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Oscar Wilde: the Aftermath
by Hyde, H. Montgomery
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- Used
- Published
- 1963
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780313200847
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- 1
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murrieta, California, USA
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$18.00
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London, England: Methuen. 1963. Hardcover. 031320084X . VG in VG DJ, DJ cover lightly soiled; DJ is price-clipped. Wilde's prison experiences described by distinguished barrister and author. ; 2nd Ptg; Green cloth; 8vo; DJ . Item Price
$18.00
Billy Baldwin An Autobiography
by Baldwin, Billy & Michael Gardine
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- Used - NF/NF
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- Stated First Edition
- Published
- 1985
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780316303576
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- 1
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murrieta, California, USA
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$29.00
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Boston, MA: Little, Brown & Company. NF/NF. 1985. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. 0316303577 . NF, light glue bleedthrough to eps at top edge in NF DJ with very small closed tear to top front panel of DJ ; Interesting and lively autobiography with marvelous photos, by noted photographers, including Horst. ; 9.40 X 6.50 X 1.20 inches;… Read more about this item Item Price
$29.00
Chopin and George Sand in Majorca Preceded by an Extract from the Memoirs of Aurore Sand
by Ferra, Bartolome
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- Used
- Published
- 1936
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780838318072
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- 1
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murrieta, California, USA
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$88.00
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Palma DE Mallorca. 1936. Hardcover. 083831807X . VG, minor edge rubbing only; Softcover booklet bound in blue leather over blue cloth boards, marbled endpapers; Half blue leather; 12mo; No DJ . Item Price
$88.00
Washington Irving: a Sketch
by Curtis, George William
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- Used - NF/NONE
- Published
- 1891
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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murrieta, California, USA
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$148.00
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New York, NY: The Grolier Club. NF/NONE. 1891. Hardcover. NF, only a hint of rubbing at spine tips; Beautiful copy of this book with three etchings. Tope edge gilt, deckled edges. Ltd to 344 copies on hand-made paper; Ltd; Red leather; 8vo; 115 p.; No DJ . Item Price
$148.00
The Tumult And The Shouting My Life in Sport
by Rice, Grantland
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- Used - VG+/NONE
- Edition
- Memorial
- Published
- 1854
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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murrieta, California, USA
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$14.00
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New York, NY: A. S. Barnes & Company. VG+/NONE. 1854. Memorial. Hardcover. Lower edge and corner wear; Autobiography of noted sports columnist, leather bound, memorial bookplate to verso of first leaf. ; Memorial Edition; 8vo; 368 p.; No DJ . Item Price
$14.00
The Brideshead Generation - Evelyn Waugh And His Friend
by Carpenter, Humphrey
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- Used - NF/NF
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- First Edition
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- 1990
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- 1
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murrieta, California, USA
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$9.00
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Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company. NF/NF. 1990. First Edition. No markings or names; First American; Cloth backed boards; 8vo; 523 p.; DJ . Item Price
$9.00
D. V.
by Vreeland, Diana
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- Used - F/F
- Published
- 1984
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- 9780394503417
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- 1
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murrieta, California, USA
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$19.00
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New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.. F/F. 1984. 0394503414 . No markings or names. ; Nice copy of this title bound in red cloth, what else? ? ?; Third Ptg; Red cloth; 8vo; DJ . Item Price
$19.00
D. V.
by Vreeland, Diana
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- Used - NF/NONE
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- First Edition Thus
- Published
- 1997
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- Softcover
- ISBN
- 9780306807763
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- 1
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murrieta, California, USA
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$18.00
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Da Capo Press. NF/NONE. 1997. First Edition Thus. Softcover. 0306807769 . NF / None, Prior owner name to ffep. ; Nice copy of this title. New forward by Mary Louise Wilson. ; Third Ptg; 8vo; 196 p. . Item Price
$18.00
Bare Blass
by Blass, Bill
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- Used - NF/NF
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- First Edition
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- 2002
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- Hardcover; First Printing
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- 9780060185558
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- 1
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murrieta, California, USA
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$14.00
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New York, NY: HarperCollins. NF/NF. 2002. First Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. 0060185554 . 0.8 x 9 x 6.4 Inches; 192 p. . Item Price
$14.00
A Lady, First My Life in the Kennedy White House and the American Embassies of Paris and Rome
by Baldrige, Letitia
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- Used - NF/NF
- Edition
- First Edition
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- 2001
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- 9780670894536
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- 1
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murrieta, California, USA
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$17.50
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New York, NY: The Viking Press. NF/NF. 2001. First Edition. 0670894532 . No markings or names. ; Baldrige, who had a privileged life, served Evangeline Bruce in Paris and Clare Booth Luce in Rome as well as Jackie Kennedy; First; Cloth backed boards; 8vo; DJ . Item Price
$17.50
Harlow: an Intimate Biography
by Shulman, Irving
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- Used - VG+/VG+
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1964
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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murrieta, California, USA
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$9.00
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New York, NY: Bernard Geis Associates. VG+/VG+. 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. VG+ in VG+ DJ Bookplate to ffep. Blind stamp to front and rear end papers. ; Stated First; Cloth backed boards; 8vo; 408 p.; DJ . Item Price
$9.00
The Remarkable Life Of Dr. Armand Hammer
by Considine, Bob
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- Used - VG+/G
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1975
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- Hardcover; First Printing
- ISBN
- 9780060108366
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- 1
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murrieta, California, USA
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$24.00
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New York, NY: Harper & Row Publishers. VG+/G. 1975. First Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. 0060108363 . DJ is worn, chipped and aged all around. ; INSCRIBED TO ALLA [Alla T. Hall, who was curator of the Hammer museum] in 1975; First; Cloth backed boards; 8vo; 287 p.; DJ; Signed by Author . Item Price
$24.00
The Life of Ian Fleming
by Pearson, John
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- Used - F/F
- Published
- 1966
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- Hardcover
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murrieta, California, USA
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$14.00
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New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Book Company. F/F. 1966. Hardcover. No markings or names. . ; Important biography. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 352 p. . Item Price
$14.00
The Making of a Jew
by Bronfman, Edgar M.
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- Used - F/F
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1996
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- Hardcover; First Printing
- ISBN
- 9780399142208
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- 1
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murrieta, California, USA
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$10.00
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New York, NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons. F/F. 1996. First Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. 0399142207 . Fine in a fine DJ. ; Inscribed by the author to Daniel Selznick (son of Irene Mayer and David O. Selznick) on the dedication page. "To Daniel Selznick / best! / Edgar"; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 226 p.; Signed by… Read more about this item Item Price
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Big Alma San Francisco's Alma Spreckels
by Scharlach, Bernice
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- Used - NF/VG
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1990
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780942087055
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- 1
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murrieta, California, USA
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$24.00
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San Francisco, CA: Scottwall Associates. NF/VG. 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. 0942087054 . NF in a VG DJ. DJ has creasing at top spine, small closed tear. DJ price-clipped. ; Signed by the author. First printing of the book consisted of 5000 copies of which 500 were signed by the author. Below the signature is an inscription as… Read more about this item Item Price
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Marcel Proust. A Biography. Volume 1
by Painter, G D
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- Used - VG/VG
- Published
- 1959
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- Hardcover; Second Printing
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murrieta, California, USA
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$5.00
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London, England: Chatto & Windus. VG/VG. 1959. Hardcover; Second Printing. Very good, gift note to front free endpaper in VG DJ wih edge wear.. Corners lightly bumped. ; Volume One only of a two volume set. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Item Price
$5.00
Geronimo's Story of His Life
by Geronimo and S. M. Barrett
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- Used - NF/NONE
- Edition
- Facsimile
- Published
- 1994
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- Hardcover
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murrieta, California, USA
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$9.00
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Harrisburg, PA: National Historical Society. NF/NONE. 1994. Facsimile. Hardcover. NF, no names or markings. No DJ. ; Facsimile reprint of the 1906 Duffield first edition. ; The West as it Was; 8vp; 216 p. . Item Price
$9.00
With a Little Luck An American Odyssey/the Remarkable Life of a Self-Made Woman and Her Spirited Journey to the Top
by Boehm, Helen F.
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- Used - NF/NF
- Edition
- Stated First Edition
- Published
- 1985
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780892562770
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- 1
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murrieta, California, USA
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$9.00
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New York: Rawson Assoc. NF/NF. 1985. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. 0892562773 . NF in a NF DJ. DJ is price-clipped. ; Inscribed by the author to Helen Copley. Bookplate of Helen K. Copley affixed to front pastedown. Copley was the publisher and owner of the San Diego Union Tribune. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 219… Read more about this item Item Price
$9.00
Secret Orchard of Roger Ackerley
by Petre, Diana
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- Used - NF/NF
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1975
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780241892343
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- 1
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murrieta, California, USA
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$12.50
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London, England: Hamish Hamilton. NF/NF. 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. 0241892341 . NF In a NF DJ, minor edge wear only. No names or markings. DJ is not price-clipped. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 183 p. . Item Price
$12.50
My Father and Myself
by Ackerley, J. R.
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- Used - VG+/VG
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1968
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780370002958
- Quantity Available
- 1
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murrieta, California, USA
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$24.00
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London, England: The Bodley Head Ltd. VG+/VG. 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. 0370002954 . VG+ in a VG DJ. Prior owner stamp to front free endpaper. DJ with minor edgewear ; DJ is not price-clipped. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 224 p. . Item Price
$24.00