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Road to Love : An Autobiography by Farmer, John Harrison (author), Thomas F. Parkinson (victim) - 1975

by Farmer, John Harrison (author), Thomas F. Parkinson (victim)

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Road to Love : An Autobiography by Farmer, John Harrison (author), Thomas F. Parkinson (victim) - 1975

Road to Love : An Autobiography

by Farmer, John Harrison (author), Thomas F. Parkinson (victim)

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Hicksville, NY: Exposition Press, 1975. 1st edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. VG+ in unclipped VG+ dustwrapper. 8vo, 124pp, gray boards with spine stamped in gold, printed dustwrapper. A rare memoir, published via a vanity press, described as "The moving account of a senseless killing by a man found not guilty by reason of insanity." Farmer famously shotgunned a former professor of his at the University of California at Berkeley in 1961 (Thomas F. Parkinson, an early advocate of the Beat writers). Partial "Reading Copy" stamp to page edges (no other markings), binding adhesive shows a bit of natural toning.
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  • ISBN 10 0682481033
  • ISBN 13 9780682481038
  • Publisher Hicksville, NY: Exposition Press
  • Date Published 1975
  • Keywords John Harrison Farmer Road to Love An Autobiography Hicksville New York Exposition Press autobiographical memoir true crime academia criminal insanity murder sixties Thomas F. Parkinson Tom Casebook on the Beats University of California at Berkeley 0682481

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Mafia Princess
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Mafia Princess: Growing Up in Sam Giancana's Family

by Antoinette Giancana and Thomas C. Renner

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The Actor's Life: Journals 1956-1976.
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The Actor's Life: Journals 1956-1976.

by HESTON, Charlton.

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New York: Dutton, 1978. Signed facing the title page at the top of his portrait by Charlton Heston. First edition / First printing. White cloth spine, blue paper-covered boards. Fine in about fine dust jacket. A handsome copy of this title. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Actor for Ben Hur. From 1965-71, he served as the elected president of the Screen Actors Guild. Five-term president of the National Rifle Association (1998-2003).
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Always Look on the Bright Side of Life.
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Always Look on the Bright Side of Life.

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New York: Crown Archetype, 2018. Signed on a blank page following the endpaper by Eric Idle. First U.S. edition / First printing. Pale gray paper-covered boards. Very fine in a very fine dust jacket. Founding member of Monty Python's Flying Circus. Creator of the Rutles. Creator of Spamalot. Comedy legend Eric Idle looks back on a career of looniness.
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Life and Addresses of Joseph Cullen Root

Life and Addresses of Joseph Cullen Root: The Founder of Woodcraft

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Joseph Cullen Root was an outspoken proponent of fraternalism and of what good fraternalism could accomplish toward the promotion of human welfare. This hard to find First Edition is in very good condition with a partial original dustjacket. Inside the front cover is a name stamp from a member of the Omaha Woodmen.
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Seraphim Rose : The True Story and Private Letters

Seraphim Rose : The True Story and Private Letters

by Scott, Cathy (on Eugene Seraphim Rose), Eileen Rose Busby (Preface by)

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Recollections Of A Busy Life: Including Reminiscences Of American Politics  And Politicians, From...

Recollections Of A Busy Life: Including Reminiscences Of American Politics And Politicians, From The Opening Of The Missouri Contest To The Downfall Of Slavery; To Which Are Added Miscellanies

by Greeley, Horace

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J. B. Ford. Good with no dust jacket. 1868. First Edition; First Printing. Half-Bound Leather. Book has slight twist, edges of covers rubbed w/tears and chipping to the paper, pages toning, couple small moisture marks, little bit of light soiling; green leather w/marbled covers and endpapers ; 624 pages .
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Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen.
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Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen.

by Thomson, Thomas.

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Blackie and Son, 1874-1875, in six half volumes.. Hardcover. Very Good. Illustrated by numerous authentic portraits on steel. These six half volumes, issued as a part work over 2 years, could then be rebound by the purchaser into 3 full volumes if so desired. These half volumes have their own title pages, but volumes 1, 3 & 5 also have engraved titles for full volumes 1, 2, and 3. Half volume 6 contains printed titles for full volumes 1, 2, and 3, as well as contents pages and lists of plates. 71 of 72 steel engravings. That of Sir William Forbes of Pitsligo missing and never bound in. lPerhaps the publisher had run out of copies of the plate of Sir William Forbes. Top & tail of spine of vol 6 slightly frayed. First 3 pages of vol 3 a little foxed. A very clean, crisp set
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The Sacred Mushroom
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The Sacred Mushroom: Key to the Door of Eternity

by Puharich, Andrija

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Doubleday, 1974. Paperback. Used - Very Good condition. Book is clean with some signs of age and wear. Book is tight and has no loose pages. Slight bumping at corners and edges. Bottom-right corner of front cover is creased. Some discoloration on front and back covers. Vertical crease down spine. Surface tear and discoloration on back cover from sticker removal. No markings inside the book. Photos are of the copy we have at Barbed Wire Books.
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Seraphim Rose : The True Story and Private Letters

Seraphim Rose : The True Story and Private Letters

by Scott, Cathy (on Eugene Seraphim Rose), Eileen Rose Busby (Preface by)

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Salisbury, MA: Regina Orthodox Press, 2000. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 8vo, xvi+256pp, printed wrappers. Erratum slip (containing Afterword) laid in. A biography of the important Orthodox holy man, drawing upon his correspondence, by his niece. Includes a photo section and brief bibliography, plus a short preface by Rose's sister. Unmarked copy, patches of sunning to back cover and spine.
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The Life of John Birch (1954) - INSCRIBED by Robert H. W. Welch, Jr
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The Life of John Birch (1954) - INSCRIBED by Robert H. W. Welch, Jr

by Welch, Robert H. W., Jr

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Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, 1954. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Near Fine in VG dw. 8vo, [x]+118pp (plus plates), blue cloth with spine stamped in silver, printed dustwrapper. INSCRIBED by the author (founder of the John Birch Society) in early 1955 on the front free endpaper. Endpaper also has the ownership stamp of Myers G. Lowman, executive secretary of the anti-Communist Methodist group Circuit Riders, Incorporated. No other markings. A clean copy with typical toning of the acidic text stock used; jacket has publisher's clipping of corner and price stamp and a bit of toning and wear (including a small closed tear, but nice overall).
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Road to Love

Road to Love

by Farmer, John Harrison

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Hicksville, NY: Exposition Press. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1975. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0682481033 . This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. There is one spot of ground-in dirt to the front cover of the book. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is mostly clean and bright, but has one one inch long semi-closed tear to the bottom edge of the front panel, and some light rubbing, bumping and wear to the spine ends and corner. .
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The Sky and the Forest
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The Sky and the Forest

by Forester, C.S

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C.S. Forester: The Sky and the Forest. Little, Brown and Company, Boston. Stated First Edition First Printing Thus August, 1948. Cover price $2.75. Used. VG BOOK/VG UNCLIPPED DUST JACKET. A story of a central Africa. By C.S. Forester, author of the Admiral Hornblower series.
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Samuel The Seeker

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Shoot to Kill?

Shoot to Kill?

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Remembered Death (aka Sparkling Cyanide) G&D Hardcover w/DJ 1945

Remembered Death (aka Sparkling Cyanide) G&D Hardcover w/DJ 1945

by Christie, Agatha

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Christie, Agatha: Remembered Death (aka Sparkling Cyanide) 1945 HARDCOVER WITH DUST JACKET. Unabridged. Please see our stock photo. Used. VG/Fair unclipped DJ. 209 pages. 5 3/8 X 7 ¾. A COLONEL RACE MYSTERY.
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Three Blind Mice (Agatha Christie Mystery Collection)

Three Blind Mice (Agatha Christie Mystery Collection)

by Christie, Agatha

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Three Blind Mice (Agatha Christie Mystery Collection) (aka The Mousetrap). Black faux leather binding. First Edition Thus Bantam Books Inc., NY, September, 1988. Number line: 0987654321. As New. Summary: "A blinding snowstorm—and a homicidal maniac—traps a small party of friends in an isolated estate." THE MOUSETRAP: Known as the "world's longest-running play," The Moustrap has been running since 1952 and celebrated 70 years in London in 2022."
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Rumpole and the Angel of Death
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Rumpole and the Angel of Death

by John Mortimer

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The Man In The Brown Suit
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The Man In The Brown Suit

by Christie, Agatha

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Vonnegut, Kurt. Dead-Eye Dick. 1982, DELACORTE PRESS/SEYMOUR LAWRENCE . FIRST EDITION. Used. VG/G+ Condition. Back DJ photo of author taken by Jill Krementz. Plot Summary: "Deadeye Dick is a tragic tale of "gun nuts and nukes," Vonnegut tells Miller Rudy Waltz, the protagonist, while playing around as a child in his father's upstairs gun room, fires off a round from a high-powered rifle and accidentally kills a pregnant woman as she vacuums her apartment several blocks away."
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Jailbird

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Vonnegut, Kurt. Jailbird. 1979. Delacorte Press/ Seymour Lawrence. First Edition. Used. Good+ Unclipped DJ. Back cover author photo. 245 pages, Indexed. Plot summary: "This thematically and narratively complex book tells the life story of Walter Starbuck, ex-socialist, ex-capitalist, and ex-con. Moving fluidly back and forth between past and present, incident and insight, irony and irony, the novel explores themes relating to the tension between capitalism and communism, layers of meaning inherent in layers of identity, fact, and fiction, and the inter-connectedness of all things."
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Histoire du Procès de la France par Auguste Johanet
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Paris: Aux Bureaux du Journal La France, 1841. Very Good -. 48 p.; 20 cm. Disbound. Auguste Johanet (1806-1860) was a French lawyer and historian. Scarce. In Very Good- Condition: half title detached but present; clean and solid.
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