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Mathematical Talent: Discovery, Description, and Development: Proceedings from the Hyman Blumberg Symposium on Research in Early Childhood Education (3d : 1973 : Johns Hopkins University)
by Stanley, Professor Julian C.; Daniel P. Keating; Lynn H. Fox (Editors)
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Near Fine
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- 1st Edition 1st Printing
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- 1974
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- Hardcover
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- 9780801815850
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- 1
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The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1974. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Xvii, 215 Pp. Tan Cloth. First Printing. Near Fine In Near Fine Dust Jacket Priced $10.00. Former Owner's Info On Front Endpaper. More Institutional Concern For Super Talent, Less For High School Graduates Who Can't Add/Subtract Simple Sums.
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Treatment Of Cancer And Allied Diseases : Vol Ii And Iii Only Of A Three Volume Set
by George T. Pack And Edward M. Livingston (Editors)
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Very Good
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- 1st Edition 1st Printing
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- 1940
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- Hardcover
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Pasadena, California, USA
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A$680.26
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New York: Paul B. Hoeber / Harper & Brothers, 1940. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Lacking Volume I, Vol Ii And Iii Only Of A Three Volume Set. X, 923-1812, Xiii-Xlv; X, 1815-2598, Xiii-Ci. Red Cloth, Gilt. First Printings, 1940. Books Fine, No Wear Or Marks Or Soiling. Dust Jackets Intact, Vol. Ii With Wear… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Biblical And Theological Dictionary: Explanatory Of The History, Manners, And Customs Of The Jews, And Neighbouring Nations. With An Account Of The Most Remarkable Places And Persons Mentioned In Sacred Scripture; An Exposition Of The Principal Doctrines Of Christianity; And Notices Of Jewish And Christian Sects And Heresies (Revised By The American Editors)
by Watson, Richard; "Advertisenment" By N. Bangs
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- Used - Good
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- 1839
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- Hardcover
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A$529.10
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New York Ny: T. Mason And G. Lane, 1839. Hardcover. Good. Five Folding Maps. (Iv), 1003 Pp. Full Sheep (?),Morocco Spine Label, 4 Bands. Worn , Joints Cracked Externally But Binding Solid. No Marks. All Five Folding Maps Present In Good Condition. Light Foxing Throughout To Pages And Maps, But Not Making Reading Difficult.
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The Book Of Common Prayer, And Administration Of The Sacraments, And Other Rites And Ceremonies Of The Church, According To The Use Of The Church Of England: Together With The Psalter Or Psalms Of David, Pointed As They Are To Be Sung Or Said In Churches (With) A Companion To The Altar Shewing The Nature And Necessity Of A Sacramental Preparation In Order To Our Worthy Receiving The Holy Communion (With) The Whole Book Of Psalms: Collected Into English Metre (With) Fore Edge Painting Of London From River Thames
by Thomas Sternhold, Thomas Hopkins, Etc.
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1774
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- Hardcover
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A$1,889.62
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Oxford Uk: T. Wright And W. Gill (1774); John Beecroft (1773); T. Wright And W. Gill (1774), 1774. Hardcover. Very Good. Three Volumes Bound In One, Of Which The Second Volume Is 72 Pp. And With Frontispiece, The Other Two Unpaginated And Unillustrated. Fine Original Red Morocco Binding, Four Bands, Gilt Covers And Spine, Gilt Edges… Read more about this item Item Price
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The History Of The Life Of Peter I, Emperor Of Russia (In Three Volumes, Complete)
by Mottley, John
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- Used - Fair
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- 1st Edition 1st Printing
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- 1739
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- Hardcover
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Pasadena, California, USA
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A$1,284.94
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London Uk: J. Read, 1739. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fair. Maps, Plates. (Xxxii), 350, (Xxxii); (Viii), 354, ((Xxx); (Viii), 409, (Xxi). Errata In Volume I. All Maps And Plates: Volume I With Frontispeice Of Peter I, Very Large Folding Map Of Russia (2 1/2" Tear Along Spine Edge), View Of Prospect Of Moscow, View Of Castle Of… Read more about this item Item Price
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Missale Romanum : Ex Decreto Sacro-Sancti Concilii Tridentini Restitutum, S. Pii V Pontificus Maximi Jussu Editum, Clementis Viii. Et Urbani Viii, Auctoritate Recognitum; ... Cum Additione Omnium Missarum ... Benedictum Xiv...
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- Used - Very Good
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- First Edition Thus
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- 1755
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- Soft cover
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A$982.60
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Parisiis / Paris: Petrum-Aegidium Lemercier / Le Mercier, 1755. First Edition Thus . Soft cover. Very Good. (Xxxi), 652, Cxii. 34.5 Cm X 24 Cm. Printed In Black And Red. Engraved Illustrations On Half Title And Title, Many Plates At Section Beginnings (One Signed Demasso), Illustrated Initials, Tail-Pieces. Full Calf, Rebacked With New Black Morocco Label, Binding… Read more about this item Item Price
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The American Missal, Revised (1951). The Complete Liturgy Of The American Book Of Common Prayer With Additinal Devotional Material Appropriate To The Same
by Editing And Revisions By Earle Hewitt Maddux (1951)
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- Used - Fine
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- 2nd Edition
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- 1951
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- Hardcover
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Cambridge Ma: The American Missal / H. R. Elliot & Co. (Printers), 1951. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Fine. Xxx, 624, 145 Pp. 11 1/2" X 9". Red Morocco, Gilt Spine, Gilt Turns, Red Cloth Doublures; All Page Edges Gilt; Seven Silk Markers Bound In. Near Fine, No Marks. Quite Scarce.
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Revolution And Other Essays (Maroon Variant Binding)
by London, Jack
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- Used - Near Fine
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- No DJ
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- 1st Edition 1st Printing
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- 1910
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- Hardcover
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New York: The Macmillan Company, 1910. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/No DJ. 7 9/16" Tall. 309 Pp. + 4 Pp Ads At Rear (With The Macmilan Company Name At Bottom). Maroon Cloth, Spine Gilt. First Printing, One Of 5360 Copies. Variant Binding With No Gilt On Cover And Publisher's Name On Spine Printed As "Macmillan" In… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Game
by London, Jack
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- Used - Near Fine
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- No Dust Jacket
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- First British Edition 1st Printing
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- 1905
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- Green Cloth
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London: William Heinemann, 1905. First British Edition 1st Printing. Green Cloth. Near Fine/No Dust Jacket. 7 3/4" High. Color Plates, Drawings And Decorations By Henry Hutt And T C Lawrence. 182 Pp. Published June 1905, This The First British Edition Using American Sheets With Heinemann Title Page Retaining The Macmillan Copyright Page On Verso (!). Blue Cloth,… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Prayer For The Dying. Uncorrected Advance Proof
by Higgins, Jack
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- Used - Good
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- No Dust Jacket
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- First Edition
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- 1973
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- Red Wrappers
- ISBN
- 9780002216623
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- 1
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Pasadena, California, USA
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London: Collins, 1973. First Edition . Red Wrappers. Good/No Dust Jacket. 7 3/4" High. 221 Pp.Red Wrappers With Spine ;Label. "Uncorrected Advance Proof"; Spine Hand Lettered With Title And "24 Sept. 1973". Quite Worn, A Few Short Tears, Wrinkling To Covers And To Last 20 Pp., Cover Paper Label Intact With Two Tiny Chips.… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Land I Live In, And Other Verse
by Freeman, Robert (-1940)
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Good
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- First Edition 1st Printing
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- 1921
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- Brown Boards
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Pasadena, California: Robert Freeman / A. C. Vroman, 1921. First Edition 1st Printing. Brown Boards. Near Fine/Good. 131 Pp. Brown Paper-Covered Boards With Paper Labels On Spine And Front Cover. By The Minister Of The Pasadena Presbyterian Church For Over 25 Years. Very Near Fine Except For Hidden 1 1/2" Split Along Lower Front Spine Edge, And… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Emperor's New Mind: Concerning Computers, Minds, and the Laws of Physics
by Penrose, Roger; Foreword By Martin Gardner
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Near Fine
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- 1st Edition 1st Printing
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- 1989
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780198519737
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- 1
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A$1,814.04
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London Uk: Oxford University Press, 1989. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Drawings Throughout By Roger Penrose. Xiii, 466 Pp. Black Cloth, Gilt. True First Edition, Printing In London 1989, First Printing (Not The American First, Which States Printed In United States, Slightly Different Layout, And Has A Number Line On The Copyright Page). … Read more about this item Item Price
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Rufino Tamayo (Signed By Tamayo)
by Tamayo, Rufino; Bernard Lewin; John Black; Ceferino Palencia; Octavio Paz; Jean Cassou; Emily Genauer; Juan Garcia Ponce; Andre Breton; Nicolas Wadleyrobert Goldwater; Raymond Cogniat
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- Used - Fine
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- 1st Edition 1st Printing
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- 1983
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- Hardcover
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A$642.47
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Beverly Hills Ca: B. Lewin Galleries, 1983. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine. 168 Pp. Illustrated Cloth. Hardcover. First Printing. Signed By Tamao On Front Free Endpaper. Fine/
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![The Theory Of The Earth : Containing An Account Of The Original Of The Earth, And Of All The General Changes Which It Hath Already Undergone, Or Is To Undergo Till The Consummation Of All Things. The First Two Books, Concerning The Deluge, And Concerning Paradise; The Second Book, Concerning The Primaeval Earth, And Concerning Paradise; The Third Edition Review'd By The Author [And] The Last Two Books, Concerning The Burning Of The World, And Concerning The New Heavens And New Earth, (And) The Fourth Book, Concerning The New Heavens And New Earth, And Concernig The Consummation Of All Things; [And] A Review Of The Theory Of The Earth, And Its Proofs](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/812/616/1615616812.0.m.jpg)
The Theory Of The Earth : Containing An Account Of The Original Of The Earth, And Of All The General Changes Which It Hath Already Undergone, Or Is To Undergo Till The Consummation Of All Things. The First Two Books, Concerning The Deluge, And Concerning Paradise; The Second Book, Concerning The Primaeval Earth, And Concerning Paradise; The Third Edition Review'd By The Author [And] The Last Two Books, Concerning The Burning Of The World, And Concerning The New Heavens And New Earth, (And) The Fourth Book, Concerning The New Heavens And New Earth, And Concernig The Consummation Of All Things; [And] A Review Of The Theory Of The Earth, And Its Proofs
by Burnet, Thomas
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Jacket
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- Third Edition
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- 1697
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- Tree Calf
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A$3,779.25
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London: Walter Kettilby, 1697. Third Edition . Tree Calf. Very Good/No Jacket. 29.3 Cm High. Plates and Figures. Two Volumes Bound In One, With 1697 Dates On All Title Pages. (20, Including Frontispiece Portrait, Illustrated Title Page, Printed Title Page), 223; (12), 188. Bound In Full Tree Calf (Well-Centered Full Tree On Both Covers), Gilt Bands And… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Presocratic Philosophers. Volume I: Thales To Zeno; Volume Ii: Empedocles To Democritus (Series:Arguments Of The Philosophers)
by Barnes, Jonathan
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- Used - Very Good
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- Near Fine
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- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Published
- 1979
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780710088604
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- 1
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A$574.45
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Routledge & Kegan Paul Books, 1979. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. Two Volumes, Xiv, 378; X, 353 Pp. Brown Cloth, Spines Lettered In Gilt. First Printings, Isbn's 0710088604 And 0710088612.Both Volumes Near Fine, No Marks, Slight Foxing On Top Edges Of Page Blocks. Dj's Unworn, Not Price-Clipped, No Tears, Creases, Or Stains. Dj Of Volume… Read more about this item Item Price
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Leaves Of Grass, Including A Fac-Simile Autobiography Variorum Readings Of The Poems And A Department Of Gathered Leaves
by Whitman, Walt
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- Used - Very Good
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- Good
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- Early Reprint
- Published
- 1900
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- Hardcover
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Pasadena, California, USA
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A$498.86
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New York: John McKay, 1900. Early Reprint . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8 5/8" Tall. 567 Pp., No Ads At Rear, Spine Gilt, Front Cover Lettered In Gilt But Without Black Decorations, Top Edge Green Rather Than Gilt, , Portrait Before Title Page, No Date On Title Page, 1900 Copyright Date. Green Cloth, With Straight Edges [Not Beveled], Spine… Read more about this item Item Price
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Theodosia, Daughter Of Aaron Burr
by Harris, Anne Colver; Illustrations By Elinore Blaisdell
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good
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- 1st Edition 1st Printing
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- 1941
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- Hardcover
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A$491.30
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New York Ny: Farfrar & Rinehart, 1941. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Vii, 291 Pp. Orange Cloth. First Printing, With F7r Logo On Copyright Page. Near Fine, No Marks Or Damage. Dust Jacket Priced $2.00, Light Usage, Some Browning.
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![The Diary Of A Goose Girl [With Original Inscription, Photo, And Lewiston Newspaper Article]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/707/160/1614160707.0.m.jpg)
The Diary Of A Goose Girl [With Original Inscription, Photo, And Lewiston Newspaper Article]
by Wiggin, Kate Douglas [With Inscription From Her Secretary Minnie Alford, With A Photograph]; Illustrations By Claude A. Shepperson
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Published
- 1902
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- Hardcover
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London Uk: Gay And Bird, 1902. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Xi, 117 Pp + [Iii], 16 Pp Of Ads At Rear. Brown Cloth, Slate Endpapers. 1902 Date On Title Page. Inscription From Minnie Alford, Who Identifies Herself As Wiggins' Secretary. Photograph Of Three Women And A Man, Apparently Including Both Wiggins And The… Read more about this item Item Price
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Mt. Tamalpais California: Mt. Tamalpais & Muir Woods Railway 1917
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1st Edition
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- 1917
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- No Binding
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Pasadena, California, USA
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A$604.68
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Mt. Tamalpais & Muir Woods Railway, 1917. 1st Edition . No Binding. Very Good. Single Sheet Folded Repeatedly Horizontally To Form 16 Pages, With 4 Pp Color Overhead View At Center Of Verso
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An American Genocide: The United States and the California Indian Catastrophe, 1846-1873 (The Lamar Series in Western History)
by Madley, Benjamin
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- Used - Fine
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- Very Good
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- 1st Edition 1st Printing
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- 2016
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780300181364
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- 1
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Yale University Press, 2016. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Xv, 692 Pp. First Printing Indicated [1]. The Complete Story Of Nineteenth Century American Genocidal Imperialism In California, Widely Supported Then And Now In Democratic America. Fine In Near Fine Dust Jacket. Should Not Be A Particularly Uncommon Scholarly Book But The Author's Extensive Documentation In The… Read more about this item Item Price
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