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Portrait of Picasso by: Penrose, Roland
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Portrait of Picasso by: Penrose, Roland

Softcover. New York, The Museum of Modern Art New York, 2nd, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 128 pages. Softcover. Published on the occasion of Picasso's 90th birthday. Color and b/w illustrations throughout. Some tanning to pages, doesn't affect text or illustrations. Binding tight, no rips or tears. In great shape. Picasso's life and work. Record # 31676
Price: $12.00 

Power and Passion of M. Carey Thomas, The  by: Horowitz, Helen Lefkowitz
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Power and Passion of M. Carey Thomas, The by: Horowitz, Helen Lefkowitz

Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Hardcover. US, Knopf, 1st, 1994-08-23, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 523 pages. Faint musty smell. Faint foxing to top edge, else a clean, tight copy. Record # 463081
Price: $12.00 

President Lincoln: The Duty of a Statesman by: Miller, William Lee
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President Lincoln: The Duty of a Statesman by: Miller, William Lee

Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Hardcover. US, Knopf, book club, 2008-02-05, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 497 pages. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Record # 466154
Price: $12.00 

Princesses: The Six Daughters of George III by: Fraser, Flora
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Princesses: The Six Daughters of George III by: Fraser, Flora

Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Hardcover. US, Knopf, 1st US, 2005-04-05, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 478 pages. Light edgewear to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy. Record # 462398
Price: $12.00 

Princesses: The Six Daughters of George III by: Fraser, Flora
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Princesses: The Six Daughters of George III by: Fraser, Flora

Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Hardcover. US, Knopf, 1st US, 2005-04-05, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 478 pages. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Record # 462144
Price: $12.00 

 

Pushkin by: Feinstein, Elaine

Hardcover. US, Ecco Press, 1st, 1999-05-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 309 pages, b&w illustrations. Light edgewear and rubbing to dust jacket. Clean, tight copy. Record # 463085
Price: $12.00 

 

Queen Victoria's Other World by: Underwood, Peter

London, Harrap, Ltd., 1986, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover. 210 pages. Tail of spine bumped. Dust jacket with edgewear. Record # 507702
Price: $12.00 

Rembrandt's Eyes by: Schama, Simon
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Rembrandt's Eyes by: Schama, Simon

Hardcover. NY, Alfred A. Knopf, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 750 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, brown cloth covers with gilt titles on the spine, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains B&W and full-color illustrations throughout. This book is a sweeping, unconventional biography that reconstructs the 17th-century Dutch master painter's life primarily through his artwork. This is a large-format volume, available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Clean copy. Record # 34579
Price: $15.00 

 

Riel: A Life of Revolution by: Siggins, Maggie

Softcover. HarperCollins Publishers, 1st thus, September 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 507 pages, b&w plates. Bottom right rear corner creased. Else a very clean, tight copy. Record # 454389
Price: $12.00 

Ring of Hate: Joe Louis vs. Max Scmeling: The Fight of the Century. by: Myler, Patrick
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Ring of Hate: Joe Louis vs. Max Scmeling: The Fight of the Century. by: Myler, Patrick

Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Hardcover. New York, Arcade Publishing, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, New York, Arcade Publishing, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust jacket: Very Good, Black and white photographs. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.. 246 pages. Record # 467273 Record # 467273
Price: $12.00 

 

Rome Fell Today by: Adleman, Robert H. and Colonel George Wilson

Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown and Company , 1st, 1968 , Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 336 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Illustrated endpapers and fly leafs. Some tearing and edge wear to dust jacket, otherwise clean, tight copy. Record # 857467
Price: $12.00 

Roots: The Saga of an American Family by: Haley, Alex
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Roots: The Saga of an American Family by: Haley, Alex

Hardcover. NY, Doubleday and Co., Reprint, 1976, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 688 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has some minor chipping and edge wear. Tan boards with black spine have bumped corners, but are otherwise in good condition. Interior pages have some minor water damage, resulting in foxing along the top edge of the pages which does not affect the legibility of any text blocks. The binding has begun to separate just at the top of the spine, resulting in some built up dust, but is still solid. This is a Book Club Edition reprint. Alex Haley recaptures his family's history in this drama of eighteenth-century slave Kunta Kinte and his descendants. Clean copy. Record # 34433
Price: $12.00 

Roxana's Children by: Bonfield, Lynn A.
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Roxana's Children by: Bonfield, Lynn A.

Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Softcover. Amherst, University of Massachusetts Press, 1st, November 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 267 pages, b&w photographs. Minor wear to wrappers. Else very good. Record # 454890
Price: $12.00 

Roy White: From Compton to the Bronx by: White, RoySemendinger, Paul R.
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Roy White: From Compton to the Bronx by: White, Roy Semendinger, Paul R.

Hardcover. Tijeras, NM, Artemesia Publishing, 1st, 2023, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 249 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket is bumped along the top and bottom edges. Blue paper covers are in good condition. Interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains a bind-in with full-color photography about halfway through. This book is about how a Roy White, a young man from Compton, rose to the highest levels of baseball greatness. White played on the New York Yankees from 1965 through the 1979 season. Considered one of the classiest baseball players ever, this is Roy White's story, but it's also the story of a unique period in baseball history when the Yankees fell from grace, regained their glory, and the country dealt with societal change. Clean copy. Record # 34098
Price: $22.00 

 

Saint Peter a Biography by: Grant, Michael

Hardcover. Barnes Noble Books, rep., 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 212 pages, b&w illustrations. Clean, unmarked copy in excellent condition. Record # 457100
Price: $12.00 

Scotty: James B. Reston and the Rise and Fall of American Journalism by: Stacks, John F.
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Scotty: James B. Reston and the Rise and Fall of American Journalism by: Stacks, John F.

Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Hardcover. US, Little, Brown and Company, 1st, 2002-12-05, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 372 pages, b&w photos. Light shelf-wear and scratching to lightly soiled dust jacket. Record # 465872
Price: $12.00 

 

Sir Harry Vance: His Life and Times 1613-1662 by: Adamson, J. H. and H. F. Folland

Hardcover. Boston, Gambit, 1st, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 498 pages, b&w illustrations. Dust jacket with light sticker residue. Previous owner's sticker on front fly leaf. Record # 511934
Price: $12.00 

Six Wives: The Queens of Henry VIII by: Starkey, David
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Six Wives: The Queens of Henry VIII by: Starkey, David

Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Hardcover. US, HarperCollins, 1st, 2003-07-08, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 852 pages, illustrations in color anmd b&w. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Record # 462162
Price: $12.00 

Skadden: Power, Money, and the Rise of a Legal Empire by: Caplan, Lincoln
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Skadden: Power, Money, and the Rise of a Legal Empire by: Caplan, Lincoln

Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Softcover. New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, reprint, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 341 pages. Softcover. B&w photographs throughout. Some edge wear, otherwise clean, tight copy. Record # 468330
Price: $12.00 

Sri Ramanujacampu by Ramanujacarya: Commentary by Pandit. V. Krishnamacharya.  by: Editor: Sastriyar, P. P. Subhramanya
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Sri Ramanujacampu by Ramanujacarya: Commentary by Pandit. V. Krishnamacharya. by: Editor: Sastriyar, P. P. Subhramanya

Hardcover. Madras, Tamil Nadu, Superintendent Government Press, 1st, 1942, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 208 pages, hardcover. Paper cover boards with a blue cloth spine have some light discoloration and mild edge wear, but are still in good condition overall. Interior pages are clean and bright despite light foxing to the end papers. Binding is solid. This book is a part of the Oriental Manuscript Series, being No. 6. The introduction to this historical biography is in English, but all other text is in Sanskrit. Previous owner's signature is present on the front end page, otherwise clean copy. Record # 34459
Price: $170.00 

States Dyckman, American loyalist by: Flexner, James Thomas
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States Dyckman, American loyalist by: Flexner, James Thomas

Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown, 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 228 pages plus index. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Black and white pictures in center. Record # 450064
Price: $12.00 

Story of Baseball, The by: Ritter, Lawrence S.
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Story of Baseball, The by: Ritter, Lawrence S.

Softcover. New York, Beech Tree, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 205 pages. Softcover with ligth edgewear to paper wrappers. Black and white pictures throughout. Light curling on corners. Previous owner's inscription on title page. Record # 2233206
Price: $12.00 

Sweet Promised Land (INSCRIBED COPY) by: Laxalt, Robert, Illust. by: George Carlson
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Sweet Promised Land (INSCRIBED COPY) by: Laxalt, Robert, Illust. by: George Carlson

Hardcover. Reno, Nevada, University of Nevada Press, reprint, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 176 pages, hardcover. Signed by author on interior front end page. Dust jacket is in generally good shape, with some minor dents. Interior pages and binding in very good condition. An account a son writes of his father, an old Basque sheepherder who lived and worked in the American West for most of his life, who, in fulfilling his dream of returning to the Pyenees, came to a new realization of what America meant to him. Clean copy. Record # 33594
Price: $12.00 

Sweet Salt by: Goodson, Felix E.
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Sweet Salt by: Goodson, Felix E.

Softcover. Rutland, VT, Charles E. Tuttle Co., Inc., 1st Ed, 1st Pr., 1976, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 295 pages, soft cover. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. This book, written by a WW-II veteran and former psychology professor, follows Lonnie Ray, a young man who escapes an unhappy home life and drifts aimlessly across the United States, and, masking his deep fears, Lonnie is captured and becomes one of hundreds of American soldiers held in brutal Japanese POW camps. One black sharpie remainder mark is present on the top edge of the pages, otherwise clean copy. Record # 34656
Price: $30.00