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Trade pprback with an index and bibliography among 270 clean pages, no creases. Haskell traces nature's path through the seasons, he brings the forest and its inhabitants to vivid life. "Haskell thinks like a biologist, writes like a poet"

Hardcover with worn dj, translated by Sylvia T. Warner. 416 clean pages with Notes Critical collection of essays with Proust's views on the writing of his era, on painting and painters, masters of the nineteenth century as Tolstoy, Goethe, and Stendhal.

Illustrated chapters about different insects, from ones like the butterfly and the ladybug, to ones we consider pests. Hubbell presents you with amazing tidbits - a talented writer.

An Italian priest whose flock of parishoners keeps him on his toes. Don Camillo and his arch rival Peppone are great characters, the resolutions to the stories are funny. Illustrations by author to chapter heads, mass mkt paperback, this is a Pocket Cardinal edition, very clean with 153 pages. Text block edges are red, #50113, spine head is scuffed.

Hardcover First edition published by Grosset & Dunlap 1929 with mylar covered dust jacket that has chipping and wear to bottom edge and spine head and tail - not price clipped. Color frontispiece by N. C. Wyeth, illustrated pastedowns and b/w as well as color illustrations within the 235 clean pages. Illustrators include Frank Schoonover, Charles Hargens, and others (see… Read more about this item

Hardcover edition is in Very Good condition with notes and index - the book is arranged as mini-biographies of a number of historical figures, and how their lives reflected different aspects of character.

Trade paperback with color pictorial cover, moderate edgeware and minor age toning to page margins. Pages are clean and without creasing. 1960s England, Suffolk county and village life between the wars. The remnants of the feudal system; deference of the working class. An oral history classic "...a brillliant and extraordinary book which raises disquieting second thoughts ....." NYT Book Review

Hardcover in price clipped dj with moderate edgewear. Flying ducks on dj cover are heavily foxed. Illustrated frontis and previous owner's signature on fep. Interior is bright and tight with b/w illustrations and photos among 178 pages. Short stories by the life long enthusiast and renowed hunter of water fowl along the Mississippi.

Classic Spanish stories printed on odd pg., (verso) with English translation opposite on recto. Includes workbook material with English translations.

Green cloth with gilt floral medallion, book is tight and square. Top of text block is gilt. Tissue guard b/w frontispiece, previous owner name on fep. The derogatory descriptive for Black people is used in some of the stories. The Fox family house in Big Stone Gap, VA is now a museum.

Small quarto with dj and ribbon marker. First edition 2016, collection of letters, interviews, and magazine articles about the writer of such gems as The Water Is Wide, Prince of Tides and Great Santini

Published by Harper, book is bright and tight without creasing, etc. Short stories (12) from one of my favorite authors. Believable stories about real people.

Trade paperback edition is new from distributor and a University Press nonfiction award winner. Stories of his family and their southern heritage and the difficulties of coming to terms with the divisions.

An octavo sized hardcover book with illustrated dust jacket and b/w illustrations by Mary Petty. A stated First Edition. Dust jacket is intact with moderate edge wear. Pages are bright and tight. Memoir of the antique and design industry circa 1940s. With a sense of humor the author reveals the creative ideas of American interior designers working with wealthy individuals.

30th anniversary softcover (10x28mm) in Very Good condition. Pictorial history of the making of the film starring Peter O'Toole. Color and b/w photos, Premieres and Reviews, Cast and Credits, Bibliography and lots more.

Memoir of a big game hunter in the 1940's who helped terrified villagers to hunt man-eating tigers. Set in the foothills of the Himalayas, vivid jungle stories with a preface by Lord Linlithgow, Viceroy of India, 1936-1943. B/W photos and glossary. Illustrated dust jacket has some edgewear and the text block has minor foxing. Mapped endpapers of the territory Corbett… Read more about this item

The author provides a concise history of the four companies and some insights into the CEOs, management and business practices. Top edge of dust jacket has minor creasing. Index, notes and diagrams among 310 bright and tight pages

Transcripts of landmark cases as argued before the Supreme Court

Hardcover first edition with price clipped dust jacket. Interior is bright and tight.

First edition hardcover, the collapse of diplomacy. Index and photos among 392 pgs.