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Spock on Spock: A Memoir of Growing Up With the Century
by Spock, Benjamin;Morgan, Mary
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good Plus
- Published
- 1989
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780394578132
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Walnut Creek, California, USA
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$1.50
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New York, NY: Pantheon Books, 1989. 282 pgs with index and illustrations. Unmarked, clean, and tight. A very nice copy. The famous and popular pediatrician discusses his life, family background, medical training, work, parenting skills, pedicatric cases, and those people who criticized his work.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.… Read more about this item Item Price
$1.50
Encore: A Journal of the Eightieth Year
by Sarton, May
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Printing
- Published
- 1993
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780393035292
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Walnut Creek, California, USA
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$5.00
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New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1993. First Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Item Price
$5.00
West With the Night
by Markham, Beryl
- Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Plus
- Edition
- Sixth Printing
- Published
- 1983
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780865471184
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Walnut Creek, California, USA
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$4.00
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San Francisco: North Point Press, 1983. Sixth Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good Plus/Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Item Price
$4.00
Sonia, Je T'adore
by Daninos, Peirre
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good Plus
- Published
- 1959
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Walnut Creek, California, USA
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$7.00
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1959. translated from the french by gerard hopkins. dj stained with small tears at edges. top book edges stained. no markings. tight binding.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good Plus. Illus. by Charmoz, Jacques. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Item Price
$7.00
Am American Idyll: The Life of Carleton H. Parker
by Parker, Cornelia Stratton
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Published
- 1919
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- 1
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Walnut Creek, California, USA
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$9.00
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Boston: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1919. Tenth Impression (printing), October 1924. xvii. + 190pp. The biography of Carleton H. Parker, "A Life Story of Love and Achievement". Front is photograph of Carll Parker with tissue guard. Manila boards with black cloth back. Boards are clean and not faded or soiled. The text is clean, tight, and unmarked. There… Read more about this item Item Price
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From Coast to Coast
by Brown, Arthur
- Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Plus
- Published
- 1995
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- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Walnut Creek, California, USA
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$5.00
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Palo Alto, California, 1995. some minor stains on book and dj.. Trade Paperback. Very Good Plus/Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Item Price
$5.00
Melville
by Miller, Edwin Haviland
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Published
- 1975
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780807607879
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Walnut Creek, California, USA
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$15.00
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New York, NY: George Braziller, Inc., 1975. dj torn at top and bottom of spine and edges have nicks; dj flaps are foxed; uncut pp; otherwise clean tight copy. Hard Cover. Fine/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Item Price
$15.00
Triple Ridge Farm
by Pochmann, Ruth Fouts
- Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Plus
- Published
- 1968
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Walnut Creek, California, USA
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$7.00
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New York, NY: William Morrow & Company, Inc., 1968. dj edges slightly frayed and nicked. very clean and tight binding. dj flap states 'a family bookshelf selection'.. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus/Very Good Plus. Illus. by Rosier, Lydia. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Item Price
$7.00
Madeleine Albright : Against All Odds
by Dobbs, Michael
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Printing
- Published
- 1999
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780805056594
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Walnut Creek, California, USA
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$11.00
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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Henry Holt & Company, 1999. First Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Item Price
$11.00
Boswell's London Journal 1762-1763
by Boswell, James; Pottle, Frederick A.; Morley, Christopher
- Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- Poor
- Edition
- Stated First Edition
- Published
- 1950
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Walnut Creek, California, USA
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$3.00
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New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1950. probably BOMC. no price on dj. dj heavily chipped and torn. book has browning all over.. Stated First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus/Poor. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Item Price
$3.00
The Autobiography of William Carlos Williams
by Williams, William Carlos
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- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Second Printing
- Published
- 1951
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Walnut Creek, California, USA
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$9.00
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New York, NY: Random House, Inc., 1951. pictures and excerpts from dj taped to the ep. book edges slightly soiled. text clean and binding tight.. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Item Price
$9.00
Minister/Mayor - Bill Hudnut's Reflections on a Dual Career in Religiion and Politics
by Hudnut, William H., III; Keene, Judy
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1987
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780664213213
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Walnut Creek, California, USA
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$10.00
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Louisville, KY, U.S.A.: Westminster John Knox Press, 1987. dj edges slightly frayed and nicked; dj has some foxing.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Item Price
$10.00
The Nureyev Image
by Bland, Alexander
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Minus
- Edition
- Second Printing
- Published
- 1977
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780812906646
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Walnut Creek, California, USA
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$6.00
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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Times Books, 1977. dj edjges nicked and chipped.. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good Minus. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Item Price
$6.00
Zubin: The Zubin Mehta Story
by Bookspan, Martin
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Published
- 1978
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780061204005
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Walnut Creek, California, USA
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$5.00
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New York, NY: Harper & Row, 1978. dj edges frayed with small tear; price clipped from dj; . Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Item Price
$5.00
Audubon
by Rouke, Constance
- Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Published
- 1936
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Walnut Creek, California, USA
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$3.00
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New York, NY: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1936. cover soiled and stained with edges worn and bumped; usual library markings with previous owner's name also; loose hinge; overall foxing; edges soiled. Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket. Illus. by Macdonald, James. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. Item Price
$3.00
Son of the Morning Star : Custer and the Little Bighorn
by Connell, Evan S.
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Published
- 1984
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780865471603
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Walnut Creek, California, USA
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$6.00
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San Francisco, CA: North Point Press, 1984. Price clipped, former owner's stamp imprint on an end page. Classsic account of General Custer and the battle of the Little Big Horn. Book is 9.5" h x 6.5" w and contains 441 pps.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Item Price
$6.00
The Letters of Alexander Woollcott
by Kaufman, Beatrice; Hennessey, Joseph (editors)
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good Plus
- Published
- 1944
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Walnut Creek, California, USA
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$7.00
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New York: Viking Press, 1944. no markings. clean and tight book. dj rubbed and edges nicked with small tears.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Item Price
$7.00
Fanny Kemble, a Passionate Victorian
by Armstrong, Margaret
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Published
- 1938
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Walnut Creek, California, USA
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$3.00
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New York, NY: MacMillan Company, 1938. cover edges worn. cover and book edges slightly soiled. hinge loose at ep. ep rubbed. foxing overall. back ep has remnants of library info.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Item Price
$3.00
The Shoemaker's Son, the Life of Hans Christian Anderssen
by Burnett, Constance Buel
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Published
- 1941
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Walnut Creek, California, USA
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$4.00
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New York, NY: Random House, Inc., 1941. cover has normal wear; foxing and fading of ep; page edges has foxing; creases on five pages; otherwise clean tight copy. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Item Price
$4.00
Kit Carson - Pathfinder, Patriot and Humanitarian
by Cheetham, Francis T.
- Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket Issued
- Published
- 1985
- Binding
- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Walnut Creek, California, USA
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$7.00
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Taos, New Mexico: Museum Press, 1985. wrapped foxed.. Trade Paperback. Very Good Plus/No Jacket Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Item Price
$7.00