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The Good Earth
by Pearl S. Buck
- Condition
- Used - Good-
- Jacket Condition
- None
- Edition
- First Edition, 22nd Printing
- Published
- April, 1932
- Binding
- Hardcover lacking dust jacket.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Winfield, Illinois, USA
- Item Price
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€28.27
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Page 100 has the corrected version of fleas. Water stain at bottom, one page bottom also creased. No writing. End papers illustrated with about an inch or so tear in the back ripped. Untrimmed leaves. Top edge dyed green but faded. Backstrip bent with water stain. Stains on boards. End caps very worn. Book is complete. Item Price
€28.27
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Prisoner at the Bar
by Roderic Jeffries as by Jeffrey Ashford
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1969
- Binding
- 5 3/4" x 8 1/4" beige hardcover with dust jacket.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Winfield, Illinois, USA
- Item Price
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€28.27
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States First Published in the United States of America in 1969 by Walker and Co..... Printed in the United States of America from type set in Great Britain. Jeffrey Ashford is a pen name of Roderic Jeffries b. 1926. Slight spine curl and soiling to dust jacket and book. Tiny tear above $4.50 price on flap. No writing or remainder… Read more about this item Item Price
€28.27
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Lalla Rookh
by Thomas Moore
- Condition
- Used - Good-
- Jacket Condition
- none
- Edition
- Fourth Edition
- Published
- 1817
- Binding
- Decorative leather strip with cloth boards and leather corners
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Winfield, Illinois, USA
- Item Price
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€61.26
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Appears to be the original binding. The backstrip is very worn with pieces missing. The cloth is chipped and stained. The leather corners are worn. The date on the dedication page is May 19, 1817. The hinges are intact. There is a paper bookplate. Amor Vincit Omnia means Love Conquers All Things. Damp staining and very foxed. No bad smells.… Read more about this item Item Price
€61.26
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When the Stars Come Out
by Rob Byrnes
- Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- (C)
- Published
- 2006
- Binding
- Smaller trade size hardcover.
- ISBN
- 9780758213242
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Winfield, Illinois, USA
- Item Price
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€9.42
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Book is clean. Boards and lettering are bright. No writing. Several page ends got damaged from improper storage with some page tips bent. NOT an x-libris. Dust jacket near fine. Bumped top and bottom end caps, slightly on corners. Crinkle inside back flap, indent type scratch on back cover. 2006 (C) edition. Lambda Literary Foundation award for Best Gay Romance.… Read more about this item Item Price
€9.42
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The Bandit And The Priest
by Audrey Erskine Lindop
- Condition
- Used - Good -
- Jacket Condition
- none
- Edition
- Literary Guild Selection, First Cardinal Printing July, 1954
- Published
- 1954
- Binding
- Pocket size paperback.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Winfield, Illinois, USA
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€11.31
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First Thus. This book was published as The Singer Not the Song in Great Britain in 1953 and then by Apple-Century-Crofts twice. This is a Literary Guild Selection under this title. States Literary Guild Edition pub. 1953. Cardinal Edition published September 1954. 1st printing July, 1954. Scarce under this title. The complete book. A 1961 movie titled The Singer… Read more about this item Item Price
€11.31
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The Nine Lives of Alphonse
by James L. Johnson
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- None
- Edition
- First Edition, so stated
- Published
- 1968
- Binding
- Hardcover lacking dust jacket.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Winfield, Illinois, USA
- Item Price
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€12.24
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First edition lacking dust jacket. Very Good condition. Previous owner's address stamp on ffep. "Evangelical Literature Overseas, Box 725, Wheaton, IL 60187". (This is Wheaton College) No other markings present. See photos. Front board bends forward slightly. Historical fiction regarding Cuban refugees with a reprinted epitaph by John F. Kennedy. Book is dedicated "To Those Christian Colleagues in Whom… Read more about this item Item Price
€12.24
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Deerslayer or The First War-Path
by J. Fenimore Cooper
- Condition
- Used - Good-
- Jacket Condition
- None
- Edition
- 1875 Appleton
- Published
- 1875
- Binding
- Illustrated Boards
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Winfield, Illinois, USA
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€26.39
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Hinges are cracked but yellow end papers intact. Book is complete. Name in pencil. Boards are rubbed, edges, corners and spine edges worn. Some pages were printed with a crinkle. Some page corners creased, a couple of stains. Good- Item Price
€26.39
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Commitment
by Julie Ellis
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1994
- Binding
- Hardcover with Dust Jacket
- ISBN
- 9780821744222
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Winfield, Illinois, USA
- Item Price
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€9.42
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States First Printing: January 1994. Very slight wear to top and bottom edge of jacket. Top edge and bottom corner is a little bit dirty from dust. Item Price
€9.42
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The Island
by Heather Graham
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 2006
- Binding
- Hardcover with Dust Jacket
- ISBN
- 9780778322832
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Winfield, Illinois, USA
- Item Price
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€8.47
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Stated First Printing 2006. Book is Like New. Item Price
€8.47
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Victorian Erotic Tales
by Sir Richard Burton, Bram Stoker, Various Others
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- States First Published in Great Britain in 1995
- Published
- 1995
- Binding
- Hardcover with Dust Jacket
- ISBN
- 9781854797513
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Winfield, Illinois, USA
- Item Price
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€9.42
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First British Edition. No price on dust jacket. Dustwrapper has wear along edges, corners and spine with some scratches. Cover illustration is nice. Inside Like New. HC Near Fine with edges of spine bumped. Located near Chicago, IL. Item Price
€9.42
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The Betrayal
by Kathleen and Michael Gear
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Hardcover Edition so Stated
- Published
- June, 2008, First Printing Line
- Binding
- Hardcover with Dust Jacket
- ISBN
- 9780765315465
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Winfield, Illinois, USA
- Item Price
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€6.60
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Near Fine condition. Old stock inventory with tight binding, slight shelf wear to dust jacket. A new unread book. States First Hardcover Edition, First Edition, June 2008, 10 - 1 Printing Line. Item Price
€6.60
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Rabbit Redux
by John Updike
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good+
- Edition
- So stated. No printing line. Date on dj 11/71 price 7.95
- Published
- 1971
- Binding
- Hardcover with Dust Jacket.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Winfield, Illinois, USA
- Item Price
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€37.65
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Book and dust jacket in Near Fine condition. Ownership info in pencil was erased from flyleaf. Small bend in the bottom spine as shown otherwise red HC looks new. Top edges are dyed blue. Dust jacket has small corner tears and some minor wear to top & bottom edges. White backside has some discoloration and is slightly soiled. Creased corner… Read more about this item Item Price
€37.65
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An Old Sweetheart of Mine 1902 WITH DUST WRAPPER
by James Whitcomb Riley
- Condition
- Used - Cracked Hinges
- Jacket Condition
- Good-/Fair+
- Edition
- First THUS
- Published
- 1902
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Winfield, Illinois, USA
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€51.84
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Dust wrapper has multiple creases and tears with small pieces missing at corners, edges and spine. Now protected in a mylar book cover. Please see photos. Previous owner's name on flyleaf. The Christy-Riley Books. Copyright 1888-1899-1902, Copyright 1902 The Bowen-Merill Co., published by Grosset & Dunlap NY. This is the expanded edition. Preface states "Inscribed to GEORGE C. HITT The… Read more about this item Item Price
€51.84
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The Sapbucket Genius
by Sichel, Pierre
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- States First Edition
- Published
- 1960
- Binding
- Hardcover, No Dust Jacket.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Winfield, Illinois, USA
- Item Price
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€37.70
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Signed by the author on front end page. No dust jacket. Book in near fine condition. Top corners and along the top foredge is rubbed. With uncut leaves. Top edge of spine is bent under, bottom edge of spine is worn. Stated First Edition. Item Price
€37.70
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The Wind in the Willows
by Kenneth Grahame
- Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- None
- Edition
- 83th Edition
- Published
- 1947
- Binding
- Hardcover, no dust jacket.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Winfield, Illinois, USA
- Item Price
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€37.70
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No dust jacket. Scotch tape at top & bottom edges of spine for reinforcement. Spine bends forward a lot, worn corners, some of the coloring has worn off the green HC. Name on half title page. Book lays flat open at page 200/cracked spine?
One dog eared/creased page corner. Printed in Great Britain by Butler & Tanner, Frome and London.
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€37.70
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The Black Arrow
by Stevenson, Robert Louis
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- None
- Edition
- No date listed but date rec'd inside book November, 1942.
- Published
- No Date, circa 1940
- Binding
- Hardcover no dust jacket.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Winfield, Illinois, USA
- Item Price
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€14.13
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Near Fine Inside with the exception of small amount of wear. Corners are rubbed at top & bottom, edges are bent under & worn. Slight bend in the spine. Some fading to gilt lettering & decoration on spine. Book is GREEN and top pages of book are green also. Item Price
€14.13
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Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde, Travels with a Donkey
by Stevenson, Robert Louis
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- None
- Edition
- Date received written inside cover, January, 1943.
- Published
- no date
- Binding
- Blue hardcover, no dust jacket.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Winfield, Illinois, USA
- Item Price
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€9.42
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No Dj. Royal blue cover, top of pages are blue. Has a slight bend in the spine, gilt lettering and decoration on spine in nice condition. Not much wear to cover but soiled with a scratch and some tiny white dot marks. Spine is split more than 1/3rd of the way inside cover. Item Price
€9.42
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Rass
by Berneice Rabe
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- States First edition, Second Printing, December 1973.
- Published
- Dec., 1973
- Binding
- Hardcover with dust jacket.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Winfield, Illinois, USA
- Item Price
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€28.23
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Signed on front end page, "With All Good Wishes - Berniece Rabb. The Rabb family was from Elgin, IL. Ships from the local area. Hardcover with Dust Jacket protected with a homemade plastic book cover in Fine/Near Fine condition. Item Price
€28.23
The Hound of The Baskervilles A Gateway Edition #6050 (NOT Dell)
by A. Conan Doyle
- Condition
- Used - VG
- Edition
- First Edition THUS (no other printing listed)
- Published
- 1959
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Winfield, Illinois, USA
- Item Price
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€47.08
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This is NOT the Dell edition. Purple wrapper with brown figure, #6050, Hat & Pipe in Circle where Dell is inserted later. Paper is discolored from age. Bottom wrapper corner has several creases. The first chapter has a bottom corner crease beneath. Rubbed corners, chipped edges of spine, edgewear, crase along front edge of spine. Stamp on front end page… Read more about this item Item Price
€47.08
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A Jaunt Through Java
by Ellis, Edward S.
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine/Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Illus. cover No Dj.
- Edition
- 1888 no other printing listed. assumed first
- Published
- 1888
- Binding
- Hardcover, no dust jacket.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Winfield, Illinois, USA
- Item Price
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€37.69
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Book is in Very Good/Near Fine condition. Edges of spine are bent under, end pages have yellowed. Crinkle in paper attached to inside cover, propably assembled that way. Old price written in cover. Nice condition with pages at the end containing A. L. Burt's Book For Young People in case you collect them. Item Price
€37.69