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Last Train To Paradise
by Les Standiford
LES STANDIFORD is the author of eight critically acclaimed novels, including most recently Bone Key, as well as several works of nonfiction. He has received the Frank O’Connor Award for Short Fiction and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Florida Division of Cultural Affairs. Since 1981 he has lived in Miami with his wife and three children. They are themselves survivors of Hurricane Andrew.
Florida History Books & Ephemera
The Rogue Republic How Would-Be Patriots Waged the Shortest Revolution in American History
by Davis, William C
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2011. First Printing. Hardcover. 0151009252 . Book is clean and tight. Corners and ends of spine are bumped and shelf worn. The founding of the Republic of West Florida, which lasted 78 days. ; 9.10 X 5.90 X 1.50 inches; 400 pages .
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NZ$33.99
They all called it tropical: True tales of the romantic Everglades, Cape Sable, and the Florida Keys
by Brookfield, Charles M
Historical Association of Southern Florida, 1985. 9th. paperback. Very Good. 8x5x0. Minor shelf wear, rear cover has a sticker remnant, binding tight, pages clean and unmarked. "This volume highlights the human history of the Everglades National Park and and the adjacent Florida Keys. It reveals little-known facts of the drama enacted about Cape Sable and other sections of the stranger than fiction land" - John D. Pennekamp
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NZ$28.89
Centre St. Fernandina Historic District
by None Stated
Amelia Island Fernandina Restoration Foundation, Inc, 1976-01-01. Paperback. Very Good. 0x0x0. Minor shelf wear, front cover ha writing, binding tight, pages clean and unmarked. 31 pages, black and white illustrations of architectural highlights of Centre St.
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NZ$28.84
The Story of Old St. Augustine, Oldest City in the United States
by W. Howard Lee
St. Augustine: W. Howard Lee, 1951. Softcover. Near Fine in color illustrated wraps. Published with the support of the St. Augustine Historical Society, The National Park Service and the St Augustine and St. John's County Chamber of Commerce.
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NZ$25.49
Nesting Ecology of Snail Kites in Water Conservation Area 3A, Final Report
by Bennetts, Robert E, Michael W. Collopy and Steven R. Beissinger
Gainesville, FL: Dept of Wildlife and Range Sciences, University of Florida. Very Good. 1988. Paperback. Softcover, tables, graphs, literature cited; 4to; xiv + 173 pages .
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NZ$67.98
Our Fascinating Past: Charlotte Harbor, The Later Years
by Lindsey, Williams & U.S. Cleveland
Punta Gorda, FL: Charlotte Harbor Area Historical Society. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1996. Hardcover. 0965348911 . Small remainder mark on top edge, In VG+ DJ (in protector) ; Blue hardback binding. B&W illustrations, index. History of Southwest Florida community. ; 8vo (9.10 X 6.30 X 1.50 inches); 480 pages .
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NZ$20.39
The U.S. Navy in Pensacola: From Sailing Ships to Naval Aviation,1825-1930
by Pearce, George F
Gainesville: Univ Pr of Florida. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1980. Hardcover. 0813006651 . In lightly rubbed DJ ; Blue hardcover binding. B&W photos, notes, bibliography, index ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; viii + 207 pages .
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NZ$23.11
The Everglades: River of Grass
by Stoneman Douglas, Marjory
Paperback. Very Good.
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NZ$28.83
A Journal of the Proceedings of the House of Representatives of the General Assembly of the State of Florida at Its Twelfth Session
by [Florida 1852]
Tallahassee, FL: Office of the Floridian & Journal, Printed by Dyke & Carlisle, 1862. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. A nicely-bound volume of the daily log of this legislative session in the Florida House, which ran from November 17, 1862 to December 15, 1862. The governor, John Milton, opened the session with a defiant message in the face of considerable setbacks to Florida in the early years of the Civil War: "Our enemy, the United States, have (sic) taken possession of Pensacola, Fernandina,...
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NZ$1,019.64
Venice Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow, Including Osprey, Nokomis, Englewood & North Port
by James Curtis [Editor]
Lindsay Curtis Publishing Co, 1984-01-01. Paperback. Very Good. 11x8x0. Softcover. Minor shelf wear, binding tight, pages clean and unmarked. 94 pages, profusely illustrated with black and white photos.
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NZ$42.43
![Our Trip of 1925 [manuscript caption title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/798/872/1457872798.0.b.jpg)
Our Trip of 1925 [manuscript caption title]
by [Florida]. [Early Automobile Travel]
[Various locations including Florida, Missouri, and South Dakota], 1925. Very good.. Forty-five leaves, encompassing approximately fifty pages of manuscript narrative written in white ink, interspersed with 108 photographs and a handful of ephemeral items. Oblong octavo. Contemporary red cloth photograph album, black letters on front cover, string tied. Minor edge wear. A few leaves detached, several leaves of narrative faded and difficult to decipher. Still, a wonderful and unique production. A...
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NZ$1,614.43
Florida, New York: Orange County, An Early Look At Its Faces, Places And Winding Staircases
by The Florida Historical Society
Unionville: The Florida Historical Society, 2002. Cloth. A near fine copy with penciled inscription to free endpaper in a very good dust jacket with a few closed tears.. ix, 262 pp. Illus. with b/w photos. 4to. Histories, architecture, maps. An excellent production.
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NZ$84.97
![Florida Illustrated: St. Augustine, Jacksonville, St. Johns River, Ocklawaha River [cover title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/207/934/244934207.0.b.jpg)
Florida Illustrated: St. Augustine, Jacksonville, St. Johns River, Ocklawaha River [cover title]
by [Viewbook]
[NY: A. Wittemann], 1885. Accordion viewbook, 5 3/4 x 4 3/4 inches, 33 captioned views on 12 plates. Includes historic sites and architecture of the two cities, river scenes, African-American life, etc. One of several issues. Cf. Servies 8030. Original cloth-backed gilt-stamped boards (rubbed, pastedown on rear board cracked); adhesion damage to captions on several plates. Good copy only.
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NZ$212.42
![[Annotated Vernacular Photograph Album, With Rare Images Showing the Aftermath of the Great Jacksonville Fire of 1901]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/790/872/1457872790.0.b.jpg)
[Annotated Vernacular Photograph Album, With Rare Images Showing the Aftermath of the Great Jacksonville Fire of 1901]
by [Florida]
[Various locations in Florida], 1901. About very good.. [16] leaves, illustrated with thirty-two original vernacular photographs, all 3.5 x 3.5 inches, most with manuscript captions in ink above the images. Oblong octavo. Contemporary gray paper wrappers, white titles on front cover. Spine mostly split, a few shallow chips to edges. Internally clean. A small but important vernacular photograph album containing rare views of the devastation wrought by the Great Fire of 1901 in Jacksonville, Florida,...
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NZ$2,294.19
WHAT A BODY! **LOCKED ROOM/IMPOSSIBLE CRIME**
by Green, Alan
1951: Dell Publishing Company, Inc., 1951. 1st pbk printing, February 1951. Dell # 483 [.25 cover price]. Reading crease, long shallow cover crease, spine edges rubbed, lightly soiled at rear. Cover illustration by Gil Darling. Rear cover is interesting. Instead of the usual Map this one has "A Comparison Test Chart between this book and a woman. Why is it more interesting to spend an evening with this book than a beautiful woman?" This is the only such "chart" in the Dell series. (see photo). The first...
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NZ$48.94
AND THE GIRL SCREAMED
by Brewer, Gill
N.Y.: Crest Books: Fawcett Publications, 1956. 1st edition, October 1956, so stated. Paperback Original. Crest Books #147 [.25 cover price]. Vintage paperback. Cover Illustration by Lu Kimmel. Spine edges rubbed, a few scrapes at rear, lightly soiled, else a very good, tight copy. a 1956 pulp classic by Brewer, who wrote like crazy for many years, churning out top-notch pulp novel after top-notch pulp novel. This one centers around a familiar theme of a man on the run from the law because of a murder...
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NZ$24.47
Florida, My Eden (Stresau Landscape Design Series)
by Stresau, Frederic B
Port Salerno (FL): Florida Classics Library, 1986. First Edition, First Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good -/No Dust-jacket. In Wraps; Covers are clean and bright; front cover has some curling at upper left corner caused by some scuffing of top right corner of pages in book seen on both right and upper book edges at corner, possible a puppy chew? Damage does not affect text or images and is limited to extreme edges/corners; book interior is clean and tight; page 159/160, "Neriium Oleander 'Petite'...
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NZ$16.21
A. C. Frizzell: His Family, Life, and Times
by Frizzell, Cheryl
NP: Self-Published. Very Good+. 2018. Paperback. 172055479X . Softcover. B&W and color illustrations, endnotes, bibliogaphy. Bio of Southwest Florida land barron; 8vo (6 X 0.59 X 9 inches); 250 pages .
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NZ$16.31
SPANISH HOOF
by Peck, Robert Newton
New York: Knopf, 1985 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 181 pgs, boards. A poignant novel of growing up, set on a Florida cattle ranch in 1933..
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NZ$50.98
Postcards of Old Key West
by Malone, Shelley Boyd and Phyllis Bostrum Strunk
Key West, FL: Malone & Strunk. Very Good+. 1989. Paperback. 0962437905 . Softcover. Color illustrations. Examples of old Key West postcards with detailed descriptions; Square 4to; 64 pages .
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NZ$61.18
HOME AGAIN
by Scott, Margaret
Philadelphia: Westiminister, 1943. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ in a Very Good dustjacket. From the dj flap " Home Again is a story of contrast and conflict-warm and mellow as Florida's sunshine-gay and turbulent as New York itself.".
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NZ$37.39
Fine Interiors of Naples, Florida
by Garbo, Lauri
Naples, FL: Twin Lights Publishers. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2003. First Printing. Hardcover. 188543541X . In VG DJ ; Brown cloth hardback. 1st printing. 128 pp. Color photos & description of the interiors of Naples, FL luxury homes; 4to; 128 pages .
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NZ$20.39
BLOOMSDAY FOR MAGGIE
by McNeer, May
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1976. Book. Illus. by Lynd Ward. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 246 pgs, cloth. This story set in Florida during Prohibition is about a young woman & her baptism by fire as a newspaper reporter..
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NZ$50.98
RACCOONS & EAGLES Two Views of American Wildlife
by Redford, Polly
NY: Dutton, 1965. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Illustrated with photos..
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NZ$37.39
RE-DISCOVER FLORIDA
by Dunn, Hampton
Tampa: Trend House. Very Good-. 1973. Softcover. Inscribed and signed by author on title-page: "To colleen With Warm Regards Hampton Dunn". Includes author's business card. Some wear to the front cover at the top of the spine. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 85 pages; Signed by Author .
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NZ$16.99
