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Stories From El Barrio
by Thomas, Piri
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- Fine as New
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- Very Good
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- First American Edition
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- 1978
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Pelham, New York, USA
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$67.00
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New York: New York: Knopf, 1978, 1978. Fine/Very Good. First Edition. An exceptional collection of eight stories where Piri Thomas takes us with him into El Barrio - Puerto Rico in New York City - and creates the scenes he knows so well fr om his own childhood. Thomas reached thousands of readers with his best-selling autobiography Down These Mean… Read more about this item Item Price
$67.00
Aref al -aref a Biographical Sketch 1892 -1964
by Aref Al-aref
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Pelham, New York, USA
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$35.00
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Jersusalem: Al Ma'aref Press Small brown paper pamphlet, ca 20 pages with black and white frontis photograph. Inscribed by A Al-Aref, ex-mayor of Jerusalem. . Item Price
$35.00
George Bako Bishop of Lokoja the Controversial Fool for Christ
by Chukwurah Ezebube
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- Used - Very Good
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- Review Copy
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- 2000
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- Paperback
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- 9789782951380
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Pelham, New York, USA
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$19.00
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Oxford, UK: African Books Collective, 2000. Oversized photographic softcover. the memoir of a great figure, Bishop George Bako, the Bishop of Lokoja Diocese of the Church of Nigeria ( Anglican Communion). Illustrated with many photographs. 269 Pages.. Review Copy. Illustrated Soft Cover. Very Good. Item Price
$19.00
Jimi Hendrix : Sessions
by McDermott, John; Kramer, Eddie; Cox, Billy
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- Fine as New
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- First Softcover
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- 1996
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- 9780316555463
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Pelham, New York, USA
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$23.00
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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Little, Brown & Company, 1996. In pictorial softcover. Fully illustrated.. First Softcover. Fine as New. Item Price
$23.00
A Brief Memoir of the Life and Conversion of Mahomed Ali Bey, a Learned Persian of Derbent
by Ali Bey, Mahomed
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Pelham, New York, USA
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$40.00
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Philadelphia: American Sunday School Union In marbled paper over boards and worn cloth spine. 125 pages, some agewear but all pages eminently readable and clean. . Very Good. Item Price
$40.00
Memoirs of John Urquhart
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1832
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Pelham, New York, USA
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$55.00
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Philadelphia: American Sunday School Union, 1832. Small book measuring 3.5 x 5.5. inches. Marbled paper over boards with worn cloth spine. 174 pages. Compiled for the american Sunday School Union and revised by the Committee of publication. Very readable. Covers worn, inside clean. . Very Good. Item Price
$55.00
Jamestown and Her Neighbours on Virginia's Historic Penninusla
by Davis, J.e
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Very Good
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- First American Edition
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- 1928
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Pelham, New York, USA
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$15.00
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Richmond, VA: Garrett & Massie Inc., 1928. In lovely full-textured blue cloth Hardcover with red lettering and green-pink dustjacket with edgewear. Professionally Broadarted it looks very attractive. Some foxing to the frontis photo and free front endpapers. A collection of sketches of historic places within a short radius of Jamestown Islanf, the site of the earliest English settlement in… Read more about this item Item Price
$15.00
Mr. Bonaparte of Corsica
by Bangs, John Kendrick
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- Used - Very Good
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- First American Edition
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- 1896
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Pelham, New York, USA
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$25.00
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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1896. In original tan cloth with wonderful pictorial decoration in red , black and gold embossed on cover. . 265 pages with publisher's ads at rear. Nineteen full-page illustrations by H. W. McVicker with numerous smaller vignettes. Frontispiece with tissue-guard.. First American Edition. Very Good. Illus. by McVicar, H.W.. Item Price
$25.00
Wallace Stevens: The Intensest Rendezvous
by Fisher, Barbara M
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
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- First Edition - SIGNED
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- 1990
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- Hardcover
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- 9780813912486
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Pelham, New York, USA
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$40.00
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Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S.A.: Univ of Virginia Pr, 1990. Signed and inscribed as follows: "For Betty - with much affection! Love, Barbara, May, 1990" Inscribed to Betty Rizzo, noted schollar in the field of women's literature and studies.. Signed by Author. First Edition - SIGNED. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Item Price
$40.00
Thomas Hollis of Lincoln's Inn: A Whig and His Books
by Bond, W.H
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- Fine as New
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- 1991
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- 9780521390910
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Pelham, New York, USA
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$100.00
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Cambridge: Cambridge Univ Pr, 1991. Thomas Hollis, a connoisseur and collector of art and antiquities, devoted the greater part of his substance and his energy to promoting the ideals of civil and religious liberty. Hollis is best known to modern bibliophiles for the distinctive bindings that he commissioned for the many books he distributed in Britain, the American colonies, and… Read more about this item Item Price
$100.00
Memoirs of William Hickey 4 VOLUMES - COMPLETE SET
by Spencer, Alfred (Editor)
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- Used - Very Good
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- Mixed Editions
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- Hardcover
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Pelham, New York, USA
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$125.00
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London, UK: Hurst & Blackett Ltd. Four Volumes from different editions, although together a visually matched set. All books in handsome blue hard cover with gold lettering on spine. An inimitable picture of life in London. Interesting sidelights on travel in Africa, the West Indies, France, Portugal and Holland, and intimate records of a long residence in East India by… Read more about this item Item Price
$125.00
Suffolk County Wills: Abstracts of the Earliest Wills upon Record in the County of Suffolk, Massachusetts from the New England Historical and Genealogical Register
by McGhan, Judith;Genealogical Publishing Co
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- Used - Fine
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- First Thus
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- 1984
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- Hardcover
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- 9780806310695
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Pelham, New York, USA
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$28.00
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Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.: Genealogical Pub Co, 1984. Based on a long series of will abstracts that appeared over a period of 45 years in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, this work encompasses what amounts to the first 30 years or so of the Suffolk County, Massachusetts, estate records (1640-1670). Altogether, the series refers to some 12,000 persons with… Read more about this item Item Price
$28.00
Autograph Signed Letter
by JOSEPHINE BONAPARTE ( 1763 - 1814). First Wife of Napoleon I
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1808
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Pelham, New York, USA
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$2,700.00
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Paris, 1808. Autograph, Letter signed " Jospehine" and addressed to " MON COUSIN LE CARDINAL ERSKINE". 1 page in French , signed and dated in Paris, January 10, 1808. Translated: TO MY COUSIN CARDINAL ERSKINE Dear cousin, nothing could make me happier than once again receiving proof of your feelings for me at the occasion of the New Year. I… Read more about this item Item Price
$2,700.00
Cum Along Thru' Texas
by Odom, Helen B
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Pelham, New York, USA
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$20.00
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Dallas, TX, Dealy and Lowe, 1936 A lovely volume in red cloth HC with original linoleum cuts by Cecil Beard. Black and white frontis portrait of the author. This book, expressed in a cowboy's own lingo, is intended to convey a true p icture of his everyday life during the passing of the year. Ye iver hearn uv Texas In… Read more about this item Item Price
$20.00
Character Sketches from Dickesn
by Matz, B.W. ( Compiled by)
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- Used - Very Good
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- First Edition
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- 1924
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Pelham, New York, USA
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$37.00
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London: Raphael Tuck, 1924. Illustrated by Harold Copping and compiled with a foreword by B.W. Matz. 146 pages includes 30 colored full-page and tissue-guarded illustrations. In brown cloth Hardcove with gilt cover decoration and a few spots of wax drippings on the front cover. Else a lovely copy of a scarce title and without flaws inside.First Edition. 4to - over… Read more about this item Item Price
$37.00
Theatre Arts December 1956 with Cover of Rosalind Russel SIGNED BY ROSALING RUSSEL
by Rosalind Russel
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Pelham, New York, USA
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$65.00
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THEATRE ARTS magazine with photograph of Rosaling Russel in the title role of Auntie Mame.96 pages in fine condition. Front cover signed in bold blue script in ink by Rosalind Russel.. Item Price
$65.00
Memoirs of the Comtesse Du Barry with Minute Details of Her Entire Career as a Favorite of Louis XV Written By Herself
by Du Barry , Comtesse
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1908
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Pelham, New York, USA
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$18.00
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Akron, Ohio: St. Dunstan Society, 1908. In red cloth Hardcover with beautiful color chromolithographes title/subsription page stating: " By subscription. Illustrated with photogravures on Japan vellum, autographs seals, Reproductions of famous paintings and full-page portraits. " . Published by the St. Dunstan Society, printed for subscribers only. 7 full page illustrations including 4 hand-colored plates depicting scenes from David… Read more about this item Item Price
$18.00
Lt. Werner Voss Germany's Greatest Teenage Ace
by Musciano, Walter
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- Used - Near Fine
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- 1962
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- 9781199081575
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Pelham, New York, USA
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$25.00
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New York: Hobby Helpers Publication, 1962. Near Fine condition in plastic spiral bound covers. 64 pages with photos and text .. Near Fine. Item Price
$25.00
Mark Twain's Elmira 1870 - 1910
by Cotton, Michelle and Dr. Herbert Wisbey
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- Fine as New
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- First Thus
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- 1985
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Pelham, New York, USA
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$20.00
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Chemung County Historical Society, 1985. In stiff photographic covers. 72 pages, profusley illustrated. A scholarly production with chronology.. First Thus. Fine as New. Item Price
$20.00
MINISTROS DE DEUS, MINISTROS DO POVO: TESTEMUNHO DE TRES SACERDOTES NO GOVERNO REVOLUCIONARIO DE NICARAGUA: ERNESTO CARDENAL, MIGUEL D'ESCOTO, FERNANDO CARDENAL. Traduçao de Edyla Mangabeira Unger
by Cabestrero, Teofilo
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Pelham, New York, USA
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$19.00
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1983 134p., photos, wrps. Thought and ideology of Ernesto Cardenal, Miguel D' Escoto, Fernando Cardenal; three leaders in Nicaragua's political revolution.In illustrated trade softcover in Near Fine condition. Text in spanish. Near Fine. Item Price
$19.00
