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Life and Writings of Charles Dickens
by Phebe a Hanaford
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- Used
- Published
- February 2003
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- Trade Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780766128736
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- 1
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Kessinger Publishing, February 2003. Trade Paperback . Used. A square, tight and unmarked copy. Item Price
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Keith: An autobiography
by Elmer Keith
- Condition
- Used - near fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near fine
- Edition
- Second Printing
- Published
- January 1974
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780876911372
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- 1
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A$230.88
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Winchester Press, January 1974. Second Printing. Hardcover . Used - near fine/Near fine. Second Printing. Inscribed to Willam Zaenglein, Jr. Unclipped dustjacket protected in removable mylar. Item Price
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The Later Diaries of Ned Rorem 1961 1972
by Ned Rorem
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- Used - fine
- Published
- January 1983
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- Trade Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780865471177
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- 1
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A$38.48
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North Point Pr, January 1983. Trade Paperback . Used - fine. Inscribed. A square, tight and unmarked copy. Item Price
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Alfred Thayer Mahan: The Man and His Letters
by Robert Seager II
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- Used - fine
- Published
- February 2017
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- Trade Paperback
- ISBN
- 9781591145929
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- 1
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Naval Institute Press, February 2017. Trade Paperback . Used - fine. A square, tight and unmarked copy. Item Price
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Frances Hodgson Burnett: Beyond the Secret Garden
by Angelica Shirley Carpenter,Jean Shirley
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- Used - fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- Third Printing
- Published
- January 1990
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780822549055
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- 1
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Lerner Pub Group, January 1990. Third Printing. Hardcover . Used - fine/Fine. Third Printing. INscribed by author on FFE. Fine in Fine dustjacket, protected in removable mylar. Item Price
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Lewis Carrol: Voices from France
- Condition
- Used - fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780930326166
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- 1
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The Lewis Carrol Society of North America. Hardcover . Used - fine/No Jacket. A square, tight and unmarked book except for 'LCB 213' marked in neat pen on FFE. Item Price
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Trotsky
by Wyndham
- Condition
- Used - near fine
- Published
- November 1973
- Binding
- Trade Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780140035223
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- 1
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Penguin Books, November 1973. Trade Paperback . Used - near fine. A square, tight and unmarked copy. Item Price
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George Morland, His Life and Works
by Sir Walter Gilbey
- Condition
- Used - very good
- Published
- 1907
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9782811005856
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- 1
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A$115.44
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London: Adam and Charles Black, 1907. Hardcover . Used - very good. Appears to have been recased, with well-matched new endpages and retaining spine. Front cover bright, TEG. Item Price
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Talbot Mundy: Messenger of Destiny
by Donald M. Grant
- Condition
- Used - near fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near fine
- Published
- January 1983
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780937986462
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- 1
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Donald m Grant Pub Inc, January 1983. Hardcover . Used - near fine/Near fine. A square, tight and unmarked copy. Dust jacket with light wear to head of spine now protected in removable mylar. Item Price
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The Life of Joan of Arc (Two Volume Set)
by Anatole France, Winifred Stephens (transl.)
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- Used - near fine
- Edition
- Limited
- Published
- 1909
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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A$153.92
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London: John Lane, 1909. Limited. Hardcover . Used - near fine. Two volume set, Limited to 500 copies. Red buckram boards with title and illustration in bright gilt on front covers and spines. Deckled edges and top edge gilt. Pretty bookplate of Mary Emily Wortman on front endpapers. Illustration opposite title page of Volume 2 loose, but laid… Read more about this item Item Price
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James Joyce
by Richard Ellmann
- Condition
- Used - very good
- Jacket Condition
- Near very good
- Edition
- Second Printing
- Published
- 1959
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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A$146.22
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New York: Oxford University Press, 1959. Second Printing. Hardcover . Used - very good/Near very good. Second printing. Inscribed by author on FFE. A square, tight and unmarked copy. Unclipped dust jacket, unfortunately taped and with chips especially to tail of spine, now protected in removable mylar. Item Price
A$146.22
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
by Maya Angelou
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- Used - fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Published
- 1996
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780394429861
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- 1
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A$38.48
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Random House, 1996. Hardcover . Used - fine/Fine. c. 1996 A square, tight and unmarked copy with text which appears unread. Dust jacket now protected in removable mylar. Item Price
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The Surgeon's Apprentice
by John Biggins
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- Used - fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Published
- September 2010
- Binding
- Trade Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780956542328
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- 1
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San Diego, California, USA
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A$76.96
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John Biggins Fiction, September 2010. Trade Paperback . Used - fine/No Jacket. A square, tight and unmarked copy with text which appears unread. As new. Item Price
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The Good Spy: The Life and Death of Robert Ames
by Kai Bird
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- Used - fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First
- Published
- May 2014
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780307889751
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- 1
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A$76.96
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Crown, May 2014. First. Hardcover . Used - fine/Fine. First Edition. Inscribed to William Lanouette, author of Leo Szilard biography, 'Genius in the Shadows.' A square, tight and unmarked copy with text which appears unread. Dust jacket now protected in removable mylar. Item Price
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The First Nuclear Era: The Life and Times of a Technological Fixer
by Alvin M. Weinberg
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- Used - fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First
- Published
- May 1997
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9781563963582
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- 1
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American Institute of Physics, May 1997. First. Hardcover . Used - fine/Fine. First Edition. Inscribed to William Lanouette, author of Leo Szilard biography, 'Genius in the Shadows.' A square, tight and unmarked copy with text which appears unread. Dust jacket now protected in removable mylar. Item Price
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William Morris: Poet, Craftsman, Socialist
by Elisabeth Luther Cary
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- Used - near very good
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1902
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- Hardcover
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A$61.57
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G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1902. First. Hardcover . Used - near very good. Near very good. 4to. Square, tight and unmarked text. Navy blue boards with gilt art nouveau pictorial binding designed by Mary Armstrong., Top edge gilt, fore edge deckled. Shelf wear at head and bottom of spine. 13 plates by Morris, Burne Jones and Rossetti.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Always Another Dawn: The Story of a Rocket Test Pilot
by A. Scott Crossfield and Clay Blair, Jr.
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- Used - very good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1960
- Binding
- Hardcover
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- 1
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Cleveland: The World Publishing Company, 1960. First. Hardcover . Used - very good/Fair. Sm 8vo; 421pp. First Edition stated. Inscribed on title page to Dan McKinnon, the author of 'Rescue Pilot', with his blindstamp on ffe. One sentence (with insignificant content) on p. 61 is underlined. A square, tight copy, in price-clipped dj with… Read more about this item Item Price
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Five Years of a Hunter's Life in the Far Interior of South Africa...2 vol set
by Roualeyn Gordon Cumming
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- Used - near very good
- Published
- 1850
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- Hardcover
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A$192.40
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New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1850. Hardcover . Used - near very good. 12mo; 2 vol. set. Endpapers heavily foxed, text light to moderate. Each vol with owners name (different names but each dated 1850). Owner bookplate, vol 1. Front hinges hanging on by a single cord. vol 1, spine slanted a… Read more about this item Item Price
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Life of Lieut. General Hugh MacKay of Scoury, Commander in Chief of the Forces in Scotland, 1689 and 1690, Colonel Commandant of the Scottish Brigade, in the Service of the States General, and a Privy-Counseller in Scotland, Two editions (1836 and 1842) re-bound as one.
by John MacKay
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- Used - very good
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- 1836, 1842
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- Hardcover
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Edinburgh: Laing and Forbes, 1836, 1842. Hardcover . Used - very good. Square 8vo. 1836 and 1842 editions re-bound into one volume. Prelims foxed. Otherwise, a square, tight copy with generous margins (very few notations faintly pencilled therein). Steel engraved frontis of 'MacKay,' with tissue guard, in 1836 edition. Bound in quarter… Read more about this item Item Price
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Life of Edmond Malone, Editor of Shakespeare. With Selections from His Manuscript Anecdotes
by James Prior
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- Used - near very good
- Published
- 1860
- Binding
- Hardcover
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- 1
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London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1860. Hardcover . Used - near very good. 8vo; 476pp. Front hinge endpaper split but binding remains tight and square. Owner name scribbled out, ffe. Plum-colored embossed pebbled boards with light rubbing, spine faded, yet gilt lettering still quite legible and mostly unaffected. The book is now protected in… Read more about this item Item Price
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