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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."

Metal Techniques for Craftsmen A Basic Manual for Craftsmen on the Methods of Forming and Decorating Metals by Oppi Untrach hardcover Doubleday (1968)

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The Repair & Restoration of Wooden Boats by Mike Harper and Dave Johnston first edition hardcover Scribner (1980)

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Excellent gift copy. Priced for the enthusiast. Here in 191 pages are all the essentials needed for expert wooden-boat repair.

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."

Babe Ruth, Sultan of Swat by Charles Spain Verral first edition hardcover Garrard Pub. Co. (1976)

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The Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary by Mary of Jesus of Agreda The Abbe Joseph A. Boulla

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To Fly and Fight The Memoirs of a Triple Ace by Clarence E "Bud" Anderson and Joseph P Hamelin foreward by General Chuck Yeager signed hardcover Pacifica Military History (1990)

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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."

Olfaction and Taste V Proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium Held at the Howard Florey Institute of Experimental Physiology & Medicine, University of Melbourne, Australia, October 1974 edited by Derek A Denton and John P Coghlan first edition hardcover Academic Press (1975)

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"I came away from this meeting with a sense of optimism that certain classical problems were on the verge of solution..."

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..."

Umbrella Defenses by Jack C Mitchell and Bernard A Taylor Believed to be the first and only edition. paperback signed by an Amador County Notable, John Vukovich.Wm. C. Brown Co., Dubuque, Iowa. (1956)

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The authors write:  "We sincerely believe that defense is by far the most difficult part of the game of football to coach and possibly the most neglected."

Actor's Blood by Ben Hecht first edition hardcover Covici Friede (1936)

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Photo shows front cover and Contents showing 8 separate novels within this binding. From the first page of Actor's Blood:  "The death of a famous actress is the signal, as a rule, for a great deal of maudlin excitement..."

The Romance of California Vineyards by Molly and Carissa Chappellet Photography by Daniel D'Agostini signed by BOTH authors first edition hardcover Universe Publishing (1997)

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Explore America's beloved winemaking country in this visual tour of Northern California's distinctive vineyards and winemaking facilities. Includes recommended Inns and Restaurants.

Civil War to Civil Rights: a Pictorial History of Selma, Alabama by Jean T Martin first edition hardcover Pediment Publishing (1998)

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"A photograph opens a window upon the past, revealing the way it was..."

San Lorenzo by Doris Marciel and Hayward Area Historical Society trade paperback Arcadia Publishing (2006)

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Filled with black and white photos. "San Lorenzo has been a desirable place to live since 1847 when squatters built their cabins on the north side of the San Lorenzo Creek."

The Book of Psalms Rendered in Metre and Set to Music by Synod of the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America hardcover Pittsburg, PA (1950)

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Each Psalm is set to music in a Hymnal type publication, with all the indexes usually associated with Hymnals. This revision effort was begun in 1946.

John Register: Persistent Observer by Conrad, Barnaby, III first edition hardcover Woodford Publishing, San Francisco. (1998)

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"The artist beckons the viewer to make a personal connection to isolation and stillness."  "A personal friend of the artist for more than a decade, Conrad uses a narrative form that combines incisive art historical observation with details of Register's early life..." This monograph, with more than 170 color plates, was published at the time of a traveling retrospective exhibition at the San Jose Museum of Art and Register's 60th birthday.

The John W and Mildred L Graves Collection: December 1, 1984 Through February 3, 1985 Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, Kansas by Wichita Art Museum first edition paperback Wichita Art Museum (1984)

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Filled with color and black and white reproductions of this fine collection. Exhibition Catalogue at the time of gifting this collection to the Wichita Art Museum.

Siddur Avodat Israel with English Translation (a Jewish prayer book containing prayers and other information relevant to the daily liturgy) hardcover (wooden) Ortsel Ltd. (1967)

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3 1/2 x 4 3/4", RARE, unique wooden covers, may be olive wood.  Dual language publication.

M. Hasui Panoramic Photographs: Peace-Land 1990-1994 by M Hasui first edition hardcover Korinsha Press, Kyoto City (1994)

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"I have a clear lens as crystal in my heart... I want to live, believing a peaceful tomorrow rather than today."

Draping & Designing with Scissors and Cloth 1930's by Sandra Ericson Spiralbound Antiquity Press, St. Helena, CA (2007)

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The "author is a leading educator in the clothing and textile field."

Draping & Designing with Scissors and Cloth 1920's by Sandra Ericson Spiralbound Antiquity Press, St. Helena, CA (2006)

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"Everyone can drape. It is playing with fabric in the purest sense..."

Historic Photos of San Francisco in the 50s, 60s, and 70s Text and Captions by Rebecca Schall first edition hardcover Turner Publishing. (2010)

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RARE to find in new condition. Historic photographs show San Francisco at the apex of artistic, intellectual, and cultural movements of the times.

My House, My Paradise The Construction of the Ideal Domestic Universe by Gustau Gili Galfetti first edition hardcover Cartago. London (1999)

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RARE at this price point. Excellent gift copy.  Photojournalistic 'tour' of famous houses.

Linda Carter Holman: Evolution of a Self-Taught Painter: A Work in Progress by Carolyn C Robbins and Linda Carter Holman signed first edition RARE AUTHOR SIGNED hardcover Red Shoe Publishing. (2005)

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"From her birth in a small Oklahoma town to her childhood in Venezuela, and through her adult life spent in a variety of locations in the Southwest and California, Linda Carter Holman has been inspired by places both actual and imaginary. Her gift for creating characters in settings that celebrate life is evident in all phases of her painting. For Carter Holman, being a self-taught painter is all about discovery, learning, joy, listening, and experimentation.''

Wisconsin Water Trails Publication 104 (A-51) by C L Coon paperback staple-bound Unknown publication date and edition. Wisconsin Conservation District

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RARE. An important resource for comparing these famous riverways and lakes with today's environment.

Remember the Technicolor Dreamboat! and Other Tales of Maui's Misfits by Anthony Pignataro first edition trade paperback CafePress (2009)

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RARE. Collection of strange tales of Maui, published in the Maui Time Weekly while this author was Editor from 2003 to 2008.

Shakespeare for My Father A one-woman play in two acts by Lynn Redgrave Publisher Samuel French, Inc. (2001)

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"What began as a limited six-week run at The Helen Hayes Theater in April 1993, extended and extended..."