Allende, Isabel

The House of the Spirits

New York, Simon & Schuster, 2015. Paperback. pp. 481. 8vo. Light shelfwear; very good+. .

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Book number: 092146

Catalogue: Literature

ALLINGHAM, Margery

Blackkerchief Dick a Tale of Mersea Island

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1923. 1st edition. Hardcover. pp. 320.Small 8vo, A 'red-blooded adventure tale' of eastern England during the Restoration. The famous mystery author's first book, written when she was 17 and published when she was 19. Introduction by William McFee. Rubber stamp on front free endpaper and top of first page stating: 'Donated to the Grace-Anne Library by Mr. & Mrs. Frank Shea' - no other markings. Front hinge cracked between front free endpaper and half-title page. Rear hinge a bit dry, but intact. Cloth a bit soiled, with slight rubbing to tips of boards; else good plus condition. No dust jacket. Bound in original red cloth with lettering to front board blocked in black and ruled in blind. .

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Book number: 9900033849

Catalogue: Mystery

Keywords: BritLit;Albert Campion;Mystery;;;;;;CCMF

Allison, John

Giant Days; Volume 2

Los Angeles, Boom! Box, 2016. Paperback. unpaginated. Tall 8vo. Colour illustrations. Light general shelfwear; very good. .

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Book number: 071237

Catalogue: Graphic Novels

Keywords: Slice of Life; Graphic Novel; University

ALLYN, Rube

Florida for Free

St. Petersburg, FL, Great Outdoors Association, 1959. 1st edition. pp. 32. 4to. Bound in original pictorial stiff card covers. A catalog of free books and publications on, or about, Florida. Corners thumbed, light shelf wear, else in very good condition. Ill.: black-&-white illustrations.

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Book number: 9900042599

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

Keywords: ;;;;;;;; black-&-white illustrations

Alsaker, R.L.

Eating for Health and Efficiency (5 Volume Set)

New York, Frank E. Morrison, 1917. Hardcover. pp. 498. Small 8vo. All volumes bound in navy blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Minor shelfwear, all with purple library sticker to ffeps; very good+. .

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Book number: 086903

Catalogue: Medicine & Health

Keywords: Alternative health; alternative medicine; quackery; Dietary guide; macaroni is not vegetable

Hornsby, Jr., Alton and Angela M. Hornsby

From the Grassroots"; Profiles of Contemporary African American Leaders

Montgomery, E-Booktime, LLC, 2006. Paperback. pp. 259. 8vo. Light shelfwear, rubber stamp to half title page; very good+. .

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Book number: 088445

Catalogue: Race & Gender

Alvarez, Manuel [Emmanuelis Alvari]

Emmanuelis Alvari, E Societate Jesu [Iesv] de Institutione Grammatica / Liber Primus, Liber Secundus, Liber III (in One Volume)

ND [17th century]. Leather Bound. pp. [6], 1-544. Pigskin binding with Jesuit stamp, blind-decorated in panels, over wooden boards. With two working clasps, and brass-lined corners. Page edges stained red. Very good. After its initial publication in Lisbon in 1572, Portuguese Jesuit Manuel Alvarez' Latin Grammar was heavily reprinted, and widely used in the centuries hence. This volume shows no printer, publisher, or date -- though the front board shows a hint of what may be a date of 1621. .

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Book number: 090163

Catalogue: Reference

Keywords: Monastic binding; pigskin; Jesuit; Latin; Grammar

Alward, Sharon; et al.

Edge Manitoba

[Winnipeg, Manitoba], Ace Art Inc, 1992. Paperback. pp. 47. 8vo. Light shelfwear; very good. Catalogue of an exhibition held simultaneously at Ace Art, Plug In, and the Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1992. .

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Book number: 068898

Catalogue: Canadian Art

Amabile, George

Blood Ties

Port Clements, The Sono Nis Press, 1972. Hardcover. 8vo. Light shelfwear; very good in very good- dustjacket with short closed tears and creasing to edges. SIGNED by George Amabile with personalised inscription to ffep. .

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Book number: 061985

Catalogue: Poetry

Amabile, George

Open Country

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Turnstone Press, 1976. Stapled Wraps. pp. 36. 8vo. Very good. .

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Book number: 088861

Catalogue: Poetry

Amabile, George

Rumours of Paradise/Rumours of War

Toronto, McClelland & Stewart, 1995. Paperback. pp. 144. 8vo. Light shelfwear, author's inscription to title page; very good. SIGNED by Amabile. .

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Book number: 089179

Catalogue: Poetry

VAZQUEZ-AMARAL, Mary Madiraca

The Theater of Emilio Carballido: 1950-1966

Ann Arbor, MI, University Microfilms, 1971. Hardcover. pp. v, 271.Square 8vo. Bound in dark blue buckram with gilt spine lettering,A photographic reproduction of a Ph. D. thesis on Mexican author and playwright Emilio Carballido, submitted to the graduate school of Rutgers University (Prof. Frank Dauster, supervisor) in June, 1970. Scarce item: WorldCat shows only three copies in institutional holdings. Portions of the text are in Spanish. A utilitarian binding, now a bit scuffed. Former owner's name and some light pencilling to text; else very good condition. .

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Book number: 9900000586

Catalogue: Theatre, Film & Media

Keywords: Theater;Mexico;;;;;;;

Ambler, Eric

Journey Into Fear

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1968. Hardcover. 8vo. Light shelfwear; very good. .

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Book number: 061802

Catalogue: Literature

Ambrose, Stephen E.

Undaunted Courage; Meriweather Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West

New York, Simon & Schuster, 1996. Hardcover. pp. 511. 8vo. Quarterbound in brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Light shelfwear; very good+ in very good+ dustjacket protected with plastic brodart sleeve. .

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Book number: 090032

Catalogue: History

Ambuehl, James; William Jones; et al.

Arkham Tales Stories; of the Legend Haunted City (Call of Cthulhu Fiction) (Call of Cthulhu Fiction)

N.P. Chaosium Inc, 2006. Paperback. pp. 288. 8vo. Light shelfwear, cover bowed outwards; very good. .

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Book number: 081178

Catalogue: Mystery