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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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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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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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Life of George Washington

By: Bancroft, Aaron

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, Porter & Coates: N.D.

Seller ID: 5877

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good- with no dust jacket

Heavily decorated cloth covers show wear at corners and some stress to hinges. Internally, paper hinges cracked but binding remains sound and block tight. Toned from pressing flowers in several places, otherwise clean inside. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 489 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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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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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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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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Montrose (The World's Classics Series #555)

By: Buchan, John; Feiling, Keith (Introduction)

Price: $12.00

Publisher: London, Oxford University Press: 1957

Seller ID: 5202

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket

There are 2 small bumps to cover edge, otherwise only light wear. Jacket is rubbed at edges and folds wih a little loss of color resulting. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 447 pages
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Quotations from Chairman Bill the Best of Wm. F. Buckley Jr.

By: Buckley, William F, Jr; Franke, David (Ed)

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Arlington House: 1970

Seller ID: 3427

ISBN: 0870000632

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Very Good- dust jacket

Book shows only light toning and ultra light corner wear. Dust jacket is lightly edge rubbed, back inside edge has been folded & 1/4"" x 1/2"" chip out of back bottom edge. ; "8vo - over 7¾"" - 9¾"" tall"; 306 pages
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Time, Literature and the Arts: Essays in Honor of Samuel L. Macey. (No. 61 ELS Monograph Series)

By: Cleary, Thomas R. (editor)

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Victoria, Bc, Canada, University Of Victoria: 1994

Seller ID: 5829

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good-

Covers are a bit soiled with light wear at all edges. Bottom corner has been bumped creasing the front cover as well as very lightly creases the first few pages. Former owner's info written at front, otherwise free from marks and tightly bound. A form letter from the editor requesting a review of the book is laid in.
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Woman Into Space The Jerri Cobb Story

By: Cobb, Jerrie; Rieker, Jane

Price: $300.00

Publisher: Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, Prentice Hall: 1963

Seller ID: 3303

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Good+ dust jacket

This copy presented and inscribed by the author to Grace Harris, another female aviator briefly mentioned in this book. A note from the author written on the front jacket flap reads, "P. S. We weren't supposed to mention names but couldn't resist sneaking you in briefly on page 53. Wish I could of said much more of all you've done-" Covers show light wear, mostly at corners. Binding sound though endpages and page 53 are toned, likely from laid in (and now removed) highly acidic paper. Jacket shows moderate to heavy edge wear but remains complete. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 223 pages;...
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The Trouble with Tom The Strange Afterlife and Times of Thomas Paine

By: Collins, Paul

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Bloomsbury USA: 2005

Seller ID: 2828

ISBN: 1582345023

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket

Shows no wear. Binding sound. V+K 05 penned to ffep, otherwise no markings internally (except signature). ; Author's initial signature to title page. ; 256 pages; Signed by Author
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Francis Bacon: Jurists: Profiles in Legal Theory

By: Coquillette, Daniel R.

Price: $65.00

Publisher: Stanford, CA, Stanford University Press: 1992

Seller ID: 4790

ISBN: 0804720894

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

Review copy with Review Copy slip from publisher and letters to and from the Book Review Editor of the American Journal of Jurisprudence regarding writing a review of the title. Light wear to jacket. Former owner's name and date penned on ffep. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 358 pages
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Mentor Graham The Man Who Taught Lincoln

By: Duncan, Kunigunde; Nickols, D. F.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Chicago, University of Chicago Press: 1945

Seller ID: 6306

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Good+ dust jacket

Light wear to cover corners. Internally, the book appears unread with only very light toning. Jacket has several creases and small tears and chips along all edges and at corners. Inscribed and signed by the author's widow, Edith H. Nickols, and dated 1-26-54. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 274 pages; Signed by Associated
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John Ruskin

By: Evans, Joan

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Oxford University Press: 1955

Seller ID: 5072

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket

Cover corners show light wear. Former owner's info penned at front. Tight binding. Jacket worn at edges with creasing and chipping along top edge (mostly above spine) . Jacket also has a patch of toning on the inside flap from laid in (now removed) high acid paper. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
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The Letters of Frederic William Maitland

By: Fifoot, C. H. S. (editor)

Price: $15.00

Publisher: London, Selden Society: 1965

Seller ID: 5050

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good- with no dust jacket

Covers show light wear at edges with slight rounding to the spine ends. Former owner's ink stamp and blind stamp at front. Several pages lightly creased along top spine corner, presumably from the binding process. Does not effect text or book's stability, simply cosmetic. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 397 pages
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America & Alfred Stieglitz A Collective Portrait

By: Frank, Waldo; Mumford, Lewis; Norman, Dorothy Et. Al. (Ed)

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, The Literary Guild: 1934

Seller ID: 2573

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good- with no dust jacket

Covers show light wear and scuffing. There is a bookplate on the front pastedown. Block edges are toned as are endpages. Text remains clean with a few small smudges and chips at page edges including a small 1/4" closed tear on the bottom edge of the title page.. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 339 pages
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Horatio Alger Or the American Hero Era

By: Gardner, Ralph D.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Mendota, IL, The Wayside Press: 1964

Seller ID: 3366

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket

Covers show average wear for the grade. Block edges slightly soiled. Inscribed and signed by the author with a date of Jan 15, 1988 on the front end paper. Jacket is also lightly soiled with a few closed tears and chips at the edges. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 505 pages; Signed by Author
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