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Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Oregon

One of the most original and widely imitated poets of the twentieth century, William Carlos Williams (1883-1963) wrote verse firmly rooted in concrete experience and the particulars of everyday life. A practicing physician for more than 40 years, Williams worked in the idiom of modern American speech ― unlike his friend and mentor, Ezra Pound ― and his poems are redolent with a warmth and generosity of spirit. The Beat poets were particularly impressed with the accessibility of his language, and Williams's widely quoted dictum, "No ideas but in things," influenced a generation of American poets.
This fine selection offers readers the opportunity to study and enjoy the richness and variety of Williams's early work. More than 70 poems, published between 1917 and 1921, include "Peace on Earth," "Tract," "El Hombre," "Danse Russe," "Keller Gegen Dom," "Willow Poem," "Queen-Anne's-Lace," "Portrait of a Lady," "The Widow's Lament in Springtime," and many others.

Early Poems

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Easy-to-follow instructions and diagrams for making three 8-inch-high figures representing Indian gods, spirits, and departed ancestors. Brightly costumed paper dolls depict Eagle, with large black-tipped wings; Crow Mother, wearing a headdress of black feathers; and Pussy Willow, an ominous male figure with sharp-tipped horns that belie his tranquil title.


Cut and Make Kachina Dolls

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Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall

Marshall masterfully retells the earliest poem in the Anglo-Saxon language in simple prose, creating a rousing adventure about a monster-slaying hero that is suitable for readers ages 8 and older.

The Story of Beowulf

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Hebrew Alphabet Coloring Book

Florida

Sisters Elinor and Marianne Dashwood set their sights on men who will perfectly match their disparate personalities, with unexpected results.

Sense and Sensibility

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Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Louisiana

Best guide to subject. 267 individual pieces in 175 photographs: chairs, footstools, tables, clocks, stoves, other pieces. Additional 60 photos show finials, decals, peggings, caning, drawers, more. Captions provide details on size, color, wood, etc.


Illustrated Guide to Shaker Furniture #16

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James Jennings

Minnesota

Everyman is the most durable of medieval morality plays, in which the central character, summoned by death, must face final judgment on the strength of his good deeds. The work is reprinted here along with 3 other medieval classics: The Second Shepherd's Play, Noah's Flood, and Hickscorner. All from standard texts.

Everyman

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Anne D. Bradstreet

Overall, the book is in excellent condition. It shows little to no wear.

The pages are clean and have no writing or highlighting on them. The binding is good with no loose pages. Please see pictures for more details. 

California

From America s first poet, a splendid selection of poems whose themes encompass love, home life, religious meditations, dialogues and lamentations, and formal elegies. "

To My Husband and Other Poems

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Jane. Austen

Illinois

Oscar. Wilde

Sparkling repartee enlivens this witty comedy in which a model of social rectitude learns from an unexpected source the difference between true morality and its appearance.

Lady Windermere's Fan

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Moses Maimonides

Moses Friedlander

Has a tear and a smudge on outside but interior pages are clean 
No writing or highlights

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Mississippi

Complete text of crucial medieval work of philosophy: reconciliation of Aristotle and Scripture. Includes Life of Maimonides, analysis of The Guide, indexes of quotations from Scripture, Talmud. Maimonides, brilliant forerunner of Aquinas.

The Guide for the Perplexed

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Sophocles

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Maryland

In his long life, Sophocles (born ca. 496 B.C., died after 413) wrote more than one hundred plays. Of these, seven complete tragedies remain, among them the famed Oedipus Rex and Oedipus at Colonus. In Antigone, he reveals the fate that befalls the children of Oedipus. With its passionate speeches and sensitive probing of moral and philosophical issues, this powerful drama enthralled its first Athenian audiences and won great honors for Sophocles. The setting of the play is Thebes. Polynices, son of Oedipus, has led a rebellious army against his brother, Eteocles, ruler of Thebes. Both have died in single combat. When Creon, their uncle, assumes rule, he commands that the body of the rebel Polynices be left unburied and unmourned, and warns that anyone who tampers with his decree will be put to death. Antigone, sister of Polynices, defies Creon's order and buries her brother, claiming that she honors first the laws of the gods. Enraged, Creon condemns her to be sealed in a cave and left to die. How the gods take their revenge on Creon provides the gripping denouement to this compelling tragedy, which remains today one of the most frequently performed of classical Greek dramas.

Antigone

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Mark Twain

Iowa

Referring to "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, " H. L. Mencken noted that his discovery of this classic American novel was "the most stupendous event of my whole life"; Ernest Hemingway declared that "all modern American literature stems from this one book," while T. S. Eliot called Huck "one of the permanent symbolic figures of fiction, not unworthy to take a place with Ulysses, Faust, Don Quixote, Don Juan, Hamlet." The novel's preeminence derives from its wonderfully imaginative re-creation of boyhood adventures along the mighty Mississippi River, its inspired characterization, the author's remarkable ear for dialogue, and the book's understated development of serious underlying themes: "natural" man versus "civilized" society, the evils of slavery, the innate value and dignity of human beings, the stultifying effects of convention, and other topics. But most of all, "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" is a wonderful story filled with high adventure and unforgettable characters (including the great river itself) that no one who has read it will ever forget. Unabridged Dover (1994) republication of the text of the first American edition, published by Charles L. Webster and Company, New York, 1885. New introductory Note."

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

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Mild reading wear, no writing, smoke free 

Virginia

A. G. Smith

Michigan

Coloring Book

From his humble origins to his rise to the highest office in the land and ultimate martyrdom, this chronicle of the life of our 16th president features 43 accurately rendered images.

Abraham Lincoln

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Twenty-nine realistic drawings, accompanied by fact-filled captions, depict the Titanic docked in Southampton, England; the ship's captain and officers on the bridge; passengers dining and strolling on deck; the ship striking the iceberg; survivors huddled in lifeboats; and more.

No maritime disaster before or since has captured the public's fascination.
The Titanic carried far too few lifeboats to accommodate the 2,227 people on board.
In less than three hours, the ship sank, carrying over 1500 crew members and passengers to their deaths. Only 705 survived.
Many books, movies, and documentaries have immortalized the tragic events of that fateful night, including the Academy Award-winning 1997 film directed by James Cameron.

Arkansas

Impressive illustrations dramatically portray events leading up to and including the sinking of the "unsinkable" White Star liner. Descriptive captions accompany 29 realistic drawings of the Titanic at dock in Southhampton, England; passengers dining, strolling on deck, and relaxing in the elegant first class lounge; the ship striking the iceberg; more.

The Titanic Coloring Book

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John Grafton

Intact spine. Light cover wear and tanning. Unmarked.

Pennsylvania

Eleven tales of terror, including Mary E. Wilkins' "The Lost Ghost," Robert Louis Stevenson's "The Body-Snatchers," "Mrs. Zant and the Ghost," by Wilkie Collins, and other gripping works by Charles Dickens, Henry James, J. S. LeFanu, Ralph Cram, Mrs. Henry Wood, Amelia Edwards, Fitz-James O'Brien, and M. R. James.

Classic Ghost Stories by Wilkie Collins, M. R. James, Charles Dickens and Others

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William Rowe

Popular in the 1920's & 1930's, these designs will inspire your creations. The book has some minor wear.

Wisconsin

80 Plates, including 8 in Full Color

Original Art Deco Designs

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E. T. A. Hoffmann

This vintage paperback has clean, unmarked pages that are moderately toned.

New York

Two charming tales by great German Romantic writer. "The Nutcracker" is a beloved Christmas story featuring Godpapa Drosselmeier, the brave Nutcracker and the evil Mouse-King. "The Golden Pot," widely considered Hoffmann's finest story, blends reality and fantasy in a tale about the invasion of supernatural forces into everyday life. New introductory Note.

The Nutcracker and the Golden Pot

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Connie Willis

North Carolina

When a time-travel lab suddenly cancels assignments for no apparent reason and switches around everyone's schedules, time-traveling historians Michael, Merope, and Polly find themselves in World War II, facing air raids, blackouts, unexploded bombs, dive-bombing Stukas, rationing, shrapnel, V-1s, and two of the most incorrigible children in all of history--to say nothing of a growing feeling that not only their assignments but the war and history itself are spiraling out of control.

Blackout

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Nat Shapiro

Nat Hentoff

1966 Dover reprint, in great shape. Only minor edge wear. Perfect spine and bright clean pages.

Nebraska

The Story of Jazz As Told by the Men Who Made It

Leading jazz composers and performers reveal their personal feelings toward the history and future of the art form

Hear Me Talkin' to Ya

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Nathanial Hawthorne

Tennessee

Interpretations of traditional stories about heroes, sorceresses, kings, gods, monsters, and other legendary Greek mythological characters.

Tanglewood Tales

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Louisa Alcott

Robert Blaisdell

New Mexico

Life at Plumfield with Jo's Boys

Heart-warming tale of the free-spirited lads of Plumfield, the school where they plunge headlong from one youthful misadventure to another.

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William Carlos Williams

Early Poems

A. G. Smith; Josie Hazen

Cut and Make Kachina Dolls

Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall

The Story of Beowulf

Chaya Burstein

Hebrew Alphabet Coloring Book

Jane Austen

Sense and Sensibility

Robert F. Meader

Illustrated Guide to Shaker Furniture #16

James Jennings

Everyman

Anne D. Bradstreet

To My Husband and Other Poems

Jane. Austen

Sense and Sensibility

Oscar. Wilde

Lady Windermere's Fan

Moses Maimonides; Moses Friedlander

The Guide for the Perplexed

Sophocles

Antigone

Mark Twain

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Oscar Wilde

Lady Windermere's Fan

A. G. Smith

Abraham Lincoln

Peter F. Copeland

The Titanic Coloring Book

John Grafton

Classic Ghost Stories by Wilkie Collins, M. R. James, Charles Dickens and Others

William Rowe

Original Art Deco Designs

Oscar. Wilde

Lady Windermere's Fan

E. T. A. Hoffmann

The Nutcracker and the Golden Pot

Connie Willis

Blackout

Nat Shapiro; Nat Hentoff

Hear Me Talkin' to Ya

Nathanial Hawthorne

Tanglewood Tales

Louisa Alcott; Robert Blaisdell

Little Men