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USA: Henry Holt and Company, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback Type: Hard Back First Printing Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in Very Good Condition. Binding of grey half cloth with red titles, bright red boards, "M" blind-stamped on front board. Upper corners gently bumped. Bright, clean, unmarked; solid, tight, square binding. Glossy, black Jacket has white lettering, large "M" in red. Bright, glossy, clean with light edgewear, not price-clipped. 300 pages. 6.25 x 9.25 inches. Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1996.

Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA: Discovery House Pub, 2008. First Thus. Paperback. As New/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7. First Discovery House Publisher's Printing. Trade Paperback AS NEW. This is the inspiring story of the medical doctor whose vision and faithfulness to God's call began the ministry know as Radio Bible Class and the devotional Our Daily Bread. 160 pages. 8 x 5.75 inches. Discover Hose Publishing, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 2008.

New York, New York: Simon & Schuster, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/As New. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback Type: Hard Back First Printing. Hardcover Book in Near Fine Condition with a Jacket As New. Clean, tight, unmarked, except for light orange mark on the corner of the endpaper. An account of the Greenspan years of the American Boom years, 1987-2000. "Maestro" traces the intellectual journey as Greenspan, an "old-school, anrti-inflation hawk of the traditional economy, is among the first to realize the potential in the modern, high-productivity new economy, the foundation of the boom in those years. Sometime hindsight is better. 279 with Glossary, Chapter Notes, and Index. 9.75 x 6.25 inches. 2000, Simon & Schuster, New York, New York, USA

Phoebus Publishing Company, 1977. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9. New York. Phoebus Pub Co., 1977. Volume 11 of the Make It Yourself book series. Large Hardcover in Very Good Condition. 9"x11.5" tall. Decorative cloth binding with white edging around illustrated cover, which white is lightly soiled, otherwise quite clean and unmarked, no edgewear. Full color illus on nearly every page with detailed instructions for projects--knitting, crocheting, dressmaking, sewing, embroidery, crafts-Christmas tree decorations, craft patterns, decorative candles. All pages very clean and unmarked. Lots of fun things to make.

New York: Phoebus Publishing Company, 1977. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9. New York. Phoebus Pub Co., 1977. Volume 19 of the Make It Yourself series. Large Hardcover in Very Good Condition. 9"x11.5" tall. Decorative cloth binding with white edging around illustrated cover. Clean and unmarked, no edgewear. More advances projects but some for the relative newcomer as well. Full color illus on nearly every page with detailed instructions for projects--knitting, crocheting, dressmaking, sewing, embroidery, crafts--pillows and rugs. All pages very clean and unmarked. Lots of fun things to make.

USA: Creation House, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Creation House, 1972. Hardcover Book, Stated First Edition, First Printing in Good Condition. No jacket. 203 pages. Photographic illustrations in color. Blue cloth gilt titled, very clean and unmarked with light corner and spine edge wear. White number sticker on lower spine. Perhaps some small library or church library book, black mark on bottom edge-not rem mark; Paste-down has two blacked out areas, with 'Clinton, Iowa' still showing; no lib stamps, rear endpapers have home-made pocket and card. Interior very clean and unmarked. Binding is tight and solid. 203 pages. 8vo. Creation House, 1972.

U.S.A: Random House, 1990. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback Hardcover Book and Jacket in Very Good + Condition. Third Printing. Bumiller writes from first hand knowledge of the loves of India's women: villagers, movie stars, intellectuals, policewomen-- and of women's role in Indian society. Clean, tight, solid, unmarked, with slight sunning to top and bottom edges and a slight small indentation to upper edge. Handsome in burgundy half cloth with gilt titles, orange boards. Jacket is slightly wrinkled around spine head, very clean and unmarked, not price-clipped. 306 pages. 9.75 x 6.5 inches. Random House, New York, 1990.

New York: P F Collier & Son, 1910. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback 1910 Hardcover Book in Very Good Condition. No Jacket. With Special Introduction and Illustrations. Navy cloth binding with red panel outlined with elaborate gilt scrolling and sharp, bright gilt lettering on spine. Clean, tight, solid, square, sharp corners. Small discoloration spot on hinge near spine heel which is faintly scuffed and two tiny pale spots near upper edge of front panel; slight wear of corners.Tight blue/yellow headbands. Frontspiece The Death of the Duc D'Enghien from the painting by Jean Paul Laurens, onion skin protected, with red lettering on side facing the title page (not facing the illus). Two other special illus in Vol I: The Young Napoleon at School, from the painting by M. Realier Dumas and The Capture of the Austrian Flag at Austerlitz-Adolphe Lalauze. Pages clean, unmarked, untorn. Very nice volume. 416 pages. 8 x 5 inches. 1910, P F Collier… Read More

USA: Random House, 1992. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7? - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback Second Printing. Hardcover and Dust Jacket in Fine Condition. The Story of Mexico, as told by a master historical novelist. From the excitement of a modern-day bullfight to Inquisition Spain and back to modern day, Michener moves between past and present, in an exciting saga of Mexico--its ancient native culture, the Spaniards in the 16th century,the Mexican-American War, the birth of the modern nation in bloodshed and revolution. Bound in burgundy half cloth, gold boards, bronze titled. Clean, bright, tight, unmarked, no tears,no edgewear. One page has been dog-eared. . 625 pages. 9.5 x 6.5 inches. 1992, Random House, New York, New York, USA

USA: Random House, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7? - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback First Edition First Printing. Hardcover and Dust Jacket in Fine Condition. The Story of Mexico, as told by a master historical novelist. From the excitement of a modern-day bullfight to Inquisition Spain and back to modern day, Michener moves between past and present, in an exciting saga of Mexico--its ancient native culture, the Spaniards in the 16th century, the Mexican-American War, the birth of the modern nation in bloodshed and revolution. Handsome binding of burgundy half cloth, gold boards, bronze titled. Clean, bright, tight, unmarked, no tears, no edgewear. One page has been dog-eared. . 625 pages. 9.5 x 6.5 inches. 1992, Random House, New York, New York, USA

New York: Fawcett Crest/Ballantine Books, 1994. First Thus. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6? - 7?" tall. First Mass Market Paperback Printing. Clean and bright orange cover with slight wear to edges, tight & solid and square, pages lightly toned, quite clean, no marks or creases. The Story of Mexico, as told by a master historical novelist. From the excitement of a modern-day bullfight to Inquisition Spain and back to modern day, Michener moves between past and present, in an exciting saga of Mexico--its ancient native culture, the Spaniards in the 16th century,the Mexican-American War, the birth of the modern nation in bloodshed and revolution. 646 pages. 4.25 x 7 inches. 1994, Random House, New York, New York, USA

USA: Random House, 1994. Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in Good Condition. A blend of a travel book and a murder mystery, this book is a nonfiction novel; it is a first hand account of life in an isolated remnant of the Old South with the twists and turns of a landmark murder case Black half-cloth with silver titles, black boards; generally clean with three whitish smudges and a faint white thread-like mark on front; rubbed on edges, upper corner bumped. Tight and solid and square. Internals are clean and unmarked, with some of the middle pages dog-eared . Jacket is clean and bright, with edgewear around spine ends, with a chip out of the spine tail. . 388 pages. 9.5 x 6.75 inches. Random House, New York, 1994.

Leesburg, VA: Military History, 2002. Soft cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9. Single Issue Magazine in Good Condition. Clean and unmarked with light cover edgewear, name tag label removed from lower right corner. Pages clean, bright completely unmarked. 82 pages. 4to. 2002, Military History, Leesburg, VA.

Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1952. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback Hardcover BCE Book in Very Good Condition, No Dust Jacket. A story of life and love set in the Northern Transvall on the eve of the Boer War--South Africa, 1880, 81, First Anglo-Boer War. Quite an authentic tale about Mittee, the beautiful Afrikander school teacher; Paul Du Plessis, her reckless husband; and Selina, the "shrewd but impetuous mulatto" servant girl who becomes Paul's mistress and who tells the story. Bound in glod cloth with red titles and red decorations to spine, a little darkened along edges, quite clean, a touch of wear to corners and spine edges; tight and solid sewn binding, square; illustrated chapter headings. pages lightly toned, completely clean, no marks of any kind. Rough cut. 309 pages. 8.5 x 5.75 inches. 1952, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, Massachusetts.

USA: Northeast Modern Language Association, 1983. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Literary Journal, Paperback in Very Good Condition. Writings by various authoritative authors on aspects of Henry James' works. Includes such articles/essays as Prefiguring in Two Early Stories of Henry James by Dorothea Krook; A Drama of Intention in Henry James' Autobiography by Carol Hiolly; Jamesian Parody, Jane Eyre and 'The Turn of the Screw', by Alice Hall Petry; Henry James, Great White Hunter, by George Monteiro; and many others. Burgundy cover with illustration is clean and unmarked with light wear around all edges; soundly bound, square, with all pages intact. Internals very clean and completely free from any markings. 179 pages. 9 x 5.5 inches. Northeast Modern Language Association, USA, 1983.

San Francisco, CA: Council Oak Books, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback First Edition. Hardcover Book and Jacket As New. Black binding gilt titled, clean and unmarked, tight and solid. "Monster" turns a keen eye on an eccentric cross-section of American butch. And the author bares his own soul with disarming and hilarious honesty. He proves than manly stereotypes yield surprising subtleties and contradictions when viewed up close. 248 pages. 9 x 6 inches. Council Oaks Books, San Francisco, CA 2001.

New York: Fawcett Columbine, 1995. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Clean and unmarked wraps with slight wear to extremities. A story set in the heart of the Midwest, amid cow pastures, fields of corn and grain, lies Moo University, a distinguished institution devoted to the art and science of agriculture. 8."x 5". 414 pages. 1995, Fawcett Columbine, New York

U.S.A: Alfred A. Knopf, 1995. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback Sixth Printing. Hardcover Book and Jacket As New. Bright, clean, unmarked, tight , solid and square volume. Set in a Midwestern University nicknamed "MOO". Another gem from the Pulitzer Prize winning author of "A Thousand Acres". 414 pages. 6.75 x 9.5 inches. 1995, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, New York, USA

U.S.A: William Morrow and Co, 1987. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback Hardcover BCE and Dust Jacket in Very Good Condition. Very clean and unmarked binding of Ivory half-cloth with silver-gilt titles, over burgundy boards. Bottom edges rubbed, faint smudge on bottom edge of text block. Oveall quite clean, tight, square and solid volume. Interior is Fine. Jacket is silver with red and black lettering, clean, with light edgewear. Saul Bellow has won three National Book Awards, the Pulitzer Prize and the Nobel Prize for Literature. This novel has the 'rapid humor of a French farce' with much action revolving around icons of popular culture. 335 pages. 9.5 x 6.5 inches. New York, Wm Morrow, 1987.

New York, New York, USA: Birch Lane Press, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback First Edition Hardcover Book and Jacket in Fine Condition. Joe Davis explores the latest and most controversial research fromt the origins of language itself to the way the human brain makes and stores it, as well as how infants create it.This book deals with many aspects of language, such as first languages and those learned later, infant babbling, development of language from birth to age 2, idiot savants, etc. A very nice handsome volume.352 including A Chronology of the English Language, List of Sources, and Index. 6.25 x 9.4 inches. Birch Lane Press, New York, 1993.