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Prudence Triumphing over Vanity and Dissipation; or the History of the Life, Character and Conduct of Mr. Robert and Mr. Daniel Perreau, and Mrs. Rudd.

by compiled From Authentic Records, Communicated To The editor, by A Person Well Known In The Literary World

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Used - Very Good-
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First Edition
Published
[1776]
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Hardcover
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London: Printed for the Author, and Sold By J. Maling/J. Bradshaw/J. Naples. Very Good-. [1776]. First Edition. Hardcover. Requires a signature at delivery, non-negotiable. "Containing an account of every thing relating to those celebrated personages; their parentage, education, circumstances in life, and the means by which they brought shame, infamy and misery upon themselves." Mid-19th century rebinding,… Read more about this item
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A Memoir of Mary Ann by the Dominican Nuns Who Took Care of Her

by O'Connor, Flannery (Intro. ) & The Dominican Nuns Of Our Lady Of Perpetual Help Home

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Used - Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket
Edition
First Edition; First Printing
Published
1961
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Hardcover
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New York: Farrar, Straus & Cudahy. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1961. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Slight bumping to boards, edges slightly faded. Unclipped DJ protected in mylar, mild edgewear and soiling, spine faded few spots of foxing on flaps. Solid binding and clean text. No ownership marks, ex-lib marks, stamps or stickers. ;… Read more about this item
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Bernard M. Baruch: Financial Genius, Statesman and Adviser to Presidents

by Shumway, Harry Irving

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Used - Very Good- with no dust jacket
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First Edition; First Printing
Published
1946
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Hardcover
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Boston: L. C. Page & Company. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1946. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Light rubbing and bumping to boards. Lightly faded spine. Solid binding and clean text. No ownership marks, ex-lib marks, stamps or stickers. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 110 pages .
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James Madison: Philosopher of the Constitution

by Burns, Edward McNall

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Used - Good+ with no dust jacket
Edition
First Edition
Published
1938
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Hardcover
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Rutgers University Press. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Ex-library with the typical markings. Light rubbing, soiling and bumping. Spine darkened. Solid binding and clean text. Pages browned. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 212 pages .
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Works of Fisher Ames with a Selection from His Speeches and Correspondence (Complete in Two Volumes)

by Ames, Fisher & Seth Ames (Ed. )

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Published
1854
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Hardcover
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Boston: Little, Brown & Company. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1854. Hardcover. Publisher's brown cloth. Lightly edgeworn, bumped and chipped, and small tears at spine ends. Solid bindings (except front hinges are cracked) and clean text. Pages foxed and lightly browned. No ownership marks, ex-lib marks, stamps or stickers. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 406+442… Read more about this item
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The Polish Irishman The Life and Times of Count Casimir Markievicz

by Patrick Quigley

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Used - Very Good+ with no dust jacket
Published
2012
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Softcover
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9781908308238
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Dublin: The Liffey Press. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 2012. Softcover. 1908308230 . Soft cover in fine, undamaged shape. Spine is not creased, end papers unmarked by any writing, stickers or stamps. Author's signature on title page. Text block bright and clean, edges sharp. Beautifully illustrated with color plates and black and white photographs. ; Color… Read more about this item
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Admiral of the Ocean Sea Volumes I & II + the Life and Voyages of Columbus [Three Book Set]

by Morison, Samuel Eliot

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Hardcover
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Norwalk, CT: Easton Press. Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued. Hardcover. All with matching covers of gilt dec burgundy leather (compass motifs). "Life and Voyages" still in unopened shrinkwrap. "Admiral" volumes have slight wear only. Sharp spine ends and corners. All edges gilt with a couple faint scuffs. Bindings tight and unread. No ownership marks… Read more about this item
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The Alliluyev Memoirs: Intimate Recollections of Svetlana Stalin's Aunt Anna Alliluyeva and Her Grandfather Sergei Alliluyev

by Alliluyeva, Anna & Sergei Alliluyev

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Used - Very Good-
Edition
First Edition Thus; First Printing
Published
1968
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Softcover
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G. P. Putnam's Sons. Very Good-. 1968. First Edition Thus; First Printing. Softcover. Glossy wraps with slight edgewear and lightly sunned spine. Binding sound, spine uncreased, interior clean and moderately toned. No ownership marks, stickers or stamps. Not ex-library. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 222 pages .
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Historical and Secret Memoirs of the Empress Josephine (Marie Rose Tascher De La Pagerie) , First Wife of Napoleon Bonaparte. Volumes I & II

by Le Normand, M'Lle M. A. & Jacob M. Howard (translator)

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Used - Good with no dust jacket
Edition
First US Edition
Published
1848
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Hardcover
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Philadelphia: Carey and Hart. Good with no dust jacket. 1848. First US Edition. Hardcover. Publisher's dark brown cloth with lettering and ornate decoration stamped in gilt and blind. Spines lightly sunned; light edgewear and rubbing; tiny tears and fraying just starting at spine ends. Light foxing to text blocks. Bindings somewhat shaken, text clean. Interiors lightly toned… Read more about this item
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The Amours of the Chevalier De Faublas. Volumes I-IV

by Louvet De Couvray, John Baptiste

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Used - Very Good- with no dust jacket
Edition
Limited Edition
Published
1898
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Hardcover
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London: Privately Printed for Societe Des Bibliophiles. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1898. Limited Edition. Hardcover. #5 of 100 sets. A literal unexpurgated translation from the Paris edition of 1821. Tan boards with lettering and ornate decoration stamped in gilt and green. Light edgewear, soil and rubbing. Spine ends bumped. Slipcases/jackets not present. Gilt topped text… Read more about this item
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Charlemagne (Charles the Great)

by Hodgkin, Thomas

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Edition
First Edition
Published
1902
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Hardcover
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New York: The Perkins Book Co.. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1902. First Edition. Hardcover. Red leather back red cloth over boards with gilt lettering and decoration to spine. Lightly rubbed and soiled, with small chip to leather at upper spine end. Gilt topped text block. Binding sound, text clean. Interior lightly toned; some pages still… Read more about this item
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Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, Collected and Republished in Seven Volumes [Complete]

by Carlyle, Thomas

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Published
1872
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Hardcover
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London: Chapman and Hall. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1872. Hardcover. Publisher's brick red cloth with aesthetic movement style lettering and decoration stamped in gilt and black. Minor edgewear and rubbing; spine ends and corners lightly bumped and starting to fray. Bindings somewhat shaken and some hinges cracked. Text clean. Interiors lightly toned. No ownership… Read more about this item
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American Originals: the Private Worlds of Some Singular Men and Women

by Ward, Geoffrey C.

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Used - Fine with No dust jacket as issued
Edition
First Edition Thus
Published
1991
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Hardcover
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Easton Press. Fine with No dust jacket as issued. 1991. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Signed by author to first blank. Blue full leather with gilt lettering and decoration. Sharp and clean. Gilt text block is not scuffed/rubbed. Binding sound, interior clean. Blue-gray silk moire eps. Ribbon bookmarker bound in. Unused publisher's bookplate laid in. No ownership marks,… Read more about this item
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Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Business Men: James Oliver

by Hubbard, Elbert

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Used - Very Good in Good dust jacket
Edition
First Edition
Published
1909
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Hardcover
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The Roycrofters. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1909. First Edition. Hardcover. Brown paper and beige buckram over boards with black lettering. Trace edgewear and sharp spine ends and corners. Original glassine jacket is quite chipped and torn but is not separated into pieces. Binding sound, text unmarked. Engraved frontis portrait of Oliver with facsimile signature… Read more about this item
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Journal and Letters of Philip Vickers Fithian, 1773-1774: A Plantation Tutor of the Old Dominion

by Fithian, Philip Vickers & H. D. Parish

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Used - Very Good- with no dust jacket
Edition
First Edition
Published
1943
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Hardcover
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Colonial Wiiliamsburg Inc.. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1943. First Edition. Hardcover. Cloth covered boards with bumped spine ends and corners. Gilt title to spine. Trace edgewear and soil. Light spine lean. Binding a bit shaken but without loose pages. Text clean. No stickers or stamps. Gift inscription to front pastedown. Illustrated in b/w. An uncommon… Read more about this item
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The Uncrowned Queen: Life of Lola Montez

by Ross, Ishbel

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First Edition
Published
1972
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New York: Harper & Row. 1972. First Edition. NF/VG- (minus) , book small dark spot lower corner front cover. DJ, slight wear top front corner, minor wear and tear top rear corner, slight edgewear foot of spine, minor wear and tear upper spine, 3/4" tear top rear panel near spine, minute puncture spine near bottom edge. Overall,… Read more about this item
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View from the Ninth Decade

by Penney, J. C.

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Used - Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket
Edition
Third Printing
Published
1961
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New York: Thomas Nelson & Sons. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1961. Third Printing. Book minor wear and fading spine ends, couple small scrapes rear board. DJ minor cornerwear, 1" closed tear to bottom edge front panel, minor rubbing bottom left corner front panel (at spine) , small smudge rear panel near spine, some rubbing… Read more about this item
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Giuseppe Mazzini Selected Writings Edited Adn Arranged with an Introduction by N. Gangulee

by Mazzini, Giuseppe

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Edition
First Edition
Published
1945
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London: Lindsay Drummond Limited. 1945. First Edition. VG+/G+ with some edge wear to DJ. ; 8vo, red cloth with gilt lettering, DJ, 253pp. , the author has extracted Mazzini's most important pronouncements on politics and history as well as his literary criticism, and written a book that is as instructive as it is enjoyable. .
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SALAMINA

by Kent, Rockwell

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Used - Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket
Edition
First Edition
Published
1935
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New York: Harcourt, Brace And Company. Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket. 1935. First Edition. Boards rubbed, corners lightly rubbed, boards lightly scratched and spotted, top edge pages lightly stained, first and last few eps slightly darkened. DJ spine darkened, small chips missing top corners and head of spine (corners) , minor wear foot of spine,… Read more about this item
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THE IMPERIAL GUARD of NAPOLEON: from Marengo to WATERLOO

by Headley, J. T.

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Published
1861
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New York: Charles Scribner. 1861. VG- (minus) , with occasional foxing throughout, sunning to spine, a previous ownerÕs name & date in pencil fep. ; 12mo, blind-stamped brown cloth, gilt lettering on spine, illustrated, 310pp. .
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