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New Manila Quezon City, Philippines : Vera-Reyes, 1989. Minor edge and corner wear; lightly scuffed and scratched; spine is lightly creased; some shelf wear; ex-library with the usual library markings; overall a nice used copy! Green wrapper with white and green lettering. 129 informative and historical pages! "I read F. Sionil Jose for the first time in the early fifties, when the writers of his generation were introducing themselves with their poetry and fiction. I was then the first Executive Secretary of the US-Philippine Educational Foundation. After the dark age that fell on countries like the Philippines during the Japanese war, with the devastation not only of cities and the countryside but also os such essential resources for growth as education institutions and personnel, there was a great need for the young generation........." ------ from the Introduction by Alfredo T. Morales.. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.
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F. Sionil Jose and His Fiction: The Filipino's Journey to Justice and Nationhood
by Alfredo Morales
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FLORIDA CONVERSATIONS II (SIGNED FIRST EDITION)
by JR EDGAR JOHN L'HEUREUX
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Goldenrod, Florida : SABAL PALM PRESS, 2003. Minor edge and corner wear; lightly scuffed and scratched; spine is gently creased; some light shelf wear; overall a very crisp and clean SIGNED FIRST EDITION! Inscribed by the author on the inner front cover! Black and white pictorial wrapper with orange and green lettering. 243 very clean unmarked and uncreased historical and poetic pages nicely enhanced by black and white photographs and illustrations! "A consummate politician. You are! Don't deny it. We know your old routine. A middle-of-the-road vote seeker. You freeze in the middle of our roads, when our loud, droning autos approach, as if you were weighing a constituent's complaint at some unruly town meeting. Pause! Fret! Quiver! Freeze! Like a sweaty politician with woolen underwear two sizes too small......." (SIGNED FIRST EDITION).. Inscribed By the Author. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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FLORIDA CONVERSATIONS III (SIGNED FIRST EDITION)
by JR EDGAR JOHN L'HEUREUX
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Goldenrod, Florida : SABAL PALM PRESS, 2004. Minor edge and corner wear; lightly scuffed and scratched; spine is gently creased; some light shelf wear; overall a very crisp and clean SIGNED FIRST EDITION! Inscribed by the author on the inner front cover! Black and white pictorial wrapper with red and blue lettering. 222 very clean unmarked and uncreased historical and poetic pages nicely enhanced by black and white photographs and illustrations! "Your face is not as appealing as a pie, but it is surely round like one, that stare routine you rivet down from that haughty perch high in some giant oak or cypress to us lowly humans tramping through the Florida woods below your forest kingdowm. Sharp yellow beak, collar of gray-brown, feathers gathered like a shawl, dark eyes that plunge deeply inward, hiding your silent thoughts......." (SIGNED FIRST EDITION).. Inscribed By the Author. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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FLORIDA CONVERSATIONS V (SIGNED FIRST EDITION)
by JR EDGAR JOHN L'HEUREUX
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Goldenrod, Florida : SABAL PALM PRESS, 2012. Minor edge and corner wear; lightly scuffed and scratched; spine is gently creased; some light shelf wear; overall a very crisp and clean SIGNED FIRST EDITION! Inscribed by the author on the inner front cover! Black and white pictorial wrapper with red and blue lettering. 201 very clean unmarked and uncreased historical and poetic pages nicely enhanced by black and white photographs and illustrations! "How would you like having something, found and appreciated worldwide, named after you, as in perhaps a color? And a very popular color, one of those highly favored by artists. And, we all know how choosey and picky artists are about their colors for yonder easel and palette. After all, color is the artist's stock-in-trade......." (SIGNED FIRST EDITION).. Inscribed By the Author. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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The Face of New York the City as it Was and as it is: With Prints and Contemporary Photographs of the Past and the Same Scenes Today
by Lyman, Susan E.
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New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1957. DJ IS CHIPPING, EDGE AND CORNER WORN, BOTTOM PORTION IN THE BACK IS MISSING, OVERALL A VERY COLLECTIBLE USED COPY! DJ IS NICELY PRESERVED IN A BRAND NEW PROTECTIVE MYLAR PLASTIC COVER! NON-PAGINATED, PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED WITH BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS!. Third Printing. Tan Cloth. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Andreas Feininger . 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardcover.
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The Face of the Fox: With a New Introduction by Vernie Davis
by Gearing, Frederick O.
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New Brunswick, NJ: AldineTransaction, 2007. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Minor edge and corner wear; lightly scuffed and scratched; spine is gently creased; some light shelf wear; overall a very crisp and clean used copy! Black and white pictorial wrapper with red and black lettering. 165 very clean unmarked and uncreased historical and informative pages nicely enhanced by black and white photographs and illustrations! "In The Face of the Fox, an anthropological and sociological study of the Fox American Indians (the Mesquakie, their actual tribal name) who live just outside Tama, Iowa, Frederick Gearing puts a face on the peoples of this tribe. In doing so, Gearing particularly deals with the estrangement of the Fox Indians and the Westerners surrounding them. He defines the concept of estrangement as including feelings of contempt, indifference, and pity often leading to misplaced hurt and hate on both sides. Specifically, he…
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The Faces of Violence (American Series in Behavioral Science and Law)
by Palermo, George B.
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U.S.A.: Charles C Thomas Pub Ltd, 1994. Minor edge and corner wear; lightly scuffed and scratched; spine is lightly creased; some light shelf wear; ex-library with the usual library markings; overall a nice used first edition! Black and white pictorial wrapper with red and black lettering. Very very rare and hard-to-find title! 280 informative and educational pages! "Thoroughly revised and rewritten, this new Second Edition addresses the manifestations of violence with an unusual clarity and down-to-earth objectivity that studies poverty, drugs, access to guns, joblessness, poor education, inadequate housing, and the lack of stability that comes from an integrated family. Doctor Palermo has spent a lifetime observing criminal violence as a psychiatrist for Milwaukee County. He is well known for his plainspoken, unpretentious testimony in the trial of serial killer, Jeffrey Dahmer. The author takes the position that there is an absence in the United States of a coherent culture, of its material…
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Facing the Mirror: Older Women and Beauty Shop Culture
by Furman, Frida Kerner
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New York: Routledge, 1997. hint of edge and corner wear, spine is lightly creased, a very crisp and clean, collectible used first edition! inscribed and signed by the author on the title page: "To Ester, With Best Wishes, Frida Kerner Furman" 218 very fine pages enhanced by black and white photographs!. Signed and Inscribed By the Au. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Factorization and Primality Testing
by Bressoud, D. M
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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Springer-Verlag New York, Incorporated, 1989. Former owner's embossed library label is on the title page, overall a very crisp and clean first edition, almost new and unread condition, gift quality! Yellow cloth with black lettering on the front cover and spine. 237 very clean unmarked and uncreased informative and educational pages! "This book focuses on a single problem: how to factor a large integer or prove it is prime. From the Sieve of Eratosthenes of ancient Greece to the Multiple Polynomial Quadratic Sieve and the Elliptic Curve Methods discovered in the past few years, this self-contained text provides a survey of the heritage and an introduction to the current research in this field. It can also be used as an introduction to Number Theory and has the advantage over most texts in this area of being built around a unifying theme. With its strong emphasis on algorithms, it encourages learning through computation and experimentation....". First Edition /…
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Faith and Boundaries: Colonists, Christianity, and Community among the Wampanoag Indians of Martha's Vineyard, 1600-1871 (Studies in North American Indian History)
by Silverman, David J.
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New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2005. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Minor edge and corner wear to the dj; lightly scuffed and scratched; some underlining in ink throughout the book; corners are gently bumped and rubbed; some light shelf wear; overall a nice used copy! Brown boards with gilt lettering on the spine. 303 informative and historical pages nicely enhanced by black and white photographs and illustrations! "This book examines how the Wamapanoag Indians' adoption of Christianity and other selective borrowing from English culture contributed to Indian/English coexistence and the long-term survival of Wamapanoag communities on the island of Martha's Vineyard, even as the racial barrier between peoples grew more rigid. On an island marked by centralized English authority, missionary commitment, and an Indian majority, the Wampanoags' adaptation to English culture, especially Christianity, checked…
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Faith in the Wilderness: The Story of the Catholic Indian Missions
by Margaret Bunson; Stephen Bunson
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Huntington, IN: Our Sunday Visitor, 2000. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Bunson, Margaret. Some outer page edge foxing (only flaw); overall a very crisp and clean used copy; almost new and unread condition; gift quality! Black and white illustrated wrapper with red and black lettering. 272 very clean unmarked and uncreased historical and informative pages nicely enhanced by black and white illustrations! "Margaret Bunson Stephen Bunson The New World was not a desolate landscape but the homeland of a vast native population. The arrival of the white Europeans signaled the end of the Native American lifestyles and terrible aspirations in many regions. Explorers, adventurers, military expeditions, and colonists swarmed over the land, but they were followed by a different breed of men and women - human beings who envisioned America with eternal connotations that had nothing to do with metallic treasures or hoarded estates. This is their story. A…
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Faith of the Fathers: Science, Religion, and Reform in the Development of Early American Sociology
by Swatos, William
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Bristol, IN: Wyndham Hall Pr, 1985. Minor edge and corner wear, lightly scuffed and scratched, spine is lightly creased as well as the lower corner of the front of the wrapper, some light shelf wear, underlining and margin writing in pencil throughout the book, light stain on page 7 (does not affect readability), overall a nice used first edition! Extremely rare and hard-to-find title! Blue wrappers with white lettering. 102 informative and educational pages! Very very scarce and out-of-print! "This essay is an extension of work on the early years of American sociology that I presented in a similarly-titled article which was published in the Spring, 1983, issue of SOCIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS. Those portions that are reprinted here from that piece appear with the gracious permission of the Association for the Sociology of Religion. I am pleased to be able to bring this present edition to publication because it enables me both to correct some minor errors in the article and to enlarge especially upon the…
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Faith on the Move: The History of West Market Street United Methodist Church (SIGNED FIRST EDITION)
by Fripp, Gayle Hicks
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U.S.A.: By the Author, 2018. Minor edge and corner wear to the dj; lightly scuffed and scratched; corners are gently bumped and rubbed; some light shelf wear; overall a very crisp and clean SIGNED FIRST EDITION! Inscribed by the author on the title page! Very very rare and hard-to-find title! Burgundy cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. Mapped and illustrated endpapers. 418 very clean unmarked and uncreased historical and informative pages nicely enhanced by black and white photographs and illustrations and 4 wonderful pages of full-color photographs! Extremely scarce and out-of-print SIGNED FIRST EDITION! "If you have ever wondered who started West Market Church and when and where and how, you have found the right book. Faith On The Move will answer all these questions and hundreds more. The roots of West Market Street United Methodist Church reach across the ocean to England, the birthplace of John Wesley, founder of the Methodist movement. Born in 1703 to Samuel and Susanna Wesley,…
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The Fall of a Sparrow (SIGNED FIRST SCRIBNER PAPERBACK EDITION)
by Hellenga, Robert
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U.S.A.: Scribner, 1999. Minor edge and corner wear; lightly scuffed and scratched; spine is gently creased; some light shelf wear; ex-library with the usual library markings; overall a nice used copy! Color illustrated wrapper with black and red lettering. Inscribed by the author on the title page! 460 historical pages! "Robert Hellenga, bestselling author of The Sixteen Pleasures, once again reveals his profound understanding of the strength and resilience of the human spirit in a compelling and masterful novel. Alan Woodhull ("Woody"), a classics professor at a small Midwestern college, finds himself convinced that life has taught him all the lessons he has to learn: After the tragic death of his beloved oldest daughter during a terrorist bombing in Italy seven years ago, his wife has left him and his two remaining daughters have grown up and moved away. Yet his decision to attend the trial of the terrorists and to return to the scene of the tragedy marks the beginning of a new life…
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The Fall of the Ivory Tower: Government Funding, Corruption, and the Bankrupting of American Higher Education
by Roche, George
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Washington D.C.: Regenery Publishing, Inc., 1994. Minor edge and corner wear, lightly scuffed and scratched, spine is lightly creased, some light shelf wear, overall a very crisp and clean signed first edition (stated)! Flat-signed on a bookplate on the ffep! Color illustrated wrapper with green and black lettering. 310 very clean unmarked and uncreased historical pages! "American higher education is the best in the world, which is why it attracts tens of thousands of foreign students. the breadth and diversity of our institutions make their foreign counterparts pale in comparision. But our system today is in deep crisis, financially, morally, and academically.........." ----- from the Foreword.. Signed by Author. First Edition / First Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Falling: A Daughter, a Father, and a Journey Back (SIGNED FIRST EDITION)
by Cooper, Elisha
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New York, New York: Pantheon, 2016. Minor edge and corner wear to the dj; lightly scuffed and scratched; corners are gently bumped and rubbed; some light shelf wear; overall a very crisp and clean SIGNED FIRST EDITION! Flatsigned by the author on the title page! White boards quarterbound by blue with gilt lettering on the spine. 146 very clean unmarked and uncreased historical and informative pages! "Elisha Cooper spends his mornings creating childrens books and his afternoons playing with his two daughters. But when he discovers a lump in five-year-old Zoës midsection as she sits on his lap at a Chicago Cubs game, everything changes. Surgery, sleepless nights, months of treatment, a drumbeat of worry. Even as the family moves to New York and Zoë starts kindergarten, they must navigate a new normal: school and soccer and hot chocolate at the local café, interrupted by anxious visits to the hospital. Elisha and his wife strive to help their daughters maintain a…
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The Falling Place
by Bailey, E. M
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New York, New York: Tiara Books, 1981. Minor edge and corner wear, gently scuffed and scratched, spine is lightly creased, pages are toning, some light shelf wear, overall a very crisp and clean used first edition! Very very rare and hard-to-find title! Full-color pictorial white wrappers with blue lettering. 187 very clean unmarked and uncreased suspense-filled and passionate pages! Extremely scarce and out-of-print! "Rachel shared with her son Matthew a special kind of clairvoyance that bound them together over the years of Matt's growing up, and lent an added terror to the news of his disappearance at the age of seventeen on a hiking trip. Only Jordan, Rachel's estranged husband and Matt's father, was aware of the significance of her fears. Inexorably, they were drawn together once more in a search that carried them to the savage cliffs of Big Sur ---- to encounters with danger and renewed hope, death and passion.....". First Edition / First Printing. Mass Market Paperback.…
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Family Fun at Zero: A Guide to Wintr Outdoor Activity
by DuPre, Paul
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Matteson, Illinois : Greatlakes Living Press, Ltd., 1977. Minor edge and corner wear, lightly scuffed and scratched, missing the rear-free-endpaper, rear of the wrapper has been detached and repaired, some shelf wear, ex-library with the usual library markings, overall a clean readable used first edition! Color pictorial wrapper with black and blue lettering. 166 informative pages nicely enhanced by black and white photographs and illustrations! "An illustrated guide to getting the most out of snow and ice, with where-to-and how-to tips on wintertime fun, from building a backyard skating rink to making your own snowshoes.....". First Edition / First Printing. Trade Paperback. Fair. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ex-Library.
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The Family Keys
by Hoot, Paralee (Keys-Simpson)
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Dallas, Texas: Tex Dudley Associates, 1979. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Minor edge and corner wear; no dj; lightly scuffed and scratched; corners are gently bumped and rubbed; some light shelf wear; some yellow highlighting and margin-writing throughout the book; overall a very nice used copy! Very rare and hard-to-find title! Brown boards with gilt lettering and illustration on the front board and gilt lettering on the spine. 173 informative and historical pages nicely enhanced by black and white photographs and illustrations! Extremely scarce and out-of-print first edition! "So much of our history clusters about the Shenandoah Valley and into Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Virginia, that we can almost see the rolling slopes and the blue haze of the mountain valleys. Religion played a magnificent role in the lives of our progenitors, too, and the old meeting places became landmarks, the names of which echoed down through the years. Hopewell Meeting House was one such…
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Famous Paintings: As Seen and Described By Famous Writers
by Singleton, Esther (editor)
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New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1902. Edge and corner wear, lightly scuffed and scratched, corners are bumped and rubbed, some slight fraying at the top of the spine, shelf worn, some very light outer page edge soil, front and rear hinges are cracked, newspaper clipped is glued to the second free endpaper, overall a clean collectible signed first edition! Inscribed by Dodd, Mead & Co. on the ffep! Extremely scarce and wonderfully collectible and well-preserved! 366 unmarked and uncreased historical pages of text and 48 wonderful pages of historic black and white plates! Inscription on the ffep reads: "From Dodd, Mead & Co. New York Dec. 25 1902" Very very rare! "In making a second collection of masterpieces of paintings that have given pleasure and afforded inspiration to many generations of mankind, I have endeavoured to represent several great painters who did not appear in my former volume, of which this is, in some measure, a continuation. Crivelli, Luini, Giorgione,…
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