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How to get others to do your work: Being a Preachment by Fra Elbertus (1902, Roycrofters) by Elbertus, Fra - 1902: By Elbert Hubbard (Fra Elbertus)

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How to get others to do your work: Being a Preachment by Fra Elbertus (1902, Roycrofters) by Elbertus, Fra - 1902

How to get others to do your work: Being a Preachment by Fra Elbertus (1902, Roycrofters): By Elbert Hubbard (Fra Elbertus)

by Elbertus, Fra

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RARE PAPERBACK FIRST EDITION, The Roycrofters 1902. By Elbert Hubbard (Fra Elbertus) Good condition.
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  • Edition First Edition
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  • Publisher The Roycrofters
  • Place of Publication East Aurora, NY
  • Date Published 1902
  • Keywords The Roycrofters, Elbert Hubbard, Fra Elbertus, Craftsman Period
  • Size 4 5/8 X 6
Pop-Up Book of Trains
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Pop-Up Book of Trains

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1976 Random House First Edition. Pop-Up Book #31. RARE! PAPER ENGINEERING BY IB PENICK. All pop-ups and sliders in working order. Used. Unpaginated. 6 3/4 X 9 1/4. Very Good condition. Quite the find! Please see our photos.
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The Man Who Lost His Head
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The Man Who Lost His Head

by Claire Huchet Bishop

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THE MAN WHO LOST HIS HEAD. Ex-lib. Library-bound. oblong format. Good Condition/ No DJ included. The Viking Press. First Published October, 1942. This is the stated Ninth Printing Thus, December, 1959. Glossy finish decorated blue and white boards with Black titling. A solid copy. Both gutters are intact. Wrap-around blue and white endpapers show a headless man walking past farm animals on his way to the fair to look for his head there. Pages are bright. Corner bumps and finger smudges noted. A fantasy by Robert McCloskey, author and illustrator of "Make Way For Ducklings". Summary: A man wakes up to find that he has no head, so he goes looking for it. RARE.
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 A Picture for Harold's Room: Another Adventure with the Purple Crayon
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 A Picture for Harold's Room: Another Adventure with the Purple Crayon

by Johnson, Crockett

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Johnson, Crockett. A Picture For Harold's Room, A Purple Crayon Adventure. USED. Harper Crest Library bound but from private owners. First Edition, Harper and Brothers 1960. Used. Good Plus Condition/ No Dust Jacket. Rare/scarce. A nice find!
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A Picture For Harold's Room
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A Picture For Harold's Room

by Johnson, Crockett

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Johnson, Crockett: A Picture For Harold's Room, A Purple Crayon Adventure. First Edition, Harper & Brothers 1960. Ex-lib. Good Condition/ No Dust Jacket. Rare/scarce. 64 pages 6 1/4 X 8 3/4
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Harold's Trip To The Sky
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Harold's Trip To The Sky

by Johnson, Crockett

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Johnson, Crockett. Harold's Trip To The Sky. More Adventures With The Purple Crayon. First Edition. Harper & Bros., 1957. Hardcover. Used. Good Condition/ No Dust Jacket. Front cover sticker damage. A clean, solid copy. Please see our photos. Rare/Scarce.
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Gone is Gone: or The Story of a Man Who wanted to Do Housework
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Gone is Gone: or The Story of a Man Who wanted to Do Housework

by Gag, Wanda

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GONE IS GONE, BY POPULAR CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATOR WANDA GA'G. USED. VERY GOOD CONDITION/ VERY GOOD DUST JACKET. 1935 Coward-McCann First Edition, Stated Twelfth Printing Thus. A crisp, clean copy in a nice yellow unclipped dust jacket. A nice find.
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The Pit

The Pit

by Norris, Frank

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Norris, Frank: The Pit, Doubleday, Page & Co., Inc. Stated First Printing Thus. Published February,1903. Used. Very Good-/ No Dust Jacket included. 421 pages. Red boards with gilt titling and wheat motif ornamentation. All gilting is still in nice shape. pages. HISTORY OF ECONOMIC THOUGHT. STOCK MARKET. An attractive used copy.
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Bad Seed: A Play In Two Acts (Fireside Theatre BCE)
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Bad Seed: A Play In Two Acts (Fireside Theatre BCE)

by Anderson, Maxwell

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Bad Seed, Dodd, Mead Fireside Theatre Book Club Edition. A play by Maxwell Anderson. Adapted from the original novel "The Bad Seed" by William March. 1955. Used. Good Condition/ Fair Child Actress Patty McCormack scene from the play on the front cover. "Summary: "Can a child be born evil? This disturbing question underlies the startling events of a new play, based on the best-selling novel by William March."Green boards. 96 pages.
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Freddy And The Popinjay
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Freddy And The Popinjay

by Brooks, Walter R.

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Freddy and The Popinjay. FREDDY THE PIG SERIES. By Walter R. Brooks. 1945 Stated First Edition, Alfred A. Knopf. Used. Good/No Dust jacket included. ILLUSTRATED BY KURT WIESE Summary: Freddy helps J.J. Pomeroy, the robin. Please also see our Freddy The Pig catalogue.
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Double Star

Double Star

by Heinlein, Robert A.

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Double Star. By Robert A. Heinlein. Doubleday & Company, Inc. BCE. 1956, Doubleday Science Fiction. CLASSIC SCI-FI. Used. VG/Good- original dust jacket. Summary: Lorenzo Smythe, an out-of-work actor, finds himself shanghaied on a spaceship bound for Mars and big trouble. 190 pages. 5 ¾ X 8 ½.
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The Boy from Missouri Valley

by Hubbard, Elbert ( Fra Elbertus )

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New York: The House of Hubbard, 1952. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Second Printing. 6 " X 3 1/2". 14 page stapled booklet published for General Motors Men and Women. Slight wear, light blue cover browning at the edges, no stamps or writing..
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Helpful Hints For Business Helpers

by Elbertus, Fra [ Elbert Hubbard]

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East Aurora, NY: The Roycrofters. Fair with no dust jacket. 1916. Softcover. Slight dampstain to lower edge of first few pages. Central four pages are detached but present. Small piece missing from the outer edge of each of the last two pages. ; 24 pages .
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Boy from Missouri Valley, the

by Hubbard, Elbert (Fra Elbertus)

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E Aurora NY: House of Hubbard, 1952 reprint. Pamplet in lt blue wraps; Good+, front wrap is bent.. A short success story written by Hubbard in 1904, reprinted as a booklet by Elbert Hubbard II. 3-1/2 x 6, 16 pp. Scarce.
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A Message To Garcia And Thirteen Other Things

by Elbertus, Fra [ Elbert Hubbard]

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East Aurora, NY: The Roycrofters. Good with no dust jacket. 1901. Softcover. Green flexible leather covers have spots to the front, fading to the spine and edges. Front cover is starting to separate from the pages along the inner edge. .
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OLD JOHN BURROUGHS

by Elbertus, Fra

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East Aurora, New Yorkl: The Roycroft Shop, 1901. 1ST EDITION, HARDCOVER, 21 PAGES. THIS BOOK IS IN GOOD CONDITION, CLEAN AND TIGHT, WITH SOME SHELF WEAR/ BUMPING AGE-DISCOLORATION OF THE EDGES, SOME SPOTTING ON THE FRONT COVER. COVER WHITE/GREY/GOLD.. 1st Edition. Boards & Cloth. Good/No DJ. 8vo. Hardcover.
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Essays on Silence

by Fra Elbertus

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No date or publishing information. Brown suede badly chipped at the edges, gilt title, pages blank aside from the previous owner's name and address on the first page. . Fair. Leatherette.
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Helpful Hints For Business Helpers
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Helpful Hints For Business Helpers

by Elbert Hubbard, Fra Elbertus

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Helpful Hints For Business Helpers

by Elbert Hubbard; Fra Elbertus

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Old John Burroughs

by Fra Elbertus

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East Aurora New York: The Roycroft Shop, 1901. Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. 19 pages. a couple of smudges on front cover where old stickers were removed. first page has disturbed area where bookplate was removed. nice Roycrofters publication. ; 5 1/2 x 8 1/4
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The Motto Book: Being A Collection Of Epigrams (1920)
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The Motto Book: Being A Collection Of Epigrams (1920)

by Fra Elbertus

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Attempt on Roosevelt Life

Attempt on Roosevelt Life

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Cap'n Kid Goes To The South Pole

Cap'n Kid Goes To The South Pole

by Engle, Joanna

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Engle, Joanna. Cap'n Kid Goes To The South Pole. A Seaworld Adventure featuring Shamu, the Killer Whale. RARE. Children's Book. Used. Good, clean Condition. Softcover. Stapled binding. Random House copyright 1983. 5 ½ X 5. ISBN 0394856430. Original cover price $1.25.
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The Treasure Of Sierra Madre

The Treasure Of Sierra Madre

by Traven, B

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Traven, B. : The Treasure Of Sierra Madre. 1994 THORNDIKE PRESS LARGE-PRINT EDITION. Thorndike, Maine. EXLIB. Good/ No DJ if issued. ISBN0786201002. 533 pages. 5 ¾ X 8 ¾. Summary: "The story of three American adventurers who search for a lost gold mine in the mountains of Mexico. A tale of 'gold fever' and desperate greed." Basis for the Humphrey Bogart, John Houston film of the same name.
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Oregon; Or, a Short History of a Long Journey

Oregon; Or, a Short History of a Long Journey: Narrative of a Journey Across the Rocky Mountains, to the Columbia River

by John B. Wyeth

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YE Gallon Press, 1970. Limited Edition. #499/605. VG. Interior is tight, clean, and free of ownership marks except for one penciled notation on the flyleaf. Cloth boards show shelf and handling wear with light soiling, edge, corner, and spine wear. Overall a solid copy showing minimal signs of use. Photo is of the copy we have here at Barbed Wire Books.
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DOLLY MADISON: WOMEN OF COLONIAL AND REVOLUTIONARY TIMES

DOLLY MADISON: WOMEN OF COLONIAL AND REVOLUTIONARY TIMES

by Goodwin, Maud Wilder

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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1886. First Edition . Hardcover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book is in G condition with light rubbing to edges, cocked spine, bumping & fraying to spine ends, pencil marking to FFE, owner's name to title page, a couple of small tears to title page else still a bright and solid copy. SA 6/21
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Grant Wood and Marvin Cone : Artists of an Era
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Grant Wood and Marvin Cone : Artists of an Era

by Hazel E. Brown

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Ames: Iowa State University Press, 1972. Hardcover. First Edition (stated). Flat signed and dated by author on FFEP and Inscribed by author to a friend on half-title page. Near Fine book in a Very Good jacket. Interior pristine except for author's inscription and signature. Spine straight and tight. Jacket shows light rubbing, light chipping at spine head, and light reading wear to edges. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xi + 150 pages. illus. A reflection of the relationships of two artists -- Grant Wood (1891-1942) and Marvin Cone (1891-1965) -- with the community of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. A loving biography by a woman who knew them both. Laid-in are two letters to the editor of the Cedar Rapids Gazette; one from Woods' sister, and another from a friend of Woods and the author.
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BOSTON ~ 150 VIEWS: One Hundred and Fifty Glimpses of Boston and Historical Surroundings
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BOSTON ~ 150 VIEWS: One Hundred and Fifty Glimpses of Boston and Historical Surroundings

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Union News Company , New York and Boston, circa 1910, Very Good Stapled Softcover, 50 pages, 10" x 7", 150 photographs of Boston points of interest, landmarks, buildings, bridges, street views and more.
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Samuel The Seeker
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Samuel The Seeker

by Sinclair, Upton

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Sinclair, Upton. Samuel, The Seeker Copyright 1910. Apparently published by author. No publisher stated. First Edition. States printed at Western Printing and Lithography, Racine, WI. Yellow Boards with black titling. Used. Very Good/ No Dj is Included. Rare/Scarce. A nice copy.
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Readin' 'Ritin' 'Rithmetic: Northern San Luis Obispo County Area One-Room...

Readin' 'Ritin' 'Rithmetic: Northern San Luis Obispo County Area One-Room Schools; Memories, Photos

by Anderson, Carilyn M. And Franklin, Harold A. And Nelson, Bonnie K. And Radford, Milene F. And Dollen

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El Paso de Robles Area Pioneer Museum. Very Good. 2004. No Edition Stated. Softcover. 1929117094 . Light edgewear, corners of book have light curl, small indentation to front cover; b/w photos; 172 pages .
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The DOs and DON'Ts of Yesterday
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The DOs and DON'Ts of Yesterday: Little Book of Early American Know-How

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