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HABERSKI Jr. Raymond J
It's Only a Movie: Films and Critics in American Culture
Lexington:: University Press of Kentucky. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2001. Hardcover. 0813121930 . First printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . University Press of Kentucky, hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 40237 ISBN : 0813121930 9780813121932
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MOORE Colleen
First-Day Cover
<p>for the 8 cent 'Twas the Night Before. Christmas 1972 stamp Scott # 1472 with pictorial cachet by Art Craft. Signed by Colleen Moore. 6 1/2" x 3 3/4". Very good.</p> unknown books
Bookseller reference : 604680
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Blondell Joan
Vintage Double Weight Youthful Signed Photograph
<p>10" x 8" half-length pose. Signed and inscribed to Billie Parker misspelled "Billy"; waitress at the original Brown Derby. ca. 1955. Very good mounting traces on verso; inscription is partially in dark area and best fully viewed when tilted.</p><p>Signed and inscribed: "To Billy All good wishes Joan Blondell."</p><p>Blondell 1909-1979 was an American screen/television comedienne; film career 1930-1979 "Gold Diggers of 1933" 1933; "Three Men On A Horse" 1936; "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" 1943; etc.</p> unknown books
Bookseller reference : 2221723
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POWELL Michael
A Life in Movies: An Autobiography
<p>First American edition so stated. Thick 8vo. Dust jacket unclipped. Fine. 705 pages. No other signatures or bookplates. Signed and inscribed by Michael Powell on the title page: "For Gino Michael Powell." Provenance: from the estate of Charles Williamson.</p> Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 305074
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Elvidge June
Vintage Portrait Photograph
<p>9 3/4" x 7 1/2" photograph by Pach Bros. N.Y. with their blindstamp. A note on the back lists "The Whip" Park Theatre. Not signed. Very good short tear taped on back side of upper middle with whiteout on front.</p><p>Elvidge 1893-1965 was an Anglo-Irish silent screen actress noted for her vamp roles. Married to actor Frank Badgley in 1918. She retired from film in 1924.</p> unknown books
Bookseller reference : 2221704
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Arts and Crafts Illustration Guerber H. A
YOURSELF AND YOUR HOUSE WONDERFUL
<p>Philadelphia: The Uplift Publishing Company 1913 . An octavo 301 pages bound in original green cloth with color pictoria pastedown on the front cover. This book was intended to provide guidance for children and their parents when dealing with some of the more sensitive issues of growing up in a respectable environment. Parrallel discussions about home and personal life abound accompanied by charming illustrations some in color. No wonder the generation of children growing up at the time the Arts and Crafts movement began turned out to be so well-behaved.FEAR! A very good copy of a fascinating and attractive book.</p> hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 2198
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BORJESSON Kristina editor
Feet to the Fire: The Media After 9/11: Top Journalists Speak Out
Amherst:: Prometheus Books. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2005. Hardcover. 1591023432 . First printing. About fine in like dust jacket. . Prometheus Books, hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 38676 ISBN : 1591023432 9781591023432
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TOPLIN Robert Brent
Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11: How One Film Divided a Nation
Lawrence:: University Press of Kansas. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2006. Hardcover. 0700614524 . First printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . University Press of Kansas, hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 38702 ISBN : 0700614524 9780700614523
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Noonan Tommy
"3 Nuts in Search of a Bolt"
<p>Screenplay first draft. 11" x 8 1/2" by Tommy Noonan and William Welch. Original blue printed wrappers; two brads. Very good. 89 pages.</p><p>Final screenplay credit given to Ian McGlashan and Tommy Noonan.</p><p>Film starred Mamie Van Doren Tommy Noonan Ziva Rodann Paul Gilbert John Cronin etc.</p> paperback books
Bookseller reference : 2221682
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HARRIS PHIL
Vintage Original Photograph Signed
<p>"Phil Harris"' in a secretarial hand in black fountain pen ink on full length pose dressed in polo outfit resting before the polo match having a smoke. Photograph is on single stock; 7 1/2" x 9 1/2"; very good minor signs of handling; ca. 1945.</p> unknown books
Bookseller reference : 606485
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BOSWORTH Hobart
Vintage Original Sepia Photograph Signed
<p>"Hobart Bosworth" in black fountain pen ink on a full length shot of Hobart Bosworth in polo attire astride his polo pony "Cameo". Photograph is on heavy weight stock; matte finish; 10" x 8". Very good. Signed and inscribed to actress Lenore Bushman: "To Lenore Bushman win pleasant memory of the Polo picture from Hobart Bosworth and 'Cameo' 1927." Probably from the 1928 film "The Smart Set" directed by Jack Conway. Starring: William Haines; Jack Holt Alice Day and Hobart Bosworth.</p> unknown books
Bookseller reference : 604424
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CRAWFORD JOAN
DOCUMENT SIGNED
<p>Signed-Autograph New York ca. 1939. Permission for Dorothy Hoffman to use Crawford's doodle not present in a syndicated newspaper column. 4to 1p. Boldly signed.</p> unknown books
Bookseller reference : 501718
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KAGAN Norman
Cinema of Stanley Kubrick
NY:: Holt Rinehart and Winston. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1972. Hardcover. 003091387X . Illustrated. First edition. Near fine in a near fine light rubbing dust jacket. . Holt, Rinehart and Winston, hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 38475 ISBN : 003091387X 9780030913877
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Green Stanley and Burt Goldblatt
Starring Fred Astaire
<p>UNIQUE COPY INSCRIBED</p><p>First edition. 11" x 8 1/2". Original gilt stamped black and red cloth. Dust jacket unclipped; light wear ; paper tape reinforcement on verso. Very good light wear to volume edges. 501 pages. Bookplate.</p><p>Signed and inscribed by Astaire on the half title and additionally signed throughout by more than 30 of his co-stars etc. including Morey Amsterdam George Burns Cyd Charisse Bob Crane Richard Crenna Tab Hunter Peter Lawford Kim Novak Cesar Romero Dolph Sweet and many others. Several have signed in multiple locations. Complete list available upon request.</p> Dodd, Mead & Company hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 2221658
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Hepburn Katharine
Passport Document Signed Two Times
<p>HEPBURN'S CONGO PASSPORT FILMING AFRICAN QUEEN</p><p>"Katharine Houghton Hepburn" in black fountain pen ink on her U.S. Passport issued May 6 1948. 3 3/4" x 6 1/8". Signed on page 3 in black ink and signed on her black and white photograph in black ink. Very good.</p><p>Bearing immigration stamps from New York to London South Hampton Dover Paris Rome Liverpool Uganda Belgian Congo and Kenya.</p><p>Katharine Hepburn carried this passport while filming "The African Queen" and while performing in the play "The Millionairess" in London.</p><p>Provenance: from the estate of Katharine Hepburn.</p><p>Hepburn 1907-2003 born May 12 1907 Hartford Connecticut; died June 29 2003 Saybrook Connecticut; dramatic American stage and screen actress; four-time Academy Award winner "Morning Glory" 1933; "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" 1967; "The Lion in Winter" 1968; "On Golden Pond" 1981 and nominated 8 other times.</p> unknown books
Bookseller reference : 2221654
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Lahr Bert
Rare Vintage Original Photograph
<p>Rare Vintage Original Photograph full-length pose in "Cowardly Lion" costume from "The Wizard of Oz" stamped on verso in green ink "February 9 1939" and with 4 lines of comment on Lahr and the film which featured Lahr in his most familiar role. 10" x 8" on double-weight stock not signed. Very good.</p><p>Lahr 1895-1967 American vaudeville/burlesque/stage/screen/radio and television actor; film career 1929-67 "Mr. Broadway" 1933; "Dubarry Was a Lady" 1940; "Rose Marie" 1954; etc.; famous for the role of the Cowardly Lion in the 1939 MGM film "The Wizard of Oz."</p> unknown books
Bookseller reference : 2221655
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GARAFOLA Lynn editor
Rethinking the Sylph: New Perspectives on the Romantic Ballet
Hanover:: University Press of New England Wesleyan. Near Fine. 1997. Paperback. 0819563269 . Illustrated. First paperback printing. Near fine in pictorial wraps. . University Press of New England (Wesleyan), paperback books
Bookseller reference : 37453 ISBN : 0819563269 9780819563262
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HAYAKAWA S. I. and HAYAKAWA Alan R
Language in Thought and Action Fifth Edition
San Diego:: Harcourt Brace & Company. Fine. 1990. Paperback. 0156482401 . Seventh printing thus paperback. Fine in illustrated wraps. . Harcourt Brace & Company, paperback books
Bookseller reference : 37319 ISBN : 0156482401 9780156482400
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photographs; picture postcards; women; performing arts
Collection of Picture Postcards of Late-19th and Early-20th Century Singers and Actresses
early-to-mid 1900s. Ephemera. Near Fine. Collection of 7 sepia and b/w picture postcards photographic one of them hand-colored each about 3.5 x 5.5 inches. All are addressed to Alfred Creutzberg handwritten in English or German on the verso except one where the handwriting is written in the photo border framing the girl's face with their original postage stamps and postmarks. Mr. Creutzberg must have been a known fan of the ladies as the singers and actresses his friends sent him include: Janet Alexander Reta Walter 2 but not duplicates Aenny Hindermann image a bit silvered prettily so Edna May Isabel Jay and Denise Orme. <br/><br/> unknown books
Bookseller reference : D7004
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Cukor George
Document Signed
<p>"George D. Cukor" and by Major Lester A. Shull. 1 page 10 1/2" x 8" Long Island City N.Y. May 8 1943. Cukor's "Certificate of Service" listing his Military Record. Army of the United States. Paper with American eagle watermark. Very good.</p><p>George Cukor 1899-1983 was an American film and stage director who concentrated on comedies and literary adaptations. He was the original director of Gone With the Wind 1939. His notable films include: The Philadelphia Story 1940 starring Cary Grant and Katherine Hepburn Adam's Rib 1949 starring Spencer Tracy and Katherine Hepburn A Star is Born 1954 starring Judy garland and My Fair Lady 1964 starring Rex Harrison and Audrey Hepburn. During his film career 1930-1981 he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director five times and won for My Fair Lady.</p> unknown books
Bookseller reference : 2221651
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Gallaudet John
Autograph Signed
<p>"John Gallaudet" in pencil on vintage blue album leaf. 6" x 4 1/2" 1939. Very good.</p><p>Provenance from the estate of Patricia Goff.</p><p>John Gallaudet 1903-1983 born John Beury Gallaudet August 23 1903 Philadelphia Pennsylvania; died November 5 1983 Los Angeles California; American actor; films include: "Murder in News" 1937; "Manhattan Shakedown" 1937; "Holiday Inn" 1942; "In Cold Blood" 1967. Television roles include "Adam 12;" "My Three Sons;" "Batman;" "Perry Mason;" "The Millionaire."</p> unknown books
Bookseller reference : 2221642
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O'Neill Eugene
More Stately Mansions
New York: Oxford University 1988. This play is the sixth and lastof a planned eleven plays about the Harford family and he died before it was totally completed. It was first published without the additional material which he intended to insert. It was printed from the typescript in the possession of the Yale University Beinecke Rare Book library. The editor Martha Gilman Bower believes that this play is closer to the real O'Neill than the so-called "autobiographical plays". It is as issued clean and opens as if never read. There is faint small foxing on the top edge but is otherwise as issued. First Thus. Cloth Backed Paper Covered Bds. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade. Oxford University Hardcover books
Bookseller reference : W59478 ISBN : 0195053648 9780195053647
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SUSSMAN Henry S
High Resolution: Critical Theory and the Problem of Literacy
NY:: Oxford University Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1989. Hardcover. 0195055039 . First printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Oxford University Press hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 35747 ISBN : 0195055039 9780195055030
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MARC David
Bonfire of the Humanities: Television Subliteracy and Long-Term Memory Loss
Syracuse: Syracuse University Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1995. Hardcover. 0815603215 . First printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Syracuse University Press hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 34771 ISBN : 0815603215 9780815603214
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Fox William
Important Two Page Typed Letter Signed
<p>"Wm Fox" to Jesse Lasky at Paramount-Famous-Lasky Corp. Times Square New York City on the new processes of producing talking films. 11" x 8 1/2" on his William Fox Fox Studio West 55th Street New York City letterhead August 21 1928. Very good closed file holes at top edges.</p><p>In part: ".You already know of my great interest in the successful development of talking motion pictures. I am anxious therefore too see your company produce movietone pictures that are as near perfect as it is possible to obtain from the experience we have gathered. I realize that one of the things that would retard your progress would be improper printing - and there is more danger of failure here than in any other step of the work. The only one that thoroughly understands the proper development and printing of sound pictures today is our laboratory."</p><p>Fox 1879-1952 was born in Hungary; originally named Wilhelm Fried. He founded the Fox Film Corporation in 1915 and the Fox West Coast Theatres chain in the 1920s.</p> books
Bookseller reference : 2221596
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Arce Hector
The Secret Life of Tyrone Power
<p>First edition so stated. Octavo. B/W illustrations. Dust jacket unclipped. Very good. 317 pages.</p><p>Signed and inscribed by Arce to director Billy Wilder on front free endpaper: "To Billy Wilder - In appreciation and with every good wish. Hector Arce. May 1979."</p> William Morrow and Company, Inc. hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 2221591
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SKLAR Robert
Film: An International History of the Medium
NY: Abrams. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1993. Hardcover. 0810933217 . 768 illustrations including 120 color plates. First edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Abrams hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 34241 ISBN : 0810933217 9780810933217
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DECHERNEY Peter
Hollywood and the Culture Elite: How the Movies Became American
NY: Columbia University Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2005. Hardcover. 0231133766 . First printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Columbia University Press hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 33585 ISBN : 0231133766 9780231133760
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BERLIN Normand
O'Neill's Shakespeare
Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1993. Hardcover. 0472104691 . First printing. Remainder dot on top edge book-plate on front paste-down else fine in a fine dust jacket. . University of Michigan Press hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 33280 ISBN : 0472104691 9780472104697
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BARSKY Robert F
Noam Chomsky: A Life of Dissent
Cambridge: MIT Press. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1997. Hardcover. 0262024187 . First editon. About fine in a fine dust jacket. . MIT Press hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 32677 ISBN : 0262024187 9780262024181
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KAGAN Norman
Cinema of Oliver Stone
NY: Continuum. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1995. Hardcover. 0826408176 . First edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Continuum hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 32645 ISBN : 0826408176 9780826408174
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BENNETT Susan
Performing Nostalgia: Shifting Shakespeare and the Contemporary Past
NY: Routledge. Near Fine. 1996. Paperback. 041507326X . First paperback edition. Book-plate on verso of front cover else fine in pictorial wraps. . Routledge paperback books
Bookseller reference : 32760 ISBN : 041507326X 9780415073264
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MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS BOSTON
Courtly Splendor: Twelve Centeries of Treasures from Japan
Boston: Museum of Fine Arts. Fine. 1990. Paperback. 0878463283 . Exhibition catalog. 60 color plates. First edition paperback. Fine in oversized illustrated wraps. . Museum of Fine Arts paperback books
Bookseller reference : 32505 ISBN : 0878463283 9780878463282
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LEWIS Glen
Australian Movies and the American Dream
NY: Praeger. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1987. Hardcover. 0275926753 . First printing. Fine in a near fine light age toning about the edges dust jacket. . Praeger hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 32208 ISBN : 0275926753 9780275926755
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CHAZIN BENNAHUM Judith
Ballets of Antony Tudor: Studies in Psyche and Satire
NY: Oxford University Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1994. Hardcover. 0195071867 . First printing. About fine in like dust jacket. . Oxford University Press hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 32097 ISBN : 0195071867 9780195071863
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LOBRUTTO Vincent
Encyclopedia of American Independent Filmmaking
Westport: Greenwood Press. As New. 2002. Hardcover. 0313301999 . First printing. As new in glossy pictorial boards. No dust jacket as issued. . Greenwood Press hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 31664 ISBN : 0313301999 9780313301995
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KINZIE Mary
Poet's Guide to Poetry
Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Fine. 2000. Paperback. 0226437396 . Second paperback printing. Fine in pictorial wraps. . University of Chicago Press paperback books
Bookseller reference : 31433 ISBN : 0226437396 9780226437392
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YOUNG Jane Jaffe
D. H. Lawrence on Screen: Re-Visioning Prose Style in the Films of "The Rocking-Horse Winner " Sons and Lovers and Women in Love
NY: Peter Lang. Near Fine. 1999. Hardcover. 0820440477 . Volume 12 in the Literature and the Visual Arts New Foundations series. First edition. Review copy with slip laid in. About fine in glossy pictorial boards. No dust jacket as issued. . Peter Lang hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 31439 ISBN : 0820440477 9780820440477
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ARMISTEAD Samuel G. and ZULAIKA Joseba editors
Voicing the Moment: Improvised Oral Poetry and Basque Tradition
Reno: University of Nevada Center for Basque Studies. Near Fine. 2005. Hardcover. 1877802565 . First edition. About fine in glossy pictorial boards. No dust jacket. . University of Nevada (Center for Basque Studies) hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 30672 ISBN : 1877802565 9781877802560
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MARBACK Richard
Plato's Dream of Sophistry
Columbia: University of South Carolina Press. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1999. Hardcover. 1570032408 . First printing. Remainder mark on bottom edge else fine in a fine dust jacket. . University of South Carolina Press hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 29943 ISBN : 1570032408 9781570032400
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SOLNIT David
Eastern Kayah Li: Grammar Texts Glossary
Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. Fine. 1997. Paperback. 0824817435 . First printing paperback. Fine in illustrated wraps. . University of Hawaii Press paperback books
Bookseller reference : 28701 ISBN : 0824817435 9780824817435
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FRIEL Howard and FALK Richard
Record of the Paper: How the New York Times Misreports US Foreign Policy
NY: Verso. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2004. Hardcover. 1844670198 . First printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Verso hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 28279 ISBN : 1844670198 9781844670192
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RIVERO Maria Luisa and RALLI Angela editors
Comparative Syntax of Balkan Languages
NY: Oxford University Press. Near Fine. 2001. Hardcover. 0195129512 . First printing. About fine in green cloth. No dust jacket. . Oxford University Press hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 27604 ISBN : 0195129512 9780195129519
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Societe D'Agriculture Commerce Science et Arts
Historique De La Societe D'Agriculture Commerce Sciences et Arts Du Departement De La Marne Etablie Le 1e Fructidor an VI 18 Aout 1790 Sous Les Auspices et Par Les Soins De L'Adminstration Centrale Du Departement
Rue D'Orfeuil 3. Chalons-Sur-Marne: F. Thouille 1882. 28 page pamphlet; French text; containing: "Reconnue d'Utilite Publique par Decret du 31 Aout 1863"; giving the history of this society with dates and names of various persons who had written or been involved with the proceedings of the group at back including Archaeology History Agriculture Viniculture Silviculture Belles-Lettres Statistics Sculpture Biographies Medicine Natural History more; appears to be a continuation or summary of the previous histories written concerning the Departement of the Marne; original paper wrap covers; 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" size; some edge tips wear to wraps some dustiness; good condition. . Soft Cover. Good. F. Thouille Paperback books
Bookseller reference : 10592
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GORKY Maxim
Lower Depths
NY: Viking. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1974. Hardcover. 0670443549 . Translated from the Russian by Kitty Hunter-Blair and Jeremy Brooks. First edition thus. Fine in a very near fine spot of light edge wear at the crown of the spine dust jacket. . Viking hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 26523 ISBN : 0670443549 9780670443543
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MARA Thalia
Language of Ballet: A Dictionary
Princeton: Princeton Book Company Dance Horizons. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1987. Hardcover. 0871271443 . Illustrated by Tina Mackler. First edition thus. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Princeton Book Company (Dance Horizons) hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 26449 ISBN : 0871271443 9780871271440
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SKLOOT Robert editor
Theatre of the Holocaust: Four Plays
Madison: University of Wisconsin Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1982. Hardcover. 0299090701 . First printing. Strip of abrasion on front free endpaper from a removed label else near fine in a near fine dust jacket. . University of Wisconsin Press hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 25809 ISBN : 0299090701 9780299090708
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RABEY David Ian
Wye Plays: The Back of Beyond and The Battle of the Crows
Briston: Intellect. Near Fine. 2004. Paperback. 1841501158 . First edition paperback. Near fine in pictorial wraps. . Intellect paperback books
Bookseller reference : 25455 ISBN : 1841501158 9781841501154
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BISKIND Peter
Easy Riders Raging Bulls: How the Sex-Drugs-and-Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
NY: Simon & Schuster. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1998. Hardcover. 0684809966 . Third printing. About fine in a fine dust jacket. . Simon & Schuster hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 25105 ISBN : 0684809966 9780684809960
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SHAMROCK Ken and HANNER Richard
Inside the Lion's Den
Boston:: Tuttle. Fine. 1998. Paperback. 0804831513 . Black and white photographs. Second printing paperback. Fine in pictorial wraps. . Tuttle, paperback books
Bookseller reference : 24801 ISBN : 0804831513 9780804831512
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