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The Army Mule and Other War Sketches

By: Castle, Henry A.; Vawter, J. W. (illustrator

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Indianapolis, Bowen Merrill Company: 1898

Seller ID: 12053

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Indianapolis: Bowen Merrill Company, 1898. Fine. 269 pages, 254 of which are this title. The remaining pages contain an interview by Russel M. Seeds with James Whitcomb Riley titled "James Whitcomb Riley's Stories of the Humorist, Edgar Wilson Nye". Six b&w illustrations, red & black printing on the title page Red binding with lettering and illustration on the front in bright gilt, with white and black. Top edge gilt.
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Letters On the Improvement Of the Mind: Addressed To a Lady; A Father's Legacy to His Daughters; A Mother's Advise To Her Absent Daughters, With an Additional Letter, On the Management and Education Of Infant Children

By: Chapone, Mrs.; Gregory, Dr.; Pennington, Lady

Price: $120.00

Publisher: Boston, Leonard C. Bowles: 1822

Seller ID: 9250

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good +

Boston: Leonard C. Bowles, 1822. Good +. 328 pages, 3 1/2" x 6", three books bound as one, each having a title page. There is a frontis illustration opposite an illustrated title page. This followed by a half title page which is missing a approximately 2" at the top. Following this is a complete title page. Interior pages have some foxing but the pages are quite readable. The paper just inside the front and back covers is a bright pink. There is faded writing on the ffep. A rear blank endpaper bears a bookseller's embossed mark (Antiquarian Book Store A. S. ?ollowell, pro...
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Bloodroot: Reflections on Place by Appalachian Women Writers

By: Dyer, Joyce (editor)

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Lexington, Kentucky, U.S.A., Univ Pr of Kentucky: 1998

Seller ID: 11485

ISBN: 0813120594

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good +

Clean and crisp with occassional highlighting within. Magazine article about Joyce Dyer folded inside the front of the book. Thirty-five women writers from Appalachia define the region in a larger, more generous, and more intricate way that it has been defined before, dispelling many demeaning stereotypes of the region. The writers tell their compelling stories with poignancy, eloquence, forthrightness, and humor. A new American literary renaissance is ablaze in the Southern Highlands--the very place so often depicted by outsiders as dimly lit. 35 photos.
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Art of McSweeney's

By: Editors of McSweeney 's

Price: $40.00

Publisher: San Francisco, Chronicle Books Llc: 2009

Seller ID: 7353

ISBN: 0811866238

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

San Francisco: Chronicle Books Llc, 2009. New/new. A novel with each cover hand-illustrated by the author. Literary journals bound by magnets, or designed to look like junk mail. The sharp wit, gorgeous design, and playful why not invention of independent literary publisher McSweeney's have earned it a large and loyal following and made its journals, books, The Believer magazine, and Wholphin DVDs collectible favorites of readers and graphic designers alike. Created by the McSweeney's staff to commemorate their 11th (or 12th) anniversary, this book showcases their award-winning art and desi...
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The Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson: The First and the Second Series in One Volume

By: Emerson, Ralph Waldo

Price: $30.00

Publisher: New York, Heritage Press:

Seller ID: 10959

Condition: Fine

8 3/4" x 11", beautifully designed based on the 1934 edition from Limited Editions Club.. Red title on title age and also in margins of interior pages. Page edges stained red. Boards are covered in green and cream marbled paper, cream spine with red title block and gold lettering. Re slipcase is firm with a paper scuff measuring 3 1/2" x 1" at the widest point. Original glassine wrapper folded in the back. Sandglass number II:18 laid in.
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As Seen on TV (Provocations)

By: Grealy, Lucy

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Bloomsbury: 2000

Seller ID: 12042

ISBN: 1582341532

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

New York: Bloomsbury, 2000. Near Fine. From the author of the unforgettable "Autobiography of A Face" comes a collection of wonderfully unexpected essays on life, love, sex, God and politics.Whether she is contemplating promiscuity or" The New Testament," lamenting about what she should have said to Oprah, or learning to tango, Grealy seduces and surprises the reader at every turn. With the sheer brilliance of her imagination, Grealy leads us on delightful journeys with her wit, unflinching honesty and peerless intelligence. "As Seen On TV" breaks the mould of the e...
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Father's Legacy to His Daughters

By: Gregory, Dr.

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Troy, W. & J. Disternell: 1823

Seller ID: 002579

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good -

Troy: W. & J. Disternell, 1823. Very Good -. Small volume (2 1/2 x 4 1/4), dark board with brown leather spine, 3/4 inch loss of leather at base of spine. This title was first issued in England in 1774, authored by Dr. Gregory of Edinburgh. Original owner's name, date of purchase and cost on blank endpapers. Moderate foxing, binding is firm but fragile. 96 pages
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The Country Printer

By: Howells, William Dean

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Akron, Oh, Northern Ohio Bibliophilic Society: 2012

Seller ID: 12044

Binding: Staplebound

Condition: New

Akron, Oh: Northern Ohio Bibliophilic Society, 2012. New. 20 pages, introduction by Sanford E. Marovitz
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The Way of Gratitude: Readings for a Joyful Life

By: Leach, Michael

Price: $13.00

Publisher: Orbis: 2017

Seller ID: 12809

ISBN: 1626982325

Binding: Softcover

Condition: New

Orbis, 2017. New. Inspired ideas, stories, essays, poems, meditations, and testimonies from great writers that will add gladness to each of your days. Among the more than 50 contributors are David Brooks, Joan Chittister, James Martin, Mary Oliver, Henri Nouwen, Joyce Rupp, Thich Nhat Hanh, and Richard Rohr.
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Son Of My Land

By: Melamed, Sagi

Price: $17.00

Publisher: North Charleston, SC, Createspace: 2013

Seller ID: 9636

ISBN: 1484017099

Binding: Softcover

Condition: New

North Charleston, SC: Createspace, 2013. New. This engaging collection of essays examines Israeli society in all its frustrating and awe-inspiring complexity, through the penetrating eyes of one of its native sons.
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City Beat : Stories from the Heart of Cleveland

By: Neff, James

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Cleveland, OH, U.S.A., John T. Zubal Incorporated: 1983

Seller ID: 000590

ISBN: 0939738554

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Cleveland, OH, U.S.A.: John T. Zubal Incorporated, 1983. First Edition. Fine/Slipcase-Very Good++. Very good copy in very good jacket. Collection of columns from the Cleveland Plain Dealer. Bound in blue cloth, tight & clean, no markings. Ffep is corner clipped. Jacket is bright, tiny nick at top of spine, protected in mylar. Stories of cops & robbers, politicos & preachers, dreamers & schemers.
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The Cleveland Anthology 2nd edition

By: Trubek, Anne; Piiparinen,Rrichey

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Cleveland, OH, Belt Publications: 2015

Seller ID: 11408

ISBN: 0985944161

Binding: Softcover

Condition: New

Cleveland, OH: Belt Publications, 2015. New. Rust Belt Chic illustrates in bold fashion that strength of character abound in the Cleveland community. That s fitting because inside the pages of the book, that very same audacity of spirit is expressed in literal form Freshwater Cleveland
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