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Wojtyla, Karol
Zeichen des Widerspruchs : Besinnung auf Christus.
Benziger/ Herder 1979. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. German language book written by Karol Wojtyla before becoming Pope John Paul II in 1978. Hard cover with cream boards in fine condition. Author and title in gold lettering in red block on spine. Text block clean & tight with no marking noted but for a penciled name indecipherable and probably former owner and five short tic marks underneath on front free end paper. Dust jacket in fine condition showing only ghost of age toning. 237 numbered pages. Book notes two ISBNs: Herder 3-451-18516-4 and Benziger 3-545-20057-4 Benziger/ Herder hardcover
Bookseller reference : M000202 ISBN : 3545200574 9783545200579
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Furlong, Monica
Merton: A Biography
U.S.A.: Harper & Row 1980. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hard cover in very good condition. Mustard colored boards with gilt lettering on spine. Text block clean & tight with no writing no underlining no stickers etc. noted. Mustard colored end papers. Center section of 8 pages of black & white glossy photographs. Dust jacket very good with light shelf & edge wear. From the dust jacket front flap ""Thomas Merton was a dynamic fully flesh-and-blood modern man who dared to commit himself to a lifelong search for a meaningful and authentic way of life."" Harper & Row hardcover
Bookseller reference : M000200 ISBN : 0060630795 9780060630799
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McCarthy, Jenny
Mother Warriors: A Nation of Parents Healing Autism Against All Odds
U.S.A.: Dutton 2008. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing Hardcover in very good condition. White boards with sky blue spine cloth and silver colored spine lettering. Light bumps to corners. End papers have black & white photographs of children. Text block clean & tight with no markings noted. Dust jacket very good; not price clipped. 248 numbered pages. Dutton hardcover
Bookseller reference : M000920 ISBN : 0525950699 9780525950691
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Erikson, Erik H.
Gandhi's Truth: On the Origins of Militant Nonviolence
New York NY U.S.A.: W. W. Norton & Company Inc. 1969. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 1st Printing Stated First Edition plus has complete number line. Hardcover in very good condition. Black boards with gold colored spine lettering and light edge wear. Front free endpaper contains tiny writing/notes from previous owner. Five or six pages of text contain pencil or ink unobtrusive underling; one page with notes in white space at bottom of a page no other writings or marginalia found in rest of text. Text block itself tight. Mellow age toning to the papers. Dust jacket is complete but is starting to separate along fold line. Light stain on front much shelf & edge wear with chips at head & heel of spine and along flap folds. See photos. Not price clipped. Concludes with Appendices of Notes to the Chapters and a comprehensive Index. W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. hardcover
Bookseller reference : M000101
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Crowley, Monica
Nixon In Winter: The Final Revelations
London: I.B. Tauris & Co Ltd 1998. 1st U.K. Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Stated: Published in the U.K. in 1998 by I.B Tauris & Co Ltd. No other printings noted. Hardcover in very good condition. Green boards with blind stamped initials of author and black spine cloth with gold colored spine lettering. Text block clean & tight with no writings or markings noted. Dust jacket very good with mellow age toning and ghost of shelf & edge wear. Several wrinkles on bottom front but no tears no chips. 428 numbered pages. I.B. Tauris & Co Ltd hardcover
Bookseller reference : M000912 ISBN : 1860642667 9781860642661
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Karsh, Efraim; Rautsi, Inari
Saddam Hussein: A Political Biography
New York NY U.S.A.: The Free Press 1991. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing First Edition First Printing per complete number line. Hardcover in very good condition. Black boards with gold colored spine lettering. A 5"" x 2"" block of handwritten notes with years and events from period covered in text in red ink on front free endpaper. Balance of text block clean & tight with no other markings or writings noted. Dust jacket very good with mild shelf & edge wear. Concludes wtih Section of Notes to the chapters a Select Bibliography and a comprehensive Index. 309 numbered pages. From the jacket flap "". . . two specialists on Middle East history and politics have combined their expertise to write the first in-depth political biography of the man who put Iraq on a collision course with the world."" The Free Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : M000796 ISBN : 002917063X 9780029170632
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Romagnoli G. Franco
A Thousand Bells at Noon: A Roman's Guide to the Secrets & Pleasures of his Native City
South Royalton Vermont: Steerforth Italia 2002. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Stated First Edition; no additional printings noted. Hardcover in very good condition with dust jacket likewise; not price clipped. Interior text block clean & tight with no markings to note. From the book ""Enveloping the ancient city of Rome is a lively modern city of markets shops and restaurants; of parks cafes and hidden gardens;of grand public spaces and hidden fountains; of people going about their lives .Readers mouths watering will likely be left with a profound desire to head Romeward."" Steerforth Italia hardcover
Bookseller reference : 000008.5 ISBN : 1586420364 9781586420369
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Maurois, Andre
Lelia: The Life of George Sand
New York New York U.S.A.: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1953. Hardcover. Good/Good. Translated from the French by Gerard Hopkins. Peach boards with black spine cloth and gold lettering on spine. Boards show general shelf wear and some rubbing. Text block clean & tight with gentle age toning. Edges of text block age and dust toned. Side edges uncut. DJ in good condition with age toning some rubbing and edge wear. Small chips to top and bottom of spine. Quarter inch tear to bottom of back one inch from spine. Red color of spine lightly sun toned. Contains six pages of black & white photographs. Harper & Brothers Publishers hardcover
Bookseller reference : M000452
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Rosenzweig, Rosie
A Jewish Mother in Shangri-La
Boston MA U.S.A.: Shambhala 1998. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing Stated First Edition plus complete number line including number one. Hardcover in very good condition. Light gray boards with powder blue spine cloth and gold colored spine lettering. Deep beige end papers the front free endpaper contains a gift inscription '. . .to my Jewish Mother with love.' Text block otherwise clean & tight with no other markings noted. Dust jacket clean & bright with only ghost of shelf wear & mild edge wear with small chip at heel of spine. Not price clipped. 173 pages. Foreword by Sylvia Boorstein. She notes '. . . liberates us from the Jewish mother stereotype - and shares some good universal wisdom along the way.' Shambhala hardcover
Bookseller reference : M000744 ISBN : 1570623538 9781570623530
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Beck, Martha
Leaving The Saints: How I Lost The Mormons And Found My Faith
New York New York U.S.A.: Crown Publishers 2005. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 5th Printing Stated First Edition. 5th Printing per number line. Hard cover with green boards black spine cloth and gold gilt lettering on spine. Text block clean and tight but for stain on bottom text block which does not effect text. Dust jacket very good condition with bump & rubbing at head of spine; not price clipped. From the jacket flap ""This beautifully written inspiring memoir explores the powerful yearning toward faith. It offers a rare glimpse inside one of the world's most secretive religions while telling a profoundly moving story of personal courage survival and the transformative power of spirituality."" Crown Publishers hardcover
Bookseller reference : M000455 ISBN : 0609609912 9780609609910
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Ferris, Paul
Richard Burton
New York New York U.S.A.: Coward McCann & Geoghegan Publishers 1981. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First Edition per publisher convention with no additional printings noted. Light gray boards contain blind imprint of title on front. Black spine cloth with silver spine lettering. Text block clean & tight with no markings noted. DJ very good with light shelf & edge wear and age toning to the white of flaps; not price clipped. 16 pages of black & white photographs. Concludes with Notes on chapters a Bibliography and a comprehensive index. Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, Publishers hardcover
Bookseller reference : M000510 ISBN : 0698111060 9780698111066
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Roberts, Cokie
Ladies of Liberty: The Women Who Shaped Our Nation
New York New York U.S.A.: William Morrow / HarperCollins Publishers 2008. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing Stated First Edition in addition to complete number line including number one. White boards with light blue veining and solid blue spine cloth. Gilt lettering on spine. Top & bottom of spine slightly bumped. Deep powder blue end papers. Text block clean & tight with no markings noted. Side text block pages deckled. DJ very good & not price clipped. Back of DJ has a quarter circle scratch on left half of center. See photo for detail. 481 numbered pages. From a review in USA Today ""An impressively researched work of women's lives. . . . 'Founding Mothers' is a welcome addition to American Revolution biography which is saturated by the lives of the Founding Fathers. It fills in blanks and adds substance detail and dimension to what until now has seemed a strangely distant and utterly masculine mythology."" William Morrow / HarperCollins Publishers hardcover
Bookseller reference : M000533 ISBN : 006078234x 9780060782344
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McCourt, Frank
'Tis: A Memoir
New York New York U.S.A.: Scribner 2005. Soft cover. Very Good. Stated: First Scribner trade paperback edition 2005. Original copyright by author 1999. Text block clean & tight with no markings noted. Wraps crisp & shiny with only hint of shelf & edgewear. Spine uncreased. Scribner paperback
Bookseller reference : M000810 ISBN : 0684864495 9780684864495
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Waugh, John C.
Reelecting Lincoln : The Battle for the 1864 Presidency
New York New York U.S.A.: Crown Publishers Inc. 1997. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing Stated First Edition. First Printing per complete number line including number one. Black boards with green spine cloth and gold spine lettering. Text block clean & tight with no writing no markings noted. DJ very good with only gentle shelf & edge wear; not price clipped. Contains extensive end notes list of sources and comprehensive index. From the front flap "". . . tells the dramatic story of perhaps the most critical election campaign in American history. Taking place in the midst of the Civil War this election would determine the very future of the nation. Would the country be unified or permanently divided Would slavery continue. . ."" Crown Publishers, Inc. hardcover
Bookseller reference : M000504 ISBN : 0517597667 9780517597668
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Kidder, Tracy
Home Town
New York New York U.S.A.: Random House Inc 1999. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing Stated First Edition in addition to number line with number two at the time the convention used by Random House to designate First Editions. Hard cover with salmon boards with light gray spine cloth salmon gilt lettering on spine. Text block clean & tight with no markings noted. Dust Jacket very good with gentle shelf & edge wear. No chips but bottom one inch of spine has light wrinkling; not price clipped. From the book ""A book about civilization in microcosm Home Town makes us marvel afresh at the wonder of individuality creativity and civic order - how a disparate group of individuals can find common cause and a code of values that transforms a place into a home. And this book makes you feel like you live there."" Random House Inc hardcover
Bookseller reference : M000532 ISBN : 0679455884 9780679455882
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Hendra, Tony
Father Joe: The Man Who Saved My Soul
New York New York U.S.A.: Random House Inc 2004. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hard cover in very good condition. Purple boards with black spine cloth containing gilt spine lettering. Text block clean & tight with no markings noted. Dust jacket very good. 271 pages. From the book "". . .Father Joe: a testament to one of the most charismatic mentors in modern literature."" Random House Inc hardcover
Bookseller reference : M000683 ISBN : 1400061849 9781400061846
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Brodie, Fawn McKay
Thomas Jefferson: An Intimate History
New York: W W Norton & Company Inc 1974. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing Stated First Edition plus complete number line with 0 and 1. Hard cover in very good condition with maroon boards and gold gilt spine lettering and dark maroon decoratives. Interior text block clean & tight no writing no markings noted. Frontispiece photo of Jefferson bust by Houdon 1789. Contains a section of black & white photographs. Dust jacket very good with mellow age toning to the white flaps; corners rubbed light edge wear. Front flap clipped both top & bottom. Concludes with two Appendixes Notes to the Chapter Bibliography and an extensive Index. From the book "" . . . a challenging new biography a rich three-dimentioanal intimate portrait which illuminates the relationship between Jerffers's inner life and his public life. . . . "" W W Norton & Company Inc hardcover
Bookseller reference : M000768 ISBN : 0393074803 9780393074802
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De Madariaga, Isabel
Catherine the Great: A Short History
New Haven Connecticut U.S.A.: Yale University Press 1998. Soft cover. Very Good. Title page date: 1990. Copyright page: latest reprint: 1998. Glossy pictorial wraps in very good condition with only gentle shelf & edge wear and slight bumping on corners. Text block clean & tight with no markings noted. Contains illustrations maps genealogical table. Concludes with extensive bibliographical notes and a comprehensive index. From the back cover The New York Times Book Review ""This book is certainly not just another biography of Catherine but a panoramic view of Russia's social political economic and cultural development and of its emergence as a formidable power in the international arena during the thirty-four years of her reign."" Yale University Press paperback
Bookseller reference : M000505 ISBN : 0300054270 9780300054279
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McCormack Jerusha Hull
The Man Who Was Dorian Gray
New York New York U.S.A.: St Martins Press 2000. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing Stated First Edition - November 2000. First Printing per complete number line including number one. Light gray boards with gilt spine lettering in very good condition; light age toning. Text block clean & tight with no markings noted. DJ very good with only gentle shelf & edge wear; not price clipped. Contains 16 pages of glossy black & white photographs a Bibliography and a comprehensive index. From the front flap ""Everyone knows 'The Picture of Dorian Gray' but few know that 'Dorian Gray' actually existed. This is his story. . . ."" St Martins Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : M000516 ISBN : 0312232780 9780312232788
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McBrien, Richard P.
Lives of the Popes : The Pontiffs from St. Peter to John Paul II
San Francisco CA U.S.A.: HarperCollins 2000. Soft cover. Very Good. Original copyright 1997. Stated: 'First HarperCollins Paperback Edition Published 2000.' Softcover in very good condition. Text block clean & tight with slight age toning to the papers. Date 'July-04' written in ink above title on half-title page. Wraps in very good condition with only gentle shelf and edge wear and 1/4"" crease at top front corner. HarperCollins paperback
Bookseller reference : M000476 ISBN : 0060653043 9780060653040
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Thomson, David
The Biographical Dictionary of Film
New York New York U.S.A.: Alfred a Knopf Inc 1994. 3rd Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. Wraps in very good condition with only light shelf & edge wear. Text block clean & tight with no markings noted. Alfred a Knopf Inc paperback
Bookseller reference : M000646 ISBN : 0679755640 9780679755647
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Kahn, Roger
Memories of Summer: When Baseball Was an Art and Writing About It a Game
New York New York U.S.A.: Hyperion Books 1998. Soft cover. Very Good. Stated: First Paperback Edition. Trade paperback in very good condition. Text block clean & tight with no markings noted. Wraps clean and un-creased. Spine un-creased. 290 pages. By the author of the baseball classic ""The Boys of Summer."" From the book "". . . more than sportswriting more than memoir - it's a chronicle of a generation. . . . joyful memoir of sports and sports writing - of a time when the writers and the players spent their days laughing on the road together and their nights drinking in bars together. . . "" Hyperion Books paperback
Bookseller reference : M000699 ISBN : 0786883162 9780786883165
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Roston, Aram
The Man Who Pushed America to War: The Extraordinary Life Adventures and Obsessions of Ahmad Chalabi
New York New York U.S.A.: Nation Books 2008. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing First Edition per complete number line including number one. Hard cover with light gray boards with black spine cloth containing silver spine lettering in very good condition. Text block clean and tight with no markings noted. DJ very good with only hint of shelf and edge wear; not price clipped. From the front jacket flap ""This is the story of an exile fraudster statesman banker math whiz gourmand and aesthete. It is the story of the remarkable life of Ahmad Chalabi whose legendary charisma and charm - and his almost hypnotic powers of persuasion - helped propel the United States to war in Iraq. Chalabi has been subject to enormous scrutiny since the invasion of Iraq but his real history remained a secret. Until now. . . .An extraordinary investigative biography . . ."" Nation Books hardcover
Bookseller reference : M000547 ISBN : 1568583532 9781568583532
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Fraser, Antonia
The Warrior Queens
New York New York U.S.A.: Alfred A Knopf Inc 1989. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Stated First American Edition. Dark gold cloth boards with gold spine lettering in very good condition. End papers depict pictorial of a battle. Text block clean & tight with no markings noted. Side text block uncut. DJ very good with only gentle shelf wear. Inside of DJ back has 1/4"" top and bottom damp stain that does not go through to the plasticized right side except for 2 1/4"" at top back at text block edge see photo. Small chip at back top at fold line. Noted on the back flap ""more than 45 illustrations in black and white and colour. "" Also includes extensive Reference Notes end notes and comprehensive indes. Alfred A Knopf Inc hardcover
Bookseller reference : M000503 ISBN : 0394549392 9780394549392
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Stark, Albert M.
Beyond the Bar: Challenges in a Lawyer's Life
New York New York U.S.A.: Riverdel Press LLC 2003. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Inscribed by Authors. Hardcover black boards with gilt spine lettering in very good condition. Text block clean and tight. Contains gift inscription from author on title page signature not authenticated. Dust jacket very good except for the marks of deep line indentations on the back which while not penetrating the paper and tearing it leave indents which also carry onto the back board. From the jacket "" . . .a journey through his first fifteen years as a lawyer. . . written with the pace and interest of a novel . . . lessons in time management fee negotiation finding information and using it advantageously. . . ."" Riverdel Press LLC hardcover
Bookseller reference : M000417 ISBN : 1401083641 9781401083649
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Hughes-Hallett, Lucy
Heroes: Saviours Traitors and Supermen
London UK: Fourth Estate 2004. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing Printed & bound in Great Britain. First Edition per complete number line. Hardcover in very good condition. Black boards with gold colored spine lettering. Rust red endpapers. Text block clean & tight no writing no markings noted. Contains four sections eight pages each of glossy black & white sepia and colored photographs. Dust jacket very good with only lightest shelf & edge wear. Not price clipped. Concludes with an extensive index. 604 numbered pages. From the front flap ""Beginning beneath the wall of Troy ending in 1930s Europe when the cult of the hero was turning politically lethal this is a book about mortality and dictatorship about money and sorcery about seduction and mass-hysteria. . . ."" Fourth Estate hardcover
Bookseller reference : M000745 ISBN : 1857026802 9781857026801
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Gordeeva, Ekaterina; Swift, E. M.
My Sergei : A Love Story
New York New York U.S.A.: Warner Books 1996. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hard cover with white boards with red spine cloth containing copper gilt lettering in very good condition. Text block clean & tight with no markings noted. Dust jacket very good with only lightest shelf & edge wear; not price clipped. Contains both color & black & white photographs. 292 pages. From the jacket flap ""Elaterina Gprdeeva amd Sergei Grinkov were the most celebrated pairs skaters of all time. Patrners in life as well as on the ice they were rarely apart. Then tragically Sergei died at the age of twenty-eight. Now in her own words his wife Katia tells their remarkable story in this loving tribut to the exceptional man she idolized. . . ."" Warner Books hardcover
Bookseller reference : M000650 ISBN : 044652087X 9780446520874
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Holden Anthony
King Charles III: A Biography
New York New York U.S.A.: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1988. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Stated: First American Edition. Hardcover in very good condition. Beige boards with black spine cloth containing gold colored lettering. Endpapers display family tree of the Royal House of Windsor dating back to Queen Victoria. Text block clean & tight with no markings noted. Contains two sections of glossy black & white photographs.Concludes with Bibliography and Index. 242 numbered pages. Weidenfeld & Nicolson hardcover
Bookseller reference : M000779 ISBN : 1555843093 9781555843090
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Ozment, Steven
Magdalena and Balthasar: An Intimate Portrait of Life in 16th Century Europe Revealed in the Letters of a Nuremberg Husband and Wife
New York New York U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster 1986. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing First edition per complete number line including the number one. Beige boards with wedgwood blue spine cloth and gold spine lettering in very good condition. Text block clean and tight with no markings noted. Contains black & white illustrations and photographs of period paintings. Dust jacket in very good condition with light shelf & edge wear; no tears; not price clipped. From the book "" . . . a merchant couple . . . 16th Century Nuremberg . . . weaving together a selection of their letters Ozment paints a vivid portrait of domestic and commercial life in early modern Europe. . . "" Simon & Schuster hardcover
Bookseller reference : M000569 ISBN : 0671624407 9780671624408
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Barnes, Ben; Lisa Dickey
Barn Burning Barn Building: Tales of a Political Life From LBJ to George W. Bush and Beyond
U.S.A.: Bright Sky Press 2006. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Very Good/Near Very Good. Inscribed by Authors. 1st Printing First Edition. Hardcover with black boards containing silver colored spine lettering in near fine condition. Text block clean & tight with no markings noted. Red end papers. Dust jacket likewise in near fine condition. Signed inscription from the author on half-title page signature not authenticated. Bright Sky Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : M000760 ISBN : 1931721718 9781931721714
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Peck M. Scott
In Search of Stones: A Pilgrimage of Faith Reason and Discovery
Boston Massachusetts U.S.A.: Hyperion Books 1995. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 2nd Printing Stated First Edition Second Printing per number line. White boards with darker white spine cloth containing gold lettering. Text block clean & tight with no markings noted. Brown end papers. Dust jacket very good with only lightest shelf & edge wear; not price clipped. 422 pages. Concludes with section of Related Readings. Hyperion Books hardcover
Bookseller reference : M000644 ISBN : 0786860219 9780786860210
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Citron, Stephen
Noel and Cole: The Sophisticates
New York New York U.S.A.: Oxford University Press 1993. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing First Printing of First American Edition. Previously published 1992 by Sinclaire Stephenson London England. Dark blue boards with black spine cloth and gilt spine lettering. Text block clean & tight with no markings noted. DJ very good with gentle shelf & edge wear and beginning age toning notably on spine and jacket inside around edges. Small almost imperceivable bump at top of spine. DJ not price clipped. Contains many black & white photographs throughout. Concludes with a Chronology of Events of Porter Coward USA Britain World. Contains an Analysis of Selected Porter Songs Analysis of Selected Cole songs a Glossary of Musical terms a Bibliography and a comprehensive index. From the front flap ""Born an ocean apart - one in Peru Indiana to great wealth the other in Teddington England to an itinerant piano salesman - Col Porter and Noel Coward have come to represent the ultimate in sophistication and urbanity. . . . Based on access to previously unpublished manuscripts lyrics scores and letters plus dozens of interviews. . . presents a fresh and often surprising portrait of these two geniuses and their work . . ."" Oxford University Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : M000511 ISBN : 0195083857 9780195083859
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Clark, Robert
James Beard: A Biography
New York New York U.S.A.: Harpercollins 1993. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 2nd Printing Stated First Edition; Second Printing per number line. Hard cover in very good condition; text block tight and clean. Appears unread. Dust jacket likewise very good however picture of James Beard on front is not the one with him wearing apron but rather in a suit with red bow tie and arm on a set table. From the book ""In the beginning there was Beard"" said Julia Child.a complex cunning and charismatic man whose story reaches beyond the food world . . . "" Harpercollins hardcover
Bookseller reference : M000402 ISBN : 0060167637 9780060167639
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Starbird, Margaret
The Woman with the Alabaster Jar: Mary Magdalen and the Holy Grail
U.S.A.: Bear & Company 1993. Soft cover. Fine. Softcover in fine condition. Wraps crisp & new looking. Text block clean & tight with no markings noted. Appears unread. Contains illustrations plus a section of glossy colored plates. Bear & Company paperback
Bookseller reference : M000754 ISBN : 1879181037 9781879181038
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Morgan, Cynthia I.
Cindy in Iraq: A Civilian's Year in the War Zone
New York: Free Press 2006. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing First Edition per complete number line including number one. Hardcover with blue boards and red spine cloth containing black spine lettering in very good condition. Text block clean & tight with no markings noted. Dust jacket likewise in very good condition. Contains a section of glossy black & white photographs. Free Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : M000764 ISBN : 0743286405 9780743286404
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Mandrell, Barbara; Vecsey, George
Get to the Heart: My Story
Westminster Maryland U.S.A.: Bantam Dell Publishing Group 1990. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hard cover in very good condition with gray boards black spine cloth and gold gilt spine lettering. Text block clean and tight. DJ bright and clean showing slight shelf wear. Slight wrinkles to top of DJ spine and corner crease at top front edge. Book contains two sections of 16 pages each of black and white photographs. From the book ""To her millions of fans around the world she is beautiful blond and talented. A multifaceted performer whose music strikes a chord of truth. A loving wife and mother whose traditional values and tremendous faith touch the heart. That is the real Barbara Mandrell--but not the whole Barbara Mandrell. Here in this candid revealing and often dramatic autobiography Barbara tells the true story behind her storybook life---and the tragic accident that changed it--and her--forever."" Hard cover in very good condition with gray boards black spine cloth and gold gilt spine lettering. Text block clean and tight. DJ bright and clean showing slight shelf wear. Slight wrinkles to top of DJ spine and corner crease at top front edge. Book contains two sections of 16 pages each of black and white photographs. Bantam Dell Publishing Group hardcover
Bookseller reference : M000424 ISBN : 0553057995 9780553057997
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Vise, David A.
The Bureau and the Mole: The Unmasking of Robert Philip Hanssen the Most Dangerous Double Agent in FBI History
New York New York U.S.A.: Atlantic Monthly Press 2002. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 2nd Printing Hard cover with black boards black spine cloth and white spine lettering in fine condition. Text block clean & tight with no markings noted. Gray endpapers. Dust jacket fine with only hint of shelf & edge wear; not price clipped. From the jacket flap "". . . takes you into the shadowy world of Robert Philip Hanssen a twenty-five year veteran of the FBI who was a devout Catholic and a devoted family man who attended the same church and sent his children to the same school as his boss Bureau Director Louis J. Freeh. But as he emerged from a troubled childhood in Chicago to rise to the highest ranks of America's counterintelligence experts Hanssen was also leading another life - as a diabolically clever spy for the Russian government."" Atlantic Monthly Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : M000589 ISBN : 0871138344 9780871138347
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Powers, Kim
The History of Swimming: A Memoir
New York New York U.S.A.: Carroll & Graf Publishers 2006. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing Stated: First Carroll & Graf edtion 2006. First Printing per complete number line including number one. Blue boards with black spine cloth and red gilt spine lettering in very good condition. Text block clean & tight with no markings noted. Dust jacket very good with only hint of shelf & edge wear; not price clipped. 289 pages. From the front flap "". . . details author Kim Power's frantic search for his twin brother Tim - his best friend his greatest enemy - who disappears from Manhattan one weekend in his late twenties. . . "" Carroll & Graf Publishers hardcover
Bookseller reference : M000592 ISBN : 0786717238 9780786717231
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Dobson, Ryan with Marcus Brotherton
2 LIVE 4 : Why did you think you were here
Sisters Oregon U.S.A.: Mulnomah Publishers. Soft cover. Very Good. Trade paper back in very good condition. Inscription and signature on page following the title page appears to be from the author but is unverified. 0 0 Mulnomah Publishers paperback
Bookseller reference : M000440 ISBN : 1590524748 9781590524749
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Dees, Morris; with Steve Piffer
A Lawyer's Journey The Morris Dees Story
ABA Publishing 2001. Soft cover. Very Good. Signed by Authors. Soft cover in very good condition. Text block clean and tight. No markings noted. Book appears unread. Contains black and white photos. Author's signature on sticker on title page signature not authenticated under notice giving grateful appreciation to a member of the Southern Poverty Law Center. From the book "" 'A Lawyer's Journey' is the inspiring story of Morris Dees a southern lawyer of humble beginnings who has dedicated his life to the pursuit of justice and compassion for the powerless. ""By any measure Morris Dees has been one of the most dedicated and effective civil rights lawyers in U.S. history."" ABA Publishing paperback
Bookseller reference : 000406 ISBN : 1570739943 9781570739941
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Oates, Stephen B.
A Woman of Valor Clara Barton and the Civil War.
The Free Press A Division of Simon and Schuster Inc. 1995. Soft cover. Very Good. Later Printing Stated First Free Press Paperback Edition 1995; 6th printing per number line. Soft cover in very good condition showing a small crease at top corner of back cover. Text clean and tight. Pictorial wraps bright and crisp. Clara Barton after the Civil War went on to found the American Red Cross. From a review on the back cover by James Mc Pherson ""Clara Barton was truly a woman of valor in the Civil War and Stephen Oates has written the full story of her courage and dedication to healing the wounded for the first time. This book provides the best description of Civil War medicine and battlefield hospitals that I have ever read. The vivid writing brings the reader into the midst of the sights sounds even the smells of war."" The Free Press, A Division of Simon and Schuster, Inc. paperback
Bookseller reference : 000012 ISBN : 0028740122 9780028740126
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Dees, Morris with Steve Fiffer
A Season for Justice: The Life and Times of Civil Rights Lawyer Morris Dees
New York: Charles Scribner's Son 1991. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing First Edition per complete number line including number one. Hard cover in very good condition. Text block clean & tight. Gift inscription on front free endpaper.Contains 4 leaves/8 pages of glossy black & whtie photos. Dust Jacket in very good condition; mild shelf & edge wear; foxing on verso which does not go thru to front. rubbing on back from underlying seam between board & spine cloth; is price clipped. Charles Scribner's Son hardcover
Bookseller reference : 000130 ISBN : 068419189X 9780684191898
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Isikoff, Michael
Uncovering Clinton : A Reporter's Story
New York: Crown Publishers 1999. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 1st Printing Stated First Edition with complete number line including the number one. Hard cover in very good condition. Glossy pictorial boards with picture of the White House in color on front board. Text block clean and tight. No markings noted. Dust jacket in very good condition has a cut out on middle of front panel allowing a portion of the photo of the White House on the front board to show through; not price clipped. From the book ""This is a story only he the reporter could tell - not only a gripping narrative populated by an entertainingly bizarre cast of characters but also a nuanced and scrupulously fair account with a wealth of never-before-told information about the major players and events in the Clinton scandals."" Crown Publishers hardcover
Bookseller reference : 000113 ISBN : 0609603930 9780609603932
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Jacobs, Harriet A.
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Written by Herself
Cambridge Massachusetts: Harvard University Press 1994. Soft cover. Very Good. 10th Printing Copyright 1987. Stated Tenth Printing: 1994. Soft cover in very good condition with only ghost of shelf & edge wear to the shiny wraps. Interior text block clean & tight; no writings no markings noted. Contains black & white illustrations photographs and facsimiles of handwritten letters etc. From the back cover ""Harriet A. Jacobs was born a slave in North Carolina in 1813 and became a fugitive in the 1830s. She recorded her triumphant struggle for freedom in an autobiography that was published pseudonymously in 1861."" Harvard University Press paperback
Bookseller reference : 000028 ISBN : 0674447468 9780674447462
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Palin, Sarah
Going Rogue: An American Life
New York: HarperCollins Publishers Inc. 2009. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4th Printing Second Printing.Hard cover in very good condition with medium blue boards and silver gilt spine lettering. Text block clean and tight; no writings markings noted. Colored photos throughout. Dust jacket in very good condition; not price clipped. From the book ""In this eagerly anticipated memoir Palin paints an intimate portrait of growing up in the wilds of Alaska meeting her lifelong love; her decision to enter politics the importance of faith and family and the unique joys and trials of life as a high-profile working mother."" HarperCollins Publishers, Inc. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 000194 ISBN : 0061939897 9780061939891
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Reid, Senator Harry with Mark Warren
The Good Fight: Hard lessons from Searchlight to Washington
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons 2008. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing Stated First American Edition 2002. In addition complete number line including number one. Hard cover in very good condition. Text block clean and tight. Book appears to have never been read. Contains black and white photos. Dust jacket likewise in very good condition; not price clipped. From the book ""With liberals severed from their own history conservatives have drawn on theirs--the principles of national chauvinism and moral complacency that America once rejected. The country will reject them again and embrace the creed that brought it greatness before. But only if liberals remember what that means. It means an unyielding hostility to totalitarianism--and a recognition that defeating it requires bringing hope to the bleakest corners of the globe. And it means understanding that democracy begins at home in a nation that does not merely preach about justice but becomes more just itself."" G. P. Putnam's Sons hardcover
Bookseller reference : 000188 ISBN : 039915499x 9780399154997
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Edwards, Allan
Another Voice in the Wilderness
Book. Good. Paperback. Very light wear mainly faint crease to cover along spine. Paperback
Bookseller reference : 38000
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Furniss, Harry
Memoirs One: The Flying Game
Canada: Trafford on Demand Pub 2000. Book. Very Good. Paperback. Very slight wear signed by the author. Volume Two also available. Trafford on Demand Pub Paperback
Bookseller reference : 37957 ISBN : 1552125130 9781552125137
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Squire, Raymond M.
My Guided Pilgrimage
Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Clean tight copy. Signed by the author. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 37371
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Guerard Albert J.
Conrad the Novelist
Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press 1979. Blue cloth with gilt titles on spine. 322 pages. We note only some light soil to front cover. Quotes are for illustrative purposes only and remain the property of their copyright holders. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning. 6th. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Harvard University Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 004663
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