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Twisty Little Passages: An Approach to Interactive FictionMontfort, Nick
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Twisty Little Passages: An Approach to Interactive Fiction


Montfort, Nick

Softcover. Cambridge, Massachusetts, MIT Press, reprint, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 286 pages. Researched history and analysis of the "interactive fiction" genre. Black covers with color illustration, perfect binding. Very slight rubbing to covers, pages clean, crisp and unmarked; an extremely clean, tight copy in great condition.

Record # 807091


Price: $20.00 

 

Under the Moons of Mars - A History and Anthology of the Scientific Romance in the Munset Magazines 1912-1920


Moskowitz (Ed.), Sam

NY, Holt Rinehart & Winston, 1st , 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 433 pages.

Record # 67237


Price: $50.00 

Unnatural Fire: A Countess Ashby de la Zouche MysteryMorgan, Fidelis
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Unnatural Fire: A Countess Ashby de la Zouche Mystery


Morgan, Fidelis

Hardcover. US, William Morrow, 1st, 2001-03-06, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 356 pages. Light shelf-wear to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 466355


Price: $10.00 

 

Watching Europe Grow


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Hardcover. New York, The Junior Literary Guild Inc., 2nd, 1930, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 489 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. A unique travel history of Europe. Previous owner's bookplate on half title page. Red toning to top text block. Heavy chipping and rubbing to dust jacket. Mild rubbing to boards. Profusely illustrated. Unmarked. A tight copy.

Record # 951767


Price: $19.00 

Watery GraveAlexander, Bruce
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Watery Grave


Alexander, Bruce

Hardcover. US, Putnam Adult, 1st, 1996-09-24, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 265 pages. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 466335


Price: $13.00 

 

We The People: The Constitution of the United States of America


Spier, Peter

Hardcover. Garden City, NY, Doubleday & Company, 1st Edition, 1987, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Nonpaginated. Hardcover. Color illustrations throughout. Dust jacket unclipped, has some age wear (see image). Decorated endpapers. Decorated cover boards, some chipping on edges. Pages clean. A colorful, artistic celebration of the entire Constitution, including the Bill of Rights and all the amendments.

Record # 32373


Price: $19.00 

Westward Ho!: Or the Voyages and Adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight of Burrough in the County of Devon in the Reign of Her Most Glorious Majesty Queen Elizabeth Rendered into Modern EnglishKingsley, Charles, Illust. by: E. A. Co
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Westward Ho!: Or the Voyages and Adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight of Burrough in the County of Devon in the Reign of Her Most Glorious Majesty Queen Elizabeth Rendered into Modern English


Kingsley, Charles, Illust. by: E. A. Co

Hardcover. London, J. M. Dent and Sons, Ltd., 1st Illustrated Edition, 1923, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 489 pages, with 16 colored plates by E. A. Cox. Gilt decorated cover and spine. Slight corner and edge wear, foxing on edges and front and rear fly leaf. Previous owner's signature in pencil on front fly leaf. Otherwise, very clean pages and tight binding.

Record # 852848


Price: $25.00 

 

Whaling Boy


Freuchen, Peter

New York , G.P. Putnam's Sons, 8th pr., Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 127 pages, b&w illustrations by Leonard Everett Fisher.

Record # 407822


Price: $13.00 

 

William Henry Letters, The


Diaz, Abby Morton

Hardcover. Boston, James R. Osgood, Rep, 1874, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, A collection of a young boy's letters to his grandmother with commentary. Whether fictionalized or not, an interesting account of growing up in the early to mid 1800's 1st pub. in 1870 with crude drawing supposedly by the boy. Hinge cracked. 275 bapes VF, internally. Original green cloth with gilt decoration on spine

Record # 59886


Price: $26.00 

Wonder Book of Aircraft, TheGolding (Ed.), Harry
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Wonder Book of Aircraft, The


Golding (Ed.), Harry

Hardcover. London, Ward Lock and Co., 8th Ed., nd, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, brown cloth with color label on cover, 256 pages. illustrated with 8 color, 250 b&w illustrations. Light soil to covers,

Record # 413877


Price: $25.00 

 

World's Great Adventure, The: With the Story of Polar Exploration for One Thousand Years


Miller, Francis Trevelyan

Hardcover. Philadelphia, John C. Winston , 1st, 1930, Dust Jacket: Fair, 384 pages, color maps on endpapers, color frontispiece, illustrated color plate on front cover, gilt lettering to spine and front cover, previous owner's inscription on front endpaper, front hinge loose. Acetate-protected dust jacket. Some wear and chipping under acetate.

Record # 803163


Price: $16.00 

Arctic Mirrors: Russia and the Small People of the North by: Slezkine, Yuri

Arctic Mirrors: Russia and the Small People of the North by: Slezkine, Yuri

Softcover. Ithaca, NY, Cornell University Press, Revised Edition, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 456 pages, soft cover. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W illustrations throughout. This book is a vividly rendered history of the circumpolar peoples in the Russian empire. No other book in any language links the history of this colonized non-Russian people to the full sweep of Russian intellectual and cultural history. Slezkine reconstructs from a vast range of sources the successive official policies and prevailing attitudes toward the northern peoples, interweaving the resonant narratives of Russian and indigenous contemporaries with the extravagant images of popular Russian fiction. Clean copy. Record # 34026
Price: $28.00 

Chronicles News of the Past Volume 3: The Dawn of Redemption (From the Crusades to Herzl's Vision of the Jewish State, 1099-1897) by: Editor: Eldad, IsraelEditor: Aumann, Moshe
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Chronicles News of the Past Volume 3: The Dawn of Redemption (From the Crusades to Herzl's Vision of the Jewish State, 1099-1897) by: Editor: Eldad, IsraelEditor: Aumann, MosheChronicles News of the Past Volume 3: The Dawn of Redemption (From the Crusades to Herzl's Vision of the Jewish State, 1099-1897) by: Editor: Eldad, IsraelEditor: Aumann, Moshe

Chronicles News of the Past Volume 3: The Dawn of Redemption (From the Crusades to Herzl's Vision of the Jewish State, 1099-1897) by: Editor: Eldad, Israel Editor: Aumann, Moshe

Hardcover. Jerusalem, Israel, Reubeni Foundation, 1st, 1972, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Poor, Unpaginated, hardcover. Dust jacket is in poor condition with multiple open tears concentrated near the spine. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. This volume covers the period from the First Crusade to the First Zionist Congress, a span of 800 years. It is a fictional newspaper designed to look like a real one, covering historical events from this time period in a unique format. Folds out to A3 size. This is a large format book, available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Clean copy. Record # 34077
Price: $12.00 

Going to School in 1776 by: Loeper, John J.

Going to School in 1776 by: Loeper, John J.

Hardcover. US, Atheneum, reprint , 1973-03-01, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 82 pages. B&w illustrations throughout. Stains and edge wear to dust jacket. Otherwise clean, tight copy. Record # 466550
Price: $12.00 

Hewins Lectures 1947-1962, The by: Andrews, Siri

Hewins Lectures 1947-1962, The by: Andrews, Siri

Hardcover. Boston, Horn Book, 1st, 1963, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 375 pages, a collection of lectures on children's literature and publishing. Blue cloth covers, clean and tight. Record # 405846
Price: $12.00 

History of the Newbery and Caldecott Medals, A by: Smith, Irene

History of the Newbery and Caldecott Medals, A by: Smith, Irene

Hardcover. New York , Viking Press, 1st, 1957, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 140 pages, beige cloth covers. Ex-library with light stamping, residue. Clean internally. Record # 405898
Price: $12.00 

Horse Dung Trail: Saga of the American Circus by: McKennon, Joe
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Horse Dung Trail: Saga of the American Circus by: McKennon, JoeHorse Dung Trail: Saga of the American Circus by: McKennon, Joe

Horse Dung Trail: Saga of the American Circus by: McKennon, Joe

Hardcover. Sarasota, FL, Carnival Publishers, 1st, 1975, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 528 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has some chips and wear. Covers underneath are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. An excellent history of the Circus in America, presented around a central fictional character, and written by a well known historian of the circus. "Every person, except Dick Dale and his families, was an actual living person. Every show actually existed and played the towns mentioned on the dates recorded. Every event actually happened at the time and place documented. Whether Dick Dale was there, or not, you may decide for yourself." Clean copy. Record # 33704
Price: $18.00 

Life and Times of Horatio Hornblower, The  by: Parkinson, C. Northcote

Life and Times of Horatio Hornblower, The by: Parkinson, C. Northcote

Hardcover. Sutton Publishing Ltd, reprint, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 304 pages. B&W illustrations. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. A fictional biography chronicling the rise of Horatio Hornblower from a midshipman in 1794 to a revered admiral of the fleet in 1847. Record # 454864
Price: $12.00 

My Name is America [4 Volume Box Set in Slipcase] (The Journal of Scott Pendleton Collins, The Journal of William Thomas Emerson, The Journal of Jasper Jonathan Pierce, The Journal of James Edmond Pease) by: Myers, Walter Dean Denenberg, Barry Rinaldi,

My Name is America [4 Volume Box Set in Slipcase] (The Journal of Scott Pendleton Collins, The Journal of William Thomas Emerson, The Journal of Jasper Jonathan Pierce, The Journal of James Edmond Pease) by: Myers, Walter Dean Denenberg, Barry Rinaldi,

Hardcover. NY, Scholastic Inc., 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 140 pages volume 1, 152 pages volume 2, 155 pages volume 3, and 173 pages volume 4, hardcovers. Slipcase is in very good condition with minor edge wear. Pictorial boards and interior pages are clean and bright in all 4 volumes. Bindings are solid. Contains B&W photography throughout. This set of historical fiction targeted towards a younger audience uses fictional characters to approximate diary entries of people who might have lived during these major historical events. Due to the weight of the package, this set is available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Clean copies. Record # 34285
Price: $14.00 

Mythmaker, The: Paul and the Invention of Christianity by: Maccoby, Hyam

Mythmaker, The: Paul and the Invention of Christianity by: Maccoby, Hyam

Hardcover. New York, Barnes & Noble, Reprint, 1986, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 237 pages. White boards and natural color cloth spine with gilt lettering. Minor wear to edges and top of spine. White and off-white pictorial dust jacket with black lettering. Some scuffing and marking on back. Light edgewear and minor browning along top edge. Sticker residue at front bottom right corner. Record # 803122
Price: $12.00 

Name and Tears & Other Stories: Forty Years of Italian Fiction  by: Jason, Editor, Kathrine

Name and Tears & Other Stories: Forty Years of Italian Fiction by: Jason, Editor, Kathrine

Hardcover. Saint Paul, MI, Graywolf Press, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 231 pages. Orange cloth, gilt title to spine. Light edge wear to pictorial dust jacket. Very nice, tight copy. Record # 607646
Price: $12.00 

New World Builders: Thrilling Days With Lewis and Clark by: Moorehead, Blanche Woods, Illust. by: Armstrong Sperry

New World Builders: Thrilling Days With Lewis and Clark by: Moorehead, Blanche Woods, Illust. by: Armstrong Sperry

Hardcover. Philadelphia, John C. Winston Company, 1st, 1937, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 228 pages. Illustrated by Armstrong Sperry with 10 b/w plates and a color frontispiece of Sacagawea with one of the explorers. Black, orange, and white color pictorial end papers of Indian totems, tepees, buffalo, more. Double page color map. Introduction by Christopher B. Coleman. Four page glossary of Indian and French names at pages 225 to 228. 8vo. Orange pictorial cloth with black lettering and decoration on front cover and spine. Minor marking and smudging to cover. Light edgewear. Very Good. Record # 219852
Price: $12.00 

North Star to Freedom by: Gorrell, Gena K.

North Star to Freedom by: Gorrell, Gena K.

Hardcover. New York, Delacorte Books for Young Readers, 1st Am, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 168 pages, b&w illustrations. A very clean, tight copy. (3) magine escaping from the terrors of plantation slavery, only to live for years in a swamp full of biting insects and deadly snakes. Picture yourself making a dangerous journey to freedom, guided by nothing but courage and the North Star. Record # 454522
Price: $12.00 

Orpheus: A History of Religions by: Reinach, Salomon

Orpheus: A History of Religions by: Reinach, Salomon

Hardcover. New York, Horace Liveright, 2nd, Dust Jacket: None, 487 pages. Translated by Florence Simmonds. Brown cloth with gilt decoration and lettering on front cover and gilt lettering on spine. Pages are age toned. Front hinge is a little loose. Water stain on bottom edge of pages. Rubbing to corners, light edgewear, and wear to top and bottom of spine. Minor scuffing and marking to covers. Record # 803093
Price: $12.00 


  
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