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LETTRES DE MADAME DE SEVIGNE AVEC LES NOTES DE TOUS LES COMMENTATEURS. COMPLETE IN 6 VOLUMES

By: N/A

Price: $100.00

Publisher: Paris, France, Firmin-Didot: 1122

Seller ID: 71592

Binding: hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

Half leather binding. Complete in 6 volumes. Text in French, top edge gilt. Light edgewear, corners bumped, exlibris front pastedown, sunned & rubbed spine, corners bumped, else interior & texts wonderfully clean tight and unmarked, a great set.; Always Delivery Confirmation. 35 Years Fast Excellent Service. We Know How To Pack Books.
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FLORIDA LIFE OF THOMAS EDISON

By: Albion, Ms. Michele Wehrwein

Price: $9.85

Publisher: University Press of Florida: 2008

Seller ID: 305001

ISBN: 0813032598

Binding: hardcover

Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket

240 pp; Upper front cover slightly bumped. Purchased from the publisher, no names, pages unmarked. ; Always Delivery Confirmation. 35 Years Fast Excellent Service. We Know How To Pack Books.
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UNDAUNTED COURAGE: MERIWETHER LEWIS, THOMAS JEFFERSON, AND THE OPENING OF THE AMERICAN WEST

By: Ambrose, Stephen E.

Price: $30.00

Publisher: New York, Simon & Schuster: 1996

Seller ID: 75756

ISBN: 0684811073

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: As New in As New dust jacket

511 pp; First edition. Previous owner's name on front endpage, otherwise like new. Dust jacket protected in clear Brodart cover.; Always Delivery Confirmation. 35 Years Fast Excellent Service. We Know How To Pack Books.
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Jack Hobbs: Profile of the Master

By: Arlott, John

Price: $10.50

Publisher: London, J. Murray: 1981

Seller ID: 71311

ISBN: 0719538866

Binding: hardcover

Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket

144 pp; Excellent copy, with very minimal shelf wear including a very short (less than a cm) tear on lower rear edge of DJ, else pages clean, binding tight, a very good copy.. ; Always Delivery Confirmation. 35 Years Fast Excellent Service. We Know How To Pack Books.
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STORMY EMOTIONS (AUTHOR SIGNED)

By: Ber, Michael

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Michael Ber: 2010

Seller ID: 91390

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good+

311 pp; Author signed presentation to illustrator Salvador Villagran on title page. Rear wrap is creased at lower corner, minor shelf and reading wear, else a very good copy, binding is tight, text and pages are clean. ; Signed by Author
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LOUIS ARMSTRONG

By: Bergreen, Laurence

Price: $12.50

Publisher: Broadway: 1997

Seller ID: 79753

ISBN: 0553067680

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket

564 pp; Minor edge wear on DJ spine. Fore edge is slightly foxed, some underlining and margin notes; otherwise clean and tight. Dust jacket protected in clear Brodart cover.; Always Delivery Confirmation. 35 Years Fast Excellent Service. We Know How To Pack Books.
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WORK SHALL PRAISE THE MASTER: A MEMORIAL TO JOEL T. HART, THE KENTUCKY SCULPTOR FROM THE WOMEN OF THE BLUE GRASS

By: Breckenridge, Issa Desha and Desha, Mary

Price: $55.00

Publisher: Cincinnati, Press of Robert Clarke & Co.: 1884

Seller ID: 76350

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+

80 pp; Outer hinges and backstrip are cracked but have been repaired. Spine and corners are edge worn, boards are scuffed. Inner hinges are weak but binding is still secure. Some toning. ; Always Delivery Confirmation. 35 Years Fast Excellent Service. We Know How To Pack Books.
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LIFE AND TIMES OF HENRY LORD BROUGHAM, VOLS. I AND II

By: Brougham, Henry Lord

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Harper & Brothers: 1871

Seller ID: 93214

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Volumes one and two only. Ex-library with usual marks, general edge wear and slightly weak bindings on both volumes but still secure, no cracks. Volume two is cocked.
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Jackson's Way: Andrew Jackson and the People of the Western Waters

By: Buchanan, John

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, John Wiley & Sons Inc: 2001

Seller ID: 86259

ISBN: 0471282537

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Fine+ dust jacket

434 pp; This is a great book with only previous owner's name on ffep. Book is like new with tight binding & crisp, clean pages and text. Dust jacket remains crisp & clean and is protected in a clear Brodart cover. Includes BW reproductions throughout, bibliography, notes and index. Buchannan details the three decades long bloody campaign that Jackson waged to help the gritty American pioneers take on the powerful tribes in the Old Southwest. ; Always Delivery Confirmation. 35 Years Fast Excellent Service. We Know How To Pack Books.
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VERCO STORY : HOPES WE LIVE BY

By: Caldicott, Arnold

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Adelaide, Australia, Halstead Press: 1970

Seller ID: 69535

ISBN: 0950086207

Binding: hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket

Excellent shape. Minimal shelf wear on covers and DJ. Prev owner's name on ffep, but otherwise pages clean, binding tight. 231pp.; Always Delivery Confirmation. 35 Years Fast Excellent Service. We Know How To Pack Books.
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ROBERT PENN WARREN, THE DARK AND BLOODY GROUND

By: Casper, Leonard

Price: $10.50

Publisher: Seattle, University of Washington Press: 1960

Seller ID: 13048

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ in Good+ dust jacket

212 pp; Previous owner's bookplate on front paste-down and inked name on ffep, ca. 30 pages have underlined text and/or margin marks, board corners are beginning to mildly fray, ep's faintly toned, DJ is slightly chipped and edgeworn with darkening to the spine, else a good copy, sound binding. DJ protected in a clear Brodart cover. ; Always Delivery Confirmation. 35 Years Fast Excellent Service. We Know How To Pack Books.
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LION OF THE FOREST: JAMES B. FINLEY, FRONTIER REFORMER

By: Cole, Charles C.

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Lexington, KY, University Press of Kentucky: 1994

Seller ID: 97017

ISBN: 0813118638

Binding: hardcover

Condition: New in New dust jacket

271 pp; An excellent book. DJ protected in a clear Brodart cover. ; Always Delivery Confirmation. 35 Years Fast Excellent Service. We Know How To Pack Books.
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EDDY, THE LIFE OF EDWARD SACKVILLE-WEST

By: De-La-Noy, Michael

Price: $4.85

Publisher: London, Bodley Head: 1988

Seller ID: 13505

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

341 pp; DJ shows minor shelf wear, else an excellent copy, like new. ; Always Delivery Confirmation. 35 Years Fast Excellent Service. We Know How To Pack Books.
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James Watt, Craftsman and Engineer

By: Dickinson, H. W.

Price: $27.50

Publisher: Cambridge/Macmillan: 1936

Seller ID: 81964

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good- in Good+ dust jacket

207 pp; Light soil and edgewear to cover; light soil and bookplate to front endpapers; light foxing to fore edge, endpapers and first/last few pages. DJ is soiled and worn, with chips / missing material at corners and spine ends. Otherwise clean and tight - still a nice copy. DJ in clear Brodart cover. ; Always Delivery Confirmation. 35 Years Fast Excellent Service. We Know How To Pack Books.
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Bradley Stoughton: Mankind Was My Business

By: Doan, Gilbert E.

Price: $10.50

Publisher: American Society for Metals: 1967

Seller ID: 67779

Binding: softcover

Condition: Very Good

Minor soiling on wraps, slight toning to edges and spine. Binding is tight, text clean, an attractive copy. 116 pp. ; Always Delivery Confirmation. 35 Years Fast Excellent Service. We Know How To Pack Books.
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DAVY CROCKETT: AMERICAN COMIC LEGEND

By: Dorson, Richard M. (Ed. )

Price: $40.00

Publisher: New York, Spiral Press for Rockland Editions: 1939

Seller ID: 77679

Binding: hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

171 pp; Previous owner book-plate on front paste-down, top corners gently bumped, light edgewear to boards and spine, very faint foxing to ffep, else an attractive copy, binding tight, text and pages are clean. 1st Edition. 171p; Always Delivery Confirmation. 35 Years Fast Excellent Service. We Know How To Pack Books.
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George Washington

By: Ford, Paul Leicester

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Philadelphia & New York, J. B. Lippincott: 1930

Seller ID: 83216

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket

319 pp; Scarce with dust jacket. Pencil shading in outside gutters, previous owner's name on ffep, minor toning to ep's. DJ is lightly rubbed and edgeworn, with mild soiling, & has several tiny little edge tears. Still this is an attractive book with solid binding and clean tight and unmarked text. DJ protected in a clear Brodat cover. Includes 24 full page BW plates and index. Leicester's classic intimate biography of Washington. Anniversary Edition. ; Always Delivery Confirmation. 35 Years Fast Excellent Service. We Know How To Pack Books.
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Life of Charles Dickens (Two Volumes of Three)

By: Forester, John

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, PA, J. B. Lippincott: 1874

Seller ID: 83452

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good-

418 & 494 pp; Volumes 1 & 2 (only) of 3 volume set. A great set with light edgewear and spine fading, light dampstains on spines and around edges, light foxing around plates, vol1 beginning to crack at ffep, and vol2 with half inch spinehead tear. Still an attractive set however with gilt lettering on spines, and decorative gilt image on cover. Includes numerous BW illustrations and foldouts throughout. Forester's biography traces the connections between Dickens' life and his greatest and best known works. ; Always Delivery Confirmation. 35 Years Fast Excellent Service. We Know How To Pack Boo...
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LIFE OF STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS

By: Gardner, William

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Roxburgh Press: 1905

Seller ID: 87553

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+

239 pp; Ex-library with usual marks. Spine is darkened, minor edge wear on corners and spine tips. Binding has a few weak spots but pages are all secure. Gilt decoration on front cover. ; Always Delivery Confirmation. 35 Years Fast Excellent Service. We Know How To Pack Books.
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COAL MINERS' WIVES

By: Giesen, Carol A. B.

Price: $7.85

Publisher: Lexington, University of KY Press: 1995

Seller ID: 11794

ISBN: 0813108454

Binding: softcover

Condition: Fine+

170 pp; Very faint shelf wear to wraps, else like new. ; Always Delivery Confirmation. 35 Years Fast Excellent Service. We Know How To Pack Books.
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