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Remembering Willie

By: N/A

Price: $4.95

Publisher: Jackson, MS, U.S.A., University Press of Mississippi: 2000

Seller ID: 004276

ISBN: 1578062675

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

F5 - Book has light bent on the front upper left and very, very light shelf wear otherwise very good. A Collection of tributes memoralizing Willie Morris, the acclaimed southern author.
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Presidents And Governors Of Texas

By: N/A

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Houston, The Houston Post:

Seller ID: EC8541BB

Binding: Stapled Booklet

Condition: Good

AA5 - Book is wrinkled and crease, small tear on the front bottom and next few pages, scrape/tear on the lower back, lightly soiled, some stains, heavy discoloration (browning due to old age), and normal shelf wear otherwise good.
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From Emperor to Citizen: The Autobiography Fo Aisin-Gioro Pu Yi

By: N/A

Price: $5.75

Publisher: Beijing, Foreign Language Press: 1989

Seller ID: EC8972BB

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

AN6 - DJ is mylar protected. DJ has wrinkling and crease on some edges and corners, DJ and book have discoloration and shelf wear otherwise very good. Translated by W. J. F. Jenner. Stated on the copyright page: First Edition 1989 Originally published in two-volume edition 1965, 1979.
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Citizen First, Banker Second: History of a Texas Community Bank and Stories About Its Politically Liberal Leader, Walter G. Hall

By: A. Pat Daniels

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Houston, Texas, Peninsula Press of Texas: 1995

Seller ID: ec51484

ISBN: 0961488530

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

CA0 - A hardcover book SIGNED and inscribed by Walter G. Hall to previous owner on the front free endpaper in very good condition in very good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket has 1.5" tear with wrinkling and crease on the front bottom, scattered scratches and some scraping on the back, some scattered stains and rubbing, light tanning and shelf wear. Book lightly cocked, some bumped corners, 1.5" line scratch on the front bottom, light discoloration and shelf wear. A small-town Texas banker, Walter G. Hall has established, altered, improved, stabilized or even revolutio...
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Goldwyn

By: A. Scott Berg

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Alfred A. Knopf: 1989

Seller ID: ec49583

ISBN: 0394510593

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

BL3 - A first edition (stated) hardcover book SIGNED and inscribed by author to previous owner on the front free endpaper in very good condition in good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket has price cutout/clipped, some wrinkling, chipping, crease, and few tears on the edges and corners, light discoloration and shelf wear. Book has some bumped corners, light discoloration and shelf wear. A rich, illuminating portrait of a man who fled the old world bringing with him strengths perfectfly suited to the new world to which he aspired... an often astonishing portrait of a paradoxical m...
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Meant to Fly: The Career of Captain A.J. High, Pilot for Trans-Texas Airways

By: A.J High

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Houston, Texas, Morrow House Publishing: 2008

Seller ID: EC44315BB

ISBN: 0979687012

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

CR4 - A hardcover book SIGNED and inscribed by A.J. High to previous owner in very good condition that has some bumped corners and light shelf wear with no dust jacket. With the assistance of Kathryn Black Morrow. 9.25"x6.25", 202 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.
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The Life & Times of Sir Alfred Chester Beatty

By: A.J. Wilson

Price: $35.00

Publisher: London, Cadogan Publications Limited: 1985

Seller ID: ec53023

ISBN: 0947754121

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

CA0 - A hardcover book in very good condition in very good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket has some wrinkling and chipping on the edges and corners, some scattered scratches, rubbing, light stains and fading, dust jacket and book have some bumped corners, light discolroation and shelf wear. 9.5"x6.5", 315 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Sir Alfred Chester Beatty, who always signed his name A. Chester Beatty, was an American mining magnate, philanthropist and one of the most successful businessmen of his generation, who was given the epithet the "King of Copper"...
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Howard Pyle: A Chronicle

By: Abbott, Charles D.

Price: $23.95

Publisher: New York, Harper & Brothers: 1925

Seller ID: ec45858

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fair

I3 - An ex-library first edition (stated) hardcover book in fair condition that has library markings (labels, stamping, cardholder, etc.), worn, cocked, lighly loose hinge, scattered stains, chipping, crease, and tears, and light discoloraiton with no dust jacket. Howard Pyle: A Chronicle by Charles D. Abbott with an Introduction by N.C. Wyeth and Many Illustrations from Howard Pyle's Works. 9.5"x6.5", 249 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.
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The Flower of Lilac Cottage

By: Abell, William S.

Price: $6.25

Publisher: Williamsburg, Massachusetts, MidGard'n Press: 1994

Seller ID: EC10891BB

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

CA1 - DJ is mylar protected. DJ and book have light discoloration and shelf wear otherwise very good. Signed and inscribed by the author to previous owner on the front loose endpaper.
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A Three Dog Life

By: Abigail Thomas

Price: $9.99

Publisher: Orlando, Florida, Harcourt, Inc.: 2006

Seller ID: EC11515BB

ISBN: 0151012113

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

BS4 - An uncorrected proof paperback book in very good condition that has light shelf wear. Satisfaction Guaranteed.
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On Extended Wings

By: Ackerman, Diane

Price: $23.00

Publisher: New York, Atheneum: 1985

Seller ID: EC14699BB

ISBN: 0689115407

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

AP3 - A first edition (stated) hardcover book SIGNED by author on the title page in very good condition in very good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket has some wrinkling, chipping, and crease on the edges, sides, corners and front flap, light scratches, light discoloration and shelf wear. Book has remainder mark on the bottom, lightly bowed, some light stains, foxing, and marking info on the page edges, previous owner's name and date written on the front free endpaper, light discoloration and shelf wear. In this remarkable paean to flying, award-winning poet Diane Ackerman invit...
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Dylan Thomas: His Life and Work

By: Ackerman, John

Price: $4.00

Publisher: London, Oxford University Press: 1964

Seller ID: EC19017BB

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

BA2 - Dust jacket mylar protected, wrinkling, chipping, crease, some tears, label, inside flaps adhered to the fixed endpapers, discoloration and shelf wear. Book has library markings (labels, stamping, cardholder, etc.), light edgewear, loose hinge, discoloration, and shelf wear.
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Edward M. Kennedy: A Biography

By: Adam Clymer

Price: $9.99

Publisher: New York, William Morrow and Company, Inc.: 1999

Seller ID: EC37436BB

ISBN: 0688142850

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

BC2 - A first edition hardcover book SIGNED by author in very good condition in very good dust jacket. Dust jacket has wrinkling , chipping and crease on the edges and corners, some scattered scratches and scuffing, light tanning and shelf wear. Book has some bumped corners and dent on the edges, foxing on the endpapers, light discoloration and shelf wear. 9.5"x6.5", 692 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.
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The Education of Henry Adams: An Autobiography

By: Adams, Henry

Price: $3.50

Publisher: Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company: 1918

Seller ID: EC19112BB

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fair

BA4 - An ex-library hardcover book in fair condition that has library markings (labels, stamping, cardholder, etc.), edgewear, wrinkling, chipping, crease, tears, loose hinge, marked out info, some soiling, stains, discoloration and shelf wear with no dust jacket. 9.75"x7.5", 519 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.
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Noah Adams on "All Things Considered" : A Radio Journal

By: Adams, Noah

Price: $2.50

Publisher: New York, New York, USA, W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated: 1992

Seller ID: SCW04259

ISBN: 0393030431

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

BC5 - A hard cover first edition book in very good+ condition. An unread, tight, clean, sound copy in red paper covered boards quarter bound in tan cloth with gold lettering on the spine with very minor overall shelf wear. The dust jacket shows only very minor overall shelf wear mainly in the form of some very, very light edge wear on the spine top and bottom edges plus some light overall rubbing. A book in which the author, a noted radio journalist on National Public Radio's "All Things Considered," captures a year in the life of the program. It celebrates the special pleasures of a s...
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The Day Gone By

By: Adams, Richard

Price: $2.50

Publisher: New York, New York, USA, Alfred A. Knopf: 1991

Seller ID: SCW08775

ISBN: 0679401172

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

CB6 - A tight, clean, sound copy in light green paper covered boards quarter bound in green cloth with gold lettering and a graphic on the spine and gold lettering on the front with very minor overall shelf wear primarily in the form of some very, very light soiling on the bottom outside paper edges plus there are the usual library stamps, marks, and pocket on the front and back free endpapers and title page. The dust jacket shows no visible signs of wear plus it is still in the original library mylar sleeve. The memoir of a noted British novelist.
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My Folks and World War II

By: Adams, Samantha

Price: $3.50

Publisher: Topeka, Kansas, USA, Capper Press: 1994

Seller ID: SCW02690

ISBN: 0941678431

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Very Good

BC3 - A tight, clean, sound copy in black and white illustrated purple and white wraps with very minor overall shelf wear plus the usual library stamps on the front and back endpaper. A collection of memories from 1941 on. America had begun to recover from the hardships of the Great Depression but Nazism loomed on the horizon. It includes an overview of the war years, rememberances of Pearl Harbor, the home front, the perils of war, women at war and the ending of the war at last. This is a title in the publisher's series that includes "My Folks Came in a Covered Wagon," "My Folks C...
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My Folks and the Land of Opportunity

By: Adams, Samantha (editor)

Price: $3.50

Publisher: Topeka, Kansas, USA, Capper Press: 1995

Seller ID: SCW09607

ISBN: 0941678474

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Good

BC3 - A trade paperback withdrawn ex-library book in good+ condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in black and white photo illustrated brown and white wraps with minor overall shelf wear with clear heavy plastic lamination applied to the covers with the usual library labels and stamps on the spine, the back cover, the top outside paper edges, the front endpaper, and the title page plus there is one dogeared page plus there is some light overall rubbing of the covers. A book that chronicles the experiences of immigrants to turn-of-the-century America based memoir, correspondence, and reminiscenc...
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Black on Black: Commentaries By Negro Americans

By: Adoff, Arnold (Edited by)

Price: $50.00

Publisher: New York, The Macmillan Company: 1969

Seller ID: SCW09431

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

BZ1 - A 2nd printing ex-library hardcover book in good condition in good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket has wrinkling, chipping and crease on the edges, sides, and corners, label on the spine, scratches and rubbing, light discoloration and shelf wear. Book has library markings (labels, stamping, cardholder, etc.), tape stains on the cover and endpapers, light discoloration and shelf wear. SIGNED by Amiri Baraka (formerly known as LeRoi Jones) on his story page. With a foreword by Roger Mae Johnson. A collection of articles and excerpts of writings by African-Americans that an...
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I Love Life; The Autobiography of Adrian F. Levy, 1895-1991

By: Adrian F. Levy

Price: $24.99

Publisher: Houston, Texas, D. Armstrong Co., Inc.: 1991

Seller ID: EC35319BB

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Y5 - A hardcover book in very good condition that is lightly cocked, some light discoloration and shelf wear with no dust jacket. I Love Life; The Autobiography of Adrian F. Levy, 1895-1991. 9.5"x6.5", 134 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.
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Category: Biography