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Science and Religion in the Era of William James: Volume 1, Eclipse of Certainty, 1820-1880Croce, Paul Jerome
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Science and Religion in the Era of William James: Volume 1, Eclipse of Certainty, 1820-1880


Croce, Paul Jerome

Softcover. Chapel Hill, The University of North Carolina Press, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Volume 1. 350 pages, b&w illustrations. Faint pencil markings in margin on a handful pages. Overall, a tight clean copy.

Record # 458660


Price: $13.00 

 

Scorsese Connection, The


Stern , Lesley

Softcover. Bloomington, Indiana University Press, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Illustrated with b&w photographs. 257 pages.

Record # 803525


Price: $10.00 

Scotland Yard; A Study of the Metropolitan PoliceLaurie, Peter
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Scotland Yard; A Study of the Metropolitan Police


Laurie, Peter

Hardcover. New York, Holt, Rinehart, 1st, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 297 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 469562


Price: $13.00 

 

Secret Germany: Claus von Stauffenberg and the Mystical Crusade Against Hitler


Baigent, Michael, Richard Leigh

Hardcover. London, Jonathan Cape, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 337 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Dust jacket unclipped, a little age wear, very good. Boards bound in black cloth, gilt title on spine, excellent. Some foxing on top edge, other wise a clean copy. Binding tight. Looks great. This books revolves around the charismatic figure of Colonel Count Claus von Sauffenberg, Chief of Staff of the Reich Reserve Army. It is also an account of the plot he conceived with a group conspirators to kill Adolf Hitler in July 1944.

Record # 31442


Price: $23.00 

Secret Life of Houdini, The : The Making of America's First SuperheroKalush, William
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Secret Life of Houdini, The : The Making of America's First Superhero


Kalush, William

Hardcover. US, Atria, 1st, 2006-10-31, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 592 pages. Remainder mark to top edge. Illustrations in b&w. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 464078


Price: $10.00 

secret life of Houdini, The: the making of America's first superheroKalush, William
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secret life of Houdini, The: the making of America's first superhero


Kalush, William

Hardcover. New York, Atria Books, reprint, 2006, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 592 pages. Hardcover. B&w photography throughout. Blind stamp on front cover. Illustrated paste downs and end papers. Some soil to front cover. Otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 468897


Price: $15.00 

Secrets of the Water Rats, A Rhode Island Girlhood, 1930s-1940s (SIGNED)McCrosky, Jean C.
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Secrets of the Water Rats, A Rhode Island Girlhood, 1930s-1940s (SIGNED)


McCrosky, Jean C.

Softcover. Massachusetts, Jean C. McCrosky, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 138 pages. Softcover. Signed by author with long inscription. B/w illustrations throughout. In good shape, clean inside. From the back cover: "Climb aboard for an exciting entertaining sail through the adventurous childhood escapades in the Pre-World War II coastal waters of Rhode island. It is a delightfully evocative journey. Take it from someone who was once aboard....and survived."

Record # 30252


Price: $31.00 

Seduced by Logic: Emilie Du Chatelet, Mary Somerville and the Newtonian RevolutionArianrhod, Robyn
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Seduced by Logic: Emilie Du Chatelet, Mary Somerville and the Newtonian Revolution


Arianrhod, Robyn

Hardcover. New York, Oxford University Press, 1st, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 352 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Dust jacket in very good condition with only minor edgewear. Very clean, unmarked, tight copy.

Record # 470844


Price: $25.00 

 

Selected Letters of D. H. Lawrence, The


Lawrence, D. H.

Hardcover. Cambridge ; New York, Cambridge University Press, Reprint, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 524 pages, b&w photos. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 456422


Price: $30.00 

 

Sermon, Memorial Papers and Resolutions in Memory of Rev. Alfred B. Swift of Enosburgh, Vermont with a Biographical Sketch.


Burlington Free Press

Softcover. Burlington, VT, Burlington Free Press Association, 1st, 1884, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, 24 pages. Softcover pamphlet, stitch binding (loose). Tanning to covers and pages from significant age. Some very minor moisture staining to bottom of pages (see image). Very light (erasable) pencil in some places. Spine has been taped to secure stitch binding (see image). Previously exhibited at Shelburne Museum, Shelburne, VT (proprietary stamp to front cover). Booklet compiled to take a look at the considerable life of Swift, as well as an overview of his memorial service and sermon within.

Record # 32283


Price: $25.00 

Shakespeare's Religious BackgroundMilward, Peter
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Shakespeare's Religious Background


Milward, Peter

Hardcover. Chicago, IL, Loyola University Press, 1st, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 305 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Normal light wear and fading to jacket, but very clean and tight copy.

Record # 2230650


Price: $23.00 

 

Shakespeare, The King's Playwright: Theater in the Stuart Court, 1603-1613


Kernan, Alvin

Hardcover. New Haven, Yale University Press, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 230 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 2233616


Price: $15.00 

Shakespeare: The Evidence : Unlocking the Mysteries of the Man and His WorkWilson, Ian
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Shakespeare: The Evidence : Unlocking the Mysteries of the Man and His Work


Wilson, Ian

Hardcover. New York, St. Martin's Press, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 498 pages, b&w illustrations. Dust jacket price clipped with light edgewear. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 453995


Price: $12.00 

 

Shunpike Folk


N/A

Softcover. Vermont, Vermont Historical Society, 1st, n.d., Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 156 pages. Softcover with paper wrappers. Compiled transcripts of stories recorded during the 1976 and 1977 summer sessions of WISE (Watershed to Implement Senior Expertise) program at Johnson State College.

Record # 2233509


Price: $15.00 

 

Silver Trout: Recollections of Salisbury


Students of Mrs. Risch's 4th grade class

Softcover. Salisbury, VT, Highland Press, 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 28 page booklet. Cream colored wrapper with black & white Photographs throughout.

Record # 408421


Price: $19.00 

 

Simon Fraser: Letters and Journals, 1806-1808


Lamb, W. Kaye

Hardcover. Canada, Macmillian, reprint, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 292 pages. Dust jacket price clipped with light edgewear, chipping, protected in a clear mylar cover. Previous owner's bookplate on front end paper, else a nice, clean, tight copy.

Record # 809836


Price: $40.00 

 

Sir Philip Sidney - The Shepherd Knight


Howell, Roger

Hardcover. Boston, Little Brown, 1st US, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good,

Record # 56388


Price: $15.00 

 

Sir Philip Sidney: Courtier Poet.


Duncan-Jones, Katherine

Hardcover. London, Hamish Hamilton, 1st, 1991-01-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 350 pages. Light shelf-wear and rubbing to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 462159


Price: $25.00 

 

Sir Walter Scott As a Judge: His Decisions in the Sheriff Court of Selkirk


Chisholm, K.C., John

Hardcover. Edinburgh, Ireland, W. Green & Son, 1st, 1918, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 218 pages. Maroon cloth, gilt title to spine. previous owner's signature on front fly leaf. Wear to edges, lower edges bumped, spine lightly rubbed. Interior very good.

Record # 607666


Price: $25.00 

 

Six Crises (SIGNED)


Nixon, Richard M.

Hardcover. New York , Doubleday, 1st, 1962, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 460 pages, gray cloth covers. Dust jacket with light edgewear, chipping. SIGNED BY NIXON on tipped-in page. Xerox of dealer's letter laid in on the authenticity of Nixon's autograph. (He suggests it's authentic).

Record # 407010


Price: $125.00 

 

SOE: An Outline History of the Special Operations Executive, 1940-46


D., M. R. (Michael Richard Daniell) Foot

Hardcover. Frederick, MD, University Publications of America, 2nd, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 280 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket, clean tight copy.

Record # 471855


Price: $15.00 

 

Soldat parmi des soldats, Un


Von Choltitz, Dietrich

Softcover. Dublin, Ireland, Aubanel, Reprint, 1964, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 347 pages. Hardcover in French Text. Red cloth covered boards with black printed titles. Related ephemera, an article from the New York Times dated 1966, tipped in to rear. Original dust jacket with wear to edges, small tears & chips. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 751520


Price: $25.00 

Solitary Survivor: The First American Pow in Southeast AsiaLawrence R., Jr. Bailey
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Solitary Survivor: The First American Pow in Southeast Asia


Lawrence R., Jr. Bailey

Hardcover. Washington, 1st, November 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 214 pages. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR ON FRONT ENDPAPER. Black boards, illustrated dust jacket. Slight rubbing to dust jacket, clean covers, pages crisp and unmarked; a clean, tight copy.

Record # 451788


Price: $20.00 

Somewhere for Me : A Biography of Richard RodgersSecrest, Meryle
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Somewhere for Me : A Biography of Richard Rodgers


Secrest, Meryle

Hardcover. New York, Knopf, 1st, November 6, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 457 pages, b&w photos. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor edgewear to dust jacket.

Record # 458526


Price: $19.00