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1 Avon Bedside Companion
Avon 109 1947 1st paperback Very Good 
Paperback original. Tape repair to spine head; vertical reading crease; pages toned; cover a bit soiled; other minor wear. 
Price: 5.00 USD
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2 Ice Cold Lemonade
Samuel Lowe VG 
A Wheel Toy Book. Some fraying to spine, otherwise in nice shape; wheels intact. No date, but early 50's 
Price: 15.00 USD
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3 Chit Chat for Children
McLoughlin Bros. 1898 Fair 
Pictorial boards. Illustrated. Pages quite browned and last page detached. There may be pages missing, as they are unnumbered. Still, a nice little Victorian children's book. 
Price: 10.00 USD
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4 The Three Little Pigs
Whitman 1953 1st VG 
A Tell-A-Tale Book. Illustrated boards. Spine chipped. Postage $2. 
Price: 5.00 USD
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5 Tommy Snooks
Rand McNally Fair 
Spine perished; contents good. Illustrated by Blanche Fisher Wright 
Price: 8.00 USD
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6 My Picture-Book
American Tract Fair 
19th century children's book. Some pages loose. Illustrated. First illustration colored in. 
Price: 10.00 USD
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7 Prayers for Children
Little Golden Book 205 1952 1st NF 
illustrated by Eloise Wilkin. First printing with A present on back page. 
Price: 20.00 USD
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8 The Jewelled Tomb
Werner Co. 1899 Good 
Cover damp-stained. 
Price: 8.00 USD
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9 Rainy Day Fun
Samuel Lowe 1952 
A Bonnie Activity Book. One page colored in; all other pages intact. Pictorial boards with cut-out; cardboard a little weak on cut-out otherwise book is bright and tight. 
Price: 16.00 USD
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10 Animals I Know
Sam'l Gabriel 1923 
Color illustratrations. Shelf-worn and pages loosened but not detached 
Price: 20.00 USD
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11 William Montgomery: or the Young Artist
Forbes 1829 1st Am. 
24mo; quarter leather. Color frontis. Insect damage and some dampstaining, else good example of an early American imprint.Forbes Juvenile Library 
Price: 150.00 USD
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12 Joyland
Ideal Book Builders 1912 
Pictorial boards. Eight leaves of heavy cardstock, each with 8 oval holes where faces (all present) can be inserted. Spine repaired with black tape;first page detached but present; some soiling and creasing to cover.  
Price: 95.00 USD
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13 Sleeping Beauty
De Wolfe, Fiske & Co 1912 
Cloth-backed boards chromolithographed in gilt & colors. Four chromolithographs and other illustrations. Some wear to extremities. 
Price: 90.00 USD
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14 Young American Speaker
M.A. Donohue 
Cloth and color pictorial boards. Profusely illustrated. Cover illustration badly chipped; rear hinge gone. 
Price: 15.00 USD
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15 Talking Animal Book
Japan 
Illustrated in color on stiff paper stock which hold animal noises within, in scarce original box. No date; probably 50s 
Price: 45.00 USD
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16 Chatterbox Vol. 64
Cupples & Leon 1932 
Eight color plates. Cloth-backed pictorial boards. 
Price: 45.00 USD
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17 Animal Pictures And Stories
McLoughlin Bros. 1907 
Pictorial wrappers. Printed on linen-like paper; color illustrations. Fading and some insect damage at edges. 
Price: 25.00 USD
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18 Small Birds
McLoughlin Bros. 1903 
Chromolithographed wrappers. Illustrated with four chromolithographs. Cover rubbed and chipped; some damp-staining internally not affecting illustrations; final illustration has bottom tear which does not extend to picture 
Price: 20.00 USD
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19 Accidents in North American Mountaineering
The American Alpine Club 1967 VG/wraps 
Twentieth annual report 1967. Some staining and wear to covers. 
Price: 8.00 USD
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20 An Important Painting by Rembrandt From a Private Collection
Christie's 1990 
Saint Peter Repentant, sold at auction May 31, 1990 
Price: 25.00 USD
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21 The Cristner Collection-Volume III
Christie's 1979 
Important French Porcelain 
Price: 15.00 USD
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22 Important Old Master Paintings Sold on Behalf of the Republic of the Phillipines
Christie's 1991 

Price: 25.00 USD
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23 Important Silver From the Estates of Mabel Brady Garvan, Donald S. Morrison, and Property of Mrs. Pearl D. Morrison
Sotheby Parke Bernet 1980 
with sale results 
Price: 20.00 USD
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24 Magnificent Jewelry From a Private Collection
Sotheby's 1995 

Price: 25.00 USD
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25 An Important Sculpture by Bernini
Christie's 1990 
Bernini's bust of Gregory XV, sold at auction January 10, 1990 
Price: 25.00 USD
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26 Important Old Master Pictures
Christie's 1985 

Price: 15.00 USD
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27 The Contents of Tyninghame East Lothian Scotland
Sotheby's 1987 
Furniture, Tapestries, Silver, Paintings 
Price: 25.00 USD
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28 The Collection of the Late Count and Countess Guy du Boisrouvray
Sotheby's 1989 
with separate description of works by Francesco Guardi tipped-in. 
Price: 20.00 USD
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29 Important European Porcelain, Pottery and Objects of Vertu
Sotheby Parke Bernet 1980 
A Collection Formed by Nelson A. Rockefeller and Offered for the Benefit of His Estate-with prices realized 
Price: 15.00 USD
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30 Old Master Paintings From the Collection of Mr. & Mrs. J. Seward Johnson
Sotheby Parke Bernet 1981 

Price: 12.00 USD
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31 Collection d'un Amateur Eurpeen Mobilier et Objets d'Art
Christie's 1992 

Price: 20.00 USD
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32 Highly Important Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture from the Andre Meyer Collection
Sotheby's 1980 

Price: 15.00 USD
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33 An Important Bookcase
Christie's 1991 
A George III Mahogany Breakfront Library Bookcase, sold at auction 12/5/91 
Price: 25.00 USD
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34 House and Garden's New Complete Book of Gardens
Simon & Schuster 1955 1st 
Missing ffe; half-title torn; dust jacket worn. Profusely illustrated with photos; internally very good with no damage to hinges, etc. 
Price: 12.00 USD
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35 Old Master Paintings. The Collection of Mahmoud S. Rabbani
Sotheby's 1990 

Price: 15.00 USD
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36 Property from a Private Collection
Sotheby's 1988 
Paintings, Furniture, Silver, Porcelain, Books, Rugs 
Price: 20.00 USD
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37 Mexico By Motor 1956-57
American Auto. Assoc. 1957 
Front Cover Illustration by E.W. Cooke 
Price: 6.00 USD
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38 World Literatures
Univ. of Pittsburgh Press 1956 1st 
DJ torn on bottom front edge and along bottom. 
Price: 15.00 USD
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39 Argosy, June 3/6 1966
Argosy Vol 27 #6 1966 
With stories by Julian Symons, Anthony Boucher, Heinrich Boll. Chipping on spine, pages yellowing. 
Price: 6.00 USD
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40 Animals in Story Picture and Rhyme
Merrill 1540 1948 
A Nice High Book. Tear at bottom spine edge. Some creasing at top & bottom back edges.  
Price: 15.00 USD
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41 Audience: Nov-Dec 1971, Vol 1 #6
Hill Publishing 1971 
This hard-cover arts publication includes a conversation with Arthur Miller & Wm. Styron and stories by Updike & Nelson Algren. 
Price: 10.00 USD
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42 Audience: Mar-Apr 1972, Vol 2 #2
Hill Publishing 1972 
This hard-cover magazine of the arts includes work by John Updike. 
Price: 10.00 USD
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43 Audience: Jan-Feb 1972, Vol 2 #1
Hill Publishing 1972 
This hard-cover arts magazine contains work by Herbert Gold, John Houseman & J.P. Donleavy. 
Price: 10.00 USD
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44 Chelsea8: Plays and Political Poetry
Chelsea Foundation 1960 PBO 
Includes work by Gregory Corso,Denise Levertov,Allen Ginsberg,Robert Bly, Robert Creeley, L. Ferlinghetti, Fernando Alegria & many others. Slight chipping to corners & top & bottom of spine.Reading crease. Small diagonal crease on back lower corner. 
Price: 10.00 USD
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45 Important Furniture, Silver, Books & Decorative Arts from the Collection of William A. McCarty-Cooper
Christie's 1992 
Auction held Saturday, January 25, 1992 
Price: 20.00 USD
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46 Important English & Continental Silver Objects of Vertu & Antique Jewellery
Christie's London 1983 
Auction held on Monday, December 12 & Tuesday, December 13, 1983. Some diagonal creases to upper back cover. 
Price: 15.00 USD
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47 Dissent, Autumn 1964
Dissent 1964 
Articles by Paul Goodman, Irving Howe & Paul Jacobs. 
Price: 12.00 USD
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48 Dissent, Autumn 1962
Dissent 1962 
Latin American issue, includes articles by Oscar Delgado, Octavio Paz & Victor Alba. 
Price: 12.00 USD
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49 Dissent, Volume 7, Number 3
Dissent 1960 
Includes articles on Civil Rights, a journey to Cuba by D.M. Friedenberg and a symposium on TV with Irving Howe et. al. Stain on spine, does not impact text. Summer 1960 issue. 
Price: 12.00 USD
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50 Dissent, Volume 7, Number 2
Dissent 1960 
Spring 1960 issue includes chapter 1 of Paul Goodman's Growing Up Absurd and articles by Ed. Murray and Barbara Solomon. Spine is cocked and there is some writing on the first page and the back cover. 
Price: 15.00 USD
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51 Dissent, Volume 6, Number 4
Dissent 1959 
Autumn 1959 edition has articles by Harvey Swados, Paul Goodman and an article on Jimmy Hoffa by Paul Jacobs. Small tear at bottom of spine. 
Price: 12.00 USD
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52 Dissent, Volume 5, Number 3
Dissent 1958 
Summer 1958 issue includes articles by Paul Goodman, Irving Howe & Ben Seligman. Slight chipping to top & bottom of spine with some staining on back. 
Price: 12.00 USD
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53 Dissent, Volume 5, Number 2
Dissent 1958 
Spring 1958 issue includes an article by Andre Philip which was suppressed by the French government, and articles by Harvey Swados, Bernard Rosenberg and Henry Pachter. Some discoloration along spine on front & back covers.  
Price: 10.00 USD
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54 Hobbies: The Magazine for Collectors, May 1933
Lightner Publishing Co. 1933 
Some chipping on spine. Small tear on top & bottom of spine. Diagonal crease on upper back corner. 
Price: 6.00 USD
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55 Colonial Williamsburg Official Guidebook and Map
Williamsburg 1960 4th 
Lacks map. Nice line drawings. 
Price: 5.00 USD
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56 Handbook for Junior Hi Camp Fire Guardians
Camp Fire Girls 1963 1st 
How to run a Camp Fire Girls group-60's style. 
Price: 15.00 USD
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57 Better Homes and Gardens Decorating Book
Meredith 1976 3rd ed. 
Loose leaf style. Second printing of third edition. 
Price: 20.00 USD
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58 Partisan Review Spring 1966
Partisan Review 1966 
Diana Trilling on In Cold Blood, Irving Howe, Judson Jerome, others 
Price: 15.00 USD
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59 Partisan Review Winter 1966
Partisan Review 1966 
Contains the New Radicalism: Round IV by Norm Fruchter, Tom Hayden, Sargent Shriver. Also: Sontag on Yugoslavia; Leslie Fiedler, Muriel Spark, others. 
Price: 15.00 USD
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60 Partisan Review Fall 1965
Partisan Review 1965 
Vietnam Opinions by Fruchter, Howe, Macdonald, Mailer, Marcuse, others. Also: Sontag on style, Fiedler, Harold Bloom, Frank Conroy. Cover somewhat soiled. 
Price: 12.00 USD
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61 New American Review #5
Signet Y3753 1969 1st 
PBO. Eric Bentley on The Unliberated University;also, Frederick Busch, Wilfred Sheed on Eugene McCarthy, Stanley Kauffmann, Robert Bly, Mark Strand, others. 
Price: 10.00 USD
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62 Partisan Review Summer 1966
Partisan Review 1966 
Richard Howard on James Dickey; Peter Brooks on Susan Sontag, others. Cover soiled. 
Price: 10.00 USD
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63 Bureau of Mines Manual of First Aid Instruction
US Govt. Printing Office 1940 1st thus 
Leather bound pocket-sized book. Contains many photos. Supersedes 1930 edition. Covers warped, but scarce in this condition 
Price: 45.00 USD
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64 Anybody's Sept 1918-August 1919
1919 
Spine chipped at head and tail; contents very good. Magazine produced by the printing and engraving department of the Oakland (CA) Tribune 
Price: 25.00 USD
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65 Texas Quarterly Spring 1968
University of Texas 1968 
Contains James Agee in the Forties: Unpublished Poetry & Fiction edited by Victor Kramer. First publications of Three Sonnets, 1928 Story,Dream Sequence, Surprise. Cover a bit rubbed; general wear. 
Price: 20.00 USD
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66 Shenandoah Vol XII No. 1
Washington & Lee University 1960 
German Number (in English translation.) Contains fiction, poetry and essays in translation, including a story by Heinrich Boll. 
Price: 15.00 USD
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67 New Directions 26
New Directions 1973 
An International Anthology of Prose & Poetry . Contains Cid Corman, Robert Duncan, Kenneth Rexroth, Gary Snyder, others. 
Price: 8.00 USD
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68 New Writers 2
Calderbooks CB40 1962 
Contains The Old Tune by Robert Pinget with English adaptation by Samuel Beckett, and three others. 
Price: 20.00 USD
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69 Lindsay's Wacko Catalog Covers
Lindsay Publications 1992 1st ed. 
The absolute worst covers that ever appeared on Lindsay's bizarre mailorder book catalog. Illustrated. 
Price: 15.00 USD
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70 The Hudson Review Volume IV, Number 4 Winter 1952
Hudson Review 1952 
Robert Graves: Mother Goose's Lost Goslings; poetry by Vernon Watkins,W.S. Merwin, others; etc. 
Price: 8.00 USD
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71 Avon Bedside Companion
Avon 109 1947 1st paperback VG+ 
Paperback original. Spine chipped; one corner crease; pages toned; front hinge weakened, else solid VG Copy. 
Price: 6.00 USD
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72 The Hudson Review Volume VII, Number 4 Winter 1955
Hudson Review 1955 
Ezra Pound: Canto 85; Wyndham Lewis: Monstre Gai; T.S. Eliot: A Note on Monstre Gai. 
Price: 8.00 USD
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73 Ploughshares Vol. 10 No. 4
Emerson College 1984 
signed by Carolyn Chute on the first page of her story. Also includes an interview with Philip Levine. Cover slightly soiled, else Fine 
Price: 25.00 USD
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74 California's Historical Monuments
Pacific Gas & Electric 1965 1st ed. 
with an introduction by (then) Gov. Edmund Brown.Illustrated with drawings and b&w photos 
Price: 7.00 USD
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75 Popular Science Monthly April 1962
Popular Science 1962 
Some wear and chipping to cover, else VG. 
Price: 7.00 USD
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76 Arabian Nights
Saalfield 1924 VG 
Pictorial boards. One hundred illustrations by Frances Brundage. Hinges weak, wear to edges, else nice copy. 
Price: 40.00 USD
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77 The Story of Sterling
Sterling Silversmiths Guild of America 1941 1st ed. VG 
Blue boards. Nicely illustrated. Previous owner's name; cover slightly rubbed, else nice copy. 
Price: 10.00 USD
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78 Cub Scout Leader's Program Notebook 1951-1952
Boy Scouts of America 1951 VG 
Faded and slightly musty but unused. 
Price: 5.00 USD
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79 The Mother Earth News #19
The Mother Earth News 1973 VG 
early (2nd year) issue of the back-to-the-land magazine. 
Price: 6.00 USD
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80 The Mother Earth News #17
The Mother Earth News 1973 VG 
early (2nd year) issue of the back-to-the-land magazine. 
Price: 6.00 USD
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81 The Mother Earth News #22
The Mother Earth News 1973 VG 
early (2nd year) issue of the back-to-the-land magazine. 
Price: 6.00 USD
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82 American Socialist Monthly December 1936
Socialist Party 1936 Good/wraps 
Contains Norman Thomas on the election of 1936; Haim Kantorovitch, Ernest Eber, more. Cover chipped; interior VG. 
Price: 15.00 USD
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83 Scouting March 1954
Boy Scouts of America 1954 VG/wraps 
The magazine for scout leaders. Cover somewhat chipped. 
Price: 5.00 USD
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84 Scouting January 1953
Boy Scouts of America 1953 VG/wraps 
The magazine for scout leaders. Cover somewhat chipped. 
Price: 5.00 USD
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85 Official Guide to the Pacific Northwest and Century 21 Exposition
Lane 1961 1st thus VG/wraps 
Contains special color section with full information on the Seattle World's Fair April 21-October 21, 1962. Some wear to cover, else very good copy 
Price: 10.00 USD
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86 The American Heritage Reader
Dell First Edition C101 1956 1st ed. VGF/wraps 
Eight pages of full-color illustrations. Selections from American Heritage Magazine. 
Price: 4.00 USD
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87 Tom Thumb
McLouglin Bros 1942 1st ed. Good/boards 
illustrated by Anne Fleur. Spine perished but book is firmly stapled together and contents clean and very good. Nice reading copy. 
Price: 5.00 USD
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88 Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp
McLouglin Bros 1940 1st ed. Good/boards 
illustrated by Corinne Malvern. Spine perished but book is firmly stapled together and contents clean and very good. Nice reading copy. 
Price: 5.00 USD
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89 The Busy Children
John Martin's House 1949 1st ed. Good/boards 
Illustrated by Edith Reichman. Unfortunately, the two pop-ups are destroyed, making this a reading copy with some soiling and edgewear. 
Price: 3.00 USD
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90 Zane Grey's Western Magazine October, 1952
Dell 1952 VG/wraps 
Contains The Mustang Trail by L.L. Foreman, stories by Daan Cushman, Marvin DeVries, others. Closed tear to bottom of spine, else VG. 
Price: 6.00 USD
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91 Avon Bedside Companion
Avon 109 1947 1st ed. GVG/wraps 
Paperback original. Spine slanted, worn; pages browning. 
Price: 4.00 USD
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92 Partisan Review: Fall 1959
American Committee for Cultural Freedom 1959 VG/wraps 
Contains Norman Mailer, Robert Brustein, Gore Vidal, Angus Wilson, others. 
Price: 10.00 USD
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93 The Manual of Heraldry: Being a Concise Description of the Several Terms Used
Virtue New ed. VG 
And Containing A Dictionary of Every Designation in the Science. Illustrated by Four Hundred Engravings on Wood. New Edition. Red cloth. Fraying to spine ends; some shelf wear, else VG copy. 
Price: 12.00 USD
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94 Partisan Review: July-August 1952
Foundation for Cultural Projects 1954 VG/wraps 
Contains Ortega Y Gasset, Philp Rahv, Delmore Schwartz, others 
Price: 8.00 USD
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95 Jack the Giant Killer
Donohue Good 
Pictorial boards with cloth binding. Worn and shaken, with all pages and illustrations intact. A reading copy of a 19th century children's classic. 
Price: 12.00 USD
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96 Partisan Review: September-October 1954
Foundation for Cultural Projects 1954 VG/wraps 
Contains Lionel Trilling, Herman Hesse, others 
Price: 8.00 USD
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97 The Avon Story Teller
Avon 72 1945 1st ed. VG+/wraps 
First ed. PBO. Stories by Hemingway, Raymond Chandler, W.R. Burnett, James Cain, others. Some soiling to cover, pages toned. Solid VG copy. 
Price: 15.00 USD
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98 Michael Graves: Architectural Monographs 5
Academy Editions 1979 1st ed. NF/wraps 
Illustrated with drawings and photos. A nearly fine copy with a bit of wear to cover. 
Price: 25.00 USD
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99 Heaney Magic Company Catalogue No. 25
Heaney Magic Company 1924 1st paperback Near Fine 
Profusely illustrated with line drawings. Minor toning to pages, else nearly fine copy. 
Price: 20.00 USD
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100 English Poetry to 1700
Rosenbach 1941 paperback Very Good 
Blue paper wrappers. Some wear to spine, overhanging edges a bit tattered, contents fine (and fascinating!) A Rosenbach catalogue. 
Price: 10.00 USD
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