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Last Train To Paradise
by Les Standiford
LES STANDIFORD is the author of eight critically acclaimed novels, including most recently Bone Key, as well as several works of nonfiction. He has received the Frank O’Connor Award for Short Fiction and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Florida Division of Cultural Affairs. Since 1981 he has lived in Miami with his wife and three children. They are themselves survivors of Hurricane Andrew.
Florida History Books & Ephemera
Canto del paso
by Andras, Francisco
Madrid: Editorial Pliegos, 1984. Paperback. 60p., text in Spanish, slightly creased wraps, otherwise a very good first edition trade paperback in pictorial wraps. Poetry by the Cuban American exile. Cuban American poet living in Miami.
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SGD 34.38
![Investigation of Communist activities in the State of Florida: Hearings before the Committee on Un-American Activities, Eighty-third Congress, second session [complete in two parts]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/215/419/1307419215.0.b.jpg)
Investigation of Communist activities in the State of Florida: Hearings before the Committee on Un-American Activities, Eighty-third Congress, second session [complete in two parts]
by United States. House. Committee on Un-American Activities
Washington DC: GPO, 1955. Paperback. Two staplebound volumes (vi, pp. 7287-7463), the second one edgeworn with some stains to the covers.
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SGD 48.12
Children and Hope: A History of The Children's Home Society of Florida
by Lawrence Mahoney
Miami: Pickering Press, 1987. Hardcover. Fine in Fine dust jacket.. Thin 8vo. 90 pp. Index. Black and white photos throughout. Pickering Press Florida History Series.
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SGD 103.12
ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF THE CASTLE WINDY MIDDEN FLORIDA
by BULLEN, Ripley P., and Frederick W. Sleight
Publisher's original stapled printed wrappers, octavo, pp. vi, 32. Black and white illustrations. Bryant Foundation American Studies Report Number One. Just the lightest shelf wear. Protected now in a clear display sleeve with white card-stock backing board.
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SGD 25.37
Parade of Memories A History of Clay County, Florida
by Arch Fredric Blakey
Clay County Board of County Commission: Clay County Bicentennial Steering Committee, 1976. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. VG/VG/1st ed. A short inscription to the previous owner(not from the author) on the front free end paper. Jacket is whole but does have some light soiling and some faint foxing. Jacket now covered with a mylar sleeve. Book is tight and clean. Some very light foxing on first three pages with no marking or soiling to interior pages. No breaks in cloth over boards,...
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SGD 68.75
Miami: Architecture of the Tropics
by Culot, Maurice - Lejeune, Jean-Francois
Princeton: Princeton Architectural Press, 1993. Softcover. Fine in glossy pictorial wraps.. Quarto. 190 pp. Decorative cover Illustrations, many in color. Maps. Foreword by Mark Orman. Introductions by Caroline Mierop. Essays by Maurice Culot, Andres Duany, Elisabeth Plater-Zyberk, and Jean-Francois Lejeune. Book is based on the Exhibition Miami--Architecture of the Tropics, produced by the Foundation pour l'Architecture, Brussels, and by the University of Miami shown as the center for the Fine Arts,...
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SGD 103.12
Florida's Past: People and Events That Shaped the State
by Burnett, Gene M
Pineapple Press, 1988. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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SGD 8.55
Success factors of young African-American males at a historically black college
by Ross, Marilyn J
Westport: Bergin & Garvey, 1998. Hardcover. x, 144p., review sheet laid in, first printing. Study of Florida Memorial College in Miami. Very good.
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SGD 41.25
THE STORY OF THE CHOKOLOSKEE BAY COUNTRY With the Reminiscences of Pioneer C. S. "Ted" Smallwood
by Tebeau, Charlton W
FL: Banyan Books. Very Good-. 1981. Paperback. 88 pages .
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SGD 26.12
TALES OF OLD FLORIDA
by Oppel, Frank & Tony Meisel
Castle / Book Sales. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket; Dust jacket spine is sun faded. 1987. Hardback. 1555212255 . 477 pages .
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SGD 16.50
BACK TO THE WATER Discovering Florida Urban Waterfronts
by Silver, Vicki
Florida Department of Community Affairs. Good+. 1986. Softcover. Covers and spine sunned. ; Oblong 8vo 8" to 9" tall; 92 pages .
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SGD 13.75
Checkered Sunshine: The Story of Fort Lauderdale 1793-1955
by Weidling, Philip and August Burghard
Wake-Brook House. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. 1974. Revised Limited Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover with dustjacket, "Two thousand copies of this Revised Edition have been printed, of which this copy is Number 262," illustrated with many photos and includes a Select Bibliography, book has tan spotting (foxing) on the outer page-edges, the binding is tight and the text and illustrations are fine, the jacket has a small amount of foxing on the flaps and a few short edge-tears, the reverse side of the...
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SGD 136.12
Florida's Rivers
by Boning, Charles R
Sarasota, FL: Pineapple Press, 2008. First Edition. Paperback. Near Fine. 7x0x10. Illustrated. Florida's rivers comprise a tapestry of natural wonders. They support rich ecosystems. They define the landscape and lend character to the regions through which they pass. The first half of the book provides an overview of Florida's waterways, while the second half provides detailed information on 60 of Florida's rivers, covering each one from source to end. From the Blackwater River in the...
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SGD 41.25
The Saint in Miami
by Charteris, Leslie
Curtis, 1967-01-01. Paperback. Good. Saint (Simon Templar) Adventure Series 22 Paperback - Binding OK, reading creases spine, light edge wear, no marks, no stickers, browning inside - 6.9 x 4.2 x .625 inches
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SGD 15.06
B.A.R. Bay Area Reporter: vol. 11, #2, January 15, 1981; LAPD Has New Liason for Gay Community
by Lorch, Paul F., editor, Wayne Friday, Harry Britt, John F. Karr, et al
San Francisco: Bob Ross, 1981. Newspaper. 36p., folded tabloid newspaper, various pagination, news, reports, opinion, ads, photos, events, services and resources, toning else very good on newsprint. Friday on his resignation from The Tavern Guild. Connie O'Connor elected Toklas President. Floridians angered over Cuban refugees - MCC blamed. During the 1980s after the assassination of Harvey Milk and the subsequent riots the paper began more political and activist reportage.
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SGD 20.62
Secrets of a Rutbuster : Breaking Rules and Selling Dreams
by Myra Janco Daniels
Ruder-Finn Press, 2009. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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SGD 24.74
Cuarto concurso literario Jorge Mañach; 1975, aupiciado por el Municipio de Sagua la Grande en el exilio; Memoria de los Trabajos Premiados
by [Mañach Robato, Jorge] Orlando González Esteva, Esperanza Rubido, Gina Obrador, Martha Padilla et al
Miami: Municipio de Sagua la Grande en el exilio, 1975. vii, 88p., text in Spanish, very good trade paperback in wraps. The winners of a literary competition named for Dr. Mañach Robato. Exile literature, including some poetry.
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SGD 27.50
Naples: 1940s to 1970s (Images of America)
by Howard Frazer, Lynne
Paperback. Good.
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SGD 7.08
Modello: A Story of Hope for the Inner City and Beyond. An inside-out model of prevention and resiliency in action through health realization ( NEHRI Publications, Vermont, U.S.A., 1998
by Pransky, Jack
Cabot, VT: Northeast Health Realization Institute Publications, 1998. Paperback. 280p., worn wraps. Based on work at housing projects in Florida.
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SGD 20.62
![Free the Cuban Five: unjustly imprisoned in the United States [handbill]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/343/323/912323343.0.b.2.jpg)
Free the Cuban Five: unjustly imprisoned in the United States [handbill]
San Francisco: The National Committee to Free the Cuban Five, 2007. Handbill. Single 8.5x11 inch handbill printed both sides, black text on white stock, photos of the prisonors, very good condition. Post-August 2006. The front of the leaflet has smiling headshots of the five with their first names below, a short history of the Five, their anti-terrorist activities and the involvement of the CIA history of the trial and legal actions. On the rear are statements by the Five and a message from Mumia...
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SGD 20.62
GCN: Gay Community News; the gay weekly; vol. 5, #19, November 12, 1977: Phyllis Schafly Anti-E.R.A. Crusader
by Miller, Neil, editor, Phyllis Schafly, David Brill, Anita Bryant, et al
Boston: GCN, 1977. Newspaper. 20p., very good folded tabloid newspaper on newsprint, news, opinion, articles, events, ads, photos, services and resources. Boston's LGBTQ newspaper which started in 1973. More political than entertainment.
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SGD 34.38
With honor, courage and pride; defense statements at the sentencing hearings of the five Cuban patriots unjustly condemned by a Miami federal court
Havana: Cuban Council of State, 2002. paperback. 100p., very good second edition trade paperback in pictorial wraps. The case of the five Cubans/Cuban Americans arrested for spying in Miami -- i.e., gathering intelligence on Cuban American groups planning violent acts against Cuba.
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SGD 16.50
The Miami Herald Report: Democracy Held Hostage
by Martin Merzer and the Staff of The Miami Herald
New York: St. Martins, 2001. Hardcover. Fine in Very Good dust jacket which has a few creases on the back panel.. 8vo. 302 pp. The complete investigation of the 2000 Presidential election including results of the independent recount.
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SGD 48.12
Florida Thoroughbred
by JOHNSON, Charlene R., and John C. WEBER (Foreword)
Hardcover. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards, octavo, pp. 367. As New in As New dust jacket.
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SGD 25.37
![STATE OF FLORIDA, COUNTY OF GADSDEN, KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, THAT WE, JOHN W. JONES & W.J. LAURENCE, ARE HELD AND FIRMLY BOUND UNTO R.R. HAYGOOD & S.M. FLEISHMANN, IN THE SUM OF SIX HUNDRED DOLLARS, FOR THE PAYMENT WHEREOF, WELL AND TRULY TO BE MADE, WE BIND OURSELVES. . . THIS 29TH DAY OF JANUARY [1858] . . . THE CONDITION OF THIS OBLIGATION IS SUCH, THAT WHEREAS THE SHERIFF IN AND FOR SAID COUNTO [sic], BY VIRTUE OF 2 EXECUTIONS ISSUED FROM THE CLERK'S OFFICE OF THE COUNTY OF GADSDEN, IN FAVOR OF R.R. HAYGOOD & S.M. FLEISHMANN AGAINST JOHN W. JONES HAS LEVIED UPON THE FOLLOWING PROPERTY, TO-WIT: A NEGRO MAN NAMED TOM ABOUT 45 OR 50 YEARS OF AGE. . . AND THE SAID J.W. JONES WISHING TO REPLEVY THE SAME: NOW IF THE SAID J.W. JONES SHALL HAVE THE SAID PROPERTY FORTHCOMING AT QUINCY, IN SAID COUNTY, ON THE 1ST DAY OF MARCH A.D. 1858, AND DELIVER THE SAME TO THE SHERIFF OF SAID COUNTY, THEN THIS OBLIGATION TO BE VOID...;](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/056/219/1323219056.0.m.jpg)
![The Southern Sugar Company [Photograph Album]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/945/815/1385815945.0.m.jpg)
