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The Little Colonel
by Annie Fellows Johnston
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- The Authorized Shirley Temple Edition
- Published
- 1922
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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€14.07
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Ranked 5th by Shirley Temple in her running for her favorite movies, this is the movie version of Annie Fellows Johnston's classic Civil War story. The book contains scenes from the movie, that was made in 1935. Item Price
€14.07
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Plantation Pageants
by Joel Chandler Harris
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- none
- Edition
- The Booklovers Edition
- Published
- 1899
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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€18.76
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Published in 1899, Joel Chandler Harris led a double life: one as a newspaper man named Joe Harris, and one as a folklorist who developed the Uncle Remus stories. His passion was to see racial reconciliation after the Civil War. This volume of short stories was published after the Uncle Remus stories, but also includes the story of Brer… Read more about this item Item Price
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From Sea to Sea Vol 1 & 11
by Rudyard Kipling
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- none
- Edition
- The Mandalay Edition of the Works of Rudyard Kipling
- Published
- 1925
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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€14.07
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This book is a compilation of articles written around 1899 about the author's travels through India, Burma, China and the US. They were originally published in 1899. Item Price
€14.07
The Further Inquiry
by Ken Kesey
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- none
- Published
- 1990
- ISBN
- 9780670831746
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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€14.07
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Authored by the same writer who gave us "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest", a continuation of the adventures of the Merry Pranksters and their wild ride across the country in the 1960's. Ken Kesey was one of the last of the Beat Generation writers. No dust jacket, bright yellow, no marks inside (and It even has the weird… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Casting Away of Mrs. Lecks and Mrs. Aleshine
by Frank R. Stockton
- Condition
- Used - Good-
- Jacket Condition
- Good-
- Published
- 1933
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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€9.38
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This is an ex-library book, with no stray written marks inside. Dust jacket with clear cover. Frank Stockton was an American writer and humorist, famous author of the short story, "The Lady and the Tiger." Item Price
€9.38
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The Sojourner
by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
- Condition
- Used
- Jacket Condition
- none
- Published
- 1953
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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€18.76
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In very good condition; this was her last book, published before her death in the same year. There is an inscription in the book, written in ink. Other than that, no interior marks. Item Price
€18.76
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Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction
by J.D. Salinger
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First edition
- Published
- 1983
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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€23.45
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LOC #63-8969. Slight tear (cut) on the dust cover. Inscription on the inside, in pen, dated 1963. One of my favorite Salinger books, it tells the story of the Glass family, one of Salinger's famous inventions. that seemed so much like a real family, that I actually wrote a letter to the author .....and received a… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Hoosier Schoolmaster
by Edward Eggleston
- Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- none
- Published
- 1913
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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€14.07
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281 pgs. Some wear on the cover. Mr. Eggleston is well-known for his history texts written for younger students, but this title was the first fictional account of life on the frontier using the dialect of real residents. It is in good condition, no interior marks. 281 pgs. Some wear on the cover. Item Price
€14.07
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The Eyes of the World
by Harold Bell Wright
- Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- none
- Published
- 1914
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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€11.26
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An antiquarian book from a private collection, one of the many books by Howard Bell Wright. Item Price
€11.26
The Family Under the Bridge
by Natalie Savage Carlson
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- none
- Published
- 1958
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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€18.76
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Discarded library book, 1958. Possible !st edition, but not marked so.
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€18.76
Two Prisoners
by Thomas Nelson Page
- Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- none
- Published
- 1903
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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€28.14
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Very old book, from family collection. Inscription on inside. Item Price
€28.14
Pollyanna's Golden Horseshoe
by Elizabeth Borton
- Condition
- Used - Fair
- Published
- 1939
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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€5.63
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Part of "The Glad Book Series", this book is the 10th one in the series that was spun off the original Pollyanna book written in 1913 by Eleanor Porter. The term "Pollyanna" has now become part of American culture, describing someone who has a perpetually optimistic outlook on life. 1939. Item Price
€5.63
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Quo Vadis
by Henryk Sienkiewicz
- Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- none
- Edition
- "Popular Edition", translated by Jeremiah Curtin
- Published
- 1897
- Binding
- HB
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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€56.28
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Little, Brown and Company, 1897. HB. Fair. One of my mother's favorite authors, Mr. Sienkiewicz tells the touching story of a young Christian woman named Lygia and a young Roman man named Marcus. Set in the time of the Emperor Nero, details the debauchery that the Roman empire had sunk to towards the end of the Empire. It was first… Read more about this item Item Price
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An Old-Fashioned Boy
by Martha Finley
- Condition
- Used - Fair
- Binding
- HB
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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€7.50
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M.A. Donohue and Company. HB. Fair. Author of the popular Elsie Dinsmore books for girls, she eventually wrote a book about a boy. In the preface, the author hopes that the ideals in this book would inspire boys, not to be perfect, but to.."watch over the liberties of our beloved land, putting down every form of lawlessness and… Read more about this item Item Price
€7.50