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Horsebackers of the Brush Country: A Story of Texas Rangers and Mexican Liquor Smugglers by Maude T. Gilliland - 1968

by Maude T. Gilliland

Horsebackers of the Brush Country: A Story of Texas Rangers and Mexican Liquor Smugglers by Maude T. Gilliland - 1968

Horsebackers of the Brush Country: A Story of Texas Rangers and Mexican Liquor Smugglers

by Maude T. Gilliland

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Privately Printed, 1968. Hardcover. Very Good. Maude T. Gilliland's history of horseback liquor smuggling across the Rio Grande during the Prohibition Era from 1920 to 1933. "FIRST PRINTING" so stated on copyright page. Includes accounts of numerous gunfights between State and Federal officers and Mexican horsebackers, also numerous biographies of South Texas law enforcement officers, past and present. Densely illustrated with historical photos and maps. Full index and bibliography. Inscribed and signed on front free endpaper by Gilliland to noted Western historian James D. Shinkle. His copy. Shinkle's bookplate mounted to front pastedown. Gilliland drew on many first-hand sources in researching this history, including her grandfather, father and husband - all Texas Rangers. Rare in rare dust jacket. Complete as issued. Conforms to Adams 830 (Six-Guns and Saddle Leather). 175 pp. 9 1/4" x 6 1/2". Tight, clean copy with minimal shelf wear. Dust jacket in archival Brodart sleeve with light age toning. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.
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  • Date Published 1968
Vittorio Valdani: Un Uomo
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Vittorio Valdani: Un Uomo

by Carlo Scorza

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Editorial de Autores S. R. L, 1955. Softcover. Very Good. Collectible First Edition of WWII Fascist Party Secretary Carlo Scorza's biography of Vittorio Valdani. A prominent Fascist leader in Argentina, Valdani founded the influential newspaper Il Mattino d'Italia and was instrumental in spreading Fascism in Argentina. Valdani's calling card stapled to front free endpaper recto. Inscribed and signed by Valdani on half title page. dated August 2, 1961. Text in Italian. Scarce. Tight, otherwise unmarked copy with light shelf wear and tanning to spine panel. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.
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The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments (D. M. Canright) Seventh Day Adventist SDA
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The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments (D. M. Canright) Seventh Day Adventist SDA

by Various

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The British and Foreign Bible Society, 1862. Hardcover. Good. Mid-19th century KJV English Bible printed by George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode for the British and Foreign Bible Society in 1862. Bound in dark-brown leather with gilt "Holy Bible" to spine panel. Blind rulings and decorative elements to spine, front and back panels. Presumably a personal copy of prominent Seventh Day Adventist leader and pastor and later one of its most outspoken critics D. M. Canright. Inscription on front free endpaper reads: "R Deming Bible | Bought January 24, 1866 | of Elder Canright | Seventh day adventist | Price $3.00". Numerous additional inscriptions on endpapers, likely in Deming's hand. Unpaginated. 6 7/8" x 4 5/8". Tight copy with moderate shelf wear, slightly bumped corners and superficially split hinges (not affecting integrity of binding). Light staining to front pastedown and two preliminary blanks. Short tears to fore edges of front and terminal blanks.… Read More
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Catalogue des Livres Illustres par Daragnes (Signed by Daragnes) 1924 Woodcuts
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Catalogue des Livres Illustres par Daragnes (Signed by Daragnes) 1924 Woodcuts

by Pierre Mac Orlan (Preface)

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Privately Printed, 1924. Softcover. Very Good. Original exhibition catalog issued on the occasion of an exhibition of books containing illustrations by celebrated painter, engraver, publisher and illustrator Jean-Gabriel Daragnes - specifically, woodcuts. Illustrated with an original portrait etching of Daragnes by Andre Dunoyer de Segonzac, 11 black-and-white Daragnes plates, three depicting lesbian scenes, and an original Daragnes hand-colored engraving laid in showing a husband walking in on his wife in bed with her lover - a scene from Fielding's Tom Jones. Signed and inscribed on front free endpaper thus: "Pour Madame Legat | Ce registre d'etat und des infants | qu'un pere demature confie a | l'assistance publingier | le pere indigne | Daragnes." Translation: "For Mrs. Legat: This register of state and children that a father has entrusted with the assistant publisher. The unworthy father, Daragnes." Also signed and inscribed on front free endpaper by an… Read More
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Towards an Organic Architecture (Bruno Nevi)
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Towards an Organic Architecture (Bruno Nevi)

by Bruno Zevi

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Faber, 1950. Hardcover. Very Good. 9x5x1. Influential Italian architect Bruno Zevi's mid-century study of modern architecture with an emphasis on American activity, more specifically Frank Lloyd Wright's work between the two World Wars. Densely illustrated with many previously unpublished photos, detailed floor plans and renderings. First and only edition. Includes two laid-in handwritten notes and one 3 1/2" x 5" photo of the rear of a Harvey Park Clark designed house at 3900 Sandhill Road in Woodside, California. Photos of the front of this house appear on the front panel of the dust jacket and in one of the photo sections. Clark is also mentioned in the text. See images below of the notes for relevant content on the house. Scarce. 180 pp. 9" x 6". Tight, unmarked copy with minimal shelf wear. Price-clipped dust jacket in archival Brodart sleeve with small areas of loss to head and tail of spine panel and two small tears to bottom edge of front panel. A presentable copy… Read More
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Horning Into Africa (Signed)
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Horning Into Africa (Signed)

by W. S. Van Dyke

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Privately Printed for W. S. Van Dyke by California Graphic Press, 1931. Hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Collectible first edition, first printing of legendary American film director W. S. Van Dyke's journal written during the filming of Trader Horn in central Africa, a film, in turn, based on the book Trader Horn by celebrated ivory trader Alfred Aloysius "Trader" Horn. "First Printing" so stated on copyright page. Inscribed and signed by W. S. Van Dyke on front free endpaper thus: "To you Tyler - | and don't be too hard | on it! | W. S. Van Dyke | L. A. | 1-22-35." Signature unconditionally guaranteed to pass any COA examination. Bound in dark blue linen with gilt lettering to front and spine panels and gilt water buffalo to front panel. Includes 26 full-page photos of natives, big game animals and more, taken on location. 219 pp. Tight, unmarked copy with minimal shelf wear. An exceptionally presentable copy of an important African safari collectible.
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Haven (Llama Leather) Signed by Andre Roosevelt
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Haven (Llama Leather) Signed by Andre Roosevelt

by Andre Roosevelt

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Privately printed by Imprenta Gutenberg, 1940. Hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Lavish compilation of 45 ca. 1940 Ecuadorian photographic prints by Theodore Roosevelt's cousin Andre Roosevelt. Image topics include architecture, industrial installations, landscapes, native residents and more. Of special note is a rare photo of the Guayaquil Golf Club. Pages facing photos display explanatory, rubricrated captions. Inscribed and signed by author/photographer Andre Roosevelt to unnamed recipient thus: "To remind you that we are expecting | you back in Quito very soon - where | you will find peace and .... good investments. | We did have fun! | Andre Roosevelt." Foreword by Juan L. Gurrell. Bound in brown felt llama leather with finished versos. Stitched edges, gilt-stamped title and author to front panel and cloth tie. Letterpress printing on vellum. Limited Edition of 400 copies, 300 in English only and 100 with an additional index in Spanish. This copy, among the 300, states on page 100 that… Read More
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Showman: My Life Story (Signed by William A. Brady) Frances Marion's Copy
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Showman: My Life Story (Signed by William A. Brady) Frances Marion's Copy

by William A. Brady

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E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc, 1937. Hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Collectible first edition, first printing of legendary American theater actor, Pulitzer Prize winning producer, filmmaker and renowned boxing promoter William A. Brady's autobiography, Showman, My Life Story. "FIRST EDITION" so stated on copyright page. Signed and inscribed on front free endpaper verso by Brady to colleague and friend (and legend in her own right) Frances Marion thus: "To an old associate | Frances Marion | a "good fellow" if there | ever was one. With the | kindest regards of | William A. Brady | N.Y.C. St. Patrick's Day | 1940." Signature unconditionally guaranteed to pass any COA examination. Marion's personal copy. Bound in 1/2 yellow linen over blue linen with black lettering to front and spine panels. Dust jacket with $3.00 price intact and photo of Brady to back panel. Illustrated with numerous historical photos, including a photo frontis. 278 pp. 8 7/8" x 6… Read More
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Lamoni Illustrated (Mormons) RLDS Church
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Lamoni Illustrated (Mormons) RLDS Church

by Peter M. Hinds

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Herald Publishing House, 1892. Softcover. Good. Peter M. Hinds' brief, early history of Lamoni, Iowa, then headquarters of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (renamed The Community of Christ in 2001). Assuming RLDS leadership in 1860, Joseph Smith's eldest son Joseph Smith III sought to create a living Zion, and, to this end, Lamoni was selected for the grand experiment because of its rich soil and sparse settlement. It was the only town ever founded by the sect, and between 1870 and 1890 reigned as RLDS headquarters, becoming home to Smith III and the legendary Herald Publishing House. Bound in dark green cloth-covered wrappers embossed with cherubs and botanical elements. Includes two engravings and six photos, among these Smith III's house and the Herald Publishing House. 29 numbered pages plus unnumbered engraving and 4 pages of ads. Ads also appear inside front and back panels. Also includes an 8-page booklet of ads laid in with Park Addition ad to front… Read More
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Joe Pine (Signed by Elbert A. Smith) RLDS
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Joe Pine (Signed by Elbert A. Smith) RLDS

by Elbert A. Smith

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Herald Publishing House, Lamoni, Iowa, 1916. Hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Grandson of Latter Day Saints founder Joseph Smith, Jr. Elbert A. Smith's Mormon-themed novel, Joe Pine. First edition signed by Elbert A. Smith on frontis recto thus: "Sincerely yours | Elbert A. Smith." Signature unconditionally guaranteed to pass any COA examination. Smith was a leader in the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (RLDS), also a member of the church's First Presidency from 1909 to 1938 and the Presiding Patriarch of the church from 1938 to 1958. Bound in olive cloth with black lettering and decorations to front and spine panels, ruled in red. Collation: [blank, 2] [half title page] [blank] [frontis recto] [frontis] [title page] [copyright page] [dedication page] [table of contents] [9] 10-351 [352]. Eight illustrated plates, all present. Complete as issued. Scarce. 352 pp. 8" x 5 1/2". Tight, unmarked copy with light shelf wear, slightly bumped corners and light… Read More
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In the Heart of the Heart of the Country (Signed First Edition)
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In the Heart of the Heart of the Country (Signed First Edition)

by William Gass

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Harper & Row, Publishers, 1968. Hardcover. Like New. Collectible first edition, first printing of William Gass' compilation of five short stories titled and including his classic "In the Heart of the Heart of the Country." Per Harper's practice of designating first editions, "FIRST EDITION" so stated on copyright page. A-S code. Signed by Gass in black ink with no inscription on title page. Signature unconditionally guaranteed to pass any COA examination. Includes first state dust jacket with $4.95 price to top of front flap and 0268 date to bottom. Complete as issued. Included in Callil and Tobin's The Modern Library: The 200 Best Novels in English Since 1950. Tight, immaculate copy. Extremities crisp. Unmarked front to back. Dust jacket near flawless. A remarkably beautiful copy of Gass' masterpiece. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.
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Rincon (Remote Dwelling Place) - A Story of Life on a South Texas Ranch at  the turn of the Century
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Rincon (Remote Dwelling Place) - A Story of Life on a South Texas Ranch at the turn of the Century

by Gilliland, Maude t

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Brownsville, Texas: Springman-King Lithograph Company. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. (1964). First Edition. Hardcover. Inscription dated 1967 by Roy Winans on front endpaper "To my 'Kiwi' friend [. . .]". Small chips to margins of dust-jacket. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover.; Second printing. xvi, 105, [2], [5 (blank)] pages. Green cloth boards with black lettering on spine and front board. Page dimensions: 229 x 150mm. Illustrated by the author. .
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RINCON (Remote Dwelling Place). Story of Life on a South Texas Ranch at the Turn of the Century.

by Gilliland, Maude T

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Brownsville: Springman-King Co., 1964. D.j., 105 pp., 50 rare photos. Excellent view of ranch life in South Texas at the turn of the century including bandit trouble on the Mexican Border 1915-23. Rangers, hunting, vaqueros, curanderos, etc. Intersting & amusing accounts of her girlhood on the vast Wells Ranch in Starr & Hidalgo counties in south Texas. SIGNED.. 1st., 2nd Prtg.. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine.
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RINCON (REMOTE DWELLING PLACE), A STORY OF LIFE ON A SOUTH TEXAS RANCH AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY.

RINCON (REMOTE DWELLING PLACE), A STORY OF LIFE ON A SOUTH TEXAS RANCH AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY.

by GILLILAND, MAUDE T

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[Brownsville: Springman-King Lithograph Co., 1964]., 1964. First edition. First edition. 8vo. Presentation inscription by the author. Cloth, xvi, 105 (2) pp., bibliography, map, illustrated with drawings and from photos. This privately printed and increasingly elusive book of life on a south Texas ranch along the lower border, is superb, replete with vaqueros, curanderos, Mexican bandits, Texas Rangers, and much more. Lightly foxed on fore-edges and endpapers, else fine in dust jacket with small chip to upper
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Wilson County Texas Rangers 1837-1977

by Gilliland, Maude T. (Compiler)

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Over-sized hardbound (quarto). Signed by the author on the front flyleaf.
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WILSON COUNTY TEXAS RANGERS 1837-1977.

WILSON COUNTY TEXAS RANGERS 1837-1977.

by GILLILAND,MAUDE T

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NP: Privately Printed, 1977., 1977. First edition. First edition. 8vo. Fabricoid, (10), v, 134(5)pp., illus., biblio., index. Privately printed apparently in a very small edition and becoming scarce. The author's grandfather, father, and husband were all Texas Rangers and she knows the subject well. There are stories and deeds of forty-four Texas Rangers from one south central locality of Texas---Wilson County. The author covers the history of these Rangers from 1837 until 1977. Wilson County has produced more Rangers than any other County of its size in Texas; enough to form at least four regular Ranger Companies. A fine, bright copy in a dust jacket with some modest rubbing to plain white back panel, else fine. Signed by Maude Gilliland.
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Under Fire
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Under Fire: An American Story

by North, Oliver L

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9780060183349
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0060183349
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Harpercollins, 1991. First edition, as stated, first printing . Hardcover. Fine/near fine. r. 446 pp. This is a rare first edition copy signed by both Oliver North and William Novak. North's inscription, "Margo and Sam, all the best," appears in blue ink on the half title page with North's signature and the date "3 Nov 91" and Novak's signature in black ink. Dust jacket slightly wrinkled at top of spine. Free USPS tracking with every US order. Ships from MA.
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A New History of Japanese Cinema:  A Century of Narrative Film
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A New History of Japanese Cinema: A Century of Narrative Film

by Standish, Isolde

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9780826417909
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New York: Continuum, 2006. 8vo size trade paperback with black and white photo illustrated cover; 414 pages From back: "Cinema, which first arrived in Japan in 1896 with the Kinetoscope prototype, came at the very time that Japan was transforming its economic base and society into that of a major international power. The first cinema, the Asakusa Denikikan, was opened in Tokyo in 1903 and within 13 years 300 cinemas had sprung up throughout the country... (The author) focuses on the historical development of Japanese film, illustrated by a series of typical Japanese film posters. She details an industry and an art form shaped by the competing and merging forces of traditional culture and of economic and technological innovation." Edgewear, creases to bottom and bottom and top corners of front cover, soil on bottom and light soil to outside pages. We note pencilled underlining on at least 29 pages and pencilled marginalia on at least three pages and four creased page corners. Quotes… Read More
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Old Bones
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Old Bones

by Elkins, Aaron J

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9780892962624
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0892962623
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New York, NY, U. S. A.: Mysterious Press, 1987. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. New York, NY, U. S. A.: Mysterious Press, 1987. Fine in Near Fine jacket Signed by Author A Gideon Oliver Mystery, SIGNED on title pg. Edgar Award winner best mystery npc 197pp. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. First Edition
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Hurrah for My New Free Country (INSCRIBED BY EDITORS) (FIRST EDITION)
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Hurrah for My New Free Country (INSCRIBED BY EDITORS) (FIRST EDITION)

by Leon Charles Fouquet

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9780806122557
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0806122552
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1990 (INSCRIBED BY THE EDITORS) "Best wishes to Frances McLaughlin fellow member of the writers guild" Rosalie Davis Mathilde Ruggles (Collette) Hurrah for My New Free Country covers a wide span of events, from the settlement of Kansas in the late 1860s (which included Indian wars and the near-extermination of the buffalo), to the Oklahoma land rush, to the peaceful growth of the area around Chandler, Oklahoma, in the early 1900s." Book: clean and unmarked - pages are crisp/white DJ: minimal shelfwear - colors are vibrant
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Starting With Flags : Forty-Three Drawings
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Starting With Flags : Forty-Three Drawings

by Parker, Kingsley

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Limited Signed Edition
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New York: Private Printing. Fine with no dust jacket. 1976. Limited Signed Edition. Softcover. The artist's abstract and quite varied series of 43 drawings of flags, all printed monochrome on the recto of pages. Kingsley Parker has been exhibiting and represented by galleries since the mid-1970s and has a work in the collection of the Museum Of Modern Art in New York, NY. The artist is quite active with new works. Signed in ink "K. Parker/1976 ©" in the front matter where Parker explains his motivation for drawing the series of abstract flags. Copy 158 of a limited edition of 600, numbered in the colophon. Approximately 44 pages, unpaginated. Printed on fine, machine-made paper in brown wraps. The title and a flag drawing are framed on the front cover. In absolutely clean, Fine condition. ; Drawings; Square 24mo 5" - 6" tall; 44 pages; Signed by Artist .
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Dead in Dixie

Dead in Dixie

by Charlaine Harris

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9780739434710
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0739434713
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New York: Science Fiction Book Club, 2003. Z2 - A Science Fiction Book Club Omnibus Edition hardcover book SIGNED by the Charlaine Harris in as new condition in as new dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dead Until Dark, Living Dead in Dallas, Club Dead. 8.5"x5.75", 612 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Signed by Author. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book Club (BCE/BOMC).
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Songs From Appledore
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Songs From Appledore

by Oscar Laighton

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RARE. Collectible: 1916. Signed by the author. Cambridge MA: University Press. Very Good. Hardcover. Light soil to green cloth covered boards with gilt stamped title, author's name, and design. A bright solid, book - 27 pages; Inside covers are sunned. Pages clean and bright. Frontspiece. "View from Mrs. Thaxter's Garden Gate. 29 illustrations. Small book: 7" x 5"
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Grant Wood and Marvin Cone : Artists of an Era
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Grant Wood and Marvin Cone : Artists of an Era

by Hazel E. Brown

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ISBN 13
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Ames: Iowa State University Press, 1972. Hardcover. First Edition (stated). Flat signed and dated by author on FFEP and Inscribed by author to a friend on half-title page. Near Fine book in a Very Good jacket. Interior pristine except for author's inscription and signature. Spine straight and tight. Jacket shows light rubbing, light chipping at spine head, and light reading wear to edges. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xi + 150 pages. illus. A reflection of the relationships of two artists -- Grant Wood (1891-1942) and Marvin Cone (1891-1965) -- with the community of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. A loving biography by a woman who knew them both. Laid-in are two letters to the editor of the Cedar Rapids Gazette; one from Woods' sister, and another from a friend of Woods and the author.
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The Lace Reader
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The Lace Reader

by Barry, Brunonia

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True FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING (stated). "Flap Jacket Press trade paperback edition / First Printing July 2007" on copyright page. This small run printing precedes the hardback edition. NEW. Cover Clean, no wear, no tears, no spine creases, protected in Brodart cover. Text Clean, no marks. No remainder mark. Not ex-library. Books are Carefully Packed in a Box and Shipped Daily with Delivery Confirmation from Dry, Smoke-Free shop. Complete Satisfaction Guaranteed. B103
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I Curse the River of Time (Signed, Limited UK Edition)
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SIGNED, FIRST UK LIMITED EDITION, FIRST PRINTING (stated, complete number line to 1) Harvill Secker, London, 2010. NEW, Unread. Author's Signature, no inscription, on a bookplate attached to the first chapter page. Note on bookplate reads "This edition of I Curse the River of Time, signed by the author, is limited to 1,000 copies". Dust Jacket Bright in Brodart protective cover, Clean, no wear, no tears, not price clipped (£12.99). Text Clean, no marks. No remainder mark. Not ex-library. Not book club. Fast shipping from Dry, Smoke-Free home. Email Confirmation with Tracking Number. International ships Air Mail.
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