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Bright Paradise by: Raby, Peter
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Bright Paradise by: Raby, Peter

Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Softcover. Princeton NJ, Princeton University Press, 1st, 1997, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 276 pages. Softcover. Extensive b&w illustrations throughout. Marking throughout, otherwise clean, tight copy. Record # 468170
Price: $12.00 

Buckley: William F. Buckley Jr. and the Rise of American Conservatism by: Bogus, Carl T.
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Buckley: William F. Buckley Jr. and the Rise of American Conservatism by: Bogus, Carl T.

Hardcover. NY, Bloomsbury Press, 1st, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 405 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, red paper covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains a bind-in halfway through with B&W photography. This book is a biography of William F. Buckley Jr., who was one of the foremost architects of the conservative movement that transformed American politics between the 1960s and the end of the century. Buckley and his allies devised a new-model for conservatism that replaced traditional ideals of Edmund Burke with a passionate belief in the free market; religious faith; and an aggressive stance on foreign policy. Clean copy. Record # 34363
Price: $24.00 

 

Captain John Ericsson: Father of the "Monitor" by: Burnett, Constance Buel

Hardcover. New York, Vanguard Press, 2nd, 1960, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 251 pages. Yellow endpapers. Light age soil on front endpapers. Blue cloth with silver and red pictorial on front, silver lettering and red decoration on spine. Minor wear to top and bottom of spine. Color pictorial dust jacket, minor edgewear and age soil. Record # 40053
Price: $12.00 

David Dellinger: The Life and Times of a Nonviolent Revolutionary by: Hunt, Andrew E.
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David Dellinger: The Life and Times of a Nonviolent Revolutionary by: Hunt, Andrew E.

Hardcover. NY, New York University Press, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 346 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography throughout. This book is the first full biography of a man who bridged the gap between the Old Left and the New Left. It is the remarkable story of a stubborn visionary torn between revolution and compromise. Clean copy. Record # 34254
Price: $18.00 

 

DULLES OVER SUEZ: The Theory and Practice of His Diplomacy (The Suez Canal Crisis and U. S. Diplomacy.) by: Finer, Herman

Hardcover. Chicago, Quadrangle Books, 1st, 1964, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Map end papers. 538 pages. Illustrated. 8vo. Maroon and green cloth, gilt. Color pictorial dust jacket. Record # 220644
Price: $12.00 

 

Einstein and the Generations of Science by: Feuer, Lewis S.

Hardcover. New York , Basic Books , 1st, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 374 pages, b&w photos. Light wear, rubbing sunning to dust jacket spine, else a clean, tight copy. Record # 854276
Price: $12.00 

Einstein's German World by: Stern, Fritz
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Einstein's German World by: Stern, Fritz

Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Hardcover. US, Princeton University Press, 1st, 1999-08-15, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 335 pages. Previous owner's stamp and notes on front end paper. Clean, tight copy. Record # 464284
Price: $12.00 

From Shoebox to Rockets by: Johnston, Elmer, Illust. by: Johnston, Clara L.
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From Shoebox to Rockets by: Johnston, Elmer, Illust. by: Johnston, Clara L.

Hardcover. NY, Carlton Press, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 96 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket is in good condition for its age. Covers are clean and bright, as are the interior pages. Binding is solid. B&W illustrations throughout, both line art and photography. With colorful wit and a judicious economy of style, this autobiography will take you on a nostalgic journey into the inventive excitement of a not-so-distant past. Clean copy. Record # 33766
Price: $20.00 

 

Gorbachev - A Biography by: Butson, Thomas G.

Hardcover. New York, Stein and Day, Reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 170 pages. Clean, tight copy. Record # 607923
Price: $12.00 

 

Mary Baker Eddy and Her Books by: Orcutt, William Dana

Hardcover. Boston, Christian Science Publishing, 1st, 1950, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Portrait frontis. 198 pages. Light wear to covers, bottom of spine frayed. Else clean and tight. Record # 63608
Price: $12.00 

Nancy Astor, a biography by: Masters, Anthony
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Nancy Astor, a biography by: Masters, Anthony

Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Hardcover. New York, McGraw-Hill, 1st, 1981, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 237 pages, b&w photos. Light edgewear to dust jacket, faint foxing to edges. Clean, tight copy. Record # 460614
Price: $12.00 

Newton and the counterfeiter: the unknown detective career of the world's greatest scientist by: Levenson, Thomas
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Newton and the counterfeiter: the unknown detective career of the world's greatest scientist by: Levenson, Thomas

Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1st, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 318 pages. Hardcover. Gilt titles on spine. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Record # 468976
Price: $12.00 

 

Olive Schreiner by: First, Ruth

Hardcover. US, Rutgers University Press, 1st US, 1990-10-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 383 pages Light shelf-wear to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy. Record # 463729
Price: $12.00 

 

Personal and Controversial by: Blanshard, Paul

Hardcover. Boston, Beacon Press, 1st, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 308 pages. Spine faded. Dust jacket slightly torn. Previous owner's sticker front end paper. Record # 803356
Price: $12.00 

 

Sadat by: Hirst, David

Hardcover. US, Faber & Faber, reprint , 1981, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 384 pages. Edge wear to dust jacket. Foxing to top edge, otherwise clean, tight copy. Record # 466962
Price: $12.00 

 

Skylark: The Life, Lies, and Inventions of Harry Atwood by: Mansfield, Howard

Hardcover. Hanover and London, University Press of New England, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 238 pages. Blue boards, blue cloth spine, silver lettering. Record # 40170
Price: $12.00 

Stranger in Their Midst by: Van Den Berghe, Pierre L.
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Stranger in Their Midst by: Van Den Berghe, Pierre L.

Hardcover. Niwot, CO, The University Press of Colorado, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 300 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket is lightly bumped along the top edge, but is still in very good condition. Green cloth covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography throughout. This book is an intellectual autobiography by the controversial sociology and anthropology professor at the University of Washington. It describes his 1933 birth in the Belgian Congo, youth in Nazi-occupied Belgium, education in the US, and years of field work in Africa and Latin America. Includes family photographs and a generous sprinkling of insights on race relations, social stratification, and age and sex differentiation. Clean copy. Record # 34132
Price: $20.00 

Three men of the Beagle by: Marks, Richard Lee
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Three men of the Beagle by: Marks, Richard Lee

Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Hardcover. New York, Knopf, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 256 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Brief biographies of Charles Darwin, Robert FitzRoy, and Jemmy Button of the Beagle expedition of 1831. Record # 467103
Price: $12.00 

Three Men Of The Beagle by: Marks, Richard Lee
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Three Men Of The Beagle by: Marks, Richard Lee

Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Hardcover. New York, Knopf, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 256 pages. Hardcover. Illustrated pastedowns and end papers. Small stain to front flyleaf, otherwise clean, tight copy. Record # 468167
Price: $12.00 

Time, Love, Memory: A Great Biologist and His Quest for the Origins of Behavior by: Weiner, Jonathan
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Time, Love, Memory: A Great Biologist and His Quest for the Origins of Behavior by: Weiner, Jonathan

Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Hardcover. New York, Knopf, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 300 pages. B&w photographs throughout. Gilt titles on spine. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Record # 468009
Price: $12.00 

Union And Liberty: The Political Philosphy of John C. Calhoun by: Calhoun, John C.
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Union And Liberty: The Political Philosphy of John C. Calhoun by: Calhoun, John C.

Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Softcover. US, Liberty Fund, 2nd, 1992-07-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 625 pages. Previous owner's inscription on half title page. Light edgewear to wrappers, else a clean, tight copy. Record # 462287
Price: $12.00 

What Do You Care What Other People Think? Further Adventures of a Curious Character by: Feynman, Richard P.
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What Do You Care What Other People Think? Further Adventures of a Curious Character by: Feynman, Richard P.

Hardcover. NY, Norton, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 255 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket and spine are bright red with yellow title. Edited collection of reminiscences by Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman. Covers several instances from Feynman's life, prepared from recorded audio conversations. Clean copy in very good condition. Record # 33590
Price: $20.00 

With Bleeding Footsteps: Mary Baker Eddy's Path to Religious Leadership by: Thomas, Robert D.
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With Bleeding Footsteps: Mary Baker Eddy's Path to Religious Leadership by: Thomas, Robert D.

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, Knopf, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 363 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine and cover. Decorative staining on top edge. Dust jacket shows light edge wear, otherwise clean tight copy. Record # 467968
Price: $12.00