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Spock on Spock: A Memoir of Growing Up With the Century

by Spock, Benjamin;Morgan, Mary

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Used - Very Good
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Good Plus
Published
1989
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Hardcover
ISBN
9780394578132
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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
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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
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New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1993. First Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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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
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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.
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Sonia, Je T'adore

by Daninos, Peirre

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Used - Very Good
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Good Plus
Published
1959
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Hardcover
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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.
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Am American Idyll: The Life of Carleton H. Parker

by Parker, Cornelia Stratton

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Used - Very Good
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Fair
Published
1919
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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
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From Coast to Coast

by Brown, Arthur

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Used - Very Good Plus
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Very Good Plus
Published
1995
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Paperback
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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.
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Melville

by Miller, Edwin Haviland

Condition
Used - Fine
Jacket Condition
Good
Published
1975
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780807607879
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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.
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Triple Ridge Farm

by Pochmann, Ruth Fouts

Condition
Used - Very Good Plus
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Very Good Plus
Published
1968
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Hardcover
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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.
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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
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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.
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Boswell's London Journal 1762-1763

by Boswell, James; Pottle, Frederick A.; Morley, Christopher

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Used - Very Good Plus
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Poor
Edition
Stated First Edition
Published
1950
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Hardcover
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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.
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The Autobiography of William Carlos Williams

by Williams, William Carlos

Condition
Used - Good
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No Jacket
Edition
Second Printing
Published
1951
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Hardcover
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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.
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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
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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.
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The Nureyev Image

by Bland, Alexander

Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
Very Good Minus
Edition
Second Printing
Published
1977
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780812906646
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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.
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Zubin: The Zubin Mehta Story

by Bookspan, Martin

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Used - Fine
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Very Good
Published
1978
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780061204005
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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.
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Audubon

by Rouke, Constance

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Used - Fair
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No Jacket
Published
1936
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Hardcover
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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.
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Son of the Morning Star : Custer and the Little Bighorn

by Connell, Evan S.

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Used - Near Fine
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Good
Published
1984
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Hardcover
ISBN
9780865471603
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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.
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The Letters of Alexander Woollcott

by Kaufman, Beatrice; Hennessey, Joseph (editors)

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Used - Very Good
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Good Plus
Published
1944
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Hardcover
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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.
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Fanny Kemble, a Passionate Victorian

by Armstrong, Margaret

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Used - Good
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No Jacket
Published
1938
Binding
Hardcover
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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.
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The Shoemaker's Son, the Life of Hans Christian Anderssen

by Burnett, Constance Buel

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Used - Very Good
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No Jacket
Published
1941
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Hardcover
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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.
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Kit Carson - Pathfinder, Patriot and Humanitarian

by Cheetham, Francis T.

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Used - Very Good Plus
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No Jacket Issued
Published
1985
Binding
Paperback
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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.
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