clear.… Read more about this item Item Price
$8.00
A Book of Burlesques
by Mencken, H. L.
- Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Published
- [1924]
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Williamsburg, Virginia, USA
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$10.00
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Very Good with no dust jacket. [1924]. Hardcover. Pocket Book edition, 1924, 1st printing. Maroon cloth cover with orange lettering on spine, green and orange decoration on spine and front cover. There is light wear at corners, head and tail of spine. Binding sound. Decorative endpapers clean and unmarked.… Read more about this item Item Price
$10.00
Essays in Afro-American history
by Foner, Philip Sheldon
- Condition
- Used - Fine+ in Fine+ dust jacket
- Published
- [1978]
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780877221401
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Williamsburg, Virginia, USA
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$15.00
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Philadelphia: Temple University Press. Fine+ in Fine+ dust jacket. [1978]. Hardcover. 0877221405 . Book and DJ as new. Not a remainder. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 244 pages . Item Price
$15.00
Kings of the Platform and Pulpit: Biographies, Reminiscences and Lectures of......and the Master Lectures of....and Personal Reminiscences and Anecdotes of Noted Americans, Profusely Illustrated
by Landon, Melville D. (Eli Perkins)
- Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- Later Printing
- Published
- 1900
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Williamsburg, Virginia, USA
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$29.17
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Chicago: The Werner Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1900. Later Printing. Hardcover. This is the third printing by this publisher, originally published by Belford-Clark in 1890. Green decorative cloth cover with gilt lettering and gilt with black decoration is clean with light wear at head, tail of spine. Binding sound. Pages clean and… Read more about this item Item Price
$29.17
Essays
by Meynell, Alice
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Edition
- Reprint; Later Printing
- Published
- [1970]
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780837129846
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Williamsburg, Virginia, USA
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$10.00
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Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. Fine. [1970]. Reprint; Later Printing. Hardcover. 0837129842 . No DJ as issued. Book is as new. Page X in the introduction has a few surface creases that appear to be a printing defect. Text is ok. Maroon cloth cover with gilt lettering. . ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 267 pages . Item Price
$10.00
A Fine Contagion
by Mackenzie, Armine D.
- Condition
- Used - Fine+
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1958
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Williamsburg, Virginia, USA
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$18.33
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Berkeley: The California Library Association. Fine+. 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Tan cloth cover with gilt lettering on spine. Book is as new. No markings. No DJ. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 78 pages . Item Price
$18.33