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P.G. Wodehouse: An Illustrated Biography with Complete Bibliography and Collector's Guide

By: Connolly, Joseph

Price: $20.00

Publisher: London, Orbis Publishing: 1979

Seller ID: 029071

ISBN: 0856132357

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

First Edition in clean unclipped dust jacket. Clean orange cloth boards with bright gold lettering on spine. No bumping or fraying. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Pages and edges are clean, no names, writing or bookplates. Illustrated with wonderful photographs throughout. 160 pages with index. Clean jacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover.
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The Story of A Beautiful Childhood - Compiled from the journals of Joseph Astley Gallagher

By: Conway, Katherine E.

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Boston, C. M. Clark Publishing Company: 1909

Seller ID: 026810

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

First Edition, inscribed and SIGNED by the author, association copy. Clean burgundy ribbed cloth boards with blue, yellow and gold decoration on cover, gold lettering and small decoration on spine. Pinhead size spots of wear to spine corners, small bump to upper board edges. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with gilt top page edges. Author inscription and author signature on front free endpaper: "To Julia H. Rigney, from her oldtime & all the time friend - Katherine E. Conway - Christmas, 1910." Frontispiece illustration (po...
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The Life and Public Services of James G. Blaine, with Incidents, Anecdotes, and Romantic Events Connected with His Early Life

By: Conwell, Russell H.

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Augusta, Maine, E. C. Allen & Co.: 1884

Seller ID: 028797

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

Very clean and attractive hardcover book. Brown pebbled cloth boards with black decoration and lettering on cover and spine, gold title box on spine. Blind stamped decoration and lettering to rear cover. Very tiny closed tears at top edge of spine cloth. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean with clean endpapers - no names, writing or bookplates. Slight browning to page edges. Frontispiece portrait of Blaine with tissue guard; sixteen additional full page illustrations. With an Introduction by Frederick Robie, Governor of Maine. 504 pages. ...
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Six Men: Charles Chaplin; H.L. Mencken; Humphrey Bogart; Adlai Stevenson; Bertrand Russell; Edward VIII

By: Cooke, Alistair

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, Alfred A. Knopf: 1977

Seller ID: 016798

ISBN: 0-394-48434-7

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

Stated First Edition. Clean unfaded blue-black cloth boards with clean light beige cloth spine, gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright. Small previous owner name and date at top corner of front free endpaper; no other marks. 205 pgs. Illustrated with photographs. Clean dustjacket is unchipped, not price clipped, no tears. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. Alistair Cooke examines six legendary figures -- three of them English, three of them American.Biography.
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Holes in Time

By: Costantino, Frank (as told to John Caldwell)

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Atlanta, Georgia, Cross Roads Books: 1979

Seller ID: 020666

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

"First Edition" stated on copyright page, SIGNED by author, in clean unclipped original jacket. Clean purple boards with gold lettering on spine. A few spots of light surface wear at base of spine, no fraying, no fading. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with clean endpapers; no previous owner names, writing or marks. Inscribed and signed by author on front free endpaper: "Charles - Thank you for your prayer & support - Your Brother in Christ - Frank Costantino." 184 pp. Clean dustjacket is not price clipped, unchipped, with one 1/3: clo...
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Greenhorns in Blue Pastures

By: Cox, Harold R. W.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Smith & Durrell: 1945

Seller ID: 012340

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Clean blue cloth boards with light blue lettering on cover and spine. Hint of surface wear to corners, no fraying. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. No names, writing or bookplates. Illustrated by Lucina Smith Wakefield. 162 pgs. A memoir of life on Coster Island (between Vancouver Island and the west coast of Canada). 8vo. Memoir.
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My Life as A Small Boy

By: Cox, Wally

Price: $50.00

Publisher: New York, Simon & Schuster: 1961

Seller ID: 015755

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Clean yellow cloth boards with illustration on cover, black lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Clean blue endpapers; no names, writing or bookplates. 128 pgs. Illustrated with charming line drawings by Wally Cox himself. Clean dustjacket is not price clipped, unchipped, with several closed edge tears. Author's photo on rear panel. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. 8vo. Biography.
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Image for Successful Men of To-day - and What They Say of Success, Based on facts and Opinions Gathered by Letters and Personal Interviews from Five Hundred Prominent Men

Successful Men of To-day - and What They Say of Success, Based on facts and Opinions Gathered by Letters and Personal Interviews from Five Hundred Prominent Men

By: Crafts, Wilbur F.

Price: $50.00

Publisher: New York / London, Funk & Wagnalls Company: 1905

Seller ID: 027621

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Beautifully clean, unworn decorated American trade binding. Clean green cloth boards with stamped white lettering on cover and spine, green, white and light pink decoration on cover and spine with light pink line border on cover. No fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean with clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Frontispiece portraits of four men (Peter Cooper, Andrew Carnegie, William E. Dodge, John Wanamaker) with clean tissue guard. Additional portrait illustrations of highly successful people in American history...
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To Heaven On Horseback - The Romantic Story of Narcissa Whitman

By: Cranston, Paul

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Julian Messner, Inc.: 1952

Seller ID: 025255

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

CLean brown boards with black lettering on spine. No bumping, fraying or wear. Binding is tight and square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with clean endpapers (very small return address label at top corner of front free endpaper). 255 pages. A biographical novel on the life of Narcissa Whitman, wife of Marcus Whitman, Early American pioneer and missionary.
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End of the Rainbow

By: Crenshaw, Mary Ann

Price: $12.00

Publisher: New York, MacMillan: 1981

Seller ID: 011030

ISBN: 0-02-528810-5

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

Clean red boards with ivory cloth spine, metallic lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean. No names, writing or marks. Dustjacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped, clean with very slight age-toning. Enclosed in new mylar cover. 8 vo.. Drug Abuse.
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Picasso and His Women

By: Crespelle, Jean-Paul

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Coward McCann: 1969

Seller ID: 024897

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Stated First American Edition in clean original unclipped dust jacket. Clean unfaded black cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright, with clean blue endpapers; no names,writing or marks. Translated from the French by Robert Baldick. Illustrated with black and white photographs. 223 pages with index. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, not price clipped, has a couple of tiny closed edge tears. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover.
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Dom Pedro of Brazil

By: Criss, Mildred

Price: $30.00

Publisher: New York, Dodd Mead: 1945

Seller ID: 013166

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

Very clean green cloth boards with gold crown on cover, gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers (decorated with maps). No names, writing or marks. 308 pgs. Dustjacket is not price clipped, has a few short closed edge tears, very tiny chip at top of spine edge. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. This book, written for high school age readers and up, is a well researched dramatic biography of Dom Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil.
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Clara Maass: A Nurse - A Hospital - A Spirit

By: Cunningham, John T.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New Jersey, Rae Publishing: 1968

Seller ID: 028140

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Stated First Edition in clean original illustrated dust jacket. Clean color illustrated cloth boards with white lettering on cover and spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean - clean illustrated endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Illustrated with photographs. 96 pages. Illustrated jacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. The biography of nurse Clara Maass and a history of the hospital that was named after her.
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The Maid

By: Cutter, Kimberly

Price: $15.00

Publisher: London, Bloomsbury: 2011

Seller ID: 026968

ISBN: 1408807629

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

First Edition, First Printing (First published in Great Britain 2011, with full number line), in clean unclipped dust jacket. Clean midnight blue cloth boards with silver lettering on spine. No fading or wear. Binding is tight, pages and edges are clean and bright with clean endpapers. No names, writing or bookplates. 289 pages. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. "Joan of Arc has been depicted as a heroine, a victim, a witch and a saint, but Kimberly Cutter makes of her a heartbreakingly real human bei...
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Yours for Eternity: A Love Story on Death Row

By: Damien; Davis, Lorri Echols

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Blue Rider Press (Penguin Group): 2014

Seller ID: 025668

ISBN: 039916619X

Binding: Hardback

Condition: FIne

First Edition, First Printing in clean unclipped dust jacket. As new condition. Clean maroon boards with blind stamped metallic lettering on cover, brown spine with stamped metallic lettering. No fading, bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean and bright, with clean endpapers. 427 pages. Clean dust jacket is unworn, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. One of the most unlikely -- and unforgettable -- true love stories. Damien Echols was just eighteen years old when he was condemned to death for a crime he didn't comm...
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In Contempt

By: Darden, Christopher with Jess Walter

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Regan Books: 1996

Seller ID: 002698

ISBN: 0-06-039183-9

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near FIne

387 pgs. Nr Fine in Nr Fine DJ - new archival quality mylar cover. Clean and tight hardbound black book with no names or writing inside. Clean bright dustjacket is unchipped, not price clipped.Law.
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Verdicts Out of Court

By: Darrow, Clarence

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Chicago, Quadrangle: 1963

Seller ID: 015441

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Clean blue and red cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. Hint of wear at top and bottom spine edge, no fraying. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or bookplates. 448 pgs. Edited with an introduction by Arthur & Lila Weinberg. Clean dustjacket is not price clipped, has slight edge wear and a few short closed edge tears. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. "A fascinating collection of Darrow's writings, showing the wide range and the impact of his thinking on the Armerican character." - Irving Stone...
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Tracks

By: Davidson, Robyn

Price: $30.00

Publisher: New York, Pantheon Books: 1980

Seller ID: 028570

ISBN: 0394514734

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Stated First American Edition in clean unclipped dust jacket. Very clean beige boards withbrown cloth spine, gold lettering on spine, line of camels on lower front cover. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean map-illustrated endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Illustrated with photographs. 257 pages. Clean jacket haa a few tiny closed tears at top spine edge, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. In April 1977, a twenty-seven year old woman set off to cross the rugged bush of her native Austr...
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Loose Change - Three Women of the Sixties

By: Davidson, Sara

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Garden City, NY, Doubleday: 1977

Seller ID: 026491

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Stated First Edition in clean unclipped original dust jacket. Clean unfaded orange boards with black cloth spine, bright gold lettering on spine. No fraying or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with clean blank endpapers. No names, writing or bookplates. Illustrated with many black and white photographs from the era. Dust jacket is unchipped, not price clipped, has slight age-toning - full rear panel photograph of author. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A book about three women and what happened to them...
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Soldier of Democracy - A Biography of Dwight Eisenhower

By: Davis, Kenneth S.

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Garden City, NY, Doubleday Doran: 1945

Seller ID: 023670

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Beautiful First Edition (stated) in original unclipped dust jacket. Very clean green cloth boards with burgundy title box. gold lettering on spine. No fading, bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with clean map-illustrated endpapers. No names, writing or marks. 566 pages with index. Clean dust jacket is not price clipped (3.50 on front inside flap), has a few short closed edge tears, tiny shallow chipping at top and bottom spine edges. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover.
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Category: Biography