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Fortune Telling by Cards: Weather Omens, Oracle of Destiny, Chiromancy, Physiognomy (Undated, est. 1890s-1910s)
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The Vicar of Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith (1915, E. Lauriat Stamp)
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The Mushroom Book by Nina Marshall (1903)
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Lord Beaconsfield: A Study by Georg Brandes (1966)
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Fisherman's Luck by Henry Van Dyke (1901)
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The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam by Edward Fitzgerald, Illustrations by Herbert Cole (1901, De Luxe Limited Edition /375, Vellum Binding)
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The Grey Fairy Book by Andrew Lang (1900)
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The Brown Fairy Book by Andrew Lang (1904)
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The Violet Fairy Book by Andrew Lang (1901)
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The Communist Manifesto in Pictures with an introduction by William Schneiderman (1948)
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The Lover's Tale by Alfred Lord Tennyson (1879)
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The Works of Edmund Spenser (1866)
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The Poetical Works of Thomas Moore (Undated, estimated 1920s with modern rebinding)
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Tales of Mystery and Imagination by Edgar Allan Poe (1933)
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Fisticuffs and Personalities of the Prize Ring by Harry E. Cleveland (1924)
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The Hound of Culain by Alan Buck (1938)
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The Mistress of the Manse by J. G. Holland (1874)
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The Story of Martha's Vineyard by C. G. Hine (1908)
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Salem Witchcraft by Robert Calef & Cotton Mather (1865, Limited Edition /250)
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The Poetry & Mystery of Dreams by Charles G. Leland (1856)
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Plant Lore, Legends, and Lyrics by Richard Folkard (1892)
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Outline Dictionary of Maya Glyphs by William Gates (1931)
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Scientific Demonstration of Theology, Prophecy, and Revelation! by H. B. Bear (1900)
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The Fight for the Republic in China by B. L. Putnam Weale (1918)
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Toyokuni Ukiyo E by Nihon Ukiyoe Tokyo Art School (1926)
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An Illustrated History of Japanese Handicraft Arts by Jo Okada (1952)
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A Fragment of Autobiography by John Gunther (1962, Signed)
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Inside Russia Today by John Gunther (1958, Signed)
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Myths of the Norsemen by H. A. Guerber (1914)
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Melilotte A Fairy Operetta by David Stevens (1924)
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The New Centurions by Joseph Wambaugh (1971, Signed, 1st edition, 3rd printing)
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Book Of Butterflies And Moths By Captain Thomas Brown (1843)
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Book Of Butterflies, Sphinges, And Moths By Thomas Brown Vol. 2 (1834)
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Science of Locomotive Management: Fireman's Preparatory Instruction Part 3 by George Baker (1922)
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Railway Property by John Jervis (1864)
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Le Prince Zilah by Jules Claretie (1898, French)
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American Painters in Paris by Yvon Bizardel (1960)
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Smart on Crime by Kamala Harris (2009, First Edition Hardcover)
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Stories In Stone From the Roman Forum by Isabel Lovell (1914)
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The Natural History of Cage Birds by J. M. Bechstein (Undated, est. 1890s)
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The Poetical Works of William Cowper (1864)
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The Ballads and Songs of Robert Burns (1864)
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (Undated, Estimated 1890s)
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Vintage Mushroom/Mycology Fold Out Booklet - Hagerups Svampetavler (1946)
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What is Occultism? By Papus & Fred Rothwell (1913)b
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The New Practical Gardener and Modern Horticulturist by James Anderson (1874)
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English Wild Flowers by J. T. Burgess (Undated, estimated 1880s)
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Practical Taxidermy by Montagu Browne (1922)
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Nogaku Komen Taiken By Iwao Kongo (1944)
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Tempted of the Devil: Life of a Kabbalist by Becker & Macdowall (1888)
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A Paper of Tobacco by Joseph Fume (1839, Front Board Detached)
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The Works of Alfred Tennyson (1880, R & A Suttaby Binding)
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Complete Set of 50 Wills Capstan Interesting Buildings Cigarette Cards (1905)
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Complete Set of 50 Wills Wild Animal Heads Cigarette Cards with Art by Arthur Wardle (1934)
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Complete Set of 50 Wills Time & Money in Different Countries Cigarette Cards (1908)
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Complete Set of 25 Wills Wild Animals Cigarette Cards with art by Arthur Wardle (1924)
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Commercial Cake Decoration By "Nirvana" (Undated, estimated 1950s)
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Advanced Piping & Cake Designs By "Nirvana" (1950)
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Decorated Cakes And Confectionery By "Nirvana" (1950s)
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Simple But Effective Cake Decorating By Dennis Hopkins (1952)
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How To Decorate A Cake, Let Anne Anson Show You - Tala Icing Book No. 1716 (1955)
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The Complete Works of Lord Alfred Tennyson (1902)
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Premiums Paid to Life by Edward Garrett (1894)
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A College Girl by Mrs. George De Horne Vaizey (1913)
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Ancient Stone Crosses of England by Alfred Rimmer (1875)
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Sister: A Chronicle of Fair Haven by Evelyn Everett-Green (1898)
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Half Hours in Field and Forest: Chapters in Natural History by Rev. J. G. Wood (Undated, Estimated 1870s-1890s)
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The Little Girl from Next Door by Geraldine Mockler (Undated, estimated 1890s)
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The Odyssey of Homer by Alexander Pope (Undated, estimated 1890s)
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The Life of Samuel Johnson Volumes 1-4 by James Boswell (Complete undated set, estimated 1850s)
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The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray (1851)
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The Poetical Works of Sir David Lyndsay Volumes 1-3 (1806)
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First Impressions of England and Its People by Hugh Miller (1857)
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Marcel Proust In Search Of Lost Time Vol. 1-6 by The Folio Society
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The Gods of Our Fathers: A Study of Saxon Mythology by Herman Stern (1899)
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My Dark Companions and Their Strange Stories by Henry Stanley (1893)
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The Four Winds of Eirinn by Anna Macmanus/Ethna Carbery (1918)
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Illustrated Biography, or Memoirs of the Great and the Good by Charles Savage (1855)
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Floralia by June Butler (1938, Limited Edition /500)
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Collection of Popular Tales from the Norse and North German by George Dasent (1906, Limited Edition 64/350)
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Scattered Verses by Lewis Einstein (1949, Limited Edition /200)
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Patterns in Mosaic by Eve Gray and Margo Findlay (1941)
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Vintage Japanese Art Book: Toshusai Sharaku by Teruji Yoshida (Limited Edition /350, unknown publication date, estimated 1940s)
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The Witch Man by Margaret Belle Houston (1922)
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Our Vanishing Hair: A Dissertation on Human Hair Production by Charles Nessler (1934)
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The Portfolio: Artistic Monographs by Paul Rubens, Titian, and more (1898)
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Jack by Alphonse Daudet & Mary Sherwood (Undated, estimated 1890s)
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The Upper Engadine Painted by J. Hardwicke Lewis and Described by S. C. Musson (1907, A & C Black Colour Book)
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Land of High Horizons by Elizabeth Skaggs Bowman (1951, Signed Presentation Copy)
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A Briefe and true Relation of the Discoverie of the North part of Virginia (1984, Three Poplars Edition Facsimile)
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The Spell of the Rhine by Frank Roy Fraprie (1922)
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The Spell of Japan by Isabel Anderson (1919)
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The Spell of the Hawaiian Island and the Philippines by Isabel Anderson (1919, missing map)
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The Spell of Switzerland by Nathan Haskell Dole (1920)
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The Spell of Sicily by Will S. Monroe (1922)
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The Spell of Belgium by Isabel Anderson (1919)
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Lot of 11 Vintage Plant & Vegetable Lithographic Plates (unknown date, estimated 1920s)
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Lot of 16 Vintage Mushroom Lithographic Plates W/ Case by Maurice Roch. (Undated, estimated 1920s)
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Half Hours Undergound: Volcanoes, Mines, and Caves (1888)
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Half Hours in Early Naval Adventure (1897)
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Half Hours in the Far South: The People and Scenery of the Tropics (1901)
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Half Hours in Air and Sky: Marvels of the Universe (1903)
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Half Hours in Woods and Wilds: Adventures of Sport and Travel (1905)
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Half Hours in the Deep: The Nature & Wealth of the Sea (1898)
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The Child World by Gabriel Setoun Illustrated by Charles Robinson (1896)
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Jewish Mysticism and the Legends of Baalshem by Professor Martin Buber (1931)
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The Devil's Pool by George Sand translated by Hamish Miles (1929, Limited Edition /1300)
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Tahiti: The Marriage of Loti by Pierre Loti (1928)
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Facsimile of the Washington Manuscript of the Minor Prophets & The Berlin Fragment of Genesis (1927)
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Fuhrer Fur Pilzfreunde "Guide for Mushroom Lovers" by Edmund Michael (1927)
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Fuhrer Fur Pilzfreunde "Guide for Mushroom Lovers" Vol. 1-3 by Edmund Michael (1918-1919)
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Toadstools and Mushrooms of the Countryside by Edward Step (1914)
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Tales Of Mystery & Imagination By Edgar Allan Poe Illustrated by Harry Clarke (1919)
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Tactics and War Game Situations For Army School Of The Line (1909 & 1910)
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History of the National Republican League by John Hogan (1898)
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Japanese Art Book: Ukiyo E Kabuki Gashu Actor Prints (1927)
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The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang (1912)
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The World's Opportunities and How to Use Them by A. H. Guernsey (1887)
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The History of Human Skeletons Preserved in the Ossuary of the Church of St. Leonard Hythe by G. M. Morant (1934)
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Demonology and Devil-Lore Volume 2 by Moncure Daniel Conway (1880)
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The Wisdom of Bernard Shaw (1913, Brentano's)
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Stories from Heathen Mythology and Greek History by Rev. J. M. Neale (1847)
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The Detection of Poisons and Strong Drugs by Wilhelm Autenrieth & William Warren (1909)
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Veronensis et in eum Jo Antonii Vulpii by Caius (Gaius) Valerius Catullus (1737)
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An Indian Garden by Mrs. Henry Cooper Eggar (1904)
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Bracebridge Hall by Washington Irving, Illustrated by R. Caldecott (1904)
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Essay on Superstition; Dreams, Visions, Ghosts, and Other Supernatural Appearances by W. Newnham (1830)
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Amusing & Instructive Letters On Mythology (1821, Greek & Roman)
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The Emerald Story Book by Ada & Eleanor Skinner (1921)
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The Flame of God: A Mystical Autobiography by Elizabeth Sharpe (1930)
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The Hidden Powers in Man by M. N. Ganesa Iyer (1933)
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The Elfin-Forest of California by Francis Fultz (1927)
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Salt Lake Fruit A Latter Day Romance By "An American" (1884)
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Menckeniana: A Schimpflexikon by H. L. Mencken (1928, Signed Limited Edition #36/80)
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The World Over by Edith Wharton (1936, First Edition & Printing)
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The Gods Arrive by Edith Wharton (1932, First Edition & Printing)
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The Devil's Pulpit Containing Twenty-Three Astronomico-Theological Discourses by Robert Taylor (1881)
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Benjamin Franklin's Proposals for the Education of Youth in Pennsylvania (1927)
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The Bankrupt Bookseller Speaks Again by William Darling (1938, 1st Edition)
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ARC/Uncorrected Galley Proofs Of All The Pretty Horses By Cormac McCarthy (1991)
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Monograph of the British Aphides Volumes 1-4 by George Bowdler Buckton (1876-1883)
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Sixteen Years of Progress Through Free Collective Bargaining by General Motors UAW (1964)
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Angel Pavement by J. B. Priestley (1930, 1st Edition, Sangorski & Sutcliffe Binding)
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Poetry Of The Ancient Welsh Bards By Rev. Evan Evans (1862)
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3 Vintage "Patty Lou" Girl's Books by Basil Miller (1940s)
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Rome and Its Surrounding Scenery/Views of Rome by H. Noel Humphreys & W. B. Cooke (1840)
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The Mechanical Angel by Donald Friede (1948, First Edition)
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The Autobiography of a Book by Gilbert Fabes (1926, Sangorski & Sutcliffe Binding)
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The Witch of the Wasatch and Other Stories by Norman (1933, Inscribed by Author)
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French Watchmaking Manual Manuel D'Horologer by L. Seb. Le Normand (1830)
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The Mormons or Latter-Day Saints: A Contemporary History (1851)
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The Pansy by Isabella Alden (1889)
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Catalogue of the Collection of Skulls and Teeth in the Odontological Museum of the University of Birmingham (1916)
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Principalities & Powers In Heavenly Places By Charlotte Elizabeth (1844)
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El Madrigal de Cetina y el Secreto de la Escala by Francisco Monterde (1918, Spanish)
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The Illustrated Book of French Songs by John Oxenford (1855)
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Poetical Works of Goldsmith, Collins, & T. Warton (1854)
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Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush by Ian Maclaren (1896, Limited Edition #156/415, Sangorski & Sutcliffe Binding)
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The Phrenological Journal and Science of Health (1888, January to June)
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Poems by Adam Lindsay Gordon (1905)
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The Public and Private Life of the Ancient Greeks by Henrich Hase (1836)
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The Book of Formation: Sepher Yetzirah by Rabbi Akiba Ben Joseph & Knut Stenring (1923)
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World Famous Crimes by F. A. Mackenzie (1927)
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A Sheaf from the Moorland: Poems by John Hartley (1880)
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The Legends and Myths of Hawaii by His Majesty Kalakaua (1899)
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The Wild Flowers of California by Mary Elizabeth Parsons (1907)
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Fungi and How to Know them by E W Swanton (1909 or 1913)
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The Poetical Works of Bret Harte (1882)
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Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier (1881)
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Pistis Sophia Opus Gnosticum Valentino Adiudicatum by Schwartze & Petermann (1851)
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The Works of Charles Dickens (1874-1876, 16 Volumes)
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The Crossing By Winston Churchill (1913)
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The Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Andrew Lang (1898)
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Glow Worm Tales By James Payn (1887)
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The Benison: The Lady's Manual of Moral and Intellectual Culture by Rev. Hubbard Winslow & Mrs. John Sanford (1854)
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The Early Choice: A Book for Daughters by W. K. Tweedie (1857)
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Insects A Book for Teachers, Students, and All-Others by Pickwell et al. (1933)
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Arrows of Light from the Egyptian Tarot by John Dequer (1930)
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