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Mei Mei Little Sister Portraits From A Chinese Orphanage

By: Bowen, Richard

Price: $50.00

Publisher: San Francisco, Chronicle Books: 2005

Seller ID: 14505

ISBN: 0811847349

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: As New with no dust jacket

Quarter bound in publisher's red cloth boards, red endpapers, pictorial hardboards with titles on spine and cover, introduction by Amy Tan, author's signature in black ink on title page. . Unmarked, square, tight and clean. AS NEW.. B & W photographs . Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall. 144 pp. Signed by Author
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Outrageous Fortune: The Rise and Ruin of Conrad and Lady Black

By: Bower, Tom

Price: $8.00

Publisher: New York, HarperCollinsPublishers: 2006

Seller ID: 24006

ISBN: 0061146145

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

Quarter bound in publisher's black paper over black boards, silver lettering on spine. Illustrated with 12 pages of B&W photographs. . The volume is in excellent condition, unmarked, tight, square and clean. Unclipped dust jacket shows only light shelf-wear, else fine. FINE/NEAR FINE.. Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall. xii, 436 pp
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The Young Jefferson 1743-1789

By: Bowers, Claude G.

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company: 1945

Seller ID: 11927

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good- with no dust jacket

8vo 8" - 9" tall. xxx, (i), 544 pp
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THE TROUBADOUR'S SONG: THE CAPTURE AND RANSOM OF RICHARD THE LIONHEART

By: Boyle, David

Price: $28.00

Publisher: NY, Walker & Company: 2005

Seller ID: 5091

ISBN: 0802714595

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket

Publisher's full red cloth, gilt lettering on spine, blue endpapers. 369 pp. Illustrated with 16 pages of B&W photographs. . Both the volume and the unclipped Mylar-wrapped dust jacket are in excellent, unmarked condition. FINE/FINE.. Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall. (xxx), 369 pp
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DISRAELI

By: Bradford, Sarah

Price: $15.00

Publisher: NY, Stein & Day: 1983

Seller ID: 4925

ISBN: 0812828992

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket

Quarter bound in publisher's red cloth ovr black boards, gilt lettering on spine, publisher's mark blind-stamped on cover. Illustrated with eight pages of B&W photographs. Includes extensive Notes, Bibliography and Index. . This is an unmarked copy in excellent condition except for a small bump on the bottom of the front board, else fine+. The dust jacket, now in Mylar, has only the slightest crinkling at the head of the spine, else as new. FINE/FINE.. B&W Photographs. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 432 pp
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America's Queen: The Life of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

By: Bradford, Sarah

Price: $5.00

Publisher: New York, Viking: 2000

Seller ID: 12185

ISBN: 0670891916

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good in Good dust jacket

Boards soiled, some smoke damage not affecting text, else fine. The unclipped dust jacket also has minor smoke damage, else fine. GOOD/GOOD. . Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall. (x), 500 pp
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America's Queen The Life of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

By: Bradford, Sarah

Price: $18.00

Publisher: NY, The Viking Press: 2000

Seller ID: 19087

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine in Good dust jacket

Publisher's full black boards, silver gilt lettering on spine, numerous black and white photographs. . Head and heel of spine gently bumped, very light stains on page edges, else tight, square and clean. Unclipped dust jacket is bumped slightly at head and heel of spine and edges with few small tears. NEAR FINE/GOOD. . B&W Photographs. Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall. (x)500 pp
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Time Present, Time Past.

By: Bradley, Bill

Price: $30.00

Publisher: New York, Alfred A. Knopf: 1996

Seller ID: 7777

ISBN: 0679444882

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

Signed by Bill Bradley on the title page. Quarter bound in red cloth over black boards, gilt lettering on cover and spine, unclipped dust jacket, fore-edge deckle. . This volume is in perfect, pristine condition, unmarked, unread, tight, square and clean. The dust jacket shows only slight shelf-wear, else fine. FINE/NEAR FINE.. Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall. (xvi), 442, (3) pp. Signed by Author
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Flyboys

By: Bradley, James

Price: $15.50

Publisher: Boston, Little, Brown & Company: 2003

Seller ID: 21076

ISBN: 0316105848

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket

Quarter bound red over blue boards, silver gilt lettering on spine, publisher's blind stamp on cover, endpapers decorated with full black and white photo of aircraft in flight over the Pacific, black and white photographs throughout, story and photos dedicated to the men captured by Japanese soldiers and held on Chichi Jima, map of island included. George H.W. Bush crash landed near here and later joined the author in returning to Chichi Jima. . Pages may be gently yellowed, else volume is tight, square and clean. Unlcipped dust jacket has slight shelf-wear, small scratch on front cover. ....
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Flags of Our Father

By: Bradley, James; Ron Powers

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Bantam Books: 2000

Seller ID: 24785

ISBN: 0553111337

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket

Quarter bound in blue paper over blue boards, gilt lettering on spine, title blind-stamped on front cover, photographs on endpapers. Illustrated with B&W photographs. . Both the volume and the unclipped dust jacket are in excellent, unmarked condition. FINE/FINE.. Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall. (viii), 376 pp
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At Canaan's Edge: America in the King Years, 1965-68

By: Branch, Taylor

Price: $80.00

Publisher: New York, Simon & Schuster: 2006

Seller ID: 13060

ISBN: 068485712X

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

Signed and dated by the author on title page. Quarter bound in black paper over grey boards, gilt lettering on spine. Illustrated with 24 pages of B&W photographs. . The volume is in excellent condition, unmarked, tight, square and clean. Two corners bumped, else fine. The unclipped dust jacket shows only mild shelf-wear. NEAR FINE/NEAR FINE . Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall. xiii, 1039, (2) pp. Signed by Author
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The Clinton Tapes: Wrestling History with The President

By: Branch, Taylor

Price: $20.00

Publisher: NY, Simon & Schuster: 2009

Seller ID: 19084

ISBN: 1416543333

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine in Very Good dust jacket

Publisher's full white boards, copper gilt lettering on spine, fore-edge deckle. . Hinge starting, head and heel of spine gently bumped with small tear at heel, very light marks on top page edge, else square and clean. The unclipped dust jacket shows moderately shelf-wear. FINE/VERY GOOD. . B&W Photographs. Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall. 707 pp
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CANALETTO

By: Brandi, Cesare

Price: $14.95

Publisher: Milan, Arnoldo Mondadori Editore: 1960

Seller ID: 5764

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Publisher's full yellow boards, lettering and decoration embossed in green on spine and cover. 12mo. 205 pp. Profusely illustrated with 126 B&W photographs. Text in Italian. The volume is in excellent condition with some foxing on the boards and edges, else fine. VERY GOOD.. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
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Henry Miller: The Paris Years

By: Brassai

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Arcade Publishing: 1995

Seller ID: 24998

ISBN: 1559703474

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued

Publisher's glossy wraps. Illustrated with B&W photographs. . Volume shows mild shelf-wear, else fine. NEAR FINE.. B&W Photographs. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. (xii), 224 pp
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Richard The Lionheart

By: Bridge, Anthony

Price: $20.00

Publisher: NY, M. Evans & Company: 1990

Seller ID: 316

ISBN: 0871316242

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: As New in As New dust jacket

First Printing (full number line). Quarter bound in publisher's red cloth over tan boards, gilt lettering on spine. 8vo. 259 pp. Illustrated with B&W photographs, maps and family trees. This is a new, unopened, unmarked copy. Both the volume and the unclipped dust jacket are in perfect, pristine condition. AS NEW/AS NEW.. B&W Photographs. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 259 pp
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Writing Dangerously: Mary McCarthy and Her World

By: Brightman, Carol

Price: $8.00

Publisher: San Diego, Harcourt Brace & Company: 1994

Seller ID: 26301

ISBN: 0156000679

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

Publisher's glossy wraps. Illustrated with B&W photographs.. Volume shows only mild shelf wear, else fine. NEAR FINE.. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. xix, 714, (1) pp
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David Brinkley A Memoir

By: Brinkley, David

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, Alfred A. Knopf: 1995

Seller ID: 19067

ISBN: 067940693X

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket

Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall. 273 pp
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Blinded by the Right The Conscience of an Ex-Conservative

By: Brock, David

Price: $25.00

Publisher: NY, Crown Publishers: 2002

Seller ID: 15406

ISBN: 0812930991

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

Quarter bound in publisher's red cloth over blue boards, gilt lettering on spine. . The volume is in perfect, pristine condition, unmarked, tight, square and clean. The unclipped dust jacket has one small scratch on the rear cover, else fine. FINE/ NEAR FINE. . Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. 336 pp
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The Real Anita Hill: The Untold Story

By: Brock, David

Price: $10.00

Publisher: NY, The Free Press: 1993

Seller ID: 15701

ISBN: 0029046556

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good in Near Fine dust jacket

Quarter bound in publisher's white cloth over black boards, black lettering on spine. Attempts to settle questions left unanswered by the trial of Clarence Thomas, a Supreme Court nominee, charged with sexual harrassment by his former employee, Anita Hill. Brock concludes that Hill's testimony was a cynical hoax organized by activists intent on bringing Thomas down. . Half-title page is missing a 3" square piece at the bottom corner, where it has been cut out, head and heel of spine are very slightly shelf-worn, else unmarked, tight, square and clean. The unclipped dust jacket has a tin...
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The Gem Album (Hand-Written Keepsake Album)

By: Brock, Eva, et al.

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Talladega, AL, Forest Hill Female Seminary: 1860

Seller ID: 27384

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good with No dust jacket as issued

This is a journal completed by the friends and teachers of Miss Eva Brock near the end of the school year at Forest Hill Female Seminary in 1860. Miss Brock's dedication is dated March 5th, 1860. The entries are hand-written and include lengthy poems and memoirs written and signed by various friends, school-mates, and teachers. The last entry is dated July 24, 1860. The volume contains several tissue-protected engravings. (N.B. - Forrest [sic] Hill Female Seminary was incorporated by the Alabama legislature on February 5, 1858. The incorporators were Charles P. Samuel, Robert Samuel, and ...
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