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Bill Gates.
The Road Ahead.
The Classic Myths: in English Literature and in Art. Charles Mills Gayley
John F. Genung.
Handbook of Rhetorical Analysis. Studies in Style and Invention.
The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics. Louis Goodman and Alfred Gilman
Jürgen Habermas.
The Philosophical Discourse of Modernity. Twelve Lectures.
Halsey's Homoeopathic Guide. for Families, Travelers, Missionaries, Pioneers, Miners, Farmers, Stock Raisers, House Owners, Dog Fanciers, Poultry Keepers.
Handbook of Chinese Herbs and Formulas. Vol. !. Him-che Yeung.
The Dancer's Book of Ballet Crafts. Dancewear, Accessories, and Keepsakes. Christina Aleta Haskin, photos by Rosalie O'Connor.
A-Z of Horse Diseases and Health Problems. Signs, Diagnoses, Causes, Treatments. Tim Hawcroft.
Kokoro. Lafcadio Hearn
Gilbert Highet.
The Classical Tradition. Greek and Roman Influences on Western Literature.
Hanta Yo. Ruth Beebe Hill
Le Grand Livre des Fleurs Séchées. Malcolm Hillier and Colin Hilton.
Elbert Hubbard.
The Note Book of Elbert Hubbard. Mottoes, Epigrams, Short Essays, Passages, Orphic Sayings and Preachments.
Elbert Hubbard.
The Story of the Steinways.
Elbert Hubbard.
Elbert Hubbard's Scrap Book. Containing the Inspired and Inspiring Selections, Gathered During a Life Time of Discriminating Reading for His Own Use.
Instructions for American Servicemen in Britain 1942.
Mrs. Anna Jameson.
Characteristics of Women. Moral, Poetical, and Historical.
Powstanie Warszawskie 1944. Wladislaw Jewsiewicki SOLD+
Donald Johanson and Maitland Edey.
Lucy. The Beginnings of Humankind.
Ishi in Two Worlds. Theodora Kroeber SOLD+
The Illustrated Story of O. Doris Kloster
The Jewish Book of Why. Alfred J. Kolatch SOLD+
Howard Lachtman, ed. Sporting Blood. Selections from Jack London's Greatest Sports Writing
Michael Lally.
¿Que Pasa Baby?
Angela Lambert.
Unquiet Souls. A Social History of the Illustrious, Irreverent, Intimate Group of British Aristocrats Known as "the Souls."
Andrew Lang.
Aucassin and Nicolete. Done into English by Andrew Lang.
Charles Sterrett Latham.
Dante's Eleven Letters. A Translation of Dante's Eleven Letters With Explanatory Notes And Historical Comments.
D.H. Lawrence.
Pansies.
Thirty Seconds over Tokyo. Ted Lawson SOLD+
Luis Leal.
Mitos y Leyendas de México/Myths and Legends of Mexico. Perfectbound signed.
Luis Leal.
Mitos y Leyendas de México/Myths and Legends of Mexico. Hardcover signed.
Learn to Speak French. for Macintosh.
John Lennon.
In His Own Write.
William Ellery Leonard.
Beowulf.
Wild California. Vanishing Lands, Vanishing Wildlife. A. Starker Leopold
Sir Roger L'Estrange.
Seneca's Morals, by Way of Abstract, to Which Is Added, a Discourse, Under the Title of an After-Thought.
Richard Lewine and Alfred Simon.
Encyclopedia of Theatre Music. A comprehensive listing of more than 4000 songs from Broadway and Hollywood: 1900-1960.
Charlton T. Lewis,
An Elementary Latin Dictionary.
Sinclair Lewis.
Babbitt. A Novel. No. K-24 Armed Services Edition.
The Liberal.
The Library Magazine. of Select Foreign Literature, Volume 3.
Life Magazine. 4 issues 1944-1945
Life Magazine. Special Issue: Remarkable Women
Abraham Lincoln.
Speeches and Addresses.
Treasury of Polish Love Poems, Quotations & Proverbs. Miroslaw Lipinski SOLD+
Joseph Liss.
Radio's Best Plays Preface by Norman Corwin.
Anne Boleyn. Norah Lofts
H.W. Longfellow.
Paul Revere's Ride and Other Poems. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. No. 704 Armed Services Edition.
Lord & Taylor's Everyday Cook Book. Cyclopedia of Practical Recipes. Commemorative Edition.
Los Angeles Type Founders.
Type. Letterpress type catalog from the 1970s. no ISBN
M. Phyllis Lose.
Blessed Are the Brood Mares.
James Russell Lowell.
The Vision of Sir Launfal and Other Poems. No. 30 Riverside Literature Series.
Rev. Barry W. Lynn.
Piety & Politics: The Right Wing Assault on Religious Freedom. Signed.
The Lyric Year. 100 Poems. Edited by Ferdinand Earle.
Thomas Babington Macaulay.
The History of England. from the Accession of James the Second. (1849-1855) 3 vols.
The Making of The Jewel in the Crown.
Robert Mankoff, ed.
The New Yorker Book of Technology Cartoons.
Marcus Aurelius.
Marcus Aurelius and His Times. The Transition from Paganism to Christianity.
Comprising Marcus Aurelius: Meditations; Lucian: Hermotimus, Icaromenippus; Justin Martyr: Dialogue with Trypho, First Apology; Walter Pater: Marius the Epicurean (selections).
His Exits and His Entrances. The Story of Shakespeare's Reputation Louis Marder
Mauritshuis Dutch Painting of the Golden Age.
Dr. AirWair Martens with Bouncing Soles.
Masters and Johnson. Human Sexual Response. SOLD
Je Sais Cuisiner. Ginette Mathiot SOLD+
Edward A. Matunas.
Do It Yourself Gun Repair. Gunsmithing at Home.
McCall's Book of Afghans.
Albert L. McCready.
Railroads in the Days of Steam.
Means Repair and Remodeling Estimating. Edward B. Wetherill.
H.L. Mencken. The American Language. An Inquiry into the Development of English in the United States. SOLD
Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Ed. SOLD+
Microwaving Meats. Barbara Methven.
Carol Shookhoff. A Sports Doctor's Complete Guide for Parents.
Murray Milner, Jr. Freaks, Geeks, and Cool Kids. America Teenagers, Schools, and the Culture of Consumption. SOLD
John Milton.
Areopagitica: Freedom of the Press.
li />John Milton.
Supplement for Areopagitica: Freedom of the Press. Background Supplement for Teachers to Areopagitica: Freedom of the Press.
Doug Mitchel.
Harley-Davidson Rolling Sculpture. A Pictorial Celebration of the First 95 Years.
Desmond Morris.
Intimate Behaviour.
William Morris.
The Tale of King Coustans the Emperor. Done out of the Ancient French into English.
MRE Rations for Desert Storm (1991)
Hugo Munsterberg.
The Arts of Japan. An Illustrated History.
Edward R. Murrow. Script for
Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer — Edward R. Murrow. See It Now, 4th Year, Show #18, January 4, 1955.
National Geographic.
Nature's World of Wonders.
John Newman.
Scuba Diving and Snorkeling for Dummies. A Reference for the Rest of Us.
Understanding Business, 7th Ed. Nickels, McHugh, McHugh SOLD+
Commercial Chicken Production Manual. Mack O. North.
Writing Incredibly Short Plays, Poems, Stories. James H. Norton and Francis Gretton.
Penelope Ody.
The Complete Medicinal Herbal. A practical guide to the healing properties of herbs, with more than 250 remedies for common ailments.
The Official SAT Study Guide. SOLD
Keith Olbermann and Dan Patrick.
The Big Show. Inside ESPN's Sportscenter.
Judith Olney.
Judith Olney on Bread.
Open Water Sport Diver Manual.
The Dictionary of Superstitions. Iona Opie and Moira Tatem
Suze Orman.
The Money Book for the Young, Fabulous, and Broke.
Dean Ornish.
Eat More, Weigh Less. Dr. Dean Ornish's Life Choice Program for Losing Weight Safely While Eating Abundantly.
Dean Ornish.
Dr. Dean Ornish's Program for Reversing Heart Disease. Without Drugs or Surgery.
Ortho's Home Improvement Encyclopedia, Problem Solving from A to Z.
Principles of Modern Chemistry. Oxtoby, Gillis, Nachtrieb.
PADI Open Water Diver Manual. SOLD
Adam, Eve, and the Serpent. Elaine Pagels SOLD+
A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English. Eric Partridge SOLD+
Your Horse's Health. Tony Pavord
Barbara Pearlman's Slendercises. Banish Your Figure Flaws the Dance Exercise Way.
Peppo's
Pidgin to da Max. Douglas Simonson (Peppo).
Peruvian chess set. Chessmen as Incas and Conquistadors.
Roger Tory Peterson.
A Field Guild to Western Birds.
Wil Pietersen and Leidy Venekamp.
The Hindeloopen Painter's Guide. A Do-It-Yourself Guide to the Dutch Folk Art of Hindeloopen.
Navies of WWII Antony Preston SOLD+
Printreading for Residential and Light Commercial Construction Thomas E. Proctor, Leonard P. Toenjes. 2 vols. SOLD+
Quilting, Patchwork, and Appliqué.
Random House Dictionary of the English Language. SOLD+
Reader's Digest.
Complete Guide to Needlework.
Reader's Digest.
Know Your Rights. And How to Make Them Work for You.
Low-Sew Bedroom Projects. Reader's Digest, Fast and Fabulous.
Reader's Digest
Success with House Plants.
Yvonne Rees.
The Decorative Artist. How to decorate everything from coffee jugs to floor rugs, from walls to window blinds.
Paul Reiser.
Couplehood.
Judy Ritchie.
Great Rubber Stamping. Ideas, Tips and Techniques.
The American Promise. A History of the United States. 2nd Compact Edition. SOLD
JoAnn Roberts. Art & Illusion. A Guide to Crossdressing. SOLD
The Phrase Finder. Rodale Press SOLD+
June Roth.
June Roth's Fast and Fancy Cookbook.
Martin Roth.
The Writer's Complete Crime Reference Book.
Alan L. Rubin.
Type 1 Diabetes for Dummies.
Q. Curtii Rufi.
Alexandri Magni (Alexander the Great) Regis Macedonum.
Thomas A. Rumer.
The American Legion. An Official History, 1919-1989.
Proposed roads to freedom: socialism, anarchism and syndicalism. Bertrand Russell
Graham Rust.
The Painted House.
Peter T. Scardino and Judith Kelman.
Dr. Peter Scardino's Prostate Book. The Complete Guide to Overcoming Prostate Cancer, Prostatitis, and BPH.
Suki Schorer with Russell Lee.
Suki Schorer on Balanchine Technique.
George Ryley Scott, ed.
Swan's Anglo-American Dictionary.
Raymond Scupin.
Cultural Anthropology. A Global Perspective. Fifth Edition.
T'ai Chi Ch'uan. The Basic Exercises. Shing Yen-Ling.
Caroline Silver.
Guide to the Horses of the World.
André L. Simon.
Wines of the World.
Philip Orkney Skene.
Die Geschichte des Kleinen Jack/The History of the Little Jack. adapted for teaching and learning the German language by means of a verbal translation on the principles of the Hamiltonian System, and an elementary grammar.
Suzanne Slesin and Stafford Cliff.
French Style. Photos by Jacques Dirand.
Anthony Smith.
The Great Rift. Africa's Changing Valley.
Bradley Smith.
Japan: A History in Art.
Jo Durden Smith.
100 Most Infamous Criminals.
Rodale's Garden Insect, Disease & Weed Identification Guide. Miranda Smith and Anna Carr
Nancy L. Snyderman and Peg Streep.
Girl in the Mirror, Mothers and Daughters in the Years of Adolescence.
George Speaight.
The Book of Clowns.
A.C. Spectorsky.
The College Years.
Francis J. Sperisen.
The Art of the Lapidary.
Todd Stauffer. How to Do Everything with Your iMac. SOLD
Fritz Stecken.
Training the Horse and Rider. A Book of Dressage.
Henry Sweet.
Anglo-Saxon Primer, 1905.
Patricia Telesco.
A Victorian Grimoire. Enchantment. Romance. Magic.
Dian Thomas.
Roughing It Easy. A Unique Ideabook for Camping and Cooking.
The Titanic. The Extraordinary Story of the "Unsinkable" Ship. Geoff Tibballs
Osma Gallinger Tod and Josephine Couch del Deo.
Rug Weaving for Everyone.
Rhoda Thomas Tripp.
The International Thesaurus of Quotations.
The Best Alternate History Stories of the 20th Century. Harry Turtledove and Martin H. Greenberg, eds.
Varro E. Tyler. Hoosier Home Remedies. SOLD
Rene Van der Veer and Jaan Valsiner.
The Vygotsky Reader.
Norah Vincent.
Self-Made Man. One Woman's Journey into Manhood, and Back Again.
Steve Wall and Harvey Arden.
Wisdomkeepers. Meetings With Native American Spiritual Elders. White Deer of Autumn, editor.
Mary Gordon Watson, Russell Lyon, Sue Montgomery.
Horse. The Complete Guide.
Webster's Dictionary Unabridged. (1847).
Preemies. The Essential Guide for Parents of Premature Babies. Dana Wechsler Linden, Emma Trenti Paroli, Mia Wechsler Doron.
Psychology: Themes and Variations. Fifth Edition. Wayne Weiten. With Diane F. Halpern.
George Wheatley.
Schooling a Young Horse.
The Goliard Poets. Medieval Latin Songs and Satires. Translated by George F. Whicher.
Henry Lionel Williams and Ottalie K. Williams.
Antiques in Interior Design.
Edward O. Wilson.
On Human Nature.
Clement Wood/Ronald Bogus.
The Compete Rhyming Dictionary Revised.
James Haughton Woods.
The Yoga-System of Patanjali Or the Ancient Hindu Doctrine of Concentration of Mind embracing the Mnemonic Rules, called Yoga-Sutras, or Patanjali and the Comment, called Yoga-Bhashya, attributed to Veda-Vyasa and the Explanation, called Tattva-Vaicaradi, of Vachaspati-Micra, translated from the original Sanskrit.
Cornell Woolrich.
Nightwebs.
With complete bibliography.
J.E. Worcester.
An Elementary Dictionary for Common Schools with Pronouncing Vocabularies of Classical, Scripture, and Modern Geographical Names.
Frank Lloyd Wright.
An Autobiography.
The Great Detective Stories, a Chronological Anthology Willard Huntington Wright (aka S.S. Van Dine)
Steven S. Zumdahl. Chemical Principles. SOLD
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