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The Fading Smile - Poets in Boston, from Robert Frost to Robert Lowell to Sylvia Plath, 1955-1960

By: Davison, Peter

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Alfred A. Knopf: 1994

Seller ID: 024976

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Stated First Edition in clean unclipped dust jacket. Blue cloth boards with blind-stamped lettering on cover, gold lettering on spine. No fraying or wear. Tiny bump to one corner tip. Binding is tight and square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright, with clean endpapers. No names, writing or marks. Illustrated with black and white photographs. 348 pages. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. An intimately perceptive account, by a poet who knew them all, of the brilliant circle of poets who liv...
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God and My Father

By: Day, Clarence

Price: $100.00

Publisher: New York, Alfred A. Knopf: 1932

Seller ID: 015037

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

Clean green boards with gold paper label on spine (unchipped). Nice sharp corners, no wear except for at top edge of spine where there is a tiny closed tear (1/4"). Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. Clean orange dustjacket has slight fading to spine, a few tiny shallow chips at spine edges. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. 8vo. Religion.
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Butter at the Old Price - The Autobiography of Marguerite de Angeli

By: de Angeli, Marguerite

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Garden City, New York, Doubleday: 1971

Seller ID: 025271

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Clean first edition (so stated) in original unclipped dust jacket, SIGNED by the author. Clean red cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. No fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with clean photo-illustrated endpapers. No previous owner markings. Signed by the author on title page: "M. de Angeli - 1971". Illustrated with photographs, full color illustrations, black and white illustrations. 258 pages with index. Dust jacket is not price clipped (8.95 on front inside flap), has chip at upper right and lower left corner of front...
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The Confessions of an English Opium Eater

By: de Quincy, Thomas

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, Hartsdale House: 1932

Seller ID: 026269

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

First Edition thus in clean dust jacket. Clean beige cloth boards with decoration on cover, brown lettering and small decoration 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. Haunting illustrations by Laurence W. Chaves. 228 pages. Clean dust jacket has slight edge wear, price clipped at upper corner of front inside flap (partial $ sign showing). Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. The strange, bizarre and fantastic tale of De Quincy'...
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The Wife of the First Consul

By: De Saint-Amand, Imbert

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Charles Scribner's Sons: 1890

Seller ID: 012673

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Clean dark blue cloth boards with gilt lettering on cover and spine. A few spots of wear to spine edges. Binding is tight & square, no cracking; pages and edges are clean. Neatly penned previous owner name on front free endpaper. One page of introduction (page 5) has piece torn from edge, but piece is enclosed. 357 pgs. with index.
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King of the French: A Portrait of Louis Philippe: 1773-1850

By: De Stoeckl, Agnes

Price: $25.00

Publisher: London, John Murray: 1957

Seller ID: 008116

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near FIne

Very clean and bright yellow cloth boards with black lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & crisp, pages and edges are clean and bright. No names, writing or bookplates. 308 pgs. with index. Illustrated. Clean bright dustjacket is not price clipped, has very light wear at top of spine, two very short closed edge tears. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover.
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Dust On My Toes: Stories of People Near and Far

By: Del Rey, Sister Maria

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, Charles Scribner's Sons: 1959

Seller ID: 015008

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Very clean green cloth boards with silver title box and lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 191 pgs. Clean bright dustjacket is unchipped, not price clipped, no tears, hint of very slight edge wear. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. Sister Maria Del Rey presents fourteen stories concerning her fellow Maryknoll missionary Sisters. All of them are true, and proof that a missionary's life is one of excitement and unusual adventures. 8vo. Religion.
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Behind the Scenes

By: Dench, Judi

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, St. Martin's Press: 2014

Seller ID: 025670

ISBN: 1250071119

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

First U.S. Edition (stated) published November, 2014. Lovely glossy hardcover book with beautiful photo of Dench on cover. As new condition. No fading or wear, binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean and bright, with clean lavender endpapers. Beautifully illustrated with color and black and white photographs throughout. 257 pages. Published without a dust jacket.
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On Safari: The Story of A Man's Life in Search of Adventure

By: Denis, Armand

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, E. P. Dutton: 1963

Seller ID: 015628

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Stated First Edition. Clean green cloth boards with three small elephants on cover, black lettering on spine. No fraying or wear, binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Clean endpapers (illustrated with maps); no names, writing or bookplates. 320 pgs. Illustrated with 64 superb black & white photographs. Clean bright color illustrated dustjacket is corner price clipped on front inside flap, one tiny chip (size of small pea) at rear spine edge. Photo of author and his wife on rear panel. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. The life of an explore...
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The World of Roger Tory Peterson: An Authorized Biography

By: Devlin, John C. And Grace Naismith (foreword By Elliot Richardson)

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Times Books: 1977

Seller ID: 015560

ISBN: 0-8129-0694-2

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

Clean blue cloth boards with gold lettering on cover and spine. No fraying or wear, very slight fading to board edges. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or bookplates. 266 pgs. with index. Illustrated with color plates by Roger Tory Peterson and with photographs. Clean bright dustjacket is unchipped, no tears, price clip to upper front inside flap corner. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. Roger Tory Peterson's prints and paintings of birds are treasured in great collections everywhere, and this the story o...
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Katharine Hepburn: A Life in Pictures

By: Diana Karanikas; Harvey, Jackson; Karanikas, Diana Harvey

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Friedman Fairfax Publishers (Metro Books): 1998

Seller ID: 025845

ISBN: 1567995667

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

First Printing with full number line on copyright page, in clean unchipped dust jacket. Large book - approx. size 10" x 13". Clean purple cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. No fading, bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean and bright, with clean purple endpapers. No names, writing or bookplates. Beautifully illustrated in color and black and white with gorgeous photos and stills from her many wonderful films. 96 pages. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, no tears, enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover.
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The Portrait of a Man as Governor

By: Dickinson, Thomas H. (foreword By George Foster Peabody)

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, The MacMillan Co.: 1928

Seller ID: 010120

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

Clean blue paper covered boards with with black cloth corners and spine, bright gold lettering on spine, clean gold paper label on cover (unchipped). No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, pages are clean (slightly tanned). No names, writing or marks. 37 pgs. Dustjacket is clean but for very light general dust soiling, small clip on front flap fold (price still present at bottom of spine, blacked out but discernable). Tiny chips at spine edges. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover.
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An American Childhood

By: Dillard, Annie

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Harpercollins, Harper & Row: 1987

Seller ID: 025077

ISBN: 0060158050

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Stated First Edition (and first printing, with full number line) in clean original dust jacket. Clean burgundy cloth boards with bright gold lettering on cover and spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with clean map-illustrated endpapers. No names, writing or marks. 255 pages. Dust jacket is clean, no chips, no tears, small price clip to upper corner of front inside flap. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A sweeping and original book about the author's life growing up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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Shadows On The Grass

By: Dinesen, Isak

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Random House: 1961

Seller ID: 015011

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

Clean olive cloth boards with turquoise cloth spine, gold lettering and illustration on cover, gold lettering and blue decoration on spine. No fraying. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Clean endpapers; small previous owner name neatly penned on front free endpaper. 149 pgs. Clean dustjacket is price clipped, has small edge chips and two closed edge tears (one is 1", one is 2" on rear panel fold edge), sunning to margins of rear panel. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. 8vo. Africa.
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Mother Teresa - Her People and Her Work

By: Doig, Desmond

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Harper & Row: 1976

Seller ID: 018417

ISBN: 0-06-060560-X

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

First U.S. Edition in original unclipped jacket. Clean blue cloth boards with bright gold lettering on spine. Very slight fading to board edges. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean (slightly age-toned). 175 pgs. Illustrated with full page photographs, foreword by Indira Gandi. Clean dustjacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover.
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Photo Nomad

By: Duncan, David Douglas

Price: $35.00

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company: 2003

Seller ID: 028701

ISBN: 0393058611

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Stated First Edition, SIGNED by the author, in clean unchipped dust jacket. Clean blue cloth boards with blind-stamped lettering on cover, bright gold lettering on spine. No fading or wear; small bump to one corner tip. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean and bright with clean endpapers - author-signed bookplate on front free endpaper - no other marks. Gorgeous photographs taken around the world by David Douglas Duncan 464 pages, + "A Postscript Note of Explanation" laid in, giving some additional details about the book. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, no tears,...
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The Magic Never Ends: The Life And Works Of C.S. Lewis

By: Duncan, John Ryan

Price: $18.00

Publisher: New York, Thomas Nelson: 2001

Seller ID: 026799

ISBN: 0849917182

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

First Edition in clean unclipped dust jacket. As new condition, gift quality. Very clean yellow boards with brown cloth 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. Illustrated with photographs. 189 pages. Clean bright dust jacket is unchipped, no wear, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. An illustrated profile of one of the twentieth century's most influential writers.
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Du Pont - One Hundred and Forty Years

By: Dutton, William S.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Scribners: 1942

Seller ID: 002234

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

396 pgs. VG Clean and tight maroon book with ivory lettering. Frontis portrait. A biography of Du Pont and a history of American Industry all rolled into one.Biography.
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EDWARD R. MURROW AND THE BIRTH OF BROADCAST JOURNALISM

By: Edwards, Bob

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Wiley: 2004

Seller ID: 020016

ISBN: 0471477532

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Third printing, SIGNED by author, in clean unchipped jacket. Clean green boards with white lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean. Inscribed and signed by author: "To Anne & Tom - Bob Edwards" on title page. 174 pp. Clean bright dustjacket is not price clipped, unchipped, no tears. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover.
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In Review: Pictures I've Kept

By: Eisenhower, Dwight D.

Price: $14.00

Publisher: Garden City, Doubleday & Co.: 1969

Seller ID: 009186

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Stated First Edition. Very clean black cloth boards with gold lettering on cover and spine. No fraying or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. No names, writing or bookplates. Clean illustrated endpapers. 237 pgs. Clean dustjacket is not price clipped, unchipped, with just a mere touch of corner wear and two very small (1/8" or less) closed edge tears. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. A biography of Eisenhower with excellent black & white historical photographs. 8 x 11". Biography.
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Category: Biography