Published in 1918 - set in Paris - features a grotesque and comedic world where humans are fodder for master race artists.

Bought for private family library.  Never read. One owner. Penguin Modern Classics - non-smoking home.

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Pennsylvania

Wyndham Lewis

Tart

Book bought for private family library, like new condition.  Never read.  Tight binding.  Clean, unmarked pages, non-smoking home, one owner. 1992

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Henry Root’s Journal of a Fact Finding Mission

Root Into Europe

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John Paul Stevens

Book was bought new for private family collection.  Never read.  Like new  condition.  Clean pages, tight binding. Non-smoking home.  One owner.

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

A Supreme Court Memoir

When he resigned in June 2010, Justice John Paul Stevens was the third-longest-serving Supreme Court justice in American history. As a lawyer and on the court, he worked with five chief justices: as a law clerk during Fred Vinson's tenure, a practicing lawyer when Earl Warren was chief, a circuit judge and junior justice during Warren Burger's term, a contemporary colleague of William Rehnquist, and a colleague of current Chief Justice John Roberts. FIVE CHIEFS is his personal account of the workings of the court from his personal experiences with these men, and the controversial cases they deliberated over, from freedom of speech and affirmative action to capital punishment and sovereign immunity. Written with humility and grace, and packed with interesting anecdotes, FIVE CHIEFS is an unprecedented and historically significant look at the highest court in the United States.

Five Chiefs

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Book was bought new for private family collection. One owner.  Non-smoking home. Shows minimal shelfwear. Funny and suspenseful trip through Burma and Thailand.

First American Edition - 1988

A Journey in Thailand and Burma

Borderlines

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J. Maarten Troost

Brand new copy. Bought for private family library.  Never read.  Tight binding.  Clean crisp pages. One owner.  Nonsmoking home 

Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific

The author discusses his two-year stay on a remote South Pacific island, a place where he anticipated a romantic paradise but instead experienced humorous misadventures and a host of environmental challenges.

The Sex Lives of Cannibals

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Book was bought new for private family library.  Never read.  Great condition,  tight binding clean crisp pages.  One owner.  Non- smoking home.

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Merry Gentlemen and One Lady

Book was bought new for private family collection.  Never read.  Tight binding.  Clean pages. Never read. Great condition.  Gentle shelf wear at most.

Wilfred Thesiger - My Life and Travels - An Anthology

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Book was bought new for private family library.  Never read.  Tight binding. Shows minor shelf wear artist.  Clean, unmarked pages. One owner. Non-smoking home.

The World of the New Urban Poor

When Work Disappears

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Anthony Bailey

Book was bought for private family library and never read.  Tight binding.  Clean pages. Non-smoking home. Shows minimal shelf wear.  One owner.

A charming and well written account of one man's walk through Wales. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

A Walk Through Wales

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William J. Stuntz

Book was bought new for private family library. Never read. Tight binding.  Clean pages. Non-smoking home.

Rule of law has vanished in America’s criminal justice system. Prosecutors decide whom to punish; most accused never face a jury; policing is inconsistent; plea bargaining is rampant; and draconian sentencing fills prisons with mostly minority defendants. A leading criminal law scholar looks to history for the roots of these problems—and solutions.

The Collapse of American Criminal Justice

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Hilary Spurling

Biography of Anthony Powell by Hilary Spurling.  Bought new for private family library.  Never read.  Shows some shelf wear.  Tight binding.  Clean, unmarked pages. Photographs included


Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Acclaimed literary biographer Hilary Spurling turns her attention to Anthony Powell, an iconic figure of English letters. Equally notorious for his literary achievements and his lacerating wit, Powell famously authored the twelve-volume, twenty-five year magnum opus, A Dance to the Music of Time. This enduringly fascinating portrait of mid-20th-century Britain has never been out of print, inspiring TV and radio adaptations and elevating the author to The Times' list of fifty greatest British writers since 1945. Master novelist, well-connected socialite and keen-eyed social observer, Powell comes into focus as never before in this authoritative biography from one of our generation's greatest biographers.

Anthony Powell

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George Weller

Book was bought new for family library,  never read.  Clean pages.  Tight binding. Shows minimal shelf wear. Non-smoking home  First edition.

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

A Legendary Foreign Correspondent's Saga of World War II on Five Continents

Vivid and heart-stopping, the dispatches of World War II reporter George Weller are immortalized in a new collection--edited by his son--of wartime reports that give firsthand accounts of the Nazi invasion of Eastern Europe. b&w photo insert.

Weller's War

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Renate Stendhal

360 photographs of Gertrude Stein, from personal and professional collection with corresponding text - portrait of the Mother of Modernism  - signed by editor as seen in photograph - excellent condition.  Never read.  Shows gentle shelfwear.

In Words and Pictures

"After an astonishing, playful essay, the book opens into a revelatory combination of quotes, quips and 360 photos of Stein and her wildly brilliant circle."--Elle

Gertrude Stein

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George E. Evans

Book was bought new for private family library.  Does not appear to have been read.  Purchased during trip to England. Tight binding.  Unmarked pages.  Does show gentle shelf wear of 35+ years.  One owner.  Non-smoking home.

An Autobiography

The Strength of the Hills

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Christobel Kent

Book was bought new for private family library.  Never read.  Tight binding.  Clean, unmarked pages.  One owner,  non- smoking home.

A Mystery in Florence

When private investigator Sandro Cellini is invited to attend a glamorous launch party for a luxury residence overlooking the glittering expanse of Florence, he has no idea what he's walking into.Behind the ancient and luxurious facade of Palazzo San Giorgio, there lies a series of terrible secrets; an old torture chamber, hidden for centuries in the bowels of the building, and a much more recent malevolence. The former head of security for this elite development has just died under suspicious circumstances and Sandro finds himself--quite literally--stepping into dead man's shoes.He soon discovers that other unsavory incidents have tainted the prestigious opening. When one of the residents is found murdered in her room, events begin to spiral out of control. Sandro must work to untangle the complex web of relationships that exists between residents and staff to unmask a deadly killer, in this superb new Florentine mystery by Christobel Kent.

The Killing Room

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Lawrence Goldstone

Nancy Goldstone

Book was bought for private family library and never read.  Tight binding.  Clean, unmarked pages. Non-smoking home. One owner.

Travels in the Book World

The authors rrecount how they became interested in collecting books and describe the interesting people they have met in the course of their collecting

Used and Rare

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Noah Adams

Bought new for private family library.  Like new condition.  Never read.  Tight binding. Clean, unmarked pages.  One owner.  Paperback with dust cover.  Non-smoking home. 

River Mornings, Radio Nights

Saint Croix Notes

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Roy Jenkins

Book was bought new and never read.  One owner. Bought for private family library. Shows minimal shelfwear at most. Non-smoking home.  Clean, unmarked pages. Tight binding.

Memoirs of a Radical Reformer

Jenkins has been a British cabinet minister, president of the European Commission, and is chancellor of Oxford University.

A Life at the Center

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Penelope Fitzgerald

Winner of Booker Prize.  Book was bought new for private family library.  Never read.  Shows gentle shelf wear. One owner.  Non- smoking home.  

Offshore

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Alan Clark

Book was bought new for private family library and does not appear to have been read. Original Price tag has been cut from inside flap but is visible on back.  Book shows gentle shelf wear at most. Tight binding. Clean pages. Non-smoking home.  If you have any questions, please ask.

The Private Diaries of Alan Clark

Already a best-seller in England, these scandalous diaries by a former cabinet minister reveal the inner workings of Britain's government under the reign of the Iron Lady.

Mrs. Thatcher's Minister

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Linda Hirshman

Book bought new for private family library.  Never read.  Like new condition.  Non-smoking home.

How Sandra Day o'Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg Went to the Supreme Court and Changed the World

NPR Best Book of 2015 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER WASHINGTON POST BESTSELLER The author of the celebrated Victory tells the fascinating story of the intertwined lives of Sandra Day O’Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the first and second women to serve as Supreme Court justices. The relationship between Sandra Day O’Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg—Republican and Democrat, Christian and Jew, western rancher’s daughter and Brooklyn girl—transcends party, religion, region, and culture. Strengthened by each other’s presence, these groundbreaking judges, the first and second to serve on the highest court in the land, have transformed the Constitution and America itself, making it a more equal place for all women. Linda Hirshman’s dual biography includes revealing stories of how these trailblazers fought for their own recognition in a male-dominated profession—battles that would ultimately benefit every American woman. She also makes clear how these two justices have shaped the legal framework of modern feminism, including employment discrimination, abortion, affirmative action, sexual harassment, and many other issues crucial to women’s lives. Sisters-in-Law combines legal detail with warm personal anecdotes that bring these very different women into focus as never before. Meticulously researched and compellingly told, it is an authoritative account of our changing law and culture, and a moving story of a remarkable friendship.

Sisters in Law

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The Trials of Lady Chatterley, Tropic of Cancer and Fanny Hill

The End of Obscenity

Amryl Johnson

Bought new and never read. Clean, crisp pages, unmarked. Non-smoking home. 

Sequins for a Ragged Hem

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Per Petterson

Anne Rosemary Born

Book was bought new and never read. Clean, unmarked pages.  Tight binding.Shows gentle shelf wear. Clean, unmarked pages.

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