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Cruise of the Conrad A Journal of a Voyage Round the World
by Villiers, Alan
- Condition
- Used - NVG
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1937
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Glastonbury, Connecticut, USA
- Item Price
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$75.00
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NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1937. Book. NVG. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Book has slightly bumped and worn corners, modest cover wear and soiling thus nearly very good. Dj has large chips and toning. What makes this book special is that it is inscribed by Villiers thanking Whitney not his help on the voyage but also on the book… Read more about this item Item Price
$75.00
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My Reading Life
by Conroy, Pat
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 2010
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780385533577
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Glastonbury, Connecticut, USA
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$45.00
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NY: Doubleday, 2010. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Book has slightly bumped corner thus nearly fine. Dj is fine. Signed and dated Nov. 18, 10 by the author on the title page. . Item Price
$45.00
Journal by Frances Anne Butler
by Butler, Francis Anne
- Condition
- Used - Reading Copy
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1835
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Glastonbury, Connecticut, USA
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$41.00
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PA: Carey, Lee & Blanchard, 1835. Book. Reading Copy. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Two volumes in original faded cloth with paper labels with Vol. I the boards are detached but present. This 2 volumes set is a reading copy priced to permit restoration. . Item Price
$41.00
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A Life in Boats The Years Before the War and The Concordia Years 2 Vols.
by Howland, Waldo
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- NVG
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1985
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780913372326
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Glastonbury, Connecticut, USA
- Item Price
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$88.00
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CT: Charles E. Lauriant, 1985. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Two volumes both 1st editions, Volume 1 has modest wear thus very good with the dj having edgewear. Vol.2 Concordia Years has one slightly bumped corner thus nearly very good with the dj having edgewear. Vol. II is inscribed by the author.. Item Price
$88.00
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Hemingway in Cuba
by Hemingway, Hilary and Brennen, Carlene
- Condition
- Used - NF
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 2005
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9781590710678
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Glastonbury, Connecticut, USA
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$42.00
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NY: Rugged Land, 2005. Book. Illus. by Tony Sarg. NF. Soft cover. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Illustrated softcover with minor wear thus near fine. Sign by Brennen on the title page. . Item Price
$42.00
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Chuck Berry The Autobiography
by Berry, Chuck
- Condition
- Used - NVG
- Jacket Condition
- NVG
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1987
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780517566664
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Glastonbury, Connecticut, USA
- Item Price
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$148.00
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NY: Harmony Books, 1987. Book. NVG. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Book has faint red stain on the bottom edge as the result of a dustjacket bleed otherwise minor wear and soiling thus nearly very good. Dj has edgewear and evidence on the blank interior of the dj of an old bottom spine bleed. . Item Price
$148.00
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Men's Lives the Surfmen and Baymen of the South Fork
by Matthiessen, Peter
- Condition
- Used - NVG
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1986
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780394552804
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Glastonbury, Connecticut, USA
- Item Price
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$78.00
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NY: Random , 1986. Book. NVG. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Book has one bumped corner and cover edge fading thus nearly very good. The has edgeweqar.. Item Price
$78.00
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The Paris Diary and the New York Diary 1951 - 1961
by Rorem, Ned
- Condition
- Used - VG+
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1998
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780306808388
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Glastonbury, Connecticut, USA
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$55.00
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New York: Da Capo Press, 1998. Book. VG+. Soft cover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Softcover has minor soiling thus very good plus. Signed by the author on the half title page.Stated first Da Capo Press edition. . Item Price
$55.00
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Around Cape Horn to Honolulu on the Bark Amy Turner 1880
by Briggs, L. Vernon
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- VG-
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1926
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Glastonbury, Connecticut, USA
- Item Price
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$88.00
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Boston: Charles E. Lauriant, 1926. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Book has minor wear thus near fine. Dj has toning and chips. Limited edition #14/550 copies. . Item Price
$88.00
Under the Black Horse Flag Annals of the Weld Family and Some of its Branches
by Anderson, Isabel
- Condition
- Used - NVG
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1926
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Glastonbury, Connecticut, USA
- Item Price
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$41.00
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1926. Book. NVG. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Book has modest cover wear and the spine is a tad faded thus nearly very good.. Item Price
$41.00
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Rosemary for Remembrance
by Lawrance, Margaret
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1941
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Glastonbury, Connecticut, USA
- Item Price
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$168.00
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NY: Brookville Press, 1941. Book. Illus. by Margaret Lawrance. Very Good. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Book has one bumped corner, light soiling thus very good. Dj has crease and edgewear. Clamshell case is heavily soiled. Inscribed and dated by the author. . Item Price
$168.00
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Colonel Griswold
by Griswold, Anna (editor)
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1866
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Glastonbury, Connecticut, USA
- Item Price
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$98.00
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MA: Privately Printed, 1866. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Recently rebound the binding rates fine. The interior has minor foxing and rates nearly fine. Gift inscription and Confederate obituary of Major Camden laid in. A picture of Griswold is pasted to the page preceding the introduction. Griswold died during the Wilderness Battle.. Item Price
$98.00
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The Donkey Inside
by Bemelmans, Ludwig
- Condition
- Used - NVG
- Jacket Condition
- NVG
- Edition
- Later Printing
- Published
- 1943
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Glastonbury, Connecticut, USA
- Item Price
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$148.00
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NY: Viking, 1943. Book. Illus. by Ludwig Bemelmans. NVG. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). Later Printing. Book has modest cover soiling and light cover wear thus nearly very good. Dj has modest soiling and wear. Inscribed by the author on the half title page. . Item Price
$148.00
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Somebody Down Here Likes Me Too
by Graziano, Rocky
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1981
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780812828283
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Glastonbury, Connecticut, USA
- Item Price
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$98.00
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NY: Stein & Day, 1981. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Book and dj are near fine with minor wear. Inscribed on the front fep by Graziano. . Item Price
$98.00
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One Summer in Hawaii
by Mather, Helen
- Condition
- Used - NVG
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1891
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Glastonbury, Connecticut, USA
- Item Price
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$318.00
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NY: Cassell, 1891. Book. NVG. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Book has faded spine, modest wear to cover thus nearly very good. . Item Price
$318.00
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Nine Years among the Convicts or Prison Reminiscences
by Smith, Eleazer
- Condition
- Used - NVG
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Published
- 1842
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Glastonbury, Connecticut, USA
- Item Price
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$68.00
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Boston: J. P. Magee & Cornhill, 1842. Book. NVG. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). 2nd Edition. Book has modest cover wear, foxing to the title page thus nearly very good. Inscribed to Mrs. Richard Taylor by the Author on the front fep. . Item Price
$68.00
Shetches in Prison Camps A Continuation of Sketches of the War
by Nott, Charles C.
- Condition
- Used - NVG
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Published
- 1865
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Glastonbury, Connecticut, USA
- Item Price
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$98.00
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NY: Anson D. F. Randolph, 1865. Book. NVG. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. Book has faded spine, owner bookplate, wear to head and heel of the spine, modest [page toning due to age thus nearly very good.. Item Price
$98.00
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The 25th Man
by Morrell, Ed
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- VG-
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1924
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Glastonbury, Connecticut, USA
- Item Price
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$148.00
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Nj: New Era Publishing, 1924. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Book has fading to the edges of the heel and the spine thus very good. Dj has chips, edgewear and toning. The "Subscription" page is present. Inscribed and dated on the front fep. . Item Price
$148.00
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A Field of Broken Stones
by Naeve, L. and Wieck, David
- Condition
- Used - NVG+
- Jacket Condition
- NVG
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1950
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Glastonbury, Connecticut, USA
- Item Price
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$58.00
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NJ: Libertarian Press, 1950. Book. Illus. by L. Naeve. NVG+. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Book has page toning and one slightly bumped corner thus nearly very good plus. Dj has modest soiling and tape repairs. A nice copy of the experiences of the author in prison for refusing to serve in WWII. . Item Price
$58.00
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Sketch of the Seminole War and Sketches During a Campaign
by Smith, W. W.
- Condition
- Used - VG+
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- NAP
- Published
- 1836
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Glastonbury, Connecticut, USA
- Item Price
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$9,500.00
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Charleston : Dan J. Dowling, 1836. Book. VG+. Hardcover. NAP. Recently professionally rebound in full leather, replaced endpapers that were missing, washed pages to remove soiling and most foxing volume rates very good plus. Scarce and priced appropriately to the restoration work that was preformed. . Item Price
$9,500.00