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Why it Was Done and How

By: Kettner, William; Steyle, Mary B.

Price: $95.00

Publisher: San Diego, CA, Frye & Smith: 1923

Seller ID: 17355

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 183 pages
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Jane: an Intimate Biography

By: Kiernan, Thomas

Price: $125.00

Publisher: NY, G. P. Putnam's Sons: 1973

Seller ID: 22548

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket

DJ is rubbed at the corners. Signed on the fep by Jane Fonda. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 358 pages; Signed by Biographee
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The Life of Captain James Cook

By: Kippis, Andrew

Price: $800.00

Publisher: Dublin, H. Chamberlain, W. Colles, R. Cross, Etc.: 1788

Seller ID: 20132

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+

In very worn original leather. The top of the spine is chipped, and the covers are rubbed. The two endpapers are torn (upper 1/2 missing) , and the frontice is missing. On the other hand, the contents are very good +, with very little foxing. The spine shows a number "4", which I believe was an indication this was bound with the 3 volume set of the "Voyage to the Pacific Ocean". ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 527 pages
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The Gallery of Portraits: with Memoirs (Volume VI (6) Only)

By: Knight, Charles

Price: $60.00

Publisher: London, Charles Knight: N.D.

Seller ID: 21909

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

Spine is sunned, light rubbing at the corners. ; 11"; 184 pages
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Shoe Dog (Signed) Young Reader's Edition

By: Knight, Phil

Price: $60.00

Publisher: NY, Simon & Schuster: 2017

Seller ID: 26163

ISBN: 1534401180

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Fine+ dust jacket

Signed by Knight on the half-title. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 273 pages; Signed by Author
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The Story of a Wonder Man, Being the Autobiography of Ring Lardner

By: Lardner, Ring W.

Price: $125.00

Publisher: NY, Charles Scribner's Sons: 1927

Seller ID: 20822

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Good dust jacket

Spine of the DJ is chipped at the ends, with spots of staining. Rubbed at the corners. Residue of tape reinforcement inside. Gift inscription on the fep. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 151 pages
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The Life, Exile, and Conversations of the Emperor Napoleon (Volume 4 Only)

By: Las Cases, Count De

Price: $75.00

Publisher: London, Henry Colburn: 1835

Seller ID: 18873

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair

Binding copy. Three-quarter leather. Covers are very worn, and held on by the binding cords. Contents are happily very good to near fine. All plates are present. This volume (4) includes parts 7 and 8 of the set. That is, this edition consists of 8 volumes published in 4; this is the last volume of the 4. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 334+319 pages
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Lee of Virginia, 1642-1892. Biographical and Genealogical Sketches of the Descendants of Colonel Richard Lee

By: Lee, Edmund Jennings

Price: $95.00

Publisher: Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co. , Inc.: 1974

Seller ID: 22097

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

One of 300 copies of the deluxe limited edition. Small note on the title page by the previous owner, whose bookplate is inside the front cover. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 586 pages
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The Dictionary of National Biography 1941-1950

By: Legg, L. G. Wickham & Williams, E. T. (eds)

Price: $47.50

Publisher: Oxford, Oxford University Press: 1976

Seller ID: 5864

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine+ in Very Good dust jacket

6 1/2x9 1/2"
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Universal Biography; Containing a Copious Account, Critical and Historical, of the Life and Character, Labors and Actions of Eminent Persons, Etc. (2 Volumes in 1)

By: Lempriere, J.

Price: $50.00

Publisher: New-york, Ezra Sargeant: 1810

Seller ID: 17852

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Rebound in brown cloth. Contents near fine, with some foxing. ; Thick 8vo 8" to 9" tall
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Memories for My Family

By: Levison, j. b.

Price: $75.00

Publisher: San Francisco, John Henry Nash: 1933

Seller ID: 25823

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

Spine ends rubbed. Spine label is wrinkled. #14 of 200 copies. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 283 pages
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Ramblin's

By: Likely, N. A. (Newt)

Price: $35.00

Publisher: 2000

Seller ID: 26238

Binding: Three-ring binder

Condition: Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued

Small 4to 9" - 11" tall
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Gesammelte Schriften, Erster Band (Collected Works, Volume One) : Friedrich Chopin; Frei In's Deutsche Übertragen Von La Mara

By: Liszt, Franz

Price: $95.00

Publisher: Leipzig, Breitkopf Und Hartel: 1880

Seller ID: 22872

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

Bound in three-quarter leather with paper covered boards. Text is in Old German. I believe this is the first German edition. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 215 pages
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The National Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Americans, Volume III (3)

By: Longacre, James B. ; Herring, James

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, Henry Perkins: 1836

Seller ID: 24517

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Ornately bound in full black leather with gilt decorations. AEG (all edges gilt). Light to heavy foxing, faint stain to the edge of the first pages. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall
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FDR: a Pictorial Biography

By: Lorant, Stefan

Price: $30.00

Publisher: NY, Simon & Schuster: 1950

Seller ID: 17116

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+

Rubbed at the corners, lightly soiled. Inscribed by James Roosevelt, the President's eldest son, on the fep. Inscribed to Rolv Harlow Schillios, a photographer with the Eugene Register-Guard. Photocopy of a letter to Schillios is tipped inside the front cover. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 160 pages; Signed by Associated
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John Keats (2 Volume Set, Deluxe Edition)

By: Lowell, Amy

Price: $95.00

Publisher: Boston, Houghton Mifflin: 1925

Seller ID: 26422

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

Finely bound in three-quarter red leather, with gilt titles and raised bands. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 631+662 pages
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Wallace Lowry

By: Lowry, Walker

Price: $60.00

Publisher: Lunenburg, VT, The Stinehour Press: 1974

Seller ID: 12363

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket

Only two defects. A red mark on the bottom edge, and someone had dirty fingers when they looked at it. These seem to erase just fine. One of 150 copies. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 197 pages
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Boyhood Life of Abraham Lincoln

By: Lucas, Elmer Ellsworth

Price: $125.00

Publisher: Elmer Ellsworth Lucas: 1959

Seller ID: 21292

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

8vo 8" - 9" tall; 59 pages
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Memoirs Of John Abernethy, F.r.s. With a View of His Lectures, Writings and Character

By: MacIlwain, George

Price: $20.00

Publisher: NY, Harper & Brothers: 1853

Seller ID: 11751

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good- with no dust jacket

Spine is slightly faded, with wear at the top. Fep darkened, w/owner's name. Some foxing. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 434 pages
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The Story of George Romney: Builder, Salesman, Crusader

By: Mahoney, Tom

Price: $40.00

Publisher: NY, Harper & Brothers: 1960

Seller ID: 23923

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket

Inscribed by Mahoney on the fep. DJ is rubbed at the edges, with a tape pull and chip on the spine. American Motors business card paper-clipped to the fep. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 275 pages; Signed by Author
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Category: Biography