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Sony, 1996. Near Mint/VeryGood. Label:Sony Classical - SK 68 260 Series:Vivarte -Format:CD, Album Country:US Released:1996 Genre:Classical Style:Baroque Total time: 59'26. Tracklist 1 Passacaille (Passacaglia) In G Minor, HWV 432 2:38 Suite In E Major, HWV 430 2 I. Prélude 2:04 3 II. Allemande 6:08 4 III. Courante 1:41 5 IV. Air Con Variazioni, "The Harmonious Blacksmith" 5:02 Suite In F Major, HWV 427 6 I. Adagio 2:24 7 II. Allegro 2:50 8 III. Adagio 1:27 9 IV. Allegro 2:19 Suite In B-flat Major, HWV 434 10 I. Prélude 2:03 11 II. Sonata 1:56 12 III. Aria Con Variazioni 4:28 13 IV. Menuet 2:26 Suite In F Minor, HWV 433 14 I. Prélude (Adagio) 2:20 15 II. Allegro 2:28 16 III. Allemande 5:18 17 IV. Courante 1:45 18 V. Gigue 2:19 19 Chaconne In G Major, HWV 435 7:16.

New York: Konecky & Konecky, 1996. Reprint. Hardcover. Used - Near Fine/Near Fine. 7"x9.5"x2". 579 pages; X-library w/graphics. Bronze boards w/silver metallic letters on spine. Reprint of the 1875 edition. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Unclipped, unmarked. In mylar cover. OCLC Number: 45690654 Cover design by Irving Freeman Design Co. Goodreads rating 4.5. Through the long ordeal of the Civil War, the Army of the Cumberland served the Union with great distinction - from its initial formation in KY during the first months of conflict to Sherman's decisive March to the Sea. This classic work traces the entire history of The Army of the Cumberland, presenting detailed coverage of its composition, leading generals, field of operations, and heroic efforts in some of the greatest battles of the Civil War. The author provides vivid descriptions of the Battle of Shiloh, the operations agains Corinth, the campaigns of Perryville and Stone River, the Battle of Chickamauga, and the… Read More

New Amsterdam: Liveright Publishing Corporation, 1943. Hardcover_cloth. Collectible - VeryGood. Black & Gold Edition; 6.0"x8.75"x1.5"; 570 pages; Black silk cloth boards with gilt letters on front. Top edge painted red. Gilt design on spine with red blocks with gilt letters inside. Black paste downs. Frontispiece is "Self-portrait with wife Saska". Foreword; List of Chapters - 80; Epilogue; List of illustrations - 16 incl. frontispiece. All illustrations are his paintings on black and white plates. Some toning to pages. Spine straight, sewn binding tight. No markings, Not ex-library. No DJ. Biography of one of the world's greatest artist, Rembrandt.

Cincinnati: North Light Books, 1998. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine-Collectible/Near Fine. 8.75"x11.25" 130 indexed pages. First printing w/number line. White cloth boards w/midnight blue letters to spine. Rasberry past down. Additional illustrations and text by Laura Elkins Stover. Edited by Herb Rogoff. Art Dierection by Stephen Bridges. Design by Laura Herrmann. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library, unclipped, & unmarked. Minimal shelf wear to DJ. Gift Quality. Secure ship in box w/tracking #. This volume provides step-by-step guidance for mixing colours, with 50 innovative colour-mixing recipes which are shown in detailed palettes, tracing each step in full colour. It includes 13 compositions by the author in which artists can see exactly how she applied each colour. Source: Publisher.

Cincinnati, OH: The Willis Music Company, 1909. Loose Sheet Music. Collectible - Acceptable. 11"x13.5" Edited and fingered by Franz Hoffmann. 4 leafs of music. Advertisements on backside. Many tears and chips along edges. Old scotch tape ghosts. Shipped with board in clear plastic. T. Waltz - Piano.

NY: Grove Press, 2002. 1st Edition Thus. Paperback. Near Fine-Collectible. SECOND PRINTING. 5.5"X8.25" 393 pgs. Reading group edition. Cover photo: The Storm by Edward S. Curtis. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library, unclipped ($14.00), unmarked. Secure ship w/track #. Journey from Victorian England to the whiskey trading posts of the Old West in this epic award-winning bestseller from the author of The Englishman's Boy. In the late nineteenth century, Englishmen Charles and Addington Gaunt are sent by their father to find their brother Simon, a missionary who has gone missing in the wilds of the American West. In the outreaches of the Montana frontier, the brothers hire a guide—a half Blackfoot, half Scot named Jerry Potts—to lead them further north into the area where Simon was last seen. As the party heads out, it grows to include a journalist, a saloonkeeper, a Civil War veteran in search of love, and a young woman bent on revenge. There's no telling what… Read More

NY: Yearling Books, 2011. 1st Edition. Paperback. New. 30TH PRINTING. Physical Info: 1.1" H x 7.5" L x 5.1" W (0.6 lbs) 384 pages. Features: Ikids, Price on Product - Canadian, Price on Product, Excerpt. Target Age Group: 08 to 12 Secure ship w/track #. The movement of the train rocked me like a lullaby. I closed my eyes to the dusty countryside and imagined the sign I'd seen only in Gideon's stories: Manifest--A Town with a rich past and a bright future. Abilene Tucker feels abandoned. Her father has put her on a train, sending her off to live with an old friend for the summer while he works a railroad job. Armed only with a few possessions and her list of universals, Abilene jumps off the train in Manifest, Kansas, aiming to learn about the boy her father once was. Having heard stories about Manifest, Abilene is disappointed to find that it's just a dried-up, worn-out old town. But her disappointment quickly turns to excitement when she discovers a hidden cigar box full of mementos, including some… Read More

New York: St. Martin's Press, 2006. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Collectible - Fine/Fine. 5.25"x7.5". 228 pgs. 1st printing. Green cloth boards w/red metallic letters on spine. Jacket design by Michael Storrings. Jacket illustration by Aleta Rafton. Author photo by Joy Wilson. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library, unclipped, & unmarked. GIFT QUALITY. Jane Gable thinks 1947 will be like every other year in Morgan Hill, Tennessee, but it turns out to be the year everything changes. Jane first lays eyes on young Milo Turner the day that her abusive, alcoholic father is buried in the Morgan Hill cemetery. The Turners are the first black family ever to move into the area, and while their presence challenges the comfort of many in the small, tight-knit community, Jane and her brother, John, have found new friends. Then tragedy strikes the Turner household, and the Gable family is asked to make a decision that could rip their world apart. One path might open up a whole new world… Read More

Waterville, ME: Thorndike Press, 2007. 1st Edition Thus. Hardcover_pictorial boards. Collectible - VeryGood/No Jacket. 6x8.5". 215 pages. X-library w/graphics. First printing. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Christmas "Chaz McConnell realizes that his life is empty--and he's made it that way. He goes home at night to an empty, bare apartment. Trying to reach out, he befriends four-year-old Donovan, whose mother has fallen on hard times. Gloria Bailey finds it easy to care for families in need and when she sees a single, pregnant woman in distress, with no place to live, Gloria provides her own home. Although their personalities remain night and day, they eventually realize they have more in common than they ever thought." Goodreads 4.12.

Detroit: Thorndike Press, 2006. 1st edition thus. Hardcover_boards. Collectible - Near Fine. 6"x8.75"x1'. 267 pgs. X-Library w/graphics. 1st Printing. LARGE PRINT Graphic hardboards. Cover design by High Pines Creative. Type set in 16 pt. Plantin. Unabridged. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright.

Detroit: Wheeler Publishing, 2007. 1st edition thus. Hardcover_boards. Collectible - VeryGood. 6"x8.75"x1'. 309 pgs. X-Library w/graphics. 1st Printing. LARGE PRINT Graphic hardboards. Cover design by Elizabeth A. Berry. Type set in 16 pt. Plantin. Unabridged. Spine slight slant, binding tight, pages clean and bright. "From Donna VanLiere--the author of the beloved "Christmas Hope" series--comes a moving novel of faith, family, and destiny. "You might think that what you're about to read has a great deal to do with my father and growing up poor in east Tennessee, but there is so much more--what captured my heart was the hope of belonging and the dream of family. The woman I am has a great deal to do with that ninth year of my life. It started out as any other year, nothing extraordinary, but as each day unfolded it became remarkable in every way. There are times when I'm still amazed we made it through. It has been said that every life has a story. This is my story...--"From the Prologue Jane Gable… Read More

NY: St. Martin's Press, 2016. 1st Edition. Hardback. New/VeryGood. 5.13"x7.38"x.75". 228 pages. First Printing. Federal blue boards with white lettering on spine. Jacket design by Michael Storrings. Jacketphoto-illustration by Reginald Polynice. Jacket photographs: snow c designelements/Shutterstock; tree in truck c Arina P. Habich/ Shutterstock;road c Snowshill/Shutterstock; wreath c Kellis/Shuttersock;lampposts c James Hackland/Alamy Stock Photo; town c Cosmo Condina North America/Alam Stock Photo; gazebo c Danita Delimont / Alamy Stock Photo; truckcJoseph Sohm/Shutterstock. Author photo by Kim Vetter. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library, unclipped, unmarked. Box opener cut DJ on front spine but repaired with archival tape. "Donna VanLiere, New York Times bestselling author of the timeless The Christmas Shoes and The Christmas Hope, is back with this moving and uplifting story about finding love, hope, and family in unexpected places. Lauren Gabriel spent many… Read More

NY: Pocket, 1981. 1st Edition Thus. MassMarketPaperBack. Collectible - VeryGood. Andy Lackow. 158 pgs. 1 leaf ads. First printing w/1 on number line. Timescape. Spine slight slant w/slight tan to pages. Not x-library, unclipped, & unmarked. Minor edge and shelf wear. Captain Kirk and his crew are ordered to Alnath II to challenge the Klingon starship Terror. Unfortunately everyone onboard seems to be losing their minds and the Klingons are ready to destroy them. Source: Publisher.

NY: Pocket, 1983. 1st Edition Thus. MassMarketPaperBack. Collectible - Good. Boris. 189 pgs + 2 leaf ads. 2nd printing w/2 on number line. Timescape. Spine straight, binding tight. Not x-library, unclipped, & unmarked. Much wear to covers. The Enterprise is crippled in orbit around a dangerous, living, breathing planet, and a desperate peace mission to the Orion Arm is stalled. Kirk has never needed his crew more. But a lithe, alien woman is casting a spell of pacifism, and now mutiny over the crew. Source: Publisher.

Pleasantville: Reader's Digest, 1961. 1st Edition. Hardcover_buckram spine. Good-Collectible. 5.5"x7.75" 574 numbered pages. Author bio at the end of each story. Pastel flower boards w/light blue buchram spine. Tan paste downs w/blank book plate. Top edge gilt and gilt letters on spine. Spine slightly slanted, chipped and covered with clear spine tape. Sewn binding tight, pages clean w/soft tone. Not x-library, unmarked, no DJ. Secure ship w/track #. Ring of Bright Water by Gavin Maxwell, photos by robert McEwen; The Judas Tree by A. J. Cronin, illustrations by Leslie Saalburg; The Edge of Sadness by Edwin O'Connor, illustrations by Austin Briggs; A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, illustrations by Everett Shinn; Summer of Pride by Elizabeth Savage, illustrations by John McDermott.

Pediment Publishing, 2007. Hardcover_boards. Near Fine/Near Fine. 11.5"x9.75" 144 pages. Assumed first. Black boards w/silver letters to spine. Black paste downs. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library, unclipped, & unmarked. Secure ship w/track #. Oversized hardcover book of Photography from Cincinnatians. Includes DVD.

NY: Avenel Books. Hardcover_boards. Near Fine/Near Fine. Charles Robinson. 5.5"x8" 63 numbered pgs. Edited by Roberta Sewal. Sky blue boards w/gold foil baker outline on front and letters on spine. 81illustrations, 5 in full-color. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean w/soft tone. Not x-library, unclipped, & unmarked. Tone to DJ flaps. Secure ship w/track #. The Golden Goose; The Three Little Pigs; Hey! Diddle, Diddle; Tommy Snooks and Bessy Brooks; There Was a Little Boy; As I Was Going Up Pippen-hill; Goosey, Goosey, Gander; I Had a Little Pony; What Are Little Boys Made Of?; Girls and Boys Come Out to Play; Barber, Barber; Lady Bird, Lady Bird.

Garden City, New York: Nelson Doubleday, Inc, 1959. Hardback. Used - VeryGood. Various. 5.75"x8.5". 146 pgs. Pink hard boards w/embossed blue and black letters and designs on front. Gray spine w/blue and black letters and designs. List of short story titles embossed in like colors on back. Paste down matching illustrations w/list of titles on ffep. Spine straight, binding tight, pages have light soiling. One small stamp insided front cover (no other markings). Not x-library. Rubs to corners. No DJ. Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves illustrated by Feodor Rojankovsky; Tom, the Piper's Son illustrated by Roberta Macdonald; Kintu by Eluzabeth Enright, illustrated by Bobri; Philadelphia: Cradle of Liberty by Gladys Schwarcz, designed by Remy Charlip; Mike Fink by Michael Gorham, illustrated by Richard Bennett; Kiki Goes to Camp written and illustrated by Charlotte Steiner; Weapons in Nature with color photos; Factory Kitty by Helen Hoke, illustrated by Polly Jackson; The Fairy and the Doll by Rose Fyleman,… Read More

Pleasantville, NY: Reader's Digest, 1983. 1st Edition. Hardcover_vinyl spine. Near Fine-Collectible/VeryGood. 5.75"x7.75" 576 pgs. *#148* Orange & white pattern boards. Navy vinyl spine w/army green title blocks surrounding gilt letters. Gilt top edge. Frontispiece "Brunchberry Flowers, Wild Strawberries and Speedwell" by Anne Ophelia Dowden. Linn. Army green paste downs w/book plate filled in w/pon on ffep. Prices beside each publication on DJ. Review of Reader's Digest on back of DJ by Ruth Matchett. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and toned. Not x-library, unclipped. Minor edge wear to DJ. Scrape to inside front board. Secure ship in box w/tracking number. Mrs. Pollifax on the China Station - Dorothy Gilman; The Brea File - Louis Charbonneau; Growing Up - Russell Baker; Octavia's Hill - Margaret Dickson.

Canterbury Classics, 2021. 1st Edition. Leatherbound. New. Hilbert, Ernest. Physical Info: 1.9" H x 9.3" L x 6.2" W (2.9 lbs) 896 pages. Features: Price on Product. 7th printing w/number line. Silk ribbon marker. Gilt edges. Ribbed spine.Secure ship in box w/tracking number. Canterbury Classics is an imprint of Printers Row Publishing Group, a wholly owned subsidiary of Readerlink Distribution Services, LLC, the largest full-service book distributor to non-trade booksellers in North America. Canterbury Classics publishes classic works of literature in fresh, modern formats. From elegant leather-bound editions to whimsical pop-up books to the best-selling Word Cloud Classics series and more, our extensive collection is sure to captivate and inspire readers and brighten bookshelves. This chilling collection of scary stories will keep you awake for hours! Psychological horrors, disturbing dramas, and gruesome ghosts compose this compendium of confessions made in the dead of night. From vampires and a… Read More