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Gli Occhiali Spectacles by Franca Acerenza first edition paperback text in both Italian and English BE-MA, Milano (1988)

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This photographic itinerary "is based on one of the finest collections of spectacles existing in Italy today."

Canyon Shadows by Lou Ella Archer first edition hardcover Times Mirror Press (1931)

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Beautiful gift copy. Lou Ella Archer's poetry captures the beauty of the Arizona landscape. Pastedown picture of the Grand Canyon on the cover. Illustrated with black and white scenes plus 7 color artworks by Lillian Wilhelm Smith (1882-1974) including her magnificent paintings of Zion Canyon, the Desert After the Rain, Dawn at Bryce Canyon, From Grand Canyon Lodge, Seven Palms, and the Temple of Sinawava.

How to Quit the Rat Race-Successfully! by John F Edwards first edition trade paperback New Era Press, Weaverville, CA (1980)

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The author "shows you how to increase your happiness by following these proven procedures..."

Beyond the Clapping Mountains Eskimo Stories from Alaska by Charles E Gillham Hardcover (Publcation date estimated) The Macmillan Co. (1964)

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This book is filled with stories that are "full of humor and imagination - just the kind of folk tales all small children like best."

Cooking from the Heart The Hmong Kitchen in America by Sami Scripter and Sheng Yang signed first edition hardcover University of Minnesota Press (2009

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Hmong food is simple, earthy, fiery, and fresh. Author signed copies are RARE.

An Angel's Notebook Reflections on the Wings of Light by Joseph D Fleming hardcover Published by The Library of Beatitudes, Sacramento (1996)

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RARE. Becoming hard to find as a new condition HB. Contains 70 Meditations as listed, along with 82 Aphorisms throughout.

Walking with Azrael by Maureen Ramsey-Poorman signed first edition trade paperback Self-published (2014)

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RARE as author-signed. "The financial loss of a lifetime savings during the Wall Street fiasco at the end of 2008 was almost too much for Maureen. Grieving over major losses she begins to write her story."

Callaghan, comme tout le monde by Roman A-R Tourtebatte Trade Paperback Morel Editeurs

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Dialogue rich novel in French. RARE; as of this listing, none are available in North America.  Photo of back and front covers is specific to this listing.

Navy Song Book by Navy Department Commission on Training Camp Activities Government Printing Office (1919)

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Stapled, w/o original cover as shown, 5 1/4 x 4". Has photo of the U.S.S. Pennsylvania plus line drawings scattered throughout. RARE. Important source material. Slightly better than a working copy.

Notre Dame Football The T Formation by Frank Leahy 4th Printing hardcover Prentice-Hall. (1950)

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RARE for a nearly new hardcover at this highly advantageous price. The author learned the game under Knute Rockne.

Michigan State Multiple Offense by Clarance Biggie Munn Second Printing hardcover Prentice-Hall. (1954)

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This book contains "A detailed description of the kind of football attack that has averaged 36 points per game for six years."

Tumult in the Clouds by James Goodson signed first edition trade paperback New American Library (2004)

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"With breathtaking descriptions of aerial dogfights and vivid portraits of the men who fought, this is a dramatic, gripping story of courage and sacrifice... from the first day of the war to the last, this is the story of one of history's leading fighter aces."

China's Foreign Relations 1917-1931 by Robert T Pollard first edition hardcover MacMillian (1933)

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Not a reprint, this is an original printing. "If the year 1917 marked the opening of a new era in China's foreign relations, perhaps the year 1931 marked the end of that era..."

Tales of the End A Narrative Commentary on the Book of Revelation by David L Barr 2nd edition trade paperback Polebridge Press, Salem, OR (2012)

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"This book invites readers to hear John's story anew. Rather than forcing John's story into our time, it takes the reader back to the time of its original telling..."

Clean Cabbage in the Bucket and Other Tales From the Irish Music Trenches by Frank Emerson, Seamus Kennedy, Robbie O'Connell, Harry O'Donoghue, Dennis O'Rourke signed first edition trade paperback Llumina Press, Fl (2007)

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Five Irish musicians have combined their experiences since the early 70's into this collection of wonderful personal stories.

The Runner and the Kelpie by Dave Duncan first edition first edition trade paperback Five Rivers Publishing, Neustadt, Ontario (2014)

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"When the wyrd-woman warned Ivor he was going to meet a monster, he didn't believe her. He thought he had worse things to worry about. He was wrong about both."

A Victorian Edinburgh Diary by John Inglis edited by his granddaughter Ena Vaughan first edition hardcover Ramsay Head Press, Edinburgh. (1984)

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This diary shows the life of an every-day-person in Edinburgh, Scotland in the 1870s and 1880s.

Tomas and the Red Headed Angel by Marion Garthwaite illustrated by Lorence F Bjorklund signed Third Printing hardcover Julian Messner. (1951)

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  "There is an earthy awareness, a sensory quality to the telling that brings Alta, California and its Spanish settlement completely alive." Winner of the Julia Ellsworth Ford Foundation Award for Children's Literature (the unanimous choice of the judges).

Wet Paint by Gwynn Popovac signed first edition hardcover Houghton Mifflin (1986)

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This is the author's first novel. "...an intimate look at a suburban family living on the outskirts of Los Angeles in the 1950's and '60's...But Flora Jackson feels like a fugitive there..."

Collectanea; Second Series Montaigne, Webster, and Marston, Donne and Webster, The Bacon-Shakespeare Question by Charles Crawford first edition hardcover Shakespeare Head Press. (1907)

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RARE. This particular printing 1907 seems to be the rarest. Today, this would be classified as a fine press volume. "I am going to demonstrate that it is easy not only to refute the Baconians but to show that they are lamentably wrong in many of their strongest assertions, which, moreover, prove them to be very badly versed in Elizabethan literature..."