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Paris: Rousselon, 1824. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. First edition. Wrappers lightly soiled, light stain on fore edge of a couple pages. 1824 Soft Cover. [2], vi, 171 pp. 12mo. Blue buff wrappers. French text. A work on food preservation, covering how to preserve meat, dairy, fruit, and spirits, including methods for salting, pickling. Also includes chapters on cleaning food and making bone broth.

New York: Grove Press, 1993. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 104x12x152. First edition. Very faint spots to top page ridge, ink stamp to title page, sticker remnants on jacket, jacket edges lightly bumped. 1993 Hard Cover. 308 pp. First novel by the Tony-winning playwright. "In classic works such as Hurlyburly and Streamers, David Rabe's depictions of violence and the dark side of the human psyche have won him widespread acclaim. In Recital of the Dog, a painter who has left urban chaos for the country soon finds his hopes of tranquility shattered by a marauding intruder-a dog that torments his small herd of cows. Desperate to restore order to his world, the man shoots the dog, unwittingly unleashing a nightmare on himself. This is a tale of creation and destruction, crime and punishment, rife with insight and black comedy.

Paris: Librairie Garnier Freres. Stapled Binding. Very Good. No publisher date. Light edge wear. 16 pp. French text. A children's French tale.

New York: Putnam, 1997. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 6x1x9. First edition. Faint stain along jacket edge, closed tear to jacket. 1997 Hard Cover. The widow of the slain Israeli prime minister reflects on their forty-eight years together, her husband's political career, and his place in history, including his role in the peace-making process.

New York: Random House, 1989. Trade Paperback. Good. 8x5x0. Highlighting and underlining. 1989 Trade Paperback. viii, 277 pp. "'The Right Thing To Do' is a collection of readings in moral theory and moral issues from major Western philosophers.

New York: Burns & Oates, 2009. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 5x0x8. Reprint. Corner creased. 2009 Trade Paperback. 218 pp. What is the Point of being a Christian? One is pointed to God, who is the point of everything. If one thinks of religion as just 'useful' then one has reduced it to another consumer product. But if we are pointed to God, then this should make a difference to how we live. This is not a moral superiority. Christians are usually no better than anyone else. But the lives of Christians should be marked by some form of hope, freedom, happiness and courage. If they are not then why should anyone believe a word they say? In this new book, Timothy Radcliffe is at his best, writing with a prophetic edge. His argument for Christian belief is profoundly Catholic and profoundly human. But what is just as remarkable, Radcliffe's argument for and interpretation of Christian Gospel is couched in a deep understanding of human nature and the problems and anxieties of modern… Read More

New York: William H. Radcliffe, 1946. Stapled Binding. Near Fine. Light general wear. 1946 Stapled Binding. For tourists, excursionists, and travelers on boats, trains, autos and airplanes.

New York: Bold Strokes Books, 2007. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 5x0x8. First edition. Ink gift note on half-title page. 2007 Trade Paperback. 262 pp. Leslie Harris's visit to her upstate New York lakeside family home after a decade of triumphs and disappointment resembles a nightmare more than the quiet vacation she'd herod for. The unexpected appearance of much-changed town ero girl Devon Weber, with whom Leslie shares a secret that haunts them both, rekindles an old heart ache—and reminds Leslie of just why she left. Even though her attraction to Dev comes roaring back, the one thing Leslie doesn't want is to pick up where they left off, especially not when she already has just the life she wants—a rewarding high-power law practice, a condo in Manhattan, and a lover who satisfies her without demanding the intimacy Leslie avoids. Unfortunately, environmental biologist Devon Weber doesn't play by Leslie's rules. Two women whose lives turned… Read More

Valley Falls, New York: Bold Strokes Books, 2012. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Fine. 5x0x8. First edition. Fine. 2012 Trade Paperback. 224 pp. Dr. Hollis Monroe specializes in short-terms relationships, typically eight months or less. As an obstetrician dealing with high-risk pregnancies, she spends all her time and energy in caring for women at a nice, comfortable professional distance until she delivers their babies and can walk away. They're happy, she's satisfied, and no one gets hurt. The perfect relationship. Pregnant mother-to-be Annie Colfax is alone and barely making ends meet--she didn't plan on starting a family by herself, but she's determined to succeed. All she had to do is survive. Neither woman wants a relationship, but fate brings them together at a crossroads that will change their lives forever.

Valley Falls, New York: Bold Strokes Books, 2018. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Fine. 5x0x8. First edition. Fine. 2018 Trade Paperback. 229 pp. Army National Guard Colonel Sawyer Kincaid has served her time dueling with death in the deserts of Africa. Now that she’s home, the only sand she wants to see is on the beach in South Florida. Too bad Tropical Storm Leo, swiftly gaining strength out over the Atlantic, is about to draw her in to another life or death war, this time on home soil. Dr. Dara Sims has too many critical patients in the intensive care units at Miami Memorial to consider evacuation, no matter how determined the battle-hardened colonel is to make her. As far as Dara is concerned, evacuate is just another word for abandon. When a state of emergency becomes a state of siege waged by Leo, all she can do is hope the rising waters relent before she loses everyone, herself included.

Valley Falls, New York: Bold Strokes Books, 2010. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Fine. 5x0x8. First edition. Fine. 2010 Trade Paperback. 312 pp. Dr. Ali Torveau knows just how fragile life can be—she sees death and tragedy every day in the trauma unit. Battling the dark forces of fate is her life’s work and she doesn’t want or need anything else, certainly nothing as transient as love. Plenty of women try to change her mind, but she never has any trouble saying no. Not until the day firefighter Beau Cross shows up in her ER and sets Ali’s carefully ordered world aflame.

San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2007. First Edition. Large Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 9x1x11. First edition. A nice copy. 2007 Large Hardcover. 288 pp. "For the first time, the Russian news agency TASS has opened its complete photographic archives to create an unprecedented and uncensored look at the last 100 years of life in the Soviet Union and the new Russia. Featuring more than 300 astonishing photographs many never before published these images capture the daily life of a people through the dramatic sweep of Russian history, from royalty to revolution and the rise and fall of communism. Illuminated by informative essays and extended captions that provide context on the times and the photographs, this is the definitive visual record of Russian history as seen through Russian eyes.

Garden City, New York: Garden City Publishing Co., Inc, 1937. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 9x6x1. Reprint. No jacket. Ink name, minor general wear. 1937 Hard Cover. xi, 383 pp. CONTENTS: Preface to Revised Edition; Prologue: The Golden Day; The First Census of the New World; The Glory That Was Maya; The Reign of the War-Gods: The Ancient Mexicans; The Children of the Sun: the Ancient Peruvians; The Mexicans Conquer North America; The Conquests of the Sun-God; The Epic of the Wanderers; The Mound-Builders; The Sacred Fire; From Cliffs to Pueblo; The Great Mother; Where the Women Ruled; The Great Adventure: The Conquest of the Plains; The Capitalists of the North; The Great God Hare; Where the Shadows Stopped; The Heel of the Conqueror; Bibliography; Index.

New York: Doubleday, 1992. 6th Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 9x6x1. 6th printing. Faint foxing to page ridge. 1992 Hard Cover. vi, [10], 462 pp. 8vo. "Russian playwright and historian Radzinsky mines sources never before available to create a fascinating portrait of the monarch, and a minute-by-minute account of his terrifying last days." "This is an examination of the life and death of Nicholas II, with special emphasis on the last 18 months of his life. Material only recently available from the Kremlin archives, including the Romanov diaries, telegrams, letters and other papers, throws new light on events which have remained a mystery for 75 years. Fresh evidence is presented on the happenings of the night of 16th-17th July 1918, on whether any members of the Tsar's family survived, on the source of the final execution order, and on the part played by Lenin.

New York: Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1917. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. No jackt. Lacks two plates. Board edges rubbed, some loss to spine head. 1917 Hard Cover. x, 379 pp. CONTENTS: Part I. Before the Empire; Part II. The Process of Union; Part III. Developmet of Militarism; Part IV. William II in Power. "Princess Catherine RadziwiÅ‚Å‚ (Polish: Katarzyna RadziwiÅ‚Å‚owa; 30 March 1858 – 12 May 1941)[1][2] was a Polish-Russian aristocrat. Born in Russia into the Polish-Lithuanian House of Rzewuski, her maternal family was the Russian Dashkov-Vorontsov family. In 1873 she married the Polish-Lithuanian Prince Wilhelm RadziwiÅ‚Å‚. She was a prominent figure at the Imperial courts in Germany and Russia, but became involved in a series of scandals. She combined her love for the luxury of the courts, social life, gossip and intrigue with her literary talent and she wrote two dozen books on European royalty… Read More

New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1985. 1st Printing. Large Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 11x9x1. 1st printing. Rear jacket faintly rubbed. 1985 Large Hardcover. 323 pp. This is the catalog of the most comprehensive international exhibition since 1973 of the works of Renoir. The exhibition is a cooperative venture of the Arts Council, Reunion des Musees Nationaux, and Boston Museum of Fine Arts; the text is by Anne Distel (curator, Musee d'Orsay) and John House (Courtauld Institute of Art) with an essay by Sir Lawrence Gowing (University College, London).

Albany: James B. Lyon, Printer, 1894. Stapled Binding. Good. 0x0x0. Some loss to wrapper edges. 1894 Stapled Binding. 61 pp. Original wrappers. A report to the state engineer and surveyor (Campbell W. Adams) regarding the proposed construction of a storage dam, with commentary on local availability of necessary materials, laying out the tests undertaken, and providing estimates of costs for construction and maintenance. Includes three photographs of concrete samples and fourteen fold-out charts. It is interesting to note that the Mount Morris Dam was not constructed until 1952. A serious flood occurred in 1913, which may have been prevented if the dam described in the report had been constructed earlier. Scarce - only 3 copies located in OCLC, at Geneseo, RPL and Texas Tech University.

New York: Toby Press, 2001. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket - Pictorial Cover. 5x1x9. First edition. An exceptional copy. 2001 Hard Cover. After David Markowitz, a first-generation Jewish immigrant, is conned into making a bad investment that leaves his family bankrupt, he dies suddenly, leaving his wife, Ruth, to find a way to survive and keep the family together.

New York: Pocket Books, 1969. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. 7x4x0. First edition (paperback original). Faint toning. 1969 Mass Market Paperback. xiii, 205 pp. "Hair is a celebration, not a story. It celebrates the human body, marijuana, love and sex...

Lawrence: The Regents Press of Kansas, 1980. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8x6x0. First edition. Jacket lightly rubbed. 1980 Hard Cover. xii, 183, [1] pp. 8vo. A study of Napoleon's peace tactics, the influence of political illusions on the relationship of Russia and the West, and the various misunderstandings between these two cultures.