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The Fiery Fountains: The Autobiography, Continuation and Crisis to 1950
Margaret Anderson
Hard Cover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 242 pp.
Preface by Janet Flanner
Photographs, including photos by Berenice Abbott and Man Ray
Horizon Press, New York, 1969 Book Condition: Book: Fine. Clean boards with gilt lettering, bumping, slight shelfwear, unmarked pages. Sepia-toned photographs. DJ: Near Fine. Minor edgewear at top, spine faded, some soiling to front, price clipped, now in mylar. ID: 0620
Price: $38.00
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The Strange Necessity
Margaret Anderson
Hard Cover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 223 pp.
Horizon Press, New York, 1969 Book Condition: Book: Fine. Bright, attractive boards; tight binding, gilt lettering on spine, crisp pages. Eight pages of sepia-toned photographs. DJ: Good+. Cover photo clean, soiling to rest of cover, spine sunned with small chips, edgewear. Now mylar-covered. ID: 0618
Price: $35.00
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A Place to Stand: The Making of a Poet
Jimmy Santiago Baca
Hard Cover, 264 pp.
Grove Press, New York, 2001 Book Condition: Signed by author. Book: Fine. Appears unread. Slight soiling to edges. DJ: As New. Mylar-covered. ID: 1642
Price: $35.00
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Mabel's Santa Fe and Taos: Bohemian Legends (1900-1950)
Elmo Baca
Hard Cover, 152 pp.
Gibbs Smith, Publisher, Salt Lake City, UT, 2000 Book Condition: Book: Fine. Head and tail of spine and corners minimally rubbed, otherwise as new. Pages clean and bright. Contains over 150 rare black and white photos. DJ: As New. Bookstore sticker on back cover. ID: 5251
Price: $25.00
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Jung: A Biography
Deirdre Bair
First Edition. Hardcover, 881 pp.
Little, Brown, Boston, 2003 Book Condition: Book: As New. DJ: Fine. Slight crease to upper back corner, else as new. Not price-clipped. ID: 7538
Price: $23.00
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Thomas Mann's Doctor Faustus: The Sources & Structure of the Novel
Gunilla Bergsten
Hardcover, 246 pp.; Krishna Winston, trans.
University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1969 Book Condition: Book: Fine. Gilt title, linen boards, tight, unmarked copy. Cover: Good. Abrasion to front, tape repair to flap. Now protected in mylar. ID: 6061
Price: $52.00
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The Cave of the Heart: The Life of Swami Abhishiktananda
Shirley du Boulay
Soft Cover, 6 x 9.25, 276 pp.
Orbis Books, Maryknoll, NY, 2005 Book Condition: As New. ID: 1163
Price: $16.00
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Enlightenment Blues: My Years with an American Guru
Andre van der Braak
Soft Cover, 228 pp.
Monkfish Book Publishing; Rhinebeck, NY; 2003 Book Condition: As New. ID: 1174
Price: $12.00
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George Balanchine: Ballet Master
Richard Buckle
Hardcover, 409 pp.
Random House, New York, 1988 Book Condition: Book: Near Fine. Minor bumping to corners and spine, pages bright and clean. DJ: Near Fine. Some edgewear and scuffing, not price clipped, no tears. ID: 5305
Price: $12.00
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Ancient Melodies
Su Hua Ling Chen
Hard Cover, 256 pp.
Universe Books, New York, 1988 Book Condition: Book: As New. Beautiful black & white drawings. DJ: Near Fine. Slightly soiled on front and spine, closed tear on back, shelfwear. ID: 5741
Price: $45.00
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Dante and His World
Thomas Caldecot Chubb
First Edition. Hard Cover, 831 pp.
Little, Brown & Co., Boston, 1966 Book Condition: Book: Near Fine. Clean, slight bumping, unmarked pages. Ex-library with embossed stamp, number on dedication page, no other markings. DJ: Good. Open and closed tears. Call number on spine. ID: 5814
Price: $10.00
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Deconstructing Gurdjieff: Biography of a Spiritual Magician
Tobias Churton
Hardcover, 346 pp.
Inner Traditions, Rochester, VT, 2017 Book Condition: Book: Good. Clean boards, tight binding, underlining to some pages and last free endpaper. DJ: As New. Not price clipped. ID: 7533
Price: $10.00
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Henry Miller: The Paris Years
Robert Cross
Soft Cover, 87 pp.
Peeramid Press, Big Sur, CA, 1991 Book Condition: As New. Black and white photos and illustrations, pristine pages. ID: 7509
Price: $24.00
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Jung: A Journey of Transformation, Exploring His Life and Experiencing His Ideas
Vivianne Crowley
Hardcover, 160 pp.
Quest Books, Wheaton, IL, 1999 Book Condition: Book: Fine. Slight shelfwear, otherwise as new. DJ: Fine, slight shelfwear. ID: 2736
Price: $12.00
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Teilhard de Chardin: A Biographical Study
Claude Cuénot
Hard Cover, 485 pp.
Helicon Press, Baltimore, MD, 1967 Book Condition: Book: Very Good. Tight binding, bumping, staining on edges, unmarked pages, photos. DJ: Good. Closed tears, shelfwear, abrasion to cover, soiling, price-clipped. ID: 1892
Price: $20.00
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The Man Who Would Marry Susan Sontag: And Other Intimate Portraits of the Bohemian Era
Edward Field
First Edition. Hard Cover, 284 pp.
University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 2005 Book Condition: Book: As New. DJ: As New. ID: 7018
Price: $18.00
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Rabbit Blue: Autobiography of a Painter
Patsy Foard
Soft Cover, 320 pp.
Patsy Foard, Metung, Vic., Australia, 1991 Book Condition: As New. ID: 5811
Price: $25.00
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Three-Cornered Heart
Anne Fremantle
Hardcover, 316 pp.
Viking Press, New York, 1970 Book Condition: Book: Good. Some soiling to spine, cut to half title page, unmarked pages, remainder mark. DJ: Very Good. Clean pictorial cover, mylar protected. ID: 7266
Price: $8.00
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Timothy Leary: A Biography
Robert Greenfield
First Edition. Hard Cover, 689 pp.
Harcourt, Orlando, FL, 2006 Book Condition: Book: As New. DJ: As New. Not price-clipped. ID: 2550
Price: $14.00
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Biography of American Author Jean Toomer, 1894-1967
John Chandler Griffin
First Edition. Hard Cover, 242 pp.
The Edwin Mellen Press, Lewiston, NY, 2002 Book Condition: Fine. Appears unread, slight cocking. Rare, collectible edition with unique photo of Toomer on front board. Includes photos, and interview with Margery Content Toomer. No DJ as issued. ID: 4030
Price: $125.00
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Mabel: A Biography of Mabel Dodge Luhan
Emily Hahn
Hard Cover, 228 pp.
Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1977 Book Condition: Book: Fine. Appears unread. Minor bumping top and bottom spine, otherwise as new. Pages clean and crisp. DJ: Near Fine. Minor chipping top and bottom spine, slight rubbing on edges and back cover. Now covered in mylar. ID: 5250
Price: $16.00
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Life Is Painful, Nasty & Short: In My Case It Has Only Been Painful & Nasty: Djuna Barnes 1978-1981: An Informal Memoir
Hank O'Neal
First Edition. Hard Cover, 233 pp.
Paragon House, New York, 1990 Book Condition: Book: As New. DJ: Near Fine. Minor bumping with slight soiling. ID: 5265
Price: $12.00
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Djuna: The Life and Work of Djuna Barnes
Phillip Herring
Soft Cover, 386 pp.
Penguin, New York, 1995 Book Condition: Very Good. Clean cover, some underlines. ID: 7463
Price: $10.00
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The Details of Time: Conversations with Ernst Junger
Julien Hervier
Hardcover, 139 pp.; Joachim Neugroschel, trans.
Marsilio Publishers, New York, 1995 Book Condition: Book: Fine. Slight shelfwear, otherwise as new, unmarked pages, photos. Errata laid in at p. 91. DJ: Fine. Not price-clipped. ID: 6066
Price: $60.00
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D. T. Suzuki: A Biography
A. Irwin Switzer III
Soft Cover, 63 pp.; John Snelling, ed.
The Buddhist Society, London, 1985 Book Condition: Fine. Appears unread, slight shelfwear. ID: 7392
Price: $42.00
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Caruso
Stanley Jackson
Hard Cover, 302 pp.
Stein & Day, New York, 1972 Book Condition: Book: Fine. Spine slightly bumped. DJ: Good. Edgewear, open and closed tears to spine and back, otherwise bright and clean. ID: 5240
Price: $8.00
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Balancing Heaven and Earth: A Memoir of Visions, Dreams and Realizations
Robert A. Johnson, with Jerry M. Ruhl
Hard Cover, 307 pp.
HarperSanFrancisco, San Francisco, 1998 Book Condition: Book: As New. Clean green cloth boards. Gilt spine title. Remainder mark. DJ: Fine. Very slight scuffing. ID: 1599
Price: $18.00
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My Life, My Theater
Ida Kaminska
Hardcover, 310 pp.
Macmillan Publishing Co., New York, 1973 Book Condition: Book: Near Fine. Gilt spine title. Minor bumping to spine, otherwise clean and tight. DJ: Very Good. Some edgewear, closed tear, price clipped. ID: 5297
Price: $12.00
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Darwin, His Daughter and Human Evolution
Randal Keynes
Hardcover, 384 pp.
Riverhead Books, New York, 2002 Book Condition: Book: Fine. Unread, slight shelfwear, oherwise as new. DJ: Fine. Not price-clipped. ID: 7062
Price: $15.00
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Federico Fellini: His Life and Work
Tullio Kezich
First Edition, Soft Cover, 444 pp.
Faber and Faber, New York, 2006 Book Condition: As New. Unread in excellent condition. ID: 6064
Price: $21.00
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Albert Schweitzer: A Study of His Philosophy of Life
Gabriel Langfeldt, Maurice Michael, tr.
Hard Cover with dust jacket, 119 pp.
George Braziller; New York; 1960 Book Condition: Book: Fine. Slight bumping to spine. DJ: Very Good. Chipping, tanned. ID: 2022
Price: $5.00
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Souvenirs: My Life with Maeterlinck
Georgette Leblanc
Hard Cover with dust jacket, 6 x 9, 352 pp.
E. P. Dutton & Co., New York, 1932 First Edition Book Condition: Book: Good+. Tight binding, fraying to head, spine faded and rubbed; deckle edges, stains to front and back cover, pages unmarked. Photos. Now mylar-wrapped. No DJ. ID: 0552
Price: $25.00
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All My Yesterdays: An Autobiography
Cecil Lewis
Hard Cover with mylar-covered dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 210 pp.
Element, Rockport, MA, 1993 Book Condition: Book: Fine. Slight bumping, edgewear, otherwise as new. DJ: Near Fine. Minor shelfwear, small closed tear on back. ID: 1542
Price: $24.00
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Luba Gurdjieff: A Memoir with Recipes
Luba Gurdjieff Everitt
Soft Cover, 105 pp.
Ten Speed Press, Berkeley, CA, 1993 Book Condition: Good -. Some creasing to covers, pages unmarked, damp stains to back pages. ID: 7264
Price: $20.00
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Wolf Messing: The True Story of Russia's Greatest Psychic
Tatiana Lungin
First Edition. Hard Cover, 183 pp.
Paragon House, New York, 1989 Book Condition: Book: Fine. Appears unread, clean boards with minimal edgewear. Pages bright and clean. Contains photos. DJ: Fine. Minor bumping to spine and slight edgewear. Back cover slightly rubbed. Not price-clipped. ID: 5329
Price: $32.00
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Krishnamurti: His Life and Death
Mary Lutyens
Hardcover, 235 pp.
St. Martin's Press, New York, 1990 Book Condition: Book: Fine. Gilt spine title, minor shelfwear, light foxing to edges. Clean pages, many photos. DJ: Very Good. Black with vivid portrait of Krishnamurti, shelfwear, chipping to head and tail of spine. Not price clipped. ID: 5386
Price: $30.00
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Magic of Maeterlinck
Patrick Mahony
Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.75, 175 pp.
House-Warven, Hollywood, 1952 Book Condition: Book: Very Good. Clean cloth cover, gilt spine title, edgewear, slight bumping to corners, owner name on front pastedown, pages sunned, some pencil notes, two lines inked. DJ: Fair. Intact with open tears and shelfwear. ID: 1798
Price: $10.00
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Reading Chekhov: A Critical Journey
Janet Malcolm
Hardcover, 209 pp.
Random House, New York, 2001 Book Condition: Book: Near Fine. Clean boards, unmarked pages, light stains to a few edges. DJ: Near Fine. Light shelfwear, not price clipped. ID: 7487
Price: $10.00
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Journal of Katherine Mansfield
Katherine Mansfield
Hardcover, 252 pp.; edited by J. Middleton Murry
Constable & Co., London, 1931 Book Condition: Good. Clean boards, fraying to head and tail of spine, solid binding, owner's name to ffep, unmarked pages. ID: 7360
Price: $12.00
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The Letters of Katherine Mansfield, Volume One and Two
Katherine Mansfield
Hardcover, Vol. One, 319 pp; Vol. Two, 271 pp.; edited by J. Middleton Murry
Constable & Co., London, 1932 Book Condition: A two-volume set. Both good condition, tight binding, clean, some fraying to spines, pages unmarked. ID: 7361
Price: $22.00
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The New Age Under Orage: Chapters in English Cultural History
Wallace Martin
Hard Cover with dust jacket, 5 x 8.25, 303 pp.
Manchester University Press, New York, 1967 Book Condition: Book: As New. Frontis of Orage; b/w illustrations of writers and editors who contributed to the New Age. DJ: Near Fine. Bright, some edgewear, no tears. Now mylar-covered. ID: 0531
Price: $60.00
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The Last Alchemist: Count Cagliostro, Master of Magic in the Age of Reason
Iain McCalman
Hard Cover, 272 pp.
HarperCollins, New York, 2003 Book Condition: Book: As New. DJ: Fine. Minimal rubbing and shelfwear. ID: 0999
Price: $12.00
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Frank Lloyd Wright Remembered
Patrick J. Meehan
Hard Cover, 254 pp.
The Preservation Press, Washington, DC, 1991 Book Condition: Book: As New. DJ: Fine. Clean, slight bumping, now wrapped in mylar. ID: 5216
Price: $15.00
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Chogyam Trungpa: His Life and Vision
Fabrice Midal; Ian Monk, translator
Hard Cover, 550 pp.
Shambhala, Boston & London, 2004 Book Condition: Book: As New. Gilt spine title with maroon boards. DJ: Fine. Slight edgewear at spine. ID: 1465
Price: $10.00
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The Seven Mountains of Thomas Merton
Michael Mott
Soft Cover, 696 pp.
Harcourt Brace & Co., San Diego, 1993 Book Condition: Very Good+. Clean covers, shelfwear, tight binding, unmarked pages, black and white photos. ID: 1885
Price: $12.00
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Jean Toomer: A Critical Evaluation
Therman B. O'Daniel, editor
Hard Cover with dust jacket, 6.25 x 9.5, 557 pp.
Howard University Press, Washington, D.C., 1988 First Edition Book Condition: Book: Fine. Slight shelfwear, appears unread. DJ: Fine. Slight edgewear, not price clipped, now mylar-protected. ID: 1933
Price: $30.00
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Jean Toomer: A Critical Evaluation
Therman B. O'Daniel, editor
Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.25 x 9.5, 557 pp.
Howard University Press, Washington, D.C., 1988 First Edition Book Condition: Book: Near Fine. Bright cloth cover, appears unread, bumping at corners and base of spine. Tight binding, clean pages. DJ: Very Good. Bright, some chipping, edgewear. ID: 1795
Price: $26.00
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Sam Shepard: The Life and Work of an American Dreamer
Ellen Oumano
Hard Cover 174 pp.
St. Martin's Press, New York, 1986 Book Condition: Book: Very Good. Gilt spine title. Tight binding. Ex-library book with usual stamps. Front end cover cut out, some staining front and back endpapers. DJ: Near Fine. In mylar. ID: 1590
Price: $5.00
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The Life of Olgivanna Lloyd Wright
Maxine Fawcett-Yeske and Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer
First Edition. Hardcover, 292 pp.
ORO Editions, Novato, CA, 2017 Book Condition: Fine. Hard case binding, slight edgewear, unmarked pages, many color photos and black & white drawings. ID: 7265
Price: $20.00
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Goebbels
Ralf Georg Reuth
First U.S. Edition. Hard Cover, 471 pp. ; Krishna Winston, trans.
Harcourt Brace, New York, 1993 Book Condition: Book: Fine. Clean boards, slight shelfwear, tight binding, crisp unmarked pages, owner inscribed. DJ: Fine. Slight shelfwear. ID: 2528
Price: $10.00
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The Dedicated: A Biography of Nivedita
Lizelle Reymond
Hard Cover, 5.75 x 9, 376 pp.
Samata Books, Madras, India, 1985 Book Condition: Book: Fine. Appears unread, uppper corners bumped, unmarked pages. DJ Fine. Light scuffing, now mylar-protected. ID: 0411
Price: $40.00
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The Autobiography of Bertrand Russell 1892-1914
Bertrand Russell
Hardcover, 356 pp. First American Edition
Little Brown, Boston, 1967 Book Condition: Book: Fine. Appears unread. Slight shelfwear. DJ: Good. Open tear top and bottom of spine. Slight soiling. Not price-clipped. ID: 7000
Price: $17.00
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The Inner Life of Krishnamurti: Private Passion and Perennial Wisdom
Aryel Sanat
Soft Cover, 6 x 9, 324 pp.
Quest Books, Wheaton, IL, 1999 Book Condition: Book: Very good. Clean, very readable copy. Curling and stains on early pages. ID: 1381
Price: $9.00
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Gertrude and Alice
Diana Souhami
First Edition. Hardcover, 300 pp.
Pandora, London, 1991 Book Condition: Book: Near Fine. Tight, unmarked copy, with some bumping to spine. DJ: Good. Clean, with wear at spine and corners. ID: 7148
Price: $9.00
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Three Levels of Consciousness: An Autobiography
Minnie B. Theobald
First Edition. Hard Cover, 170 pp.
John M. Watkins, London, 1960 Book Condition: Book: Near Fine. Appears unread. Some bumping to corners and spine, crease to top back corner. Pages unmarked. Epilogue by Beryl Pogson. DJ: Fine. Clean, no tears, price clipped, slight shelfwear. Now covered in mylar. ID: 5300
Price: $80.00
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What Is Remembered
Alice B. Toklas
Soft Cover, 186 pp.
North Point Press, San Francisco, 1985 Book Condition: Fine. Appears unread. Slight shelfwear. B/W photographs. ID: 3168
Price: $16.00
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Lord of the Dance: Autobiography of a Tibetan Lama
Chagdud Tulku
Softcover, 5.5 x 8.5, 248 pp.
Padma Publishing, Junction City, CA, 1992 Book Condition: Fine. Appears unread, crisp clean pages, tight binding, slight shelfwear. ID: 0925
Price: $18.00
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Frank Lloyd Wright: An Interpretive Biography
Robert Twombly
First Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.5, 373 pp
Harper & Row, New York, 1973 Book Condition: Book: As New. DJ: Fine. Slight scuffing, price clipped, now mylar-covered. ID: 4043
Price: $22.00
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Paris Was a Woman: Portraits from the Left Bank
Andrea Weiss
First Edition. Soft Cover, 256 pp.
Harper San Francisco, San Francisco, 1995 Book Condition: Good. Slightly cocked, creased spine, unmarked pages. ID: 7531
Price: $8.00
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Life on a Cloud: The Story of Margaret Anderson
Barbara Wersba
Soft Cover with dustjacket, 6.25 x 9, 34 pp.
The Bookman Press, Sag Harbor, NY, 2003 Limited edition of 200 copies Book Condition: Book: As New. Bright and crisp cardstock. DJ: Fine. Marbled paper, slight wear to top of spine. ID: 0624
Price: $50.00
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Hitler
A. N. Wilson
Hardcover, 215 pp.
Perseus Books Group, New York, 2012 Book Condition: Book: As New. DJ: As New. ID: 7020
Price: $9.00
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The Strange Life of P. D. Ouspensky
Colin Wilson
Softcover, 5.25 x 8.5, 143 pp.
Aquarian/Thorsons, London, 1993 Book Condition: Very Good. Bright cover, some edgewear, tight binding, pages sunned, clean and crisp. ID: 1789
Price: $12.00
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The Shining Brow: Frank Lloyd Wright
Olgivanna Lloyd Wright
Hard Cover with dust jacket, 5.5 x 8.75, 300 pp.
Horizon Press, New York, 1960 Book Condition: First edition. Book: Good+. Very clean, no marks, tight binding, minor stain on spine, bumping, gilt spine title. DJ: Good. Bright colors, some chipping and scuffing, now mylar-covered. ID: 1929
Price: $25.00
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I Come from Behind Kaf Mountain: The Spiritual Autobiography of Murat Yagan
Murat Yagan
Softcover, 177 pp.
Kebzeh Publications, Vernon BC, Canada, 1997 Book Condition: Fine. Appears unread, minor shelfwear. ID: 5156
Price: $28.00
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Bogdanov and His Work: A Guide to the Published and Unpublished Works of Alexander A. Bogdanov (Malinovsky) 1873-1928
John Biggart, Georgii Gloveli, Avraham Yassour
First Edition. Hard Cover, 495 pp.
Ashgate Publishing Co., Aldershot, UK, 1998 Book Condition: Fine. Appears unread. Tight binding. Minor rubbing to cover and shelfwear, pristine pages. ID: 5462
Price: $150.00
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