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The Princess and the Pea

The Princess and the Pea

by Vaes, Alain

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9780316896337
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0316896330
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Boston, MA: Little, Brown. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2001. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0316896330 . Color Illustrations; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. .
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Vigilante Justice

Vigilante Justice

by Valentine, Alan

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New York: Reynal & Company. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1956. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has sevearl edge tears, a tear to the center of the spine, and some light toning. "Alan Chester Valentine (February 23, 1901 – July 14, 1980) was an American academic who competed on the gold-medal winning American rugby union team in the 1924 Summer Olympics, was president of the University of Rochester, and served in the Truman Administration as a Marshall Plan official and as the first head of the Economic Stabilization Agency." (from Wikipedia) .
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Tungsten

Tungsten

by Vallejo, Cesar (translated by Robert Mezey)

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ISBN 13
9780815602262
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081560226X
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Syracuse, NY: Syracuse Univ Pr. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1988. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 081560226X . This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "César Abraham Vallejo Mendoza (March 16, 1892 – April 15, 1938) was a Peruvian poet, writer, playwright, and journalist. Although he published only two books of poetry during his lifetime, he is considered one of the great poetic innovators of the 20th century in any language. He was always a step ahead of literary currents, and each of his books was distinct from the others, and, in its own sense, revolutionary. Thomas Merton called him "the greatest universal poet since Dante". The late British poet, critic and biographer Martin Seymour-Smith, a leading authority on world literature, called Vallejo "the greatest twentieth-century poet in… Read More
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The Greene Murder Case

The Greene Murder Case

by Van Dine, S. S.( Willard Huntington Wright)

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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Very Good-. 1928. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. First edition, second state with copyright page reading copyright 1927, 1928. The frontice has a black and white woodcut illustration of the Greene Mansion by Lowell L. Balcom. 388 pages plus one page of ads (ads on verso and recto). This is the third Philo Vance Mystery. S. S. Van Dine is the Pseudonym of Willard Huntington Wright. This book is in Very Good- condition and is lacking the dust jacket. The book covers have bumping, rubbing and general wear and small bits of fraying. The covers have some ground-in dirt and spots of color loss, especially to the front cover. The lettering on the spine of the book is noticeably flaked - and some words are completely flaked away. The text pages are generally clean and bright. There is a previous owner's bookplate on the front pastedown (Marie Pepe) . The front endpaper has a penciled previous owner's name and there is an inch long red ink mark… Read More
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Pictorial Review: Beginning The Dragon Murder Case (first Installment)   Vol. XXXIV, No. 9 (June...

Pictorial Review: Beginning The Dragon Murder Case (first Installment) Vol. XXXIV, No. 9 (June - 1933)

by Van Dine, S. S. / Pictorial Review Company

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New York: Pictorial Review Company. Very Good-. 1933. Magazine. B&W and Color Illustrations; This is an oversized magazine (folio sized) Included is the first installment of The Dragon Murder Case by S. S. Van Dine. The magazine is in Very Good- condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The magazine covers have some bumping and wear to the spine ends and corners. There is tearing and chipping to the bottom spine end of the book cover. The bottom third of the front cover has spots of foxing / discoloration. The text pages are clean and bright. Included are: Daughter of Strife part III by JOhn T. McIntyre, Three Who Were Strong: conclusion by Barbara Webb, Telerad by Gerald Mygott, It's Hard to Tell by Maude Weatherly Beamish, and more. .
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Aunt Jane's Nieces Abroad
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Aunt Jane's Nieces Abroad

by Van Dyne, Edith (pseudonym of L. Frank Baum)

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Chicago, IL: Reilly & Britton Co.. Very Good+. 0. Early printing. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book covers are clean and bright. There is some beginning bumping to the spine ends of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. This is an early printing, but not first edition. There is an advertisment on the reverse of the half title page featuring the Boy's Big Game Series. .
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Pacific Fire

Pacific Fire

by Van Eekhout, Greg

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ISBN 13
9780765328564
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0765328569
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New York: Tor Books. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2015. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0765328569 . This is the sequel to California Bones. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. The text pages are clean and bright. "Greg van Eekhout is a science fiction and fantasy writer. His "In the Late December" (2003) was nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Short Story, and his middle-grade fantasy novel The Boy at the End of the World was nominated for the 2012 Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy. " (from Wikipedia) .
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Pictorial History Of The French Air Force Volume 1909-1940

Pictorial History Of The French Air Force Volume 1909-1940

by Van Haute, Andre

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London, England: Ian Allan Ltd. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1974. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is mostly clean and bright, with some light rubbing and edge wear to the top spine end of the dust jacket. "The Pictorial History series from Ian Allan was highly illustrated series of books covering a wide range of civil and military aviation subjects. Each book comprised a narrative history of typically 100 pages length, followed by a separate section of another 100 pages or so containing b+w photographs printed on glossy paper. The quality of the photos is a bit variable, but many of them were quite rare." (aeroflight aviation books) .
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Ancestral Voices

Ancestral Voices

by Van Heerden, Etienne (translated by Malcolm Hacksley)

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1st American Edition; 1st Printing
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Hardcover
ISBN 13
9780670828319
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0670828319
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New York, NY: Viking. Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket. 1992. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0670828319 . This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There are three tiny spots to the rear book cover. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "Despite at times at odds with the apartheid government, van Heerden never left South Africa permanently, and now teaches at the University of Cape Town, where he is the Hofmeyr Professor in the School of Languages and Literatures, and chairs the Afrikaans and Netherlandic Studies Section. His current activities at the University of Cape Town include the supervision of Creative Writing, where he has led a generation of young Afrikaans authors to published status, and the lecturing of courses in Literary Theory, Media Studies, and South African and Dutch Literature. " (from Wikipedia) .
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A Home & a Price 75 Years of History with the California Canning Peach  Association
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A Home & a Price 75 Years of History with the California Canning Peach Association

by Van Konynenburg, Frank A

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Lafayette, CA: California Canning Peach Association. Very Good+. 1997. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. B&W Illustrations; SIGNED EDITION. This copy has been signed, with a short inscription, on the front endpaper. This is a slightly larger than trade sized paperback book. The book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. There is some beginning bumping, rubbing and wear to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and wear. ; Signed by Author .
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The Story of the Pacific

The Story of the Pacific

by Van Loon, Hendrik Willem

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New York, NY: Harcourt, Brace and Company. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1940. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. There is some light bumping to the spine ends of the book cover. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's bookplate on the half title page. The price clipped dust jacket has several small edge chips and nicks, along with spots of rubbing and a couple of smallish spots of discoloration. "From the 1910s until his death, Van Loon wrote many books, illustrating them himself. Best remembered among these is The Story of Mankind (1921) , a history of the world intended for children, which won the first Newbery Medal in 1922. The book was later updated by Van Loon, then again by his son, and later still by other historians. He wrote many popular books aimed at young adults. As a writer… Read More
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Good Tidings
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Good Tidings

by Van Loon, Hendrik Willem (with Music by Grace Castagnetta)

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New York, NY: American Artists Group, Inc.. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1941. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; SIGNED EDITION. This copy has been signed by both the author and the creator of the music. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. There is some beginning bumping and rubbing to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. This copy has been signed on the half title page by both the author and the music creator. The dust jacket has some light edge wear, rubbing and a couple of small nicks and chips. "Grace Castagnetta was a pianist, writer, and composer. She was born in New York (sources say either 1909 or 1912) , and collaborated with many well known authors and illustrators of the 20th century on musical books for children, including Van Loon and Virginia Lee Burton." (from the UMN library website) ; Signed by Author .
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The Sunset Warrior

The Sunset Warrior

by Van Lustbader, Eric

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ISBN 13
9780385129671
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038512967X
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New York: Doubleday & Company. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1977. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 038512967X . This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The spine ends of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing, especially the bottom spine end. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is mostly clean and bright, but has rubbing and wear to both top and bottom spine ends, and some beginning toning to the spine joints. The top spine end of the text block has several small spots of discoloration. This is the author's first book. "Lustbader was born and raised in Greenwich Village, where he developed interests in art and writing. He lived downstairs from actress Lauren Bacall and built orange-crate racers in Washington Square Park with actors Keith and David Carradine. He is a graduate of Columbia College, with a degree in sociology. Before turning… Read More
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One Jump Ahead

One Jump Ahead

by Van Name, Mark L.

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Hardcover
ISBN 13
9781416520856
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1416520856
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Riverdale, NY: Baen. Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket. 2007. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 1416520856 . Cover Art; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. There is some light bumping to both top and bottom spine ends. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "Van Name's first professionally published science fiction short story was "My Sister, My Self", in 1984, in the anthology Isaac Asimov's Tomorrow's Voices. His first novel, One Jump Ahead, was published by Baen Books in 2007, and won the Compton Crook Award for Best First Novel in the Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror genres in 2008. It is the first book in the Jon and Lobo series, of which he published another four books until 2012. " (from Wikipedia) .
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Children No More

Children No More

by Van Name, Mark L.

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Hardcover
ISBN 13
9781439133651
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1439133654
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New York, NY: Baen. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2010. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 1439133654 . Cover Art; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. .
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Slanted Jack

Slanted Jack

by Van Name, Mark L.

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Hardcover
ISBN 13
9781416555490
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1416555498
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Riverdale, NY: Baen. Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket. 2008. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 1416555498 . Cover Art; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. There is some light bumping to the spine ends of the book cover. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. .
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Cloudcry

Cloudcry

by Van Scyoc, Sydney J

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Hardcover
ISBN 13
9780399119477
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0399119477
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New York: Berkley Pub. Corp. : Distributed By Putnam. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1977. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0399119477 . This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "According to book reviewer Dani Zweig, coming of age and human evolution are common themes in Scyoc's books. In the novel Assignment Nor'Dyren, the two main characters are young humans off on an adventure visiting an alien world. Tollan Bailey has not been able to fit into the post-industrial work force of Earth, but the world Nor'Dyren provides an environment well suited to his interests. Laarica Johns is the other main human character, struggling to develop a career and escape from her over-protective parents. The theme of evolution is also present in Assignment Nor'Dyren, with questions raised about how human-like species… Read More
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Race Car Engineering & Mechanics

Race Car Engineering & Mechanics

by Van Valkenburgh, Paul

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Hardcover
ISBN 13
9780396072010
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0396072011
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New york: Dodd, Mead & Co. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1976. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0396072011 . B&W Photographs; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has a couple of edge nicks, tears and spots of rubbing. There is a chip missing from the top spine end. "Paul Van Valkenburgh is an American journalist and author best known for his work in the field of auto racing. His last name is sometimes abbreviated "VanValkenburgh". He bears no immediate relation to Paul Van Valkenburgh of Ormond Beach, Florida who claimed to have written the song "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini". " (from Wikipedia) .
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The Weapon Makers

The Weapon Makers

by Van Vogt, A. E. (Alfred Elton Van Vogt )

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New York: Ace Books. Very Good+. 1952. Reprint. Paperback. SIGNED EDITION. This is a mass market paperback book. The book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light edge wear and rubbing. The text pages are clean and bright. "Alfred Elton van Vogt ( April 26, 1912 – January 26, 2000) was a Canadian-born science fiction author regarded as one of the most popular, influential and complex practitioners of the mid-twentieth century, the genre's so-called Golden Age." "After starting his writing career by writing for true-confession style pulp magazines such as True Story, van Vogt decided to switch to writing something he enjoyed, science fiction. He was inspired by the August 1938 issue of Astounding Science Fiction, which he picked up at a newsstand. The story "Who Goes There?" led him to write "Vault of the Beast", which he submitted to that same magazine. It was… Read More
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The Mating Cry
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The Mating Cry

by Van Vogt, A. E. (Alfred Elton Van Vogt)

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New York, NY: Beacon Books. Very Good. 1960. 1st Edition Thus; 1st Printing. Paperback. Cover Art; This is a mass market paperback book (first edition thus, printed first as The House that Stood Still). Book number 298. This copy is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. There are a couple of light creases to the covers and a couple of spots of discoloration (mostly to the rear cover) . The text pages are generally clean. "Van Vogt systematized his writing method, using scenes of 800 words or so where a new complication was added or something resolved. Several of his stories hinge on temporal conundra, a favorite theme. He stated that he acquired many of his writing techniques from three books: Narrative Technique by Thomas Uzzell, The Only Two Ways to Write a Story by John Gallishaw, and Twenty Problems of the Fiction Writer by Gallishaw. He also claimed many of his ideas came from dreams; throughout his writing life he arranged to be awakened every 90 minutes… Read More
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