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Down Second Avenue
by Mphahlele, Ezekiel
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- None
- Edition
- Reprint Edition
- Published
- 1978
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780844644516
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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NZ$99.61
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Gloucester, MA: Peter Smith, 1978. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/None. 210pp; No DJ, light blue cloth boards with titling to spine, boards slightly age-toned, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG condition. Inscribed & Signed by Author on Dedication Page. Memoir of growing up in a ghetto in Pretoria, South Africa during apartheid. The author, who changed his name from Ezekiel… Read more about this item Item Price
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Kenzie: The Wild-Goose Man
by Willock, Colin
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1962
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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NZ$91.31
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London, UK: Andre Deutsch, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Hardcover in DJ; First Edition; 160pp; DJ price-clipped with minor chipping & protected by mylar sleeve, bookplate to front pastedown, boards square, clean & bright, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG/Good condition. Vintage biography of Mackenzie Thorpe (1908-1976), professional wild-fowler and guide to the Lincolnshire Marsh in England. Illustrated by… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$91.31
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Papa, Play for Me: The Hilarious, Heartwarming Autobiography of Comedian and Bandleader Mickey Katz
by Katz, Mickey (As told to Hannibal Coons)
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1977
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780671225438
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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NZ$41.50
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New York: Simon and Schuster, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover in DJ; 223pp; DJ slightly edgeworn, boards square, clean & bright, sticker & sticker remnants to front endpaper, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG/VG condition. Autobiography of Jewish American entertainer Mickey Katz (1909-1985). Illustrated with photos. Item Price
NZ$41.50
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The Empress Is a Man: Stories from the Life of Jose Sarria
by Gorman, Michael R.
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- Used - Very Good+
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1998
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- Softcover
- ISBN
- 9781560239178
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- 1
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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NZ$124.51
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Binghamton, NY: Harrington Park Press, 1998. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good+. 278pp; Covers clean & bright, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG+ condition. Inscribed & Signed by Jose Sarria, the subject of the book, as "Widow Norton, Jose." Stories from the life of Jose Julio Sarria (1922-2013), aka The Grand Mere, Absolute Empress I de San Francisco and the Widow… Read more about this item Item Price
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Emblems of Conduct
by Windham, Donald
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 1996
- Binding
- Softcover
- ISBN
- 9780820318417
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- 1
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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NZ$58.10
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Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 1996. Softcover. Very Good. 210pp; Covers clean & bright with small light label stain to back cover, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG condition. Signed by Author. Memoir of writer Donald Windham's Depression-era youth in Atlanta Georgia, praised as a "masterpiece" by Georges Simenon. Item Price
NZ$58.10
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Dadland: A Journey into Uncharted Territory
by Carew, Keggie
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 2016
- Binding
- Softcover
- ISBN
- 9781784740771
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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NZ$41.50
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London, UK: Chatto & Windus, 2016. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 415pp; Covers clean & bright, spine lightly creased, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG condition. Family memoir about a daughter trying to assemble her father's story that includes parachuting into France and Burma for British special forces during World War Two, as his mind dissolves into dementia. Illustrated with… Read more about this item Item Price
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Michele Barbi's Life of Dante
by Barbi, Michele (Translated & Edited by Paul G. Ruggiers)
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- Used - Very Good-
- Jacket Condition
- Good+
- Edition
- First English Language Edition
- Published
- 1954
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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NZ$124.51
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Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1954. First English Language Edition. Hardcover. Very Good-/Good+. Cloth in DJ; First English Language Edition; 132pp; DJ edgeworn, age-toned & protected by mylar sleeve, boards square & age-toned, date to front pastedown, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG-/Good+ condition. First English translation of Barbi's Life of Dante, first published in Florence in 1933. Contents:… Read more about this item Item Price
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Unfit: The Tale of One Pregnant Teen in the Bible Belt Before Women Had Choice
by Leigh, Lani Jo
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- Used - Fine
- Published
- 2019
- Binding
- Softcover
- ISBN
- 9781734265903
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- 1
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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NZ$33.20
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American Lifeograph, 2019. Softcover. Fine. 322pp; As new in shrinkwrap, Fine condition. Memoir of pregnant teen from Oklahoma who was forced to spend six months at Sellers Baptist Home for Unwed Mothers in New Orleans, in the 1960s. Item Price
NZ$33.20
Diana: A Strange Autobiography
by Frederics, Diana (Frances V. Rummell)
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- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- None
- Published
- 1945
- Binding
- Hardcover
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- 1
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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NZ$36.52
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New York: The Citadel Press, 1945. Hardcover. Good+/None. 242pp; No DJ, tan cloth boards with red titling to front & spine, minor staining to boards, spine age-toned, slight forward slant, previous owner's name to FFEP, text unmarked, binding is tight, Good+ condition. Vintage lesbian autobiography written under a pseudonym by Frances V. Rummell (1907-1969), an educator and columnist. Item Price
NZ$36.52
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Why I Think So: The Autobiography of an Hypothesis
by Dummer, Ethel S.
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good-
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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NZ$66.40
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Chicago, IL: Clarke-McElroy Publishing Co.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good-. Cloth in DJ; First Edition; 274pp; DJ slightly age-toned with a few closed tears & protected by mylar sleeve, boards square, clean & bright, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG/VG- condition. Inscribed & Signed by Author. Scarce, vintage autobiography of Ethel Sturges Dummer (1866-1954), a progressive activist, writer &… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$66.40
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Maiden Voyage
by Welch, Denton
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Edition
- Reprint Edition
- Published
- 1999
- Binding
- Softcover
- ISBN
- 9781878972286
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- 1
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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NZ$49.80
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Cambridge, MA: Exact Change, 1999. Reprint Edition. Softcover. Fine. 274pp; Covers clean & bright, text unmarked, binding is tight, as new, Fine condition. Account of the author's sixteenth year, when he ran away from English public school and was then sent to Shanghai to live with his father. Originally published in 1943. Foreword by Edith Sitwell. Item Price
NZ$49.80
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The Strange World of Willie Seabrook
by Worthington, Marjorie
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Reprint Edition
- Published
- 2017
- Binding
- Softcover
- ISBN
- 9781943679058
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- 1
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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NZ$41.50
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Spurl Editions, 2017. Reprint Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 320pp; Covers clean & bright, spine lightly creased, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG condition. Memoir by William Seabrook's second wife, about their life and adventures primarily in Paris and New York during the 1930s. At the time, Worthington was a successful fiction writer, while Seabrook wrote bestselling true adventure books and… Read more about this item Item Price
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Between Paris and St. Petersburg: Selected Diaries of Zinaida Hippius
by Hippius, Zinaida (Translated & Edited by Temira Pachmuss)
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good-
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1975
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780252003073
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- 1
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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NZ$41.50
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Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good-. Cloth in DJ; 329pp; Minor foxing & slight edgewear to DJ, boards square, clean & bright, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG+/VG- condition. Diaries of Zinaida Hippius, Russian poetess, critic and religious thinker. Translated and edited by Temira Pachmuss. Item Price
NZ$41.50
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Between You and Me
by Lauder, Harry
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- Used - Very Good-
- Jacket Condition
- None
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1919
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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NZ$83.00
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New York: The James A. McCann Company, 1919. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good-/None. 324pp; No DJ, red cloth boards with gilt titling to front & spine, small stain to front board, else boards clean & bright, spine faded with wear to spine ends, pages slightly age-toned, text unmarked, binding is sound, VG- condition. Inscribed & Signed by Author, with date… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$83.00
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Papa Town: Fifty Years in the History of the Town of Madawaska, Maine -- The Life of Levite Eloi Rossignol
by Chasse, Geraldine P.
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- Used - Very Good-
- Published
- 1980
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- Softcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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NZ$41.50
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Madawaska, ME: Valley Publishing Co., 1980. Softcover. Very Good-. Wraps; 44pp; Minor staining to front cover, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG- condition. Inscribed & Signed by Author. Biography of Levite Eloi Rossignol of Madawaska, Maine. Illustrated with photos & maps. Item Price
NZ$41.50
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Patty Hearst: Her Own Story (Every Secret Thing)
by Hearst, Patricia Campbell (with Alvin Moscow)
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Edition
- First Avon Printing
- Published
- 1974
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780380706518
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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NZ$41.50
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New York: Avon Books, 1974. First Avon Printing. Paperback. Very Good+. 499pp; Covers clean & bright, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG+ condition. Movie tie-in paperback edition of Patricia Hearst's memoir of her kidnapping by the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA) in 1974. (Originally published as "Every Secret Thing" in 1982.) Item Price
NZ$41.50
Restoration Pioneer in Oregon: William Lysander Adams
by Miller, Bonnie
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- Used - Fine
- Published
- 1993
- Binding
- Softcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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NZ$41.50
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Privately Printed, 1993. Softcover. Fine. 67pp; Covers clean & bright, text unmarked, binding is sound, as new, Fine condition. Privately produced biography of William Lysander Adams (1821-1906), an American writer, newspaper editor and doctor in Oregon, viewed as a pioneer of the Restoration Movement, a Christian movement of the 19th century. Item Price
NZ$41.50
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Stalin: Czar of All the Russias
by Lyons, Eugene
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- None
- Published
- 1940
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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NZ$124.51
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Philadelphia, PA: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1940. Hardcover. Very Good/None. 292pp; No DJ, black cloth boards with red titling to front & spine, a few tiny white stains to rear board, pages slightly age-toned, text unmarked, binding is sound, VG condition. Scarce, vintage biography of Joseph Stalin, dictatorial leader of the Soviet Union, written when he was still in power.… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Man In His Time
by Spivak, John L.
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good-
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1967
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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NZ$107.91
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New York: Horizon Press, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good-. Cloth in DJ; 479pp; DJ slightly edgeworn, boards square, clean & bright, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG/VG- condition. Autobiography of crusading reporter, author of exposes, and leftist activist John L. Spivak (1897-1981). Fascinating first-hand account of old-time newsrooms, miners' strikes in West Virginia, the nation's march to World… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$107.91
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Gerald Massey: Chartist, Poet, Radical and Freethinker
by Shaw, David
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- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1995
- Binding
- Softcover
- ISBN
- 9780721209050
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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NZ$166.01
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London, UK: Buckland Publications Ltd., 1995. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 264pp; A few smudges to back cover else covers clean & bright, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG condition. Biography of Gerald Massey (1828-1907), an English poet and writer on Spiritualism and ancient Egypt. Illustrated with photos. Item Price
NZ$166.01