Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

A Book of Dolls

By: White, Gwen

Price: $17.50

Publisher: London, MacMillan Company : 1956

Edition: Not Stated

Seller ID: 002377

Binding: Pictorial Cover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

108 pp, numerous illustrations including six full color, bibliography, museum list, list of materials for doll-making. Ex-library with stamps on title page and first illustration, front free end paper torn out. Pocket and Date due slip have been removed from back pastedown and end paper, leaving some remains. Spine a bit slanted, corners bumped, some edge wear and chipping esp to bottom corners and base and top of spine. A little rubbing, darkening to boards. Some darkening, primarily to edges, but text is unaffected. An attractive copy. An illustrated history of dolls stretching over the pas...
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American Historical Documents 1000 - 1904 (The Harvard Classics Volume #43)

By: Eliot, Charles W., LLD, Editor

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, P. F. Collier & Son : 1956

Edition: Reprint Edition; Fiftieth Printing

Seller ID: 8759

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

Brown cloth with gold lettering. Corners a bit chipped, minor chipping and edge wear. ; Frontispiece. Selected documents regarding great events in the history of the United States through 1904. "The most comprehensive and well-researched anthology of all time comprises both the 50-volume "5-foot shelf of books" and the 20-volume Shelf of Fiction. Together they cover every major literary figure, philosopher, religion, folklore and historical subject through the twentieth century." William Allan Nielson states: " The Five-Foot Shelf, with its introductions, notes, guides to ...
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Anatomy of a Murder

By: Traver, Robert

Price: $6.95

Publisher: New York, St. Martin's Press : 1958

Edition: Fourth Printing

Seller ID: 002570

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

Spine slightly slanted and darkened, corners slightly bumped, one chipped, owner's seal on title page. After ten years as the prosecuting attorney for Iron Cliffs County, Paul Biegler was defeated by Mitchell Lodwick and is now struggling to make his way as a defense attorney. It seems like an open and shut case when he is called to defend an Army lieutenant whose wife was raped and beaten and who then shot and killed the rapist in front of a dozen witnesses. Biegler seizes the only chance – persuading the jury that Lt. Manion was acting on an ‘irresistible impulse’ – that he was legally insa...
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Basil in the Wild West

By: Titus, Eve

Price: $50.00

Publisher: New York, NY, McGraw-Hill Companies, The : 1982

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 001491

ISBN-13: 9780070649347

Binding: Pictorial Cover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

Ex-library with usual markings and stamps. Spine is shaken and shows some fading. Corners bumped with some chipping. Boards somewhat soiled, with some edge wear. Pages are clean and bright. Pasted inside front cover is what appears to be the blurb from the jacket. "A change of scene for British Basil-America's Wild West! Headed for the Grand Canyon to investigate a mystery at a hotel, he must first solve the Case of the Smiling Smugglers. Will the Sherlock Holmes of the Mouse World foil the crooked schemes of J.J., sinister smuggling chief? Basil is aided by the pony Longfellow, an Ind...
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Cold Fire

By: Koontz, Dean

Price: $4.95

Publisher: New York, G.P. Putnam's Son's : 1991

Edition: Likely Book Club

Seller ID: 000046

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

Spine is slanted, corners bumped, minor edgewear. Page showing other books by Koontz is marked up; otherwise text is clean and unmarked.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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Contemporary Cultures and Societies of Latin America (Second Edition)

By: Heath, Dwight B. (editor)

Price: $10.50

Publisher: New York, Random House : 1974

Edition: Second Edition

Seller ID: 004383

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

vii-xvii, 572 pp., notes, tables, figures, bibliography. Spine slightly slanted, boards show some scuffing, edgewear, PO name inside, some underlining in one article, but text is not obscured. Text is clean and fairly bright.

"A reader in the social anthropology of Middle and South America." A collection of scholarly essays/articles divided into four parts: Approaches to Cultures and Social Systems; Land, Agriculture and Economics; Social Groupings and Authority; and Views of the World.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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Creole

By: Cosgrove, Stephen

Price: $7.95

Publisher: Danbury, CN, Grolier Enterprises Corp. : 1975

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 003709

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

Corners somewhat bumped/chipped, minor edgewear, pictorial cover w/ back board soiled. No jacket as issued. Gift inscription inside. Text is bright, clean and attractive. "On a foggy, foggy morning in the land of the swamp, from a battered, speckled egg, Creole was born. She was big, fat and very, very ugly. She had warts on her fingers, warts on her toes, boney pointed knees and a big flat nose. Beneath all of that which made her so ugly was the most beautiful heart that had ever beat anywhere in the world." Thus begins the story of Creole and her attempt to make friends and ...
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Dolls from Cheyenne

By: Martin, Patricia Miles

Price: $17.50

Publisher: New York, NY, G.P. Putnam's Son's : 1967

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 001492

Binding: Pictorial Cover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

Ex-library with the usual marks and accoutrements. Corners bumped, moderate shelf wear, esp. along spine. Some darkening/soiling to boards and spine. One page has two 1" tears that have been neatly taped, along with a creased bottom right corner. Text is bright and clean on pinkish paper. "Victoria's room was high in the old house, and when the sun shone through the red glass of its windowpanes, the room seemed almost like a magic room. It was in her cupola room that Victoria made her wish, to learn to ride a horse. And it was here that she and her cousin Alexander rode with the dol...
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Elizabethan Drama Volume II (The Harvard Classics Volume #47)

By: Eliot, Charles W. , Lld

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, P. F. Collier & Son : 1910

Edition: Reprint Edition

Seller ID: 8764

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

Some sunning, minor edge wear and chipping. ; Frontispiece. Second of two volumes of Elizabethan Drama, containing pages 445 - 899. "The most comprehensive and well-researched anthology of all time comprises both the 50-volume "5-foot shelf of books" and the 20-volume Shelf of Fiction. Together they cover every major literary figure, philosopher, religion, folklore and historical subject through the twentieth century." William Allan Nielson states: " The Five-Foot Shelf, with its introductions, notes, guides to reading, and exhaustive indexes, may claim to constitute a rea...
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English Poetry from Tennyson to Whitman (The Harvard Classics Volume #42)

By: Eliot, Charles W., LLD, Editor

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, P. F. Collier & Son : 1956

Edition: Reprint Edition; Fiftieth Printing

Seller ID: 8758

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

Brown cloth with gold lettering. Corners a bit chipped, minor chipping and edge wear. ; Frontispiece, contains pages 959 - 1422 of the three volume English Poetry books. "The most comprehensive and well-researched anthology of all time comprises both the 50-volume "5-foot shelf of books" and the 20-volume Shelf of Fiction. Together they cover every major literary figure, philosopher, religion, folklore and historical subject through the twentieth century." William Allan Nielson states: " The Five-Foot Shelf, with its introductions, notes, guides to reading, and exhaustive ...
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Epic and Saga (The Harvard Classics Volume #49) Beowulf; the Song of Roland; the Destruction of Da Derga's Hostel; the Story of the Volsungs and Niblungs

By: Eliot, Charles W. , Lld (editor)

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, P. F. Collier & Son : 1910

Edition: Reprint Edition

Seller ID: 9493

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

Brown cloth with gold lettering, a little edge wear and scuffing, spine a bit sunned. A nice copy. ; Frontispiece. "The most comprehensive and well-researched anthology of all time comprises both the 50-volume "5-foot shelf of books" and the 20-volume Shelf of Fiction. Together they cover every major literary figure, philosopher, religion, folklore and historical subject through the twentieth century." William Allan Nielson states: " The Five-Foot Shelf, with its introductions, notes, guides to reading, and exhaustive indexes, may claim to constitute a reading course unparalleled in comprehen...
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Glass Village

By: Queen, Ellery

Price: $17.00

Publisher: Boston, Little Brown & Co : 1954

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 006724

Binding: Library Binding

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

281 pp. Rebound in sturdy green library binding, with red and white design on front board. Ex-library with usual stamps and pocket. Corners bumped, spots on a few pages, but overall clean and unmarked.

A murder mystery set in a small New England village that challenges the principles of justice and due process.; Ex-Library; 7¾" - 9¾" Tall
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I Play at the Beach

By: Koch, Dorothy

Price: $75.00

Publisher: USA, Holiday House Inc. : 1955

Edition: First Edition

Inscription: Signed by Author

Seller ID: 000549

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

Spine is shelf-cocked. Boards show some dampstains, chipping, shelf wear, spotting. Pages are clean and bright. Inscribed and signed by the author: "To Adeline - whose interest, friendship and encouragement have meant the world to me. Dorothy Koch"
Describes a child's day at the beach, colorfully illustrated by Feodor Rojankovsky.
Est level: pre-K to 2nd grade.; 7¾" - 9¾" Tall; Signed by Author
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Illustrated History of the World: An Encyclopaedia of Events from Pre-Historic Times Up to the Present Day

By: Arundale, Rosemary and Mertz, Tony (translators)

Price: $13.75

Publisher: Manchester, Great Britain, Cliveden Press : 1969

Seller ID: 004841

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

219 pp. A history of the world extensively illustrated with color and black and white drawings, photographs, and reproductions. Pictorial cover with no jacket, apparently as issued. Some staining on top edge which has lightly affected a few pages. Text is just starting to darken but in very good shape. Contents: Prehistory; First Great Civilisations; Mediterranean World; Far East; Wars of the Antiquity; Roman Imperialism; Barbarous Invasions; New Empires; Awakening of Europe; The Renaissance; The World and Europe 1559-1600; The Great Century; The Years of Enlightenment; The End of the Anc...
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Inspector Maigret and the Burglar's Wife

By: Simenon, Georges

Price: $9.90

Publisher: Roslyn, NY, Walter J. Black : 1956

Seller ID: 003488

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

Spine slanted, corners bumped, minor edge wear, half-ring dampstain on front board. Illustrated book plate inside cover. A little darkening but text is clean and unmarked. "The burglar's wife reported her husband had seen Maria lying dead, in a pool of her own blood. But why had the burglar skipped town? And why did Maria's prosperous dentist husband and aristocratic mother-in-law insist Maria had left Paris of her own free will? Here was a caper to baffle even the master sleuth. A case with too many clues -- and no crime. A killing with too many suspects -- and no corpse. Before Maigre...
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Introduction to Microorganisms (Second Edition)

By: Thompson, LaVerne Ruth

Price: $7.95

Publisher: Philadelphia, W. B. Saunders Company : 1949

Edition: Reprint Edition

Seller ID: 002589

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

Spine sl;ightly slanted, corners slightly chipped, some shelfwear. Text has some underlining, mostly in pencil. Text includes drawings, photographs, charts and other illustrations. The author states "The second edition of Introduction to Microorganisms has been written for the student whose chief interest lies in the field of health and welfare instead of in bacteriology per se. This book, therefore, places emphasis on those life activities of microorganisms which influence man and his environment. The content throughout has been selected in terms of public health implications to help...
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Introduction to Organic Laboratory Techniques : A Contemporary Approach

By: Pavia, Donald L.; Lampman, Gary M.; Kriz, George S.

Price: $15.50

Publisher: Philadelphia, PA, Saunders College Publishing : 1976

Edition: Seventh Printing

Seller ID: 001538

ISBN-13: 9780721671215

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

Corners bumped, some sunning to boards/spine along with some soiling. Text is clean and bright.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
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Julius

By: Hoff, Syd

Price: $4.50

Publisher: New York, NY, Harper & Row : 1959

Edition: Apparent First Edition

Seller ID: 001191

Binding: Pictorial Cover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

Some shelf wear, corners bumped, some darkening to front cover/spine. Slightly shelf-cocked. A few pages have small discoloration spots.

"Davy went to Africa. His father was going to catch an animal for the circus. But when Davy brought his friend Julius the gorilla home for lunch, they all got more than they bargained for."
An 'I Can Read' book with color illustrations by the author.
Est level: 1st - 2nd grades and Read aloud.; 7¾" - 9¾" Tall
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Lydia Bailey

By: Roberts, Kenneth

Price: $7.95

Publisher: Garden City, NY, Doubleday & Company : 1947

Edition: Not Stated

Seller ID: 003201

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

Spine a bit slanted, corners bumped and chipped, minor edge wear, chipping. A little rubbing, owner's name inside cover. Edges darkened but text appears clean and unmarked. Front pastedown has relief map of Haiti, while rear has one of the Eastern Mediterranean. ""Here is the gallant story of Toussaint L'Ouverture, who fought valiantly for Haiti's freedom; Dessalines, who trusted no white man and who waged war with fire and destruction. Here is Murad Rais, Scottish admiral to the Bashaw of Tripoli; and William Eaton, whose heroic march across the North African deserts was brought to nothing ...
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Mr Rodriguez

By: Howard, Mary

Price: $9.95

Publisher: Leicester, Ulverscroft Large Print Books : 1980

Edition: Large Print Edition

Seller ID: 004774

ISBN-13: 9780708905517

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

Spine slanted, edgewear/bumping. Ex-library with minimal markings. Text is clean and unmarked. "When Daniel Joyce left his wife, Iris, he destroyed not only their marriage and Iris's career, but also her confidence. But for her friends she might never have recovered from the blow. Fran Rodero who - on a flying visit to London to arrange an exhibition of her paintings - quickly summed up the situation and arranged a job for Iris in Barcelona, with her weekends spent at the Rodero's holiday villa in Puerto Esmeralda. The Iris met Steve Alvarez, worldly, rich, charming and married, the ...
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Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket