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ALICE IN WONDERLAND : A PLAY : COMPILED FROM LEWIS CARROLL'S STORIES ALICE IN WONDERLAND AND THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS AND WHAT ALICE FOUND THERE.
DELAFIELD, EMILY PRIME.
NEW YORK: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1898.
Price: $450.00
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LE DEMON DES ANGES : 16 ARTISTES CHICANOS AUTOUR DE LOS ANGELES.
CENTRE D'ART SANTA MONICA.
Barcelona, Spain: Centre De Recherche Pour Le Developpment Culturel,, 1989.
Price: $150.00
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THE EDUCATION OF THE WILL : THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF SELF-CULTURE.
PAYOT, JULES (TRANSLATED BY SMITH ELY JELLIFFEE.
New York: Funk and Wagnalls, 1909.
Price: $35.00
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THE COMMON SENSE OF DRINKING.
PEABODY, RICHARD R.
BOSTON, MASS: Little, Brown & Co., 1937.
Price: $2,850.00
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THE ARMIES OF THE NIGHT : HISTORY AS A NOVEL, THE NOVEL AS HISTORY * * * * * SIGNED COPY * * * * *.
MAILER, NORMAN.
LONDON: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1968.
Price: $175.00
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RUSSIAN PATTERN DRILLS : SCRIPT.
JASZCZUN, WASYL, TATIANA S. KELLY, AND JOSEPH A. MASTRONIE.
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1965.
Price: $30.00
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BARBARY COAST: AN INFORMAL HISTORY OF THE SAN FRANCISCO UNDERWORLD.
ASBURY, HERBERT.
Long Beach, California: Brown and Nourse, 1933.
Price: $25.00
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Montesquieu acheived literary renown for his Lettres Persanes (Persian Letters) in which he satirized contemporary Parisian culture through the eyes of a Persian visitor, Charles-Louis de Secondat, baron de La Brede et de Montesquieu (his full name) was an historian, writer, political scientist, social commentator whose advice was much sought after and respected by British authority and the U.S. founding fathers alike. 265 pp. text, 1 p. errata, 17 pp. index. Some wear to original calf binding at corners and edges. 16mo. Measures 6.75" x 4.0". Previous owner's name and date (1737) to front free endpaper. Small round stamp of Geo. B. Mason, Delawanna, Passaic Co. NJ, to front free endpaper as well as a few stray ink and pencil marks. Gilt borders. Very light foxing and light rippling to some pages. Overall, binding is tight. Very scarce in original binding.

REFLECTIONS ON THE CAUSES OF THE GRANDEUR AND DECLENSION OF THE ROMANS.
MONTESQUIEU, CHARLES DE SECONDAT, BARON DE.
LONDON: Printed for W. Innys and R. Manby, 1734.
Price: $850.00
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PIECES AND PONTIFICATIONS.
MAILER, NORMAN.
LONDON: New English Library, 1983.
Price: $350.00
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THE POWDER FLASK BOOK.
RILING, RAY.
NEW YORK: Bonanza Books, 1953.
Price: $195.00
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CARDS AS WEAPONS.
JAY, RICKY.
NEW YORK: Darien House, 1977.
Price: $200.00
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THE MANIPULATION OF HUMAN BEHAVIOR.
BIDERMAN, ALBERT D., AND HERBERT ZIMMER (EDS.).
NEW YORK: John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 1961.
Price: $385.00
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I SEE ALL : THE WORLD'S FIRST PICTURE ENCYCLOPEDIA (FIVE VOLUME SET)
MEE, ARTHUR (EDITOR).
LONDON: Amalgamated Press, 1929.
Price: $385.00
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NUDES.
CRANDALL, ANNETTE (EDITOR).
ZURICH: GRAPHIS, 1995.
Price: $75.00
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