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(SIGNED) George C. Marshall 4 Volume Set PAPERBACK (Education of a General, 1880-1939 / Ordeal and Hope, 1939-1943 / Organizer of Victory, 1943-1945 / Statesman, 1945-1959)
by Forrest C. Pogue
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- 1993 & 1987
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Education of a General, 1880-1939 ISBN 0140153969 / Ordeal and Hope, 1939-1943 ISBN 0140153977 / Organizer of Victory, 1943-1945 ISBN 0140153985 / Statesman, 1945-1959 ISBN 0140119094
by Forrest C. Pogue
Set of four Trade Paperbacks 421, 493, 685, 603 pages. Condition Very Good Issued with NO Dust Jacket. Penguin Reprint editions Volumes 1,2 & 3 First printing 1993 with corresponding number line.… Read more about this item Item Price
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James Herriot 4 Volume PAPERBACK Set (All Creatures Great and Small / All Things Bright and Beautiful / All Things Wise and Wonderful / The Lord God Made Them All)
by James Herriot
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- Used - Very Good
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- First
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- 1978
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- Trade Paperback
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James Herriot 4 Volume PAPERBACK Set (All Creatures Great and Small / All Things Bright and Beautiful / All Things Wise and Wonderful / The Lord God Made Them All)
Volume 1: All Creatures Great and Small ISBN 0553122509 Trade Paperback 499 pages. Condition Very Good Issued with no NO Dust Jacket. Bantam edition 1978. Illustrated wraps on Clean, tight, square… Read more about this item Item Price
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Reclaiming History: The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy & CD
by Vincent Bugliosi
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
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- First
- Published
- 2007
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- Hardcover Cloth
- ISBN
- 9780393045253
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$45.00
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Hardcover Cloth 1612 pages. Condition Very Good Dust Jacket Very Good. Stated first edition First printing 2007 with corresponding number line. Lovely white boards with tan1/8 spine and black embossing shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Book Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. Slight shelf wear. Some spotting and stains on… Read more about this item Item Price
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Master of the Senate (The Years of Lyndon Johnson #3)
by Robert A. Caro
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good
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- First
- Published
- 2002
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- Hardcover Cloth
- ISBN
- 9780394528366
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Hardcover Cloth 1167 pages. Condition Very Good Dust Jacket Very Good. Stated First edition 2002. Handsome black boards and gold embossing on this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Book Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. Some spotting to edges. An unclipped dust jacket smooth and bright with slight shelf wear - a few… Read more about this item Item Price
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Texas Ranger: The Epic Life of Frank Hamer, the Man Who Killed Bonnie and Clyde
by John Boessenecker
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good
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- First
- Published
- 2016
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- Hardcover Cloth
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- 9781250069986
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Hardcover Cloth 513 pages. Condition Very Good Dust Jacket Very Good. Stated first edition Later printing 2016 with corresponding number line. Striking yellow boards and red embossing shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Book Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. Slight shelf wear. An unclipped dust jacket smooth, clean and brilliant… Read more about this item Item Price
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Trails and Trials of a Texas Ranger
by William Warren Sterling
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- Used - Very Good
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- First
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- 1959
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- Hardcover Cloth
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Hardcover Cloth 527 pages. Condition Very Good NO Dust Jacket. Presumed First edition 1959. Attractive tan buckram boards with leatherette 1/4 spine and gilt embossing shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Book Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. Slight shelf wear. Edges have the usual yellowing. Pages are lightly toned. Not… Read more about this item Item Price
$36.00
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About Face: Odyssey of an American Warrior
by Col. David H. Hackworth and Julie Sherman
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
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- First
- Published
- 1989
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- Hardcover Cloth
- ISBN
- 9780671526924
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About Face: Odyssey of an American Warrior
by Col. David H. Hackworth and Julie Sherman
Hardcover Cloth 875 pages. Condition Very Good Dust Jacket Very Good. Presumed First edition Second printing 1989 with corresponding number line. Handsome olive green and black boards with gold embossing shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Book Well kept and… Read more about this item Item Price
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(SIGNED) Washington Wife: Journal of Ellen Maury Slayden from 1897-1919
by Ellen Maury Slayden
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1963
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- Hardcover Cloth
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(SIGNED) Washington Wife: Journal of Ellen Maury Slayden from 1897-1919
by Ellen Maury Slayden
Hardcover Cloth 385 pages. Condition Very Good Dust Jacket Very Good. Presumed First edition 1963. Stained grey boards and blue embossing shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Book Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. Slight shelf wear. An unclipped… Read more about this item Item Price
$31.50
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(SIGNED) Distaff Diplomacy: The Empress Eugénie and the Foreign Policy of the Second Empire
by Nancy Nichols Barker
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1967
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- Hardcover Cloth
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(SIGNED) Distaff Diplomacy: The Empress Eugenie and the Foreign Policy of the Second Empire
by Nancy Nichols Barker
Hardcover Cloth 264 pages. Condition Very Good Dust Jacket Very Good. Presumed First edition 1967. Lovely green boards with black boxing and gilt embossing shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Book Well kept and carefully stored in… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Raven: A Biography of Sam Houston
by Marquis James
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good
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- Reprint
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- 1990
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- Hardcover Cloth
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Slipcased Hardcover Cloth 489 pages. Condition Very Good Dust Jacket Very Good Slipcase Good. BOMC Reprint edition 1990. Handsome red buckram boards with black boxing and gilt embossing shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Previous owner's signature on interior pages does not disturb illustrations on endpapers. Book Well kept and carefully stored in… Read more about this item Item Price
$18.00
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To the Philippines with Love
by Lorraine Carr
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1966
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- Hardcover Cloth
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$15.21
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Hardcover Cloth 254 pages. Condition Very Good Dust Jacket Very Good. Stated first edition first printing 1966. Nice teal boards and black embossing shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Previous owner's initials address stamped on title page. Book Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. Slight shelf wear. Edges have the usual… Read more about this item Item Price
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Means of Ascent (The Years of Lyndon Johnson # 2)
by Robert A. Caro
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1990
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- Trade Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780679733713
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$10.80
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Trade paperback 506 pages. Condition Very Good Issued with NO Dust Jacket. Presumed First edition 1990. Illustrated wraps shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Book Well kept with slight shelf wear - bumped corners. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.
Robert A. Caro's life of Lyndon Johnson, which began with the… Read more about this item Item Price
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Music and Men: The Life and Loves of Harriet Cohen
by Helen Fry
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- Used
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 2008
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- Hardcover Cloth
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- 9780750948173
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Hardcover Cloth 320 pages. Condition Fine Dust Jacket Fine Very Good. Presumed First edition 2008. Handsome black boards and gilt embossing shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Book Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. No shelf wear. An unclipped dust jacket smooth, clean and brilliant with slight shelf wear - a… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Talent for Genius: The Life and Times of Oscar Levant
by Sam Kashner & Nancy Schoenberger
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1994
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- Hardcover Cloth
- ISBN
- 9780679404897
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A Talent for Genius: The Life and Times of Oscar Levant
by Sam Kashner & Nancy Schoenberger
Hardcover Cloth 512 pages. Condition Very Good Dust Jacket Very Good. Presumed First edition Second printing 1994 with corresponding number line. Handsome black boards and silver embossing shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Book Well kept and carefully… Read more about this item Item Price
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Anton Rubinstein: A Life in Music (Russian Music Studies)
by Philip S. Taylor
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- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 2007
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- Laminated Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780253348715
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Laminated Hardcover Cloth 340 pages. Condition Very Good Issued with NO Dust Jacket. Presumed First edition First printing 2007 with corresponding number line. Lovely laminated covers with illustrated wraps show off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Book Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. Slight shelf wear - bumped corners. Not an ex-library,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Charles Mackerras
by Nigel Simeone & John Tyrrell
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 2015
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- Hardcover Cloth
- ISBN
- 9781843839668
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Hardcover Cloth 298 pages. Condition Very Good Dust Jacket Very Good. Presumed First edition 2015. Handsome black boards and silver embossing shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Book Well in unread condition. Slight shelf wear. Back cover water damaged. An unclipped dust jacket smooth, clean and brilliant with slight shelf wear - a… Read more about this item Item Price
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Lady in the Navy: A Personal Reminiscence
by Joy Bright Hancock
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1972
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- Hardcover Cloth
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$25.20
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Hardcover Cloth 289 pages. Condition Very Good Dust Jacket. Presumed First edition 1972. Beautiful patterned boards with blue buckram 1/4 spine and gilt embossing shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Blue topstain. Previous owner's signature on front endsheet. Book Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. Slight shelf wear. Edges have the… Read more about this item Item Price
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From Boulanger to Stockhausen: Interviews and a Memoir (Eastman Studies in Music #104)
by Bálint András Varga
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 2013
- Binding
- Hardcover Cloth
- ISBN
- 9781580464390
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Hardcover Cloth 394 pages. Condition Very Good Dust Jacket Very Good. Presumed First edition 2013. Elegant dark blue boards and silver embossing shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Book Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. Slight shelf wear. An unclipped dust jacket smooth, clean and brilliant with slight shelf wear -… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page (Slipcased 2 Volume Set)
by Burton J. Hendrick
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1926
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- Hardcover Cloth
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Two Hardcover Cloth volumes in slipcase 436 & 437 pages. Condition Fine Dust Jacket Very Good Slipcase Very Good. Presumed First edition 1926. Attractive blue buckram boards and gilt embossing shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Beautiful gilt top edge embossing. Other edges not trimmed. Book Well kept and carefully stored in unread… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Intimate Papers of Colonel House (Slipcased 2 Volume Set)
by Charles Seymour
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1926
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- Hardcover Cloth
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The Intimate Papers of Colonel House;
Volume 1 Behind the Political Curtain, 1912-1915
Volume 2 From Neutrality to War, 1915-1917
Arranged as a narrative by Charles Seymour
Two Hardcover Cloth volumes in slipcase 469 & 508 pages. Condition Very Good Dust Jacket Very Good Slipcase Very Good. Presumed First edition 1926. Attractive red buckram boards and gilt embossing shows off this Clean, tight, square… Read more about this item Item Price
$27.00