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SIGNED The Pope of Physics: Enrico Fermi and the Birth of the Atomic Age
by Segrè, Gino/ Hoerlin, Bettina
- Condition
- As New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Published
- 2016-10
- Binding
- As New
- ISBN
- 9781627790055
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Camarillo, California, USA
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A$76.66
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Signed, First Edition, Mint Condition/Collectible
Book appears to be untouched/unread. Spine and binding is tight.
Dust jacket is in mint condition and protected with Mylar.
Signed by the author, Gino Segrè and Bettina HOerlin, on title page.
"A major biography of the great Nobel Prize-winning physicist, a leading architect of the atomic age"
Enrico Fermi is unquestionably among the greats of the world's physicists, the… Read more about this item Item Price
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Eve of a Hundred Midnights: The Star-Crossed Love Story of Two WWII Correspondents and Their Epic Escape Across the Pacific
by Bill Lascher
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- As New
- Jacket Condition
- New
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 2016-06-21
- Binding
- As New
- ISBN
- 9780062375209
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- 1
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Camarillo, California, USA
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A$46.00
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Signed, First Edition, Mint Condition/Collectible
Book appears to be untouched/unread. Spine and binding is tight.
Dust jacket is in mint condition.
Signed by the author, Bill Lascher.
The unforgettable true story of two married journalists on an island-hopping run for their lives across the Pacific after the Fall of Manila during World War II—a saga of love, adventure, and danger.
On New Year's Eve,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Island of Vice: Theodore Roosevelt's Doomed Quest to Clean up Sin-loving New York
by Richard Zacks
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- As New
- Jacket Condition
- New
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 2012-02-07
- Binding
- As New
- ISBN
- 9780385519724
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- 1
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Camarillo, California, USA
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A$61.33
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Signed, First Edition, Mint Condition/Collectible
Book appears to be untouched/unread. Spine and binding is tight.
Dust jacket is in mint condition.
Signed by the author, Richard Zacks.
When young Theodore Roosevelt was appointed police commissioner of New York City, he had the astounding gall to try to shut down the brothels, gambling joints, and after-hours saloons. This is the story of how TR took… Read more about this item Item Price
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Team of Rivals : The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
by Doris Kearns Goodwin
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- As New
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- New
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 2005
- Binding
- As New
- ISBN
- 9780684824901
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- 1
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Camarillo, California, USA
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A$689.94
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Signed, First Edition, Mint Condition/Collectible
Book appears to be untouched/unread. Spine and binding is tight.
Dust jacket is in mint condition.
Wonderful and unforgettable book, with the signature of the author on the title page, dedicated to 'Ronald'. No annotations, as new.
Acclaimed historian Doris Kearns Goodwin illuminates Lincoln's political genius in this highly original work, as the one-term congressman and prairie lawyer… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Loudest Voice in the Room: How the Brilliant, Bombastic Roger Ailes Built Fox News--and Divided a Country
by Gabriel Sherman
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- New
- Jacket Condition
- New
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 2014-01
- Binding
- As New
- ISBN
- 9780812992854
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- 1
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Camarillo, California, USA
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A$76.66
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Signed, First Edition, Mint Condition/Collectible
Book appears to be untouched/unread. Spine and binding is tight.
Dust jacket is in mint condition and protected with Mylar.
Signed by the author, Gabriel Sherman, on title page.
The astonishing inside story of Fox News, the most powerful media and political business in the world, from one of the hottest young investigative journalists today. The story of Fox… Read more about this item Item Price
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Little Failure: A Memoir
by Gary Shteyngart
- Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 2014-01-07
- Binding
- As New
- ISBN
- 9780679643753
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- 1
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Camarillo, California, USA
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A$38.33
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Signed, First Edition, Mint Condition/Collectible
Book appears to be untouched/unread. Spine and binding is tight.
Dust jacket is in mint condition and protected with Mylar.
Signed by the author, Gary Shteyngart, on title page.
After three acclaimed novels—The Russian Debutante's Handbook, Absurdistan, and Super Sad True Love Story—Gary Shteyngart turns to memoir in a candid, witty, deeply poignant account of his life so far.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Wait Till Next Year
by Doris Kearns Goodwin
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- Used
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1997
- ISBN
- 9780684824895
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- 1
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Camarillo, California, USA
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A$229.98
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Signed, First Edition, Mint Condition/Collectible
Book appears to be untouched/unread. Spine and binding is tight.
Dust jacket is in mint condition and protected with Mylar.
Signed by the author, Doris Kearns Goodwin.
Wait Till Next Yearis the story of a young girl growing up in the suburbs of New York in the 1950s, when owning a single-family home on a tree-lined street meant the… Read more about this item Item Price
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Me of Little Faith
by Lewis Black
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- Used
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 2008-06
- Binding
- As New
- ISBN
- 9781594489945
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Camarillo, California, USA
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A$84.33
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Signed, First Edition, Mint Condition/Collectible
Book appears to be untouched/unread. Spine and binding is tight.
Dust jacket is in mint condition and protected with Mylar.
Signed by the author, Lewis Black, on title page.
What do we believe? And in God's name why?
These are the thorny questions that Lewis Black, the bitingly funny comedian, social critic, and bestselling author, tackles in his new book,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War
by Robert M. Gates
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- Used
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 2014-01
- ISBN
- 9780307959478
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- 1
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Camarillo, California, USA
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A$46.00
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Signed, First Edition, Mint Condition/Collectible
Book appears to be untouched/unread. Spine and binding is tight.
Dust jacket is in mint condition and protected with Mylar.
Signed by the author, Robert M. Gates, on title page.
From the former secretary of defense, a strikingly candid, vividly written account of his experience serving Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama during the wars in Iraq and… Read more about this item Item Price
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Reagan: The Life
by H.W Brands
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 2015-05
- Binding
- Good
- ISBN
- 9780385536394
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- 1
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Camarillo, California, USA
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A$61.33
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Signed, First Edition, Mint Condition/Collectible
There is separation between spine and binding when book is opened, all else fine.
Dust Jacket in mint condition and protected in Mylar.
Signed by the author, H.W. Brands, on the title page.
First Edition print.
From master storyteller and New York Times bestselling Historian H. W. Brands comes the definitive biography of a visionary and transformative president.
… Read more about this item Item Price
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Bill Veeck: Baseball's Greatest Maverick
by Paul Dickson
- Condition
- As New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 2012-04
- Binding
- As New
- ISBN
- 9780802717788
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- 1
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Camarillo, California, USA
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A$53.66
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Signed, First Edition, Mint Condition/Collectible
Book appears to be untouched/unread. Binding is tight.
Dust Jacket in mint condition and protected in Mylar.
Signed by the author, Paul Dickson, on the title page.
First Edition print.
William Louis "Bill" Veeck, Jr. (1914-1986) is legendary in many ways-baseball impresario and innovator, independent spirit, champion of civil rights in a time of great change. Paul Dickson has written… Read more about this item Item Price
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Al Franken, Giant of the Senate
by Al Franken
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- As New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 2017-05
- Binding
- As New
- ISBN
- 9781455540419
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Camarillo, California, USA
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A$30.66
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Signed, First Edition, Mint Condition/Collectible
Book appears to be untouched/unread. Binding is tight.
Dust Jacket in mint condition and protected in Mylar.
Signed by the author, Al Franken, on the title page.
First Edition print.
From Senator Al Franken - #1 bestselling author and beloved SNL alum -- comes the story of an award-winning comedian who decided to run for office and then discovered why… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Cost of Courage
by Charles Kaiser
- Condition
- As New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 2015-06
- Binding
- As New
- ISBN
- 9781590516140
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Camarillo, California, USA
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A$61.33
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Signed, First Edition, Mint Condition/Collectible
Book appears to be untouched/unread. Binding is tight.
Dust Jacket in mint condition and protected in Mylar.
Signed by the author, Charles Kaiser, on the title page.
First Edition print.
"The result is a mix of history, biography and memoir which reads like a nerve-racking thriller." —The Guardian (US)
This heroic true story of the three youngest children of a bourgeois… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Patriarch: The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Kennedy
by David Nasaw
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- As New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 2012-11-13
- Binding
- As New
- ISBN
- 9781594203763
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Camarillo, California, USA
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A$68.99
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Signed, First Edition, Mint Condition/Collectible
Book appears to be unread/untouched. Spine and binding is tight.
Dust Jacket is pristine with Mylar protecting it.
Signed by the author, David Nasaw on title page.
First Edition print.
In this pioneering new work, celebrated historian David Nasaw examines the life of Joseph P. Kennedy, the founder of the twentieth century's most famous political dynasty.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Ernest Hemingway: A Biography
by Mary V. Dearborn
- Condition
- As New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 2017-05
- Binding
- Good+
- ISBN
- 9780307594679
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Camarillo, California, USA
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A$114.99
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Signed, First Edition, As New Condition
Book is in great, as new condition with the exception of its spine; there is separation between the binding and spine when book is opened, all else fine.
Dust jacket in pristine condition and protected in Mylar.
Signed by the author, Mary V. Dearborn on the title page; "Mary V. Dearborn June 20, 2017"
First edition… Read more about this item Item Price
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M Train
by Patti Smith
- Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 2015
- Binding
- New
- ISBN
- 9781101875100
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Camarillo, California, USA
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A$145.65
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SIGNED, FIRST EDITION, NEW, COLLECTIBLE
We are selling an excellent new copy of Patti Smith's (Winner of the National Book Award) M Train. Binding is new. Dust jacket is new and now is protected in Mylar.
Signed by the award winning author, Patti Smith, on the title page.
First edition printing.
From the National Book Award-winning author of Just Kids: an… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Word Detective: Searching for the Meaning of It All at the Oxford English Dictionary
by John Simpson
- Condition
- As New / Mint
- Jacket Condition
- As New / Mint
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 2016-10
- Binding
- As New / Mint
- ISBN
- 9780465060696
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Camarillo, California, USA
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A$99.66
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SIGNED, FIRST EDITION, MINT CONDITION/COLLECTIBLE
Casa Pacifica is selling a pristine, mint condition copy of John Simpson's The Word Detective: Searching for the Meaning of It All at the Oxford English Dictionary. This book looks unread/untouched, and is ready for a new reader or collector to enjoy it! Dust jacket is in mint condition, and is now protected in Mylar.
Signed… Read more about this item Item Price
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