The Book of Craftsmen: The Story of Man's Handiwork through the Ages
by Bruce, Marjory
Detroit: Gale Research Company, 1974. Reprint. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 0x0x0. 1974 reprint of 1937 edition. No jacket. 282 pp. Numerous black-and-white photographs and woodcut illustrations throughout. Includes: The Potter and the Worker in Clay; The Worker in Metals; The Worker in Wood; The Weaver; The Sculptor and the Builder; The Tailor and the Hatter; The Painter;... Read More
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Code Talker: A Novel about the Navajo Marines of World War Two
by Bruchac, Joseph
New York: Scholastic, 2005. 6th Printing. Trade Paperback. Good. 7x5x0. 6th printing. Spine creased. 2005 Trade Paperback. After being taught in a boarding school run by whites that Navajo is a useless language, Ned Begay and other Navajo men are recruited by the Marines to become Code Talkers, sending messages during World War II in their native tongue.... Read More
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Miscellanea Historiae Philosophiae Literariae Criticae: Olim Sparsim Edita Nunc Uno Fasce Collecta Multisque Accessionibus Aucta et Emendata a Iacobo Bruckero
by Bruckero, Iacobo [Brucker, Jacob]
Augustae Vindelicorum, Typis et Impensis Haeredum Ioannis Iacobi Lotteri, 1748. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Boards lightly soiled and stained. 1748 Hard Cover. [xvi], 608, [13] pp. 8vo. Vellum binding, hand lettered spine, sprinkled edges. An extensive history of philosophy, by the author whose five-volume Historia Critica Philosophiae formed the basis of William Enfield's The History of Philosophy,... Read More
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Real Ghost Stories: Haunting Encounters Told by Real People
by Brueski, Tony; Brueski, Jenny
Berkeley: Ulysses Press, 2017. 3rd Printing. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 6x0x9. 3rd printing. An exceptional copy. 2017 Trade Paperback. 240 pp. Otherworldly entities invade millions of lives every day, maybe even yours. In this book, Tony and Jenny Brueski from Real Ghost Stories Online take the most haunting accounts from their podcast and share them here.
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Ghosts of Manhattan: A Novel
by Brunt, Douglas
New York: Touchstone, 2012. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 5x1x9. First edition. An excellent copy. 2012 Hard Cover. 275 pp. Author's first novel. A wryly comic, first-person debut novel offering a withering view of life on Wall Street from the perspective of an unhappy insider who is too hooked on the money to find a way... Read More
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Crooked River
by Brush, Frederic
Philadelphia: David McKay Company, 1934. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 0x0x0. Miller, Betty Dawson. Very good in good jacket. Jacket edges rubbed wtih some loss. Inscribed and signed by author on front endpaper ('To Helen Cullens, whose prize winning poem, 'I Wrap My Mantle Close' won the acclaim of all judges in ***** Girls Poetry Contest '39, from Frederic... Read More
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![Practical Manual Containing over Five Hundred Formulas, for the Use of Druggists, Perfumers, Manufacturers of Medicines, Etc., Many of which are Original, and were Never Before Published. [Druggists' Manual]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/595/278/1548278595.0.m.jpg)
Practical Manual Containing over Five Hundred Formulas, for the Use of Druggists, Perfumers, Manufacturers of Medicines, Etc., Many of which are Original, and were Never Before Published. [Druggists' Manual]
by Bryan, James
Rochester, N.Y: Press of Hebard, Tracy & Co., Book and Job Printers, 1860. First Edition. Small Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. First edition. Scarce, only 6 in OCLC, not in Hoolihan's Atwater Catalogue (despite being printed in Rochester). Professionally rebacked, boards rubbed with corners exposed, quarter-sized discoloration on front board, a few pages foxed. 1860 Small Hard Cover. iv,... Read More
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Walk Together Children: Black American Spirituals
by Bryan, Ashley
Hartford, Connecticut: Aladdin / Atheneum / Connecticut Printers, Inc, 1974. 1st Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good. 7x6x0. Bryan, Ashley. Signed by author. Signed by illustrator. Inscribed and signed by author on half-title page and on title page ('For Heather, He who sings prays twice, Love, Ashley Bryan, May 1986' / 'Love, Ashley Bryan'). Wrappers a bit rubbed. 1974... Read More
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Windsor Story: An Intimate Portrait of Edward VIII and Mrs. Simpson By the Authors Who Knew Them Best
by Bryan, J.; Murphy, Charles J.V
New York: William Morrow & Company, 1979. 4th Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 9x6x1. 4th printing. Faint spots along top edge, board edges a bit faded. 1979 Hard Cover. 639 pp. Includes black-and-white photographs."The Windsor Story sweeps the reader up into a saga embracing two World Wars, the roaring twenties, the decadent cafe society of the fifties,... Read More
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Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences on the Structure of Eusthenopteron, Volume XIII, No. 1
by Bryant, W.L
Buffalo, New York: Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences, 1919. Stapled Binding. Very Good. Small sticker ghost on front wrapper, minor general wear. 1919 Stapled Binding. 59 pp. Eusthenopteron is a genus of prehistoric sarcopterygian (often called lobe-finned fishes) which has attained an iconic status from its close relationships to tetrapods. Early depictions of this animal show it emerging... Read More
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A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
by Bryson, Bill
New York: Broadway Books, 1999. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 5x0x7. Reprint. Ink name on front flyleaf, pages lightly toned. 1999 Trade Paperback. 284 pp. 'Back in America after twenty years in Britain, Bill Bryson decided to reacquaint himself with his native country by walking the 2,100-mile Appalachian Trail, which stretches from Georgia to Maine. The AT offers... Read More
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Lancaster Bomber (Ballantine's Illustrated History of the Violent Century Series, Weapons Book No. 30)
by B'Tubbs, D
New York: Ballantine Books, 1972. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8x5x0. First edition. Top corner of front cover creased, edge wear. 1972 Trade Paperback. 159 pp. The Avro Lancaster is a British Second World War heavy bomber. It was designed and manufactured by Avro as a contemporary of the Handley Page Halifax, both bombers having been developed... Read More
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![Ereignisse und Begegnungen [Events and Encounters] [GERMAN TEXT]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/863/982/1339982863.0.m.jpg)
Ereignisse und Begegnungen [Events and Encounters] [GERMAN TEXT]
by Buber, Martin
Leipzig: Leipzig: Insel, 1917, 1920. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Second printing. Spine and rear board lightly toned. 1920 Hard Cover. 96 pp. German text. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: "Martin Buber (February 8, 1878 - June 13, 1965) was an Austrian Jewish and Israeli philosopher best known for his philosophy of dialogue, a form... Read More
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The Free Fishers
by Buchan, John
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1934. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 7x5x1. First American edition. Jacket spine stained, small chip along bottom edge of front jacket panel, jacket edges rubbed. 1934 Hard Cover. 310 pp. In this classic thriller by the author of The Thirty-Nine Steps, an English professor is drawn into a plot... Read More
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The Three Hostages: A Richard Hannay Novel [3]
by Buchan, John
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1924. Reissue. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Reissue. Large tear along front jacket joint, jacket edges rubbed with some chips and tears. Ink gift note on front free endpaper. 1924 Hard Cover. 367 pp. Hannay to the rescue once more! This time...our hero is summoned from his tranquil life in rural Oxfordshire to save... Read More
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The Island of Sheep
by [Buchan, John and Susan] Cadmus and Harmonia
Boston and New York / Cambridge: Houghton Mifflin Company / The Riverside Press, 1920. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. First edition. Lacks jacket. Edges lightly foxed, Christmas gift tag to Mrs. Dulles laid in - probably Eleanor Lansing Dulles, wife of Robert Lansing: these were purchased from a family library in Henderson Harbor, NY, near U.S.... Read More
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The Courts of the Morning
by Buchan, John
Cambridge: Houghton Mifflin Company / The Riverside Press, 1929. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 0x0x0. Rogers, Hubert. First American edition. Very good in good jacket. Includes all three maps. Cover spine lightly soiled, jacket edges rubbed with a few creases and closed tears, and minor loss from corners. 1929 Hard Cover. 384 pp. 8vo. An early... Read More
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Kraft und Stoff. Empirisch-naturphilosophische Studien. In Allgemein-Verstandlicher Darstellung
by Buchner, Ludwig
New York: E. Steiger, 1871. Reissue. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 1871 reissue of 1855 original. Front joint weakening, stain on top corner, ink name and date on front endpaper. xii, 228 pp., 16-page publisher's ad follows text. German text. Author's magnum opus, advocating scientific materialism and attempting to prove the indestructibility of matter and force. Foundational to the... Read More
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The Christmas Ghost
by Buck, Pearl S
New York: John Day Company, 1960. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 10x8x0. Magagna, Anna Marie. First edition. Includes original jacket. Ink gift note on front endpaper, endpapers lightly foed and toned, bottom corner of front jacket flap clipped, a couple closed jacket tears and a 1/2 inch abrasion along top edge, small tape repair and 1/4... Read More
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Victorian Costume and Costume Accessories (The Victorian Collector Series)
by Buck, Anne M.; Wakefield, Hugh
New York: Universe Books, 1970. Reissue. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Good. 0x0x0. Reissue. Chips and tears to jacket edges, laminated wrinkled, price on front jacket flap marked. Ink name on front free endpaper. 1970 Hard Cover. 215 pp. Includes clothes, objects, useful or decorative, that Victorian women wore or carried. A pleasant and instructive and at times amusing to... Read More
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Progressive Religious Thought in America: A Survey of the Enlarging Pilgrim Faith
by Buckham, John Wright
Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1919. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair. 0x0x0. First edition. Near fine book in well worn jacket. Jacket split in two along spine, small chips and small tears to jacket. 1919 Hard Cover. ix, 352 pp. "Taking up one by one America's religious leaders, such as Theodore T. Munger, George A. Gordon, William... Read More
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R.E.M.: Fiction: An Alternative Biography
by Buckley, David
London: Virgin Books, 2002. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 6x1x9. First edition. Slightly smoky. 2002 Hard Cover. 372 pp. A unique biography of one of the most influential rock bands of the last three decades. R.E.M. formed in the early 80s and sold almost no records for the first ten years of their existence, yet the media portrayal... Read More
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Essays, with a Biographical Sketch of the Author
by Buckle, Henry Thomas
New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1866. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Minor loss to spine head and to spine base, pencil note and label on front free endpaper, some pages stained, minor marginalia. 1866 Hard Cover. 209, [7] pp. Ads follow text. Black cloth, paper spine label. Includes: Biographical Sketch of Henry Thomas Buckle; Mill on Liberty;... Read More
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Essays, with a Biographical Sketch of the Author
by Buckle, Henry Thomas
New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1863. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Former library copy - usual marks. 1863 Hard Cover. 209 pp. Brown cloth, paper spine label. Includes: Biographical Sketch of Henry Thomas Buckle; Mill on Liberty; The Influence of Women on the Progress of Knowledge. "Henry Thomas Buckle (24 November 1821 - 29... Read More
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Miscellaneous and Posthumous Works of Henry Thomas Buckle, in Three Volumes: Vol. I; Vol. II: Common Place Books; Vol. III: Common Place Books
by Buckle, Henry Thomas; Taylor, Helen
London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1872. Half-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Boards a bit rubbed, dealer label, pencil note, and bookplate of Charles H. Spencer on front endpapers. Bindings tight, text clean and unmarked. 1872 Half-Leather. 209 pp. Brown leather spines and corners, gilt titles and rules, marbled boards and endpapers, top edges gilt. Often called the 'father... Read More
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