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History's Daughter: The Life of Clara Endicott Sears Founder of Fruitlands Museums
by Cynthia H. Barton
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Near Fine
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- First Edition
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- 1988
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- Hardcover
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- 9780941632027
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£12.13
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Harvard, MA: Fruitlands Museums 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. 0941632024 . . Limited to 2000 copies. Fruitlands Museums Inc Publication Number 3. 167+ pages, illustrated, Winthrop and Sears genealogy, Endicott and Peabody genealogy, bibliography, notes, acknowledgments, index. Near Fine copy minor spine heel bumping in near fine jacket with light wear, mostly to the spine head with a 1/2" top edge… Read more about this item Item Price
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Cotton Field Of Dreams A Memoir
by Janis F. Kearney
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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- January 31, 2005
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- Hardcover
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- 9780976205807
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£11.32
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Chicago: Writing Our World Press 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. 0976205807 . First edition. This copy has been dated in the year of issue ["12-07-04"] and signed by the author on the half-title page. "An American story---in black and white---a poignant tale of Janis F. Kearney, former diarist to President William Jefferson Clinton, and her journey from the cotton fields of… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Promise to My Mother: the Saga of the Ellis Walter Ruley Family
by Lindsey, DeLois C. with Sheila L. Traynum
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- Used - Fine
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- First Edition
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- 2003
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- Paperback
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- 9781582750804
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San Diego: Black Forest Press. 2003. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 1582750807. This book was been inscribed and signed and dated by Sheila L. Traynum inside the front cover, and signed by Gladys M. Ruley "GrandDaughter of Ellis Ruley" on the title page. "This book is a historical account of African American folk artist Ellis Ruley, who lived in Norwich, Connecticut".… Read more about this item Item Price
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One Life's Dream
by Alicia Hanson
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- Used - Near Fine
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- First Edition
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- December 20, 2004
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- Paperback
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- 9781413743432
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£10.10
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Baltimore: PublishAmerica 2004 Trade Paperback. 1413743439 . First edition [stated First printing] of the author's first book. "An inspiring story that offers insight into one young life at the turn of the 20th Century...This story traces the life and times of Cecilia Signorelli DiOrio, from her beginnings in Sessa Aurunca, Italy, to her settlement in Brooklyn, New York, and Providence,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Broad Shoulders
by Lamarre, Beatrice
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Very Good
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- First Edition
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- 1999
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- Hardcover
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New York: Vantage Press 1999. Hardcover. First edition. This copy has been inscribed, dated in the year of issue ["March 17, 1999"] and signed ["Beatrice"] by the author on the front free endpaper. "This is the story of a failed marriage and a marriage that came close to failure, but eventually blossomed". 182 pages. Near Fine copy in jacket with… Read more about this item Item Price
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Rescuing Patty Hearst: Growing Up Sane in a Decade Gone Mad
by Virginia Holman
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Near Fine
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- First Edition
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- 2003
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- Hardcover
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- 9780743222853
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This copy has been signed by the author on the title page [beneath her printed name which she has lined through]. "A portion of Rescuing Patty Hearst appeared in Double Take under the title 'Homesickness,' and won a Pushcart Prize". 244+ pages. Near fine with spine ends lightly bumped in like jacket. See photos clphE Item Price
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Gracious Lady
by Rita S Halle Kleeman
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- Used - Good
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- First Edition
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- 1935
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- Hardcover
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£242.52
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D. Appleton Century 1935 1st ed. with (1) to last page. 333 pp. Signed by author on front free endpaper, with a gift inscription from the previous owner underneath. "with love from Charles and Lucinda December 25, 1935" Good condition with binding cracked, holding well, after the half title page, light foxing and toning to endpapers and frontis. "20"in red… Read more about this item Item Price
£242.52
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Embroidered Gauze: Portraits of Famous Chinese Ladies
by Hibbert, Eloise Talcott
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good
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- First Edition
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- 1938
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- Hardcover
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£16.17
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London: John Lane the Bodley Head 1938 Hardcover. First edition "The strange and delicate charm that we find in old Chinese ARt looks out at us from this gallery of the portraits of Chinese laides, famous in two thousand years of the history of their country . Some of them were wives, some courtesans, some empresses, but they were all… Read more about this item Item Price
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There's a Dance in the Old Dame Yet
by Harriet Robey
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- Used - Very Good in Good dust jacket
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- First Edition
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- 1982
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- Hardcover
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- 9780316751216
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£10.35
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This copy has been signed by the author on the title page
"I am an old widow who is utterly crazy and utterly sane. I see life as one vast astonishing joke, the essence and the antithesis of tragedy". 217 pages.edge wear, dust soiling top page edges in dust jacket with wear, rubbing, light chipping. 119; Item Price
£10.35
My Louise
by David Collins
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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- October 2002
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- Hardcover
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- 9780865381070
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£9.70
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Princeton: Ontario Review Press 2002 Hardcover. 0865381070 . First edition. "A moving account of a young woman's tragic struggle with breast cancer, and her bereaved husband's fight to control his grief and provide a home for their two-year-old daughter". 203 pages. Fine copy in Fine jacket bx250 Item Price
£9.70
Backstage With Julia My Years With Julia Child
by Barr, Nancy Verde
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- Used - Fine
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- First Edition
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- 2007
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- Paperback
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- 9780470276372
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[Hoboken, NJ]: Wiley Publishing Inc 2007. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 9780470276372 This copy has been inscribed ["Say 'souffle'!"] and signed "Nancy Verde Barr" by the author on the dedication page. Pictorial wrappers, 285+ pages, illustrated, resources, index. Fine copy. bx258 Item Price
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How Sweet it is in my Memories
by Eske, Leila
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Near Fine
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- First Edition
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- 1993
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- Hardcover
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£16.17
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no place: no publisher no date. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 0000. First Edition. Hardcover. Presumed first edition. This copy has been generically inscribed ["with friendship"] and signed by the author on the title page. "Leila Eske was born in Finland. After completing her primary and secondary education she continued in the Ateneum becoming an… Read more about this item Item Price
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Reaching for the Summit
by Sawyer, Margaret Merry
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Very Good
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- First Edition
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- 1992
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- Hardcover
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Gardiner, ME: Steele Publishing Co Inc 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Foreword by John J. Pullen This copy has been inscribed and signed and dated by the author on the front free endpaper. Memoirs/autobiography of a senior citizen Boston Marathon runner, climber of Mount Washington, etc. 190 pages, dozens of illustrations [mostly black-and-white photographs Near Fine… Read more about this item Item Price
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One Step at a Time: My 18-Month Walk Across America
by Elena J. Hanuse
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- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
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- First Edition
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- 1987
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- Hardcover
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- 9780892563210
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- 1
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£10.10
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New York: Rawson Associates 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. 0892563214 This copy has been inscribed, signed as both herself and her Doberman companion "Bucky (with a 'pawprint')"] and dated by the author on the front free endpaper. "The inspirational account of one woman's journey on foot through her native land to rediscover its people and its values". 225 pages, photo-illustrated. Very… Read more about this item Item Price
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Figleaf The Business of Being in Fashion
by Merriam, Eve
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- Used - Very Good in Good dust jacket
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- First Edition
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- 1960
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- Hardcover
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Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company 1960. First Edition. Hardcover This copy has been inscribed and signed ["Eve Merriam"] by the author on the front free endpaper [which also has a date stamp to it, and "op / signed presentation copy" noted in pencil]. 256 pages, illustrated with 20 line drawings, glossary. Very Good copy with spine… Read more about this item Item Price
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Daughter of My People: Henrietta Szold and Hadassah
by Krantz, Hazel
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Near Fine
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- First Edition
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- 1987
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- Hardcover
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- 9780525672364
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£9.70
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New York: Lodestar Books / E. P. Dutton 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. 0525672362. First edition. 145 pages, photo-illustrated, index. Near Fine copy with a trace of wear in like jacket. clph Item Price
£9.70
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Ladybirds II: the Continuing Story of American Women in Aviation
by Henry M. Holden & Captain Lori Griffith
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- Used - Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1993
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- Hardcover
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- 9781879630123
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- 1
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£11.32
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"With my warmest best wishes Henry M. Holder" on the half-title page.Photo-illustrated, bibliography, photo credits, contributors, resources, reference notes, index. Near Fine copy with minor bumping,in lightly worn Dust Wrapper with some tiny edge tears/nicking and with impression marks to the rear panel. bx106 Item Price
£11.32
Welcome to Lizard Motel: Children, Stories, and the Mystery of Making Things Up
by Barbara Feinberg
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- Used - Fine in Fine dust jacket
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- 2004-08-01
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- Hardcover
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- 9780807071441
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£11.80
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Boston: Beacon Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. 0807071447 . First edition. "A completely original memoir about the place of stories in children's lives". 209 pages, notes and further thoughts, acknowledgments. Fine copy in Fine Dust Wrapper. 192 Item Price
£11.80
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A Gift of Joy
by Hayes, Helen with Lewis Funke [Dust Wrapper design byh Miriam Woods, photo by marcus Blochman] [book design by Edward Gorey]
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- Used - Good in Good dust jacket
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1965
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- Hardcover
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Hardcover. First edition This copy has been inscribed and signed " Joy to (Lina? illegible) from Helen Hayes" by the author on the front free endpaper. "A collection of her thoughts, reminiscences, and anecdotes, as well as selected pieces from her favorite writers". 254 pages, photo-illustrated. Good copy very light bumping, some fading to the spine ends, page edges tanned… Read more about this item Item Price
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SEA RUN: SURVIVING MY MOTHER'S MADNESS
by Shields, Mary Lou [Dust Wrapper design by Muriel Nasser, author photo by P. S. Lorris]
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- Used - Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1981
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780872236653
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£14.07
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New York: Seaview Books [1981]. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. 087223665X . First edition. This copy has been dated ["Cambridge, Massachusetts / April 1984"] and signed ["Mary Lou Shields"] by the author on the front free endpaper. "It is her remarkable ability to tell of her experience truly, to recapture both… Read more about this item Item Price
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