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28 Humorous Stoties Old and New:  By Twenty and Eight Authors

28 Humorous Stoties Old and New: By Twenty and Eight Authors

by Rhys, Ernest (editor) ; Dawson-Scott, C. A. (editor)

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NY: D. Appleton & Company. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards lightly worn and sunned.. 1927. Second Printing. Hardcover. Black cloth with printed paper labels on front boards and spine. Vintage humor collection including stories by Mark Twain, Laurence Housman, Athol Forbes, Grace Rhys, W. W. Jacobs, Joseph C. Lincoln, Stephen Leacock, Saki, Jerome K. Jerome, O. Henry, P. G. Wodehouse, and others. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 342 pages .
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Abby Aldrich Rockefeller

Abby Aldrich Rockefeller

by Chase, Mary Ellen

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NY: The Macmillan Company. Good with no dust jacket; Heel of spine split, boards rubbed, owner name . on front free endpaper, soiling to frontispiece and title page.. 1950. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Red cloth binding with printed paper labels on spine and front boards. Signed by the author on the title page. Letter in envelope from previous owner to Rockefeller Foundation asking for Mr. Rockefeller to sign the book also, but no extra signature found. Frontispiece black and white portrait of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 159 pages .
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Abraham Lincoln and His Presidency: Vol. I Only

Abraham Lincoln and His Presidency: Vol. I Only

by Barrett, Joseph H.

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Cincinnati: The Robert Clarke Company. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards sunned and worn.. 1904. Hardcover. x, 379pp. Volume I only of a two volume set. Handwritten label on front pastedown: Mrs. F.B. Carpenter, with compliments of the Author, Xmas 1903. Burgundy cloth stamped in gilt on spine. Top edges gilt. Two illustrations. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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Abraham Lincoln:  A Tribute

Abraham Lincoln: A Tribute

by Bancroft, George

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NY: A. Wessels Company. Very Good with no dust jacket; Owner signature and number stamp on front . endpapers, boards rubbed, light wear to head and tail of spine.. 1908. First Edition. Hardcover. Dark green cloth with titles and laurel wreath stamped in gilt on front boards and spine. A copy of the official eulogy delivered by statesman and author George Bancroft to Congress on Lincoln's birthday following his assassination the previous year. 76pp. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 76 pages .
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Abroad with Mayor Walker

Abroad with Mayor Walker

by Fuller, Hector

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NY: Shields Publishing Co.. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards lightly worn, corners bumped.. 1928. Hardcover. Dark green cloth stamped in gilt on front boards and spine and with photo inset on same areas of the top-hatted Tammany Hall politico and Mayor of New York from 1926-1932. Includes 8 page list of prominent persons mentioned in the book. Many photos. Title continued: Being a Veritable Account of the Voyage, as Unofficial Ambassador, of the Hon. James J. Walker, Mayor of New York, on his Hard-Working Vacation to the Charming Cities of London, Dublin, Castlecomer, Berlin, Munich, Baden-Baden, Venice, The Lido, Rome and Paris. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 264 pages .
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Absurd Convictions, Modest Hopes:  Conversations after Prison with Lee  Lockwood

Absurd Convictions, Modest Hopes: Conversations after Prison with Lee Lockwood

by Berrigan, Daniel

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9780394482286
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NY: Random House. Very Good in Good dust jacket; Jacket soiled and stained.. 1972. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. 9780394482286 . xx, 227pp. Black cloth binding. The Jesuit priest and antiwar activist discusses his 17 months in federal prison. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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Ace of Spies

Ace of Spies

by Lockhart, Robert Bruce

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NY: Stein and Day. Good with no dust jacket; Covers soiled and worn, staple holes in top . corner of front free endpaper.. 1968. First American Edition. Hardcover. Photos, index. Absorbing biography of the Russian-born British master spy. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 192 pages .
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The Adams Family

The Adams Family

by Adams, James Truslow

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Boston: Little, Brown, and Company. Good with no dust jacket; Some underlining, boards rubbed, news article . about Adams scion pasted to rear page of text.. 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Maroon cloth binding. Index, illustrations. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 364 pages .
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Adirondack Pilgrimage

Adirondack Pilgrimage

by Jamieson, Paul

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9780935272369
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Glens Falls, NY: Adirondack Mountain Club. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket rubbed, owner bookplates on . front pastedown endpaper.. 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. 9780935272369 . Brown cloth binding. vi, 238pp. One of 500 first hardcover edition copies. Photos, illustrations. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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Admiral Blake

Admiral Blake

by Hannay, David

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NY: D. Appleton & Company. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards rubbed, small stain to top center of . front endpapers.. 1886. Hardcover. Green decorative cloth. vi, 194 pp. Biography of Admiral Robert Blake (1598-1657), the British naval commander and "Father of the Royal Navy". ; English Worthies; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .
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Admiral of the Amazon:  John Randolph Tucker, His Confederate Colleagues,  and Peru

Admiral of the Amazon: John Randolph Tucker, His Confederate Colleagues, and Peru

by Werlich, David P.

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Charlottesville, VA: University Press of Virginia. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Edges lightly foxed and soiled.. 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. 0813912709 . xv, 353pp. Green cloth binding. Notes, bibliography, index, maps, illustrations. Biography of the US and Confederate naval commander who also directed the Peruvian and Chlean naval fleets in their war against Spain. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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Adrian Fortescue:  A Memoir

Adrian Fortescue: A Memoir

by Vance, John G. ; Fortescue, J. W.

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London: Burns, Oates & Washbourne Ltd. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards lightly worn, owner names on front . free endpaper.. 1924. Hardcover. Black cloth binding titled in gilt. Several illustrations. vi, 62pp. Biographical chronology, list of Fortescue's literary works. A profile of the English Roman Catholic priest, theologian, artist, author, and scholar. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 62 pages .
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Affirmations

Affirmations

by Ellis, Havelock

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9780893411947
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0893411949
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London: Constable. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards lightly rubbed.. 1922. Second Edition. Hardcover. 0893411949 . Navy cloth. xii, 252pp, index. Ellis' analysis of the literature of Nietzsche, Huysmans, Casanova, St. Francis, and Zola. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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Aftermath:  Continuing "A Teacher's Avocations"

Aftermath: Continuing "A Teacher's Avocations"

by Wright, Charles B.

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Middlebury, VT: Middlebury College Press. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards rubbed, many pages uncut.. 1900. First Edition. Hardcover. Navy cloth binding with gilt lettering on spine. A collection of essays about teaching and the author's experiences at Middlebury College in Vermont. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 181 pages .
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Afterward:  Memories of Margaret and Paul

Afterward: Memories of Margaret and Paul

by Stetson, Della Ludington

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NY: Shakespeare Press. Fair with no dust jacket; Boards heavily worn at corners and spine, lower . third of backstrip missing, two owner names stamped on front free . endpaper, several pages foxed.. 1912. Private Printing. Hardcover. Two photographs of the Gloversville, New York author's children grace this memorial volume in which she outlines her son and daughter's brief lives, her religious convictions and provides Scripture and verse in a celebration of their short time on Earth. Decorative paper-covered boards with purple label on front boards. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 94 pages .
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Ake:  The Years of Childhood

Ake: The Years of Childhood

by Soyinka, Wole

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9780394528076
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0394528077
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NY: Random House. Very Good in Good dust jacket; Owner name and price sticker on front free . endpaper, jacket shelfworn.. 1981. Later Printing. Hardcover. 0394528077 . The Nigerian author's account of his childhood. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 230 pages .
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An Albany Girlhood

An Albany Girlhood

by Hamlin, Huybertie Pruyn; Kenney, Alice P. (editor)

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9780960546091
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Albany, NY: Washington Park Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1990. First Printing. Hardcover. 096054609X . Dark green cloth. Maps, notes, bibliography, index, photos. A valuable look at life in one of Albanys wealthy and powerful families during the authors lifetime (1873-1964). ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 376 pages .
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Albums of Early Life

Albums of Early Life

by Kauffmann, Stanley

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9780899190150
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0899190154
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New Haven, CT: Ticknor and Fields. Very Good in Good dust jacket; Jacket tattered and has large closed tear . at spine.. 1980. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 9780899190150 . Maroon cloth binding. Memoir by the esteemed film and theatre critic. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 229 pages .
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Alcuin, Friend of Charlemagne

Alcuin, Friend of Charlemagne

by Duckett, Eleanor Shipley

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Hamden, CT: Archon Books. Good with no dust jacket; Foxing to boards, edges, and endpapers.. 1965. Reprint. Hardcover. Orange-red cloth binding. Warmly inscribed by the author on the half-title page. Bibliography, index. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 339 pages .
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Alexander Hamilton and the Founding of the Nation

Alexander Hamilton and the Founding of the Nation

by Morris, Richard B. (editor); Hamilton, Alexander

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NY: The Dial Press. Very Good in Good dust jacket; Jacket tattered, pages lightly toned, owner name inked out on front free endpaper.. 1957. First Edition.Red cloth binding. xxi, 617pp. Index. Hamilton's published and unpublished writings on a variety of topics, selected, edited and interpreted by Morris. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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