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A Mania For Magnificence

A Mania For Magnificence

by Kronenberger, Louis

The Founders* Second Amendment: Origins of the Right to Bear Arms [Independent Studies in Political Economy]

The Founders* Second Amendment: Origins of the Right to Bear Arms [Independent Studies in Political Economy]

by Stephen P. Halbrook

Chicago: Ivan R. Dee / Published in Association With the Independent Institute, 2008. Hardcover. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 8vo. 427 pp. including Notes and Index.
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SGD 68.87
Still Philadelphia: A Photographic History: 1890-1940

Still Philadelphia: A Photographic History: 1890-1940

by Frederic M. Miller and Morris Vogel

Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition.
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SGD 68.87
Jeep" Gladiators: All New All Jeep

Jeep" Gladiators: All New All Jeep

Toledo: Jeep Vehicles, 1962. Softcover. Near Fine.. 12 pp. 9" x 11" staple-bound oblong brochure with color illustrations. **OCLC** lists no copies.
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SGD 34.44
The Last Utopians: Four Late 19th Century Visionaries and Their Legacies

The Last Utopians: Four Late 19th Century Visionaries and Their Legacies

by Michael Robertson

Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2018. Hardcover. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 8vo. 344 pp. The entertaining story of four utopian writers-Edward Bellamy, William Morris, Edward Carpenter, and Charlotte Perkins Gilman-and their continuing influence today. Robertson is professor of English at The College of New Jersey.
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SGD 61.98
A Grouping of Five [5] Risque Mid-Century Cocktail Napkins

A Grouping of Five [5] Risque Mid-Century Cocktail Napkins

Softcover. Near Fine. Five 4" x 4" paper cocktail napkins with color illustrations and statements that fold out to 8" x 8." These are very fragile items with a little bit of creasing.
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SGD 34.44
Lucking Out: My Life Getting Down and Semi-Dirty in the Seventies

Lucking Out: My Life Getting Down and Semi-Dirty in the Seventies

by James Wolcott

New York: Doubleday, 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition.
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SGD 48.21
Catholics in New York: Society, Culture, and Politics, 1808-1946

Catholics in New York: Society, Culture, and Politics, 1808-1946

New York: Fordham University Pres, 2008. Hardcover. Fine. Profusely illustrated book chronicles the history, growth, and legacy of New York's largest Christian denomination. Co-published with the Museum of the City of New York as a companion to its exhibition on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the establishment of the Archdiocese of New York. An important historical resource.
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SGD 48.21
The Story of Philadelphia

The Story of Philadelphia

by J. St. George Joyce

Philadelphia: Harry Joseph, 1919. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. History of Philadelphia from it's beginnings to World War One. Black-and-white illustrations throughout. Very good with edge wear and loose hinges.
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SGD 137.74
Gentleman Magazine

Gentleman Magazine

by Bruce Arthur [Editor] Vol. 1 No. 5 April 1961

Darby: Bruce-Royal, 1961. Softcover. Fine. Vintage men's magazine.
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SGD 48.21
The Italians of New York: Five Centuries of Struggle and Achievement

The Italians of New York: Five Centuries of Struggle and Achievement

by Philip V. Cannistraro [Editor]

New York: John D Calandra Italian American Institute/ New-York Historical Society John D. Calandra, 1999. Hardcover. Fine in fine dust jacket. Designed to accompany the exhibition of the same name at the New York Historical Society that ran from October 8, 1999 to February 20, 2000. Profusely illustrated throughout.
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SGD 68.87
Mad About the Fifties: The Best of the Decade

Mad About the Fifties: The Best of the Decade

by The Usual Gang of Idiots

Boston: Little Brown, 1997. Softcover. Near Fine in wraps. Square 8vo with color covers and black and white illustrations throughout. Collection of features and writing from 1950s-era Mad Magazine.
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SGD 48.21
The Family of Man

The Family of Man

by Edward Steichen with an Introduction by Carl Sandburg

Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover in dust jacket. Very Good with a short closed tear on the front dust jacket panel and moderately ago-toned pages throughout. A contemporaneously edited and published version of the book produced with Maco Magazine Corporation, the first time hardcover and softcover editions were published simultaneously.
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SGD 68.87
The Miracle of Intervale Avenue: The story of a Jewish Congregation in the South Bronx

The Miracle of Intervale Avenue: The story of a Jewish Congregation in the South Bronx

by Jack Kugelmass with Photographs by the Author

Shocken: New York, 1986. Hardcover. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 231 pp. 8vo. Black and white photographs.
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SGD 68.87
Scarce Grouping of Seven [7] B&W Paramount Advance Publicity Scenes for the 1980 American Cult Classic Film "Friday the 13th

Scarce Grouping of Seven [7] B&W Paramount Advance Publicity Scenes for the 1980 American Cult Classic Film "Friday the 13th

New York: Paramount Pictures, 1980. Softcover. Near Fine. Includes seven [7] b&w photos each measuring approximately 8" x 10" along with film notes on recto. Friday the 13th is a 1980 American independent slasher film produced and directed by Sean S. Cunningham, written by Victor Miller, and starring Betsy Palmer, Adrienne King, Harry Crosby, Laurie Bartram, Mark Nelson, Jeannine Taylor, Robbi Morgan, and Kevin Bacon. Its plot follows a group of teenage camp counselors who are murdered one by one by an... Read more about this item
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SGD 206.61
Edward Marshall Boehm 1913-1969

Edward Marshall Boehm 1913-1969

by Edward Marshall Boehn and Frank J. Cosentino

Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1970. Hardcover. Fine. Numerous illustrations.
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SGD 68.87
An American Requiem: God, My Father, and the War That Came Between Us

An American Requiem: God, My Father, and the War That Came Between Us

by James Carroll

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1996. Hardcover. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket.. 8vo.Ê 279 pp. With black and white photos. Winner of the 1996 National Book Award for non-fiction.
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SGD 68.87
1960 Dodge Dart: a complete new line of economy cars in the low-price field

1960 Dodge Dart: a complete new line of economy cars in the low-price field

Detroit: Dodge Division, Chrysler Corp, 1960. Softcover. Fine. 1 folded sheet 6 1/2" x 8 1/2" unfolded to 25" x 16" poster with color illustrations. Rare. **OCLC** lists two copies, one each at The Hagley Museum and Library, Wilmington, DE and at the Library of Michigan, Lansing, Michigan.
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SGD 48.21
How the Irish Won the West

How the Irish Won the West

by Myles Dungan

Skyhorse: New York, 2011. Hardcover. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 320 pp.
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SGD 48.21
Race and Slavery in the Western Hemisphere Quantitative Studies

Race and Slavery in the Western Hemisphere Quantitative Studies

by Stanley L. Engerman and Eugene D. Genovese, Editors

Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1975. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Fine dust jacket. 556 pp. illustrated with graphs and tables. Contains information on The Slave Trade; Social and Demographic Aspects of Slave Populations; The Slave and Free Person of Color in the Urban Environment; the Post Emancipation Response. Various contributors.
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SGD 172.17
Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo

Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo

by Zora Neale Hurston; Edited by Deborah G. Plant; Foreword by Alice Walker

Amistad: New York, 2020. Hardcover. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 171 pp. Appendix, Afterword, Glossary, Notes and Bibliography.
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SGD 68.87
Haunted Valley And More Folk Tales Of Appalachia

Haunted Valley And More Folk Tales Of Appalachia

by James Gay Jones

McClain: Parsons, 1979. Softcover. Fine in wraps. 156 pp. Obscure title. OCLC shows two copies, ne at the Johnson County [KY] Library and one at Niedersachsiche Stats - und Universitasbliothek Gottigen in Gottingen, Germany.
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SGD 68.87
Authentic & Pictorial Up-to-Date Map of Boston, Published Expressly for Childs Restaurants

Authentic & Pictorial Up-to-Date Map of Boston, Published Expressly for Childs Restaurants

by No author

Boston: Child's Restaurants, 1930. Fair with some separation among the panels. Depression-era map.
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SGD 89.53
A Grouping of 131 Early to Mid 20th Century B&W Candid Photographs of a Wide Range of Individuals in Various Settings

A Grouping of 131 Early to Mid 20th Century B&W Candid Photographs of a Wide Range of Individuals in Various Settings

by Various Studios

Various: Various. Softcover. Very Good. Sizes range from 1 " x 1 " to 12" x 12
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SGD 241.04
Dashiell Hammett: A Daughter Remembers

Dashiell Hammett: A Daughter Remembers

by Jo Hammett; Edited by Richard Layman with Julie M. Rivett

New York: Carroll & Graf, 2001. Hardcover. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 172 pp. First Carroll & Graf edition. Illustrated with black and white photos. An Otto Penzler book.
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SGD 34.44
Happy Trails: The Story of Roy Rogers and Dale Evans

Happy Trails: The Story of Roy Rogers and Dale Evans

by Carlton Stowers

Waco: Word, 1979. Hardcover. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 8vo., 213 pp. Illustrated with 37 black and white photographs. Includes epilogue and 6-page filmography.
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SGD 34.44