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Vandalia, Illinois: Vandalia Leader. Very Good. 1965. Softcover. Book is clean and tight. Stapled cover, a book with soiled covers and shelf worn corners and spine. Laid in is a 9 page booklet A Brief History of the Wise Family by Mrs. Abbie Wise Pike. The covers are loose and front cover has large chip. This is about the Ebenezer Wise married to Mary Hazelton branch.; 4to .

Nelson Doubleday. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1984. Hardcover. Book is clean and tight. Corners and ends of spine are lightly bumped and shelf worn as is the dust jacket. Three stories ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 628 pages .

Minneapolis, Minnesota: Northwestern. Very Good. 1939. Softcover. Book is clean and tight, staples are rusty. Spine is sunned. Corners are creased. .

William G. Keener. Very Good-. 1962. Softcover. The cover is a bit soiled and shelf worn. Illustrations are about 7 inches long with descriptions. ; 128 pages .

Toronto, Canada: Penguin. 1997. Hardcover. 0670877514 . Book is clean and tight and has a mylar cover, looks unread, back of mylar has sticker residue, hope I get a chance to clean it up. .

Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. 0691030855 . Book is clean and tight. Spine is bumped and shelf worn. Tips of corners are shelf worn. Gilt on spine is bright. Dust jacket is price clipped, with small tears and creases on edge, color is rubbed on the spine with a couple of small holes on the jacket and is soiled.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall .

Warsaw, Poland: Academia Scientiarum Polona Collegium Cracoviense. Very Good. 1987. Softcover. 00015229 . Magazine is clean but obviously read, there is a nickel sized spot where surface is missing at bottom of cover. Two articles are written in English, rest is Polish (I think) , topics include stone tools, and the medieval castle. Letters BA on front flyleaf corner. Scan is of the table on contents. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

New York, New York: Doubleday. Very Good. 1995. Advanced Reading Copy (ARC). Softcover. 0385477074 . Book is clean and tight. Surface of front and spine have surface rubbed, a little shelf wear to corners and spine. .

London: Oxford University Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1929. Hardcover. Books are clean and tight, many pages remain uncut. Former owner's bookplate inside front cover. Corners and spine are bumped and shelf worn. The whole front edge of volume 1 looks as if it has had water damage but it feels more like the surface is rubbed, spot on the back edge also. No marks inside just a little foxing. Volume II has bookplate inside front cover and a school library stamp on front flyleaf, corners & spine are shelf worn and there is a worn spot middle front edge. Volume II has bookplate and school library stamp. The only other library marking in the entire set is a book pocket in the back of volume 3. Corners and spine are shelf worn and bumped. Stated that only 500 copies were made. ; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall .

Austin: Encino. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1968. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Book is clean and tight. Corners and ends of spine are bumped and shelf worn. Ex-library with typical library markings inside and out. Limited edition of 750 this is copy #445. Pages have linen look. Signed by Hudson on half title. Play about range life in earlyTexas. ; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 56 pages; Signed by editor .

New York: Harmony. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1982. Hardcover. 0517548747 . Tiny bit of wear on top and bottom of dust jacket otherwise, as new. This is 8th printing.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall .

New York: Viking Press. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1982. Hardcover. 0670262870 . Book is clean and tight. Dust jacket is price clipped with a little shelf wear. Beautiful photographs, most are d/w. .

St Martins Pr. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. 0312001371 . Book is clean and tight. Corners and ends of spine are bumped and shelf worn on book and dust jacket. Dust jacket has a one inch tear near top of spine. There is an inscription on front flyleaf "To Mrs. Escamilla -- Hope you think this book does the man justice, Robert L. Draper aka Leon Adams". Leon Adams was a pseudonym, I have found no definite proof that Draper was Adams but all of the descriptions of the author match Draper. ; 8.30 X 5.70 X 0.70 inches; 134 pages; Signed by Author .

New York: Simon & Schuster. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1974. Hardcover. Spine and corners are bumped and a little shelf worn. Cover is brown with a gilt bear. Foredges are rough cut. .

Unknown. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1978. Hardcover. 394422473 . Book is clean and tight. Has no publisher, the verso just says copyright 1978 by Richard Adams. Then below that is Japanese/Chinese? like the Rex Collings publications. The page facing title lists 4 other titles by Adams. Pages 18-19 are partially very dark print and 18 has some of the type that doesn't match where the dark and light type go together, There is no ISBN anywhere but the dust jacket. The cover is brown with silver lettering on spine that looks as new but there are spots of silver above it that look smeared. The paper is thin. The dust jacket has the 2 dogs on front and a fox on the back with ISBN without the 0 prefix. There is shelf wear on the corners of dust jacket. If anyone knows anything about this book please let me know so I can correct description. .

New York, NY: Random House,. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1955. Hardcover. Owner's name in ink inside front cover and opposite title page, stain on foredge, spine faded and bottom corners are a little warped. .

Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1995. Hardcover. 0192142267 . Book is clean and tight, spine and corners are bumped. Dust jacket has shelf wear at corners and along edges. "About 250 creatures, from the least significant to the most majestic, can be found, fish, birds, mammals, insects: fleas and centipedes, pigs and cows, horses and elephants, unicorns and salamanders, kraken and leviathan crowd these pages." .

Radford, VA: Commonwealth. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1975. Hardcover. Book is clean and tight. The front cover looks like it has had drops of glue spilt on it and a couple of those seem to have had someone try to remove them but failed. Corners and spine are bumped and shelf worn. There is also a dent in the middle of back cover. Text block is near fine. .

Colorado Springs, CO: Dentan. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1960. Hardcover. Book is clean and tight. Signed and inscribed by Donner on front flyleaf. Corner tips and spine have a little shelf wear and gilt on front cover is faded. This is a call to arms for the Christian Church to defend itself from the Philosophers, Masons, Jacobites, Weishaupt, even compares the United Irishmen to the Illuminati. I guess I have a lot to learn about this Conspiracy. .

E. P. Dutton. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1987. First Printing. Hardcover. 0525245197 . Book is clean and tight. Looks unread. Bottom of spine is bumped. ; 9.90 X 7.30 X 0.30 inches; 310 pages .