The Wars in Barbary: Arab Piracy and the Birth of the United States Navy
by Chidsey, Donald Barr
New York: Crown Publishers, Inc, 1971. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8x5x0. Top edge foxed, minor wrinkle to jacket laminate. 1971 Hard Cover. 165 pp. Illustrated with maps and engravings. Notes, selected bibliography, and index follow text. Beginning with Barbarossa in the sixteenth century, the book traces the history of Arab piracy which culminates in the... Read More
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Past Tense (A Jack Reacher Novel)
by Child, Lee
New York: Delacorte Press, 2018. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6x1x9. First edition. Top edge of jacket very lightly bumped. 2018 Hard Cover. 382 pp. Jack Reacher hits the pavement and sticks out his thumb. He plans to follow the sun on an epic trip across America, from Maine to California. He doesn't get far. On... Read More
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The French Chef Cookbook
by Child, Julia
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1975. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 7x5x1. Child, Paul. Book club edition. Very good in good jacket. Jacket rubbed and lightly toned with light 1 inch stain to edge of rear flap. 1975 Hard Cover. xxxiii, [3], 424, xvii, [1] pp. 8vo. From The French Chef, the PBS series that began... Read More
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Mastering the Art of French Cooking, in Two Volumes
by Child, Julia; Bertholle, Louisette; Beck, Simone
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2009. Reissue. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 7x3x10. Still in original plastic wrap. 2009 Hard Cover. Complete in two hardcover volumes. xv, [1], 684, xxxii, [2]; xxi, [1], 555, [1], lxiii, [5] pp. 8vo. These books established Julia Child as an important culinary author, and led to a career owing to which she is known... Read More
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Mastering the Art of French Cooking, in Two Volumes
by Child, Julia; Bertholle, Louisette; Beck, Simone
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1970. Reprint. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 9x6x1. Lacks slipcase. Boards lightly toned and soiled, light stain on fore edge of first volume, edges a bit foxed, ink gift note on front endpaper of first volume. 1970 Hard Cover. Complete in two hardcover volumes. xv, [1], 684, xxxii, [2]; xxi, [1], 555, [1], lxiii,... Read More
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Never Go Back (A Jack Reacher Novel)
by Child, Lee
New York: Delacorte Press, 2013. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 6x1x9. First edition. Smudges on endpaper and edges. 2013 Hard Cover. 400 pp. Former military cop Jack Reacher makes it all the way from snowbound South Dakota to his destination in northeastern Virginia, near Washington, D.C.: the headquarters of his old unit, the 110th MP. The... Read More
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Past Tense (A Jack Reacher Novel)
by Child, Lee
New York: Delacorte Press, 2018. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 6x1x9. First edition. Remainder mark. Jacket faintly rubbed. 2018 Hard Cover. 382 pp. Jack Reacher hits the pavement and sticks out his thumb. He plans to follow the sun on an epic trip across America, from Maine to California. He doesn't get far. On a country... Read More
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Worth Dying For (A Jack Reacher Novel)
by Child, Lee
New York: Delacorte Press, 2010. 3rd Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 6x1x9. 3rd printing. Ink name on endpaper, minor wear to corners. 2010 Hard Cover. 384 pp. In Child's exciting 15th thriller featuring one-man army Jack Reacher (after 61 Hours), Reacher happens into a situation tailor-made for his blend of morality and against-the-odds heroics. While passing through... Read More
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Squares: A Public Place Design Guide for Urbanists
by Childs, Mark C
Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2006. 1st Printing. Large Softcover. Near Fine. 8x0x9. First paperback printing. Tiny smudge on bottom edge, otherwise an excellent copy. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked. 2006 Large Softcover. xxi, 208 pp. Squares is intended to help designers, planners, public officials, students, developers, and community leaders understand the history... Read More
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Crazy in Alabama
by Childress, Mark
New York: Ballantine, 1994. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 5x0x7. Reprint. Faint edge wear. 1994 Trade Paperback. 384 pp. Comic and tragic, unique and outlandish, CRAZY IN ALABAMA is the story of two journeys--Lucille's from Industry, Alabama, to Los Angeles, to star on 'THE BEVERLY HILL BILLIES' and her 12-year-old nephew Peejoe's, who is about to discover two... Read More
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World War II: A Military and Social History, in 3 Parts, Plus Guidebook (The Great Courses) (3 Volumes of Audio CDs)
by Childers, Thomas
Chantilly, VA: The Teaching Company, 1998. CD-ROM. Near Fine. 10x7x6. All discs included. Near fine. 1998 CD-ROM. Includes all 15 discs in original publisher's cases. 30 total lectures, each 30 minutes. Guidebook for parts 1-3 included. Fifty-five million people died in the Second World War, the greatest conflict in human history. Fifty years later, these lectures ask and... Read More
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Wang Kuei and Li Hsiang-Hsiang: A Narrative Poem
by Chi, Li; Hsien-yi, Yang; Yang, Gladys
Peking: Foreign Languages Press, 1964. Third Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 0x0x0. Third edition. Very good in good jacket. Owner bookplate on front endpaper, jacket edges rubbed with a few small chips, last line of final poem underlined in ink, a few tiny marginal ink marks. 1964 Hard Cover. 33 pp. 8vo. A volume of poetry by a... Read More
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Mudras and Health Perspectives: An Indian Approach - 12 New Mudras Including Kubera and Prajna Mudras
by Chiplunkar, Suman K
Jayanagar, Bangalore: Vasantha Prakashana, 2022. Trade Paperback. Good. 7x9x1. Reprint. Crease on back corner. 2022 Trade Paperback. 363 pp. Now on the advent of a 'New Perspective' which is more oriented towards the 'Desi Culture' this book on 'Mudras and Health Perspective- an Indian Approach' is a welcome addition to our knowledge. Suman K Chiplunkar, whom I know... Read More
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The Danes of Yates County: The History and Traditional Arts of an Ethnic Community in the Finger Lakes Region of New York State
by Chittenden, Varick A.; Canham, Linda A
Penn Yan, New York: The Yates County Arts Council, 1985. Large Softcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Burnett, Michael O.; Wright, Christopher A.; Disbrow, William. Edges rubbed, light 1 inch crease along fore edge. 1985 Large Softcover. 80 pp. Black-and-white photographs throughout. Published in conjunction with the exhibition The Danes of Yates County by the Yates County Genealogical and Historic... Read More
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Reconstructing Christian Theology
by Chopp, Rebecca S., Taylor, Mark Lewis
Ausburg: Fortress Press, 1994. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 6x1x9. Light crease in top left corner of wrapper, pencil marks in text. 1994 Trade Paperback. xiii, 384 pp. Christian theology needs to be reconstructed in light of recent and momentous intellectual changes, social revolutions, and steep pedagogical challenges. That is the conviction of many of North America's leading theologians... Read More
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The Return of Merlin: A Novel
by Chopra, Deepak
New York: Fawcett Columbine, 1996. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 5x1x8. First printing. Minor general wear. 1996 Trade Paperback. 422 pp "The authority on spirituality presents his first novel, an inspirational fable that traces how the ancient magic embodied by Merlin affected everyday life outside Camelot. By the author of Ageless Body, Timeless Mind.
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Unnatural Rebellion: Loyalists in New York City During the Revolution (Jeffersonian America)
by Chopra, Ruma
Charlottesville, Virginia: University of Virginia Press, 2011. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6x1x9. Book club edition. Jacket spine head bumped. 2011 Hard Cover. x, 304 pp. Thousands of British American mainland colonists rejected the War for American Independence. Shunning rebel violence as unnecessary, unlawful, and unnatural, they emphasized the natural ties of blood, kinship, language,... Read More
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The Hungryalists: The Poets Who Sparked a Revolution
by Chowdhury, Maitreyee Bhattacharjee
India: Penguin/Viking, 2018. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8x5x0. First edition. Jacket rubbed. Ink name on front free endpaper. 2018 Hard Cover. xi, 187 pp. This is the never-told-before story of the Hungry generation (or the Hungryalists) a group of barnstorming, anti-establishment poets, writers, artists and activists in Bengal in the sixties. Braving social boycott, ridicule,... Read More
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Chesapeake Bay Buyboats
by Chowning, Larry S
Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing, 2011. 3rd Printing. Large Softcover. Near Fine. 8x0x11. 3rd printing. Laminated just beginning to peel from fore edge corner of front wrapper, otherwise an excellent copy. 2011 Large Softcover. xi, 260 pp. Black-and-white photographs throughout. Buyboat is the most familiar term for a particular style of traditional Chesapeake workboat, but it suggests only one... Read More
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Poirot Investigates: A Hercule Poirot Collection
by Christie, Agatha
New York: William Morrow, 2020. Trade Paperback. Fine. 5x0x8. 2024 reissue. Brand new from publisher. An exceptional copy. 2020 Trade Paperback. 254 pp. In the world of Hercule Poirot, a movie star's visit to London turns into a quest to recover a fabulous diamond, an ordinary dinner conversation about rented flats and houses leads to the discovery of... Read More
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Towards Zero (Superintendent Battle Series Book 4)
by Christie, Agatha
New York: William Morrow / Harper Collins, 2011. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Fine. 0x5x7. Reprint. Brand new from publisher. An exceptional copy. 2011 Trade Paperback. 233 pp. One of Agatha Christie's own ten favorite novels, Towards Zero puts Superintendent Battle and Inspector Leach on the case as they investigate the murder of an elderly widow. What is the... Read More
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Hallowe'en Party (A Hercule Poirot Mystery) [Halloween]
by Christie, Agatha
New York: William Morrow / Harper Collins, 2011. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Fine. 5x0x8. Reprint. Brand new from publisher. An exceptional copy. 2011 Trade Paperback. 259 pp. At a Halloween party, Joyce - a hostile thirteen-year-old - boasts that she once witnessed a murder. When no one believes her, she storms off home. But within hours her body is... Read More
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Peter Saunders Presents the First 30 Years of Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap, 1952-1982 [Thirty]
by [Christie, Agatha] Saunders, Peter
London: Theatreprint, Ltd, 1983. Stapled Binding. Near Fine. 0x0x0. An excellent copy. 1983 Stapled Binding. 55 pp. A history of the first thirty years of Agatha Christie's murder mystery play, The Mousetrap, which first opened in London in 1952. Includes numerous color and black-and-white photographs and illustrations, an introductory comment that is probably by either Peter Saunders or... Read More
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The Murder at the Vicarage (A Miss Marple Mystery)
by Christie, Agatha
New York: William Morrow, 2022. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Fine. 5x0x8. New. Reprint. An exceptional copy. 2022 Trade Paperback. 285 pp. "The Murder at the Vicarage is Agatha Christie's first mystery to feature the beloved investigator Miss Marple - as a dead body in a clergyman's study proves to the indomitable sleuth that no place, holy or otherwise, is... Read More
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Peril at End House: A Hercule Poirot Mystery
by Christie, Agatha
New York: William Morrow / Harper Collins, 2024. Reissue. Trade Paperback. Fine. 5x0x8. Brand new from publisher. An exceptional copy. 2024 Trade Paperback. viii, 226, [6] pp. Poirot stumbles upon a woman who thinks she's just been hit with a tiny piece of falling debris, but it's a bullet. Then he learns someone is trying to kill her... Read More
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