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The American Angler's Book: Embracing The Natural History of Sporting Fish and the Art of Taking Them
by Thad. Norris
- Condition
- Used - Good
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- 1864
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Lynchburg, Virginia, USA
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NZ$590.52
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First Edition.
Book is in Good condition, with some bumping/rubbing to cover corners. Some sun fading to cover extremities and spine. Wear to spine ends. Small worn spots on cover boards. Small soil mark on rear cover board. Prior owner name in front endpaper. Note written in ink on title page, dated Nov 19th 1864. Some light scattered spotting in pages,… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$590.52
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Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
by Robert Louis Stevenson
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Published
- 1895
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Lynchburg, Virginia, USA
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NZ$421.80
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Authorized Edition.
Book is in Good condition, with light edgewear to cover, some splash marks to rear cover board. Spine lightly cocked. All pages intact. ~1/2" closed tear at top spine corner of title page. Two lines of light pencil note on rear endpaper. Pages otherwise unmarked. Item Price
NZ$421.80
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The M. Steinert Collection of Keyed and Stringed Instruments. With various treatises on the history of these instruments, the method of playing them, and their influence on musical art.
by Morris Steinert
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- Used - Good-
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- 1893
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Lynchburg, Virginia, USA
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NZ$101.23
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Book is in Good- condition, with hinges starting, title page only attached by top ~2", other pages are more secure. Couple of closed tears at edges of text pages, the paper is rather delicate. Pages unmarked. Item Price
NZ$101.23
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Youth and the Bright Medusa
by Willa Cather
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- Used - Good
- Published
- 1920
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Lynchburg, Virginia, USA
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NZ$84.36
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Book is in Good condition, with some beginning weakness to hinges and binding, but all parts intact. Pages unmarked. Item Price
NZ$84.36
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Fairyland of Science
by Buckley
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- Used - Good-
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- 1
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Lynchburg, Virginia, USA
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NZ$101.23
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No date. Prior owner gift message on front endpaper dated July 29, 1906.
A combination of a romantic and poetic appreciation for the beauty of the world, mixed with scientific facts (some now outdated) about the physical world.
Book is in Good- condition, with hinges starting, all pages still intact, some yellowing, split in binding showing mesh between pages 64/65. Item Price
NZ$101.23
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The Complete Works of Eugene O'Neill (Volume 1 ONLY)
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Published
- 1924
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Lynchburg, Virginia, USA
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NZ$337.44
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Volume 1 ONLY of signed, limited edition set of 2 volumes (No. 372 of 1200).
Book is in Good condition, with bumping/rubbing to cover corners. Spine ends lightly worn. Detailed note on volume written in pencil on front endpaper. Pages otherwise clean and tight. Item Price
NZ$337.44
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Raggedy Ann Stories
by Johnny Gruelle
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Published
- 1918
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Lynchburg, Virginia, USA
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NZ$168.72
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Unpaginated. No dust jacket.
Book is in Good condition, with edgewear to cover, mostly at corners. Some light finger smudges on the title page and opposite endpaper. Couple of parts where binding mesh is visible between pages, but nothing detached. Item Price
NZ$168.72
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Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
by Lew Wallace
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- Used - Very Good-
- Published
- 1880
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Lynchburg, Virginia, USA
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NZ$674.88
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Book is in Very Good- condition, with light edgewear to cover, mostly at spine ends. Hinges beginning to show some weakness. Prior owner name written on front endpaper in pencil. Pages otherwise unmarked and secure. Item Price
NZ$674.88
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Little Men
by Louisa M. Alcott
- Condition
- Used - Fair
- Published
- 1893
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Lynchburg, Virginia, USA
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NZ$151.85
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Book is in Fair condition, with edgewear to cover, corners lightly bumped/rubbed. Edgewear to ends of spine. Split along top 2" of top rear side of spine. Three streaks of reddish/purple stain on rear cover board. Hinges starting. Gift inscription on front endpaper, dated 1894. Pages unmarked and intact. Item Price
NZ$151.85
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
by Harriet Beecher Stowe
- Condition
- Used - Fair
- Published
- 1893
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Lynchburg, Virginia, USA
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NZ$118.10
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Book is in Fair condition, with wear to cover, front endpapers coming loose, still attached at bottom corner. Prior owner name written on front endpaper. Hinges starting. Pages age tanned and a bit brittle. Some tears to edges of title page. Item Price
NZ$118.10
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Chicago Poems
by Carl Sandburg
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- Used - Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1916
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Lynchburg, Virginia, USA
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NZ$371.18
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First Edition, First State. 'Published April, 1916' on copyright page. "(3'16)" to the base of first page of ads bound in rear of book.
Book is in Good condition, with light bumping to cover corners, couple of small light soil marks to front cover board. Some entries in table of contents have small pencil stars next to them. Page 40 has… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$371.18
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Science of Trapping: Describes the Fur Bearing Animals, Their Nature, Habits and Distribution, with Practical Methods for Their Capture
by E. Kreps
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- Used - Good-
- Published
- 1909
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Lynchburg, Virginia, USA
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NZ$42.18
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Revised Edition. Book in Good- condition, with white soil marks across front cover and spine. Pages unmarked and secure. Item Price
NZ$42.18
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Indian Basketry
by George Wharton James
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Published
- 1902
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Lynchburg, Virginia, USA
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NZ$33.74
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Second Edition.
Book is in Good condition, with edgewear to cover, two light dampstains from glass bottoms on front cover. Pages 190-274 plus endpapers have some water damage and pages have been torn back apart at edges, all text still readable. Item Price
NZ$33.74
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Tristram and Isoult
by Martha W. Austin
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- Used - Good-
- Published
- 1905
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Lynchburg, Virginia, USA
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NZ$84.36
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Book is in Good- condition, with edgewear, mostly at ends of spine, cover corners severely bumped. Some light soiling to cover. Prior owner bookplate on front pastedown. Top edge corner of front endpaper clipped. Foxing throughout pages. Pages unmarked. Item Price
NZ$84.36
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Historical Lights: Six Thousand Quotations from Standard Histories and Biographies
by Charles E. Little
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- Used - Good-
- Published
- 1896
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Lynchburg, Virginia, USA
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NZ$50.62
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Book is in Good- condition, with significant wear, chipping, and soiling to cover. Bottom ~2" of spine torn at front corner. Some general soiling and dampstain in first 22 pages of book. After that, pages relatively clean. Item Price
NZ$50.62
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The Book of Concord; or, The Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church
by Henry Eyster Jacobs (Editor)
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- Used - Good-
- Published
- 1911
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Lynchburg, Virginia, USA
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NZ$50.62
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Book is in Good- condition, with some light bumping to cover corners, some very light edgewear to spine ends. "Private library of NAME" stamp on top edge corner of front endpaper. Front hinge starting, all pages still fully attached. Text pages unmarked. Item Price
NZ$50.62
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Tarzan of the Apes
by Edgar Rice Burroughs
- Condition
- Used - Fair
- Published
- 1914
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Lynchburg, Virginia, USA
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NZ$168.72
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First A. L. Burt edition.
All pages still attached. Book is in Fair condition, with both hinges hanging on by less than half the webbing. Joints intact. Cover details/lettering faded, chipped. Endpapers through title page are coming loose at bottom ~1". Some other spots of weakness to binding throughout, but everything intact currently. Prior owner name written on front endpaper, otherwise… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$168.72
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China: A General Description of that Empire and Its Inhabitants
by Sir John Francis Davis
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 1857
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Lynchburg, Virginia, USA
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NZ$674.88
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Complete 2 volume set. A new edition, revised and enlarged. Books are in Very Good condition.
Volume 1 has a gift note dated 1862 in front endpapers.
Volume 2 has most edgewear, with red scratch to top of front cover.
Both volumes have light edgewear to covers. Corners bumped. Couple of small spots in endpapers. Text pages otherwise clean and tight. Item Price
NZ$674.88
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare (Complete in One Volume)
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 1827
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Lynchburg, Virginia, USA
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NZ$134.98
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare, printed from the text of the corrected copies of Steevens and Malone with A Life of the Poet, by Charles Symmons, D.D.
Book is in Very Good- condition, with edgewear to cover, corners bumped/rubbed. Foxing in front endpapers. Bit of yellowing throughout. Text pages otherwise clean and secure. Item Price
NZ$134.98
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The Life of George Washington (Vol. 2 ONLY)
by John Marshall
- Condition
- Used - Good-
- Published
- 1832
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Lynchburg, Virginia, USA
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NZ$210.90
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Second edition, revised. Volume 2 ONLY.
Book is in Good- condition, with strips of the top layer of leather cover torn but still attached. Edgewear to cover, corners bumped/rubbed. Spine faded and worn, leather chipping away. Heavy foxing throughout. Pages otherwise clean and intact. Prior owner name written on front pastedown. Item Price
NZ$210.90