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Maiden Voyage

by Welch, Denton

Condition
Used - GOOD
Edition
(reprint)
Published
1983
Binding
Trade Paperback
ISBN
9780140095227
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Hammondsworth, UK: Penguin Travel Library, 1983. (reprint). Trade Paperback. GOOD. Ex-library with expected markings and protective cover. Faint age toning of pages. From running away from school in England to "his impressions of the Temple of Heaven in Peking…he reveals his unique gift for observation coupled with a brilliantly idiosyncratic appreciation..." of the world around him.
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Die fremden Jahre: Erinnerungen an Deutschland

by Leyens & Andor

Condition
Used - VERY GOOD+
Published
1991
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Trade Paperback
ISBN
9783596107797
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Frankfurt, Germany: Geschichte Fischer, 1991. Trade Paperback. VERY GOOD+. Tight, faint age tanning to pages edges, clean, slight flare to corners. Covers have faint surface crease and light rubbing to edges. 1 folded page corner. 120 pages. Text in German. "The Foreign Years: Memories of Germany" Contents: "Unter dem NS-Regime 1933-1938, Erlebnisse und Beobachtungen" by Erich Leyens;… Read more about this item
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Trial by Guest: An Accurate Accounting of the Reasons Why I should Be Hung

by Fool, Henry Edward

Condition
Used - NEAR FINE
Published
2010
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Trade Paperback
ISBN
9781453790175
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Mars Hill, NC: Estuary Publications, 2010. Trade Paperback. NEAR FINE. As new except for faint shelfwear to cover corners and inscription on first free age. If you've ever though of owning a bed and breakfast, read this cautionary tale first.
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Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl

by Frank, Anne (Eleanor Roosevelt, intro.) (B.M. Mooyaart-Doubleday, trans.)

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Used - VERY GOOD-
Edition
(3rd printing, 1956)
Published
1953
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Paperback
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NY: Pocket Book #970, 1953. (3rd printing, 1956). Paperback. VERY GOOD-. Tight, clean, age tanned pages, slight tilt. Hinge crease, a few light surface creases, tilted spine. The classic young person's book of the Holocaust and World War II. Copies with this cover appear hard to find.
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Notes of a Native New Englander

by Loomis, James Lee

Condition
Used - VERY GOOD+
Published
1948
Binding
Hardbound
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Hartford, CT: Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company, 1948. Hardbound. VERY GOOD+. As new except for faint age toning of spine and part of covers. No dust jacket. 156 pages with 7 Addresses, 2 essays, 19 excerpts, and 4 poems. Photos and commentary of interest on Granby, CT, home of the author.
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Portraits de Famille

by Alain (Emile Chartier

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Used - VERY GOOD-
Published
1961
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Paperback
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France: Mercure de France, 1961. Paperback. VERY GOOD-. Tight, faint age tanning of pages, clean interior, light age soil to covers, square. Rough-cut page edges. Protective cover. Text in French "On connaît les traits des parents et grands-parents d'apres un album de portraits de famille, que l'auteur de la biographie a sous les yeux…"
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Mon Malagar

by Sinzelle, Lucienne

Condition
Used - VERY GOOD-
Published
2001
Binding
Paperback
ISBN
9782070761623
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nrf / Gallimard, 2001. Paperback. VERY GOOD-. As new except for slight tilt, owner's name erased on first free page, and web site stamp inside front cover.. In plastic cover with "Prix Gens de Gascogne et de Guyenne" banner between plastic and cover. No markings in text. "C'etait Malagar. Nous y sommes arrivés en 1929, j'avais deux ans… Read more about this item
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Conversaciones con Plinio Apuleyo Mendoza: El olor de la guayaba

by Marquez, Gabriel Garcia & Mendoza, Plinio Apuleyo

Condition
Used - VERY GOOD-
Edition
(1st Columbian edition)
Published
1982
Binding
Trade Paperback
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Bogota, Columbia: Editorial La Oveja Negra, 1982. (1st Columbian edition). Trade Paperback. VERY GOOD-. Tight, slight age tanning, clean interior, light age soil to exterior, square. Appears unread but has single crease on front cover. " Gabriel Garcia Marquez nos descubre en sus conversationes con Plinio Apuleyo Mendoza - amigo desde la juventud - los que piensa de… Read more about this item
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In Search of New Horizons: A Young Girl's Journey from Nazi Germany to America

by McCarthy, Lore Wallburg (Jane DeMillo, ed.)

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Used - NEAR FINE
Edition
(signed)
Published
c2009
Binding
Trade Paperback
ISBN
9781441587220
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Xlibris Corporation, c2009. (signed). Trade Paperback. NEAR FINE. As new except for slight curl. "traces Lore Wallburg McCarthy's early years as the daughter of a famous Jewish movie star in Germany. As Hitler comes to power, she is mistreated and her father is eventually killed in Auschwitz. After surviving the war, she and her sister emigrate… Read more about this item
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A Trip into the Blue & Other Stories from the New Yorker

by Berczeller, Richard

Condition
Used - FINE
Edition
(1st thus)
Published
c1980
Binding
Hardbound
ISBN
9780894790669
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NY: A&W, c1980. (1st thus). Hardbound. FINE. As new - gift quality! First printing as a books, all stories previously published in The New Yorker. Dr. Berczeller chronicles (his) experiences from the romantic 1920s and 30s, when he was a medical student in Vienna…through his practice as a young country doctor, his imprisonment by the Nazis, his escape… Read more about this item
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Songs of the Fluteplayer: Seasons of Life in the Southwest

by Russell, Sharman Apt

Condition
Used - FINE/ Fine DJ
Edition
(1st edition)
Published
1991
Binding
Hardbound
ISBN
9780201570939
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Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1991. (1st edition). Hardbound. FINE/ Fine DJ. As new except for small sticker mark inside front cover and tiny chip on bottom edge. DJ is unclipped.. "speaks to the way we make connections to the land and to a chosen place…a personal memoir (of) her experiences in creating an intentional life in the remote southwestern… Read more about this item
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Hermana de la Luna (Original title: Bound Feet and Western Dress)

by Chang, Pang-Mei Natasha (Christine Pina, trans.)

Condition
Used - NEAR FINE
Edition
(1st thus)
Published
1996
Binding
Trade Paperback
ISBN
9789500816854
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Buenos Aires, Argentina: Editorial Atlántide, 1996. (1st thus). Trade Paperback. NEAR FINE. As new except for faint inward curl to cover corners, faint age soil to top of exterior page edges, and bookstore stamp inside... "Había luchado para que no vendaran sus pies, siguiendo la cruel costumbre china. También tendría que luchar por una vida propia, en… Read more about this item
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