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The Man Who Ran Washington
by Baker, Peter; Glasser, Susan
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- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 2020
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780385540551
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- 1
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Martinez, California, USA
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€7.11
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Doubleday, 2020. Hardcover. Very Good. * Stated First Edition.* Book cover near new, light edge wear - pages clean, bright and unmarked spine like new.* Jacket like new, light edge wear. * ""Honest and reliable service - every book hand-packaged with care."" Item Price
€7.11
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Poisoner in Chief
by Kinzer, Stephen
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Published
- 2019
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9781250140432
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- 1
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Martinez, California, USA
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€12.32
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Henry Holt and Co, 2019. Hardcover. Near Fine. * Stated First Edition - first printing (number line contains ""1"").* Book cover like new, light wear at end caps - pages clean, bright and unmarked spine like new.* Jacket like new, slight edge wear.* ""Honest and reliable service - every book hand-packaged with care."" Item Price
€12.32
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The Cruelest Miles
by Salisbury, Gay; Salisbury, Laney
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 2005
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780393325706
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- 1
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Martinez, California, USA
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€5.69
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W. W. Norton & Company, 2005. Paperback. Very Good. * Book cover near new, light shelf wear - pages clean and unmarked, light tanning spine like new.* ""Honest and reliable service - every book hand-packaged with care."" Item Price
€5.69
![The Portugese Shore Whalers of California 1854-1904](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/175/088/1579088175.0.m.jpg)
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The Portugese Shore Whalers of California 1854-1904
by David E. Bertao
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- First LIimited Edition of 3,000, First Printing
- Published
- 2006
- ISBN
- 9780972857659
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- 1
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Martinez, California, USA
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€127.91
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Stated First Printing, limited to 3,000 copies.
Book cover like new - pages clean, bright and unmarked – spine like new.
Jacket like new, light shelf wear; protected in fresh mylar cover.
Proceeds benefit Friends of the Library; books sold are NOT ex-library.
"Honest and reliable service - every book hand-packaged with care."
The book begins with a description of the business of shore whaling… Read more about this item Item Price
€127.91
![Montecito and Santa Barbara Volume II The Days of the Great Estates](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/140/321/1571321140.0.m.jpg)
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Montecito and Santa Barbara Volume II The Days of the Great Estates
by David F. Myrick
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 2001
- ISBN
- 9780870461002
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- 1
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Martinez, California, USA
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€142.12
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Stated First Edition.
Book cover like new - pages clean, bright and unmarked – spine like new.
Jacket like new, light shelf wear.
Proceeds benefit Friends of the Library.
"Honest and reliable service - every book hand-packaged with care."
Join author David Myrick as he takes us on an historical journey through Montecitos years of transition from a sleepy seaside town to todays vibrant, wealthy… Read more about this item Item Price
€142.12
![Piggyback and Containers: A History of Rail Intermodal on America's Steel Highway](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/152/469/1563469152.0.m.jpg)
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Piggyback and Containers: A History of Rail Intermodal on America's Steel Highway
by David J. Deboer
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Published
- 1992
- ISBN
- 9780870951084
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- 1
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Martinez, California, USA
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€71.06
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Inscribed and SIGNED by author on half title page.
Book cover like new - pages clean, bright and unmarked – spine like new.
Jacket like new, slight shelf wear.
Proceeds benefit Friends of the Library; books sold are NOT ex-library.
"Honest and reliable service - every book hand-packaged with care."
217 illustrations, car drawings, bibliography and index. This is a second edition with updated information,… Read more about this item Item Price
€71.06
![The Scrapbook of a Haight Ashbury Pilgrim: Spirit, Sacraments, & Sex in 1967-68](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/985/427/1552427985.0.m.0.jpg)
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The Scrapbook of a Haight Ashbury Pilgrim: Spirit, Sacraments, & Sex in 1967-68
by Elizabeth Gips
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Published
- 1995-09
- ISBN
- 9780963905604
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- 1
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Martinez, California, USA
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€284.25
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Book cover like new, slight shelf wear - pages clean, bright and unmarked – spine like new.
Proceeds benefit Friends of the Library.
"Honest and reliable service - every book hand-packaged with care."
Scrapbook is an insider's description of the psychedelic movement in the late sixties. Gips has compiled a scrapbook of poems, drawings and diary excerpts from her life experiences during the… Read more about this item Item Price
€284.25
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The Tuskegee Airmen Mutiny at Freeman Field
by James C. Warren
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Published
- May 2001
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780966081817
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Martinez, California, USA
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€39.80
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Inscribed and SIGNED by author on title page.
Book cover like new - pages clean, bright and unmarked – spine like new.
Jacket like new, slight shelf wear.
Proceeds benefit Friends of the Library; books sold are NOT ex-library.
"Honest and reliable service - every book hand-packaged with care."
This story reflects the heroic legacy of the 101 brave black officers of the 477th Bombardment… Read more about this item Item Price
€39.80
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Matson's Century of Ships
by Fred A. Stindt
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- First Printing
- Published
- 1982
- Binding
- Hardcover
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- 1
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Martinez, California, USA
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€71.06
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SIGNED and dated by author on half title page.
Stated First Printing.
Book cover near new, light edge wear, slight bow - pages clean and unmarked; gift inscription on back of fly page – spine solid with moderate cock.
Jacket near new, light edge wear, price-clipped; protected in fresh mylar cover.
Proceeds benefit Friends of the Pleasant Hill Library; books sold are NOT ex-library.
"Honest… Read more about this item Item Price
€71.06
![Hendersonville and Henderson County: A pictorial history](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/724/706/1519706724.0.m.jpg)
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Hendersonville and Henderson County: A pictorial history
by Jody Barber
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Published
- 1988
- ISBN
- 9780898656398
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Martinez, California, USA
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€66.32
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* SIGNED by both authors on fly page plaque stating Limited Edition, copy #1,736; no inscriptions. * Blue leather/leatherette book cover like new with lovely gilt embossing - pages clean, bright and unmarked – spine like new. * Jacket like new, very slight shelf wear. Gift quality! * Proceeds benefit Friends of the Pleasant Hill Library; books sold are NOT… Read more about this item Item Price
€66.32
![Exiled: From the Killing Fields of Cambodia to California and Back](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/183/296/1508296183.0.m.jpg)
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Exiled: From the Killing Fields of Cambodia to California and Back
by Katya Cengel
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 2018
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9781640120341
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- 1
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Martinez, California, USA
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€42.64
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* Inscribed and SIGNED by author on title page. * Book cover like new - pages clean, bright and unmarked spine like new. * Jacket near new, modest shelf wear. * Proceeds benefit Friends of the Pleasant Hill Library. * "Honest and reliable service - every book hand-packaged with care." San Tran Croucher's earliest memories are of fleeing ethnic attacks… Read more about this item Item Price
€42.64
![Secret Green Beret Commandos In Cambodia: A Memorial History of MACVSOG's Command and Control Detachment South (CCS) And Its Air Partners, Republic of Vietnam, 19671972](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/313/222/1506222313.0.m.jpg)
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Secret Green Beret Commandos In Cambodia: A Memorial History of MACVSOG's Command and Control Detachment South (CCS) And Its Air Partners, Republic of Vietnam, 19671972
by LTC Fred S. Lindsey USA Re
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Published
- 2012-11
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9781477273081
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- 1
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Martinez, California, USA
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€66.32
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* Inscribed and SIGNED by author on title page to another member of the Special Ops unit. * Book cover shows moderate edge wear - pages clean, bright and unmarked spine like new. * Proceeds benefit Friends of the Pleasant Hill Library. * "Honest and reliable service - every book hand-packaged with care." We could call this book Special Operations… Read more about this item Item Price
€66.32
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Melungeons The Last Lost Tribe In America (Melungeon Series)
by Elizabeth C. Hirschman
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 2004
- ISBN
- 9780865548619
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Martinez, California, USA
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€33.16
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Stated First Edition.
Book cover like new, very slight edge wear - pages clean, bright and unmarked – spine like new.
Proceeds benefit Friends of the Library; books sold are NOT ex-library.
"Honest and reliable service - every book hand-packaged with care."
Most of us probably think of America as being settled by British, Protestant colonists who fought the Indians, tamed the wilderness, and… Read more about this item Item Price
€33.16
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The Ten Year War
by Jonathan Cohn
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Published
- 2021
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9781250270931
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Martinez, California, USA
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€17.06
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Book cover like new - pages clean, bright and unmarked – spine like new.
Jacket like new, slight shelf wear.
Proceeds benefit Friends of the Library.
"Honest and reliable service - every book hand-packaged with care."
Jonathan Cohn's The Ten Year War is the definitive account of the battle over Obamacare, based on interviews with sources who were in the room, from one of… Read more about this item Item Price
€17.06
![When the Water Came up to Montgomery Street](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/789/878/1500878789.0.m.jpg)
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When the Water Came up to Montgomery Street
by Charles A. Fracchia
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Published
- 2009
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9781578645862
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Martinez, California, USA
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€56.85
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* Inscribed and SIGNED by author on fly page. * Book cover like new - pages clean, bright and unmarked spine like new. * Jacket glossy and like new. * Proceeds benefit Friends of the Pleasant Hill Library. * "Honest and reliable service - every book hand-packaged with care."
Historian Charles Fracchia's latest book covers the years 1848 to 1859 and… Read more about this item Item Price
€56.85