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LIVING THOUGHTS In Words That Burn from POETS, SAGE AND HUMORIST A Vast Collection of Choice Literature of All Ages, Gathered From The World's Greatest Libraries
by Edited by DAPHNE DALE
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- Used - VERY GOOD
- Jacket Condition
- nODJ as issued
- Edition
- ELLIOTT & BEEZLEY Philadelphia and Chicago 1891
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- 1891
- Binding
- Hard Book brown Boards, embossed cove, beautifully designed, with angel court jester , owl and lady. Gold Gilt on all sides. Gol
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- 1
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€141.38
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ELLIOTT & BEEZLEY Philadelphia and Chicago 1891. Copyright 1891 Elliott & Breezley, 1891. ELLIOTT & BEEZLEY Philadelphia and Chicago 1891. Hard Book brown Boards, embossed cove, beautifully designed, with angel court jester , owl and lady. Gold Gilt on all sides. Gold ribbed in black lettering, spine nicecely designed. VERY GOOD/nODJ as issued. Profusely Illustrated with STEEL PLATES… Read more about this item Item Price
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LIFE OF GIRLS WHO BECAME FAMOUS
by SARAH K. BOLTON
- Condition
- Used - VERY GOOD
- Jacket Condition
- NO DJ
- Edition
- Thomas Y. Cromwell & Company,Boston, 1886
- Published
- 1886
- Binding
- Dark Green cloth over boards. black and gold designs and lettering
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- 1
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Nashua, New Hampshire, USA
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€235.62
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Thomas Y. Cromwell & Company,Boston, 1886. First Edition, 1886. Thomas Y. Cromwell & Company,Boston, 1886. Dark Green cloth over boards. black and gold designs and lettering. VERY GOOD/NO DJ. This book is the best I've read covering the history of our most prolific and honorable women that shaped this country. They are also the first women to augment… Read more about this item Item Price
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Sketches from English history
by Arthur M. Wheeler
- Condition
- Used - VERY GOOD
- Jacket Condition
- NO DJ
- Edition
- Philips & Hunt, New York (1886)
- Published
- 1886
- Binding
- Brown cloth over boards, black and gold design, gold lettering. a very good solid copy
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- 1
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Nashua, New Hampshire, USA
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€212.06
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Philips & Hunt, New York, 1886. Philips & Hunt, New York (1886). Brown cloth over boards, black and gold design, gold lettering. a very good solid copy. VERY GOOD/NO DJ. This book has so much information and history on the beginning of the English people.
16 Illustrations, from the CHAUTAUQUA ATLAS of ENGLISH HISTORY a list of 13… Read more about this item Item Price
€212.06
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Wilhelm Tell
by Friedrich Schiller
- Condition
- Used - Very Good + +
- Jacket Condition
- No DJ
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- D. C. HEATH AND COMPANY, Boston, (1915)
- Published
- 1915
- Binding
- Olive Green paper over boards, red designs and lettering. NO DJ
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- 1
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Nashua, New Hampshire, USA
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€117.81
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1915. D. C. HEATH AND COMPANY, Boston, (1915). Olive Green paper over boards, red designs and lettering. NO DJ. Very Good + +/No DJ. Wilhelm Tell has to do not only with the Famous Archer, but also with, and especially, with the Swiss's fight for freedom.
The commentary is intended to serve not the critical scholar, but primarily… Read more about this item Item Price
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Homer The Odyssey Franklin Library
by Homer
- Condition
- Used - Near Mint,
- Jacket Condition
- No DJ as issued
- Edition
- Franklin Library, Franklin Center, Pennsylvania 1979
- Published
- 1979
- Binding
- Leatherette, 22 kt. gold accents and lettering
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- 1
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Nashua, New Hampshire, USA
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€70.69
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Franklin Library, Franklin Center, Pennsylvania, 1979. Franklin Library, Franklin Center, Pennsylvania 1979. Leatherette, 22 kt. gold accents and lettering. Near Mint,/No DJ as issued. illustrated by W. T. Mars. The Odyssey is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. It is, in part, a sequel to the Iliad, the other Homeric epic. The Odyssey… Read more about this item Item Price
€70.69
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Two Thousand Years Ago or The Adventures Of a Roman Boy
by Professor A. J. Church
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- NO DJ
- Edition
- Dodd , Mead, and Company.New York 06/1865
- Published
- 1885
- Binding
- . Book is Good, some distress, spine is intact but loose, front and back covers are cracked at spine , text is clear , pages are
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Nashua, New Hampshire, USA
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€117.81
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Dodd , Mead, and Company.New York, 1885. Dodd , Mead, and Company.New York 06/1865. . Book is Good, some distress, spine is intact but loose, front and back covers are cracked at spine , text is clear , pages are yellowed, one page of illustration is loose, no writing, Have not attempted to repair, not enough experience yet, I… Read more about this item Item Price
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Tommy and Grizel
by J. M. Barrie
- Condition
- Used - Very Good ++.
- Jacket Condition
- No DJ
- Edition
- Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1900. First US Edition
- Published
- 1900
- Binding
- Brown cloth with gold, red and green pictorial stamping
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- 1
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Nashua, New Hampshire, USA
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€51.84
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Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1900. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1900. First US Edition. Brown cloth with gold, red and green pictorial stamping. Very Good ++./No DJ. Biography, love story, Victorian novel, social novel. This book continues Sentimental Tommy, also in the Librivox catalogue. Tommy grows up and marries Grizel. But life is not only roses and… Read more about this item Item Price
€51.84
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Eve's Daughters or Common Sense for Maid, Wife and Mother
by Marion Harland Pen Name Mary Virginia Terhune
- Condition
- Used - VERY Good ++Near Mint, tight,.clean, spine is intact, no pulling. Text clean, very little yellowing, if any, corners not pumped.
- Jacket Condition
- DJ
- Edition
- New York J. R. Anderson & H. S. Allen. Boston, Lee & Shepard (18
- Published
- 1882
- Binding
- Olive Green boards , Black lettering with embossed Gold design to front cover and spine, clean, bright and vibrant. No
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€329.88
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New York J. R. Anderson & H. S. Allen. Boston, Lee & Shepard, 1882. New York J. R. Anderson & H. S. Allen. Boston, Lee & Shepard (1882). Olive Green boards , Black lettering with embossed Gold design to front cover and spine, clean, bright and vibrant. No. VERY Good ++Near Mint, tight,.clean, spine is intact, no pulling. Text… Read more about this item Item Price
€329.88
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My Days and Nights on the Battlefield
by Charles Carleton Coffin
- Condition
- Used - Very good +, solid,, square, no pulling of the spine, text clean and bright, very few brown spots in body of book, some ink mark
- Jacket Condition
- No DJ
- Edition
- Boston . Estes And Lauriat, First Edition, 1865
- Published
- #909
- Binding
- Red cloth over boards, black lettering and design on front cover, gold lettering on spine
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- 1
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Nashua, New Hampshire, USA
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€235.62
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Boston, Estes And Lauriat, #909. Boston . Estes And Lauriat, First Edition, 1865. Red cloth over boards, black lettering and design on front cover, gold lettering on spine. Very good +, solid,, square, no pulling of the spine, text clean and bright, very few brown spots in body of book, some ink marks at front cover, corners not… Read more about this item Item Price
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Winter's Tales
by Isak Dinesen
- Condition
- Used - Very Good, solid, intact, colors still vibrant, war period book, paper quality not great, yellowing, front pastedown has wrinkle
- Jacket Condition
- Dj is intact, close tear at bottom front, shelfwear, price clipped.
- Edition
- Random House, First American Edition,1942
- Published
- 1942
- Binding
- Binding is red cloth over boards, black designs, gold lettering
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- 1
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Nashua, New Hampshire, USA
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€89.54
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Random House, 1942. Random House, First American Edition,1942. Binding is red cloth over boards, black designs, gold lettering. Very Good, solid, intact, colors still vibrant, war period book, paper quality not great, yellowing, front pastedown has wrinkles and soiling, back pastedown some soiling, front free paper has writing "To Dorothy with love Friedicths 46 './Dj is intact, close tear… Read more about this item Item Price
€89.54
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PIERRE CURIE Including Also Autobiographical Notes
by Marie Curie
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- DJ very good, clean, shows some shelfwear at top and bottom, some small tears at both, back and front, spine corners lower corne
- Edition
- New York: The Macmillan Company, First American Edition, First P
- Published
- 1923
- Binding
- Navy cloth with gold gilt lettering on spine
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- 1
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Nashua, New Hampshire, USA
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€1,508.00
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New York: The Macmillan Company, 1923. New York: The Macmillan Company, First American Edition, First Printing, 1923. Stated Copyright, 1923, By Marie Curie. Navy cloth with gold gilt lettering on spine. Near Fine/DJ very good, clean, shows some shelfwear at top and bottom, some small tears at both, back and front, spine corners lower corners. not clipped, price $2.25..… Read more about this item Item Price
€1,508.00
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Twice Told Tales
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No DJ
- Edition
- Philadelphia: David McKay, Publisher, 1891
- Published
- 1891
- Binding
- Brown cloth over boards, gold gilt at head and gold lettering
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Nashua, New Hampshire, USA
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€212.06
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Philadelphia: David McKay, Publishe, 1891. Philadelphia: David McKay, Publisher, 1891. Brown cloth over boards, gold gilt at head and gold lettering. Very Good/No DJ. Hawthorne was encouraged by friend Horatio Bridge to collect these previously anonymous stories; Bridge offered $250 to cover the risk of the publication. Many had been published in The Token, edited by Samuel Griswold… Read more about this item Item Price
€212.06
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The Story of Young George Washington
by Wayne Whipple
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- no dj
- Edition
- Henry Artemus Company, Philadelphia (1918)
- Published
- 1918
- Binding
- Dark blue cloth over boards, colors are vibrant, Black, embossed picture of Young George on front cover, gold lettering and gold
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- 1
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Nashua, New Hampshire, USA
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€75.40
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Philadelphia Henry Altemus Company, 1918. Henry Artemus Company, Philadelphia (1918). Dark blue cloth over boards, colors are vibrant, Black, embossed picture of Young George on front cover, gold lettering and gold design on spine. Very Good/no dj. WAYNE WHIPPLE Author of The Story of the American Flag, The Story of the Liberty Bell, The Story of the White… Read more about this item Item Price
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Fables de Lafontaine
by Lafontaine
- Condition
- Used - Illustrations DE GRANDVILLE, 240 Plates one for every fable.
- Jacket Condition
- No dust jacket
- Edition
- FRENCH LANGUAGE. Tours, Alfred Mame et Fils, Editeurs,1870
- Published
- 1870
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Nashua, New Hampshire, USA
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€612.62
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Tours, Alfred Mame et Fils, Editeurs, 1870. FRENCH LANGUAGE. Tours, Alfred Mame et Fils, Editeurs,1870. Illustrations DE GRANDVILLE, 240 Plates one for every fable./No dust jacket. Illustrations DE GRANDVILLE. Jean de La Fontaine was the most famous French fabulist and one of the most widely read French poets of the 17th century. According to Flaubert, he was the… Read more about this item Item Price
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BEN HUR A Tale of the Christ
by Lew Wallace
- Condition
- Used - This is volume TWO, page count starts at 455 to 853. There is no dedication in this book. Nice tight spine , vibrant green col
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- Harper & Brothers,Publishers, N.Y. (1901)
- Published
- 1901
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Nashua, New Hampshire, USA
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€117.81
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Harper & Brothers,Publishers, N.Y., 1901. Harper & Brothers,Publishers, N.Y. (1901). This is volume TWO, page count starts at 455 to 853. There is no dedication in this book. Nice tight spine , vibrant green col. The story recounts in descriptive detail the adventures of Judah Ben-Hur, a fictional Jewish prince from Jerusalem, who is enslaved by… Read more about this item Item Price
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Boston Distinguished Buildings & Sites Within the City and its Orbits
by Walter Muir Whitehill
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very good
- Edition
- D. R. Godine .Publisher, Boston, 1975
- Published
- 1975
- Binding
- Peach Cloth over boards, with beautiful wood carving on front cover, gold lettering
- ISBN
- 9780879231248
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€70.69
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D. R. Godine, 1975. D. R. Godine .Publisher, Boston, 1975. Peach Cloth over boards, with beautiful wood carving on front cover, gold lettering. Very Good/Very good. Rudolph Ruzicka. Boston, in so many ways the most civilized, colorful, and European of all American cities, has seldom had its unique flavor more successfully captured than in the twenty-nine colored wood… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Adjutant Generall's Report 1863
by WM. SCHOULER Adjutant-General
- Condition
- Used - This book is sold in conjunction with 'Exercices at the DEDICATION OF THE MONUMENT to Colonel Robert Gould Shaw and the Fift
- Jacket Condition
- no dj as issued
- Edition
- First edition, First Printing, Boston; Wright & Potter , Sta
- Published
- 1864
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Nashua, New Hampshire, USA
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€235.62
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Boston; Wright & Potter , State Printers,No. 4, 1864. First edition, First Printing, Boston; Wright & Potter , Sta. This book is sold in conjunction with 'Exercices at the DEDICATION OF THE MONUMENT to Colonel Robert Gould Shaw and the Fifty-Fo/no dj as issued. Commonwealth of Massaschusetts Adjutant General,s Report An Annual report of expenditures, equipment… Read more about this item Item Price
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Shadows on the Grass
by Isak Dinesen
- Condition
- Random House, New York First editionBook of the Month Club. Stated first published in the United States,1961. Owner's label on
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- Good
- Edition
- Random House, New York, Stated First Published in the United Sta
- Published
- 1961
- Binding
- Olive cloth over boards, dark aqua cloth spine, gold and blue designs and lettering
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Nashua, New Hampshire, USA
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€108.39
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Random House New York, 1961. Random House, New York, Stated First Published in the United States, 1961. Olive cloth over boards, dark aqua cloth spine, gold and blue designs and lettering. Random House, New York First editionBook of the Month Club. Stated first published in the United States,1961. Owner's label on/Good. The short dwells on further recollections about… Read more about this item Item Price
€108.39
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BLACK BEAUTY- His Grooms and Companions-
by A. Sewell
- Condition
- Used - Boston Lothrop Publishing Company, 1898-1890, NEAR MINT copy. Black Beauty- His Grooms and Companions. Neatly written on Front,
- Jacket Condition
- no dj
- Edition
- ,Boston Lothrop Publishing Company, 1898-1890, NEAR MINT copy
- Published
- 1898
- Binding
- Green cloth over boards, beautiful illustration of black horse with gold ride, and gold lettering
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- 1
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Nashua, New Hampshire, USA
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€471.25
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Boston, Lothrop Publishing Company, 1898. ,Boston Lothrop Publishing Company, 1898-1890, NEAR MINT copy. Green cloth over boards, beautiful illustration of black horse with gold ride, and gold lettering. Boston Lothrop Publishing Company, 1898-1890, NEAR MINT copy. Black Beauty- His Grooms and Companions. Neatly written on Front, free end pape, has owners name Rena F Hoyt. Jan. 14, 1898. Good… Read more about this item Item Price
€471.25
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The Garden Of Eden
by Ernest Hemingway
- Condition
- Used - Very Good ++
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- Charles Scribner's Sons (1986), First Edition, Stated,Fourth Pri
- Published
- 1986
- Binding
- Grey paper over boards, tan cloth at spine, black lettering
- ISBN
- 9780684186931
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- 1
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Nashua, New Hampshire, USA
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€75.40
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Charles Scribner's Sons, 1986. Charles Scribner's Sons (1986), First Edition, Stated,Fourth Printing July,1986 Book of The Month Club Main Selection. Grey paper over boards, tan cloth at spine, black lettering. Very Good ++/Very Good. Scribner (1986), First Edition ,July,1986 Book and DJ Near Fine A sensational bestseller when it appeared in 1986, The Garden of Eden is the… Read more about this item Item Price
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