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![A Guide to the Iliad](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/531/271/1608271531.0.m.jpg)
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A Guide to the Iliad
by James C. Hogan
- Condition
- Used - Good+
- Edition
- 1st
- Published
- 1979
- Binding
- Good; cover has peeled away slightly at bottom edge
- ISBN
- 9780385145190
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Lemoyne, Pennsylvania, USA
- Item Price
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NZ$49.95
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This is a first edition literary criticism of the Iliad from experienced classics professor James C. Hogan. It is in very good condition, save for slight peeling at the bottom edge of the spine (see pictures). Otherwise, this volume looks practically new. It even provides a useful index of greek words in the back of the book! Item Price
NZ$49.95
![Possessing the Secret of Joy](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/944/588/1605588944.0.m.jpg)
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Possessing the Secret of Joy
by Alice Walker
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- 1st
- Published
- 1992
- Binding
- Excellent condition
- ISBN
- 9780151731527
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Lemoyne, Pennsylvania, USA
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NZ$141.52
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This first-edition copy of Posessing the Secret of Joy by acclaimed author Alice Walker is in very good condition. The dust jacket containing the original cover artwork contains minor wear for its age, but the binding is in excellent condition. It is a beautiful-looking classic novel containing an even more powerful story inside. Item Price
NZ$141.52
![The Philadelphia Murder Story](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/500/942/1549942500.0.m.jpg)
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The Philadelphia Murder Story
by Leslie Ford
- Condition
- Used
- Edition
- 1st
- Published
- 1945
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Lemoyne, Pennsylvania, USA
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NZ$66.60
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One of the earlier titles by the American author Zenith Brown under this pseudonym. An attractive copy, with jacket by artwork by well-known jacket artist Stead. Item Price
NZ$66.60
![Around the World in Eighty Days](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/799/995/1548995799.0.m.jpg)
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Around the World in Eighty Days
by Jules Verne
- Condition
- Used - Good-
- Jacket Condition
- n/a
- Published
- 1873
- Binding
- Good for the book's age
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Lemoyne, Pennsylvania, USA
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NZ$416.25
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This is a charming copy of the Jules Verne story that has seen the most translations and widest range of publishers even though it isn't aligned with Verne's usual futuristic/science fiction genre. In the story, Phileas Fogg of London and his newly employed French valet Passepartout attempt to circumnavigate the world in 80 days on a £20,000 wager set by… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$416.25
![THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/514/481/1535481514.0.m.jpg)
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THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY
by Robert James Waller
- Condition
- As New
- Edition
- 1st Printing
- Published
- 1992-04
- Binding
- In perfect condition
- ISBN
- 9780446516525
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Lemoyne, Pennsylvania, USA
- Item Price
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NZ$74.92
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This hardcover first edition of Robert James Waller's The Bridges of Madison County is in perfect condition. The pages, the binding and the dust jacket all look new. There are not folds, rips or markings at all. Item Price
NZ$74.92
![Westward Ho!](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/055/272/1534272055.0.m.0.jpg)
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Westward Ho!
by Charles Kingsley
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good-
- Published
- 1936
- Binding
- In very good condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Lemoyne, Pennsylvania, USA
- Item Price
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NZ$83.25
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Black cloth boards with gilt spine titles and lovely colorful front cover illustration of a ship on the sea. Full color pastedown illustration on the front cover. Pictorial endpapers. The title page has color illustration, and is dated MCMXXXVI (1936). The binding is good and tight. The dust jacket is in tact, but torn more than halfway up along the… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$83.25
![Kon-Tiki](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/646/635/1458635646.0.m.jpg)
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Kon-Tiki
by Thor Heyerdahl
- Condition
- Used
- Jacket Condition
- Some Rips/Tears
- Published
- 1950
- Binding
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Lemoyne, Pennsylvania, USA
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NZ$58.28
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Kon-Tiki by Thor Heyerdahl, Vintage 1950 Book Club Edition/This hardcover edition of Kon-Tiki has some rips/tears in the dust jacket but is in otherwise good condition. There is also a signature from a previous owner on the second page (see photo). - Rand McNally
Kon-Tiki is the record of an astonishing adventure -- a journey of 4,300 nautical miles… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$58.28
![Gone With the Wind](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/681/528/1458528681.0.m.jpg)
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Gone With the Wind
by Margaret Mitchell
- Condition
- Used
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Second Printing of First Edition June 1936
- Published
- 1937
- Binding
- The binding pulls away from the book at the top of the volume and is worn at the bottom.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Lemoyne, Pennsylvania, USA
- Item Price
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NZ$416.25
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This vintage volume of Gone With the Wind is from the second printing of the first edition. There is no dust jacket and it remains as a hardcover, original gray cloth. Mitchell's classic was first printed in May and the first two printings are both uncommon and collectible. There is also the inscription of a former… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$416.25
![War and Remembrance](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/145/507/1458507145.0.m.jpg)
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War and Remembrance
by Herman Wouk
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good-
- Edition
- First Trade Edition
- Published
- 1978
- ISBN
- 9780316955010
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Lemoyne, Pennsylvania, USA
- Item Price
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NZ$49.95
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This first trade edition of Herman Wouk's War and Remembrance is in good condition. Within the front cover, there is a personal note, written in pen, from a daughter to her parents and dated 1978. There is also an Ex Libris book plate with the parents' names on it. Item Price
NZ$49.95