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Impact: The Army Air Forces' Confidential Picture History of World War II in Eight Books - Complete Set

By: World War II Leaders and Journalists

Price: $50.00

Publisher: New York, The Air Force Historical Foundation / James Parton and Company, Inc.: 1980

Seller ID: 2201679

Binding: Large Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

First editions. Vol. 6 spine a bit toned, common with these volumes. Original receipts for each individual volume laid in, showing that the original owner purchased these for $13 each in the early 1980s (a total of over $300 in today's money). Complete in eight hardcover volumes. Black & white photographic covers. A detailed pictorial account of the aerial portion of World War II, based on declassified records. Includes fourteen retrospective essays by WWII leaders and journalists.
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The World of the Ten Thousand Things: Poems 1980-1990

By: Wright, Charles

Price: $35.00

Publisher: New York, Farrar Straus Giroux: 1990

Seller ID: 2200391

ISBN: 0374292930

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

First edition. Page edges lightly foxed, stain to front endpaper. Jacket toned. 1990 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 230 pp. The World of Ten Thousand ThingsgathersThe Southern Cross(1981),The Other Side of the River(1984),Zone Journals(1988), and a new group of poems, Xionia, into one volume, allowing us to see Wright's work of the past decade as, in essence, one long poem, a meditation on self, history, and the metaphysical that is among the most ambitious and resonant creations in contemporary American poetry.
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Frank Lloyd Wright On Architecture: Selected Writings, 1894-1940

By: Wright, Frank Lloyd; Gutheim, Frederick

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Duell, Sloan & Pearce: 1941

Seller ID: 2304596

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

No jacket. Spine head chewed, minor loss to spine base, ink name on front paste-down endpaper. 1941 Hard Cover. xviii, 275 pp. The master architect Frank Lloyd Wright speaks on various topics related to building-design, construction, and culture.
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With Rifle and Plow: Stories of the Western Pennsylvania Frontier

By: Wright, J. E.; Sellers, Elisabeth M.; Shirk, Jeanette C.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Pittsburgh, PA, University of Pittsburgh Press: 1938

Seller ID: 2297092

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

First edition. Front jacket flap loose but included, jacket spine head and spine base chipped, half circle stain on rear jacket panel. 1938 Hard Cover. 212 pp. Here for the first time the story of Western Pennsylvania's pioneer years is written for young people of junior high school age. Each episode is based upon actual occurrences and most of the people mentioned actually took part in these happenings of long ago just as the stories relate.
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The First Americans in North Africa: William Eaton's Struggle for a Vigorous Policy against the Barbary Pirates, 1799-1805

By: Wright, Louis B.; MacLeod, Julia H.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Princeton, Princeton University Press: 1945

Seller ID: 2302781

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

First edition. Jacket spine head chipped, a few very minor chips to bottom edge of front jacket panel. 1945 Hard Cover. 227 pp. The bizarre expedition which the New England soldier and former consul at Tunis, William Eaton, led across the desert to capture the Tirpolitan city of Derna in 1805... From original documets they have reconstructed Eaton's attempt to set up in Tripoli a puppuet government favorable to the United States. Under great difficulties he led a rabble army from Egypt agains Derna--a campaign stiffened only by the presence of Lieutenant O'bannon and his seven marines... throw...
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The Arts in America: The Colonial Period

By: Wright, Louis B.; Tatum, George B.; McCoubrey, John W.; Smith, Robert C.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Charles Scribner's Sons: 1969

Seller ID: 2165566

Binding: Large Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

First edition. Minor wear to corners. Very Good. 1969 Large Hardcover. 368 pp. A study of various artistic disciplines during America's infancy, featuring chapters by four writers with diverse backgrounds related to art history. Bibliography and index follow text.
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The Story of Edgar Sawtelle: A Novel

By: Wroblewski, David

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Harper Collins Publishers: 2008

Seller ID: 2291996

ISBN: 0061768065

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

First edition, first printing, in first state jacket (no Oprah's Book Club mention). Corners lightly rubbed. 2008 Hard Cover. 576 pp. 8vo. Author's first novel. Born mute, speaking only in sign, Edgar Sawtelle leads an idyllic life with his parents on their farm in remote northern Wisconsin. For generations, the Sawtelles have raised and trained a fictional breed of dog whose thoughtful companionship is epitomized by Almondine, Edgar's lifelong friend and ally. But with the unexpected return of Claude, Edgar's paternal uncle, turmoil consumes the Sawtelles' once peaceful home. When Edgar's fat...
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Two Worlds of Andrew Wyeth: A Conversation with Andrew Wyeth

By: Wyeth, Andrew; Hoving, Thomas

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company: 1978

Seller ID: 2286732

ISBN: 0395270898

Binding: Large Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

First edition. Jacket spine head previously mended with tape on reverse side, jacket edges rubbed. Spine slightly cocked, page ridges faintly foxed, address label on front paste-down endpaper. 1978 Large Hardcover. We have more books available by this author!. In this intimate and profound portrait, the former Metropolitan Museum director elicits extended and revealing dialogue from the artist, revealing the philosophy and spirit of his art.
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The Navy in Newport (Images of America)

By: Wyld, Lionel D.

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Charleston, South Carolina, Arcadia Publishing: 1997

Seller ID: 2194932

ISBN: 0738535508

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

First edition. 1997 Trade Paperback. We have more books available by this author!. 128 pp. Known throughout the world as The City by the Sea, Newport, Rhode Island, has a long history of maritime activity. Since the Colonial period, Newport has been recognized as both an important seaport for the mercantile trade and a harbor of inestimable value for naval vessels. I n 1869, the U.S. Navy opened its pioneer site in the region, the Naval Torpedo station on Goat Island in Newport harbor. The Naval War College on Coasters Harbor Island and the Naval Training Station soon followed. The navy's pres...
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Behold the Many: A Novel

By: Yamanaka, Lois-Ann

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux: 2006

Seller ID: 2282637

ISBN: 0374110158

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

First edition. Signed by author without inscription. Publisher's card (also signed) laid in. A very nice copy. 2006 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 341 pp. Behold the Many is the eerily beautiful story of three young sisters, Anah, Aki, and Leah. In 1913, they are sent away from their family for treatment for tuberculosis to an orphanage in Hawaiis Kalihi Valley. Of the three, two will die there, in spite of the nuns best efforts to save them, and only Anah, the eldest, will grow to adulthood. But the ghosts of the dead children are afraid to leave the grounds of St. ...
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Blu's Hanging: A Novel

By: Yamanaka, Lois-Ann

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux: 1997

Seller ID: 2282638

ISBN: 0374114994

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

First edition. Signed by author without inscription. A very nice copy. 1997 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 261 pp. Blu's Hanging is the bittersweet story of a group of ragtag orphans reeling from the death of their mother, trying to stay together in the face of almost insurmountable odds. At once savagely funny and deeply moving, lyrical and wise, this novel confirms Yamanaka's reputation as one of the most vibrant new voices of her generation.
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Father of the Four Passages: A Novel

By: Yamanaka, Lois-Ann

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux: 2001

Seller ID: 2282639

ISBN: 0374153876

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

First edition. Signed by author without inscription. A very nice copy. 2001 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 233 pp. Hailed by Jamie James in The Atlantic Monthly as one of the most original voices on the literary scene, Lois-Ann Yamanaka is back with a novel about family and forgiveness. Set in Hawaii and Las Vegas, Father of the Four Passages tells the story of Sonia Kurisu, a street-wise young mother, who struggles to raise her child, Sonny Boy, as she seeks to come to terms with the three children she aborted. In sequences alternating between the past and the prese...
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Heads by Harry: A Novel

By: Yamanaka, Lois-Ann

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux: 1999

Seller ID: 2282640

ISBN: 0374168504

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

First edition. Signed by author without inscription. A very nice copy. 1999 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 311 pp. You can always count on a crowd outside Heads by Harry, the Yagyuu family's taxidermy shop in Hilo, where the regulars gather every day to drink beer, eat smoked meat, and pontificate into the pau hana hours. But above the shop, where the family lives, life isn't so predictable. Toni Yagyuu, the middle child, has enough on her hands dealing with her budding diva of a little sister. But it is the men in her life that really have her running in circles: a ...
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Horizons: Poems as Far as the Eye Can See

By: Yolen, Jane

Price: $7.00

Publisher: Honesdale, PA, Wordsong: 2002

Seller ID: 2261830

ISBN: 1563971976

Binding: Large Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

First edition. An exceptional copy. 2002 Large Hardcover. When the sun rises, it lifts the curtain on the horizon, ushering in a brand-new day. And like a new day, each horizon is original. Sun, clouds, sky, water, even skyscrapers shape the distance and offer us new views and the chance to think about what lies beyond. Renowned poet and author Jane Yolen gives us her insights on horizons great and small in fourteen new poems. Inspired by Jason Stemple's stunning photographs of vistas found in deserts, swamps, mountains, and other scenic places, Ms. Yolen, in thoughtful, playful verse, allows ...
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All the Best Years

By: Young, Desmond

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Harper & Borthers: 1961

Seller ID: 2279760

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

First edition. Jacket reverse very faintly foxed, jacket edges lightly rubbed. 1961 Hard Cover. v, 342 pp. Young also write Rommel: The Desert Fox, the first biography of the WWII general. Illustrated with 24 pages of halftones. The author of the best-seller Rommel: The Desert Fox tells his own story in an autobiography as well-conceived and amusing as any of recent months. Born into a ship-salvaging family in Victorian England, the author's childhood of travel to exotic lands, of school and idle days at pre-War Oxford is a delight to read. With World War I the pace changes. Descriptions of co...
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The Philosophy of Henry James, Sr.

By: Young, Frederic Harold

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Bookman Associates: 1951

Seller ID: 2308167

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

First edition. Jacket rubbed with some chips and tears, stain along bottom edge of jacket, jacket clipped. Minor pencil marginalia. 1951 Hard Cover. xiv, 338 pp. In this book--the first exposition of the entire range of Jame's philosophy--the reader will become acquainted with every passage of prime importance in all of James's writings. Moreover, the reader will also find in the accompanying exposition by Dr. Young, the articulation of James's philosophic system as-a-whole, an achievement which James himself did not present in his own writings. This book is of major importance to all those in...
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I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban

By: Yousafzai, Malala; Lamb, Christina

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Little, Brown and Company: 2013

Seller ID: 2308391

ISBN: 0316322407

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

First edition. A very nice copy. 2013 Hard Cover. viii, 327 pp. The remarkable tale of a family uprooted by global terrorism, of the fight for girls' education, of a father who, himself a school owner, championed and encouraged his daughter to write and attend school, and of brave parents who have a fierce love for their daughter in a society that prizes sons.
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Map and Territory (Rationality: From AI to Zombies)

By: Yudkowsky, Eliezer

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Berkeley, CA, Machine Intelligence Research Institute: 2018

Seller ID: 2306348

ISBN: 1939311233

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

First edition - a paperback original. Owner's stamp on half-title page. 2018 Trade Paperback. We have more books available by this author!. xvi, 186 pp. Glossary and Index follow text. If you live in an urban area, you probably dont need to walk very far to find a martial arts dojo. Why arent there dojos that teach rationality?Very recentlyin just the last few decadesthe human species has acquired a great deal of new knowledge about human rationality. Experimental investigations of empirical human psychology; and theoretical probability theory to interpret what our experiments tell us; and evo...
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Farewell Darkness: A Veteran's Triumph over Combat Trauma

By: Zaczek, Ron

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Annapolis, Naval Institute Press: 1994

Seller ID: 2041255

ISBN: 1557509891

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

First edition. 1/4 inch tear to jacket corner, owner bookplate with name inked out on front endpaper. 1994 Hard Cover. xiv, 344 pp. 8vo. From the jacket: ''I want to give something back,' the author insisted. His counselor at the Vet Center suggested, 'You can give the guys in treatment hope. You know what PTSD looks like from both sides. You can tell these guys what it's like, and what's different when you get beyond it.' Ron Zaczek had been a good crewchief. He was 'Zack' then: Marine Observation Squadron Three, '66-'68; Phu Bai, Dong Ha, Khe Sanh; 393 missions in Huey medevacs and gunships;...
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Consciousness: A User's Guide

By: Zeman, Adam

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New Haven and London, Yale University Press: 2002

Seller ID: 2294353

ISBN: 0300092806

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

First edition. Jacket spine head and spine base very lightly bumped. 2002 Hard Cover. xii, 404 pp. In this thought-provoking book, neurologist Adam Zeman offers an enlightening view of consciousness seen through the lenses of science and philosophy, enhancing his discussion with case studies of neurological patients and observations of young childrens expanding mental worlds.
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The Private Life of Chairman Mao

By: Zhisui, Li

Price: $8.00

Publisher: ., Random House: 1994

Seller ID: 2205040

ISBN: 0679400354

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

First edition. Ink name on front endpaper. 1994 Hard Cover. Chairman Mao's personal physician and confidant for twenty two years, takes us for the first time into the Chinese dictator's very private world.
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Omdurman

By: Ziegler, Philip

Price: $7.00

Publisher: New York, Alfred A. Knopf: 1974

Seller ID: 2304672

ISBN: 0394489365

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

First edition. No jacket. Ink name on front free endpaper, ink stamp on page base. 1974 Hard Cover. 237 pp. General Kitchener amassed his Anglo-Egyptian troops in Cairo and set off into the desert with a motley arm which, as time went on, included the Grenadier Guards, the Rifle Brigade and kilted Highlanders; The Camel Corps with 5,000 camels, infantry packed into trucks on the newly constructed railway line; and a flotilla of gunboats overloaded with cavalry and supplies. The going was often tough and the opposition from the Government in London seemed sometimes as obdurate as that provided ...
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Animal Husbandry: A Novel

By: Zigman, Laura

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, The Dial Press: 1998

Seller ID: 2282643

ISBN: 0385319002

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

First edition. Signed by author without inscription. Light spot on top page ridge. 1998 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 304 pp. Author's first novel. Hers began as a simple Cow meets Bull story: she, Jane Goodall (no, not the Jane Goodall) was the single, overachieving prime-time talk show producer with her heart on the shelf; Ray was the young executive producer with the J. Crew good looks and, it seemed, a love life as lonely as Jane's. They met for drinks, fell in love (so she thought), and looked together for an apartment. Then suddenly, inexplicably, in only the ...
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Dating Big Bird: A Novel

By: Zigman, Laura

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, The Dial Press: 2000

Seller ID: 2282644

ISBN: 0385333404

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

First edition. Signed by author without inscription. A very nice copy. 2000 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 246 pp. With the laugh-out-loud humor and heartfelt wisdom that made Animal Husbandry a national bestseller, Laura Zigman's second novel introduces Ellen Franck, a successful single career woman whose one desire--a child of her own--throws her into the ever-growing ranks of the reproductively challenged. Ellen has a life many people dream about--a glamorous fashion industry job, an apartment in Greenwich Village, good friends--and yet Ellen feels herself at sixe...
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Her: A Novel

By: Zigman, Laura

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, Alfred A. Knopf: 2002

Seller ID: 2282645

ISBN: 037541388X

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

First edition. Signed by author without inscription. A very nice copy. 2002 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 209 pp. A smart, deeply satisfying romantic comedy about a woman's obsession with the return of her fianc's ex. On the Delta Shuttle between New York and Washington, Elise finds herself sitting next to Donaldtall, with dark wavy hair, a big easy smile. Shes left the world of women's magazines in Manhattan for graduate school in D.C. Hes left investment banking to become a teacher. They are both unattached. They exchange stories. They fall in love. One year later...
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The Rosemary Spell

By: Zimmerman, Virginia

Price: $5.00

Publisher: New York, Clarion Books: 2015

Seller ID: 2203339

ISBN: 0544445376

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

First edition. Two pages creased. Near Fine. 2015 Hard Cover. 273 pp. Part mystery, part literary puzzle, part life-and-death quest, and chillingly magical, this novel has plenty of suspense for adventure fans and is a treat for readers who love books, words, and clues. Best friends Rosie and Adam find an old book with blank pages that fill with handwriting before their eyes. Something about this magical book has the power to make people vanish, even from memory. The power lies in a poema spell. When Adam's older sister, Shelby, disappears, they struggle to retain their memories of her as they...
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The Bizarre Truth: How I Walked Out the Door Mouth First . . . and Came Back Shaking My Head

By: Zimmern, Andrew

Price: $6.00

Publisher: ., Broadway: 2009

Seller ID: 2203699

ISBN: 0767931297

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

First edition. An exceptional copy. 2009 Hard Cover. Andrew Zimmern, the host of The Travel Channels hit seriesBizarre Foods,has an extraordinarily well-earned reputation for traveling far and wide to seek out and sample anything and everything thats consumed as food globally, from cow vein stew in Bolivia and giant flying ants in Uganda to raw camel kidneys in Ethiopia, putrefied shark in blood pudding in Iceland and Wolfgang Puck's Hunan style rooster balls in Los Angeles. For Zimmern, local cuisine bizarre, gross or downright stomach turning as it may be to us -- is not simply whats served...
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Zoya's Story: An Afghan Woman's Struggle for Freedom

By: Zoya; Follain, John; Cristofair, Rita

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, William Morrow: 2002

Seller ID: 2274255

ISBN: 0060097825

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

First edition. A nice copy. 2002 Hard Cover. 239 pp. Zoya's Story is a young woman's searing account of her clandestine war of resistance against the Taliban and religious fanaticism at the risk of her own life. An epic tale of fear and suffering, courage and hope, Zoya's Story is a powerful testament to the ongoing battle to claim human rights for the women of Afghanistan. Though she is only twenty-three, Zoya has witnessed and endured more tragedy and terror than most people do in a lifetime. Zoya grew up during the wars that ravaged Afghanistan and was robbed of her mother and father when t...
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An Airplane in Every Garage

By: Zuck, Daniel R.

Price: $50.00

Publisher: New York, Vantage Press: 1958

Seller ID: 2294709

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

First edition. No jacket. Corners lightly rubbed. 1958 Hard Cover. 192 pp. Drawings by Ted Groh. A book written in the 1950s by an author involved in airline mechanics and theory, on the practicality of people having a combination airplane/car for personal transportation. Comes with designs etc., for the construction of such a device, together with a pasted-in warning at the front of the book that amateurs should not construct the plane-mobile without proper instruction.
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American Traveler: The Life and Adventures of John Ledyard, the Man Who Dreamed of Walking the World

By: Zug, James

Price: $5.00

Publisher: New York, Basic Books: 2005

Seller ID: 2015922

ISBN: 0465094058

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

First edition. Corners lightly pushed. 2005 Hard Cover. xviii, 286 pp. 8vo. From the jacket flap: 'Called a 'man of genius' by his close friend Thomas Jefferson, John Ledyard lived, by any standard, a remarkable life. In his thirty-eight years, he accompanied Captain Cook on his last voyage; befriended Jefferson, Lafayette, and Tom Paine in Paris; was the first American citizen to see Alaska, Hawaii, and the west coast of America; and set out to find the source of the Niger by traveling from Cairo across the Sahara. His greatest dream, concocted with Jefferson, was to travel alone around the w...
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