Collectible Paperbacks-Nonfiction from Retrograde Media
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Fishes: A Guide to Fresh- and Salt-water Species (Golden Nature Guides)
by Zim, Herbert S. And Hurst H. Shoemaker (Illustrated by James Gordon Irving)
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 1956
- Binding
- MMPB
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Pullman, Washington, USA
- Item Price
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$6.95
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New York, New York: Golden Press, 1956. MMPB. Very Good. Collectible nature guide with vibrant color illustrations. $1.00 original price point. Laminate peeled away and has a stamped letter on bottom page edges. Light stress to spine exterior. Kept in poly sleeve for protection. Packed and shipped with care. Item Price
$6.95
The Seven Storey Mountain
by Merton, Thomas
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Published
- 1952
- Binding
- MMPB
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Pullman, Washington, USA
- Item Price
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$15.95
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New York, New York: Signet / New American Library, 1952. MMPB. Good. First Thus Religious philosophical classic, unabridged Signet Double volume D929. Binding is intact but has heavy wear to edges, including laminate peel in places and a two-inch back cover tear underneath laminate. Back hinge weakening and inside back cover has pen notes on it. Interior looks… Read more about this item Item Price
$15.95
Flowers: A Guide to Familiar American Wildflowers (Golden Nature Guides)
by Zim, Herbert S. and Alexander C. Martin (Illustrated by Rudolf Freund)
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 1962
- Binding
- MMPB
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Pullman, Washington, USA
- Item Price
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$4.95
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New York, New York: Golden Press, 1962. MMPB. Very Good. Later Printing Early 60s Golden guide with expected vibrant and colorful illustrations. Laminate peeled off and has some corner bumping in places. Kept in poly sleeve for protection. Packed and shipped with care. Item Price
$4.95
Sky Fighters of World War I: Fawcett How-to Book #484
by Bacon, W. Stevenson (Edited by)
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Published
- 1961
- Binding
- Softcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Pullman, Washington, USA
- Item Price
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$8.95
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Greenwich, Connecticut: Fawcett Publications, Inc., 1961. Softcover. Good. Staplebound softcover magazine of WWI flying aces with black and white photography. Heavy corner bumping. Packed and shipped with care. Item Price
$8.95
The First War Planes: Fawcett How-to Book #460
by Bacon, W. Stevenson (Edited by)
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Published
- 1960
- Binding
- Softcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Pullman, Washington, USA
- Item Price
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$6.95
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Greenwich, Connecticut: Fawcett Crest, 1960. Softcover. Good. Staplebound softcover magazine of WWI flying aces with black and white photography. Bottom of spine has area tearing away. Some waving to pages, though no visible evidence it was from dampening. Packed and shipped with care. Item Price
$6.95
Abriss der Psychoanalyse Das Unbehagen in der Kultur
by Freud, Sigmund (Afterword by Thomas Mann)
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 1953
- Binding
- MMPB
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Pullman, Washington, USA
- Item Price
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$9.95
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Frankfurt, Hesse, West Germany: Fischer Bucherei KG, 1953. MMPB. Very Good. German language edition in colorful midcentury design. Previous owners name stamped on outer page edges. Minor edgewear in places, including on lower spine where small tear has been secured by clear tape. Kept in poly sleeve for protection. Packed and shipped with care. Item Price
$9.95
Great Train Robberies of the West
by Block, Eugene B.
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 1959
- Binding
- MMPB
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Pullman, Washington, USA
- Item Price
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$3.50
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New York, New York: Avon Books, 1959. MMPB. Very Good. Presumed First Edition Historian and amateur criminologist tells the tales of famous and less-famous train capers from the old west on Avon, book T-398. Weakened front hinge. Back cover has an area towards bottom where a bit of the cover surface has torn away, and a ~1 cm… Read more about this item Item Price
$3.50
The Self-Made MAD
by Gaines, William M. (Edited by Albert B. Feldstein)
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Published
- 1964
- Binding
- MMPB
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Pullman, Washington, USA
- Item Price
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$3.95
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New York, New York: Signet / New American Library, 1964. MMPB. Good. First Thus Signet D2561. Reading or placeholder copy with various cover creasing and bent outer corners. Binding is intact and interior is clean. Red dyed page edges. Kept in poly sleeve for protection. Packed and shipped with care. Item Price
$3.95
Gateway Guide to England
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Published
- 1958
- Binding
- Softcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Pullman, Washington, USA
- Item Price
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$14.95
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New York, New York: David McKay Company, Inc., 1958. Softcover. Good. Rare and collectible travel guide in delightful midcentury design from the publisher of classic comics like Dick Tracy. Moderate wear on spine, some light staining on back cover. Kept in poly sleeve for protection. Packed and shipped with care. Item Price
$14.95
Gateway Guide to Italy
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Published
- 1958
- Binding
- Softcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Pullman, Washington, USA
- Item Price
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$19.95
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New York, New York: David McKay Company, Inc., 1958. Softcover. Very Good+. Rare and collectible travel guide in delightful midcentury design from the publisher of classic comics like Dick Tracy. Bit of a bump to bottom spine area but otherwise nice. Kept in poly sleeve for protection. Packed and shipped with care. Item Price
$19.95
Gateway Guide to Germany
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 1958
- Binding
- Softcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Pullman, Washington, USA
- Item Price
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$17.95
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New York, New York: David McKay Company, Inc., 1958. Softcover. Very Good. Rare and collectible travel guide in delightful midcentury design from the publisher of classic comics like Dick Tracy. Bit of a bump on top of spine and a series of small digs on back cover but otherwise nice. Kept in poly sleeve for protection. Packed and… Read more about this item Item Price
$17.95
Walden; or, Life in the Woods
by Thoreau, Henry David
- Condition
- Used - Good+
- Published
- 1949
- Binding
- MMPB
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Pullman, Washington, USA
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$3.95
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New York, New York: Signet / New American Library, 1949. MMPB. Good+. Later Printing The American classic of natural living on Signet, book 747. Moderate corner wear, weakened front hinge. Sticker pull on spine exterior. Kept in poly sleeve for protection. Packed and shipped with care. Item Price
$3.95
Lady Sings the Blues
by Holiday, Billie with William Dufty
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Published
- 1958
- Binding
- MMPB
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Pullman, Washington, USA
- Item Price
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$14.95
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New York, New York: Popular Library, 1958. MMPB. Good. Later Printing The sizzling autobiography by the vocal jazz great, Popular Giant G208. Bend to upper outside corner with cover creasing. Bottom of spine burgeoning fray had been repaired by a piece of tape. Unabridged and very collectible though perhaps more in the placeholder copy realm. Teal dyed page… Read more about this item Item Price
$14.95
The Pocket Guide to the Wildflowers: How to Identify and Enjoy Them
by Gottscho, Samuel
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 1951
- Binding
- MMPB
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Pullman, Washington, USA
- Item Price
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$3.50
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New York, New York: Pocket Books, 1951. MMPB. Very Good. First Thus Mild edgewear in places. Binding is tight and interior is clean. Kept in poly sleeve for protection. Packed and shipped with care. Item Price
$3.50
Rocks and Minerals, a Guide to Minerals, Gems, and Rocks
by Zim, Herbert S. and Paul R. Shaffer (Illustrated by Raymond Perlman)
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 1957
- Binding
- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Pullman, Washington, USA
- Item Price
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$6.95
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New York, New York: Golden Press, 1957. Paperback. Very Good. Original $1.00 cover price. Moderate to heavier edgwear in places, including a back cover crease near top of spine. Previous owners name written on first page. Kept in poly sleeve for protection. Packed and shipped with care. Item Price
$6.95
In Cold Blood: A True Account of a Multiple Murder and its Consequences
by Capote, Truman
- Condition
- Used - Good+
- Published
- 1965
- Binding
- MMPB
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Pullman, Washington, USA
- Item Price
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$4.95
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New York, New York: Signet / New American Library, 1965. MMPB. Good+. Later Printing Widely considered to be the first work of the true crime genre, detailing a grisly murder of a family in middle America. Signet Y3040. Stressing down middle of spine exterior but binding is still strong. Bit of creasing to back cover. Packed and shipped… Read more about this item Item Price
$4.95
How to Know the Wild Flowers
by Stefferud, Alfred (Illustrated by Sidney H. Horn)
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Published
- 1953
- Binding
- MMPB
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Pullman, Washington, USA
- Item Price
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$2.95
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New York, New York: Mentor / New American Library, 1953. MMPB. Good. Second Printing Vintage guide to wildflowers with sketches on Mentor, M48. Couple light creases to covers, damp splotch to exterior page edges on side. Otherwise mild to moderate edgewear in places. Kept in poly sleeve for protection. Packed and shipped with care. Item Price
$2.95
Memoires de Guerre: lUnite 1942-1944
by de Gaulle, Charles
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Published
- 1956
- Binding
- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Pullman, Washington, USA
- Item Price
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$15.95
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Paris, France: Librairie Plon, 1956. Paperback. Good. First Thus French language memoirs of the WWII freedom fighter, Mémoires de guerre lunité on Le Livre de Poche Historique series. Moderate to heavy edge rubbing and cover buckling/creasing in places. Previous owners inscription on first title page, dated 1958 in Paris. Spine has weakening crease down exterior middle but is… Read more about this item Item Price
$15.95
The Deep South Says Never
by Martin, John Bartlow
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Published
- 1957
- Binding
- MMPB
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Pullman, Washington, USA
- Item Price
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$3.50
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New York, New York: Ballantine Books, 1957. MMPB. Good. First Thus The Supreme Court says Yes, the Deep South says Never
** Early civil rights era report from the journalist authors travels in the South to catalogue the fight for racial integration in public schools, Ballantine 220. Top and bottom of spine beginning to separate, but remains strong.… Read more about this item Item Price
$3.50
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
by Shirer, William L.
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Published
- 1966
- Binding
- MMPB
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Pullman, Washington, USA
- Item Price
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$14.95
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Greenwich, Connecticut: Fawcett Crest, 1966. MMPB. Good. Later Printing Crest pocket paperback reprint, A522, with $1.65 cover price. Thick volume of some 1600 pages. Spine is weakened and stressed in the middle from reading but remains intact despite the heavy load. Cover tear from top along spine edge but is taped on inside cover to help keep it… Read more about this item Item Price
$14.95
