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Heloise All Around the House
de Heloise Cruse
- Estado
- Usado - Good+
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Poor
- Edición
- Assumed First Edition
- Published
- 1965
- Encuadernación
- Coated Cloth over boards
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Librería
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Independence, Missouri, USA
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EUR 11.74
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From front cover: "Bigger and better than ever! Here's Heloise, the housewife's favorite helper, with more hints and how-to's for everything -- alphabetically arranged to make things even easier."
Book - Good+ condition. Red and white cloth over boards with coating. Black text on spine. Bottom front has center "dent". Spine has some of the coating off. Both front and back… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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The Tombstone Story: The Astounding Tale of "The Town Too Tough to Die" 1878 - 1968
de W. J. "Jack" Way
- Estado
- Usado - Good+
- Edición
- 3rd Printing
- Published
- 1967
- Encuadernación
- Stapled
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
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Independence, Missouri, USA
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EUR 9.40
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Tombstone, Arizona.
The Exciting History of a Valiant Town that Fought Back Against the Perils of Gunfights, Earthquake, Fires, Floods and Depression.
Book - Good+ condition. Silver and black heavy cardstock cover. Stapled binding is good. Covers show some wear. Very little edge/corner wear. Text is clean. Includes black and white images and photographs.
Please use photos as part of the description.
40 pages. Precio
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The Louisiana Purchase
de Robert Tallant
- Estado
- Usado - Good-
- Edición
- 6th printing
- Published
- 1952
- Encuadernación
- Cloth over boards
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
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Independence, Missouri, USA
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EUR 9.40
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The story of the Louisiana Purchase. Key players: Thomas Jefferson, Napoleon Bonaparte, Robert Livingston, James Monroe.
Book - Good- condition. Light green cloth over boards with red and purple graphic and title on front and spine. Covers have been cleaned, but still look soiled and stained. Corners and spine are very worn. End papers have colored scenes. Front has a pasted… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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Civil War in Pictures: From the drawing boards of the newspaper artists who recorded the conflice
de Fletcher Pratt
- Estado
- Usado - Very Good-
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Fair
- Edición
- Book Club edition
- Published
- 1955
- Encuadernación
- Leatherette over boards
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
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Independence, Missouri, USA
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EUR 15.03
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From front DJ flap: "...Fletcher Pratt re-creates, through actual eyewitness reports in picture and story, the five long years of bloodshed, turmoil, and tragedy which brought the nation through its gravest trial."
From back DJ flap: "...these 300 rare illustrations call up the raids and riots; the ruin at Manassas Junction; McClellan's reluctance and the Mud Campaign; the ironclad's foray and… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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Our Literary Heritage; A Pictorial History of the Writer in America
de Van Wyck Brooks, Otto Bettmann
- Estado
- Usado - Very Good
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Poor
- Edición
- 1st ed., 2nd printing
- Published
- 1956
- Encuadernación
- Paper over boards
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
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Independence, Missouri, USA
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EUR 18.79
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From the Introduction: "This book is based on the five volumes of my Makers and Finders: a History of the Writer in America, 1800-1915."
From front cover: "More than 500 photographs and drawings plus text..." The work is condensed to one-sixth of the original text while retaining its flow.
DJ notes that this was a book dividend of the Book of the… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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On Growing Up: Letters to American Boys & Girls Including "The Uncommon Man" and Other Selections
de Herbert Hoover, ed. William Nichols
- Estado
- Usado - Good
- Published
- 1962
- Encuadernación
- Cloth over boards
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
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Independence, Missouri, USA
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EUR 7.52
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From the Editor's Preface: "...you will find Herbert Hoover writing not as a former President, but as a former Boy. It is a role which suits him well. He has always loved the memory of his own boyhood, with a grave, affectionate, and wisely humorous regard for all boys and girls who are engaged in the serious business of growing… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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State Papers and Correspondence Bearing Upon the Purchase of the Territory of Louisiana
de U.S. Government
- Estado
- Usado - Very Good-
- Edición
- First Edition
- Published
- 1903
- Encuadernación
- Cloth over boards
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- 1
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Independence, Missouri, USA
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EUR 32.88
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"Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That there be published and bound 6,000 copies of the State papers and all correspondence bearing upon the purchase of the territory of Louisiana by the United States, including the treaty of purchase, 4,000 for the use of the House of Representatives and 2,000 for the use of the Senate. Passed… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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Middlemarch, A Study of Provincial Life
de George Eliot
- Estado
- Usado - Fair
- Edición
- New Edition - Complete in One Volume
- Published
- 1881
- Encuadernación
- Cloth over boards
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
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Independence, Missouri, USA
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EUR 117.44
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According to "British Literature Wiki" Middlemarch is "...a fictional representation of provincial life during the Victorian era. It is a novel that encapsulates all aspects of Victorian life and its social classes where the working class, middle class and country gentry live and interact in a communtiy."
New Edition - Complete in One Volume
Published by John Wurtele Lovell, Publisher 1881
Fair condition.… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade)
de Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens)
- Estado
- Usado - Good
- Edición
- Authorized Edition
- Published
- 1918
- Encuadernación
- Cloth over boards
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
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Independence, Missouri, USA
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EUR 37.58
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a classic novel by Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens). It tells of Huck's escape from his abusive father and journey down the Mississippi with a runaway slave (Jim).
Good condition for a book printed in 1918. No Jacket. Red cloth over boards with Green text on front and spine. Spine is seriously faded and shows… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
EUR 37.58
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Adam Bede
de George Eliot
- Estado
- Usado - Good-
- Edición
- Caxton Edition, New Edition - Complete in One Volume.
- Published
- 1885
- Encuadernación
- Cloth over boards
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
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Independence, Missouri, USA
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EUR 46.98
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From Chapter I. The Workshop. - "With a single drop of ink for a mirror, the Egyptian sorcerer undertakes to reveal to any chance comer far-reaching visions of the past. This is what I undertake to do for you, reader. With this drop of ink at the end of my pen I will show you the roomy workshop of Mr.… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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King Leopold's Soliloquy: A Defense of His Congo Fule
de Mark Twain
- Estado
- Usado - Fair
- Edición
- Stated Second Edition
- Published
- 1905
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
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Independence, Missouri, USA
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From Wikipedia: "King Leopold's Soliloquy is a 1905 pamphlet by American author Mark Twain. Its subject is King Leopold's rule over the Congo Free State. A work of political satire harshly condemnatory of his actions, it ostensibly recounts a fictional monologue of Leopold II speaking in his own defense."
There are a few black & white illustrations and a few black… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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The Clue of the Leaning Chimney (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories)
de Carolyn Keene
- Estado
- Usado - Good-
- Published
- 1949
- Encuadernación
- Coated Paper over Boards
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Librería
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Independence, Missouri, USA
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EUR 7.52
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Nancy Drew mystery.
Good- condition. There is some edge, corner, and spine wear to cover. End papers are blue with blue and white illustrations. Front end paper has previous owner's name in red or purple ink. Next page has a very neat name in red or purple ink. Page on back side of back end paper has a sticker for Aberdeen… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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The Bobbsey Twins on the Deep Blue Sea
de Laura Lee Hope
- Estado
- Usado - Good
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Fair
- Edición
- First Edition
- Published
- 1918
- Encuadernación
- Leather over boards
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Librería
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Independence, Missouri, USA
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EUR 18.79
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From the front DJ flap: "The delightful and amusing adventures of the Bobbsey Family endear these stories to small children."
Book - Good condition. Dark green leather cover with black title and image embossed on front cover and black text on spine. There is some edge and corner wear. Orange and white illustrated end papers have a previous owner's name in… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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Danny Dunn and the Homework Machine
de Jay Williams, Raymond Abrashkin
- Estado
- Usado - Good
- Edición
- Stated First Edition, Weekly Reader Children's Book Club Edition
- Published
- 1959
- Encuadernación
- Paper over boards
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Librería
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Independence, Missouri, USA
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EUR 28.18
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Vintage children's story (copyright 1958). Presented by Weekly Reader Children's Book Club in 1959. Stated First Edition.
Good condition. red paper on boards has black illustration on fron cover, a printed "seal" on back cover, and black text on spine. Spine is lightly faded. There is very little edge wear, but significant bottom corners wear, plus wear at spine. The page… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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Library of American Lives, Illinois Edition, 1950, Vol. I
de Charles M. Thompson, A.B., A.M., Ph.D., LL.D., Litt.D. Economist - Historian
- Estado
- Usado - Very Good
- Edición
- Assumed First Edition
- Published
- 1950
- Encuadernación
- Cloth over boards
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
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Independence, Missouri, USA
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EUR 37.58
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From "Plan and Purpose" page: "Back of this undertaking was a definite purpose, and that purpose was to collect and make permanent a complete account of the growth and development of the social and economic life of the people of the State of Illinois."
"Here will be found farmers and factory owners alongside lawyers, teachers and preachers. Here too will be… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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Thuvia, Maid of Mars and The Chessmen of Mars
de Edgar Rice Burroughs
- Estado
- Usado - Very Good
- Edición
- Assumed First Edition
- Published
- 1972
- Encuadernación
- Leather over boards
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Librería
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Independence, Missouri, USA
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EUR 7.52
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Two tales of heroics on the planet Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
Very Good condition. Green leather over boards with faded gold text on spine. Small stain at top of front cover. Light bumping to covers. Some edge/corner wear. Top of closed book pages has some speckles. Book has slight twist. Some pages have light age tanning/spots, but most pages are… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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The Burning Thirst, A Story of John Wesley
de Lydel Sims
- Estado
- Usado - Very Good-
- Edición
- Assumed First Edition
- Published
- 1958
- Encuadernación
- Glued
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
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Independence, Missouri, USA
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EUR 9.40
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From the Foreword: Here the founder of Methodism comes alive in a gripping narrative true to the facts of history but with overtones that intensify the human qualities of the man."
"The Burning Thirst" is the first of a new series of reading books for Methodist youth. ...
"these books, planned for individual reading, will supplement curriculum materials. The present volume will… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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Beautiful Bible Stories
de Patricia Summerlin Martin
- Estado
- Usado - Near Fine
- Edición
- Assumed First Edition
- Published
- 1964
- Encuadernación
- Leather over boards
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Librería
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Independence, Missouri, USA
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EUR 89.25
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This beautiful book has 102 Bible stories that have both color and sepia-type illustrations. Many are by the fine art masters.
Beautiful book in Near Fine condition. I chose that rating as I believe that it has a scratch on the front cover; however, it blends in so well with the leather texture that it is not obvious. This is a… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
EUR 89.25
Those Incredible Methodists, A History of the Baltimore Conference of the United Methodist Church
de Edited by Gordon Pratt Baker
- Estado
- Usado - Very Good
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Poor
- Edición
- First Edition
- Published
- 1972
- Encuadernación
- Cloth over boards
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Librería
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Independence, Missouri, USA
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EUR 15.03
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From the back DJ cover: "The real history of man," Max Miller once wrote, "is the history of religion." To understand the forms and dorces of a nation's life, one needs to know something of its spiritual heritage. For it is only as we develop a "solemn sense of God's superintending providence" that we can match the challenge of our… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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Ghost Towns of the West
de Lambert Florin
- Estado
- Usado - Good+
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Poor
- Edición
- First Edition
- Published
- 1973
- Encuadernación
- Paper over boards
- ISBN
- 9780883940136
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Librería
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Independence, Missouri, USA
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EUR 25.84
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From "What is a Ghost Town?":
"One of several dictionary definitions of "ghost" is "a shadowy semblance of its former self." We have elected to prefer this somewhat ambiguous phrase, because it accurately describes many towns on the borderline of being dead or alive. Most of the towns described and pictured in this book are "dead" ghosts, but some still have… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
EUR 25.84