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Univ of Hawaii. First Edition. . Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 110 pages, Softcover in good+ condition, no dust jacket, Text clean and unmarked, binding tight. Cover shows some slight wear otherwise good+. Covers the human condition of life working on Hawaiian Plantations. This small book has become an underground classic.
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All I am Asking for is My Body
by Murayama, Milton
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Calamity Jane
by McLaird James
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Univ of Oklahoma. First Edition - 2nd Printing. . Hardcover. Good/Good. Calamity Jane by McLaird James Univ. of Ok Press, lst., 2nd printing, ISBN: 0806135913 Hardback in good+ condition with good dust jacket. Text is clean and unmarked, binding tight. Cover is very clean and shows little signs of wear. Her is the true story of Calamity Jane and her so called romance with Wild Bill Hickock. Her real name was Martha Canary, this the story of how she transformed herself from a alcoholic prostitute into a wild west heroine. She invented her legend and with her early death at age 47 her adventures grew and were exaggerated as new ones were invented. Read the true story of her life not a bed of roses by any accounts. B&W photos, bibliography, lots of notes and great index, 377 pages.
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Earth Below Heaven Above
by Strauss, Carolyn
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Scribners & Sons, 1972. First Edition. . Cloth. Very Good/Good. Earth Below Heaven Above A Portrait of India, Signed. Hardback in very good+ condition. Dust Jacket in good condition.Text is crisp and clean, binding tight no markings of any kind. Dust Jacket is good with one very small tear on rear at spine, and a dent. This book is about the Midwife in India, her travel and impressions. This is a very interesting book on India and women's history and the art of the Midwife.
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In Search of Steinbeck
by Schmitz, Ann-Marie
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Hermes, 1978. First Edition. . Cloth. Very Good/Slipcase. In Search of Steinbeck Ann-Marie Schmitz Signed Photographs Richard S. Mayer - Illustrations Wayne Garcia Hermes Pub, 1978 #1130 of 1200 numbered copies, signed by both Schmitz and Maury Dunbar to whom the book is dedicated at a later date. Hardback in slipcase in good+ condition, Slip case good+ NO DJ. Text is clean and unmarked, binding tight. Photos clean as are illustrations. This book is printed on India tweed weave paper, and bound in natural buckram cloth by Roswell Book binding. It contains 15 photo reproductions of the houses Steinbeck lived by Richard Mayer. There are illustrations by Wayne Garcia around each page number and a larger one of a tree. The book is a work of art as well as a study of John Steinbeck and how he viewed his homes and the Monterey peninsula.
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The Last of the Duchess
by Blackwood, Caroline
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Pantheon, 1995. First Edition. . Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Text clean and unmarked, binding tight, DJ good+. One of the worlds best known woman, A king gave up his throne for her yet she ended her life a prisoner of her lawyer Suzanne Blum. Blum a wily old gorgon, who was paranoid and perverse, herself loosing it thinking she was the Dutchess. The Dutchess old and ill, kept away from friends was in a bizarre and sinister relationship that ended her life.
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Man of Aztlan
by Baeza, Abelardo
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Eakin Press, 2001. First Edition. . Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Softcover in good condition, text clean, binding tight, cover good. Rudolfo Anaya is widely heralded as the "founder of Chicano Literature" His Bless Me, Ultima and many of his other works are standard texts for Chicano Studies. Signed
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A Memoir
by Bush, Barbara
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Scribners, 1994. First Edition. . Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 575 pages, Hardback in like new condition with very good DJ. Former first lady Mrs. Bush with her usual wit and candor gives readers a look at her private life as lived in the public eye. Large appendix and index.
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The Perennial Adventure
by Dakin, Susanna B
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Private Print, 1954. First Edition 3rd Printing. . Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. This is a tribute to Alice Eastwood would famed Botanist who passed away in 1953. 2000 copies printed this recalls her life and some of her short essays. Also photos and wood cuts. Printed on heavy art type paper. In addition to authors signature there is one above it of John Thomas Howell, the editor.
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Refugee Under the Boot
by Leiser, Clara
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Prentice Hall, 1940. First Edition. . Cloth. Good/Fair. Hardback in good condition, Dust Jacket Fair. Text is clean an unmarked, binding is tight, some yellowing of pages due to age, owners bookplate inside cover. Dust Jacket is a wreck see photo This is the account of Two Aryan Germans who Nazi brutality failed to crush. This is a vivid portray of life in Naziland.
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Riding for My Life
by Krone, Julie
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Little Brown, 1995. First Edition. . Cloth. Very Good/Fair. 212 pages, Hardback in good+ condition, cover is worn and has rip in front and chip out of back. This is Juile Krones life story, her love of horses, how she became a jockey, her falls and wins including the Belmont Stakes.
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Silver Kings
by Lewis Oscar
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Knopf, 1947. First Edition. . Hardcover. Good. Silver Kings by Oscar Lewis signed Knopf, 1947, lst. Hardback in good condition, NO dust jacket. Text is clean and unmarked, binding tight, some slight tanning of pages due to paper used and age. Cover shows slight signs of wear, spine is faded, owners name inside in ink, booksellers stamp rear cover, otherwise clean. This is a history of the great Silver Kings of the West. It covers the lives and times of Flood, Fair, Mackay and O'Brien known as the Lords of the Mother Lode and the Comstock Lode. B&W photos, bibliography, index, 294 pages.
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The Stuarts
by Petrie, Charles Sir
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Houghton Mifflin Co, 1937. Not Stated. . Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. The Stuarts Sir Charles Petrie Houghton Mifflin Company, 1937, 359 pages,Hardback in good+ condition, NO dust jacket. Text clean and unmarked, binding tight, cover red cloth clean and in good+ condition. This is a history of the Stuarts and the times around them. It reflects on how they were affected by the times and how in turn they effected chief events of their day on the lives of the average person. Prints and B&W photos, great index.
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Sweet Leilani
by Owens, Harry
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Hula House, 1970. First Edition. . Cloth. Very Good/Fair. Sweet Leilani who has not hear the song made famous by Owens. In this autobrigraphy Owens tell it all, show biz, music, biz, innkeeping, politics. This is a frank and entertaining book spanning from the turn of the 20th century through the 1970ies. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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Turning Point
by Carter, Jimmy
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Times Books, 1992. First Edition - 2nd Impression. . Cloth. Very Good/Good. Hardback in good+ condition. Dust Jacket good. Text is clean and unmarked, binding tight. Dust Jacket is clean and unworn; shows fold signs, unclipped, otherwise good. By Jimmy Carter, former President of the United States admired for his peacekeeping and other humanitarian works; and disliked by others for his current stand and outspoken comments against the current administration. This book tells the story of how he came to first seek office and what happened once he achieved that office. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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Twenty Thousand Years in Sing Sing
by Lawes, Lewis E
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Ray Long & Richard Smiht Inc., 1932. First Edition. . Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 411 pages, Text clean and unmarking binding good crack next to last page otherwise solid, some yellowing due to age. This is the story of Sing Sing as told by its long time Warden.
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Unexpected Destinations
by Kuno, Alkiko
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Kodansha, 1993. First Edition. . Cloth. Good/Good. Hardback in very good condition Dust Jacket fair Kodansha International Tokyo 1993, 1993. This is a first ed., signed by Akiko Kuno. Text is clean and unmarked, some slight yellowing of pages, binding tight.Dust Jacket has a large tear on cover that someone has taped closed, some bumps to end corners of jacket, unclipped. otherwise in good shape.This is the story of Sutematsu Oyama, who was sent in 1911 by the Japanese Government to be educated in the United States. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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The Woman Who Would be Queen
by Bocca. Geoffrey
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Rinehart & Co., 1954. First Edition. . Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Hardback in good+ condition, text clean and unmarked, binding tight, pages slightly tanned due to age. Cover good. This is the story of Edward and Mrs. Simpson as seen by the public 20 years later when they had entered into the world of moving from place to place among friends and enemies.
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Words of my Roaring
by Finney, Ernest J.
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Univ Califonria Press, 1998. First Edition. . Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 380 pages Signed. Softcover in good+ condition no dust jacket,Text is clean and unmarked, binding is tight. This is Finney's 2nd book. A Comic novel dealing with the politics and passion of a small town on the Canadian prairie and its resident undertaker.
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