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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 Sky Blue Trades - Growing Up Counter in a Contrary Time by: Birkerts, Sven
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My Sky Blue Trades - Growing Up Counter in a Contrary Time by: Birkerts, Sven

New York, Viking, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 279 pages. Remainder mark on bottom book edge. Record # 205595
Price: $12.00 

My Stephen Crane by: Linson, Corwin K.

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 

My Way Was North: An Alaskan Autobiography by: Dufresne, FrankIntroduction: Ford, Corey, Illust. by: Horne, Rachel
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My Way Was North: An Alaskan Autobiography by: Dufresne, FrankIntroduction: Ford, Corey, Illust. by: Horne, RachelMy Way Was North: An Alaskan Autobiography by: Dufresne, FrankIntroduction: Ford, Corey, Illust. by: Horne, Rachel

My Way Was North: An Alaskan Autobiography by: Dufresne, Frank Introduction: Ford, Corey, Illust. by: Horne, Rachel

Hardcover. NY, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 3rd print, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 274 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket is in very good condition, protected by a plastic brodart sleeve. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. B&W illustrations throughout. This autobiography details the life and work of Frank Dufresne, an avid naturalist and champion of conservation efforts in Alaska. No man had a better firsthand knowledge of Alaska's birds, fishes, and animals. Clean copy. Record # 33786
Price: $18.00 

Nancy Astor, a biography by: Masters, Anthony

Nancy Astor, a biography by: Masters, Anthony

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 

Napoleon: The Last Phase by: Rosebery, Lord

Napoleon: The Last Phase by: Rosebery, Lord

Hardcover. London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1st, 1922, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 345 pages, index. Many pages unopened. Light soil, wear to maroon cloth covers. Record # 900003
Price: $12.00 

Nathaniel Hawthorne - The American Years by: Cantwell, Robert

Nathaniel Hawthorne - The American Years by: Cantwell, Robert

Hardcover. NY, Rinehart & Co., 1st, 1948, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, light browning, residue to front end paper, otherwise VG Record # 53140
Price: $12.00 

Network to Freedom by: Nahas, Gabriel Transl. Peters, Helene

Network to Freedom by: Nahas, Gabriel Transl. Peters, Helene

Softcover. Paris, France, Francois-Xavier de Guibert, 1st thus, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 232 pages, soft cover. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography throughout. This book is the harrowing tale of General Hargest's escape towards the Pyrenees, through the maze of the network to freedom, eventually securing passage into Spain with the help of Georges Brantes. Clean copy. Record # 34271
Price: $18.00 

NEW LETTERS OF ABIGAIL ADAMS 1788-1801 by: Mitchell, Stewart

NEW LETTERS OF ABIGAIL ADAMS 1788-1801 by: Mitchell, Stewart

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Co., 1st, 1947, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, John Adams Family Tree end papers. 281 pages. Illustrated plates. 8vo. Blue cloth, gilt. Fair, chipped, edge worn, dust jacket. Record # 220682
Price: $12.00 

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

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

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 

Nicolas Poussin by: Sutro, Esther

Nicolas Poussin by: Sutro, Esther

Hardcover. Boston, Medici Society, 1923, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 115 pages. Black & white illustrations. Introduction by William Rothenstein. Corners bumped. Paper label on spine. Rubbing to extremities. No dust jacket. Record # 801680
Price: $12.00 

Night Draws Near: Iraq's People in the Shadow of America's War by: Shadid, Anthony

Night Draws Near: Iraq's People in the Shadow of America's War by: Shadid, Anthony

Hardcover. New York, Henry Holt and Co., 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 448 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Record # 470277
Price: $12.00 

Nikolai Bukharin: The Last Years by: Medvedev, Roy A.Transl. Briggs, A.D.P.

Nikolai Bukharin: The Last Years by: Medvedev, Roy A. Transl. Briggs, A.D.P.

Softcover. NY, W. W. Norton & Co., 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 176 pages, soft cover. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Light foxing to page edges. Binding is solid. This book is a biography of Nikolai Bukharin, one of the most eminent leaders and theoreticians of the Bolsheviks. He was idolized by the youth of Soviet Russia, who identified with him and drew much of their inspiration from his writings. Prominent among the organizers of the revolution, he served for twenty years on the Central Committee and for ten years as a member of the Politburo. Though he and Lenin often disagreed, Lenin referred to him in his Testament as "deservedly the favorite of the Party." Clean copy. Record # 33981
Price: $12.00 

Ninety-Nine Glimpses of Princess Margaret by: Brown, Craig

Ninety-Nine Glimpses of Princess Margaret by: Brown, Craig

Hardcover. NY, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2nd, 2018, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 423 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. Craig Brown's kaleidoscopic experiment in biography combines interviews, parodies, dreams, parallel lives, diaries, announcements, lists, catalogues, and essays to create a witty, moving meditation on fame and art, snobbery, and deference in high society. Clean copy. Record # 33721
Price: $15.00 

No Gifts from Chance: A Biography of Edith Wharton by: No Author

No Gifts from Chance: A Biography of Edith Wharton by: No Author

Hardcover. New York, Scribner Book Company, 1st, 1994, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 546 pages. Light wear/rubbing to dust jacket else a nice, bright copy. Record # 454430
Price: $12.00 

No Laughing Matter: The Life and Times of Flann O'Brien by: Cronin, Anthony

No Laughing Matter: The Life and Times of Flann O'Brien by: Cronin, Anthony

Hardcover. London, U.K., Grafton Books, Reprint, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 260 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, blue cloth covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains a bind-in halfway through with some B&W photography. This book is a biography which presents the life and career of the Irish novelist O'Nolan, including his childhood, his days as a newspaper columnist, his marriage, and his final days. It is rich in background, anecdote, and social history, informing the reader not only about O'Nolan, but also about the country of Ireland in which his lot was cast. Clean copy. Record # 34324
Price: $12.00 

Nobody Told Me by: Geringer, Ken

Nobody Told Me by: Geringer, Ken

Hardcover. New York, Hipway Book, Reprint, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 260 pages. Very good pictorial dust jacket. Record # 804288
Price: $12.00 

North American Sketches of R. B. Cunninghame Graham, The  by: Walker, John

North American Sketches of R. B. Cunninghame Graham, The by: Walker, John

Hardcover. US, University Alabama Press, 1987-11-30, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Like new in publishers shrink-wrap. Record # 463741
Price: $12.00 

North of Now by: Wetherell, W.D.

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 

North to the Pole by: Steger, Will

North to the Pole by: Steger, Will

hardcover. London, Macmillan, 2nd, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 352 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Black and white pictures in center, light fading to cover edges, otherwise clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Record # 469630
Price: $12.00 

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

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 

Nothing to Hide: A Dancer's Life by: Fosse, Robert La

Nothing to Hide: A Dancer's Life by: Fosse, Robert La

Hardcover. US, Dutton Adult, 1st, 1987-11-24, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 278 pages, b&w photos. Light edgewear and rubbing to dust jacket. Clean, tight copy. Record # 461593
Price: $12.00 

Now the War is Over by: Addison, Paul

Now the War is Over by: Addison, Paul

Hardcover. London, British Broadcasting Company, 1st, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, London, British Broadcasting Company, 1st, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust jacket: Good, Black and white photographs. Clean, unmarked copy with edge wear and small tears to top spine of dust jacket.. 223 pages. Record # 467275 Record # 467275
Price: $12.00 


  
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