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Memorial Services in the Congress of the United States and Tributes in Eulogy of Harry S. Truman Late a President of the United States
Washington, D. C. United States Government Printing Office 1973 First Edition Cloth Very Good No Jacket 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
" A compilation of addresses and tributes as given in the United States Senate and House of Representatives plus additional materials including the texts of eulogies, messages, prayers, and scriptural selections delivered at the funeral services held in Independence, Mo. and in Washington, D. C., on the life, character, and public service of the late President Harry S. Truman." Compiled under the direction of the Joint Committee on Printing. Black cloth with gold titles. Spine is bumped and corners slightly soft. FFEP is stamped 'From the office of Stuart Symington U. S. Senator Missouri'. Interior is clean and bright. 196p.
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30.00 USD
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Naked Came the Manatee
New York G. P. Putnam's Sons 1996 0399141928 / 9780399141928 First Edition Hard Cover Good Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Comic intrigue written by 13 of Florida's most famous writers; Carl Hiaasen, Elmore Leonard, Dave Barry. Each one took a chapter. Dust jacket has a bit of edgewear, jacket is now in brodart. Black paper binding with gold title on spine. Paper is soiled, edgewear. Interior is clean and tight. 201p.
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5.00 USD
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The Audubon Nature Encyclopedia Vol. 3
Philadelphia Curtis Books 1965 First Edition Cloth Good No Jacket 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Various
Covers CA - Ea, animals, plants, habitats. Cream cloth with brown title on spine, Audubon seal on front board. Cloth is somewhat soiled and sunned. Corners are heavily worn and chipped. Ding to leading edge of front board. Interior is clean and bright. Profusely illustrated with color and black and white photographs, color and black and white drawings and paintings. 592p.
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The Pop-up Magic Castle Fairytale Book with Punch Out Fairytale Characters
New York Random House 1978 0394835484 / 9780394835488 First Edition Pictorial Cover Very Good No Jacket 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Dale Payson
Paper engineering by Ib Penick. Unusual pop-up book. Apparently meant to be used as a play set. The text pages are to the left, a pop up castle is to the right. Castle in very good++ condition. A few of the points are a little bent but there are no tears. Unfortunately the punch out pieces are missing. There is wrinkle in the top corner of the first half of the text block. Red stain to very bottom edge of book. Small amount of soiling to upper corner of front board. Unpaginated.
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10.00 USD
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Acts of Faith Erich Segal
New York Bantam Books 1992 0553070347 / 9780553070347 First Edition Cloth and Board Very Good Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
"Spanning more than a quarter of a century, moving with immediacy from the tough streets of Brooklyn to ultramodern Brasilia, from Montreal's famous "Main" to an Israeli kibbutz, and radiating with the splendor of two holy cities, Rome and Jerusalem, Erich Segal's Acts of Faith is a towering novel of piety, passion, and politics that explores the mysteries of religious faith to penetrate the ultimate mystery of the human heart." Blue dust jacket shows some shelfwear, mostly on back. Some yellowing on inner flaps. Jacket is now in Brodart. Purple cloth spine with gold title, slightly rubbed, grey boards. Tail of spine is bumped as is one corner. Slight ding to bottom edge of boards. 529p.
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15.00 USD
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Allen, Fred Much Ado About Me
Boston Little, Brown and Company 1956 First Edition Cloth Good Fair 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Various
Dust jacket is worn, especially at edges. There are two small tears at top of front and a 1" tear at spine. Jacket is now in Brodart. Blue cloth with gold title on spine, gold is dulled. Reproduction of Allen's signature on cover. Cloth has some minor shelfwear, head and tail of spine are bumped. Previous owner's name written neatly in ink on ffep. Binding is very tight, pages are clean. Eight pages of black and white photos. 380p. including
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Allen, Hervey Bedford Village
New York Farrar & Rinehart 1944 First Edition Cloth Good Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Novel about American frontier settlement in 1764. Jacket illustration and frontispiece by Andrew Wyeth. Wear to all edges in cluding small chips anad tears, especially at head of spine. Imprint of writting on front. Jacket is now in brodart. Pale sage cloth with blue titles on spine and front. Blind embossed tree on front. Head and tail of spine are bumped as is top front corner. 305p.
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Ambler, Eric A Coffin for Dimitrios
New York Pocket Books, Inc 1943 First Thus Soft Cover Near Fine No Jacket as Issued PocketBook 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall
Vintage paperback. Unlaminated covers. Colors are bright, some light shelfwear. Clean, tight, unread. Red endpapers and page edges.225p. +7
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10.00 USD
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Anderson, Ruth Love Lost Hill
Manhattan Beach, California Child Focus Company 1975 First Edition Soft Cover Good No Jacket as Issued 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall Dorothy Love Evans Signed by Author
Signed by the Author. White soft cover with black line drawing on cover. Moderately soiled and foxed. Bottom front corner is dog-eared. Page edges are foxed, some foxing to interior pages. Signed by author on copyright page. "Lost Hill is an interesting story of a family who moves from the city to the country. The story describes the problems and successes shared with a mysterious stranger who comes to the door." 87p.
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Anderson, Sherwood Tar A Midwest Childhood
New York Boni & Liveright 1926 First Edition Cloth Good No Jacket 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Influential American writer recounts his own childhood in Ohio. Anderson was never quite as successful as those he influenced; Hemingway, Stienbeck, Faulkner, Wolfe. Brown cloth with gold title over blue background on spine. Gold title on cover, docoration of farmhouse with blue sky. Gold on spine is very dull. Dark top-stain. Leading edge of pages is roughcut, this edge is heavily foxed. Foreward by author stating that they story is entirely 'accurate'. Text is clean. 346p.
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Appelbee, Evelyn Corry Let Rocks Their Silence Break
Burnet, Texas Nortex Press 1982 0890153248 / 9780890153246 First Edition Cloth Near Fine Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Signed by Author
Inscribed by author, note card from author is pasted in on fep. Winner of the Eighth Annual Nortex Press Book Award, sponsored by The Poetry Society of Texas. Jacket is in brodart, shows some shelfwear and a little foxing. Silver cloth has black title on spine. Fine except for small ding in bottom end of boards. 56p.
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Archer, Jeffrey Honor Among Thieves
New York HarperCollins Publishers 1993 0060179457 / 9780060179458 First Edition Cloth and Board Very Good Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Dust jacket is very good, no chips or tears, edges show a little wear. Some shelf wear on back. dark blue cloth and boards. Title embossed in silver on spine. Author's initials blind embossed on cover. Very nice clean tight copy. 381p. Includes reprduction of Declaration of Independence.
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8.00 USD
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Ashworth, Kenneth H. Scholars and Statesmen
San Francisco Jossey - Bass Inc. 1972 0875891268 / 9780875891262 First Edition Cloth Good Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Signed by Author
Signed by the Author. Explanation of federal funding to colleges and universities and the strings that are attached. Jacket shows some edgewear, several small chips. There is a 1/2" inch tear at head of spine, and two smaller tears on back. There is a bit of soiling to the front and spine. Price clipped. The jacket is now in Brodart. Light grey cloth with blue title on spine and device on front. Pulling to head and tail of spine. Foxing to bottom of boards. Interior is clean. Inscribed by author and dated April 1972. 160p. including index.
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30.00 USD
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Athearn, Robert G. (ed.) Soldier in the West The Civil War Letters of Alfred Lacey Hough
Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania 1957 First Edition Cloth Very Good Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Various
"Written by an educated, literate soldier, these letters are at once a valuable primary source for the historian and an exciting recreation of the events and moods of war. Hough served in the Western theater of operations, and his accounts of such battles as Corinth and Chickamauga, of the incidents along the route of Sherman's march on Atlanta, contain all the color and impact of eyewitness description." Grey paper dust jacket with grey illustration. Rear panel has portrait of Hough. Some small chips to edges of jacket, particularly at head of spine. Some light red staining to front panel. Spine panel is sunned. Jacket is now in brodart. Black cloth with silver title on spine. Cloth is clean. Head and tail of spine slightly soft. Nine black and white illustrations, from photographs, printed on glossy paper. Interior is clean and bright. 250 p.
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20.00 USD
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Baass, Mildred Vorpahl Mythology in Verse or The "Why" in Myths
Chicago Adams Press 1980 First Edition Soft Cover Very Good No Jacket as Issued 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Signed by Author
Signed by the Author. White soft cover with black titles and design. Some scuffing to cover. Illustrated frontispiece by author. Signed by author on title page. Interior is clean. 61p.
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15.00 USD
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Bacon, Francis The Texas Country Editor
Cleveland The World Publishing Company 1966 First Edition Cloth Very Good Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
H. M. Baggarly, editor of The Tulia Herald, takes a grass-roots look at national politics. Jacket has small chip at bottom of spine and tiny tear at top of spine and another on front. There is another tiny tear on the back. The paper has darkened. There is a long scuff mark through the black on the back of the jacket. Jacket is now in brodart. Beige cloth with blue titles on spine and front. Slightly bumped at head and tail of spine. Cloth is very clean. Near fine except for a few spots on page edges. 341p.
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10.00 USD
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Bagnold, Enid National Velvet
New York William Morrow and Company 1935 First Edition Cloth Good No Jacket 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Laurian Jones
Black cloth spine with silver titles and decorations on spine and cover. Half of boards covered with red cloth. Spine is quite faded and has some circular light spots. White scuff mark on black cloth at bottom of rear board. Head and tail of spine are bumped. Red top-stain, foxing to page edges. Board edges are rubbed and foxing. Simple line drawings at head of each chapter. Illustrated endpapers. 303p.
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12.00 USD
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Bair, Nova Schubert Journey to Jerusalem
Quanah, Texas Nortex Press 1975 0890150931 / 9780890150931 First Edition Cloth Near Fine Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Nova Schubert Bair Signed by Author
Signed by the Author. Poems were inspired by trip to Jerusalem and passages from the Old Testament. Black and white photographs taken by author on pilgramage. Jacket is in brodart. Small amount of chipping to edges, particularly head/tail of spine and corners. Some shelfwer and pencil marks on rear. Inscribed by author and dated 1976. Gold cloth with gold embossed titles. Front board is slightly soiled. 58p.
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Barker, Clive Cabal
New York Poseidon Press 1988 0671626884 / 9780671626884 First Edition Cloth and Board Near Fine Near Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Jacket in brodart. Both book and jacket show only minor wear, has been read. Black cloth spine with gold title, red boards. Barcode sticker on rear of jacket. 377p.
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15.00 USD
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Barney, William D. Long Gone to Texas
Austin Nortex Press 1986 0890155453 / 9780890155455 First Edition Cloth Near Fine Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Barney was Poet Laureate of Texas 1982 - 1983. Winner of the Twelfth Annual Nortex Press Book Award, sponsored by The Poetry Society of Texas. Beige dust jacket with cover illustration. Small tear at top of front. Two tears on back. Some soiling, crease in front flap. Jacket is now in brodart. Poetry Society of Texas Award presentation sticker on ffep. Faux brown leather cloth with gold title on spine. 58p.
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