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Pasadena, CA, USA: Upton Sinclair, 1920. Book. Good. Trade Paperback. Reprint. 12mo.. Pasadena: Upton Sinclair, 1920. Later printing of first edition. 12mo. Trade paperback, 413 pp. including index. 2 pp. advertising for "The Jungle". Lacking half-title. Good..

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1989. Book. New. Quarter Cloth. First American. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Boston, MA, Houghton Mifflin, 1989. First American edition, first printing. 8vo. Black quarter cloth over black boards with gilt lettering embossed on spine, textured taupe endpapers, illustrated with black and white photographs and maps, 468 pp. "Claws of the Bear" is drawn from a wide variety of published and unpublished sources and from interviews with former member of the Soviet Armed Forces. At a time of transition, it strips the obscurity from one of the greatest military forces of modern times. New in a new dust jacket, protected by a mylar cover..

Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1953. Book. Illus. by Lonette, Reisir. Very Good. Cloth. Early Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Garden City, NY, Doubleday, 1953. Early reprint. 8vo. Red cloth with silver and yellow lettering embossed on spine, illustrated throughout, 285 pp. Former owner initials on endpaper. Dust jacket is sunned with small chipping at extremities, small discolorations; bindings are bright, text block is tight, clean and appears gently read. Very good in a good dust jacket, protected by a mylar cover..

Washington, DC: American Chemical Society, 1985. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Washington, DC: American Chemical Society, 1985. First edition. 4to. Paperback with color, black and white illustrations and charts and graphs through-out, 175 pp. The reader of this fascinating book about the brightest of all the short-period comets will be taken on an exciting voyage that follows Comet Halley through one 7.6 billion mile circuit. Front cover slightly dog-eared on upper edge, but overall in very good condition with clean, crisp text block..

New York: Atheneum, 1966. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First edition. 8vo. Cloth. 763 p. Articles and stories from the noted magazine Commentary, by an impressive lineup of authors including Martin Greenberg, Hannah Arendt, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Saul Bellow, Bayard Rustin, Lionel Trilling, Edmund Wilson, Henry Roth, Philip Roth, James Baldwin, and dozens of others. Minor shelfwear. Near fine..

New York, NY: Facts On File, 1991. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New York, NY, Facts on File, 1991. First edition, first printing. 8vo. Green cloth with gilt lettering embossed on spine, illustrated with maps, 244 pp. Fine in near fine dust jacket, protected by a mylar cover..

Human Relations Area Files Press, 1964. Ex-Library. Very Good. Original Wraps. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Reprint edition. 8vo. Original paper wraps. 111 p. Yale University Publications in Anthropology Number 32. Exlibrary markings include labels, pocket, date slip, and stamps. Minor shelfwear. Very good..

New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1986. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. First edition. 4to. Cloth. 239 p. Color and black and white photographs. Everything you ever wanted to know about the television program Dallas, and more. A collector's item, which includes many previously unpublished photographs. Fine in fine dustjacket in mylar cover..

Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Little Brown & Company, 1984. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First American Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Boston: Little Brown. 1984. First American edition. 4to. Cloth binding with lavish color and black & white illustrations throughout, 348 pp. This superbly illustrated book is designed to show how any house, apartment or small studio can be turned into a stylish and comfortable home. Crisp, clean text block. Very good with very good dust jacket, protected with a mylar cover..

New York: A. L. Burt and Company Book. Near Fine. Cloth. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 8vo. Cloth. Frontispiece illustration. 319 pp. No publishing date -- circa 1915. Part of the Home Library. Minor shelfwear. Near fine..

Boston: Ticknor & Fields Book. Very Good. Cloth over Marble Boards. Reprint. 12mo.. Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1866. 12mo. Antique ex-library with hand-numbered and hand-dated bookplate. 12mo. Cloth over marble boards, 288 pp. Endpapers tanned, foxing here and there. Very good..

New York, NY: Doubleday, 1993. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition, First Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New York, NY, Doubleday, 1993. First edition, first printing. 8vo. Gray quarter cloth over gray boards with silver lettering embossed on spine, decorated endpapers, 383 pp. Former owner blind stamp on front endpaper, else would be graded as "fine". Appears gently read or unread. Very good in a near fine dust jacket, protected by a mylar cover..

New York, NY: Regan Books, 2004. Book. New. Quarter Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New York, NY, Regan Books, 2004. First edition. 8vo. Black quarter cloth over scarlet boards with red lettering on spine and publisher's logo embossed on front board, illustrated in black and white through-out, 360 pp. This book will lend new eyes to the readers who want the full story behind the 9/11 attacks and inspires us to keep demanding the truth. New in new dust jacket..

Woodstock, NY: Overlook Press, 2003. Book. New. Quarter Cloth. Signed by Author(s). First Edition, First Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Woodstock, NY, Overlook, 2003. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. First edition, first printing. 8vo. Black quarter cloth over gold-colored boards with gilt lettering embossed on spine, 224 pp. With disarming intensity, humor and great heart, the author tells the story of Dennis Birch, a washed-up thirty-four year old baseball player turned minor league scout. At the request of his organization, he embarks on a quest to smuggle the hot left-handed pitcher out of Fidel Castro's Cuba. Birch is both narrator and a memorable character as he reveals the sordid and morally complex tale to fulfill his mission, at once humorous, harrowing and affirming. New in a new dust jacket, protected by a mylar cover..

Woodstock, NY: Overlook Press, 2003. Book. New. Quarter Cloth. Signed by Author(s). First Edition, First Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Woodstock, NY, Overlook, 2003. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. First edition, first printing. 8vo. Black quarter cloth over gold-colored boards with gilt lettering embossed on spine, 224 pp. With disarming intensity, humor and great heart, the author tells the story of Dennis Birch, a washed-up thirty-four year old baseball player turned minor league scout. At the request of his organization, he embarks on a quest to smuggle the hot left-handed pitcher out of Fidel Castro's Cuba. Birch is both narrator and a memorable character as he reveals the sordid and morally complex tale to fulfill his mission, at once humorous, harrowing and affirming. New in a new dust jacket, protected by a mylar cover..

Garden City, NY: Natural History Press, Double Day & Company, Inc., 1970. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Garden City, NY: Natural History Press, Double Day & Company, Inc., 1970. First edition. 8vo. Cloth with gilt lettering on cover and spine and attractive gold end papers. Appears unread. Today, because the whole world is caught in the same electronically produced, intercommunicating network, youth have an experience that their elders never had. They face a new era. From her knowledge of societies throughout the world, Margaret Mead explains how this lonely generation differs from those in the past and why an unprecedented generation gap must be acknowledged by old and young alike before communication can begin. Fine in fine dust jacket, protected by a mylar cover..

Garden City, NY: Natural History Press, Double Day & Company, Inc., 1970. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Garden City, NY: Natural History Press, Double Day & Company, Inc., 1970. First edition. 8vo. Cloth with gilt lettering on cover and spine and attractive gold end papers. Appears unread. Today, because the whole world is caught in the same electronically produced, intercommunicating network, youth have an experience that their elders never had. They face a new era. From her knowledge of societies throughout the world, Margaret Mead explains how this lonely generation differs from those in the past and why an unprecedented generation gap must be acknowledged by old and young alike before communication can begin. Fine in fine dust jacket, protected by a mylar cover..

Milano, Italy: Libri Scheiwiller, 1980. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Milano: Libri Scheiwiller, 1980. First edition. 4to. Attractive beige cloth with brown lettering and white publisher's logo, rich brown endpapers lavishly illustrated throughout, 774 pp. In Italian; title translation: "From Aquileia To Venezia; a Mediation between Europe and the Middle East from the 2nd century BC to the 6th century AD", includes original fold-out map. Small tear in binding but otherwise in excellent condition. Extra large and heavy book. Includes key to plates laid in. Small tears in dust jacket, crisp, clean text block. Very good in very good dust jacket; protected with a mylar cover..

New York, New York: Donald I Fine, 1994. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New York: Fine, 1994. First Edition. 8vo. Hard cover, 319 pp. The true story behind Colombia's drug wars and the efforts to stop them. It is the inside accounts of "one of the most important" drug cases in U.S. history. Dust jacket has minor wear to edges and corners and a few creases to back. Book has a remainder mark on bottom page edges, spotting to top page edges, and a few page corners have been bent. But book is solid and pages are clean. A very good book in a very good dust jacket, protected with a mylar cover..

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005. Book. Illus. by Illustrated. New. Hardcover. First American Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005. First American Edition. 8vo. 292 pp. Hard cover. Black & white illustrations. Brilliantly entertaining and enlightening, Defining the World is the story of Dr. Johnson's heroic endeavor 250 years after the first publication of the Dictionary. Hitchings describes Johnson's adventure, ambition and vision, his moments of despair, the mistakes he make along the way, and his ultimate triumph to establish the first comprehensive dictionary of the English language. It combines the story of compiling the first dictionary with the biography of its author. New in new dustjacket, protected with a mylar cover..