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My Life in the Negro Leagues: An Autobiography
by Wilmer Fields
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- First Edition
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- 1992
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- Hardcover
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- 9780887368509
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€233.02
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Westport, USA: Meckler Publishing, 1992. As New in an As New dust jacket. Bound in full brown cloth. The spine is stamped in gilt. xiii + 91pps., with photos. A flawless, collector's-quality copy: clean, tight, square and bright. All tips are sharp. The textblock is immaculate: no apparent reading wear and no previous ownership… Read more about this item Item Price
€233.02
Year of Decisions
by Truman, Harry S.
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- First Edition
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- 1955
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- Hardcover
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Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, USA
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€279.63
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Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1955. Fine in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Bound in full black cloth. The spine is stamped in silver and purple; the front panel in silver. Octavo. Green topstain. Red and white 'Missouri' endpapers. xi + 596pps. An excellent, collector's-quality copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. No apparent reading wear and… Read more about this item Item Price
€279.63
Soldier in the West : The Civil War Letters of Alfred Lacey Hough
by Athearn, Robert G. (edited by)
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- First Edition
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- 1957
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- Hardcover
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€46.61
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Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1957. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket. Bound in full black cloth. The spine is stamped in silver. Octavo. 250pps. The heel of the spine is lightly bumped and there is a small speck atop the textblock. Otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. The textblock is immaculate; no apparent… Read more about this item Item Price
€46.61
A Sorrow in Our Heart : The Life of Tecumseh
by Eckert, Allan W
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- First Edition, First Printing
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- 1992
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- Hardcover
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- 9780553080230
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Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, USA
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€41.94
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New York: Bantam, 1992. [1992]. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket. Textured tan boards quarterbound in black cloth. The spine is stamped in gilt. Quarto. Map-endpapers. [xvii] + 862pps. There is very mild rubbing to the board-edges, otherwise Fine: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. No apparent reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket,… Read more about this item Item Price
€41.94
The Burden is Light! : The Autobiography of a Transformed Pagan
by Price, Eugenia
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- First Edition
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- 1955
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- Hardcover
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€69.91
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Westwood, New Jersey: Revell, 1955. Very Good in a Very Good dustjacket. Green cloth with a black cloth backstrip. The spine is stamped in silver. Octavo with yellow topstain. 221pps. There is light rubbing to the tips and the spine-ends and there is some foxing to the endpapers. Otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. The text is immaculate; no apparent… Read more about this item Item Price
€69.91
Angela's Ashes : A Memoir
by McCourt, Frank
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- First Edition
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- 1996
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- Paperback
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- 9780684874357
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Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, USA
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€326.24
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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Scribner's, 1996. [1996]. Uncorrected Proof. In Near Fine condition. Bound in glossy, pictorial wraps, trade-sized (pb). 358pps. There is a slight bump to the lower rear tip, otherwise as new: clean, tight, and bright. The text is immaculate; no apparent reading wear and no previous ownership markings. SIGNED by the author -- without further inscription --… Read more about this item Item Price
€326.24
Catch Me If You Can
by Abagnale, Frank W., Jr. (with Stan Redding)
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- First Edition, First Printing
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- Hardcover
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- 9780448165387
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€139.82
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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Grosset & Dunlap [1980]. Very Good in a Very Good dustjacket. Bound in full blue cloth. The spine is stamped in gilt. Octavo. 253pps. Stated First Printing. There is mild bumping to the spine-ends and a tidy gift inscription is neatly penned near the top of the ffep. Otherwise clean, bright, square and soundly bound.… Read more about this item Item Price
€139.82
The Life of Andrew Jackson : Complete in One Volume
by James, Marquis
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- Hardcover
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€27.96
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Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill (1938). Near Fine in a Very Good dustjacket. Bound in full brick-red cloth. The spine is stamped in black and gilt. Red topstain. Large octavo. Map-endpapers. 972pps., plus numerous plates. About 1/4" of cloth is sunfaded at either spine-end, otherwise fine: clean, tight, square, and bright. The textblock is immaculate; no apparent reading wear and no previous ownership… Read more about this item Item Price
€27.96
Seurat (1859 - 1891)
by Cousturier, Lucie
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- 1926
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€46.61
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Paris, France: G. Cres et Co., 1926. Very Good+ in a Poor dustjacket. White paper over boards Quarto. 36pps of text followed by 65 pps of black-and-white plates in similgravure. A very nice copy: clean, bright, and soundly bound. No previous ownership markings. The front and rear dustjacket panels (the spine panel is missing)… Read more about this item Item Price
€46.61
The Works of M. P. Shiel : A Study in Bibliography
by Morse, A. Reynolds
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- Limited First Edition
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- 1948
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- Hardcover
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€27.96
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Los Angeles: Fantasy Publishing, 1948. In Very Good condition in the publisher's full green cloth. The spine is stamped in gilt. Octavo. [xvii] + 170pps., + 11 plates including a frontispiece of the subject. No dustjacket. The binding is slightly shaken, though sound, with all pages intact. Otherwise clean and bright. No previous ownership markings. This edition is limited to… Read more about this item Item Price
€27.96
John Marsh, Pioneer : The Life Story of A Trail-Blazer On Six Frontiers
by Lyman, George D
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- First Edition
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- 1930
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- Hardcover
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€186.42
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New York: Scribner's, 1930. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket. Bound in the full blue cloth. Both the spine and the front panel are stamped in gilt (still brilliant). Octavo. Red and beige map-endpapers. [xii] + 394pps., + 24 illustrations. First printing (Scribner's 'A' and seal). There are mild touches of rubbing to the cloth, otherwise clean, bright, square,… Read more about this item Item Price
€186.42
In My Father's Court
by Singer, Isaac Bashevis
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- First Edition, First Printing
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- 1966
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- Hardcover
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Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, USA
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€116.51
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Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society, 1966. Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket. Tan boards quarterbound in black cloth. Both the spine and the front board are stamped in gilt. Octavo. Black topstain. 307pps. Stated first printing. There is very mild rubbing to the tips and the board-edges, otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. The text is immaculate; no previous ownership… Read more about this item Item Price
€116.51
Selected Letters of Virgil Thomson
by Thomson, Virgil (edited by Page, Tim and Page, Vanessa Weeks)
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- Limited First Edition
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- 1988
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- Hardcover
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- 9780671621179
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€93.21
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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Summit Books, 1988. Near Fine in a Near Fine slipcase. Fully bound in sage-green cloth. The spine is stamped in gilt. Octavo. Beige endpaper. 413pps. No dustjacket, as issued. There is a touch of sunning to the spine and a few small specks of soiling near the top of the fore-edge, otherwise clean, tight, square, and… Read more about this item Item Price
€93.21
Hoffa's Man : The Rise and Fall of Jimmy Hoffa as Witnessed by His Strongest Arm
by Franco, Joseph; Hammer, Richard
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- First Edition, First Printing
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- 1987
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- Hardcover
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- 9780135177648
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€93.21
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New York: Prentice Hall, 1987. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket. Gray boards quarterbound in red cloth. The spine is stamped in silver. Quarto. Gray endpapers. [xv] + 332pps., plus 8 pages of photos. There is faint dustspotting to the page-edges, otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. The text is immaculate; no apparent reading wear… Read more about this item Item Price
€93.21
The Story of Hendrik Willem Van Loon (with ephemera)
by Van Loon, Gerard Willem
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- First Edition
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- 1972
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- Hardcover
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- 9780397008445
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Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, USA
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€181.76
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Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1972. Fine in a Very Good+ dustjacket. Bound in full red cloth. Both the spine and the decorative front board are stamped in gilt. Van Loon artwork-endpapers. xi, 399pps., plus sixteen pages of photos and illustrations. Stated First Edition.Includes original artwork (please read on). There is very mild rubbing to the spine-ends, otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright.… Read more about this item Item Price
€181.76
Tropique Du Cancer
by Miller, Henry
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- Used
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- Limited Edition
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- 1947
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- Paperback
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Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, USA
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€466.05
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Paris: Deux-Rives, 1947. Number 514 of an edition limited to 750 copies. Unbound signatures in a pictorial red and black-stamped portfolio in a beige chemise (gilt-stamped) and slipcase: all as issued. Quarto. 396pps., with 24 full-color lithographs and numerous smaller illustrations printed in brown. Also a thirteen page Preface, 'Le Lyrisme de Henry Miller,' by Henri Fluchere. First Edition with… Read more about this item Item Price
€466.05
Edmund Hillary : The Life of a Legend
by Booth, Pat
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- First Edition
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- 1993
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- 9781869580353
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€233.02
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New Zealand: Moa Beckett, 1993. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket. Gray boards. The spine is stamped in gilt. Crown Quarto. Gray endpapers. 208pps., with numerous photographs. There is mild rubbing to the extremities and a slight lean to the spine, otherwise clean, tight, and bright. The text is immaculate; no reading… Read more about this item Item Price
€233.02
Life In Brazil (or A Journal of a Visit to the Land of Cocoa and the Palm)
by Ewbank, Thomas
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- 1856
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- Hardcover
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€186.42
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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1856. In Very Good condition. Bound in the publisher's embossed brown cloth. The spine is gilt-stamped. 469pps., with over 100 illustrations 'of ancient South American arts (in recently discovered implements and products of domestic industry, and works in stone, pottery, gold, silver, bronze, &c).' There is rubbing wear to the tips and the spine-ends, with… Read more about this item Item Price
€186.42
China Past And Present
by Buck, Pearl S
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- Used
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- Limited First Edition
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- 1972
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- Hardcover
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€163.12
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New York: John Day, 1972. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket. Bound in full white buckram. Both the spine and the decorative front board are stamped in black. Quarto. Burnt-orange endpapers. 177pps., with numerous black-and-white photos. Pages 95 and 97 have 1" closed tears with attendant creases, otherwise Fine: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. No… Read more about this item Item Price
€163.12
Les Memoires De Josephine Baker
by Sauvage, Marcel
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- First Edition
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- 1949
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- Paperback
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€233.02
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Paris: Editions Correa, 1949. Very Good in pictorial wraps, trade sized (pb). 343pps., plus numerous black-and-white photos. Includes the original promotional wrap-around band. Text in French. Modest rubbing wear to the wraps (now protected in a glassine jacket). There is a 2" closed tear at the top of the rear wrap at the spine-fold. Also, there is a line of… Read more about this item Item Price
€233.02