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New York: Perennial Library, 1973. 162 pages with wear to cover, crease on front cover, tanned page margins. From back: "In his controversial book Deschooling Society Ivan Illich advocated the total disestablishment of educational systems since they only perpetuate the evils of the established order." Contributors include Herbert Gintis, Colin Greer, Sumner M. Rosen, Judson Jerome, Arthur Pearl, Roy P. Fairfield, Maxine Greene, Neil Postman and Ronald Gross. Quotes are for illustrative purposes only and remain the property of their copyright holders. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. Mass Market Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: Harper Collins, 2016. 8vo size trade paperback; 520 numbered pages with some black and white photographs. Covers are unique to proof with front cover stating Uncorrected Proof. Back cover also state Uncorrected Proof. It provides an overview of the book, a very brief biography of the author and details on the marketing campaign and the finished book. This proof is different from the final book, for example, there is no index, although those pages have been allocated. From back cover: "Betty Pack was charming, beautiful, and intelligent - and she knew it. As an agent for Britain's MI6 and then America's OSS during World War II, these qualities proved crucial to her success. This is the remarkable story of this 'Mata Hari from Minnesota' and the passions that ruled her tempestuous life - a life filled with dangerous liaisons and death-defying missions vital to the Allied victory." Book has edgewear, a scrape and stray pen mark on the bottom, fingermark on… Leer más

New York: Hawthorn Books, 1968. Stated First Edition. 386 cream pages including index. Jacket has light wear with slightly darkened spine and small stain below title. Extra shipping if not sent via US media mail. Thanks for shopping with us! 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and lifelong learning.. First. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Doubleday, 1970. In very good condition with 68 black and white photographs taken by the author. Dust jacket has some wear, very small tears around top and some light soil to front. A very good guide for the budding nature photographer. Thanks for shopping with us! 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and lifelong learning.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Villiard, Paul. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Abingdon Press, 1962. 173 page ex-library books with markings, labels and pocket. Mylar cover is torn, dust jacket underneath has some wear to top spine and right side and stain on front inside fold. Pages appear clean and unmarked. From dust jacket: "The unusual case histories in this book are those of living people. Dr. Weatherhead has, of course, given them imaginary names, but they are all people he has known - "wounded spirits" - who have found their way back from some form of illness to a healthy life...Phyllis was cured - with Christianity, the religion of love... A pioneer in the field of pastoral psychology, Dr. Weatherhead has helped thousands of people. It is his firm belief that it is a function of the church to promote healing by spiritual means..." Quotes are for illustrative purposes only and remain the property of their copyright holders. 100% of your purchase price benefits charity.. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" -… Leer más

London: Batsford, 1950. Probable first edition. In overall good condition with bumped lower read corner, some shelfwear, inside cover and front end page have library stamp. Paper clipped to end page is the description cut from the dust jacket describing book and author - the paper clip has left a depression and several pages. Pencilled numbers on front end page. From description: the book has 127 illustrations...among them are some of the most famous buildings of the century..." including "Regent Park terraces, terraces at Reading and Ramsgate, churches by Pugin, Scott, Barry and Butterfield..Houses of Parliament, the Crystal Palace, the British Museum, St. George's Hall, Liverpool are all well illustrated" and many more. Thanks for shopping with us! 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and lifelong learning.. First Edition. Buckram. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Kersting, A.F.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

Garden City, NY: Nelson Doubleday, Inc., 1979. 8vo size hardcover with photo illustrated dust jacket; 64 pages From jacket: "Eight years ago, Arlie Holsclaw was sent to prison on charges of robbery, kidnapping and murder. Today she is a woman in her late twenties, using her full name, Arlene, and she has just gotten out of jail. Getting Out records her first day "outside" - a day filled with confusion and fright, hope and disappointment. Arlene has just arrived at her new apartment, reading to begin a new life free from her hurtful past. Bust escape from her past is not easy..." This volume also includes the cast list from the original production at the Actor's Threatre in Louisville on November 3, 1977. There is another cast list from the first New York production at the Phoenix Theatre on October 19, 1978. Kevin Bacon and Barry Corbin were among the cast members. Moderate wear to jacket, some soil to blank white back of jacket and two half inch tears to back of… Leer más

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1922. 297 toned pages. Reading copy is shaken and split a title page. Wear to covers. Thanks for shopping with us! 100% of your purchase benefit charity and supports literacy and lifelong learning.. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Cleveland, OH: Meridian Books, 1965. From back: "Nietzsche's thought is explored in terms of its fundamental relations to Socrates and Plato, Luther and Rousseau, Kant and Goethe, Hegel and Heine and - of course - in its relation to Christianity." 412 pages. Name on fep, notes on half title page and reverso; we note penciled bracked, underlining or marginalia on at least 23 pages; wear and rubbing to covers; creased spine. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning. . Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Lawton and Alfred Kennedy, 1972. "The Lady Fortune gave such a Purse in Spain, When it was empty, straight was full again." Introduction by Richard Abel. Reproduction, original published by J Smart in Wolverhampton. 23 pages with some black and white illustrations on cover and within text. Illustration on title page is sepia. Stain on inside corner of bottom of cover, no stain in visible on pages. Some impressions on back cover and last two (blank) pages, edgewear. . Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

Baltimore, MD: Windsor Oak Publishing, 1991. 36 bright, white pages with black and white illustrations, some black and white photographs and color photographs on covers. Some wear to covers, bumped bottom corners. Featured projects include: Twisted valance; double pouf valance; fan valance; shirred and ruffled valance; tapered valance; victorian valance; blouson valance; basic valance; draped valance; window scarf. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. Stapled. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Nunemacher, Ann Davis. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: Pocket Books, 1999. Biography of the New York Yankee superstar. First edition paperback. 114 pages plus section of glossy color photographs. Color photo illustrated front cover; stats on back cover. In very good condition with a barely perceptable crease on front cover and tanned or discolored inside covers. Slight edgewear and light crease to top corner. Thanks for shopping with us! 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and lifelong learning.. First. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: Ballantine Books, 2010. 8vo size trade paperback; 336 pages From back: "When a murdered woman is found in the city of Beszel, somewhere at the edge of Europe, it looks to be a routine case for Inspector Tyador Borlu of the Extreme Crime Squad. To investigate, Borlu must travel from the decaying Beszel to its equal, rival, and intimate neighbor, the vibrant city of Ul Qoma. But his is a border crossing like no other, a journey as psychic as it is physical, a seeing of the unseen. With Ul Qoman detective Qussim Dhatt, Borlu is enmeshed in a sordid underworld of nationalists intent on destroying their neighboring city, and unificationists who dream of dissolving the two into one... What stands against them are murderous powers in Beszel and in Ul Qoma - and, most terrifying of all, that which lies between these two cities." Light wear and edgewear to covers, crease to top corner of back cover, red mark on bottom of the book. . Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over… Leer más

New York: E.P. Dutton, 1966. Introduction by Stewart L. Udall, Secretary of the interior Stated First Edition 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket; 190 pages with black and white photographs and illustrations From jacket: "With his tapered, shining white body, his long black legs and sinuous neck, the whooping crane has a dignity that fills the observer with awe. We see him swooping down form the height of a mile, coming in for a graceful two-point landing, skimming over the sand - a survivor of the Pleistocene Age - trumpeting his strange cry and jealously guarding the boundaries of his domain. Ex-library with typical treatments; jacket is covered with mylar; there are some tape transfer marks on inside covers and endpapers. . First. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1947. 112 toned pages with name on fep, tanning to inside covers and endpapers. Adhesive residue on fep. Jacket has minor edgewear. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. Cloth. Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: State University of New York Press, 1983. 196 bright, white pages. Creased top back corner of cover and last few pages, edgewear. Thanks for shopping with us! 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and lifelong learning.. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Boston: St. Paul Editions, 1958. 212 crisp, clean pages with extended wrap (like dust jacket flaps.) Author photo on inside flap. Covers are covered with a thin laminate film (used in late 50s and early 60s) which is lifting and peeling (and could probably be peeled off if desired.) Creases to spine visible under laminate, very tightly bound. From flap: "Mental prayer is not the monopoly of priests and religious. More and more of the laity are finding comfort and peace of soul in meditation...Few are aware of the vast storehouse of meditation to be found in the Letters of St. Paul, St. Peter, St. James and St. John." Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning. . Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

H.W. Wilson Company, 2004. Volume 76, Number 5 of the Reference Shelf. 197 bright, white pages. Ex-library with typical treatments; many blacked out. Edgewear, light crease to corners. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

New York: Capricorn Books, 1970. Ex-library with typical treatments, many blacked out. Covers have been laminated. 207 pages with many black and white illustrations. Contents include: Aristocracy; Church; Merchants and Landowners; Education for Rule; Artisans and Artists; Town Labourer; The Peasant; Music and Theatre; Spectacles; Sport, Games and War; The Role of Women; more. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

New York: Wings Books, 1992. Slight wear to color jacket illustrated with Starry Night on front and Irises on back. Cover of book underneath jacket is illustrated the same way but is tacked down on back. 31 brilliant color plates in this miniature art book. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. Pictorial Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.