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The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill: A Love Story . . .with Wings

By: Bittner, Mark

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Harmony: 2004

Seller ID: 025580

ISBN: 0609610554

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

First Printing in clean unclipped dust jacket. White boards with blue spine, silver lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean and bright. No names, writing or marks. Illustrated with black and white photographs. 289 pages. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Inspiring story of how one man found his life's work--and true love--among a gang of wild parrots roosting in one of America's most picturesque urban settings.
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Mama's Way

By: Bjorn, Thyra Ferre

Price: $30.00

Publisher: New York, Holt, Rinehart and Winston: 1962

Seller ID: 011589

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

Very clean brown cloth boards with golden brown cloth spine, red lettering on spine. No fraying or wear, very slight bump to one corner. Binding is tight & crisp, pages and edges are clean and bright. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on front free endpaper. No other marks. 214 pgs. Clean bright dustjacket is not price clipped, slight wear at corner tips and spine edges. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. Nice clean book & dustjacket, signed by author -- gift quality. 8vo. Scandinavia.
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Daisy Bates in the Desert: A Woman's Life Among the Aborigines

By: Blackburn, Julia

Price: $12.00

Publisher: New York, Pantheon: 1994

Seller ID: 011963

ISBN: 0-679-42001-0

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

Immaculately clean beige boards with gold author's initials on front cover, black cloth spine, gold stamped lettering on spine. Binding is tight & crisp, pages and edges are clean. No names, writing or marks. 232 pgs. Clean bright dustjacket is unchipped, no tears, small price clip. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. The true story of Daisy Bates, who in 1913 when she was fifty-four years old, went to live in the deserts of South Australia. 8vo. Adventure.
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Katharine Ordway: The Lady Who Saved the Prairies

By: Blair, William D.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Arlington, Virginia, U.S.A., The Nature Conservancy: 1989

Seller ID: 011116

ISBN: 0-9624590-0-3

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

Very clean blue-green cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean. No names, writing or marks. 120 pgs. with index. Beautifully illustrated with color photographs. Clean bright dustjacket is unchipped, has one tiny (1/16") closed edge tear. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. 9-1/2" x 9-1/2".
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Wallis and Edward: Letters 1931-1937 The Intimate Correspondence of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor

By: Bloch, Michael

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Summit Books: 1986

Seller ID: 004118

ISBN: 0-671-61209-3

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

First Edition. Very clean beige boards with dark blue cloth spine, gold lettering on spine. No bumped corners, binding is tight & square, pages are bright and clean. Endpapers decorated with facsimiles of letters between the Duke and Duchess. No names or bookplates inside. Crisp, clean dustjacket has not been price clipped, but does have circular embossed (blind stamped) previous ownership insignia at bottom right corner of dustjacket. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. 8vo. Biography.
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Presidential Anecdotes

By: Boller, Paul F., Jr.

Price: $12.00

Publisher: New York/Oxford, Oxford University Press: 1981

Seller ID: 004564

ISBN: 0-19-502915-1

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

Very clean black cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Dark turquoise endpapers. P/O name on front free endpaper. Pages are bright and clean. Clean dustjacket has not been price clipped, is unchipped, with very small (1/16") closed tear at top rear edge, and a mere hint of wear at top of spine. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. 8vo. Political.
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Mussolini - The Wild Man of Europe

By: Bond, John

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Washington DC, Independent Publishing Co.: 1929

Seller ID: 021006

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

First Edition. Very clean unfaded black cloth boards with unchipped gold lettering on cover and spine, clean unworn paste-on illustration on cover. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 206 pp. Illustrated with black and white plates.
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Boswell: The Ominous Years 1774-76

By: Boswell (Charles Ryskamp & Frederick A. Pottle, Editors)

Price: $35.00

Publisher: England, William Heinemann, Ltd.: 1963

Seller ID: 028251

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

First Edition in clean unclipped dust jacket. Clean blue cloth-covered boards with gold decoration on cover, gold lettering on spine. No fraying or wear, one tiny bump to lower corner tip. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean with clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. 427 pages with Index. Clean jacket is not price clipped, has one small closed tear at lower central spine. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover.
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Boswell on the Grand Tour: Germany and Switzerland, 1764

By: Boswell (Frederick A. Pottle, Editor)

Price: $35.00

Publisher: London, William Heinemann, Ltd.: 1953

Seller ID: 028263

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

First Edition, "First Published 1953" on copyright page, in clean unclipped dust jacket. Clean blue cloth boards with small gold falcon decoration on cover, gold lettering on spine. Tiny bump to one corner tip. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean with clean map-illustrated endpapers. No names, writing or bookplates. Illustrated with black and white plates. 353 pages with index. Clean jacket has one 1" closed tear to rear spine fold, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover.
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Boswell in Holland 1763-1764 - Including His Correspondence With Belle De Zuylen (Zelide)

By: Boswell, James (Edited by Frederick A. Pottle)

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, McGraw-Hill: 1952

Seller ID: 028264

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

Stated First Edition in clean unclipped dust jacket. Clean blue boards with dark blue cloth spine, gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with map-illustrated endpapers; no names, writing or bookplates. Edited by Frederick A. Pottle, Sterling Professor of English, Yale University. Black and white illustrations. 433 pages with index. Clean dust jacket is not price clipped, has slight edge wear, a few short closed edge tears. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Part of The Y...
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Boswell In Search of A Wife 1766-1769

By: Boswell, James (Frank Brady & Frederick A. Pottle, Editors)

Price: $30.00

Publisher: New York, McGraw-Hill: 1956

Seller ID: 025173

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

Stated First Edition in clean original unchipped dust jacket (Yale Edition). Clean blue boards with dark blue cloth spine, gold lettering on spine. No bumping, fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean with clean map-illustrated endpapers. Small previous owner name and date neatly penned in corner on back of front free endpaper. 390 pages with index. Clean bright dust jacket is not price clipped (6.00 on front inside flap), has a few tiny closed edge tears. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. One of the "Yale Editions"...
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Boswell for the Defence 1769-1774

By: Boswell, James (William K. Wimsatt, Jr. and Frederick A. Pottle, Editors)

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, McGraw-Hill: 1959

Seller ID: 025069

Condition: Near Fine

Stated First Edition in clean unclipped original dust jacket. Clean blue boards with dark blue cloth spine, unchipped gold lettering on spine. No fraying or wear. Binding is tight and square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with clean map-decorated endpapers, blue top-stained upper page edges. Small previous owner name and place in upper left corner of front fixed endpaper (beneath dust jacket flap). Illustrations and two fold-out maps (Edinburgh and London). 396 pages with index. Clean bright jacket is not price clipped (6.95 on front inside flap), has small chip at base of re...
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My Love Affair with the Navy

By: Bosworth, Allan R.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, W. W. Norton: 1969

Seller ID: 008369

ISBN: 393-07449-8

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

Clean navy blue cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright. No names, writing or bookplates. Clean bright dustjacket is not price clipped (small clip, however on lower front flap corner). Tiny chips at top of spine, 1/4" or less closed edge tear. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. 8vo. Military.
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The Curse of the Misbegotten: A Tale of the House of O'Neill

By: Bowen, Croswell with the Assistance of Shane O'Neill

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, McGraw Hill: 1959

Seller ID: 016239

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

Stated First Edition. Clean unfaded red boards with clean gray cloth spine, red lettering on spine. No bumping; very tiny spot of light wear to one spine corner. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 384 pgs. with index. Clean unfaded dustjacket has two very short closed tears, tiny shallow chip at base of spine. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. 8vo. Biography.
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Seven Winters and Afterthoughts

By: Bowen, Elizabeth

Price: $30.00

Publisher: New York, Alfred A. Knopf: 1962

Seller ID: 016578

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

Stated First Edition. Clean turqoise cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Hint of slight fading to board edges. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright, with clean red top-stained page edges. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or bookplates. 273 pgs. Dustjacket is unchipped, not price clipped, has slight browning to rear panel margins, a few tiny closed edge tears. Author's photo on rear panel. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. Author's memories of a Dublin childhood and pieces on writing. 8vo. Biography.
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Daughters of Eve

By: Bradford, Gamaliel

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Boston/New York, Houghton Mifflin: 1930

Seller ID: 011381

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

Very clean burgundy cloth boards with gold lettering on cover and spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square. Pages and edges are clean, with hint of faint foxing to endpapers. No names, writing or bookplates. 304 pgs. with index. Illustrated with portraits of famous women. Dustjacket is not price-clipped, has some chipping at top of spine, short closed edge tears and tiny edge chips. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. Biographic information on famous women including Madame Guyon, Catherine the Great, George Sand, Sarah Bernhardt and other endlessly fascinating fe...
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An American Family on the African Frontier: The Burnham Family Letters, 1893-1896

By: Bradford, Mary and Richard

Price: $14.00

Publisher: Roberts Rinehart: 1993

Seller ID: 007798

ISBN: 1-879373-66-1

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near FIne

Very clean beige cloth boards with red metallic lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & crisp, pages are clean and bright. No names, writing or bookplates. Small remainder mark on bottom page edges. Illustrated with photographs. Clean bright dustjacket is not price clipped, unchipped and enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover.
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Lucrezia Borgia

By: Bradford, Sarah

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Viking: 2004

Seller ID: 026746

ISBN: 0670033537

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

First American Edition (first printing, with full number line) in clean unclipped dust jacket. Very clean beige cloth boards with blue cloth spine, gold lettering on spine. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean and bright with clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Illustrated with black and white plates. 421 pages with index. Clean bright dust jacket is unchipped, no wear, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Author is an expert on the Borgia family and in Lucrezia she has found a subject ideally suited to her gift ...
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The Passion of Ayn Rand

By: Branden, Barbara

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Garden City, New York, Doubleday: 1986

Seller ID: 024466

ISBN: 0385191715

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Stated First Edition in clean unclipped dust jacket. Collectible, as-new condition. Very clean gray boards with blue cloth spine, gold lettering on spine. No fading, bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, no cracking; pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. Illustrated with photographs. 442 pages with index. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped. enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover.
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Boston and Return

By: Brooks, Gladys

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Atheneum: 1962

Seller ID: 012935

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

Clean blue-gray boards with with blue cloth spine, gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean red endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 272 pgs. Clean dustjacket is not price clipped, unchipped, tiniest hint of wear at top spine edge. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. Impressions and memories of two cities, two continents, and many people ranging from New York to Boston and Europe, then back to Boston again, and then New York. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Biography.
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Category: Biography