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Madam Secretary

By: Albright, Madeleine

Price: $7.50

Publisher: New York, Miramax Books: 2003

Seller ID: 13390

ISBN: 0786868430

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good in Near Fine dust jacket

Quarter bound in black cloth over grey boards, silver lettering on spine, dark blue endpapers. Illustrated with 32 pages of B&W and color photographs. . Tops and bottoms of boards lightly sunned, spine cracked, else near fine. The unclipped dust jacket shows mild shelf-wear. VERY GOOD/NEAR FINE. . Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall. xiv, 562 pp
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Paula

By: Allende, Isabel; Peden, Margaret Sayers

Price: $16.00

Publisher: New York, Harper Collins: 1995

Seller ID: 11925

ISBN: 0060172533

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

Bottom edge is very slightly soiled, else as new. Price-clipped dust jacket is in otherwise pristine condition. NEAR FINE/NEAR FINE. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 336 pp
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Myself

By: Ashton-Warner, Sylvia

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, Simon and Schuster: 1967

Seller ID: 12918

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

Publisher's full red cloth, gilt lettering on cover and spine, t.e.g. (yellow). Sylvia Constance Ashton-Warner MBE (1908 – 1984) was a New Zealand writer, poet and educator. She spent many years teaching Maori children, using stimulating and often pioneering techniques which she wrote about in her 1963 treatise Teacher and in the various volumes of her autobiography. Her success derived from a commitment to "releasing the native imagery and using it for working material" and her belief that communication must produce a mutual response in order to effect a lasting change. As a novel...
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High Tension The Recollections of Hugh Baillie

By: Baillie, Hugh

Price: $8.00

Publisher: New York, Harper & Brothers: 1959

Seller ID: 22633

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

Deckle edge.. Boards show wear and rubbing, previous owner's stamp on front endpapers. Otherwise, text is clean and unmarked, binding is tight. . B&W Photographs. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. xi, 300 pp
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Flight Out of Time: A Dada Diary

By: Ball, Hugo

Price: $50.00

Publisher: New York, The Viking Press: 1974

Seller ID: 21943

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine in Very Good dust jacket

Full yellow cloth, black lettering on spine. Illustrated with 12 pages of B&W photographs and reproductions. . The volume is in excellent condition, unmarked, tight, square and clean. Unclipped dust jacket is lightly chipped and worn, mostly around head of spine. FINE/VERY GOOD. . The Documents of 20th-Century Art Series. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. lxiv, 254 pp
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MEMORIES: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY

By: Barrymore, Ethel

Price: $12.00

Publisher: New York, Harper & Brothers: 1955

Seller ID: 19850

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine in Good+ dust jacket

Quarter bound in publisher's black cloth over red boards, gilt lettering on spine, author's facsimile signature, gilt, on cover, fore-edge deckle. 8vo. 310 pp. Illustrated with numerous B&W photographs. Former owner's printed bookplate on fep, brief gift inscription (Xmas 1958) on ffep, otherwise unmarked. . The volume shows only very light shelf-wear; unmarked, tight, square, and clean. The uclipped dust jacket, now in Mylar, has some chipping and tears, else fine. NEAR FINE/GOOD+. . B&W Photographs. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. x, 310 pp
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Your United States: Impressions of a First Visit

By: Bennett, Arnold

Price: $30.00

Publisher: New York, Harper & Brothers: 1912

Seller ID: 24331

ISBN: 112595082X

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

First Edition. Publisher's full red cloth, gilt lettering and decoration on cover and spine, t.e.g., fore and bottom edges deckle. Illustrated with B&W plates. Enoch Arnold Bennett (1867-1931) was an English writer. He is best known as a novelist, but he also worked in other fields such as journalism, propaganda and film. This book, originally called "Those United States," and subtitled "Impressions of a First Visit," details Arnold Bennett's first journey (via a transatlantic steam ship) to the United States of America. . Volume shows mild wear and rubbing, head of spine s...
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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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Laughter is a Wonderful Thing: As Told to Ralph Hancock

By: Brown, Joe E., Ralph Hancock

Price: $45.00

Publisher: New York, A.S. Barnes and Company: 1956

Seller ID: 17439

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

Quarter brown cloth over biege boards, orange and white lettering on spine, orange endpapers, author's signature on ffep. Illustrated with B&W photographs. . The volume is in perfect, pristine condition, unmarked, tight, square and clean. Dust Jacket slightly worn. FINE/NEAR FINE. . B&W Photographs. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. (viii), 312 pp. Signed by Author
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Confessions of a Stockbroker

By: Brutus

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Boston, Little, Brown and Company: 1971

Seller ID: 22754

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

Quarter bound in red cloth over grey boards, gilt lettering on spine, grey endpapers. . Volume shows mild shelf-wear, edges of boards lightly sunned, else near fine. VERY GOOD+. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. xv, 263 pp
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Confessions of a Stockbroker

By: Brutus

Price: $7.00

Publisher: Boston, Little, Brown and Company: 1972

Seller ID: 22809

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good in Good dust jacket

Quarter bound in red cloth over grey boards, gilt lettering on spine, grey endpapers. . Head and heel of spine are lightly rubbed, finger smudge on edge of front endpaper, else unmarked, tight, square and clean. Price clipped dust jacket has a short tear at the base of the spine, lightly rubbed and creased at the head of the spine, slight rubbing to tips and surfaces of panels. VERY GOOD/ GOOD. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. xv, 263 pp
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Children of Ol' Man River: The Life & Times of a Showboat Trouper

By: Bryant, Billy

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Chicago, R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company / The Lakeside Press: 1988

Seller ID: 19921

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: As New with No dust jacket as issued

Publisher's full brown cloth, gilt lettering on spine, gilt medallion on cover, t.e.g. Illustrated with numerous color and B&W photographs and maps.. This volume is in perfect, pristine condition, unmarked, unread, tight, square and clean. AS NEW. . The Lakeside Classics Series. Color and B&W Illustrations. 16mo 6" - 7" tall. lxix, 360 pp
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The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid

By: Bryson, Bill

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Broadway Books: 2006

Seller ID: 21450

ISBN: 076791936X

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket

Quarter bound in blue cloth over yellow boards, gilt lettering on spine, photographs on endpapers.. Both the volume and the unclipped dust jacket are in excellent, unmarked condition. FINE/FINE.. Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall. x, (iv), 270, (3) pp
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A Wolf at the Table: A Memoir of My Father

By: Burroughs, Augusten

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, St. Martin's Press: 2008

Seller ID: 21165

ISBN: 0312342020

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: As New in As New dust jacket

Publisher's full black cloth, red lettering on spine, fore-edge deckle. . Both the volume and the unclipped dust jacket are in perfect, unmarked condition. AS NEW/AS NEW.. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. (xi), 242 pp
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Dry A Memoir

By: Burroughs, Augusten

Price: $14.00

Publisher: New York, St. Martin's Press: 2003

Seller ID: 21213

ISBN: 0312272057

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine+ in Fine dust jacket

Covered in gray cloth with silver lettering on spine, clean and tight. . Unclipped dust jacket shows minor fading. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 293 pp
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Reflections Life After the White House

By: Bush, Barbara

Price: $75.00

Publisher: New York, Scribner: 2003

Seller ID: 23092

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine in Very Good dust jacket

Quarter blue cloth over white boards, gilt lettering on spine, illustrated with color photographs. Signed by the author, Barabara Bush, in blue pen. . Price on dust jacket clipped, else tight, square, unmarked, and clean. FINE/VERY GOOD. . Color Photographs. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 420 pp. Signed by Author
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Everything to Gain: Making the Most of the Rest of Your Life

By: Carter, Jimmy; Rosalynn Carter

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Random House: 1987

Seller ID: 24819

ISBN: 0394558588

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket

Quarter bound in dark blue cloth over maroon boards, gilt lettering on cover and spine.. Both the volume and the unclipped dust jacket are in excellent, unmarked condition. FINE/FINE.. Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall. xvii, 198 pp
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The Memoirs of Benvenuto Cellini

By: Cellini, Benvenuto

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Duffield Green & Co.: 1932

Seller ID: 23826

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Full tan cloth, black lettering and decoration on cover and spine. Illustrated with B&W drawings. Translated by Robert Hobart Cust. . Volume shows mild wear around corners and head and heel of spine, lettering on front cover lightly rubbed, else near fine. VERY GOOD. . B&W Illustrations. Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall. xxvi, (ii), 547, (1) pp
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At Random: The Reminiscences of Bennett Cerf

By: Cerf, Bennett

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Random House: 1977

Seller ID: 26360

ISBN: 0394478770

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

Full brown cloth, gilt lettering on spine, gilt medallion on front cover, printed endpapers. Illustrated with B&W photographs. . Head and heel of spine lighly sunned, former owner's name written on first blank page, else fine. Unclipped dust jacket shows only mild shelf wear. NEAR FINE/NEAR FINE. . Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall. ix, 306 pp
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Sounds of the River: A Memoir

By: Chen, Da

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, HarperCollins: 2002

Seller ID: 13341

ISBN: 0060199253

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: As New in Near Fine dust jacket

Quarter bound in yellow cloth over yellow boards, silver lettering on spine.. The volume is in perfect, pristine condition, unmarked, tight, square and clean. The unclipped dust jacket shows only light shelf-wear, else fine. AS NEW/NEAR FINE. Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall. 320 pp
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Colors of the Mountain

By: Chen, Da

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, Random House: 1999

Seller ID: 17504

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket

Inscribed by author on ffep. Quarter bound in brown cloth over brown boards, gilt lettering on spine, author's initials blind-stamped on front cover.. Both the volume and the unclipped dust jacket are in excellent condition, tight, square, and clean. FINE/FINE.. Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall. (vii), 310, (2) pp. Signed by Author
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Life and Death in Shanghai

By: Cheng, Nien

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Grove Press: 1986

Seller ID: 17835

ISBN: 0394555481

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

Quarter bound in red cloth over grey boards, silver lettering on spine. . Both the volume and the unclipped dust jacket are in excellent, unmarked condition, showing only light shelf-wear, else fine. NEAR FINE/NEAR FINE.. Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall. ix, 547 pp
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An Apology for the life of Mr. Colley Cibber Written by Himself

By: Cibber, Colley

Price: $15.00

Publisher: London, Chiswick Press: 1889

Seller ID: 17429

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fair with no dust jacket

Quarter blue cloth over beige boards, black lettering on spine, gilt medallion on cover. Illustrated with twenty-six B&W engravings by R.B. Parkes and eighteen etchings by Adolphe Lalauze. . Spine sunned, soiled, and worn, hinges starting, pages splitting on p. 189, else square and clean. FAIR. . Vol. 1. B&W Illustrations. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. (lxxi), 337 pp
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Life With My Sister Madonna

By: Ciccone, Christopher; Wendy Leigh

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Simon Spotlight Entertainment: 2008

Seller ID: 15240

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

Quarter bound in black cloth over black boards, reverse lettering on gilt panel on spine. Illustrated with 16 pages of B&W and color photographs. . The volume is in perfect, pristine condition, unmarked, tight, square and clean. The unclipped dust jackt shows only light shelf-wear, else fine. FINE/NEAR FINE.. Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall. viii, 342, (1) pp
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My Experiences in the West

By: Collins, John S.

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Chicago, The Lakeside Press / R. R. Donnelley & Sons: 1970

Seller ID: 2915

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: As New with No dust jacket as issued

Publisher's full blue cloth, gilt lettering on spine, gilt medallion on front cover, teg, fore and bottom edges deckle. Illustrated with B&W frontispiece and B&W fold-out map. . The volume is in perfect, pristine condition; unmarked, tight, square, and clean. AS NEW.. The Lakeside Classics Series. Vol. 68. 16mo 6" - 7" tall. (xxxv), (v), 252 pp
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Category: Memoir