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The Beast and the Monk: A Life of Charles Kingsley

By: Chitty, Susan

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Mason Charter: 1975

Seller ID: 012878

ISBN: 0-88405-121-8

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

Very clean red cloth boards with black lettering on spine. No bumping or fraying. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean lavender endpapers with family tree. No names, writing or bookplates. 317 pgs. with index. Illustrated with photographs and drawings. Clean dustjacket is not price clipped, no chips, a few short closed edge tears. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. A cleric who rose to become chaplain to Queen Victoria and tutor to the Prince of Wales, Charles Kingsley was a contentious theologian who inspired the phrase "muscular Chris...
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Napoleon on Elba

By: Christophe, Robert

Price: $12.00

Publisher: London, MacDonald: 1964

Seller ID: 008156

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

Very clean red cloth boards with bright gold lettering on spine (unchipped). Hint of wear at base of spine, no corner bumping. Binding is tight & crisp, pages and edges are clean and bright. No names, writing or bookplates. 206 pgs. with index. Illustrated with photographs. Clean bright dustjacket is not price clipped, unchipped, one small closed tear (under 1/2"), mere hint of fading to spine. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. 8vo. Biography.
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Winston S. Churchill: Companion Volumes I & II

By: Churchill, Randolph S.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Boston, Houghton Mifflin: 1969

Seller ID: 009561

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good++

Two volumes (I & II) of a 3-volume set. Very clean brown cloth boards with beige cloth spines, brown title box with gold and black lettering on spines. No bumping or wear. Bindings are tight & crisp. Pages and edges are clean and bright. Previous owner name & date neatly penned on front free endpaper of each book. Companion Volume I (1874-1896) 678 pgs.; Companion Volume II (1901-1907) 675 pgs. Nice clean, tight books. 8vo. Biography.
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A Churchill Reader - The Wit and Wisdom of Sir Winston Churchill

By: Churchill, Winston (Edited by Colin R. Coote)

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Boston, Houghton Mifflin: 1954

Seller ID: 026675

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Clean hardcover book in original unclipped dust jacket. Clean unfaded gray cloth boards with red title box, gold lettering on spine. No wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean with clean endpapers (small previous owner name neatly penned at top edge of front free endpaper). Frontispiece photo portrait of Winston Churchill in the Cabinet Room on his seventy-ninth birthday. Constructed from his own sayings and writings and framed with an introduction by Colin R. Coote, with the collaboration of P. D. Bunyan. 414 pages with index. Dust ...
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Kafka

By: Citati, Pietro

Price: $12.00

Publisher: New York, Alfred A. Knopf: 1990

Seller ID: 015906

ISBN: 0-394-56840-0

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

Clean red boards with red cloth spine, gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or bookplates. 320 pgs. with index. Clean dustjacket has very slight age toning, is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. Pietro Citati, author of highly acclaimed biographies of Goethe and Tolstoy, now brings the full power of his intellect and perception to a major new psychobiography of one of the most brilliant--yet personally elusive--writers of the twentieth centu...
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The Black Room At Longwood: Napoleon's Exile On Saint Helena

By: Clancy, Patricia Marie Kauffmann Jean-Paul;

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Four Walls Eight Windows: 1999

Seller ID: 020042

ISBN: 1568581289

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

First Edition, First Printing with full number line on copyright page in clean unchipped jacket. Clean mustard yellow paper covered boards with gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with remainder mark at bottom page edges near spine. 297 pp. Clean dustjacket is not price clipped, unchipped, no tears. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover.
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We Work with Horses

By: Clay, Patrice

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, G. P. Putnam's: 1980

Seller ID: 007705

ISBN: 0-399-20735-X

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

Very clean beige boards with brown cloth spine, gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & crisp, pages are clean and bright (small remainder mark on top page edges). Small previous owner name on front free endpaper (classic bookplate enclosed in case you wish to cover). 159 pgs. with index. Illustrated with photographs. Information on careers as trainer; groom; jockey; hotwalker; instructor; blacksmith; veterinarian; show rider; breeder. Clean bright dustjacket is price clipped, unchipped and enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. 8vo. Horses.
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Marilyn Monroe: Unseen Archives

By: Clayton, Marie

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Bath, United Kingdom, Parragon Publishing: 2006

Seller ID: 026456

ISBN: 1405413409

Binding: Unknown

Condition: Fine

Lovely clean hardcover book and dust jacket. Size approx. 9" x 11". Clean unworn glossy boards with photos of Marilyn on front and rear cover. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright, with clean black endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Illustrated with gorgeous photos of Marilyn throughout. 384 pages. Dust jacket is clean, unchipped, no tears. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover.
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Young Sam Johnson

By: Clifford, James L.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, McGraw-Hill: 1955

Seller ID: 018380

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

Clean beige 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. Clean map-illustrated endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 377 pgs. with index. Illustrated with black & white plates. Clean dustjacket is not price clipped, has a few tiny edge nicks. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Full-length biography, concentrating on the first part of Johnson's remarkable life, showing what fashioned the amazing personalit y and character of the mature Johnson, how he grew ...
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I Always Liked It Here: Reminiscences of a Rochesterian

By: Clune, Henry W

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Rochester, NY, Friends Of The University Of Rochester Libraries: 1983

Seller ID: 023779

ISBN: 0961082402

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

First Edition in dust jacket, SIGNED by the author. Light gray cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. One very small spot on cover (size of grain of rice). No fraying. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Inscribed and signed by author on front free endpaper: "For Art and Maureen with best wishes, Henry W. Clune - Jun 1973." A small additional gift inscription in upper left corner of front pastedown. Illustrated with photographs. 377 pages. Clean dust jacket has shallow chipping at top spine edge, a little wear at corners and base of spine. ...
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Main Street Beat

By: Clune, Henry W.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, W. W. Norton: 1947

Seller ID: 024936

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

Stated FIRST EDITION in original unclipped jacket, SIGNED by the author. Unfaded clean gray cloth boards with red lettering on spine. Two tiny pin-head size holes to front spine gutter; no other wear. Binding is tight and square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Signed "Henry W. Clune" on front free endpaper. 269 pages. Dust jacket is clean, not price clipped (2.75 on front inside flap), has shallow chipping along top edge (1/4" depth max.), a few very short closed edge tears. Author photo and bio on rear panel. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover...
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Main Street Beat

By: Clune, Henry W.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, W. W. Norton: 1947

Seller ID: 025555

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Stated First Edition in original dust jacket. Gray cloth boards with red lettering on spine. Light soiling. No fraying. Binding is tight and square, no cracking. Small previous owner name in top corner of front free endpaper. Pages and edges are clean. 269 pages. Dust jacket with price intact (2.75 on front inside flap), has very shallow chipping at top spine edge (1/8"), minor stain to spine. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover.
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I Always Liked It Here: Reminiscences of a Rochesterian

By: Clune, Henry W.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Rochester, NY, Friends Of The University Of Rochester Libraries: 1983

Seller ID: 027111

ISBN: 0961082402

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

First Edition, SIGNED by the author, in dust jacket. Clean gray cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. No fraying or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Signed on front free endpaper by author: "Henry Clune". Newspaper article about the author is laid in. 377 pages. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, one short closed edge tear. Great photo of the author with his dog on rear panel. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A charming and entertaining book about the author's life in Rochester, NY. Clune was the author of six fine n...
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The Blue Lantern

By: Colette

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, Farrar, Straus and Company: 1963

Seller ID: 027405

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

First American Edition (stated First Printing) in unclipped dust jacket. Blue boards are slightly faded but unworn, with lavender cloth spine, bright blue lettering on spine. No bumping or wear, binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean with previous owner bookplate on front fixed endpaper. Translated from the French by Roger Senhouse. 161 pages. Dust jacket is unchipped, slight age-toned (mostly to edges), not price clipped (3.95 on front inside flap), faint water stain along spine. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Cole...
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A House Called Memory: A Distinctive Memoir of a Boyhood in New England

By: Collier, Richard

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, E. P. Dutton: 1961

Seller ID: 008737

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Clean blue-gray cloth boards with black lettering on spine. One tiny spot of wear at bottom edge of front board. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages are clean. No names or bookplates. 190 pgs. Clean dustjacket is not price clipped, has slight edgewear, small closed tears. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. 8vo. Biography.
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A House Called Memory

By: Collier, Richard

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, E. P. Dutton: 1961

Seller ID: 018413

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

"First published in the U.S.A. 1961" on copyright page. Clean light blue cloth boards with black lettering on spine. Tiny tear at top spine edge (1/4" ). Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 190 pgs. Clean dustjacket is not price clipped, has 1/3" chipping at base of spine, small chips at top spine edge, corner wear. Author's photo on rear panel. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Memoir of a boyhood in England by the author of "The City That Would Not Die."
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When in French: Love in a Second Language

By: Collins, Lauren

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Penguin Press: 2016

Seller ID: 027860

ISBN: 1594206449

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

First Edition, First Printing in clean unclipped dust jacket. Very clean blue boards with red spine, gold lettering on spine. No bumping, fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean and bright with clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. 243 pages. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped - enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Author's funny and intelligent memoir of falling in love with a Frenchman, and her struggles to learn his language while living in Europe - also a continuing interesting discussion of humanity's ...
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The Grand Peregrination

By: Collis, Maurice

Price: $25.00

Publisher: London, Faber and Faber: 1949

Seller ID: 013613

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Clean red cloth boards with black title box and illustration, gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages are clean, with some light foxing to endpapers. Yellow top stained page edges. 313 pgs. with index. Clean dustjacket is price clipped (slightest edge of price showing), has several short closed edge tears, tiny chips and wear at top of spine. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. This book is the first biography in any language of Fernao Mendes Pinto, the most extraordinary of all Portuguese adventurers. He travelled all over ...
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Mr. Lincoln's Wife

By: Colver, Anne

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Holt, Rinehart and Winston: 1972

Seller ID: 004759

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

Clean blue cloth boards with white and black lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square. Pages and edges are bright and clean. No names or bookplates inside. 363 pgs. Clean dustjacket has not been price clipped, has no chips, just a hint of edgewear at top and bottom of spine. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. 8vo. Biography.
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A Bride Goes North

By: Comfort, Marie A.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, Carlton Press: 1970

Seller ID: 022401

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

First Edition, signed by author, in original unclipped jacket. Clean toast brown cloth boards with black lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Inscribed and signed on front free endpaper by author: "To my good friend - Marie A. Comfort." Illustrations by Ruth Nincehelser. 154 pages. Clean jacket is not price clipped (3.50 on front inside flap), very small shallow chips at upper spine edge, a few short closed edge tears. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. The story of Margaret and Merritt...
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Category: Biography