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$30 USDK.B. McFarlane Oxford historian letters Extremely scarce
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Letters to Friends, 1940-1966. By K.B. McFarlane. Edited by Gerald Harriss. With a Memoir by Karl Leyser. Magdalen College Oxford, 1997. First edition. Extremely scarce book, collecting 150 letters of "the distinguished historian and Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford." Softcover in near fine condition; only one corner bump to rear, else as new. Available for media mail (book) shipping. Upon request, we will gladly combine shipping on purchases of multiple books. Additional books via media mail ...
$18 USDPrincess Rosetta and the Popcorn Man book
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Princess Rosetta and the Popcorn Man By Mary E. Wilkins. Retold by Ellin Greene. Illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman. Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1971. First Edition. Uncommon children's book. Most copies of first edition were purchased by libraries, so copies such as this one are especially scarce. Hardcover. Except for one defect, this copy is fine in a near fine dustjacket (with tiny nick to top of spine). Unfortunately, someone has cut off the corner of the first two pages (see photo). Priced very ...
$9 USDLeatherbound vintage medical book Thyroid
Home Decor:Books & Magazines:Natural History, Science & Medicine
Chemical Developments in Thyroidology. By William T. Salter, M.D. Charles C. Thomas, Publisher, 1950. First edition. Bound in black leather. One of several slim vintage medical-related volumes we are listing from this publisher; some are quite scarce. Hardcover in very good+ to fine- condition. Like new condition but for slight age-related defects (may include a book plate or other former owner's mark, slight shelfwear, corner bumps, and/or a little interior foxing). Available for media mail ...
$9 USDLeatherbound vintage medical book Hormones
Home Decor:Books & Magazines:Natural History, Science & Medicine
Hormones and Body Water. By Robert Gaunt, Ph.D., and James H. Birnie, Ph.D. Charles C. Thomas, Publisher, 1951. First edition. Bound in black leather. One of several slim vintage medical-related volumes we are listing from this publisher; some are quite scarce. Hardcover in very good+ to fine- condition. Like new condition but for slight age-related defects (may include a book plate or other former owner's mark, slight shelfwear, corner bumps, and/or a little interior foxing). A little neat ...
$9 USDLeatherbound vintage medical book Pancreas
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Endocrine Functions of the Pancreas. By Bernard Zimmermann, M.D. Charles C. Thomas, Publisher, 1952. First edition. Bound in black leather. One of several slim vintage medical-related volumes we are listing from this publisher; some are quite scarce. Hardcover in very good+ to fine- condition. Like new condition but for slight age-related defects (may include a book plate or other former owner's mark, slight shelfwear, corner bumps, and/or a little interior foxing). Two identical copies of this ...
$9 USDLeatherbound vintage medical book Pancreas
Home Decor:Books & Magazines:Natural History, Science & Medicine
Endocrine Functions of the Pancreas. By Bernard Zimmermann, M.D. Charles C. Thomas, Publisher, 1952. First edition. Bound in black leather. One of several slim vintage medical-related volumes we are listing from this publisher; some are quite scarce. Hardcover in very good+ to fine- condition. Like new condition but for slight age-related defects (may include a book plate or other former owner's mark, slight shelfwear, corner bumps, and/or a little interior foxing). Two identical copies of this ...
$9 USDLeatherbound vintage medical book Diabetes
Home Decor:Books & Magazines:Natural History, Science & Medicine
The Practical Management of Diabetes. By Edward Tolstoi, M.D. Charles C. Thomas, Publisher, 1953. First edition. Bound in black leather. One of several slim vintage medical-related volumes we are listing from this publisher; some are quite scarce. Hardcover in very good+ to fine- condition. Like new condition but for slight age-related defects (may include a book plate or other former owner's mark, slight shelfwear, corner bumps, and/or a little interior foxing). Available for media mail (book) ...
$15 USDPerfect English Country Cottage book gorgeous photos!
Home Decor:Books & Magazines:Art & Architecture
By Lydia Greeves. Photographs by John Miller. Profiles of sundry such buildings with stunning photographs. Hardcover in near fine condition, but for a touch of wear to bottom bottom edge of boards (see photo). Dustjacket is very good+ with some scuffs. Available for media mail (book) shipping. Upon request, we will gladly combine shipping on purchases of multiple books. Additional books via media mail are $2 more per volume. Priority mail, please inquire (we can usually ship 3 volumes per flat ...
$35 USDLocal History of Boscawen and Webster, New Hampshire
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History Boscawen-Webster: Fifty Years, 1883-1933. Compiled by Willis G. Buxton. Printed by W.B. Ranney Co., Penacook, NH. 502 page history and genealogy of families. Covers 200 years of history of these New Hampshire towns. Hardcover in very good condition (foxing, beginning of spine split at pp.256-257, wear to cover, slight staining to edges of pages where red of cloth has bled a little). Overall, a nice copy. Available for media mail (book) shipping. Upon request, we will gladly combine ...
$9 USDLeatherbound vintage medical book Bright's Disease
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The Pathologic Physiology of Uremia in Chronic Bright's Disease. By Stanley E. Bradley, M.D. Charles C. Thomas, Publisher, 1948. First edition. Bound in black leather. One of several slim vintage medical-related volumes we are listing from this publisher; some are quite scarce. Hardcover in very good+ to fine- condition. Like new condition but for slight age-related defects (may include a book plate or other former owner's mark, slight shelfwear, corner bumps, and/or a little interior foxing). ...
$9 USDLeatherbound vintage medical book Thromboembolic Disease
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Thromboembolic Disease. By Geza De Takats, M.D. Charles C. Thomas, Publisher, 1955. First edition. Bound in black leather. One of several slim vintage medical-related volumes we are listing from this publisher; some are quite scarce. Hardcover in very good+ to fine- condition. Like new condition but for slight age-related defects (may include a book plate or other former owner's mark, slight shelfwear, corner bumps, and/or a little foxing). Available for media mail (book) shipping. Upon request, ...
$10 USDMaking Designer Gemstone & Pearl Jewelry book
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By Tammy Powley. Quarry, 2003. Full of fantastic projects for beaders and full color photos. Step-by-step instructions. Paperback in fine- condition with only light scuffing and slight edgewear. Available for media mail (book) shipping. Upon request, we will gladly combine shipping on purchases of multiple books. Additional books via media mail are $2 more per volume. Priority mail, please inquire (we can usually ship 3 volumes per flat rate box). L1
$7 USDMichel Foucault French philosophy book
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After Foucault: Humanistic Knowledge, Postmodern Challenges. Edited by Jonathan Arac. Rutgers University Press, second paperback printing, 1991. Scholarly academic book. Includes essays by Edward Said, David Couzens Hoy, and many others. Softcover in near fine condition with signs of careful use. Clean, unmarked text. Available for media mail (book) shipping. Upon request, we will gladly combine shipping on purchases of multiple books. Additional books via media mail are $2 more per volume. ...
$10 USDMoby Dick literary criticism scholarly academic book
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Ishmael's White World: A Phenomenological Reading of Moby Dick. By Paul Brodtkorb, Jr. Yale University Press, 1967. Second printing. Uncommon study of the classic American novel. Hardcover in near fine condition in very good dustjacket (rubbed, slight edgewear). Tight binding. Available for media mail (book) shipping. Upon request, we will gladly combine shipping on purchases of multiple books. Additional books via media mail are $2 more per volume. Priority mail, please inquire (we can usually ...
$5 USDNew York novels collection
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New York Mosaic: Three Novels by Isabel Bolton. Includes: Do I Wake or Sleep, The Christmas Tree, and Many Mansions. Introduction by Doris Grumbach. South Royalton, Vermont: Steerforth Press, 1997. First edition. Hardcover in near fine condition in near fine dustjacket, but for sticker residue to front cover. Available for media mail (book) shipping. Upon request, we will gladly combine shipping on purchases of multiple books. Additional books via media mail are $2 more per volume. Priority mail ...
$14 USDNEW Tennessee Writers hardcover book
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Home Works: A Book of Tennessee Writers. Edited by Phyllis Tickle and Alice Swanson. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1996. This hardcover edition is out of print; this book is in print in paperback only at $18.95. Hardcover in dustjacket. New, still in publisher's original shrinkwrap. Upon request, we will gladly combine shipping on purchases of multiple books. Additional books via media mail are $2 more per volume. Priority mail, please inquire (we can usually ship 3 volumes per flat ...
$26 USDNEW South Africa and apartheid scholarly book
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Communication and Democratic Reform in South Africa. By Robert Britt Horwitz. Cambridge University Press, 2001. Part of the series, "Communication, Society and Politics." Scholarly study of the fall of Apartheid, the role of Nelson Mandela, and more. This book is still in print and available from the publisher at the list price of $100.00. Hardcover in dustjacket. New, still in publisher's original shrinkwrap. Upon request, we will gladly combine shipping on purchases of multiple books. ...
$9 USDNEW President Truman, civil rights, U.S. history book
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Harry Truman and Civil Rights: Moral Courage and Political Risk. By Michael R. Gardner. Southern Illinois University Press, 2002. This hardcover edition is out of print; this book is in print in paperback only at $19.95. Scholarly history. Hardcover in dustjacket. New, still in publisher's original shrinkwrap (shrinkwrap only is split at top edge but book has not been removed). Upon request, we will gladly combine shipping on purchases of multiple books. Additional books via media mail are $2 ...
$50 USDNEW Militias in early America - scarce scholarly history book
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Citizens in Arms: The Army and the Militia in American Society to the War of 1812. By Lawrence Delbert Cress. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1982. A scarce scholarly study of early militias, right to bear arms, and early Republic military history. Hardcover in dustjacket. New, still in publisher's original shrinkwrap (shrinkwrap only is torn at lower righthand corner). Upon request, we will gladly combine shipping on purchases of multiple books. Additional books via media mail ...
$12 USDOld Illinois Houses Book 1948
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By John Drury. Springfield, Illinois: Occasional Publications of the Illinois State Historical Society, number 51, 1948. Descriptions and photographs of homes from all over the state, architecture & history. Hardcover in very good condition with tight binding, internal pages clean. Slight soiling to endpapers, fore-edges, and cover with vintage water stain on spine (see photo). Available for media mail (book) shipping. Upon request, we will gladly combine shipping on purchases of multiple books. ...
$9 USDSouth Carolina Football book
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The First Hundred Years: A History of South Carolina Football By John Chandler Griffin. Longstreet, 1992. First edition ("centennial edition"). Complete history with lots of photos. Fine in fine dustjacket. Was used lightly, if at all. Available for media mail (book) shipping. Upon request, we will gladly combine shipping on purchases of multiple books. Additional books via media mail are $2 more per volume. Priority mail, please inquire (we can usually ship 3 volumes per flat rate box). L1
$30 USDScarce Baltimore history book, AS NEW
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Baltimore in the Nation, 1789-1861, by Gary Lawson Browne. University of North Carolina Press, 1980. Hardcover in dustjacket. As new, still in original shrinkwrap. Available for media mail (book) shipping. Upon request, we will gladly combine shipping on purchases of multiple books. Additional books via media mail are $2 more per volume. Priority mail, please inquire (we can usually ship 3 volumes per flat rate box). m2
$20 USDScholarly History and Culture of Cities book
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Cities in Civilization, by Sir Peter Hall. Pantheon, 1998. Huge (1,169 pages) scholarly work covering Athens, Florence, London, Vienna, Paris, Berlin, Manchester, Glasgow, Detroit, San Francisco, Palo Alto, Berkeley, Tokyo, Los Angeles, Memphis, Rome, New York, and Stockholm. Hardcover. Bumped corner and slightly edgeworn dustjacket, else near fine/near fine. Available for media mail (book) shipping. Upon request, we will gladly combine shipping on purchases of multiple books. Additional books ...
$12 USDSouth Carolina in the Modern Age history book
Home Decor:Books & Magazines:South Carolina
By Walter B. Edgar. University of South Carolina Press, 1992. An uncommon history of the state from 1891-forward. Large softcover. Fine-, barely used. Upon request, we will gladly combine shipping on purchases of multiple books. Additional books via media mail are $2 more per volume. Priority mail, please inquire (we can usually ship 3 volumes per flat rate box). L1
$40 USDOklahoma Buried Treasure History book
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Oklahoma Treasures and Treasure Tales. By Steve Wilson. University of Oklahoma Press, 1980. Second printing. Scarce in hardcover. Fully illustrated and detailed accounts of real-life treasure finds in the state, with maps and photos. Gripping narratives of finding lost and buried hoards. A fun and fascinating book! Hardcover in very good+ condition (slight edgewear, gift inscription) in good+ dustjacket (edgewear and tears). Available for media mail (book) shipping. Upon request, we will gladly ...
$35 USDPuppy Who Liked to Chew Things book
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By Judy Varga. New York: William Morrow & Company, 1968. First Edition. Beautifully illustrated and collectible book. Like many beloved children's books, especially difficult to find in such nice shape – complicated for this title by how few copies were printed to begin with. Do not miss this one! Hardcover in near fine condition with very good dustjacket (jacket is foxed, price-clipped, and has a ¼" closed tear on rear). Some wear to extremities. Available for media mail (book) ...
$24 USDPuritan History, Scarce in HC book
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Visible Saints: The History of a Puritan Idea. By Edmund S. Morgan. New York University Press, 1963 (Second Printing, 1972). Wonderful history covering Plymouth Colony, Salem, John Cotton, and more. Scholarly/academic history. VERY scarce in hardcover. Hardcover in near fine condition (slight edgewear, otherwise as new). Available for media mail (book) shipping. Upon request, we will gladly combine shipping on purchases of multiple books. Additional books via media mail are $2 more per volume. ...
$30 USDPlato's Gorgias, Greek/English, Standard Text
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Gorgias. Plato. A revised text with introduction and commentary by E.R. Dodds. Oxford University Press/ Clarendon Paperbacks, 1990 (later printing). The classic, authoritative, standard scholarly/academic edition of the Greek text of Plato's important dialogue. Important in the history of rhetoric, among other things. I purchased this book new from the store a couple of years ago, but never used it. It is in the same condition that I purchased it, with one small corner bump, tiny edgewear, and ...
$20 USDPuritan Autobiography & Journal History Book
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God's Plot: The Paradoxes of Puritan Piety, Being the Autobiography & Journal of Thomas Shepard. Edited by Michael McGiffert. University of Massachusetts Press, 1972. First edition. Scholarly/ academic edition of autobiography of important Massachusetts Bay Colony settler and minister. Uncommon in hardcover and dustjacket. Hardcover in near fine condition in very good+ dustjacket (edgewear, foxing). Available for media mail (book) shipping. Upon request, we will gladly combine shipping on ...
$18 USDPorcupine & Tiger Illustrated Children's Fable Book
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The Porcupine and the Tiger. By Fern Powell. Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney. Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1969. First edition. Very scarce children's book, as most copies were originally purchased by libraries and marked up in the usual way. This is NOT a former library copy. A fable set in Africa, with appearances by all sorts of animals. Hardcover in near fine condition but for one tiny nick in cloth at bottom edge (see photos). Dustjacket is in very good+ condition, with slight edgewear and a few ...
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