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Notes of a Native New Englander
by Loomis, James Lee
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- Used - VERY GOOD+
- Published
- 1948
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- Hardbound
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- 1
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Bethel, Connecticut, USA
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$10.95
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Hartford, CT: Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company, 1948. Hardbound. VERY GOOD+. As new except for faint age toning of spine and part of covers. No dust jacket. 156 pages with 7 Addresses, 2 essays, 19 excerpts, and 4 poems. Photos and commentary of interest on Granby, CT, home of the author. Item Price
$10.95
From Mythical to Mediaeval Man
by Powell, Sumner C.(PeteeH. Saure, Illus.)
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- Used - GOOD+
- Published
- 1957
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- Oversize Paperback
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- 1
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Bethel, Connecticut, USA
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$24.95
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New Haven, CT: Compass Publishing, 1957. Oversize Paperback. GOOD+. Tight, bright, clean interior, lightly soiled exterior, slight curl. Small rip at top of spine covering is repaired with clear tape. Ancient History as taught at Choate School in the 1950's - a series of essays. "It is a synthesis of much that has been already published in the last decade… Read more about this item Item Price
$24.95
Wright on the Line
by Wright, Milton V
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- Used - FINE
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- (Signed)
- Published
- 1985
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- Trade Paperback
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- 1
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Bethel, Connecticut, USA
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$24.95
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Cobbleskill, NY: Times-Journal Press, 1985. (Signed). Trade Paperback. FINE. As new except for faint shelfwear to exterior edges. Signed with the author's nickname "Flash" Wright. Collection of his columns for upstate New York newspapers from the 1940s through the 1970s. A columnist who viewed all aspects of the world with a sense of humor. 80 staple-bound pages.… Read more about this item Item Price
$24.95
The Sketch Book
by Irving, Washington
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- Used - VERY GOOD-
- Published
- c1894
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- Hardbound
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Bethel, Connecticut, USA
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$14.95
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Boston: Allyn and Bacon , c1894. Hardbound. VERY GOOD-. Tight, faint page tanning, clean, square. Black cloth with gilt title box and lettering. No dust jacket. School library stamp inside front cover, acquisition date 1928. Probably a later printing (DDAP). Slight softening and rubbing to spine ends and cover corners. Tiny pencil checkmarks next to titles on Contents… Read more about this item Item Price
$14.95
Personality
by Tagore, Rabindranath
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- Used - GOOD / No DJ
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- (September, 1917 reprint)
- Published
- 1917
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- Hardbound
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- 1
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Bethel, Connecticut, USA
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$14.95
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NY: Macmillan, 1917. (September, 1917 reprint). Hardbound. GOOD / No DJ. Tight, tanned pages, sunned spine, light age soil to exterior, light spots (glue) along endpaper hinges, square. Rubbing to spine ends and cover corners. Light, ruled pencil underlining in first third of book. "July 15, 1948 Litchfield, Conn." written on first free page. Old bookstore sticker… Read more about this item Item Price
$14.95
Le Droit de parler
by Pauwels, Louis (Jean-Edern Hallier, Preface)
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- Used - FINE
- Published
- 1981
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- Trade Paperback
- ISBN
- 9782226012197
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- 1
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Bethel, Connecticut, USA
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$29.95
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Albin Michel, 1981. Trade Paperback. FINE. As new - gift quality! Text in French. ISBN: 2226012192. Item Price
$29.95
Convertis du XXme Siecle (Premier Volume)
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- Used - GOOD
- Published
- c1956
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- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Bethel, Connecticut, USA
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$8.95
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Casterman, Belgium, c1956. Paperback. GOOD. Tight, soiled exterior with tanned spine, clean interior with age tanned pages, square. Hinge crease, rubbed corners. Authors: Gheon, Hyde, Stein, Jacob, Nicolle, Verkads, Copeman, Nagai, Merton, Raissa, Maritain, Carrel, Desvallieres, Bloy, Riviere, Jammes 246 pages, Text in French. Item Price
$8.95
Historia de lo Inmediato
by Leduc, Renato
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- Used - VERY GOOD+
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- (Primera edicion)
- Published
- 1976
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- Paperback
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Bethel, Connecticut, USA
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$13.95
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Mexico: Archivo del fondo (#56) / Fondo de Cultura Economica, 1976. (Primera edicion). Paperback. VERY GOOD+. As new- gift quality!. Articles and profiles by this Mexican poet and journalist ranging from John Reed to El canciller y las vikingas. #06964 of 10000. 86 pages. Text in Spanish. Item Price
$13.95
Principle Products of Portugal: Prose Pieces
by Hall, Donald
- Condition
- Used - NEAR FINE
- Edition
- (2nd printing)
- Published
- 1995
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- Trade Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780807062036
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- 1
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Bethel, Connecticut, USA
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$9.95
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Boston, MA: Beacon Press (Unitarrian Universalist Association), 1995. (2nd printing). Trade Paperback. NEAR FINE. As new except for owner's name inside front cover. The author describes this collection of 24 essays as "things miscellaneous, unrelated, boring, and probably educational." the critics describe it as "essays of beauty that light the dark recesses of the reader's mind...mark a… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Order of Battle at Trafalgar and Other Essays
by Bayley, John
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- Used - FINE/ Fine
- Edition
- (1st American Edition)
- Published
- 1987
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- Hardbound
- ISBN
- 9781555841379
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- 1
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Bethel, Connecticut, USA
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$23.95
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NY: Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 1987. (1st American Edition). Hardbound. FINE/ Fine. As new except for crease on front flap of Dust Jacket. "collection of essays includes studies of Keats, Hardy and Philip Larkin…but concentrates especially on the great figures in the Russian tradition, from Pushkin, Turgenev, Dostoevsky and Tolstoy to...Pasternak, Akhmatova, Tsvetaeva, Solhenitsyn, Grossman & Brodsky..." 224… Read more about this item Item Price
$23.95
The Primary colors: Three Essays
by Theroux, Alexander
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- Used - VERY GOOD+
- Published
- 1994
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- Paperback
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Bethel, Connecticut, USA
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NY: Henry Holt and Company, 1994. Paperback. VERY GOOD+. As new except for corner bump which has bent page corners. "dazzling, free-form meditation explores the three primary colors through their myriad associations in art, history, music, poetry, fiction, movies, anthropology, linguistics, myth, religion, science, food, sports, and everyday life." 268 pages Item Price
$8.95
CLIO:WCSU History Journal, Spring 2005: The Many Forms of Sexuality
by N/A
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- Used - FINE
- Published
- 2005
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- Oversize Paperback
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Bethel, Connecticut, USA
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Danbury, CT: Western Connecticut State University, 2005. Oversize Paperback. FINE. As new. Articles include: ""Upon Entering the White House: Affairs and Sec Scandals through the Years": "Buying the Right to Privacy: Contraception in Connecticut, 1940-1970"; Charles and Di: A History in Attitudes"; "An Inquiry into the Masculine Mentality"; "the Oppression of Women in Christianity"; "Black Women Abolitionists"; "Walt… Read more about this item Item Price
$10.95
Perseus in the Wind
by Stark, Freya
- Condition
- Used - VERY GOOD+
- Edition
- (1st thus)
- Published
- 1956
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- Trade Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Bethel, Connecticut, USA
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$14.95
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Boston, MA: Beacon (#BP24), 1956. (1st thus). Trade Paperback. VERY GOOD+. Tight, slight yellowing, clean interior, light age soil to exterior, slight curl. Faint edgewear and light corner bump. "Reflective essays on beauty, nature, religion, death, art, courage, love, sorrow and things that are beyond our grasp yet visible to all, dear to our hearts and far from… Read more about this item Item Price
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