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A Pocket Almanack For the Year of our Lord 1794. Being the Second after Leap Year,...Calculated chiefly for the Use of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Bound with The Massachusetts Register for 1794 By T. and J. Fleet
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- Used - Fair
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- 1794
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- Hardcover
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Wilmington, Delaware, USA
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$165.00
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Boston : T. & J. Fleet, 1794. Hardcover. Fair. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. 148pp. Marbled boards, leather spine and leather backing. Rear board detached but present, front board barely holding, first 5 leaves separated (including title age), contents age-toned but clean and unmarked. A fascinating journal of a day's activities, … Read more about this item Item Price
$165.00
Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America
by Haberman, Maggie
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Near Fine
- Published
- 2022
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- Hardcover
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- 9780593297346
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- 1
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Wilmington, Delaware, USA
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$18.00
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New York: Penguin Press, 2022. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 597pp. Book and dust jacket are in near fine, unworn condition.
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$18.00
A History of Parliamentary Elections and Electioneering in the Old Days: Showing the State of Political Parties and Party Warfare at the Hustings and in the House of Commons from the Stuarts to Queen Victoria
by Grego, Joseph
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- Used - Poor
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- No Jacket
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- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1886
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Wilmington, Delaware, USA
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$65.00
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London: Chatto and Windus, 1886. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Poor/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 403pp. Original publisher's blue cloth, gilt lettering and decoration, color foldout frontispiece, illustrations throughout. Corners rubbed, light edge wear, spine ends chipped, tiny chip missing from spine title, slight cracking to endpapers and slight internal separation, text… Read more about this item Item Price
$65.00
The Connecticut Register, and United States Calendar, for the Year of our Lord 1814: Being the Thirty-eighth of the Independence of the United States.
by Daboll, Nathan
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Jacket
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- 1st Edition
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- 1814
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- Soft cover
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- 1
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Wilmington, Delaware, USA
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$40.00
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New London: Samuel Green, 1814. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 24mo - over 5 - 5¾" tall. 160pp. Marbled paper wraps. Spine is worn and missing piece at bottom, contents age-toned and very occasionally foxed, binding is tight, and book has held p very well since 1814.
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$40.00
Handbok of the United States of America, and Guide to Emigration; Giving the Latest and Most Complete Statistics
by Brockett, L.P.
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- Used - Good
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- No Jacket
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- 1886
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- Hardcover
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Wilmington, Delaware, USA
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$35.00
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New York: Times Print Shop, 1886. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Jos. Laing & Co.. 205pp. Brick colored cloth decorated in gold and black, bevelled-edge boards, all edges gilt. Light wear to edges and spine ends, front free endpaper is soiled, has a tear and is missing a 1 1/2… Read more about this item Item Price
$35.00
How We Elected Lncoln
by Dittenhoefer, Abram
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- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Poor
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- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1916
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Wilmington, Delaware, USA
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$35.00
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New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1916. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Poor. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Alice B. Woodward. 95pp. Blue cloth, gilt lettering and decoration to front board. Cover is in unworn condition, contents are age-toned, slight offsetting to endpapers. Dust jacket is worn and soiled, separated along spine,… Read more about this item Item Price
$35.00
Plain Speaking
by Miller, Merle
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- Used - Very Good
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- Good
- Published
- 1974
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- Hardcover
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Wilmington, Delaware, USA
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$20.00
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London: Berkley Publishing Company, 1974. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 448pp. Black cloth, silver lettering to spine. Inscribed and SIGNED by author and dated 1974, on front free endpaper with recipient's name erased. Book is in very good sound condition, unclipped dust jacket is clean and has very light wear… Read more about this item Item Price
$20.00
Un año en Moscu
by de Cicco, Andres
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- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
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- 1950
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Wilmington, Delaware, USA
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$50.00
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Buenos Aires: Editorial Difusion, 1950. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fair/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 220pp. Stiff card stock cover. Text in Spanish. Cover very lightly worn, text is tanned, dampstain to top edges and foredges, text is unharmed. Inscribed and signed illegibly on half-title page, possibly by author. Dust jacket is… Read more about this item Item Price
$50.00
Funeral Orration on the Death of Hon. Daniel Webster, Delivered at a Commeroation in the Presbyterian Church, Ballston Spa, N.Y., Monday Evening, November 8, 1852.
by McCoy Amasa
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- Used - Good
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- 3rd Edition
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- 1856
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- Soft cover
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Wilmington, Delaware, USA
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$35.00
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Boston: C.C.P. Moody, 1856. 3rd Edition . Soft cover. Good. 39pp. Grey printed wraps. Light wear and light soil to cover, contents are clean. INSCRIBED, SIGNED AND DATED BY AUTHOR on title page. Bound in at fron are 5 pages of endorsements from prominent individuals of McCoy's speech.
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$35.00
With Kennedy
by Salinger, Pierre
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
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- 1966
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Wilmington, Delaware, USA
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$20.00
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Garden City, New Y Ork: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1966. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 391pp. Inscribed and SIGNED by author on half-title page. Black cloth, tan spine backing. Faint spotting to spine, small abrasion to rear endpaper, text is clean and binding is tight, and… Read more about this item Item Price
$20.00
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Houghtaling's Salary List of United States Officials.
by Houghtaling, C.E.
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- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1885
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- Flexible Boards
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Wilmington, Delaware, USA
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$75.00
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Albany, NY: Chas. E. Houghtaling, 1885. First Edition . Flexible Boards. Very Good. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. 128pp. Maroon leatherette stiff wraps, gilt lettering. Light wear to cover, occasional light foxing to interior, and book is in very good condition. A very comprehensive listing of United States officials and their salaries,… Read more about this item Item Price
$75.00
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Fulbright; Dissenter
by Johnson, Haynes and Gwertzman, Bernard M.
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1968
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Wilmington, Delaware, USA
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$65.00
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Garden City,NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1968. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 321pp. Blue cloth. Book is clean and unworn. Clipped dust jacket is edgechipped and darkened along spine and folds. INSCRIBED to Elmo Roper and SIGNED "Bill Fulbright July 1970" on half-title page. Elmo Roper… Read more about this item Item Price
$65.00
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Documents and Plans Submitted By the Water Committee to the Common Council of the City of Brookyn for the Year 1854
by Water Committee of the City of Brooklyn
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- Used - Fair
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- No Jacket
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- First Edition
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- 1854
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- Hardcover
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Wilmington, Delaware, USA
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$135.00
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Brooklyn, NY: Water Committee of the City of Brooklyn, 1854. First Edition . Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Jos. Laing & Co.. 145 pp, 27 plates. Cloth rear board, front board and front free endpaper missing, spine retaped, title page is half deteriorated (facsimile replacement attached), dampstaining to first few pages… Read more about this item Item Price
$135.00
Maximum Feasible Misunderstanding; Community Action in the War on Poverty
by Moynihan, Daniel P.
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Printing
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- 1969
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
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Wilmington, Delaware, USA
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$120.00
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New York: The Free Press, 1969. First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xxi, 218pp. Black cloth, pink and gilt lettering to spine. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by author on front free endpaper. Near fine book, very good dust jacket is lightly worn and lightly scuffed.
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$120.00
The Business Man and His Government
by Lawrence, David
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- Used - Near Fine
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- First Edition
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- 1929
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Wilmington, Delaware, USA
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$12.00
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Washington, DC: The United States Daily Publishing Corporation, 1929. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Unpaginated 45pp. Salmon colored boards and salmon endpapers. Book is clean, unworn and unblemished. SIGNED by the author on front free endpaper.
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$12.00
Creed of a Congressman
by Hébert, F. Edward
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
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- 1970
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Wilmington, Delaware, USA
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$25.00
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Lafayette, Louisiana: The University of Southwestern Louisiana, 1970. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 216pp. Grey cloth, blue trim and gilt lettering, inscribed and SIGNED by author. Book is clean and unmarked. The author inscribed the book,dated June 27, 1971, on the front free endpaper. Unclipped dust… Read more about this item Item Price
$25.00
Aux écoutes de la France qui vient
by Faguet, Émile
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- Used - Good
- Published
- 1915
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- Soft cover
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Wilmington, Delaware, USA
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$20.00
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Paris: Bernard Grasset, 1915. Soft cover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 334pp. Printed wraps. Couverture souple. Bon état. Light wear and age-toning to cover contents, binding is sound.
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$20.00
Ten Years in Washington: Or, Life and Scenes in the National Capital, as a Woman Sees Them.
by Clemmer, Mary
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1882
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- Hardcover
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Wilmington, Delaware, USA
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$20.00
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Hartford, CT: The Hartford Publishing Company, 1882. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 608pp. Marroon cloth, gilt spine lettering and gilt decoration, engraved frontispiece with tissue-guard, 48 full page illustrations. Corners very lightly rubbed, interior is age-toned, clean and unmarked. Binding is tight. Nice copy.
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$20.00
The Connecticut Register Being a State Calendar of Public Officers and Institutions for 1863.
by Brown & Gross
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- Used - Good
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- 1863
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- Hardcover
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Wilmington, Delaware, USA
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$20.00
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Hartford: Brown & Gross, 1863. Hardcover. Good. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. 192pp. Brown embossed cloth, gilt lettering. Corners rubbed, spine ends chipped, ex-library (Wesleyan University) with usual markings, former owner's name on front free endpaper, contents age-toned and lightly foxed, binding is strong.
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$20.00
World Jewry and the State of Israel
by Davis, Moshe (Editor)
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Published
- 1977
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- Hardcover
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Wilmington, Delaware, USA
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$15.00
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New York: Arno Press, 1977. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 372pp. Blue cloth. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED by Editor on front free endpaper. Book is clean and sound. Dust jacket is mildly age-toned.
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$15.00
