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McGuffey Readers Original Series
by William Holmes McGuffey
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Reprint
- Published
- June 1, 1982
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780880620147
- Quantity Available
- 1
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CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina, USA
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CA$187.00
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Hardcover, box set of seven volumes, illustrated. Very Good condition, clean, tight books with no writing, marks or tears. Slight shelf wear on the box edges.
The books were authored by William Holmes McGuffey, (1800-1873) a nineteenth century American educator, original copyright entered in Ohio in 1849, first published by Truman and Smith, Cincinnatti, Ohio. The 1982 edition is mostly a… Read more about this item Item Price
CA$187.00
Flatland A Romance of Many Dimensions
by Edwin Abbott
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- reprint /Collectors
- Published
- 1995
- Binding
- Hardcover embossed leather
- Quantity Available
- 1
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CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina, USA
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CA$138.26
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Flatland A Romance of Many Dimensions by a Square, Leather bound collectors edition, no jacket as issued, cover embossed with gilt, gilt page edges with ribbon marker, illustrated with decorated end papers in VG lightly read condition; Introduction by Gregory Benford. A satirical novella first published in 1884 pseudonomously by an English schoolmaster, about culture in Victorian England. Item Price
CA$138.26
The Harvard Classics: Elizabethan Drama Marlowe Shakespeare
by Charles W. Eliot, L.L.D. [Editor]
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Reissue
- Published
- 1998
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina, USA
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CA$26.26
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Hardcover leatherette, no jacket,VG condition. Includes Edward the Second by Christopher Marlowe; plus Hamlet, King Lear, Macbeth, and The Tempest by William Shakespeare, 463 pages, annotated. Item Price
CA$26.26
John D Young and the Colorado Gold Rush
by Dwight L. Smith
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Good-
- Edition
- First thus
- Published
- 1969
- Binding
- Hardcover in dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
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CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina, USA
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CA$59.98
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Hardcover blue cloth with gilt title and embossed cover, in scarce original glassine dust jacket. NF/G- condition. Jacket has some chips and tears, has been taped with transparent paper mending tape. 188 pages illustrated with maps and drawings, historical introduction. Item Price
CA$59.98
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Green Eggs and Ham
by Dr. Seuss [Theo. LeSieg]
- Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Jacket Condition
- Good+
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1960
- Binding
- Hardcover board
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina, USA
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CA$69.27
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Hardcover board book in dust jacket. Boards and end papers are illustrated. Clean, tight solid book has some edge at the spine ends and corners lightly bumped. The jacket is not clipped, price 195/195, has some wear and small creases, half inch tears at the spine ends, in a protective mylar cover. Number 16 in the Beginner Books series, 62… Read more about this item Item Price
CA$69.27
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The Cat in the Hat Comes Back
by Dr. Seuss [Theo. LeSieg]
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1958
- Binding
- Hardcover board
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina, USA
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CA$69.27
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Hardcover illustrated boards in dust jacket. VG/VG condition. First edition, later printing. Dust jacket unclipped, price 195/195. Number two in the Beginner Books series. List of titles on the back of dust jacket goes to Little Black Goes to the Circus. Decorated end papers, 63 pages. There is a tiny chip at the bottom corner of front end paper. A… Read more about this item Item Price
CA$69.27
Northern and Southern Trips From Rio De Janeiro
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 1934
- Quantity Available
- 1
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CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina, USA
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CA$27.71
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Travel brochure advertising tours of Brazilian coastal cities from the Chicago World's Fair in 1934. Six fold design two color front and back describes northern and southern cruise ship routes and how to arrange travel to Brazil.Very Good condition. From a nonsmoking home. Ships with Tracking Number.
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CA$27.71
British Museum London Great Museums of the World
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Published
- 1967
- Binding
- Hardcover in dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina, USA
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CA$34.60
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Hardcover olive green cloth with gilt titling, very good condition, Dust Very Good clean, solid book has minimal foxing on the end papers. 172 pages illustrated guidebook to the museum and its collections. from a nonsmoking home.Ships with Tracking Number.
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CA$34.60
The British Museum
by R.G.W. Anderson
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Published
- April 30, 1996
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780714121192
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina, USA
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CA$26.31
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The British Museum illustrated guidebook for the museum 64 pages, from a nonsmoking home.Ships with Tracking Number
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CA$26.31
National Geographic 100 Best Pictures Collector's Edition Vol 1
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Published
- 2001
- Binding
- Softcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina, USA
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CA$30.34
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Large Format special collector's edition National Geographic magazine 100 best pictures. Near Fine condition, from a nonsmoking home.
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CA$30.34
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Nutshell Library
by Maurice Sendak
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1962
- Binding
- Hardcover pink cloth
- Quantity Available
- 1
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CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina, USA
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CA$150.47
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Charming set of four miniature books size 16 mo 3 3/8" x 2 3/8" in the original slipcover, hardcover cloth with acorn on cover. The books are Pierre, a cautionary tale In Five Chapters and a Prologue; Alligators All Around An Alphabet; One Was Johnny A Counting Book; Chicken Soup With Rice, A Book of Months; written and illustrated by… Read more about this item Item Price
CA$150.47
Three Years in the Klondike
by Jeremiah Lynch, Edited by Dale E. Morgan
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- reprint
- Published
- 1967
- Binding
- Hardcover cloth
- Quantity Available
- 1
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CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina, USA
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CA$623.48
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Hardcover navy blue cloth with gilt spine title and logo, Fine never read condition. Originally published in 1904, edited by Dale P. Morgan, 375 pages. Scarce title, from a nonsmoking home.
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CA$623.48
The Modern Library Price Guide 1917-2000
by Henry Toledano
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- Second Revised
- Published
- 1999
- Binding
- Trade paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
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CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina, USA
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CA$152.36
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A Comprehensive and Refreshed Catalog for Collectors, Dealers and Scouts, near fine condition trade paperback 192 pages, illustrated. From a nonsmoking home.
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CA$152.36
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Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories
by Dr. Seuss
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1958
- Binding
- Hardcover board book
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina, USA
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CA$588.84
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Hardcover, illustrated boards and end papers in dust jacket. This is a collection of three stories for young readers which were originally published in Redbook magazine.The unclipped dust jacket has an original price of 295/295 on the front flap. The book has all the first edition points, including: thumbnails of fourteen previously published Seuss books to that time, ending… Read more about this item Item Price
CA$588.84
Rusty Rings a Bell
by Franklyn M. Branley & Eleanor K. Vaughn
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Weekly Reader Bookclub
- Published
- 1960
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina, USA
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CA$17.94
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Illustrated hardcover in very good condition. Clean, tight book with previous owner name written on front flypaper. Weekly Reader book club edition reprint. Unclipped jacket price $2.50 on flap is in good condition with ball point scribble on front cover, some small chips and a tear on the spine, protected in a mylar cover. Back flap includes original book… Read more about this item Item Price
CA$17.94
Fletcher and Zenobia Save the Circus
by Edward Gorey
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1971
- Binding
- Hardcover, Illustrated boards
- ISBN
- 9780396064152
- Quantity Available
- 1
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CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina, USA
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CA$96.43
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Hardcover, illustrated board book, octavo in dust jacket. Very Good condition first edition. The binding is tight the interior clean with no writing, creases or tears. Book and jacket have slight foxing at the extremities. The price is $4.95 on unclipped jacket which is protected in a clear mylar cover.From a nonsmoking home.Ships with Tracking Number.
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CA$96.43
Native Son
by Richard Wright
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1950
- Binding
- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
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CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina, USA
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CA$16.61
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Mass market paperback first printing, so stated. Very good condition, with some slight wear to the cover. Binding is tight, interior pages are tanned. Previous owner name written on inside front cover
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CA$16.61
Quite a Year for Plums
by Bailey White
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1998
- Binding
- Hardcover brown and sage boards, copper titling on spine
- ISBN
- 9780679445319
- Quantity Available
- 1
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CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina, USA
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CA$23.54
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Hardcover Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. First Edition, so stated FPT on front flap. The jacket is protected in a brodart cover. From a nonsmoking home.Ships with Tracking Number.
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CA$23.54
Among the Gently Mad
by Nicholas A. Basbanes
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Paperback
- Published
- 2003
- Binding
- Trade paperback
- ISBN
- 9780805074413
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina, USA
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CA$24.93
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Trade paperback in lightly read VG condition with previous owner gift inscription written inside. Otherwise clean and unmarked with no creases or tears. Nonsmoking homeShips with Tracking Number.
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CA$24.93