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New York: Perennial Library, 1973. 162 pages with wear to cover, crease on front cover, tanned page margins. From back: "In his controversial book Deschooling Society Ivan Illich advocated the total disestablishment of educational systems since they only perpetuate the evils of the established order." Contributors include Herbert Gintis, Colin Greer, Sumner M. Rosen, Judson Jerome, Arthur Pearl, Roy P. Fairfield, Maxine Greene, Neil Postman and Ronald Gross. Quotes are for illustrative purposes only and remain the property of their copyright holders. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. Mass Market Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: Hawthorn Books, 1968. Stated First Edition. 386 cream pages including index. Jacket has light wear with slightly darkened spine and small stain below title. Extra shipping if not sent via US media mail. Thanks for shopping with us! 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and lifelong learning.. First. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Abingdon Press, 1962. 173 page ex-library books with markings, labels and pocket. Mylar cover is torn, dust jacket underneath has some wear to top spine and right side and stain on front inside fold. Pages appear clean and unmarked. From dust jacket: "The unusual case histories in this book are those of living people. Dr. Weatherhead has, of course, given them imaginary names, but they are all people he has known - "wounded spirits" - who have found their way back from some form of illness to a healthy life...Phyllis was cured - with Christianity, the religion of love... A pioneer in the field of pastoral psychology, Dr. Weatherhead has helped thousands of people. It is his firm belief that it is a function of the church to promote healing by spiritual means..." Quotes are for illustrative purposes only and remain the property of their copyright holders. 100% of your purchase price benefits charity.. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" -… Read More

New York: Doubleday, 1970. In very good condition with 68 black and white photographs taken by the author. Dust jacket has some wear, very small tears around top and some light soil to front. A very good guide for the budding nature photographer. Thanks for shopping with us! 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and lifelong learning.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Villiard, Paul. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Batsford, 1950. Probable first edition. In overall good condition with bumped lower read corner, some shelfwear, inside cover and front end page have library stamp. Paper clipped to end page is the description cut from the dust jacket describing book and author - the paper clip has left a depression and several pages. Pencilled numbers on front end page. From description: the book has 127 illustrations...among them are some of the most famous buildings of the century..." including "Regent Park terraces, terraces at Reading and Ramsgate, churches by Pugin, Scott, Barry and Butterfield..Houses of Parliament, the Crystal Palace, the British Museum, St. George's Hall, Liverpool are all well illustrated" and many more. Thanks for shopping with us! 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and lifelong learning.. First Edition. Buckram. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Kersting, A.F.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

New York: Harper Collins, 2016. 8vo size trade paperback; 520 numbered pages with some black and white photographs. Covers are unique to proof with front cover stating Uncorrected Proof. Back cover also state Uncorrected Proof. It provides an overview of the book, a very brief biography of the author and details on the marketing campaign and the finished book. This proof is different from the final book, for example, there is no index, although those pages have been allocated. From back cover: "Betty Pack was charming, beautiful, and intelligent - and she knew it. As an agent for Britain's MI6 and then America's OSS during World War II, these qualities proved crucial to her success. This is the remarkable story of this 'Mata Hari from Minnesota' and the passions that ruled her tempestuous life - a life filled with dangerous liaisons and death-defying missions vital to the Allied victory." Book has edgewear, a scrape and stray pen mark on the bottom, fingermark on… Read More

New York: Hawthorn Books, 1967. Ex-library with traditional markings. Jacket covered in mylar. 155 pages. Pencilled price on fep. Volume 1 of the Twentieth Century Encyclopedia of Catholicism. We have many other volumes of the Twentieth Century Encyclopedia of Catholicism. Thanks for shopping with us! 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and lifelong learning.. First. Cloth. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1922. 297 toned pages. Reading copy is shaken and split a title page. Wear to covers. Thanks for shopping with us! 100% of your purchase benefit charity and supports literacy and lifelong learning.. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts Inc, 1943. A reading copy of this navy blue cloth volume. Dull gilt titles on spine. Spine cover is torn at front seam. Bumped corners and head and heel of spine bumped and frayed. 770 pages with a few black and white illustrations and maps. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. Cloth. Reading Copy/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Dodd Mead & Company, 1969. Green cloth with black and gilt titles on spine. No jacket, but flap from jacket has been paperclipped to fep. (Paperclip has left impression marks.) 272 bright, white pages with numerous black and white photographs. Ex-library with typical treatments. Lightly sunned spine and lightly bumped head and heel of spine. From flap: "A biography of one of aviation's outstanding pioneers, covering his incredible three careers in flight....Igor sikorsky's story is a fascinating one..." Quotes are for illustrative purposes only and remain the property of their copyright holders. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

Charlottesville, Virginia: University Press of Virginia, 1973. 49 pages with some black and white maps. Light soil to covers, name inked out on front cover. Pencilled price on fep; quarter inch tear on front cover. Includes also ephemera The Proceedings of the Virginia Convention in the Town of Richmond a re-enactment held at Saint John's Church. Thanks for shopping with us! 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and lifelong learning. . Stapled Pamphlet. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: State University of New York Press, 1983. 196 bright, white pages. Creased top back corner of cover and last few pages, edgewear. Thanks for shopping with us! 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and lifelong learning.. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: Pocket Books, 1999. Biography of the New York Yankee superstar. First edition paperback. 114 pages plus section of glossy color photographs. Color photo illustrated front cover; stats on back cover. In very good condition with a barely perceptable crease on front cover and tanned or discolored inside covers. Slight edgewear and light crease to top corner. Thanks for shopping with us! 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and lifelong learning.. First. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Baltimore, MD: Windsor Oak Publishing, 1991. 36 bright, white pages with black and white illustrations, some black and white photographs and color photographs on covers. Some wear to covers, bumped bottom corners. Featured projects include: Twisted valance; double pouf valance; fan valance; shirred and ruffled valance; tapered valance; victorian valance; blouson valance; basic valance; draped valance; window scarf. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. Stapled. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Nunemacher, Ann Davis. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Lexington, MA: D.C. Heath & Co., 1966. Ex-library with typical treatments; many blacked out. Heavy library binding. Some wear to covers. 103 toned pages with tanned borders. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

London: Chapman and Hall, 1975. Ex-library with typical treatments. 232 pages. Reading copy with rough areas on covers where stickers removed and tears or cuts to external spine seam. Firmly bound. We noted underling on one page and marginalia on one page. Edgewear and wear to corners. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and lifelong learning.. Hard Cover. Reading Copy/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

Book Sales, 1986. 8vo size trade paperback; maroon cover with photo illustrated wraps; 256 pages profusely illustrated with black and white photographs plus a section of color photos on glossy stock. From back: "An easy to use visual identification guide A systematic classification of American pressed glass by form Use of color photographs of identification of every major variety Over 500 different pressed glass objects classified and described by make, age, decoration, dimension, style, body" Light wear to cover and wraps, remainder mark on bottom, crease to inside flap of wrap. . Trade Paperback. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Garden City, NY: Nelson Doubleday, Inc., 1979. 8vo size hardcover with photo illustrated dust jacket; 64 pages From jacket: "Eight years ago, Arlie Holsclaw was sent to prison on charges of robbery, kidnapping and murder. Today she is a woman in her late twenties, using her full name, Arlene, and she has just gotten out of jail. Getting Out records her first day "outside" - a day filled with confusion and fright, hope and disappointment. Arlene has just arrived at her new apartment, reading to begin a new life free from her hurtful past. Bust escape from her past is not easy..." This volume also includes the cast list from the original production at the Actor's Threatre in Louisville on November 3, 1977. There is another cast list from the first New York production at the Phoenix Theatre on October 19, 1978. Kevin Bacon and Barry Corbin were among the cast members. Moderate wear to jacket, some soil to blank white back of jacket and two half inch tears to back of… Read More

New York: Wonder Books, 1964. 127 pages with color and black and white illustrations. Some wear to covers including creasing to front cover fold and light tanning to pages. Sticker on spine. Wear to very top of spine. From cover: "America's favorite doll, Barbie, comes alive in a series of fast-moving, madcap adventures that will have boys and girls alike begging for more. Join her and her friends and let the fun begin!" At last - a gift for the collector of Barbie circa 1964. Quotes are for illustrative purposes only and remain the property of their copyright holders. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Nankivel, Claudine. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

New York: Sterling Publishing Company, 2001. 112 pages with profuse color illustrations. Photo illustrated covers. Detailed instructions on different designs and treatments for manicures and pedicures. Ex-library with typical treaments. Worn bottom corner and several curled pages. Thanks for shopping with us! 100% of your purchase price benefits charity and supports literacy and lifelong learning.. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ex-Library.