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Legends Outstanding Quarter Horse Stallions and Mares (Volume II) Goodhue, Jim; Livingston, Phil; Close, Pat; Simmons, Diane C.; Holmes, Frank Colorado Springs, CO Western Horseman 1998 0911647309 / 9780911647303 Seventh Printing Paperback Very Good+ Clean softcover book with color illustrated cover, measures 8-1/2" x 11, 168 pgs. No creasing or chipping; bindings are tight, pages are clean. Profusely illustrated with black & white photographs. 191 pgs. Lists pedigrees and halter and performance records, progeny records of legendary Quarter Horses, and a story detailing each horse's life. Horses included in this volume include: Clabber; Driftwood; Easy Jet; Grey Badger II; Jessie James; Jet Deck; Joe Bailey P-4 (Gonzalez); Joe Bailey (Weatherford); King's Pistol; Lena's Bar; Lightning Bar; Lucky Blanton; Midnight; Midnight Jr.; Moon Deck; My Texas Dandy; Oklahoma Star P-6; Oklahoma Star Jr.; Peter McCue; Rocket Bar; Skipper W; Sugar Bars; Traveler. 018281
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A Percentage of the Take: A Classic Case of Big-City Corruption Goodman, Walter New York Farrar Straus Giroux 1971 First Hard Cover Fine Near Fine Jacket Stated First Printing. Clean unfaded black cloth boards with bright gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 226 pgs. with index. Illustrated with eight pages of photographs. Clean dustjacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. Fascinating account of the rapid rise and fall of the former close friend of NYC Mayor John Lindsay, who served for an incredible term as New York's Commissioner of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity. 8vo. True Crime. 016742
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Pine, Stream & Prairie: Wisconsin and Minnesota in Profile Gray, James New York Alfred A. Knopf 1945 First Hard Cover Very Good+ No Dustjacket Jacket Very clean gold cloth boards with gold decoration on cover, gold lettering on spine. No fraying or wear. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean. No names, writing or marks, clean endpapers. Illustrated with photographs and fold-out map in excellent condition. 312 pgs. + index. 8vo. Natural History. 011585
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Pine, Stream and Prairie: Wisconsin and Minnesota in Profile Gray, James New York Alfred A. Knopf 1945 First Hard Cover Near FIne Good+ Jacket Very clean golden cloth boards with gold decoration on cover, gold lettering and decoration on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Clean fold-out map at front of book in excellent condition. No names, writing or bookplates. Illustrated with photographs. 312 pgs. + index. Clean dustjacket is not price clipped, has edge chipping and closed edge tears. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. Comprehensive book covering the hunting, fishing, resources, politics and influential people in the history of Minnesota and Wisconsin. 8vo. Minnesota. 011749
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The Concise Encyclopedia of Modern World Literature Grigson, Geoffrey New York Hawthorn Books, Inc. 1963 First Hard Cover Very Good+ Near Fine Slipcase Jacket Very clean black cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean gold endpapers. Tasteful previous owner bookplate on front free endpaper. 512 pgs. with index. Illustrated with photographs. Clean gold paper covered slipcase has no cracking or wear. A fantastic reference for the reader of modern fiction and literature--with information and photographs on the writings and lives of famous authors such as G. K. Chesterton, Joseph Conrad, Ray Bradbury, John Galsworthy, Albert Camus, Saul Bellow, Franz Kafka, Henry James, T. E. Lawrence, Jack Kerouac and hundreds more. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Literature. 008974
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Talking with Michener Grobel, Lawrence University Press Of Mississippi 1999 1578061393 / 9781578061396 First Hardcover Near Fine Near Fine Jacket First Edition, First Printing in clean unchipped dust jacket. Clean black boards with darker black faux leather spine with gold lettering. No bumping, fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean and bright (small remainder dot on bottom page edges). Clean endpapers; no names, writing or bookplates. Illustrated with black and white photographs. 269 pages with index. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, no tears. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. 024385
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Mid-Pacific Hall, James Norman Boston Houghton Mifflin 1928 First Hardcover Very Good+ no dust jacket First Edition, with 1928 on title page and copyright page. Blue cloth boards with gold lettering on cover and spine (very slight wear to gold lettering on spine). Pinhead size spot of wear-through at base of spine. Two very faint water spots at base of front board. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean with clean decorated endpapers - no names, writing or marks. 299 pages. Author's adventures and life experiences in many places and positions, both glamorous and not, written while he was living in Tahiti. 027377
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The Far Lands Hall, James Norman Boston Little Brown 1950 First Hard Cover Very Good+ Good+ Jacket Stated first edition in unclipped jacket. Clean green cloth boards with black lettering on spine. Hint of light surface wear to corners, no fraying, no bumping. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright. Tasteful previous owner bookplate on front fixed endpaper. 325 pgs. with glossary. Bright color illustrated dustjacket (design by Nicholas Mordvinoff) is not price clipped, has two chips at top left panel edge (one is nearly 1" in depth), tiny chips at top and bottom spine edge, slight horizontal crease near base of front panel. Enclosed in new removable mylar cover. 015273
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HARD AGROUND Hall, James W New York Delacorte Press 1993 0385307977 / 9780385307970 First Hardcover Near Fine Near Fine Jacket Signed First Edition, First Printing, SIGNED by author in clean unclipped jacket. Clean green boards with maroon cloth spine, gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean. Clean red endpapers; no previous owner markings. Signed by author on half-title page. 360 pp. Clean bright dustjacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. 020035
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In the Brave Days of Old - A Story of Adventure in the Time of King James the First Hall, Ruth Boston Houghton Mifflin 1898 First Hardcover Very Good+ No Dust jacket First Edition decorated American trade binding. Dark blue cloth boards with red and gold decoration (three swords) on cover, red and gold decoration, gold lettering on spine. No bumping or fraying. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with clean endpapers (neatly penned previous owner name, date and place on front free endpaper (1899). Frontis illustration with clean tissue guard by Frank T. Merrill. Preface by the author. 334 pages. Scarce book. 022383
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Collecting Wine: You and Your Cellar Halliday, James Australia HarperCollins 1998 0732265282 / 9780732265281 Revised Paperback Fine Very clean trade paperback (size approx. 6" x 9-1/4"). No creasing, chipping or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean and bright. No names, writing or marks. Illustrated with full color and black & white photographs. 188 pages with index. Australia's foremost wine expert and wine writer, James Halliday, offers his best advice on collecting, storing and enjoying fine wine. 027775
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American Authors and Their Homes: Personal Descriptions and Interviews Halsey, Francis Whiting New York James Pott & Co. 1901 First Hard Cover Very Good+ No Dustjacket Jacket Very clean olive green ribbed cloth boards with stamped decoration, Gilt and pink stamped decoration, gilt lettering and gilt title box on spine. Gilt top page edges. No fraying, very little wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Previous owner name and date on front free endpaper. Frontis photograph with printed tissue guard ( Interior of Author's Club in the Carnegie Building, New York). Additional photograph plates throughout of author's homes, including Henry Van Dyke, Frank R. Stockton, John Burroughs, Ernest Seton-Thompson and more. 302 pgs. with index. 8vo. Authors. 008892
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American Authors and Their Homes Halsey, Francis Whiting (Editor) New York James Pott 1901 First Hardcover Very Good+ no dust jacket Stated First Impression, September 15, 1901. Decorated American trade binding (signed binding - JA monogram on cover). Clean ribbed blue cloth boards with gold and white decoration on cover, stamped gold lettering on cover and spine, small gold decoration on spine. No fraying or wear. Binding is tight and square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright, with gilt top page edges. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. Eighteen photogravure illustrations, including frontispiece with clean tissue guard. 302 pages with index. 024951
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The Star and the Cross - Essays on jewish-Christian Relations Hargrove, Katharine T. (Editor) Milwaukee, Wisconsin Bruce Publishing 1966 First Hardcover Very Good+ Very Good Jacket Signed First Edition in dustjacket, presentation copy SIGNED by Katharine T. Hargrove. Clean charcoal gray cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Inscribed and signed by Hargrove on front free endpaper: "Knowing you, Helmet Brownie, I trust you to understand all the joy in the past, all the happiness in the present, all the hope for the future, continues in my love - Katharine T. Hargrove." 318 pages with index. Dustjacket has small corner clip but price is still intact (6.75), light soiling (white paint brush mark near spine fold) and a few small edge chips. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Edited by Mother Katharine Hargrove, Professor of Theology at Manhattanville College in New York, the essays are cotnributed by such distinguished Jewish and Christian scholars and writers as Oscar Handlin, Jules Isaac, Thomas Merton, Guenter Lewy, James O'Gara, Rabbi Marc Tanenbaum, Dr. Joseph L. Lichten, and Robert Hoyt. 022721
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Seven Great American Poets Hart, Beatrice New York / Boston / Chicago Silver Burdett & Company 1901 First Hardcover Near Fine No Dust jacket First Edition decorated American trade binding. Very clean green ribbed cloth boards with light green decoration and gold lettering on cover and spine. Hint of bumping to spine corners, no fraying or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. Preface by Beatrice Hart. Illustrated with photographic plates. Poetic works by William Cullen Bryant, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Edgar Allan Poe, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, John Greenleaf Whittier, Oliver Wendell Holmes, James Russell Lowell. 323 pages with index. 022113
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Echoes of the Foot-hills Harte, Bret Boston James R. Osgood and Company 1875 First Hard Cover Good+ No Dustjacket Jacket Green cloth boards with gold lettering on cove and spine. Beveled edges. Light wear to corners and top and bottom of spine. A few small faint spots to cover. Binding is tight, no cracking. Dark brown endpapers. Small P/O name neatly penned on fly leaf. Pages are clean, no foxing. 146 pgs. 005370
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Blood of the North Hendryx, James B. Philadelphia Triangle Books 1946 First Hardcover Very Good Very Good Jacket First Triangle Books edition (reprint) in illustrated dust jacket. Clean red cloth boards with black title box on spine. No fraying or fading. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages are tanned. Clean endpapers - no names, writing or bookplates. 278 pages. Dust jacket has slight fading to red lettering on spine, short closed edge tears. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. 025697
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The Book of Job - from the Translation prepared at Cambridge in 1611 for King James I Heritage Press New York Heritage Press 1946 First Hardcover Near Fine Arthur Szyk, Illustrator Beautiful book in clean, sturdy slipcase. Size approx. 8-1/2" x 11". Clean beige linen cloth boards with lovely full color paste-on illustration on cover, ivory cloth spine with gold title box. No bumping, fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Full-page, full-color medieval style illustrations by Arthur Szyk. Preface by Mary Ellen Chase. 148 pages. Gold paper-covered slipcase has some edge chipping, no cracking. 026771
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Good-bye, Mr. Chips Hilton, James Boston Little Brown 1934 First Hard Cover Very Good+ No Dustjacket Jacket Very clean beige cloth boards with blue lettering on cover and spine. No fraying or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Neatly penned previous owner name on front free endpaper. Pages and edges are clean and bright. 126 pgs. 8vo. Fiction. 007943
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