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Treasured Thoughts from Favorite Authors
by Caroline May, ed
- Condition
- Used - Fair
- Published
- c 1850
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Plano, Texas, USA
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$40.00
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A beautiful collection of aphorisms and essays compiled by Caroline May, a 19th-century English-American editor and literary critic who was particularly interested in works by and the education of women. Brown cloth jacket with blind and gilt stamping on front and back, with texture and gild on spine.
Publication date listed as 1851 on title page and 1850 on copyright page.… Read more about this item Item Price
$40.00
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Recollections
by Historical Committee of the Fresno-Madera Medical Society
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 2004
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Plano, Texas, USA
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$20.00
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A narrative history of medical practices in Central California. Copious B&W illustrations and photographs. Small stains and writing on interior. Item Price
$20.00
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Framingham
by Stephen W. Herring
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Published
- 2000
- Binding
- Hardcover with dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Plano, Texas, USA
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$15.00
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History of Framingham, Massachusetts. Dust jacket is brown & beige, cover is burgundy cloth with gold stamping on front and sides. Multiple B&W illustrations. Binding tight. Small stains and writing on pages. Item Price
$15.00
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The St. John Genealogy
by Alexander Orline St. John
- Condition
- Used - Good+
- Published
- 1907
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Plano, Texas, USA
- Item Price
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$100.00
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1907 edition of the St. John Genealogy, copy #216 of 500. Blue cloth with gold stamping on spine, rub mark on back cover. Previous owner made a protective dust jacket of plain white paper and glassine.
Title page is orange and black. Fifteen B&W photographs of members of the St. John family and other family material. Protective tissue on front illustration… Read more about this item Item Price
$100.00
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The Sisson Family Heritage Book
by Beatrice Bayley
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 1981
- Binding
- Harcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Plano, Texas, USA
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$10.00
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"Bayley System" family history of the Sissons with B&W photos and illustrations. Book No. 37. Breakdown of family names state by state. Dark green covers with gilt stamping on front and back. Pages are age-tanned. Item Price
$10.00
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The Kendall Family Heritage Book
by Beatrice Bayley
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 1981
- Binding
- Harcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Plano, Texas, USA
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$10.00
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"Bayley System" family history of the Kendalls with B&W photos and illustrations. Book No. 66. Breakdown of family names state by state. Dark green covers with gilt stamping on front and back. Pages are age-tanned. Item Price
$10.00
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Take Me to the River
by Joell Hallowell and Coke Hallowell
- Condition
- Used - Good-
- Published
- 2010
- Binding
- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Plano, Texas, USA
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$10.00
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A collection of essays about California's San Joaquin River. Multiple B&W photographs. Two-inch long split at top of spine where it meets front cover. Corners of front cover and first pages are bent. Some rubbing Item Price
$10.00
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History of the Sierra Nevada
by Francis P. Farquhar
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Edition
- 2nd printing
- Published
- 1966
- Binding
- Hardcover, with dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Plano, Texas, USA
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$15.00
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Second printing of Farquhar's classic history of the Sierra Nevada mountains. B&W dust jacket over a blue cloth cover with white design on front and gold text on spine. Lavishly illustrated with several B&W photographs and a full-color frontispiece.
Dust jacket is stained and chipped. Interior has some stains and inscription dated 1967 on frontpaper. Item Price
$15.00
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Environmental Engineering and Sanitation
by Joseph A. Salvato
- Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Edition
- 3rd
- Published
- 1982
- Binding
- Hardcover, with dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Plano, Texas, USA
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$30.00
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Third edition of Salvato's classic textbook on environmental science. Full color dust jacket with chipping and tears. Black cloth cover with gold stamping on front, back, and spine. Interior features multiple B&W illustrations and a fold-out diagram.
Former owner's name on frontpaper. Text block is stained with some bumping and chipping. Item Price
$30.00
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Records of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations in New England, Vol VIII, 1776 to 1779
by John Russell Bartlett (editor)
- Condition
- Used - Binding Copy
- Published
- 1863
- Binding
- Leather boards
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Plano, Texas, USA
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$15.00
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The 1863 edition of the Records of the State of Rhode Island, 1776-1779. Volume VIII only.
Book has been re-covered in brown leather. Front and back covers are completely detached from book. Traces of gilt on spine, which is badly worn.
Interior is significantly aged tanned with foxing. Three B&W portrait illustrations with protective tissue intact. Two pages are attached to loose… Read more about this item Item Price
$15.00
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Old Providence
by The Merchants National Bank of Providence
- Condition
- Used - Fair
- Published
- 1918
- Binding
- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Plano, Texas, USA
- Item Price
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$15.00
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A 65-page history of buildings in Providence, RI, illustrated with numerous B&W photographs.
Cover is faded blue paper with gilt stamping and dark blue decorations. Interior has red & black chapter and page headings.
Spine is frayed, with binding showing. Jacket is sunned and has sizable stains. Table of contents page is chipped and completely loose. Pages are age tanned with bent… Read more about this item Item Price
$15.00
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Potowomut
by Anna M. M. Lawrence
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Published
- 1931
- Binding
- Stapled paper
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Plano, Texas, USA
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$60.00
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A rare history of Potowomut, including a genealogical table of the two landowning families. Book is 26 pages long and stapled. Cover is beige heavy textured paper with burgundy and green on front. B&W map, table, and photograph inside.
Cover & interior have small stains and are age tanned. Some bumping on corners and edges. Item Price
$60.00
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Through Colonial Doorways
by Anne Hollingsworth Wharton
- Condition
- Used - Binding Copy
- Edition
- Eighth
- Published
- 1893
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Plano, Texas, USA
- Item Price
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$10.00
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19th century history of society life in the North American colonies. Tan leather over boards with gilt stamping on front. Text block has gilt top and deckled edges. Tan marbled decorative endpapers. Tipped-in protective tissue over B&W frontispiece is intact. Title page has yellow & black printing. Elaborate B&W chapter decorations.
Both front and back covers are completely separated from book,… Read more about this item Item Price
$10.00
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Colonial Days & Dames
by Anne Hollingsworth Wharton
- Condition
- Used - Poor
- Published
- 1895
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Plano, Texas, USA
- Item Price
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$10.00
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A 19th-century title about women's lives in the North American colonies. Tan leather over boards with gilt stamping on the front and spine, six raised ribs across spine. Text block is gilt on top with deckled edges. Tan marbled decorative endpapers. Protective tissue over B&W frontispiece is intact. Title page has blue & black print. Charming B&W chapter decorations.
Front cover… Read more about this item Item Price
$10.00
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The Book of Common Prayer
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 1875
- Binding
- Leather limp bound, partial yapp
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Plano, Texas, USA
- Item Price
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$20.00
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Beautiful 19th century edition of The Book of Common Prayer. Black pebbled leather partial yapp binding. Blind stamping on front, spine & back, with gilt on front. Text block gilt all edges. Printed in black, white & orange. Sewn-in blue ribbon bookmark.
Inscription by former owner on front pages dated 1877.
Cover has wear on edges and top & heel of spine.… Read more about this item Item Price
$20.00
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Mahatma Gandhi
by Romain Rolland
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 1924
- Binding
- Hardcover, no dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Plano, Texas, USA
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$15.00
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Rolland's biography Mahatma Gandhi, translated into English by Catherine D. Groth. Blue cloth cover with orange stamping on front and spine. B&W frontispiece illustration of Gandhi.
FON on FFEP and bookplate with FON on front endpaper.
Cover is stained with bumping on edges. Pages are age tanned. Item Price
$15.00
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The Destiny of Man
by John Fiske
- Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Edition
- Ninth
- Published
- 1886
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Plano, Texas, USA
- Item Price
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$10.00
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Dark blue cloth with gilt on spine. Deckled edges. Attractive chapter decorations.
Cover is stained and bumped, with fraying on corners and top & heel of spine. Spine is cocked. Pages are age tanned with some stains. Item Price
$10.00
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Adrift on an Ice-Pan
by Wilfred Thomason Grenfell
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- The Riverside Literature Series
- Published
- 1909
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Plano, Texas, USA
- Item Price
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$25.00
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A story of rescue in the snow, copyright date 1909. Green cloth covers with black stamped on front, spine, and back. Both B&W photographic plates are intact.
FON on FFEP, dated 1916.
Cover is stained, bumped, and worn, especially on edges and top and heel of spine. Pages are age tanned with multiple bent corners. Item Price
$25.00
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Memoirs of the Life of the Reverend George Whitefield, M.A.
by John Gillies
- Condition
- Used - Binding Copy
- Published
- 1772
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Plano, Texas, USA
- Item Price
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$500.00
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The 1772 London edition of Whitefield's life, complied by Gillies. Brown leather over boards. B&W illustrations.
Front and back cover are completely detached, and are larger than the text block and spine (perhaps replacements?). Leather is worn and black & colored leather on spine is faded and flaking. Small writing on front pages. FFEP is completely loose. Pages are age tanned… Read more about this item Item Price
$500.00
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Courage
by J.M. Barrie
- Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Jacket Condition
- Good-
- Published
- 1923
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Plano, Texas, USA
- Item Price
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$10.00
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Green paper dust jacket over matching green cloth cover with black lettering and design.
FON on front endpaper dated 1923.
Dust jacket has wear, small tears, and chipping, especially along spine hinges, edges, and corners. Cloth cover has wear on corners, top edge, and top of spine. Pages are age tanned. Item Price
$10.00
