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The Welsh Wars of Edward I: A Contribution to Mediaeval Military History, Based on Original Documents by: Morris, John E.
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The Welsh Wars of Edward I: A Contribution to Mediaeval Military History, Based on Original Documents by: Morris, John E.

Hardcover. London, U.K., Oxford University Press, Reprint, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 327 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has some edge wear, and chipping is present on the rear. Blue cloth covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W tables and graphs throughout. This book uses historical documents to chronicle Edward I's methodical reduction of Welsh independence, which he achieved through many years of building strategic castles, conducting "scorched earth" sweeps, and establishing loyal local nobles. Clean copy. Record # 34226
Price: $15.00 

The World of Megaliths by: Mohen, Jean-Pierre
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The World of Megaliths by: Mohen, Jean-Pierre

Hardcover. NY, Facts on File, 1st thus, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 318 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket is bumped along the top edge, and the laminate on the rear has bubbled. Black cloth covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W and full-color photography throughout. This book takes readers beyond the myths to the megaliths themselves, piecing together their history and that of the people who built them. This is a large format book, available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Clean copy. Record # 34050
Price: $12.00 

The Year the Red Sox Won the Series: A Chronicle of the 1918 Championship Season [INSCRIBED COPY] by: Waterman, Ty Springer, Mel Forward: Shaughnessy, Dan
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The Year the Red Sox Won the Series: A Chronicle of the 1918 Championship Season [INSCRIBED COPY] by: Waterman, Ty Springer, Mel Forward: Shaughnessy, Dan

Hardcover. Boston, MA, Northeastern University Press, 1st, 1999, 293 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket is lightly crinkled at the top of the spine, but is still in very good condition. Brown cloth covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography and illustrations throughout. This book is a compilation of newspapers columns and cartoons from 1918, with commentary. In this thoroughly entertaining and informative chronicle, the reader is transported back to a time when the nation was at war, dozens of baseball players were enlisting in the armed services or jumping their teams to play for shipyard clubs, and the government shut down the season a month early to draft all eligible players. Author's inscription to previous owner reads: "Wishing you many, many winning seasons." - Mel Springer. Clean copy. Record # 34233
Price: $15.00 

The Years of the Forest by: Hoover, Helen, Illust. by: Adrian Hoover
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The Years of the Forest by: Hoover, Helen, Illust. by: Adrian Hoover

Hardcover. NY, Knopf, 2nd Pr., 1973, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 318 pages, hardcover. Red dust jacket with white and yellow text is in fair condition, as minor water damage has resulted in significant foxing. Brown paper covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Go inside the Hoover's wilderness home during their 16 years of the forest. Experience not only the joys and the techniques but also the challenges and travails of going it alone in the beautiful but not always accommodating wilderness. Clean copy. Record # 34435
Price: $12.00 

Theatre Outlook by: Priestley, J.B.
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Theatre Outlook by: Priestley, J.B.

Hardcover. London, Nicholson and Watson, 1st, 1947, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, yellow cloth, 84 pages. Black & white and color photos and charts. Dust jacket with edgewear, light chipping. "What is happening to our theatre now? What ought to happen to it in the future? We are in a curious position. We are worse off because the economic conditions of theatrical production are appalling, and, better off because we have created new audiences with a sharp appetite for good drama." A appraisal of Post-war theatre in Britain. Clean copy. Record # 200592
Price: $12.00 

Theory of Conflict, A by: Crozier, Brian
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Theory of Conflict, A by: Crozier, Brian

Hardcover. NY, Scribners, 1st , 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Previous owner's signature front end paper. The author argues that the State is necessary, but rebellion against it is inevitable. Record # 54959
Price: $25.00 

They Found the Buried Cities: Exploration and Excavation in the American Tropics by: Wauchope, Robert
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They Found the Buried Cities: Exploration and Excavation in the American Tropics by: Wauchope, Robert

Hardcover. Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1st, 1965, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 382 pages, illustrated throughout with photographs. Very clean and tight copy. Record # 853284
Price: $12.00 

They Were There: The Civil War in Action as Seen by its Combat Artists by: Stern, Philip Van Doren
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They Were There: The Civil War in Action as Seen by its Combat Artists by: Stern, Philip Van Doren

Hardcover. NY, Crown Publishers, Inc., 1st, 1959, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 168 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has been price-clipped, and is in fair condition overall due to multiple closed tears and chips. Red cloth cover boards with a quarter black spine are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W illustrations throughout. This book presents a survey of Civil War battle art, some of which is not published elsewhere. Contains six war-inspired poems by Walt Whitman. This is a large-format book, available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Previous owner's signature is present on the front end page, otherwise clean copy. Record # 34397
Price: $15.00 

They Were There: The Civil War in Action as Seen by its Combat Artists by: Stern, Philip Van Doren
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They Were There: The Civil War in Action as Seen by its Combat Artists by: Stern, Philip Van Doren

Hardcover. NY, Crown Publishers, Inc., 1st, 1959, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 168 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has been price-clipped, and is in fair condition overall due to multiple closed tears and chips. Red cloth cover boards with a quarter black spine are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W illustrations throughout. This book presents a survey of Civil War battle art, some of which is not published elsewhere. Contains six war-inspired poems by Walt Whitman. This is a large-format book, available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Clean copy. Record # 34348
Price: $15.00 

This is Glass by: Corning Glass Works
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This is Glass by: Corning Glass Works

Softcover. New York, Corning Glass Works, 1st, 1966, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 56 pages. Exhibition catalog. Assumed publication date of 1966. Black laminate wrappers with color illustration, perfect binding, profusely illustrated with b&w plates, perfect binding. Light rubbing to wrappers, nick to center of spine from bending, previous owner's short ink inscription to corner of first page, otherwise pages crisp and unmarked; overall, a very neat, tight copy. Record # 807708
Price: $12.00 

This Timeless Moment: A Personal View of Aldous Huxley by: Huxley, Laura
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This Timeless Moment: A Personal View of Aldous Huxley by: Huxley, Laura

Softcover. Millbrae, CA, Celestial Arts, 1st, 1975, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 240 pages, soft cover, B&W illustrations and photos throughout. Minor wear but generally in good condition. Long before "turn on, tune in, drop out" became the credo of the American counterculture, Aldous Huxley was using mescaline and LSD in controlled, carefully documented experiments. Accounts of those psychedelic experiences, along with his interest in Eastern mystical religions, accompany the moving story of Aldous Huxley's later years with his wife, Laura. Huxley's fascination with the spiritual world remained with him throughout his life and never wavered through his final illness in 1963. THIS TIMELESS MOMENT takes the reader into the lively mind of one of the most profound thinkers of any generation. Previous owner's name on first front end page, otherwise clean copy. Record # 33578
Price: $17.00 

Thomas Becket by: Winston, Richard
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Thomas Becket by: Winston, Richard

Hardcover. NY, Alfred A. Knopf, 1st, 1967, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 413 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has a few closed tears, with minor edge wear and rubbing. Burgundy cloth covers with a blue cloth spine are clean and bright, as are interior pages. A couple interior pages have minor staining which does not impact the legibility of any text blocks. Binding is solid. This biography presents the story of Thomas Becket, who was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1162 until his murder in 1170. Previous owner's signature is present on the front end page, otherwise clean copy. Record # 34496
Price: $12.00 

Thomas Jefferson: The 3rd President, 1801-1809 by: Appleby, Joyce
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Thomas Jefferson: The 3rd President, 1801-1809 by: Appleby, Joyce

Hardcover. New York, Times Books, 1st, February 1, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 184 pages. Very good. Record # 454587
Price: $12.00 

Those Naughty Ladies of the Old North West by: Meier, Gary
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Those Naughty Ladies of the Old North West by: Meier, Gary

Softcover. Bend, Or., Maverick Distributors, 1st, June 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 136 pages, illustrated throughout in b&w. Light wear, soil to wrappers, else a clean, tight copy. Record # 457243
Price: $12.00 

Thousand Pieces of Gold, A  by: Mah, Adeline Yen
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Thousand Pieces of Gold, A by: Mah, Adeline Yen

Hardcover. Harper Collins, New York, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 310 pages. A very clean, tight copy. Record # 454384
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

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

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 

Three Roads to the Alamo: The Lives and Fortunes of David Crockett, James Bowie, and William Barret Travis by: Davis, William C.
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Three Roads to the Alamo: The Lives and Fortunes of David Crockett, James Bowie, and William Barret Travis by: Davis, William C.

Softcover. US, Harper Perennial, 1st, 1999-04-07, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 791 pages. Light edgewear to wrappers, else a clean, tight copy. Record # 462149
Price: $12.00 

Threescore Years and Beyond; Or, Experiences of the Aged. A Book for Old People, Describing the Labors, Home Life, and Closing Experiences of a Large Number of Aged Representative Men and Women by: Harrison, William DE PUY
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Threescore Years and Beyond; Or, Experiences of the Aged. A Book for Old People, Describing the Labors, Home Life, and Closing Experiences of a Large Number of Aged Representative Men and Women by: Harrison, William DE PUYThreescore Years and Beyond; Or, Experiences of the Aged. A Book for Old People, Describing the Labors, Home Life, and Closing Experiences of a Large Number of Aged Representative Men and Women by: Harrison, William DE PUY

Threescore Years and Beyond; Or, Experiences of the Aged. A Book for Old People, Describing the Labors, Home Life, and Closing Experiences of a Large Number of Aged Representative Men and Women by: Harrison, William DE PUY

Hardcover. NY, Nelson & Phillips, Early Reprint, Illustrated Edition, 1875, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 512 pages, hardcover. Brown cloth covers have significant edge wear, but are still in good condition considering the age of the volume. Interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. Two B&W engravings can be found within, including the frontispiece. This book, directed at those in the evenings of their lives, includes many biblical references, with a focus on instructive, encouraging, and comforting records of the experiences of a large number of representative old people. Previous owner's inscription on front end pages, otherwise clean copy. Record # 33959
Price: $50.00 

Through the Looking Glass: Collections in Miniature by: Ruble, Ann
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Through the Looking Glass: Collections in Miniature by: Ruble, Ann

Hardcover. Clifton, VA, Boynton and Associates, Inc., 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 152 pages. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Color and B/W photographs. Previous owner's ephemera included with book. Very clean. Dust jacket scuffed. Record # 802370
Price: $12.00 

Time Before History: 5 Million Years of Human Impact by: Tudge, Colin
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Time Before History: 5 Million Years of Human Impact by: Tudge, Colin

Hardcover. New York, Scribner, reprint, 1996, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 366 pages. Silver gilt titles on spine. Faint foxing to top edge, otherwise a clean, tight copy. Record # 468010
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

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 

To Bear Any Burden by: Santoli, Al
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To Bear Any Burden by: Santoli, Al

Hardcover. Boston , E. P. Dutton, Inc., 1st, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 367 pages. Hardcover. 16 pages of b&w photographs. Gilt titles on spine. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Record # 468089
Price: $12.00 

To Herland and Beyond: The Life and Work of Charlotte Perkins Gilman by: Lane, Ann J.
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To Herland and Beyond: The Life and Work of Charlotte Perkins Gilman by: Lane, Ann J.

Softcover. Plume, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 411 pages, b&w photos. Light edgewear to wrappers and slight tanning to pages, else a clean, tight copy. Record # 458671
Price: $12.00 


  
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