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Sweetness and Light

By: Arnold, Matthew

Price: $8.00

Publisher: NY, Crowell: circa 1904

Seller ID: 9093

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Flexible leather cover, , sl fading. Fading has browned edges of green leather. Former owner's gift inscription (Xmas 1904).; 45 pages
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A Stranger's Shoes A Collection of Poetry and Prose

By: Beach, Marcus

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Privately Printed - Van Cleve & Ernst: 1954

Seller ID: 39715

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Gray boards, red cloth spine. Slight edge wear, corners worn, corners, front edge worn to board in spots. Boards edge browned. Former owner's bookplate inside front, untrimmed pages. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 33 pages
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Flowers of Literature. Being an Exhibition of the Most Interesting Geographical, Historical, Miscellaneous and Theological Subjects

By: Branagan, Thomas

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, P. Ward: 1810

Seller ID: 51458

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good with No dust jacket as issued

Original binding, marbled boards, leather spine. All is worn at edges, with chipping at spine, and scuffing of boards makes the marbling pattern faint. However, book is solid, with clean, tight text block. Gift inscription inside front, with drawing of brother, who gave this book affectionately to his sister. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 324 pages
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In His Image

By: Bryan, William Jennings

Price: $6.50

Publisher: Freeport, NY, Ayer Co Pub: 1922

Seller ID: 51860

ISBN: 0836922700

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ with No dust jacket as issued

Blue cloth, just a hint of edge rubbing, light age toning of page edges. X-library markings internal & external, but not circulated. Group of religious and philosophical essays by Democratic candidate for President in late 19th century. ; Essay Index Reprint Series; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 266 pages
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Addresses Historical-Political-Sociological

By: Coudert, Frederic R.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons: 1905

Seller ID: 45927

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

X-library, with internal and external marks. Edge rubbed, corners bent, and rear hinge split, now repaired with linen archival tape. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 452 pages
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The Religion of H.G. Wells and Other Essays

By: Craufurd, Alexander Henry (1843-1917)

Price: $15.00

Publisher: London, T. Fisher Unwin: 1909

Seller ID: 49257

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

Dark gray cloth, with gilt titling. Edge worn, with a hint of fraying at spine ends and corners, very light foxing of endpapers. X-library, with internal and external marks. Despite wear, a solid copy. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 252 pages
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Springtime and Other Essays

By: Darwin, Francis

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Freeport, NY, Books for Libraries Press: 1967

Seller ID: 45928

ISBN: 0836903641

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with No dust jacket as issued

Tan cloth, x-library markings internal & external, but not circulated. Just a hint of edge rubbing. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 242 pages
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Enjoyment of Poetry

By: Eastman, Max

Price: $12.50

Publisher: New York, Charles Scribner's Sons.: 1930

Seller ID: 50637

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Green cloth, slight edge wear, paper title pastdown on spine is dulled. A solid , clean copy of this collection of essays; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 254 pages
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The Sense of the 60S (Sixties)

By: Edward Quinn and Paul J Dolan, editors

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Free Press: 1968

Seller ID: 53261

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with No dust jacket as issued

Softcover original, now rebound in taupe institutional cloth. X-library, with internal and external marks, but little, if any use. An exceptional collection of essays. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 528 pages
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Cambodia: A Book for People Who Find Television Too Slow

By: Fawcett, Brian

Price: $5.00

Publisher: New York, Grove Press: 1988

Seller ID: 13329

ISBN: 0802110827

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket

Just a hint of edge rubbing, remainder marks on bottom page edge, in very slightly edge rubbed DJ. Now protected in a mylar jacket. 13 short stories, and a full length essay, which provides the book's title. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 207 pages
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The Courage of Ignorance,

By: Phelps, William Lyon

Price: $6.50

Publisher: New York, E. P. Dutton & Co. , Inc: 1933

Seller ID: 53610

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Red cloth boards, with black cloth spine. Edge worn, with Christmas gift tag pasted inside. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 60 pages
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The Greyson Letters Selections from the Correspondence of R. E. H. Greyson, Esq.

By: Rogers, Henry (editor)

Price: $17.50

Publisher: Boston, Gould and Lincoln: 1857

Seller ID: 50961

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Book trimmed and rebound in turquoise institutional cloth. Just a hint of edge rubbing, but X-library, with internal and external marks.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 518 pages
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