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Self-Consciousness: Memoirs by John Updike  by: Updike , John

Self-Consciousness: Memoirs by John Updike by: Updike , John

Hardcover. New York, Alfred A. Knopf , 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 257 pages. Illustrated endpapers and fly leaves. Gilt lettering on spine. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Record # 857425
Price: $12.00 

Senor Kon-Tiki - The Biography of Thor Heyerdahl by: Jacoby, Arnold
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Senor Kon-Tiki - The Biography of Thor Heyerdahl by: Jacoby, Arnold

Hardcover. Chicago, Rand McNally , 1st, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 424 pages, b&w photos. Bright, fresh copy in an unclipped dust jacket. Record # 600281
Price: $12.00 

Shaping of the Historian, The - Macaulay by: Clive, John

Shaping of the Historian, The - Macaulay by: Clive, John

Hardcover. NY, Knopf, 1st , 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 499 pages, plus index in rear. Close one inch tear on top front edge of dust jacket, otherwise, very clean and bright copy. Record # 52921
Price: $12.00 

Shaw: An Autobiography, 1856-1898 by: Shaw, Bermard
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Shaw: An Autobiography, 1856-1898 by: Shaw, Bermard

Hardcover. New York, Weybright and Talley, 2nd printing, 1970, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 336 pages. B&W photos. Pictorial dust jacket with small tear on top front and worn and slightly soil on front and back. Black boards with gilt title to spine. Marked on front and back and sun-faded around top edges. Previous owner signature and date on front flyleaf. Record # 850128
Price: $12.00 

Silk Roads: Asian Adventures of Clara and Andre Malraux by: Madsen, Axel

Silk Roads: Asian Adventures of Clara and Andre Malraux by: Madsen, Axel

hardcover. London, I.B.Tauris, reprint, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 299 pages. Hardcover. Gilt titles on spine. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Record # 469627
Price: $12.00 

Simone Weil (Radcliffe biography series) by: Coles, Robert

Simone Weil (Radcliffe biography series) by: Coles, Robert

Hardcover. US, Addison Wesley Longman Publishing Co, 1st, 1987-12-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 179 pages. Light edgewear and rubbing to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy. Record # 463759
Price: $12.00 

Sinclair Lewis: Rebel from Main Street by: Lingeman, Richard
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Sinclair Lewis: Rebel from Main Street by: Lingeman, Richard

Hardcover. NY, Random House, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 659 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has one closed tear at the top of the spine, and some shelf wear to the top edge. Black paper covers have minor bumping at the top and bottom of the spine, but are still in very good condition overall. Interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. This book presents an empathetic, absorbing, and balanced portrait of an eccentric alcoholic-workaholic whose novels and stories exploded shibboleths with a volatile mixture of caricature and realism. Clean copy. Record # 34137
Price: $30.00 

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

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

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

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

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

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 

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

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 

Solo in Tom-Toms, A by: Fowler, Gene

Solo in Tom-Toms, A by: Fowler, Gene

Hardcover. New York, Viking, Reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 390 pages. Price clipped dust jacket shows standard wear. Clean, unmarked copy. Record # 609337
Price: $12.00 

Some Remarkable Men - Further Memoirs by: Lord, James

Some Remarkable Men - Further Memoirs by: Lord, James

Hardcover. New York, Farrar Straus Giroux, 1st Edition, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 324 pages. Hardcover. Black & white photographs throughout. Dust jacket with only minor wear. Dust jacket design by John Fontana and author photo by Bernard Minoret, in 1950 with Jean Cocteau. Clean, unmarked copy. Record # 750134
Price: $12.00 

Sphinx and Her Circle, The - A Biographical Sketch of Ada Leverson by: Wyndham, Violet

Sphinx and Her Circle, The - A Biographical Sketch of Ada Leverson by: Wyndham, Violet

New York , Vanguard, 1st US, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 128 pages including index. Cover faded, no dust jacket. Record # 176712
Price: $12.00 

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

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 

Stalin's Children by: Matthews, Owen

Stalin's Children by: Matthews, Owen

Hardcover. New York, Bloomsbury, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, New York, Bloomsbury, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust jacket: Very Good, 308 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. 16 pages of b&w photographs. Small tear and some edge wear to dust jacket, otherwise clean, tight copy. . 320 pages. Record # 467504 Record # 467504
Price: $12.00 

States Dyckman, American loyalist by: Flexner, James Thomas

States Dyckman, American loyalist by: Flexner, James Thomas

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 an Itinerant Teacher, The by: Griggs, Edward Howard

Story of an Itinerant Teacher, The by: Griggs, Edward Howard

Hardcover. Indianapolis, Bobbs-Merrill Co, 1st, 1934, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 231 pages. Blue cloth cover. Smudges to blank preview pages, some markings on ends of page block, light wear to cover; overall a tight, clean copy. Record # 804551
Price: $12.00 

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

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 

Story of Lindbergh, The - Lone Eagle by: Beamish, Richard J.

Story of Lindbergh, The - Lone Eagle by: Beamish, Richard J.

Hardcover. NY, International Press, 1st, 1927, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 320 pages, b&w illustrations. Blue cloth covers with gilt lettering, light fade to spine. Previous owner's signature and 1927 date on front fly leaf. Record # 601703
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 

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

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 

Swinburne: Portrait of a Poet by: Henderson, Philip

Swinburne: Portrait of a Poet by: Henderson, Philip

Hardcover. New York, Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc., 1st, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 305 pages. 12 b&w plates. Record # 803348
Price: $12.00 

T. E. Lawrence: A New Biography by: Stewart, Desmond

T. E. Lawrence: A New Biography by: Stewart, Desmond

Hardcover. US, Harper & Row, 1st, 1977-01-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 352 pages. Faint foxing to top edge, else a clean, tight copy. Record # 461874
Price: $12.00 


  
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