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The Tamarack Tree
de Howard Breslin.
- Estado
- Usado - Very Good
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Jacket missing.
- Edición
- Early edition: possible book club.
- Published
- 1947
- Encuadernación
- Tan cloth over boards; font decorated w/ tall tamarack tree in green. Green spine title box, gold titles.
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
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Newport, New Hampshire, USA
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Popular historical fiction set near Stratton Mountain, Vermont, in 1840, opening with political debate featuring historic authentic political figures, and fictional characters. Precio
EUR 7.08
Susan Spray
de Sheila Kaye-Smith
- Estado
- Usado - Fine
- Edición
- First Edition F-F, Set, printed, and bound by the Haddon Craftsm
- Published
- 1931
- Encuadernación
- Soft cotton cloth over boards, copper color. Black front title box, matching spine box, both w/ gold titles.
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
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Newport, New Hampshire, USA
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Four parts: Susan Spray; part two, p. 73: Susan Strudwick; part three, part 3, p. 175: Susan Clarabut; and part 4, p. 309, Susan Pell. End pages and artwork in a light copper tone. The Susan Spray story opens noting her birth at Copthorne on the Surrey and Sussex borders in 1834. A poor field labourer, worked on a farm… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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Under Two Flags
de Ouida
- Estado
- Usado - Good-
- Edición
- Reprint edition, no date.
- Published
- No date.
- Encuadernación
- Tan cloth, decorated w/ black & blue graphic flowers.
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
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Newport, New Hampshire, USA
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EUR 13.21
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Illustrated cloth tan binding, decorated in black and light blue petals; black titles. The auhor, "Ouida", early on, established the market for romance novels featuring Armies of France and England, and the Foreign Legion. This volume is "dedicated in sincere friendship" to Colonel Poulett Cameron. Upper right page block has old damp stain. 1920s-1930s. Historical fiction. Precio
EUR 13.21
The Oregon Trail
de Francis Parkman
- Estado
- Usado - Very Good+
- Published
- 1968
- Encuadernación
- Mass-Market paperback. Yellow cover framed by white. Wagon train scout leading covered wagons.
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- 1
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Newport, New Hampshire, USA
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EUR 7.55
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Magnum paperback editions published by Lancer Books are "Easy Eye" editions, with moderately larger type. The list at back includes classic literature. Francis Parkman, 23, went west from Boston to reach and observe the Rocky Mountains and the American natives who lived there. Ill-equipped as an explorer, and later in poor health, he was a keen observer and faithful writer,… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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The Sinners
de W Somerset Maugham
- Estado
- Usado - Good
- Edición
- 1st printing. R-1104. 50c publisher cover price.
- Published
- 1964
- Encuadernación
- Mass-market paperback.
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Librería
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Newport, New Hampshire, USA
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EUR 8.49
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Introduction: "Murder without Regret". Short Stories: Before the Party; A Man with a Conscience; A Point of Law (making its first appearance in book form), The Letter, The Hairless Mexican, and Giulia Lazzari. Sun-fade moderate to spine. Edge wear to back top few pages. Cover note: "Six men and women you will love and hate -- but never forget". Back… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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Cimarron
de Edna Ferber
- Estado
- Usado - Very Good
- Edición
- 13th Pathfinder 1963 printing. Complete original text.
- Published
- 1963
- Encuadernación
- Mass-market paperback. Cover art w/ gold frame.
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
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Newport, New Hampshire, USA
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EUR 7.55
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Historical fiction featuring "The Cravats", Oklahoma pioneer family: Yancey, Sabra, son Cimarron, Osage Indian Princess Ruby. Standard mass-market format. The novel opens with the Land Rush of 1889 into modern times 20th century, the oil discovery by the Osage and the skyscraper city rising in the middle of the prairie. 60c cover publisher price. Precio
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Memoir from Antproof Case
de Mark Helprin
- Estado
- Usado - Near Fine
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Near Fine
- Edición
- 1st edition; 1st printing "A"..
- Published
- 1995
- Encuadernación
- Hardcover in brown cloth over boards. Gold spine titles.
- ISBN
- 9780151000975
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
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Newport, New Hampshire, USA
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Hardcover novel featuring an old American living in Brazil, writing his memoirs. He had been an English teacher at the naval academy, is married to a woman much younger, and has a dearly loved young son. He sits in an oceanside Niteroi mountain garden, and carries a Walther P-88, and is addicted to coffee. Excellent prose; recalling life as World… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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All Quiet on the Western Front
de Erich Maria Remarque
- Estado
- Usado - Near Fine
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- No jacket issued.
- Edición
- 17th Fawcett Crest printing.
- Published
- 1968
- Encuadernación
- Mass-market paperback.
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Librería
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Newport, New Hampshire, USA
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EUR 8.49
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Illustrated red covers; white, black titles; black artwork; red spine titles against white. Red page block dye; Fawcett World Library back cover marketing text. Precio
EUR 8.49
The Double Bind
de Chris Bohjallian
- Estado
- Usado - Fine
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Fine
- Edición
- 8th printing of 1st edition.
- Published
- 2007
- Encuadernación
- Hardcover.
- ISBN
- 9781400047468
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Librería
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Newport, New Hampshire, USA
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EUR 22.65
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Hardcover, almost new. Signed by author and dated 9/23/23 in Newport, New Hampshire, "Night of the Sarah Josepha Hale Award". One New England-based author annually is chosen by the Richards Public Library Board of Trustees as recipient of 18th century Newport native, author, editor of Godey's Ladies' Book periodical. The novel's theme began to gel when Vermont author Bojalian was… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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He went with Marco Polo
de Louise Andrews Kent
- Estado
- Usado - Good-
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Jacket missing.
- Edición
- Early edition, possible 1st; same date: title & copyright pages.
- Published
- 1935
- Encuadernación
- Orange cloth over boards. Black titles.
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Librería
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Newport, New Hampshire, USA
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EUR 11.32
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Youth Audience: Historical fiction featuring a youth who travels across south central asia exploring with Marco Polo. The B&W artwork is wonderful, and the narrative inventive. However the book's cover condition has suffered water and general surface damage, leaving the iinterior pages still very readable, and binding intact. Good reding copy. Precio
EUR 11.32
The Golden Fury
de Marian Castle
- Estado
- Usado - Very good-
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Dust jacket missing.
- Edición
- Likely 1st or BCE.
- Published
- 1949
- Encuadernación
- Hardcover in dark blue vinyl over boards.
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Librería
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Newport, New Hampshire, USA
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EUR 8.49
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Spine title box, gold. Gold graphic decorations on spine. Graphics repeated on facing title pages in gray. Top page block yellow. Historical novel theme: In late 1800s, a woman entrepeneur goes to the Leadville, Colorado, mining towns to make her way in business. There are several train lines serving the Rocky mountain region. Clean pages, well-bound with light corner and… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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Repent in Haste
de John P Marquand
- Estado
- Usado - Very Good
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Missing jacket.
- Edición
- First Edition, stated. November 1945
- Published
- 1945
- Encuadernación
- Peach cloth over boards. Blue titles.
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
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Newport, New Hampshire, USA
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EUR 13.21
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Top page block, light soil. Minor wear, lower spine; Precio
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Love in the Ruins
de Walker Percy
- Estado
- Usado - Near Fine
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Good+
- Edición
- 1st printing.
- Published
- 1971
- Encuadernación
- Durable black cloth over covers.
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Librería
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Newport, New Hampshire, USA
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EUR 51.90
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End papers, orange red. Is this novel a comedy, a satire, a love story, a fantasy, a cautionary tale?Featured is a doctor who has invented a "modern stethoscope of the spirit" which can "fathom the secret ills, the woes, depressions, rages, terrors, lusts which convulse his fellow Americans." Precio
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The Black Book, a Novel (2006 Nobel Prize in Literature)
de Orhan Pamuk, and Maureen Freely (Translation and Afterword by)
- Estado
- Usado - Very Good
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Good
- Edición
- 5th printing,
- Published
- 1990
- Encuadernación
- Trade paperback.
- ISBN
- 9781400078653
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Librería
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Newport, New Hampshire, USA
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EUR 7.55
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Gold front "Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature" round sticker. Lead character Galip is a lawyer living in Istanbul. Precio
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Kristin Lavransdatter
de Sigrid Undset
- Estado
- Usado - Near Fine
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Missing jacket.
- Edición
- 3 titles in one volume copyrights 1926, 1929,1930.
- Published
- 1939
- Encuadernación
- Emerald green cloth over boards.
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Librería
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Newport, New Hampshire, USA
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EUR 26.42
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A near fine, clean, well-bound classic 3-volume set in one edition, no jacket. Black and gold spine title box; gold front title. Line art decorated title page w/ brick title. Line art diagrams w/ notes at book's end. Set in Medieval Era, Norway. Notes p. 1045-1065; p. 1066, Designer's Note by W.A. Dwiggins. February, 1929, Nobel Prize Edition: 19th printing.… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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Preface to a Life
de Zona Gale
- Estado
- Usado - Very Good-
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- No jacket.
- Edición
- Reprint.
- Published
- 1926
- Encuadernación
- Hardcover.
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Librería
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Newport, New Hampshire, USA
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EUR 8.49
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Contents: 3 chapters; 1900, 1911, 1925. Light green pebbled cloth over boards. Top page block, green dye. Minor darkening to spine. Blind-stamped small front publisher logo. G&D with bird. Front top center: black stamped title box, reverse print, 2 birds in flight w/ titles. In green, title page art: plough horses w/ farmer behind, trees, birds in oval; frame in… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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England, Their England
de A.G. MacDonell; and Christopher Morley (Foreword by)
- Estado
- Usado - Good
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- No jacket included.
- Edición
- 1st U.S. edition, same date title, copyright pages.
- Published
- 1933
- Encuadernación
- Hardcover.
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Librería
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Newport, New Hampshire, USA
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EUR 27.36
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Rose cloth over boards. Stamped gold spine titles. Front blind-stamped thin rectangular edge border. Prior owner bookplate inside front cover. Opens with remembered wartime conversation between 2 artillery subalterns on Western Front at start of October 1917. Foreword author wrote of a Satire, then moved to thoughts of burlesque. Vocabulary differences noted in cultures of England, and North America. Precio
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QB VII
de Leon Uris
- Estado
- Usado - Very Good
- Edición
- "16 M" near back page.
- Published
- 1970
- Encuadernación
- Hardcover.
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Librería
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Newport, New Hampshire, USA
- Precio
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EUR 6.61
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Likely Book Club. Black cloth over boards. Gold spine titles. Deckled side page block. Remainder mark, top edge. 7th Uris novel; fictitious characters, legal drama with British influence. Set in Monza, Italy, at start, November 1945. Themes: Polish liberated slaves with Fifteenth Free Polish Fighter Wing of the Royal Air Force; Sixth Polish Hospital Camp Tunbridge Wells, England. Precio
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The Fall of a Titan
de Igor Gouzenko, and Mervyn Black (translated from the Russian by)
- Estado
- Usado - Very Good+
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- No jacket included
- Edición
- Haddon Craftsmen.
- Published
- 1954
- Encuadernación
- Hardcover.
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Librería
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Newport, New Hampshire, USA
- Precio
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EUR 9.44
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Historical Fiction, early Soviet government organized into Books I, II, III with 3 parts each. No illustrations. Fiction set in Russia during Stalin's leadership imposing collectivization on the country. Early text describes "the horror, the sorrow, the humiliation for millions of peasants and workers which this policy wrought". Clean and square; minor cover blemishing; interior age-toning along end paper… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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The Blind Assassin (Advance Reading Copy)
de Margaret Atwood
- Estado
- Usado - Very Good
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- No jacket issued.
- Edición
- 1st printing. ARC.
- Published
- 2000
- Encuadernación
- Illustrated paper cover.
- ISBN
- 9780385475723
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Librería
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Newport, New Hampshire, USA
- Precio
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EUR 14.15
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Novel within a novel. Science fiction theme set in the 1940s. Romance, loss. Style Captures 1930s-1940s colloquialisms. Imaginative, richly layered. Author Margaret Atwood of Canada has been publishing for 25 years prior to this title, including "The Handmaid's Tale", which has become a TV series. Genre's include fiction, poetry, children's, non-fiction. Condition: Light edge wear, lighter cover soiling. Outside page… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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