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Speeches That Changed the World

By: (Miscellaneous) Simon Sebag Montefiore, Introduction

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Quercus: 2010

Edition: Revised Edition

Seller ID: 028898

ISBN: 1435151690

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Fine Revised Edition in clean unchipped dust jacket. Size approx. 7-1/2" x 9-3/4". Clean glossy photo-illustrated boards (picturing Martin Luther King giving a speech) are clean and unworn. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean black endpapers. No names, writing or marks. Illustrated with beautiful black and white photographs. Introduction by Simon Sebag Montefiore. 224 pages with index. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, no wear, no tears; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Wonderful speeches and biographies of the speech-givers, suc...
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Danger: Great Stories of Mystery and Suspense from the Saturday Evening Post

By: Miscellaneous

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Curtis Publishing Co.: 1967

Edition: First

Seller ID: 010893

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Clean red cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. No fraying, mere hint of superficial corner wear. Binding is tight, pages and edges are clean. Yellow endpapers are clean, with previous owner inscription on front free endpaper. 368 pgs. Clean dustjacket is not price clipped, has shallow chipping at spine edges, short closed edge tear. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. Exciting stories of murder and intrigue by Agatha Christie, Geoffrey Household, Martha Albrand, Shirley Jackson, Richard Stern, and others. 8vo. Mystery.
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Specimens of the British Poets; With Biographical and Critical Notices and an Essay on English Poetry by Thomas Campbell, Esq.

By: Miscellaneous

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, Henry Carey Baird: 1854

Edition: Revised Edition

Seller ID: 014489

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

Red cloth boards with gilt decoration on front cover and gold lettering on spine. No fraying or wear. Spine lightly faded. Binding is tight & square, with neatly reinforced hinges. Endpapers illustrated with delicate green design. Previous owner's name on front fixed endpaper and front fly leaf. Pages and edges are clean and bright; no writing or marks. Beautiful photogravure illustrations with tissue guards. 749 pgs. with index.
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Better Living Booklets for Parents and Teachers (12 softcover volumes complete in box)

By: Miscellaneous

Price: $35.00

Publisher: New York, Science Research Associates, Inc. / Grolier: 1952

Seller ID: 018539

Binding: softcover

Condition: Very Good+

12 softbound booklets in excellent condition in original box. Titles include: Helping Brothers and Sisters Get Along; Self-Understanding, A First Step to Understanding Children; Exploring Children's Interests; Emotional Problems of Growing Up; Your Children's Manners; Helping Children Talk Better; Helping Children Understand Sex; When Children Face Crises; How to Live With Children; Mental Abilities of Children; Why Children Misbehave; Fears of Children. All clean, unmarked, uncreased. Clean sturdy original box with unchipped labels, closed crack to one corner edge of lid.
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Handbook on Herbs

By: Miscellaneous

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Brooklyn, NY, Brooklyn Botanic Garden: 1980

Edition: Fourteenth Printing

Seller ID: 019833

Binding: softcover

Condition: Very Good+

Softcover book with staple binding. No chipping or creasing, clean, with very light age toning and small previous owner name at top edge of cover. 96 pp. illustrated with black and white photographs. A Special Printing of Plants & Gardens, Vol. 14, No. 2 #27.
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Prince of Darkness

By: Miscellaneous

Price: $15.00

Publisher: London, Rider and Co.: 1951

Edition: Second printing

Seller ID: 020008

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

Second printing in unclipped dustjacket. Clean dark blue cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Small previous owner address label on front free endpaper. 250 pp. Illustrated with drawings. Dustjacket is not price clipped, has a few small edge chips. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A book on witchcraft, sorceries and cults by various authors, including: Dorothy Sayers; Sax Rohmer; Saki; Algernon Blackwood; John Buchan, and more.
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Four Famous Greek Plays

By: Miscellaneous

Price: $16.00

Publisher: New York, Modern Library: 1929

Edition: early printing

Seller ID: 020463

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

Modern Library No. 158 in original jacket. Toledano binding no. 7. Clean green balloon cloth boards with gold torchrunner logo on cover, gold lettering on spine. No bumping, very tiny spot of wear to lower front corner tip. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with clean Kent style endpapers. No names, writing or marks. 285 pp. Edited, with an Introduction by Paul Landis. Dustjacket is not price clipped (95 cents a copy on front inside flap), clean, several very shallow edge chips, short closed tears, 2" closed tear along front flap fold. Enclosed in...
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New Voices in the American Theatre

By: Miscellaneous

Price: $12.00

Publisher: New York, Modern Library: 1970

Edition: Later printing

Seller ID: 020853

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Modern Library no. 258 in clean dustjacket. Toledano binding no. 14. Clean blue cloth boards with bright silver lettering on spine, "ml" logo blind-stamped on cover. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, heavy ink-stamping on front free endpaper. Foreword by Brooks Atkinson. Includes plays by Tenessee Williams, Arthur Miller, William Inge, George Axelrod, Robert Anderson, Herman Wouk. 559 pp. Dustjacket is clean, price clipped at top corner of front inside flap, slight edge wear. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar...
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Bloomsbury Guides to English Literature (six volumes)

By: Miscellaneous

Price: $50.00

Publisher: London, Bloomsbury: 1994

Seller ID: 021829

Binding: Hardback

Condition: Fine

Complete six volume set of Bloomsbury Guides to English Literature, including: The Renaissance From 1500 to 1660; Augustan Literature From 1660 to1789; Romantic Literature From 1790 to 1830; Victorian Literature From 1830 to 1900; The Twentieth Century From 1900 to the Present Day; The Novel From its Origins to the Present Day. All in fine condition in fine dust jackets which are unchipped, unworn, unclipped. Clean unworn black cloth bindings with gold lettering on spines. Bindings are tight and square, pages and edges are clean and bright, with clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks....
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Six Modern American Plays

By: miscellaneous

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Modern Library: 1948

Edition: Later printing

Seller ID: 022777

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

Modern Library No. 276 in dust jacket. Toledano binding no. 8. Clean red cloth boards with black title box, gold lettering on cover and spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with clean Kent style endpapers, black top-stained upper page edges. No previous owner markings. Introduction by Allan G. Halline. 419 pages. Dustjacket is unchipped, price clipped at upper corner of front inside flap, 383 titles listed on verso of jacket. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover.
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Eight Famous Elizabethan Plays

By: Miscellaneous

Price: $12.00

Publisher: New York, Modern Library: 1940

Edition: Second edition

Seller ID: 023329

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Modern Library No. 94 in unclipped dust jacket. Toledano binding no. 8. Clean gray cloth boards with red title box, gold lettering on cover and spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with Kent style endpapers. Previous owner bookplate on front fixed endpaper. Binding is tight, pages and edges are clean, with red top-stained upper page edges. 721 pages. Clean dust jacket is not price clipped (95 cents a copy on front inside flap), edgewear and several small chips. 292 titles listed on verso of jacket. Enclosed in new archival qua...
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The Greek Poets

By: Miscellaneous

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Modern Library: 1953

Edition: First

Seller ID: 023576

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

First Modern Library Edition (stated) in original dust jacket. Modern Library No. 203. Toledano binding no. 8. Gray cloth boards with black title box, gold lettering on cover and spine. Very slight soiling. No fraying. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with black top-stained upper page edges. Kent style endpapers. Small previous owner bookplate in top corner of front pastedown. Edited, with an Introduction by Moses Hadas. 426 pages. Dust jacket is price clipped, has moderate edge chipping, light soiling. 362 titles listed on inverse of dust jacket....
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Seven Famous Greek Plays

By: Miscellaneous

Price: $12.00

Publisher: New York, Modern Library: 1963

Edition: Later Edition

Seller ID: 023591

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Modern Library No. 158 in original unclipped dust jacket. Toledano binding no. 10. Clean, unfaded red cloth boards with blind-stamped hexagon logo on cover, bright gold lettering and torchbearer on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with clean Kent-style endpapers. No names, writing or marks. Edited, with Introductions, by Whitney J. Oates and Eugene O'Neill, Jr. 446 pages with glossary. Clean dust jacket is not price clipped (1.95 on front inside flap), has a few tiny closed edge tears, slight wrinkle at top front edge, sligh...
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Medieval Romances

By: Miscellaneous

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Modern Library: 1958

Edition: Later printing

Seller ID: 023622

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Modern Library No. 133 in unclipped dust jacket. Toledano binding no. 8. Clean gray cloth boards with black title box, gold lettering on cover and spine. No bumping, fading or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with clean Kent style endpapers. No names, writing or marks. Edited by Roger Sherman Loomis and Laura Hibbard Loomis. Dust jacket is clean, not price clipped (2.45 on front inside flap), no chips, slightest hint of edge wear. 415 titles listed on inverse of jacket. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover.
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American Book Collector (Volume 6 / Number 3)

By: Miscellaneous

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, American Book Collector: 1985

Seller ID: 023710

Binding: Magazine

Condition: Very Good+

American Book Collector Magazine (Volume 6/ Number 3 / New Series) - May/June 1985. Containing articles, news and reviews for the book collector. This issue features an Edward Gorey bibliographical checklist, and an article by Madeleine B. Stern on "Henry Stevens: "G.M.B." - a famous bookseller from the state of Vermont in the 19th century, among others. 68 pages. Magazine is clean (very slight age toning), with a few tiny edge nicks/ small closed edge tears.
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The Story of the Bible

By: Miscellaneous

Price: $75.00

Publisher: New York, Wm. H. Wise & Co.: 1950

Edition: Library Edition in Four Volumes

Seller ID: 023784

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

Beautifully clean complete four-volume set. Clean blue-black faux leather boards with gold lettering and decoration on spine. Bindings are tight and square, pages and edges are clean, with clean endpapers. No names, writing or marks. 1592 pages total, with upwards of 1200 illustrations in color and monotone, maps. Size of each volume approximately 8-1/2" x 11".
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Zane Grey's Western Magazine - Vol. 3, No. 11 - January, 1950

By: Miscellaneous

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Dell Publishing Company: 1950

Seller ID: 023916

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Zane Grey's Western Magazine (January 1950 issue - Volume 3, No. 11). Includes "To Ride the River With" by William Macleod Raine, other stories by Tom W. Blackburn, Thomas Thompson, others. 160 pages. Clean magazine with very light wear.
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Zane Grey's Western Magazine - Vol. 4, No. 12 - February 1951

By: Miscellaneous

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Dell Publishing: 1951

Seller ID: 023917

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Zane Grey's Western magazine (February, 1951 issue - Volume 4, No. 12). Clean cover with minimal wear. Pages are clean. Contains Zane Grey story "The Wolf Tracker" and "Last Stand Mesa" by L. L. Foreman, more story and verse. 160 pages.
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Dogue: A Parody of the World's Most Famous Fashion Magazine

By: Miscellaneous

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Pittstown, NJ, Main Street Press: 1986

Edition: First

Seller ID: 007291

ISBN: 1-55562-002-7

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Fine

Very clean and bright full-color stiff wraps--a parody of "Vogue" with dogs as models. No chipping or creasing. Unread condition. 96 pgs. with full color and black & white layouts. 8-1/2 x 11". Humor.
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Great Tales of the American West

By: Miscellaneous

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Modern Library: 1945

Edition: Second Modern Library Edition

Seller ID: 024050

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Modern Library No. 238. Second Modern Library edition in clean illustrated dust jacket. Toledano binding no. 8. Clean green cloth boards with black title box, gold lettering on cover and spine. No bumping, fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with black top-stained upper page edges, clean Kent style endpapers. No names, writing or marks. Edited, and with an Introduction by Harry E. Maule. 361 pages. Clean dust jacket with yellow lettering on cover and spine is unchipped, very slight edge wear, large price clip at upper corner of front i...
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