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Manchester, William
The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill Alone 1932-1940
Little Brown and Company 1988. 1st printing stated first edition. Crisp and unmarked NF/VG. Full black cloth binding. xxvi 756pp. Photos. Unclipped jacket is lightly rubbed; offered now in a new mylar cover. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. Little Brown and Company Hardcover
Référence libraire : 069811 ISBN : 0316545120 9780316545129
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Gribbin, John; Gribbin, Mary
Richard Feynman: A Life in Science
Dutton 1997. 1st printing. Unmarked copy showing some reader's use and handling. 301pp. Unmarked jacket lightly rubbed. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. Dutton Hardcover
Référence libraire : 069839 ISBN : 052594124x 9780525941248
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Fogel, Joshua A.
Politics and Sinology: The Case of Naito Konon 1866-1934
Harvard University Press 1984. Unmarked copy in full red cloth binding. Shows some reader's use and handling. xxiv 420pp. Jacket is Fair only missing 2/3s of spine panel and worn along edges. Withal in a protective mylar cover. Naito Konan's periodization of Chinese history is responsible for shaping the twentieth-century Western view of China. Naito was a journalist in the vibrant Meiji press for twenty years during which he became recognized as Japan's leading Sinologist. He then assumed a chair in China Studies at Kyoto University where he taught for twenty years remaining all the while a prolific writer on public affairs. Joshua Fogel's biography treats Naito holistically pointing up the intricate connections between his Sinological and political interests. . Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. Harvard University Press Hardcover
Référence libraire : 069890 ISBN : 0674687906 9780674687905
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Brittain, Vera
Testament of Friendship: The Story of Winifred Holtby
New York: Seaview Books 1981. Quarter cloth binding trade hardback in a jacket. Square and unmarked with a slight bit of pale foxing on page edges. xxxii 442pp. Dust jacket is price-clipped lightly rubbed at spine ends and offered in a new mylar cover. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. Seaview Books Hardcover
Référence libraire : 069899
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Brittain, Vera
Chronicle of Youth: The War Diary 1913-1917
New York: William Morrow and Co. 1982. 1st printing. Tight and unmarked. 382pp. Unclipped jacket is shelf rubbed in a protective mylar cover. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. William Morrow and Co. Hardcover
Référence libraire : 069932 ISBN : 0688015239 9780688015237
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Schmidt, Mattias
Albert Speer: The End of a Myth
London: Harrap 1985. 1st printing. Square and unmarked. 276pp. Jacket is price-clipped and in a protective mylar cover. First British Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. Harrap Hardcover
Référence libraire : 069961 ISBN : 0245542442 9780245542442
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Ackroyd, Peter
The Life of Thomas More
London: Chatto & Windus 1998. 3rd printing. Signed by Ackroyd on title page. Tight and clean. 434pp. Price-clipped jacket now in a new mylar cover. Signed. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. Chatto & Windus Hardcover
Référence libraire : 069970 ISBN : 1856197115 9781856197113
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Fraser, David
Frederick the Great: King of Prussia
New York: Fromm International 2001. Tight and unmarked. 703pp. Very nice jacket now in a new mylar cover. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. Fromm International Hardcover
Référence libraire : 070016 ISBN : 0880642610 9780880642613
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Gilbert Martin
WINSTON S. CHURCHILL: Volume VIII - 'Never Despair' 1945-1965
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company 1988. 1st printing. Gift note and prior owner's name on front endpapers otherwise tight and clean. Quarter cloth binding. 1436pp. Very nice unclipped jacket in a protective mylar cover. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9" - 12" Tall. Houghton Mifflin Company Hardcover
Référence libraire : 070031 ISBN : 0395419182 9780395419182
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Maurina, Zena
A Prophet of the Soul: Fyodor Dostoievsky
London: James Clarke & Co. No Date circa 1940. Unmarked in full blue cloth binding. 224pp. Translated from the Latvian by C. P. Finlayson. Jacket is good only rubbed and toned with old price label on spine. Now in a new mylar cover. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. James Clarke & Co. Hardcover
Référence libraire : 069469
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Morris, Jan
Conundrum
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1974. Stated first edition. Name blacked-out on front pastedown otherwise a clean tight copy. Full cloth binding. 174pp. Jacket is price-clipped else nice. In a protective mylar cover. A transsexual classic. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Hardcover
Référence libraire : 069529 ISBN : 015122563x 9780151225637
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Caro, Robert A.
Means of Ascent: The Years of Lyndon Johnson II
New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1990. 1st printing. Tight and unmarked. Full cloth binding. 506pp. Lightly rubbed unclipped jacket now in a new mylar cover. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. Alfred A. Knopf Hardcover
Référence libraire : 069577 ISBN : 0394528352 9780394528359
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Wilson, A. N.
Victoria: A Life
Penguin Press 2014. 1st printing. Crisp and unmarked NF/NF. 642pp. In a very nice unclipped jacket. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. Penguin Press Hardcover
Référence libraire : 069698 ISBN : 159420599x 9781594205996
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King Dean
Patrick O'Brian : A Life Revealed
Henry Holt and Company 2014. 1st printing. Tight and unmarked. 397pp. In a very nice unclipped jacket. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. Henry Holt and Company Hardcover
Référence libraire : 069699 ISBN : 0805059768 9780805059762
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Bergreen, Laurence
Louis Armstrong : An Extravagant Life
Broadway Books 1997. 1st printing. Tight and unmarked gently used. 564pp. Unclipped jacket lightly rubbed at spine head. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. Broadway Books Hardcover
Référence libraire : 069759 ISBN : 0553067680 9780553067682
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Midal, Fabrice
Chogyam Trungpa: His Life and Vision
Shambhala 2001. 1st printing. Tight and unmarked. 550pp. In a lightly rubbed jacket. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. Shambhala Hardcover
Référence libraire : 069217 ISBN : 159030098x 9781590300985
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Bridges, E. Lucas
Uttermost Part of the Earth
New York: E. P. Dutton and Company 1950. Special Edition. A bit of spotting on page edges. Small address label on front flyleaf. Full green cloth binding. Map endpapers. Pale foxing to prelims. 558pp. Photos. 3 fold-outs. Good only jacket is price-clipped toned with chips along edges. In a protective mylar cover. The autobiography of a pioneer who spent most of his life in Tierra del Fuego a superb combination of personal adventure frontier history and Indian lore. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. E. P. Dutton and Company Hardcover
Référence libraire : 069224
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Bliss, Michael
William Osler: A Life in Medicine
Oxford University Press 1999. 5th printing. Bookplate on front flyleaf. Tight copy with some soiling to page edges. 581pp. Jacket lightly shelf rubbed. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9" - 12" Tall. Oxford University Press Hardcover
Référence libraire : 069238 ISBN : 0195123468 9780195123463
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Hayman, Ronald
A Life of Jung
New York: W. W. Norton & Company 1999. 1st printing. Tight and unmarked gently used. 522pp. Unclipped jacket is lightly shelf rubbed. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. W. W. Norton & Company Hardcover
Référence libraire : 069270 ISBN : 0393019675 9780393019674
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Chalfant, Edward
Better in Darkness: A Biography of Henry Adams : His Second Life 1862-1891
Achon Books 1994. 1st printing. Tight and unmarked NF/VG. Full cloth binding. 929pp. Jacket has a few small scuffs along spine. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. Achon Books Hardcover
Référence libraire : 069311 ISBN : 0208020411 9780208020413
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Freeman Lucy
Why Norma Jean Killed Marilyn Monroe
Chicago: Global Rights 1992. 1st printing. Tight and unmarked in full green cloth binding NF/NF. 191pp. Dust jacket in a protective mylar cover. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. Global Rights Hardcover
Référence libraire : 069458 ISBN : 1880141132 9781880141137
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Sopa, Geshe Lhundub
Like a Waking Dream: The Autobiography of Geshe Lhundub Sopa
Wisdom Publications 2012. 1st printing. Tight and unmarked. 349pp. In a lightly rubbed dust jacket. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. Wisdom Publications Hardcover
Référence libraire : 068965 ISBN : 0861713133 9780861713134
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Hughes, John
Slade Gorton : A Half-Century in Politics
Washington State Heritage Center 2011. Stated first edition. SIGNED by Slade Gorton on title page. Glossy pictorial boards. A clean crisp copy. 436pp. Signed. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. Washington State Heritage Center Hardcover
Référence libraire : 068969 ISBN : 1889320242 9781889320243
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Murfin, Ann
Japan Remembered
Seattle: Michael J. Coffey 1997. Crisp and clean copy SIGNED by Murfin on title page. Also signed by publisher Coffey in back on Colophon page. Unpaginated with text and photos. Dust jacket now in a new mylar cover. -- A daily recounting of eight months spent in Japan during the mid-sixties. Fresh from college a young girl from rural Washington State travels to Japan to teach occupational therapy to the first graduating class of Western-trained therapists. This autobiographical travel journal follows the author's exploration of a new culture friendships and religious beliefs all against the backdrop of the embassy culture of Vietnam-era Japan. Signed. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. Michael J. Coffey Hardcover
Référence libraire : 068981
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Van Paasen Pierre
Days of Our Years
New York: Hillman-Curl 1941. Later printing. Front flyleaf removed. A square and unmarked hardcover in full blue cloth binding. 520pp. Jacket has some chips and is offered now in a new mylar cover. Hardcover. Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9" - 12" Tall. Hillman-Curl Hardcover
Référence libraire : 069002
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Silesky, Barry
Ferlinghetti : The Artist in His Time
Warner Books 1990. 1st printing. Tight and unmarked. 294pp. Jacket shows light shelf wear. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. Warner Books Hardcover
Référence libraire : 069036 ISBN : 0446514918 9780446514910
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Baker, Deborah
In Extremis : The Life of Laura Riding
London: Hamish Hamilton 1993. 1st printing. Unmarked copy showing some reader's use and handling. 478pp. Unclipped jacket in a protective mylar cover. First British Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. Hamish Hamilton Hardcover
Référence libraire : 069052 ISBN : 024112834x 9780241128343
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Chilton, John
Sidney Bechet: The Wizard of Jazz
New York: Oxford University Press 1987. Tight and unmarked. xii 332pp. Photos. Jacket is rubbed along edges. First American Edition. Hardccover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. Oxford University Press unknown
Référence libraire : 068637 ISBN : 0195206231 9780195206234
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Hughes Kathryn
The Short Life and Long Times of Mrs. Beeton
Alfred A. Knopf 2006. 1st printing. Unmarked copy showing some reader's use and handling. 480pp. Unclipped jacket has a bit of soiling. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. Alfred A. Knopf Hardcover
Référence libraire : 068711 ISBN : 0307263738 9780307263735
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Cramer, James J.
Confessions of a Street Addict
New York: Simon & Schuster 2002. 1st printing. Tight and unmarked. 339pp. In a slightly rubbed unclipped jaciket. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. Simon & Schuster Hardcover
Référence libraire : 068735 ISBN : 0743224876 9780743224871
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Atlas, James
Bellow: A Biography
New York: Random House 2000. Stated first edition. Unmarked copy showing light reader's use and handling. 686pp. In a very nice unclipped jacket. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. Random House Hardcover
Référence libraire : 068806 ISBN : 0394585011 9780394585017
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Hertog, Susan
Anne Morrow Lindbergh: Her Life
New York: Doubleday 1999. 1st printing. Tight and unmarked showing light reader's use and handling. 361pp. In a lightly rubbed unclipped jacket. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. Doubleday Hardcover
Référence libraire : 068807 ISBN : 038546973x 9780385469739
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Cahalan, James M.
Edward Abbey: A Life
Tuscon: University of Arizona Press 2001. 1st printing. Gift note from Fuzzy inked on front flyleaf. Full cloth binding. 357pp. Jacket is lightly shelf rubbed. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. University of Arizona Press Hardcover
Référence libraire : 068884 ISBN : 0816519064 9780816519064
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Leigh Margaret
Spade Among the Rushes
Edinburgh: Birlinn 2012. Tight and unmarked. 195pp. Memoir of life as a crofter in the north-west Highlands of Scotland. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. Birlinn Paperback
Référence libraire : 068437 ISBN : 1841589861 9781841589862
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Colquhoun, Kate
The Busiest Man in England: A Life of Joseph Paxton Gardener Architect & Victorian Visionary
David R Godine 2006. 1st printing. Book and jacket show light reader's use and handling. Quarter red cloth binding. 303pp. In a nice dust jacket. The pre-eminent Victorian to the Victorians themselves was Joseph Paxton 1803-1865. He bestrode the worlds of horticulture urban planning and architecture like a colossus. This was the self-taught polymath who had a solution to every large-scale logistical problem the genius whom an impossibly overworked Charles Dickens dubbed "The Busiest Man in England.". First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. David R Godine Hardcover
Référence libraire : 068505 ISBN : 1567923011 9781567923018
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Carmona Michael
Haussmann: His Life and Times and the Making of Modern Paris
Chicago: Ivan R. Dee 2002. 1st printing. Tight and unmarked NF/VG. Quarter cloth binding. 516pp. Very nice unclipped jacket has a tiny tear at spine head. Offered now in a new mylar cover. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9" - 12" Tall. Ivan R. Dee Hardcover
Référence libraire : 068547 ISBN : 156663427x 9781566634274
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Heller, Anne C.
Ayn Rand and the World She Made
New York: Nan A. Talese/Doubleday 2009. 1st printing. tight and unmarked book and jacket rubbed at spine head VG/VG. 567pp. Unclipped jacket slightly shelf rubbed. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. Nan A. Talese/Doubleday Hardcover
Référence libraire : 068041 ISBN : 0385513992 9780385513999
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John, Elton
Me
New York: Henry Holt and Company 2019. 1st printing. Unmarked copy showing light reading wear. 374pp. Photos. In a very nice unclipped jacket. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. Henry Holt and Company Hardcover
Référence libraire : 068126 ISBN : 1250147603 9781250147608
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Hamner, Earl
The Avocado Drive Zoo: At Home With My Family and the Creatures We've Loved
Nashville: Cumberland House 1999. 1st printing. Crisp and unmarked NF/NF. 227pp. In a very nice unclipped jacket. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. Cumberland House Hardcover
Référence libraire : 068142 ISBN : 1581820208 9781581820201
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Bradshaw, De Emmett
My Story: The Autobiography of De Emmett Bradshaw
Omaha NE: Omaha Printing Company 1941. Square and unmarked in full green cloth binding. 335pp. Good only jacket has chips and wear. Now in a new mylar cover. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. Omaha Printing Company Hardcover
Référence libraire : 068200
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Haley, Delphine
Dorothy Stimson Bullitt: An Uncommon Life
Seattle: Sasquatch Books 1995. 1st printing. Tight and unmarked NF/NF. Full cloth binding. 344pp. Unclipped jacket in a protective mylar cover. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. Sasquatch Books Hardcover
Référence libraire : 068243 ISBN : 1570610290 9781570610295
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Flexner, James Thomas
George Washington: Anguish and Farewell 1793-199
Little Brown and Company 1972. 4th printing trade hardcover in a jacket. Tight and clean with black marker remainder stripe to bottom page edge. 554pp. Jacket is lightly rubbed. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. Little, Brown and Company Hardcover
Référence libraire : 068305 ISBN : 0316286028 9780316286022
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Ferguson, Niall
High Financier: The Lives and Time of Siegmund Warburg
New York: Penguin Press 200. 1st printing. Crisp and unmarked NF/NF. 547pp. Very nice unclipped jacket. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. Penguin Press Hardcover
Référence libraire : 068333 ISBN : 159420246x 9781594202469
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Sherry, Norman
The Life of Graham Greene: Volume Two: 1939-1955
New York: Viking 1994. 1st printing. Crisp and unmarked NF/NF. 562pp. Very nice unclipped jacket. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. Viking Hardcover
Référence libraire : 067780 ISBN : 0670860565 9780670860562
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Halperin John
The Life of Jane Austen
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press 1984. 1st printing. Tight square and unmarked NF/VG. Full cloth binding. xiii 399pp. Very nice unclipped jacket has a sticker shadow patch to back panel. Now in a new mylar cover. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. Johns Hopkins University Press Hardcover
Référence libraire : 067933 ISBN : 0801823358 9780801823350
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Scurr, Ruth
John Aubrey: My Own Life
London: Chatto & Windus 2015. 7th printing. Tight and unmarked showing only light handling wear NF/NF. 518pp. Very nice jacket now in a new mylar cover. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. Chatto & Windus Hardcover
Référence libraire : 067961 ISBN : 0701179074 9780701179076
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Hughes, Bettany
Helen of Troy: Goddess Princess Whore
New York: Alfred A. Knopf 2005. Stated first edition. Tight and unmarked VG/VG. 458pp. Unclipped jacket very slightly rubbed at tips. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. Alfred A. Knopf Hardcover
Référence libraire : 067974 ISBN : 1400041783 9781400041787
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Watkins, Glenn
The Gesualdo Hex: Music Myth and Memory
New York: W. W. Norton & Co. 2010. 1st printing. Tight and unmarked NF/NF. 384pp. Very nice jacket now in a new mylar cover. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. W. W. Norton & Co. Hardcover
Référence libraire : 067972 ISBN : 0393071022 9780393071023
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Fisher, Sydney George
The True William Penn
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company 1900. Second Edition. Square and unmarked in full cloth binding. Gilt upper page edges. 392pp. Illustrations. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. J. B. Lippincott Company Hardcover
Référence libraire : 067429
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Te Wiata, Beryl
Most Happy Fella: A Biography of Inia Te Wiata
A. H. & A. W. Reed 1976. 1st printing. Square and unmarked in full cloth binding. 307pp. Photos. Jacket lightly rubbed at tips now in a new mylar cover. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. A. H. & A. W. Reed Hardcover
Référence libraire : 067438 ISBN : 0589009540 9780589009540
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