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SCENES OF CHILDHOOD
by Warner, Sylvia Townsend
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- Used - Very Good in unclipped and slightly worn dust jacket
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- [1982]
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- Hardcover
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- 9780670620432
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€10.33
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New York: The Viking Press, [1982]. Hardcover. Very Good in unclipped and slightly worn dust jacket. 8.75 x 5.4 x 0.9 inches. A compilation of reminiscences from the New Yorker by the once-celebrated English writer; published posthumously; 177 pages Item Price
€10.33
INVENTING WONDERLAND: THE LIVES AND FANTASIES OF LEWIS CARROLL, EDWARD LEAR, J.M. BARRIE, KENNETH GRAHAME AND A.A. MILNE
by Wullschlager, Jackie
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- Used - Near Fine in dust jacket
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- [1996]
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- Hardcover
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- 9780684822860
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€9.39
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New York: The Free Press, [1996]. Hardcover. Near Fine in dust jacket. 6.5 x 1 x 9.75 inches. First American Edition; First Printing The story of five boys who didnât grow up and the literary revolution they created: Lewis Carroll, Edward Lear, J.M. Barre, Kenneth Grahame, and A.A. Milne; includes notes, bibliography, and an index in its 228… Read more about this item Item Price
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FAMOUS LONG AGO: MY LIFE AND HARD TIMES WITH LIBERATION NEWS SERVICE
by Raymond Mungo
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- Used - Better than Very Good in wrappers; previous owner name on first free endpaper
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- [2012]
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- Paperback
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- 9781558499478
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€5.63
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Amherst MA: University of Massachusetts Press, [2012]. Paperback. Better than Very Good in wrappers; previous owner name on first free endpaper. 5.5 x 0.68 x 8.51 inches. New Paperback Edition Originally published in 1970 this edition has a new introduction by John McMillian and a new epilogue by the author; it remains one of the few enduring memoirs… Read more about this item Item Price
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FROM PARLOR TO PRISON: FIVE AMERICAN SUFFRAGISTS TALK ABOUT THEIR LIVES
by Gluck, Sherna B. (editor)
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- Used - About Very Good in wrappers
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- 1976
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- Paperback
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- 9780394716428
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New York: Vintage Books / Random House, 1976. Paperback. About Very Good in wrappers. 8 x 5.25 x .8 inches. First Edition Stated Five Suffragists (Sylvie Thygeson, Jessie Haver Butler, Miriam Allen deFord, Laura Ellsworth Seiler and Ernestine Hara Kettler) tell their stories; 285 pages including chronology and selected bibliography Item Price
€5.63
SLEEPING WHERE I FALL: A CHRONICLE
by Coyote, Peter
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- Used - Very Good in dust jacket; a bit edgeworn; dogear on page 88; sticker on rear of dj; a few pencil marks on bottom of text block
- Published
- [1998]
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- Hardcover
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- 9781887178679
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€12.20
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Washington D.C.: Counterpoint, [1998]. Hardcover. Very Good in dust jacket; a bit edgeworn; dogear on page 88; sticker on rear of dj; a few pencil marks on bottom of text block. 6.75 x 1.25 x 9.5 inches. Second Printing Coyoteâs record of the tribes of free people he lived and interacted with; 367 pages including index Item Price
€12.20
STIEG LARSSON: THE REAL STORY OF THE MAN WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE
by Pettersson, Jan-Erik
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- Used - Very Good in dust jacket; ex-library with the usual labels, markings but no pocket.
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- 2011
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- Hardcover
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- 9781402789403
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€4.69
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New York: Sterling Publishing, 2011. Hardcover. Very Good in dust jacket; ex-library with the usual labels, markings but no pocket.. 9.1 x 6.4 x 1.1 inches. First American Edition Stieg Larsson's former publisher reveals the real man behind the bestselling Millennium Trilogy. Item Price
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THEY HANGED MY SAINTLY BILLY
by Graves, Robert
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- Used - Very Good in wrappers; text block edges a bit dirty.
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- [1980]
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- Paperback
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- 9780897330299
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€3.75
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Chicago: Academy Chicago Limited, [1980]. Paperback. Very Good in wrappers; text block edges a bit dirty.. 5.5 x 1.3 x 8.5 inches. Robert Graves recounts the life of William Palmer: surgeon, racehorse owner...a confessed forger who got girls into trouble, doped horses, robbed a few people...but was he a poisoner? Item Price
€3.75
LAWRENCE AND THE ARABS
by Graves, Robert
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- Used - Very Good in wrappers; top edge a bit dirty.
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- 1991
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- Paperback
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- 9781557783387
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€14.08
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New York: Paragon House, 1991. Paperback. Very Good in wrappers; top edge a bit dirty.. 8.1 x 5.5 x 1.1 inches. First Paperback Edition A close friend, Graves had Lawrence's permission and cooperation in this biography written in 1927; includes an index; 454 pages. Item Price
€14.08
ROBERT GRAVES: THE ASSAULT HEROIC 1895-1926
by Graves, Richard Perceval
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- Used - Very Good in dust jacket; top of dj frayed and dirty.
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- 1986
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780297789437
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London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1986. Hardcover. Very Good in dust jacket; top of dj frayed and dirty.. 9.4 x 6.4 x 1.5 inches. Item Price
€5.63
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QUERIDA UAKAMALA
by Hopkins, Elena
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- Used - Near Fine in wrappers
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- 2010
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- Paperback
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€23.48
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LaVergne TN: Self Published, 2010. Paperback. Near Fine in wrappers. 8.5 x 5.5 x .2 inches. Author's second chapbook on the subject following My Panama Item Price
€23.48
A BOOK OF REASONS
by Vernon, John
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- Used - Fine
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- 1999
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- PB
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- 9780395944776
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€14.56
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New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1999. PB. Fine. small 8vo. Advance Reading Copy Item Price
€14.56
44: DUBLIN MADE ME
by Sheridan, Peter
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- Used - Near Fine in wrappers; corners worn
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- [1999]
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- Paperback
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- 9780670885145
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€10.33
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New York: Viking, [1999]. Paperback. Near Fine in wrappers; corners worn. Trade Paperback. Advance Uncorrected Proofs Coming of age in the 1960s in Dublin; this advance copy by the famous theatre director documents a time gone by Item Price
€10.33
THE JOURNEY TO STELLA: A.D. 1710-1713
by Swift, Jonathan
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- Used - Very Good in red cloth; spine faded; text clean and unmarked; a very few pages with bent bottom corners.
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- 1924
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- Hardcover
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€9.39
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London: G. Bell and Sons, 1924. Hardcover. Very Good in red cloth; spine faded; text clean and unmarked; a very few pages with bent bottom corners.. 6.6 x 4.3 x .8 inches. Part of Bohn's Popular Library; Dean Swift's correspondence with his friend, Esther Johnson, whom he called Stella and whom he may have secretly married. Item Price
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BORN ON BROADWAY
by Osborne, Richard
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- Used - Very Good in chipped and edgeworn dust jacket; price stickers on spine and first free endpaper.
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- [1980]
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- Hardcover
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Burlingame CA: Bock Publishing, [1980]. Hardcover. Very Good in chipped and edgeworn dust jacket; price stickers on spine and first free endpaper.. 9.25 x 6.25 x .75 inches. Memoir of a life in show business; signed by the author on the front free endpaper with an inscription: Jan 1985 To Dan With all best wishes. Item Price
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AMAZING GRACE: AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A SURVIVOR
by Halloran, Grace
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- Used - Almost Very Good in wrappers; edges dirty; small stain on top edge; front wrap wrinkled at top corner; text clean and unmarked.
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- 1993
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9781880823057
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€56.36
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Georgetown MA: North Star Publications (MA), 1993. Paperback. Almost Very Good in wrappers; edges dirty; small stain on top edge; front wrap wrinkled at top corner; text clean and unmarked.. 9 x 6 x 0.6 inches. First Printing A pioneer in helping those, like herself and her son, who are afflicted with the incurable, degenerative eye disease Retinitis… Read more about this item Item Price
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ZAPATA OF MEXICO
by Newell, Peter E.
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- Used - About Very Good in worn wrappers
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- [1979]
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- Paperback
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- 9780904564242
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€7.51
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Orkney UK: Cienfuegos Press, [1979]. Paperback. About Very Good in worn wrappers. 9.5 x 6 x .5 inches. Cover illustration by Flavio Costantini; an anarchist view of the revolutionary whose influence continues to this day Item Price
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GETTING TO KNOW THE GENERAL: THE STORY OF AN INVOLVEMENT
by Greene, Graham
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- Used - Near Fine in dust jacket
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- 1984
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- Hardcover
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- 9780671541606
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€11.26
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New York: Simon and Schuster, 1984. Hardcover. Near Fine in dust jacket. 9.3 x 5.4 x 1.1 inches. First American Edition Vintage Greene as he recounts his relationship with General Torrijos of Panama Item Price
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LITTLE JOURNEYS TO THE HOMES OF ENGLISH AUTHORS: ROBERT SOUTHEY
by Hubbard, Elbert
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- Used - Very Good in slightly worn, faded, yapped suede; top edge gilt with deckled fore and bottom edges; detached silk ribbon bookmar
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- 1900
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- Leather
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€32.87
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East Aurora NY: Roycrofters, 1900. Leather. Very Good in slightly worn, faded, yapped suede; top edge gilt with deckled fore and bottom edges; detached silk ribbon bookmark; some transference from illuminated letters on to facing page throughout.. 6 X 8 X .35 inches. Limited Edition numbered 578 of 940 copies Signed by Hubbard; frontpiece protrait of Southey… Read more about this item Item Price
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LITTLE JOURNEYS TO THE HOMES OF ENGLISH AUTHORS (NEW SERIES; VOL. VI, BOOK 1)
by Hubbard, Elbert
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- Used - Very Good in worn, faded, yapped green suede; top edge gilt with deckled fore and bottom edges; silk ribbon bookmark
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- 1900
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- Leather
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€44.15
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East Aurora NY: Roycrofters, 1900. Leather. Very Good in worn, faded, yapped green suede; top edge gilt with deckled fore and bottom edges; silk ribbon bookmark. 6 X 8 X 1 inches. Limited Edition numbered 661 of 947 copies Signed by Hubbard and illuminator Maud Baker; contains Hubbard's take on William Morris, Robert Browning, Alfred Tennyson, Robert Burns,… Read more about this item Item Price
€44.15
GARCIA LORCA
by Honig, Edwin
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- Used - Very Good in edgeworn and chipped dust jacket
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- [1944]
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- Hardcover
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€16.90
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Norfolk CT: New Directions Books, [1944]. Hardcover. Very Good in edgeworn and chipped dust jacket. 7.25 x 5 x .8 inches. This study of Spain's great modern poet is the fourth volume in the Makers of Moder Literature series; includes selected bibliography and index Item Price
€16.90