The Evolution of the Earth and Its Inhabitants: A Series of Lectures Delivered Before the Yale Chapter of the Sigma Xi During the Academic Year 191601917
by Barrell, Joseph; Schuchert, Charles; Woodruff, Lorande Loss; Lull, Richard Swann; Huntington, Ellsworth
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1923. 5th Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Fifth printing. Tiny chip from title page corner, minor pencil marginalia. 1923 Hard Cover. xi, 208 pp. Black-and-white plates and illustrations. Includes: Preface by Richard Swann Lull; The Origin of the Earth by Joseph Barrell; The Earth's Changing Surface and Climate by Charles Schuchert;... Read More
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Ship Fever: Stories
by Barrett, Andrea
New York: W.W. Norton & Co, 1996. 2nd Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 5x0x8. Signed by author. Second printing. Signed by author on title page without inscription. Spine creased. 1996 Trade Paperback. 254 pp. "1996 National Book Award Winner for Fiction. The elegant short fictions gathered hereabout the love of science and the science of love are often... Read More
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The Middle Kingdom: A Novel
by Barrett, Andrea
New York: Pocket Books, 1991. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. 1x5x8. Signed by author. First edition. Signed by author on title page without inscription. An exceptional copy. 1991 Hard Cover. 279 pp. "Grace Hoffmeier travels to China with her husband, Walter, for the 1986 Beijing International Conference, where she falls out of love with him and in... Read More
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The Middle Kingdom: A Novel
by Barrett, Andrea
New York: Pocket Books, 1991. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. 5x1x8. Signed by author. First edition. Signed by author without inscription on title page. Minimal wear to corners. 1991 Hard Cover. 279 pp. "Grace Hoffmeier travels to China with her husband, Walter, for the 1986 Beijing International Conference, where she falls out of love with him and... Read More
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The Old Merchants of New York City, in Three Volumes
by Barrett, Walter
New York: M. Doolady, 1872. First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. First thus. Howes 5245. Small surface tear on front free endpaper of volume one, spine heads and feet of all three volumes lightly rubbed, two closed tears to binding edge of fold-out map. 1872 Hard Cover. Three volume set. Green cloth boards with gilt titles and... Read More
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The Little Minister
by Barrie, J.M. [James Matthew]
New York: American Publishers Corporation, 1897. First Thus. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket. 0x0x0. First thus. Minimal weakening of gilt titles on front board, minor scuff to spine base, otherwise an excellent copy. 1897 Hard Cover. xxxii, 375, [6] pp. 8vo. Maroon cloth, gilt titles, elaborate gilt decorations, top edge gilt. A new edition revised by the author, with... Read More
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Sentimental Tommy: The Story of His Boyhood
by Barrie, J.M. [James Matthew]
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1896. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Hatherell, William. First American edition. Light stain on front paste-down endpaper, ink gift note on front endpaper. 1896 Hard Cover. vi, 478 pp. Illustrated by William Hatherell. A story that traces the boyhood of a "man about town" - beginning at age five,... Read More
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The Little Minister (Maude Adams Edition)
by Barrie, J.M. [James Matthew]
New York: R.H. Russell, 1898. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Gilbert, C. Allen. Front board soiled along top edge, hinges starting, title page loosening but still holding. 1898 Hard Cover. 375 pp. Maude Adams Edition, with 25 plates from photographs that appear here for the first time, as well as drawings by C. Allen Gilbert. The Little... Read More
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Peter Pan (MinaLima)
by Barrie, J.M. [James Matthew]
Harper Design, 2015. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket. 6x1x9. MinaLima. New. Still ink shrink wrap. 2015 Hard Cover. 256 pp. J. M. Barrie's classic children's story is reimagined in this delightful full-color deluxe edition filled with all-new illustrations and ten removable features specially designed by MinaLima, the award-winning design studio behind the graphics for the Harry Potter films. For... Read More
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Personal Sketches of His Own Times, in Three Volumes
by Barrington, Jonah
London: Henry Colburn, New Burlington Street, 1827. First Edition. Half-Leather. Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. First editions. Rebound in half-leather with marbled boards. U.S. Secretary of State Robert Lansing's copy, with his bookplate on front endpaper of each volume. (these were purchased from a family library in Henderson Harbor, NY, near his birthplace in Watertown, which included many other works... Read More
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A Treasury of Humor and Toastmaster's Handbook
by Barrow, Marjorie; Shirmer, Mathilda; Cerf, Bennett
New York: Grolier, 1955. Reissue. Hard Cover. Very Good. 9x6x1. Reissue. Spine lightly rubbed. 1955 Hard Cover. 574 pp. The first half of the book is filled with humorous short stories by various authors, including Ogden Nash, Dorothy Parker, Mary Roberts Rinehart, Robert Benchley, etc. The second half contains brief, amusing anecdotes that would be useful for beginning... Read More
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A Chicago Princess
by Barr, Robert
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1904. Reissue. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Wightman, Francis P. Reissue. Lacks jacket. Bookworm hole to bottom margin corner of first 25 pages, boards lightly soiled, rear endpaper lightly foxed. 1904 Hard Cover. 306, [8] pp. Orange cloth, blue titles, blue and maroon decorations. Black-and-white frontispiece and plates by Francis P. Wightman. A novel... Read More
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Skeleton in Concrete
by Barry, John Evarts
London / Gateshead on Tyne: Gifford / The Thriller Book Club / Northumberland Press Limited, 1953. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 0x0x0. Signed by author. Inscribed to the author's editor (at length!) and signed on front endpaper ('To my favorite editor J.P. Hall of the California Mining Journal who has the guts and the good will to tell... Read More
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Bruce Coast Fo'c's'le (Southampton, Ontario, No. 38, October, 1994)
by Barry, Paul James
Southampton, Ontario, 1994. Stapled Binding. Fine. A fine copy. 1994 Stapled Binding. 20 pp. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs and ads. The evolution of the Huron boat style.
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Drug Discovery from Bedside to Wall Street
by Bartfai, Tamas
N/A: Academic Press, 2005. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 6x0x9. Sticker remnant on rear wrapper. 2005 Trade Paperback. xxv, 301 pp. Everyone expects something from the drug industry. Physicians and patients, investors, regulators and administrators all have an active interest. Everyone wants to know what makes drugs ‘work' medically and economically. Why are drugs so expensive' Is... Read More
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The Zulu War: A Pictorial History
by Barthorp, Michael
Poole / Dorset: Blandford Press, 1986. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. 10x7x0. Edge wear, stain on base causing jacket to adhere to boards. 1986 Hard Cover. ix, [1], 181, [1] pp. "Of all the many colonial campaigns of the Victorian era, few have gripped the imagination more than the Zulu War of 1879. Its dramatic events and the high courage... Read More
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Marlborough's Army, 1702-11 (Men-at-Arms Series, No. 97)
by Barthorp, Michael
London: Osprey, 1994. Reprint. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 7x0x9. McBride, Angus. Reprint. Minor general wear. 1994 Soft Cover. 40 pp. The succession of the French Duke of Anjou to the Spanish throne in 1700 provoked the formation of a Grand Alliance to thwart the king's expansionist ambitions. Led by the Duke of Marlborough, the army of the Grand... Read More
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English Longbowman, 1330-1515 (Osprey Warrior, No. 11)
by Bartlett, Clive
New York: Osprey, 1995. Reprint. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 7x0x9. Embleton, Gerry. Reprint. Minor general wear. 1995 Soft Cover. 64 pp. The English military ascendancy which lasted from the mid-14th to the early 16th century was founded upon defensive tactics based on the use of the longbow. This weapon, distinctive in that it was used by English forces... Read More
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Webster (Images of America) [New York]
by Barton, Lynn M.; Sassone, Joan E.; Grenier, Mary Hasek
Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing, 2010. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 6x0x9. First edition - a paperback original. Minimal wear to corners. 2010 Trade Paperback. 127, [1] pp. "The town of Webster, New York, is framed with a rugged, natural beauty that sets it apart from other local communities, and there is a spirit of independent thinking... Read More
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The Lineage of Lincoln [Abraham]
by Barton, William E
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1929. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair. 0x0x0. First edition. Very good in worn jacket. A few light spots on boards, 2x1 inch and 1x1/4 inch chip from rear jacket panel, jacket edges rubbed with minor loss, top corner of front jacket flap torn away, jacket spine and edges toned. 1929 Hard Cover. [xxvi],... Read More
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The Drum: A Royal Tournament Tribute to the Military Drum
by Barty-King, Hugh; H.R.H. The Duke of Kent; Airy, Christopher
London: The Royal Tournament, 1988. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 8x0x0. Top edge lightly bruised. 1988 Trade Paperback. 128 pp. Illustrations throughout, including several in color. A study of the role of the military drum, with an introduction by H.R.H. The Duke of Kent and a foreword by Major General Christopher Airy.
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Merrickville and Around: The Writings of the Late Mrs. Frances Benowski, Volume I, 1972-1976
by Bartz, Timothy M
Walton, New York: The Reporter Co., Inc, 1986. Soft Cover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Ink note on copyright page, covers toned. 1986 Soft Cover. v, 134 pp. From the foreword: Mrs. Frances Benowski delighted the readers of the Walton Reporter with her column "Merrickville and Around" for ten years.
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The Lost Night: A Novel
by Bartz, Andrea
New York: Crown, 2019. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 6x1x9. First edition. Wrinkle to rear endpaper, otherwise an excellent copy. 2019 Hard Cover. In 2009, Edie had New York's social world in her thrall. Mercurial and beguiling, she was the shining star of a group of recent graduates living in a Brooklyn loft and treating New... Read More
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Light on Light: Illuminations of the Gospel of Jesus Christ from the Mystical Visions of the Venerable Anne Catherine Emmerich
by Baruch, Hurd
Herndon, Virginia: MaxKol Communications, Inc, 2004. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 5x0x8. Small spot on top edge. 2004 Trade Paperback. 259 pp. The five volumes of the Venerable Anne Catherine Emmerich are nearly 2,500 pages of her mystical visions on the life of Christ from birth to Resurrection. Light on Light is a condensed version of her visions and... Read More
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From Dawn to Decadence: 500 Years of Western Cultural Life, 1500 to the Present
by Barzun, Jacques
New York: Harper Collins, 2000. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 9x6x1. Reprint. Edge wear. 2000 Trade Paperback. xviii, 877 pp. "Highly regarded here and abroad for some thirty works of cultural history and criticism, master historian Jacques Barzun has now set down in one continuous narrative the sum of his discoveries and conclusions about the whole of Western... Read More
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