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William Rockhill Nelson

By: N/A

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Cambridge, The Riverside Press: 1915

Seller ID: 3281

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket

Corners rubbed with slight loss of color. Block edges slightly toned with soiling to the shelf edge. A period owner's signature and May 1916 penned to ffep. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 274 pages
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Judge Kimbrough Stone A Tribute

By: N/A

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Kansas City, Kansas City Bar Association: 1929

Seller ID: 3282

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good- with no dust jacket

Light wear to edges. Binding remains sound. Block toned with some scattered and light creasing and soiling. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 96 pages
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George Eliot's Life As Related in Her Letters and Journals Arranged and Edited by Her Husband 3 Volumes Cabinet Edition

By: N/A

Price: $65.00

Publisher: Edinburgh & London, William Blackwood And Sons: 1884

Seller ID: 4681

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

Complete in 3 volumes. Dark olive green decorated cloth covers. Volume 1 covers dented & bumped with a 3/4"" vertical split to lower edge of spine and dampstain at top spine end on front & back for top 2 1/2" with internal damage along top margin from page 399 through bfep. Previous owner name & acquisition information on top of 2nd ffep, otherwise tight and unread. Remaining 2 volumes show similar wear without dampstaining. Extra postage may be required. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall
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William Rockhill Nelson: the Story of a Man, a Newspaper, and a City

By: N/A

Price: $15.00

Publisher: The Riverside Press: 1915

Seller ID: 6051

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Cloth covers show rubbing and scattered stains; A few smudges are seen on the end leaves; Volume remains tight. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 274 pages
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Memorial for William C. Menninger

By: N/A

Price: $8.00

Publisher: None Given: 1966

Seller ID: 6784

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

Very light general wear. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 53 pages
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England Have My Bones

By: "white, T. H. "

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, MacMillan Co: 1936

Seller ID: 5820

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good in Good dust jacket

Covers worn at all edges with slight dulling/toning of pictorial cloth. Corners bumped and rubbed, spine ends curled. Underlining, in pencil only, on about 15-20 pages of the text could be erased by the next owner. Previous owner's info, in pen, on ffep. Jacket worn at all edges and folds with several small tears, loss of color, and scotch tape repairs, but is 99% complete. Front flap has been clipped at corners but original price ($2.50) remains.
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Madam Secretary: A Memoir

By: Albright, Madeleine;Woodward, William;Woodward, Bill

Price: $40.00

Publisher: New York, New York, U.S.A., Miramax: 2003

Seller ID: 703

ISBN: 0786868430

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket

Bookplate on half title page reads, "San Antonio camex Campus Market Expo The Honorable Madeleine K. Albright February 27, 2004" and is signed by Madeleine Albright. Book shows very light general wear. DJ has some creasing at corners and surface scratching from removal of price sticker on top foredge corner of front jacket cover.; Signed by Author(s)
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THE LIFE AND PUBLIC SERVICES OF JAMES BAIRD WEAVER To Which is Added the Life and Public Services of James G. Field and Achievements of the People's Party (Salesman's Sample)

By: Allen, E. A.

Price: $80.00

Publisher: Cincinnati, OH, Ferguson & Mcmakin:

Seller ID: 710

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair with no dust jacket

N/D. Salesman's Copy. Covers show moderate wear with some staining on front cover. Corners rounded. Hinges tight. FFEP has a closed tear 3/4 of the way down the page from top. Pages yellowed. Order pages remain blank.
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About John Ford

By: Anderson, Lindsay

Price: $8.00

Publisher: New York, McGraw Hill: 1983

Seller ID: 6844

ISBN: 0070016240

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

Light toning. Light wear to cover edges and corners. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 256 pages
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A Methodist Saint The Life of Bishop Asbury

By: Asbury, Herbert

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Alfred A. Knopf: 1927

Seller ID: 7194

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Good dust jacket

Light general wear to the volume. There is a book plate on the front end page, otherwise unmarked and tightly bound. Jacket is worn along all edges with several small tears and a small amount of loss. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 355 pages
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Lives of the Brothers Humboldt, Alexander and William Translated and Arranged from the German of Klencke & Schlesier

By: Bauer, Juliette

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, Harper & Brothers: 1854

Seller ID: 5974

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Usual library markings. Light wear at cover corners and spine ends. Text has scattered spots of foxing throughout and a few pages with small edge tears but is otherwise very clean. ; Ex-Library
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Contemporaries of Erasmus: a Biographical Register of the Renaissance and Reformation, Volume 2 - F-M

By: Bietenholz, P. G. ; Deutscher, Thomas B.

Price: $60.00

Publisher: Toronto, University of Toronto Press: 1986

Seller ID: 6874

ISBN: 0802025714

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

Cover edges worn with bumped corners and curled spine ends. This copy belonged to academic book reviewer, Prof. Richard Schoeck and contains his notes, underlining, and marginalia throughout. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 490 pages
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In His Brother's Shadow: The Life of Thomas Ward Custer

By: Bird, Roy

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Paducah, Kentucky, U.S.A., Turner Pub Co: 2002

Seller ID: 474

ISBN: 1563118181

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

Inscription on title page reads, "For P___ Great Reading Roy Bird 2003" Corners bumped causing light damage to paper covers and DJ. Jacket also shows very light surface rubbing on back.; Signed by Author(s)
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B. F. Skinner: a Life

By: Bjork, Daniel W.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Basic Books: 1993

Seller ID: 6769

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket

Light wear to cover corners. Jacket is dust stained along the top edge with a little rubbing and creasing. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 298 pages
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Virginia Woolf; a Commentary

By: Blackstone, Bernard

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Harcourt Brace & Company: 1949

Seller ID: 4593

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good- dust jacket

Exceptionally clean and probably unread. Covers show light wear to shelf edge and slight denting to bottom corners. Former owner's marks on ffep; front pages are lightly toned, likely from previously laid in newsprint. Jacket has heavy wear and chipping to the top edge including a small amount of loss at spine head. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 255 pages
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D. [Complete in 4 Volumes] Including a Journal of His Tour of the Hebrides

By: Boswell, James

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger: 1868

Seller ID: 7272

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

All 4 volumes are in similar condition with an edge toned but very clean text block in undamaged bindings. The spines of all 4 books are sun toned and slightly brittle. Only very light wear otherwise. Extra postage may be required. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
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Tchaikovsky The Man and His Music

By: Brown, David

Price: $18.00

Publisher: London, Faber & Faber: 2006

Seller ID: 5892

ISBN: 0571231942

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

Light, even toning to page edges. Jacket shows a few light creases and light wear at corner folds. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 460 pages
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The Border Outlaws An Authentic and Thrilling History of the Most Noted Bandits of Ancient or Modern Times The Yonger Brothers Jesse and Frank James and their Comrades in Crime

By: Buel, J.W.

Price: $100.00

Publisher: St. Louis, Dan. Linahan: 1881

Seller ID: 785

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair with no dust jacket

Covers show moderate surface rubbing and soiling. Corners rounded with boards showing. Spine ends chipping. Binding loose. Both hinges show damage but are connected. A signature near the middle of the text is loose but text is complete. Some writing in pencil on endpapers. Light scattered foxing throughout text. Pages slightly browned.
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Personal Recollections of Pardee Butler with Reminiscences, By His Daughter, Mrs. Rosetta B. Hastings and Additional Chapters By Eld. John Boggs and Eld. J. B. McCleery

By: Butler, Pardee, Mrs. Rosetta B. Hastings, Eld. John Boggs, and Eld. J. B. McCleery

Price: $125.00

Publisher: Cincinnati, Standard Publishing Company: 1889

Seller ID: 709

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair with no dust jacket

Cloth covers show general rubbing and are heavily chipped over spine ends; Lettering on spine remains clear; Hinges (internal) are broke and covers are starting to loosen from text block; Text block remains tight and contents are clean and intact.
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New Salem: Early Chapter in Lincoln's Life

By: Chandler, Josephine Craven

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Illinois Historical Society: N.D.

Seller ID: 7103

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

No date of publication, though circa (1950) ; Revised edition, reprinted from The Journal of Illinois Historical Society, Vol. 22, No. 4, Jan. , 1930; Inscribed by the author on title page; Blue cloth covers show a little rubbing; Volume is otherwise tight and clean.; 64 pages
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