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Are You Happy ? And Other Questions Lovers Ask
by Koren, Edward
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- Used - Near Fine
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- No Jacket, As Issued
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- First Edition
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- 1978
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- Hardcover
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Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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NZ$841.90
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New York: Pantheon Books, 1978. Presentation Copy SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY ARTIST and AUTHOR Edward Koren on both front end pages, -"For Anne & Sergio - with musical sentiments - Ed" . With a wonderful 2 page original pen and ink cartoon drawing featuring Koren's characters playing a piano and the violin. Near Fine, small bump top corner. Edward… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Corsair. A Tale
by Byron, (George Gordon), Lord
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Jacket, As Issued
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- First American Edition
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- 1814
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- Hardcover
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Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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NZ$1,683.80
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Philadelphia: Moses Thomas, 1814. Printer ; J. Maxwell. 96 pages, half-title. Original buff printed paper covered boards, 6 1/8 in. by 3 3/8 in. "From the fifth London edition." Additional poems: p. [91]-96. Very Good, boards rubbed and soiled, toning at end papers, 1901 dated prior owner inscription front end page. SCARCE, the variations of the First American Editions printed… Read more about this item Item Price
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![Works of the Late Dr. Benjamin Franklin: consisting of his Life, written by himself : together with Essays, humourous, moral and literary ; chiefly in the manner of the Spectator. : In two volumes. Volume I [-II].](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/599/347/1530347599.0.m.jpg)
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Works of the Late Dr. Benjamin Franklin: consisting of his Life, written by himself : together with Essays, humourous, moral and literary ; chiefly in the manner of the Spectator. : In two volumes. Volume I [-II].
by Franklin, Benjamin; Price, Richard; Stueber, Henry
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- Used - Very Good Minus
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- No Jacket, As Issued
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- Later American Edition
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- 1800
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- Hardcover
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Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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NZ$1,683.80
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Huntingdon, (Pennsylvania) : [publisher not identified] Printed for the proprietor,, 1800. Two volumes bound as one in original calf, Vol 1, vi, [1], 8-156 pages; Vol. 2, 117 pages. Frontispiece portrait of Franklin in beaver skin hat engraved by J. Bannerman. Preface includes a letter by Richard Price. Pages 96-147 of v. 1 have the continuation of Franklin's life… Read more about this item Item Price
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Thirty-eighth Anniversary of the Dutch Treat Club With a Documentary History of the Club.... a Play with a Moral;.....Contributions by a Score or so of Members Portraits of Nine Club Functionaries Twelve Illustrations in Color
by (Artist Walter Klett's personal copy SIGNED by 16 Illustrator Members) Westbrook Pegler; Will Irwin, and Many Others:
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Jacket, As Issued
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- First Edition
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- 1943
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- Hardcover
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Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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NZ$1,010.28
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New York: Privately Printed, 1943. Artist Walter Klett's personal copy SIGNED BY 16 Contributors, including Klett, Edwin Eberman, John Holmgren, James Montgomery Flagg, (Ray) Prohaska, Frank Crowninshield, Harry Berchoff, Gordon Grant, Edward Wilson, Gurney Williams, Hector A. Dunderi, (William) Oberhardt, Vervon Grant, Wallace Morgan, and Willard Fairchild. A veritable Who's Who of noted artists and illustrators of the first… Read more about this item Item Price
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![[Ledgers] Original Manuscript Store Ledger for J. W. Beaman General Merchandise (also Beaman & Mosher), Wells, PA 1880-1884](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/422/441/1515441422.0.m.jpg)
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[Ledgers] Original Manuscript Store Ledger for J. W. Beaman General Merchandise (also Beaman & Mosher), Wells, PA 1880-1884
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- Used - Near Fine
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- 1880
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- Hardcover
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Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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NZ$1,178.66
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Wells, PA: J. W. Beaman, 1880. Folio ledger book bound in quarter polished calf over suede, four raised bands with black morocco labels in gilt, marbled end papers. (52) alphabet index pages followed by 525 numbered pages. With 4 pieces of ephemera laid in, 3 receipts for J. W. Beaman and Beaman & Mosher, and one receipt for Tioga &… Read more about this item Item Price
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Golden Jubilee Catalog Sears, Roebuck and Co., Fall and Winter 1936-1937n, No. 173
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- First Edition
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- 1936
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- Hardcover
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Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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NZ$505.14
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Chicago: Sears, Roebuck and Co., 1936. In publisher's original cloth bindingstamped in gilt, gold end papers, Very Good, with original paper wrappers well preserved, several pages noted with old tape repairs, one page noted with 4" bottom corner chip, lacking the table of contents page, rear order page detached and laid in. Uncommon in the cloth binding. . First Edition.… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$505.14
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Darkest Africa at A Century of Progress 1933 : Official Souvenir
by edited by Ada Dufour ; photography by Frank D. Shean
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Jacket, As Issued
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- First Edition
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- 1933
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- Paperback
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Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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NZ$420.95
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Chicago: Dufour & Rogers, 1933. 25 pages, 5 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white photographs), map. Very Good, rear cover filled with faint pencil writing (showing list of different attractions visited on Nov. 3 and 4, 1933), 1" tear at top edge of wrappers at spine fold, small prior owner name title page. "Darkest Africa" presented representatives… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$420.95
The Woman's Forum of Wichita Falls Cook Book
by Woman's Forum of Wichita Falls
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- Used - Very Good
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- Revised Edition
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- Paperback
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Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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NZ$210.48
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Wichita Falls, Texas: The Woman's Forum of Wichita Falls Very Good, chips at corners, paper loss at spine ends. Black and white photograph of The Woman's Forum building following title page. No date, later than 1932, which was the date of the First Edition. This revised edition has 98 pages, the first has [x], 217, [xii] pages. OCLC locates… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$210.48
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Revenue Laws of the State of Arkansas, Passed by the General Assembly of 1883
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- Used - Good
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- First Edition
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- 1883
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- Hardcover
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Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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NZ$841.90
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[Place of publication not identified]: [publisher not identified], , 1883. 95 pages, bound in contemporary sheep, Good, the leather at spine mostly deteriorated yet binding still holding nicely. The name R. W. Worthen gilt stamped front cover, stamped at title page and rear end page "R. W. Worthen County & Probate Clerk Pulaski County Little Rock Arkansas" . With… Read more about this item Item Price
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![History of the World in Nursery Rhyme From the Naughty Year Naught To the Present Time, In Three Volumes [Complete, 3 Volume Set]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/353/638/1498638353.0.m.jpg)
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History of the World in Nursery Rhyme From the Naughty Year Naught To the Present Time, In Three Volumes [Complete, 3 Volume Set]
by Page, Harvey Lindsley
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Jacket, As Issued
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- First Edition
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- 1908
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- Hardcover
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Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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NZ$757.71
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San Antonio, Texas: Wood-Brownlee Printing Company, 1908. Association Copy, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED at 2nd front end page by Anne Page Chandler, the author's daughter and dedicatee of Volume I - " Written by Harvey Page, San Antonio Texas From Anne Page Chandler to Isobel Chandler Madsen October 1930". Additionally inscribed by Ms. Chandler at Dedication Page of Vol. I "(Now… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Ringlings Wizards of the Circus (SIGNED AND INSCRIBED By Emmett Kelly )
by Harlow, Alvin P.
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Very Good
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- First Edition
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- 1951
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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NZ$757.71
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New York: Julian Messner, 1951. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED by America's clown Emmett Kelly at half-title page -" With Best Wishes to Sarah From Emmett Kelly 1952". Kelly joined the Ringling Brothers Circus in 1942 and remained with them until 1956. 1952 was also the year Kelly appeared in the Oscar winner for Best Picture "The Greatest Show on… Read more about this item Item Price
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Political Debates Between Hon. Abraham Lincoln and Hon. Stephen A. Douglas, in the Celebrated Campaign of 1858, in Illinois; Including the Preceding Speeches of Each, at Chicago, Springfield, Etc.; Also the Two Great Speeches of Mr. Lincoln in Ohio.1859
by Lincoln, Abraham; Douglas, Stephen A.
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- Used - Very Good Minus
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- First Edition
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- 1860
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- Hardcover
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Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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NZ$841.90
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Columbus, OH: Follett, Foster And Company, 1860. First Edition, later issue with rule above publisher on copyright page, number "2" in lower margin of p. 13, and no numeral "2" on page 17, first ad states "16,000 Copies Lincoln and Douglas Debates Sold". Howes L-338. Sabin 41156. In original brown embossed cloth, red leather label with gilt lettering back, boards… Read more about this item Item Price
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Cherokee Hymn Book. Compiled from Several Authors and Revised
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Later Edition
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- Hardcover
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Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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NZ$336.76
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1701-1703 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia : The American Baptist Publication Society Bound in original green cloth with Cherokee alphabet printed rear covers. No Date, circa 1908-1924, the dates the American Baptist Publication Society was located at 1701-1703 Chestnut St. in Philadelphia. A pocket-sized book, 3 1/2" x 5 1/4", 96 pages with Index. Without music, except "The Land of Beulah"… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$336.76
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(Scrapbook and Photo Album) 1926-1951 Original Highly Detailed Scrapbook of a Lone Scout / Boy Scout Scoutmaster at Camp Sandison, Turkey Run State Park, Terre Haute, Indiana
by Lathrop, Edward
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1926
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- Paperback
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Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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NZ$2,525.70
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Terre Haute, IN: Self-published, 1926. An exceptionally documented and detailed scrapbook and photo album compiled by Edward Lathrop, a Lone Scout from 1917-1924 and a Scoutmaster and Camp Director at Camp Sandison, Turkey Run State Park, Terre Haute, Indiana from 1926-1930. Bound in a wood panel-sided 3 ring binder with Boy Scout decal front cover, prior owner name label… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$2,525.70
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The United States with an Excursion Into Mexico. Handbook for Travellers
by Baedeker, Karl
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Very Good
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- Third Edition, Revised
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- 1904
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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NZ$1,094.47
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Leipsic : Karl Baedeker, Publisher , 1904. SCARCE in any edition in the original unprinted dust jacket with the title label affixed to the spine. In red flexible cloth binding, marbled edges, red and black ribbon markers, ciii, 660 pages with 25 maps and 35 plans. Near Fine, the front fold-out map detached leaving a triangular section still attached, that… Read more about this item Item Price
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(Advertising Card) Second Street and Hill, Looking from the Top of Bryson and Bonebrake Block, Los Angeles, CAL.
by Jersey Coffee series of Photo-Lithographic View Cards
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- Used - Good
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- Paperback
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Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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NZ$168.38
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Dayton, OH: Dayton Spice Mills No date, circa(1888) which was the year the Bryson Bonebreak Block was built in Los Angeles, and the date in ink at bottom margin below photo that someone has added. From the verso: " Handsome, Historical, Instructive. Photo-Lithographic View Cards. One card in each package of Jersey Coffee! ... Jersey Coffee is pure, clean, strong… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Group of Five Catalina, California Tourist Brochures
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- Paperback
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Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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NZ$101.03
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Avalon, CA: Santa Catalina Island Co. A goup of five tourist brochuresm no date, circa 1950s, Catalina Welcomes You, Enjoy Sightseeing Tours in Catalina, and Enjoy Undersea Gardens published by Santa Catalina Island Co. ; Hotel El Rancho A Pleasant Memory in Avalon California publ. by the Hotel, and Catalina Welcomes You , no publisher. Near Fine to Fine, Catalina… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$101.03
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History of the Shuey Family in America from 1732 to 1876
by Shuey, D. B.
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- Used - Very Good
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- First Edition
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- 1876
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- Hardcover
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Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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NZ$673.52
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Lancaster, PA: Published for Members of the Family By the Author, 1876. 279 pages. Very Good, in original black embossed cloth, gilt embossed feather front coverm gilt lettering at spine, light wear at corners and spine ends, one page with top corner creased. Pages are clean, tight, and unmarked. RARE in current commerce, regularly seen at RareBookHub at auction and… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$673.52
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(Advertising - Trolley Car) The New P-K WRIGLEY'S is Great ! "After Every Meal"
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Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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NZ$1,010.28
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Milwaukee, Wisconsin: The Gugler Litho Co. 11" h x 21" w original trolley car advertising sign for Wrigley's Chewing Gum, copyright number 102-B. No Date, circa early 1920s. Near Fine, soiling at margins and light edge wear. A SCARCE sign with exceptional and bright imagery that delights the eye, not found in online searches. Will ship flat, please… Read more about this item Item Price
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(Advertising - Trolley Car) Prevent Chafing ! An Ivory Soap Bath Leaves His Skin Smooth and Cool. His Sweet Soft Clothes are Ivory-washed, Too. IVORY SOAP 99 44/100% Pure. It Floats.
by Maud Tousey Fangel, Artist
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- Used - Very Good Plus
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- 1922
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Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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NZ$378.86
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The Proctor & Gamble Company, 1922. 11" h x 21" w original trolley car advertising sign for Ivory Soap, featuring Maud Tousey Fangel's illustration of a happy baby boy in diapers. I 207 - copyright 1922, The Proctor & Gamble co. Very Good Plus, printed on stiff cardboard, 1/2" tear top edge, faint stain right edge, light soiling and… Read more about this item Item Price
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