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By: Debeer, Gavin
Price: $4.50
Publisher: New York, New York, USA, G. P. Putnam's Sons/Thames and Hudson Ltd.: 1972
Edition: Later Printing
Book ID: SCW13594
ISBN: 050013037X
Condition: Very Good
CA1 - A hard cover later printing withdrawn ex-library book in very good condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in gray paper covered boards with gold lettering on the spine with very minor overall shelf wear with some glue staining on the front and back fixed endpapers from where the dust jacket endflaps were glued to the boards plus there are the usual library marks, stamps, label, and pocket on the top and bottom outside paper edges, the front free endpaper, and the copyright page plus there is some light yellowing and soiling on the outside paper edges. The dust jacket shows minor overall s... View more info
By: Fisher, M. F. K.
Price: $2.25
Publisher: New York, New York, USA, Vintage Books/Random House: 1984
Book ID: SCW00676
ISBN: 0394723856
Condition: Very Good
BF4 - A trade paperback book in very good condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in color wraps with only minor overall shelf wear plus 1 page dogeared. A collection that meditates on the end of life and it is human strength in this unavoidable encounter that the author dramatizes. An author of great depth noted for her ability to use her lifelong appreciation of food as the skeleton to hang on the richness of human interaction and the curious nature of life. A highly recommended author. 243p. View more info
Price: $2.00
Publisher: Jackson, Mississippi, USA, University Press of Mississippi: 1991
Book ID: SCW13688
ISBN: 0878054863
Condition: Very Good
CB3 - A trade paperback book in very good+ condition. An unread, tight, clean, sound copy in black photo illustrated purple wraps with only very, very minor overall shelf wear. A collection of twenty-six uncut interviews of the noted novelist, short story writer, essayist, journalist, memoirist, and critic, Mary McCarthy. The interviews are arranged chronologically according to the dates they appeared in print. 273p. View more info
By: Martin, Lee
Price: $1.75
Publisher: New York, New York, USA, Dutton/Plume: 2001
Book ID: SCW05607
ISBN: 0452282543
Condition: Very Good
CF4 - A trade paperback book in very good+ condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in black and white photo illustrated black and white wraps with only very, very minor overall shelf wear. A memoir of the author's growing up on a farm in southern Illinois during the period after his father lost both his hands in a farming accident. His father developed a deep rage and the memoir reveals how his family finally found the spiritual strengths that would help to heal them all. By the author of "The Least You Need to Know." 192p. View more info
By: Matesa, Jennifer
Price: $3.75
Publisher: New York, New York, USA, Harmony Books: 2001
Book ID: SCW05305
ISBN: 0609807870
Condition: Very Good
BC4 - A trade paperback book in very good+ condition. An unread, tight, clean, sound copy in black and white photo illustrated light green wraps with very minor overall shelf wear. This is a memoir of the author's pregnancy with the addition of intimate pictures taken weekly by a photographer friend. It is about pregancy from the inside and out and how bearing a child can change a person emotionally, mentally, and physically forever. View more info
By: Mayle, Peter
Price: $1.75
Publisher: New York, NY, U.S.A., Vintage Books: 1991
Book ID: SCW00173
ISBN: 0679731148
Condition: Very Good
BI6 - A trade paperback book in very good condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in color wraps with very minor overall shelf wear. A funny and very interresting account of a Englishman realizing a long-cherished dream to move into a farmhouse in French Provence. This is a tale of adjustment and finding the meaning of life by simply living it. Of special interest to those interested in food. Bound to be enjoyed by fans of James Herriott or the "Two Fat Ladies". 207p. View more info
By: McCourt, Frank
Price: $1.75
Publisher: New York, New York, USA, Touchstone Books/Simon & Schuster: 2000
Book ID: SCW03081
ISBN: 0684865742
Condition: Very Good
BH1 - A trade paperback book in near fine condition. A unread, tight, clean, sound copy in color illustrated wraps with only very minor overall shelf wear. A continuation of the author's autobiography. The years covered dwell on his arrival in New York, the challenge of adapting and fitting in. He finds himself driven to educate himself and be a writer almost even though he is not too certain why. He graduates, becomes a teacher, marries and has a child and Mum comes to live in New York City. An excellent picture of what it is to be an immigrant and, surprisingly, what it is to be a teacher of... View more info
By: McKain, David
Price: $1.75
Publisher: New York, New York, USA, Touchstone/Simon & Schuster: 1990
Book ID: SCW01521
ISBN: 0671686216
Condition: Very Good
BF6 - A trade paperback book in very good- condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in tan wraps with minor overall shelf wear plus light soiling and creasing of the front and back covers. The memoir of author and poet David McKain. It his his coming of age as a poor boy in "God's country," a small oil town in the Allegheny Mountains. His parents were devoutly religious but the overwhelming nature of their struggles provides him with a very loose reign. His experiences of maneuvering around control leads him into trouble sometimes but also towards self-possession and joy in life. By the a... View more info
By: Mead, Margaret
Price: $1.75
Publisher: New York, New York, USA, HarperCollins Publishers: 1979
Book ID: SCW02616
ISBN: 0060906855
Condition: Very Good
CA6 - A trade paperback book in very good condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in black and white photo illustrated geen wraps with minor overall wear. A collection of letters written by Mead over a period of 50 years. They illuminate the difficulty of working under primitive conditions and the humor that often comes out when working close to danger and the unknown. Illustrated with black and white photographs throughout. 361p. View more info
Price: $3.00
Publisher: New York, New York, USA, Columbia University Press: 1986
Book ID: SCW10335
ISBN: 0231061285
Condition: Very Good
CA4 - A tight, clean, sound copy with minor overall shelf wear with a very light bump to the front top left corner plus there is some light tape staining on the outside surfaces of the front and back boards from where the dust jacket was taped to the boards plus there is some very light soiling on the outside paper edges plus there are the usual library stamps, label, and pocket on the top outside paper edges, the front free endpaper, the front freepaper, and the title page. The dust jacket shows very minor overall shelf wear with a library label on the spine plus it is still in the original l... View more info
Price: $2.25
Publisher: New York, New York, USA, Harcourt Brace & Company: 1996
Edition: First Edition
Book ID: SCW04939
ISBN: 0151931070
Condition: Good
CC5 - A hard cover first edition withdrawn ex-library book in good- condition with a dust jacket in good+ condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in yellow paper covered boards quarter bound in black cloth with metallic red lettering on the spine with very minor overall shelf wear plus the usual library stamps on the half-title page and top outside paper edges plus the front endpaper has been removed as part of the library's withdrawal process plus the dust jacket endflaps are glued down to the inside surfaces of the boards plus there is some very light soiling on the outside paper edges plus th... View more info
Price: $5.00
Publisher: New York, New York, U.S.A., Scribner: 2004
Book ID: SCW12227
Condition: Very Good
CF1 - A first edition advance reading copy (ARC)/uncorrected proof book in very good+ condition with no dust jacket as issued (trade paperback). An unread, tight, clean, sound copy in glossy red and white wraps woth only very, very minor overall shelf wear. A memoir of the author's quest to reinvent her life as an artist and rebel against the rural indigence, addiction, and broken dreams she inherited from her alcoholic father. The author is a noted visual artist. By the author of "Change Me Into Zeus's Daughter." 238p. View more info
By: Murray, William
Price: $7.50
Publisher: Nashville, Tennessee, USA, Thomas Nelson Inc.: 1982
Inscription: Signed by Author
Book ID: SCW12500
Condition: Very Good
BC3 - A signed advanced reading copy (ARC)/uncorrected proof book in good+ to very good- condition with no dust jacket as issued. Signed in black ink by the author on the title page. A tight, clean, sound copy in bloe paper covered boards with minor overall shelf wear with some foxing on the top outside paper edges plus there is some scattered rubbing along the spine edges. A memoir of the son of Madalyn Murray O'Hair culminating in his religious conversion to evangelical Protestantism. 228p. View more info
Price: $5.50
Publisher: New York, New York, USA, The John Day Company: 1965
Edition: First American Edition
Book ID: SCW08060
Condition: Good
BC6 - A tight, clean, sound copy with minor overall shelf wear plus there is some tape staining on the inside surfaces of the boards plus the dust jacket endflaps are glued to the inside surfaces of the boards plus there are the usual library stamps, label, pocket, and seal on the top & bottom outside paper edges, title page, copyright page, and back free endpaper plus there is some very light fading on the tinting on the top outside paper edges. The dust jacket shows very minor overall shelf wear plus there is a library label on the spine plus the endflaps are glue to the inside surfaces of t... View more info
By: Nelson, Willie
Price: $23.00
Publisher: New York, Simon & Schuster: 1988
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed
Book ID: EC14339BB
ISBN: 0671642650
Condition: Very Good
U4 - A first edition (complete numberline) hardcover book SIGNED by Bud Shrake on the title page in very good condition in very good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket has price clipped, dust jacket and book have some bumped corners, light discoloration and shelf wear. With Bud Shrake. Just as Willie Nelson's music has long since crossed over from country to a national audience, his autobiography will touch everyone - from his fans to all those who enjoy reading about an extraordinary life. 9.5"x6.5", 334 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. View more info
By: Nicolson, Nigel
Price: $10.00
Publisher: New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons: 1998
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed by Author
Book ID: EC10191BB
ISBN: 0399143637
Condition: Very Good
BP5 - DJ is mylar protected. DJ has quarter inch tear on the front top right corner, wrinkling and crease on the edges and corners, some top to bottom light crease on the front and back, and light shelf wear otherwise good. Book has wrinkling and light wear on the spine edges and gutter edges, and light shelf wear otherwise very good. Book was signed and inscribed by the author to previous owner "For Mark Adams from Nigel Nicolson" on the front loose endpaper. In Long Life, Nigel Nicolson unravels the many strings of his utterly unusual and diverse experiences, painting a vivid portrai... View more info
By: Nivat, Anne
Price: $2.50
Publisher: New York, New York, USA, PublicAffairs: 2001
Edition: First American Edition
Book ID: SCW12797
ISBN: 1586480448
Condition: Very Good
BZ6 - A hard cover first American edition book in very good+ condition. Stated first edition with a sequence of numbers with the "1" present and with no additional printings indicated. An unread, tight, clean, sound copy in black paper covered boards quarter bound in gray paper with silver lettering and a graphic on the spine with only very, very minor overall shelf wear. The dust jacket shows very, very minor overall shelf wear with some very light overall rubbing. A book about the author's experiences pursuing her undercover coverage of the Chechnya war for French news. Indexed, 260p... View more info
By: Njeri, Itabari
Price: $2.00
Publisher: New York, New York, USA, Times Books/Random House: 1990
Book ID: SCW06409
ISBN: 0812918053
Condition: Good
CE5 - A hard cover withdrawn ex-library book in good+ to very good- condition with a dust jacket in very good- condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in white paper covered boards quarter bound in tan cloth with metalic red lettering and graphics on the spine with very minor overall shelf wear plus there are the usual library stamps, stamps, and pocket on the top and bottom outside paper edges, title page, copyright page, last page, and back endpaper plus the book is very slightly shelf cocked plus the dust jacket endflaps are glued down to the inside surfaces of the boards. The dust jacket sho... View more info
By: Oufkir, Malika; Fitoussi, Michele
Price: $2.00
Publisher: New York, New York, USA, Talk Miramax Books/Hyperion: 2001
Edition: 4th Printing
Book ID: SCW07431
ISBN: 0786868619
Condition: Very Good
BG1 - A tight, clean, sound copy with very minor overall shelf wear plus there are the usual library stamps on the top outside paper edges, front and back endpapers, and title page. The dust jacket shows very minor overall shelf wear plus there are library labels on the front and on the spine plus it is still in the original library mylar sleeve. Oprah's Book Club. Translated from the French by Michèle Fitoussi. The memoir of a woman, born in 1953, who spent virtually her whole life as a political prisoner in Morocco. She was the eldest daughter of the King of Morocco's closest aide, adopted ... View more info
Price: $12.50
Publisher: U.S.A., Dorothy Nowell Peavey: 1990
Inscription: Signed by Author
Book ID: EC35452BB
Condition: Very Good
AD4 - A trade paperback book signed by author with "my regards-" written in very good condition that has some light scratches, rubbing and crease, lightly cocked, old price label adhered on the opposite side of the front, some stains, light discoloration and shelf wear. 8.5"x5.5", 296 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. View more info
