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LIGHTNING DOWN; A World War II Story of Survival
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LIGHTNING DOWN; A World War II Story of Survival

by Clavin, Tom

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Used - Very Fine
Jacket Condition
Very Fine
Edition
First Edition, First Printing
Published
2021
Binding
Cloth
ISBN
9781250151261
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Lake Forest, Illinois, USA
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£19.52

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New York: St. Martin's Press, 2021. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Very Fine/Very Fine. Glossy B/W photos. SIGNED by the Author, tall 8vo, air force blue cloth with white spine lettering, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped), illustrated with B&W photos, map endpapers showing Joe Moser's Route as a Nazi POW, 310 pages. Tom Clavin was born in… Read more about this item
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A ZEN LIFE; D.T. Suzuki Remembered photographs by Francis Haar / edited by Masao Abe
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A ZEN LIFE; D.T. Suzuki Remembered photographs by Francis Haar / edited by Masao Abe

by Haar, Francis & Masao Abe

Condition
Used - Near Fine
Edition
First Edition
Published
1966
Binding
Wrappers
ISBN
9780834802131
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Lake Forest, Illinois, USA
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New York Tokyo: Weatherhill, 1966. First Edition. Wrappers. Near Fine. B&W photos by Francis Haar. Tall 8vo, photographic wrappers, well illustrated with B&W photographic plates taken by Francis Haar, edited by Masao Abe, 250 pages. EXCELLENT overview of Zen master Daisetz Teitaro, who did so much to bring Zen Buddhism to the U.S. and world. NF copy.… Read more about this item
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THE STRANGER FROM PARADISE; A Biography of William Blake
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THE STRANGER FROM PARADISE; A Biography of William Blake

by Bentley, Jr., G.E.

Condition
Used - Fine
Jacket Condition
Very Fine
Edition
First Edition
Published
2001
Binding
Cloth
ISBN
9780300089394
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Lake Forest, Illinois, USA
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£42.16

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New Haven and London: Yale University Press / Paul Mellon Center for Studies in British Art, 2001. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Very Fine. Color & B/W plates. Small quarto (9 1/4" x 6 1/8" x 1 1/4"), black cloth with gold lettering on spine; archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped); well illustrated with glossy B/W & Color Plates, pictorial… Read more about this item
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GEORGIANA; Duchess of Devonshire
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GEORGIANA; Duchess of Devonshire

by Foreman, Amanda

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Used - Fine
Jacket Condition
Near Fine
Edition
Sixth Impression
Published
1998
Binding
Cloth
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Lake Forest, Illinois, USA
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£32.01

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London: HarperCollins Publishers, 1998. Sixth Impression. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. Photographes, plates, illustrations. SIGNED by the Author on the title page, royal 8vo (9 1/4" x 6 3/8" x ~ 1 1/2"), black cloth with gold lettering on spine; profusely illustrated with 24 pages of glossy period portraits, cartoons, and related matter; archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (uncllipped) with… Read more about this item
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AUDITION; A Memoir
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AUDITION; A Memoir

by Walters, Barbara

Condition
Like New
Jacket Condition
Very Fine
Edition
First Edition
Published
2008
Binding
Cloth and boards
ISBN
9780307266460
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Lake Forest, Illinois, USA
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£49.18

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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2008. First Edition. Cloth and boards. Like New/Very Fine. B&W + Color photos. SIGNED by the Author on the title page [her name only], tall 8vo (9 1/2" x 6 1/2' x 1 1/2"), gray quarter cloth over gold boards, archival mylar-protected dust jacket (unclipped; $29.95), illustrated with glossy B&W + color photos,… Read more about this item
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BARACK AND JOE; The Making of an Extraordinary Parnership
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BARACK AND JOE; The Making of an Extraordinary Parnership

by Levingston, Steven

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Used - Very Fine
Jacket Condition
Very Fine
Edition
First Edition, First Printing
Published
2019
Binding
Cloth and boards
ISBN
9780316487863
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Lake Forest, Illinois, USA
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£21.08

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New York Boston: Hachette Books, 2019. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Very Fine. Color photos. SIGNED by the Author on the title page, tall 8vo, black quarter cloth with white lettering on spine over matching black boards, archival mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) depicting President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden laughing together, illustrated with… Read more about this item
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THE BOOK OF GUTSY WOMEN; Favorite Stories ofr Courage and Resilience
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THE BOOK OF GUTSY WOMEN; Favorite Stories ofr Courage and Resilience

by Clinton, Hillary Rodham and Chelsea Clinton

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Like New
Jacket Condition
Like New
Edition
First Edition, First Printing
Published
2019
Binding
Cloth
ISBN
9781982142636
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Lake Forest, Illinois, USA
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New York London Toronto Sydney New Delhi: Simon & Schuster, 2019. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Like New/Like New. B&W + Color photos. SIGNED by both Authors on a special preliminary page, small quarto (9 3/8" x 7 5/8" x 1 1/4"), dark blue cloth with gold lettering on spine, illustrated with glossy B&W and color photos of… Read more about this item
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THIS I BELIEVE; An A to Z of A LIFE / Translated by Kristina Cordero
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THIS I BELIEVE; An A to Z of A LIFE / Translated by Kristina Cordero

by Fuentes, Carlos

Condition
Used - Fine
Jacket Condition
Fine
Edition
First American Edition
Published
2005
Binding
Cloth and boards
ISBN
9781400062461
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£17.18

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New York: Random House, 2005. First American Edition. Cloth and boards. Fine/Fine. 8vo, brown quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over beige boards, Mylar-protected lettered dust jacket (unclipped) with detail from a painting by Maximino Javier, [i-xii] + [1-3] 4-331 pages + [332-3] About the Author + [334-335] About the Type. Carlos Fuentes Macias (1928 - 2012)… Read more about this item
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