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314pp, First Edition, First Printing. Near Fine, two previously dogeared pages and one highlighted sentence, otherwise clean book and text block. Becker was the posthumous winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1973 for General Nonfiction, the book is an intriguing examination of humankind's awareness of one's eventual death and how sublimating this awareness has affected human behavior throughout history.

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1968. First printing. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. 317pp, dark blue cloth w/gilt lettering on spine, book is bright and crisp, close to as new condition with no marks of any kind, dj w/mylar cover has yellowing on inside flaps, light rubbing on back and slight scuffing on the word John on the spine. 308 poems, completing his epic poem series, "The Dream Songs." A beautiful copy.

Fine copy of Bevelin's compendium of answers to questions such as Why do we behave like we do? What do we want out of life? based on his readings in biology, psychology, neuroscience, physics and mathematics. Includes content from Darwin, Albert Einstein, Richard Feynman, and Bevelin's business heroes, Warren Buffett and Charles Munger. Interesting and highly informative

511pp, maroon boards with gilt lettering on cover and spine, roughcut pages, 16 illustrations by F.H Townsend. Slight wear on spine extremities, light foxing in places does not touch text block. 2 pages of advertisement in rear for other volumes. Clean copy of this reprint of Bronte's second novel originally published in 1849. Scarce in this unmarked condition. The novel is set against the backdrop of the Luddite uprisings in the Yorkshire textile industry. The novel's popularity led to Shirley's becoming a woman's name. The title character was given the name that her father had intended to give a son. Before the publication of the novel Shirley was an uncommon but distinctly male name. Today it is regarded as a distinctly female name.

454pp. As New copy in As New dj with protective clear cover. Pristine first edition/first printing of this massively successful novel. With eighty million sold, this is the earliest version of the book.