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Tales of Gaslight New York
9997608976 Good.
Hardcover. Hardcover with dustjacket 1985. Average wear. LONG GIFT INSCRIPTION inside front cover. Language: English. NOTE: Large size -- Cannot ship outside U.S. via Flat-Rate envelope. Keywords: city, urban, regional, Manhattan, collections.
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The Seattle Five Plus One: Poems
0917530373 Very Good.
Paperback. Softcover 1995 Pig Iron Press. No additional printings indicated. Superclean; no marks or creases; pages bright; binding tight. Only light wear. 119pp. Language: English. Jack Remick, Irene Drennan, Jo Nelson, Kevin Coyne, Priscilla Long, Anne Sweet-Streeter. Keywords: Washington State, poets, poems, Catchpenny Books.
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20.00 USD
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The Making of Independence Day Aberly, Rachel; Engel, Volker
0061053597 Very Good.
Paperback. Oversize softcover 2nd printing 1996 HarperPrism. Superclean; no marks; never read. Tiny CREASES to 2 cover corners. Pages bright; binding tight. 128pp, color photos, interviews, FX, profiles. Language: English. 'A behind-the-scenes collector's volume reveals all the special-effects artistry responsible for the $60 million, star-studded, blockbuster movie, in a volume containing trivia, background information, and photographs celebrating cutting-edge filmmaking at its best.'--Ingram. Keywords: cinema, science fiction.
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15.00 USD
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30 Days to a More Spiritual Life Aborn, Shana
0385497857 New.
Paperback. Brand-new softcover 2000 Doubleday. Superclean; no marks or creases; pages bright; binding tight. Gift-giving condition. 182pp. Language: English. 'This simple guidebook is designed to help readers find personal, comprehensible ways to tap into their spirituality in every aspect of daily life. Growing closer to God (or whatever Higher Power) means communicating not only through prayer and meditation but also through understanding and appreciating one's self and one's world. ... [G]uides readers toward creating holy moments in the day and discovering their spiritual sides in interactions with others, in conducting business, and even in expressing love.'--from the publisher.
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12.00 USD
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Late Bloomers: Coming of Age in Today's America: The Right Place at the Wrong Time Abrams, Alexander; Lipsky, David
0812922905 Good.
Hardcover. Stated 1st edition hardcover with dustjacket 1994 Crown. Clean and unmarked; average wear; label removed from inside cover. Jacket has rubbing; crumpled at edges. Pages bright; binding tight. 224pp, Notes. Language: English. 'Countering portrayals of young adults as irresponsible, self-centered slackers, twentysomethings Lipsky and Abrams move smartly and humorously through the components of this image, probing the psychology and economics of the group. They have some interesting things to say about the media approach to social analysis pieces, and take aim at the current economy, particularly the effect of the U.S. deficit. The backdrop for the abysmal unemployment rate, higher marriage age, and reduced income of young adults is shown to be the escalating divorce rates, decreasing support systems, and the hardening of TV fare that influenced latchkey kids of the 1960s through the 1980s. Easy but provocative considerations for adults living at home as well as their parents.'--Virginia Dwyer, Booklist. Keywords: Generation X.
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7.00 USD
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What Goes Around Comes Around: West African Folk Tales Ackerman, Tova (adapted by); Friedman, Arthur (illustrator)
Very Good.
Paperback. Softcover with stapled binding, published by Puppetry in Practice, Brooklyn, NY. No date (ca. 1994). Top right corner bumped at spine; small crease resulting throughout book. Very clean; no marks; pages bright; binding tight. Ca. 20 pages (pages not numbered); B/W illustrations. Language: English. 11x8.5 inches; pictorial card-stock cover. A comic children's story based on the Anasi character of West African folklore. This title was used to accompany performances by Puppetry in Practice in collaboration with Project P.I.E. (Puppetry in Education) for New York City public schools. Keywords: folktale, adaptation, puppet, puppeteer, class, classroom, arts, education, teacher, student, Gold Coast, trickster, spider. No ISBN.
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Marionettes: Easy to Make! Fun to Use! Ackley, Edith Flack; Flack, Marjorie (illustrator)
0397314094 Good.
Hardcover. Hardcover 23rd printing ca. 1970s Lippincott. Note: NO PATTERNS -- back pocket with pattern sheets is MISSING. Book good for text only. Picture cover--NO DUSTJACKET. Very clean; no marks; pages bright; binding tight. Great reading / research copy. Postcard and newspaper story re Sicilian family of marionette makers laid in. 115 pages; black-and-white illustrations. Language: English. Introduction by L. Walker Erskine. 'These exceedingly attractive puppets [developed by the author] are made of cloth and stuffed with cotton. The expressive faces are easily made with very simple stitches. Directions for making and costuming the marionettes, manipulating and staging, are given with suggestions for programs, and 4 original marionette plays.'--from back cover. Note: Originally published 1929; contains possibly offensive ethnic stereotyping. Keywords: craft, children, juvenile, hobby, hobbies, theater, theatre, recreation, entertainment.
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15.00 USD
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The Plato Papers: A Prophesy Ackroyd, Peter
0385497695 Very Good.
Paperback. Earlier edition softcover 2000 Doubleday. Superclean; no marks; pages bright; binding tight. Only light wear. Language: English. '[P]layfully imagines how the modern era might appear to a thinker 17 centuries hence. - At once funny and erudite, The Plato Papers is a smart and entertaining look at how the future is imagined, the present absorbed, and the past misrepresented.'--from the publisher.
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5.00 USD
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Love and Death on Long Island Adair, Gilbert
0802135927 Good.
Paperback. Softcover 1998 Grove Press. Clean; unmarked; uncreased; pages bright; binding tight. Average wear. 137pp. Language: English. 'When a cerebral British author becomes enamored of an American teenage pop icon (his first attraction to another male), his life spirals out of control. This novel, which references DEATH IN VENICE and LOLITA, as much as TUFF TURF and PORKY'S, is a heartrending, hilarious, and totally convincing story of unrequited love. This is the tie-in novel to the movie of the same title, starring Jason Priestly and John Hurt.'--Ingram.
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Working Inside Out: Tools for Change Adair, Margo
0914728504 Very Good.
Paperback. Softcover 5th printing 1991 Wingbow Press. Superclean; no marks or creases; pages bright; binding tight. Light edgewear to cover. 420pp. Language: English. 'Applied Meditation for Intuitive Problem Solving.' One of the first books to bring practical meditation techniques to westerners. Keywords: self-help, psychology, spirituality, New Age, personal growth.
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10.00 USD
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Caroline's Daughters Adams, Alice
0394568257 Good.
Hardcover. 1st edition HARDCOVER with dustjacket 1991 Knopf. Average wear; clean and unmarked. 307pp. Language: English. From flap: 'Caroline has been married three times and has five daughters--all very different from her. Now that they are grown, she feels distant from them and the woman she once thought herself to be. Caroline's daughters love their mother but live as if she weren't around, exploring their own unpredictable lives, making mistakes, borrowing each other's men, and turning into the kind of women their mother could never have foreseen.'
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8.75 USD
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Medicine Men Adams, Alice
0679454403 Acceptable.
Hardcover. Hardcover with dustjacket Book Club Edition 1997. Library-sale inkstamp; noticeable wear to jacket. Text clean and unmarked; pages bright; binding tight. Good reading / research copy. 256 pages. Language: English. From the publisher: 'The tenth novel by the widely praised author of A Southern Exposure and Almost Perfect concerns the complicated relationship between patient and doctor. When a woman learns that her headaches are caused by a rare malignancy, her only guide through a frightening new world of oncologists, radiologists, specialists, and clinics, is the doctor whom she once considered only an annoying admirer.'
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The Big Fix: Inside the S&L Scandal: How an Unholy Alliance of Politics and Money Destroyed America's Banking System Adams, James Ring
0471515353 Acceptable.
Hardcover. 1st edition hardcover with dustjacket 1989 John Wiley. Has UNDERLINING on several pages in Introdustion and Chapter 1. 3 library booksale inkstamps on endpapers. Good reading / research copy. 308pp, Index, Notes, B/W photos. Language: English. NOTE: Cannot ship outside U.S. via Global Priority -- Surface or Airmail only. 'Adams, a free-lance journalist whose articles have appeared in The Wall Street Journal and Barron's, examines the current savings and loan debacle by looking at the history of American banking from the Great Depression to the present....'--Steven J. Mayover, Library Journal, 1990. Keywords: economics, economy, finance, financial, bank, credit, institution, bailout, corruption, corrupt practices, central, federal, S&L, capital, requirement, deregulate, deregulation.
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5.00 USD
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The Child's Play Museum Adams, P.
0859530949 New.
Hardcover. Brand-new. Small, slim hardcover 1979 Child's Play International. Glossy picture cover--no dustjacket (presumably as issued). Superclean; no marks; pages bright; binding tight; never used. Gift-giving condition. Ca. 20 pages; bright, colorful full-page artwork. Language: English. Pages have die-cut holes to compare item in museum setting with how it might have looked originally: bone to dinosaur, piece of wood to Viking ship, shard to pottery, etc. Great introduction to the idea of museums. For ages ca. 4-8.
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7.00 USD
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Voyage Through the Antarctic Adams, Richard; Lockley, Ronald
0394528581 Good.
Hardcover. 1st U.S. edition hardcover with dustjacket 1982 Knopf. Very clean, unmarked, with average wear: paperclip impressions on some pages; jacket scraped at back. 160pp, 90 photos (31 in color). Language: English. Keywords: naturalist, ornithology, ornithologist, penguins, birds, native, bird-watchers, wildlife, extinction, species, polar, Antarctica.
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10.00 USD
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Ikon: John Milton and the Modern Critics Adams, Robert Martin
Acceptable.
Hardcover. 1st edition hardcover with dustjacket 1955 Cornell University Press. UNDERLINING and NOTES throughout. Previous owner's name on 1st blank page. Price clipped from jacket flap. Average wear and rubbing to jacket; tiny rips. Pages bright; binding tight. Good reading / research copy. 231 pages; Index. Language: English. 'Amusing as he can be, the author is serious enough in scoring the basic foolishness of the whole impressive apparatus of crypto-scholarship. The overloaded allegory, the endless probing into the background of Milton's imagery, the wearying concern with tangential aspect of the poet's work [are] . . . the types of Milton criticism that have threatened to obscure more than they elucidate. ... [A] good-natured expose of the new criticism....'--from jacket flap. Keywords: literary criticism, Miltonian scholar, Paradise Lost, Comus, Richard Bentley, William Empson, 1950s, 50s, Fifties. No ISBN.
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12.00 USD
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Lodz Ghetto: A Community History Told in Diaries, Journals, and Documents Adelson, Alan; (editor) Lapides, Robert (editor)
0670829838 Good.
Hardcover. 1st edition hardcover with dustjacket 1991 Penguin. Clean and unmarked except light STAIN to bottom page corners. Binding tight. 522pp. Language: English. NOTE: Cannot ship outside U.S. via Global Priority -- Surface or Airmail only. Documentation of diary fragments, letters, notebook entries, poems, photos, and other papers that survived in the Polish neighborhood sealed off by Nazis. Important contribution to Holocaust literature; source for a PBS documentary produced and codirected by Adelson. Translated from the Polish.
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15.00 USD
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A Picture Book of Louis Braille Adler, David A.; Wallner, John and Alexandra (illustrators)
0823412911 New.
Hardcover. Brand-new stated 1st edition hardcover with dustjacket 1997 Holiday House. Only light store shelfwear. Superclean; no marks; pages bright; binding tight; never read. Gift-giving condition. 34 pages; color illustrations; Braille alphabet. For ages ca. Grades 1-4. Language: English. 'An appealing introduction to the Frenchman who invented the raised-dot alphabet/code now used around the world by blind and visually impaired readers. The text is simple yet informative, tracing Braille's life from the childhood accident that caused him to lose his sight through his career at the National Institute for Blind Children in Paris. Adler sprinkles in interesting facts about early 19th-century France that help readers better grasp Braille's world. The development of the alphabet/code is a major component of the book and is explained in an understandable manner. Primitive alphabet systems for the blind are discussed along with Braille's determination to replace them with his less cumbersome one. Readers can feel the alphabet and numbers from 1-10 at the back of the book. Softly colored illustrations in line and watercolor add visual clues for younger children. An excellent resource.'--Maura Bresnahan, School Library Journal, 1997. Keywords: juvenile, biography.
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18.00 USD
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The Bridal Canopy Agnon, S. J.
Good.
Hardcover. Hardcover with dustjacket 1937 Literary Guild BOOK CLUB EDITION. Clean and unmarked; binding tight. Age-tanning to paper, but still very legible. Noticeable average wear to jacket: edges crumpled and rubbed; faint damp-staining to flaps. Great reading / research copy. 373 pages. Language: English (translated from the Hebrew by I. M. Lask). "[T]ells the story of Reb Yudel, a simple Jewish scholar who sets out to travel in the lands of the Kaiser to seek bridegrooms for his three daughters.... [M]any adventures befall him as he beguiles the time of his journey by exchanging stories with his waggoner and other wayfarers. ... [The book] has the pattern of epic literature, and also its religious and supernatural background.'--from jacket flap. Author later won (shared) the 1966 Nobel Prize in Literature. Keywords: vintage, collectible, Samuel Joseph Agnon, Shmuel Yosef Agnon, Hakhnasat kalah, Israeli, world, fiction, Galician, Jew, Judaism, Judaica. No ISBN.
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7.00 USD
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Introduction to Filipino History Agoncillo, Teodoro A.
9718711058 Good.
Paperback. Softcover, ca. 1998 reprint of 1974 original, Garotech Publishing, Quezon City. Covers and spine are creased. Bookstore sticker on back cover. Pages are not tanned but are printed on low-quality newsprint. Sun-fading at bottom of front cover. Ink doodle on bottom page edge. Text clean and unmarked. Good reading / research copy. 308 pages; Index; grainy black-and-white photos; map printed inside both covers. Notes, questions, and student vocabulary at chapter ends. Language: English. Uncommon title. Keywords: Philippines, historian, Filipinism, nationalism, nationalist.
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22.00 USD
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St. Burl's Obituary Akst, Daniel
1878448684 Very Good.
Hardcover. Stated 1st printing HARDCOVER with dustjacket 1996 MacMurray. Has REMAINDER MARK at bottom page edge. Very clean; only light wear. 370pp. Language: English. NOTE: Large format; cannot ship outside U.S. via Flat-Rate envelope. From publisher: '[A]n obese, food-obsessed obituary writer witnesses a gangland slaying, which forces him to embark on a rollicking cross-country odyssey that will alter his eating habits, his weight, and, ultimately, his identity.'
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