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Memoirs of a Revolutionist by: Kropotkin, Peter Alekseevich; Rodgers, James Allen (editor)
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Memoirs of a Revolutionist by: Kropotkin, Peter Alekseevich; Rodgers, James Allen (editor)

Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Softcover. London, The Cresset Library, reprint, 1988, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 338 pages. Paperback. Some tanning to covers and foxing to pages. Otherwise clean, tight copy. Record # 468262
Price: $12.00 

 

Memories Grave and Gay by: Hall, Florence Howe

Hardcover. NY, Harper & Bros, 1st, 1918, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Previous owner's bookplate, related newspaper clippings from 1920-1930 pasted to rear endpapers. Very bright copy with only light wear. Collection of personal essays and anecdotes by a writer and philanthropist who lived in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Record # 177909
Price: $40.00 

My first 79 years by: Stern, Isaac
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My first 79 years by: Stern, Isaac

Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Hardcover. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 317 pages. Hardcover. B&w photographs throughout. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Record # 468854
Price: $12.00 

My German Question - Growing Up in Nazi Berlin by: Gay, Peter
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My German Question - Growing Up in Nazi Berlin by: Gay, Peter

Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Hardcover. New Haven, Yale University Press, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 208 pages. Illustrated with 32 pages of black & white photographs. Clean, tight copy. Record # 612695
Price: $12.00 

My Indian Boyhood by: Bear, Luther Standing
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My Indian Boyhood by: Bear, Luther Standing

Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Softcover. Lincoln, University of Nebraska Press, reprint, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 189 pages. Faint foxing to top edge, else in excellent condition. Record # 453880
Price: $12.00 

My Paddle to the Sea: Eleven Days on the River of the Carolinas [INSCRIBED COPY] by: Lane, John
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My Paddle to the Sea: Eleven Days on the River of the Carolinas [INSCRIBED COPY] by: Lane, JohnMy Paddle to the Sea: Eleven Days on the River of the Carolinas [INSCRIBED COPY] by: Lane, John

My Paddle to the Sea: Eleven Days on the River of the Carolinas [INSCRIBED COPY] by: Lane, John

Hardcover. Athens, Georgia, University of Georgia Press, 1st, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 208 pages, hardcover. Dust jackets, covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. John Lane sets out with friends from his own backyard in upcountry South Carolina to calm his nerves and to paddle to the sea. Along the way he recounts local history, and spars with stream-side literary presences. Paddle stroke by paddle stroke, Lane is reminded why life and rivers have always been wedded together. Author's title page inscription reads: "For Jack, good friend and a friend of living waters. Here's to trips downstream & upstream. All best, John Lane. Clean copy. Record # 33913
Price: $30.00 

 

My Stephen Crane by: Linson, Corwin K.

Hardcover. Syracuse, Syracuse University Press , 1st, 1958, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 115 pages, hardcover, b&w illustrations. Light wear to dust jacket edges, else a clean, tight copy. Record # 602640
Price: $12.00 

 

North of Now by: Wetherell, W.D.

Hardcover. New York, The Lyons Press, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 264 pages. Half cloth boards. Clean, tight copy. Record # 511830
Price: $12.00 

 

Not As a Crocodile by: Marx, Arthur, Illust. by: Gil Walker

Hardcover. NY, Harper & Bros, 1st, 1958, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 207 pages. Hardcover. Black & white drawings by Gil Walker. Dust jacket with light soil. Otherwise clean, tight copy. Record # 502278
Price: $12.00 

Not I, But The Wind by: Lawrence, Frieda
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Not I, But The Wind by: Lawrence, Frieda

Hardcover. NY, The Viking Press, 3rd print, 1934, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Poor, 297 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket is in rough condition, with multiple open tears particularly along the top and bottom. Cloth covers are clean and bright, as are the interior pages. Binding is solid. B&W photography throughout. Deckled edge. This book will put the great D.H. Lawrence in perspective; it is one of the most vivid portraits of the writer, as written by his wife. Clean copy. Record # 33747
Price: $18.00 

 

Occupation for Gentlemen, The by: Warburg, Frederic

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1st US, 1960, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Color frontis, black & white illust. 280 pages + index. Previous owner's signature front fly leaf. Dust jacket chipped, small pieces missing, spine sticker. Else clean and tight. Record # 66890
Price: $12.00 

old woman's reflections, An by: Sayers, Peig
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old woman's reflections, An by: Sayers, Peig

Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Softcover. Oxford [England] ; New York, Oxford University Press, reprint, 1962, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 131 pages. Softcover. Includes b&w map. Sticker residue on back cover. Faint foxing to top edge, otherwise a clean, tight copy. Record # 469398
Price: $12.00 

One cop's story: a life remembered by: Briant, John H.
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One cop's story: a life remembered by: Briant, John H.

Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Softcover. Old Forge, N.Y., Chalet Publications, reprint, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 182 pages. Softcover. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. Extensive b&w photographs throughout. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to wrappers. Record # 468864
Price: $12.00 

 

One in the Many, The - A Poet's Memoirs by: Ignatow, David

Middletown, CT., Wesleyan University, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Clean, unmarked copy in excellent condition. Record # 302435
Price: $12.00 

Origins: A Memoir by: Maalouf, Amin
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Origins: A Memoir by: Maalouf, Amin

Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Hardcover. New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1st, 2008, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, 404 pages, minor dust jacket edge wear, otherwise, very clean and tight. Record # 457307
Price: $12.00 

 

Pagan Time: An American Childhood by: Perks, Micah

Hardcover. Washington, D.C., Counterpoint, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 161 pages. Hardcover. Gilt title on spine. Dust jacket unclipped. in excellent condition, clean inside and out. Record # 30792
Price: $12.00 

 

Passing Shots by: Shiver, Pam w/Deford,F.& Adams S.

Hardcover. NY, McGraw Hill, 1st, 1987, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 211 pages. Hardcover. B&w photographs throughout. Faint foxing to top edge, otherwise clean, tight copy. Record # 5688
Price: $12.00 

Paula (INSCRIBED COPY) by: Allende, IsabelTransl. Margaret Sayers Peden
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Paula (INSCRIBED COPY) by: Allende, Isabel Transl. Margaret Sayers Peden

Hardcover. NY, Harper Collins , 2nd pr., 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 330 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket is in good condition, interior pages are bright and clean. Binding is in good condition. This book is a powerful autobiography/memoir whose straightforward acceptance of the magical and spiritual worlds will remind readers of Allende's first book, The House of the Spirits. This copy has been inscribed by the author on the first front end page. Otherwise clean copy. Record # 33637
Price: $20.00 

Pauses : autobiographical reflections of 101 creators of children's books by: Hopkins, Lee Bennett
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Pauses : autobiographical reflections of 101 creators of children's books by: Hopkins, Lee Bennett

Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Hardcover. New York, HarperCollins, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 233 pages. Light shelf-wear to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy. Record # 460632
Price: $12.00 

 

Planet of the Blind - A Memoir by: Kuusisto, Stephen

Hardcover. New York , Dial Press, 2nd, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, SIGNED BY KUUSISTO. Gift inscription on title page. 191 pages. Record # 203713
Price: $12.00 

 

Playing Pro Football to Win by: Unitas, John

Hardcover. Garden City, NY, Doubleday, 1st, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 165 pages, 8 pages of b&w photographs, color photograph on front rear of dust jacket, black cloth bound cover with gilt lettering on spine. Dust jacket is price-clipped with wear on edges and chipping on spine; otherwise a tight copy. Record # 603779
Price: $12.00 

 

Prairie Reunion by: Scot, Barbara J.

Hardcover. NY, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1st , 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 230 pages, minor dust jacket edge wear, otherwise, very clean and tight copy. Record # 52966
Price: $12.00 

 

Prodigal Son: Dancing for Balanchine in a World of Pain and Magic by: Villella, Edward and Larry Kaplan

Hardcover. New York , Simon & Schuster , 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 317 pages, b&w photos. Review slip laid in. Record # 803392
Price: $12.00 

Red and me: my coach, my lifelong friend by: Russell, Bill
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Red and me: my coach, my lifelong friend by: Russell, Bill

Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Hardcover. New York, NY, HarperCollins, 1st, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 187 pages. Hardcover. B&w photographs throughout. Gilt titles and decoration on spine. Dust jacket price clipped. Otherwise clean, tight copy. Record # 469617
Price: $12.00