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New York; Oxford: Oxord University Press, 1989. Paperback. Very Good. ix, [3], 404 p.; 23 cm. Paperback. Includes glossary, bibliographical essay, table of cases, and index. The author seeks "to elucidate the interaction of law and society as revealed over time through the main lines of development in American legal culture." -- Preface. In Very Good Condition: cover very lightly soiled; upper corner creased; lacking upper corner of p. 359-60, without loss of text; one page corner creased; clean and tight.

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2009. Hardcover. Fine/fine. xi, [7] p.; 24 cm. Black and yellow cover with red spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. First edition number line. The 13th mystery starring Chicago private investigator V. I. Warshawski. Book and dust jacket are in Fine Condition: clean and bright.

Boston: Atlantic Monthly Press/Little, Brown and Co, 1964. Hardcover. Fine/very good -. [10], 175 p.; 22 cm. Beige cloth with gilt and black spine title. Green endpapers. Dust jacket design by Martha Lehtola. Book club edition. Contents: Canadian Spring -- Walking: Its Cause, Duration and Effect -- The Peaceful Pursuit -- Confessions of a Noisemaker -- Time Out of Mind -- Inclinations to Fish -- Tom -- With Claud Beneath the Bough . . . -- Pas Devant de Chien -- William. Essays about the out-of-doors in Britain and Canada by the author of The Incredible Journey. Two essays are about pets, one funny reflection on her experience as custodian of her daughter's canary during the summer, and one dog story--a sad and well-observed portrait of the last days of the family's bull terrier. Book is in Fine Condition: clean and bright. Dust jacket is in Very Good- Condition: edges rubbed; chipping at ends of spine; minor loss at tail end over back joint; 1-cm. tear over front board fore-edge, without loss.

Chicago: Peoples Book Club, 1954. Hardcover. Very Good +/good. [8], 312 p.; 21 cm. Dark green cover with gilt spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. Brave Pursuit is the third novel portraying the Field family's experiences through American history. In early 19th-century Ohio, Connie Field fights to pursue an education instead of an arranged marriage. Book is in Very Good+ Condition: cocked; clean and tight. Dust jacket is in Good Condition: rubbed; loss at head of spine; clean and bright.

New York: Workman Publishing, 1995. Paperback. Very Good -. 64 p.: illustrations; 16 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. Cover title: Wicked Greek for the Traveler. A guide for the English speaker to handy Greek phrases. In Very Good- Condition: edges are rubbed; slightly creased; clean and tight.

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co, 1969. Paperback. Very Good -. [12], 177 p.; 21 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. Stated First Edition. Contents: Why Study Afro-American History? by Otey M. Scruggs -- Diary of a Slave: Recollection and Prophecy by Joseph Logsdon -- The Civil War and Reconstruction: A Revolution of Racial Equality? by James M. McPherson -- Booker T. Washington and the National Negro Business League by Louis R. Harlan -- The Negro Church and the Northern City, 1890-1930 by Seth M. Scheiner -- Carl Stokes: Crisis, Challenge, and Dilemma by James F. Barnes -- Black Power: An Alternative by Charlles V. Hamilton. In Very Good- Condition: cover is rubbed; spine is slightly faded and creased; back cover is sunned along upper edge and fore-edge; pages are clean and tight.

New York: Christian Herald, 1895. Hardcover. Very Good -. [4], 13-289 p.: illustrations; 15 cm. Red cloth with gilt spine and cover titles and decoration. Contains 21 inspiring stories for children drawn. In Very Good- Condition: faded spots on the cover; red stain from the cover on the fore-edge of the last few leaves; light foxing on a few pages; otherwise, clean and tight.

New York: Ace, 2016. Paperback. Fine. [8], 341, [3] p.; 21 cm. Paperback. The first title in the author's series of the same name. In Fine Condition: clean and tight.

New York: G. Schirmer, 1961. Paperback. Very Good -. 34 p.: music, illustrations; 30 cm. Stapled with illustrated cover. No date of copyright. The songs are copyrighted 1957; photographs from the 1961 movie are included. Former owner's name faintly at upper edge of front cover. In Very Good- Condition: cover is rubbed; a few minor notations internally; otherwise, clean and tight.

New York: A Del Rey Book -- Ballantine Books, 1983. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good -. [8], 341, [3] p.; 22 cm. Grey cloth spine with orange spine title; orange paper over boards. Dust jacket designed by Gary Friedman with cover illustration by David B. Mattingly. "3606" -- code on dust jacket. "Book Club Edition" -- on front dust jacket flap. Circular embossed stamp on blank page following front free endpaper of former owner. Book is in Near Fine Condition: very small discoloration on back board; otherwise, clean and tight. Dust jacket is in Very Good- Condition: edges rubbed; clean and bright.

New York & London: Sterling, 2010. Hardcover. Near Fine -/very good +. 92 p.: color illustrations; 30 cm. Hardback with illustrated cover including embossed title. Dust jacket matches cover. Translated by Toula Ballas. Gift inscription on front free endpaper. A beautifully illustrated guide to princesses, from Princess Babbling Brooke to Princess Hot-Head. Book is in Near Fine- Condition: corners lightly bumped; gift inscription; otherwise, clean and tight. Dust jacket is in Very Good+ Condition: edges rubbed; chipped at tail of spine; clean and bright.

Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication and Sabbath-School Work, 1891. Pamphlet. Very Good. [4] p. (paginated 105-108): illustrations; 20 cm. Contents: The Trouble with Flossie -- A Fourt of July Record -- George Washington's Mother and Benny's -- Talk About the Lessons. The front illustration of a little girl pushing her doll and dog in a buggy illustrates "The Trouble with Flossie," who doesn't want to wear her hat outdoors. Scarce. In Very Good Condition: front is lightly soiled; closed 0.5-cm. tear at gutter; interior is clean and bright.

Greenwich, Conn: Fawcett Publications, 1964. Paperback. Good +. First Crest printing, April 1964. [Approx. 120] p.: cartoons; 18 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. All page edges red. Crest Book s708. In Good+ Condition: edges rubbed; cover lightly soiled; loss at lower corner of front cover; closed 1-cm. tear from fore-edge of front cover; pages are clean and solid.

New York: Hyperion, 2004. Paperback. Very Good. [8], 341 p.; 21 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. Advance Reading Copy. The author is the son of actress Sally Field. Back cover has the national marketing campaign and anticipated publication date of March 2004. "A fast-paced, cleverly conceived, utterly surprising suspense novel about father and son grifters and the female con artist who comes between them" [from the back cover]. ISBN: 1-4013-0044-8. In Very Good Condition: edgse lightly rubbed; lower edge of front cover lightly creased; small ding in lower edge of back cover; clean and tight.

Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Library, 1962. Hardcover. Fine. xii, 74 p., [8] p. of illustrations; 24 cm. Dark blue cloth spine with gilt-stamped spine title; decorated paper over boards. Original glassine dust jacket. Grey endpapers. Contains 6 essays reprinted from The Princeton University Library Chronicle, with a foreword by William S. Dix. The author, Esther Felt Bentley, had been Assistant Curator of Manuscripts in the Princeton University Library. In Fine Condition: clean and bright. Glassine dust jacket is in Good Condition: some chipping to edges; separating from head of spine.

New York: TOR / A Tom Doherty Associates Book, 1994. Hardcover. Very Good +/good +. First Edition, April 1994. 383, [1] p.; 22 cm. Black cover with gilt spine title. Dust jacket designed by Carol Russo with jacket art by Alan Gutierrez. Former owner's embossed stamp on half title page. Book is in Very Good+ Condition: slight discoloration along upper and lower edges of free endpapers; otherwise, clean and tight. Dust jacket is in Good+ Condition: scraped at tail of spine and slightly along edges; clean and bright.

North Melbourne, Australia: Spinifex Press, 1996. Paperback. Near Fine. xxvi, 373, [1] p.: 20 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. Contains prose and poetry by 22 women writing from an Irish perspective in the United States, Canada, England, Australia, New Zealand, and, of course, Ireland. The authors include Maeve Binchy, Mary Daly, Eavan Boland, and the editor, Lizz Murphy. In Near Fine Condition: front cover curves up slightly; pages are slightly browning; clean and tight.

New York: BasicBooks, 1994. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine -. ix, [1], 518 p.24 cm. Black cloth spine with gilt spine title; white paper over boards. Dust jacket. Remainder mark on lower page edges. The first major anthology of essays from The New Republic, published in honor of the magazine's 80th year. The collection "traces the evolution of twentieth-century liberal thought and the role that the magazine has played in shaping it." -- dust jacket. Includes essays by Virginia Woolf, Malcolm Cowley, Bertrand Russell, George Orwell, Charles Krauthammer, Margaret Sanger, Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., Stokely Carmichael, C. Vann Woodward, and Lewis Mumford, among many others. Book is in Near Fine Condition: remainder mark on lower page edges; otherwise, clean and tight. Dust jacket is in Near Fine- Condition: head of spine rubbed; edges of back flap slightly soiled; otherwise, clean and bright.

New York: Major & Knapp, 1865. Good. 1 sheet 18 x 12 cm. "The Major & Knapp Eng. Mfg. & Lith. Co. 449 Broadway, NY." -- lower left-hand corner. This was apparently from a section of the 1865 Manual titled Murray Hill, as that title runs above the image. In Good Condition: old dampstain along lower edge and right side.

London and Glasgow: Collins, 1954. Hardcover. Near Fine/good +. An Abridged Edition. 256 p., color frontispiece; 19 cm. Light blue cover with silver spine title and emblem of Seagull Library on front cover. Top page edges blue. Illustrated dust jacket with publisher's advertisment for its Seagull Library on the back section. A list of titles in the publisher's The Adventure Library on back flap. Gift inscription in Dutch dated 1956 on front free endpaper. Book is in Near Fine Condition: ends of spine slightly rubbed; inscription; otherwise, clean and tight. Dust jacket is in Good+ Condition: edges rubbed; minor loss at ends of spine; back section slightly rubbed and soiled; illustration is bright.