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Literature WORKS Thackeray 32 vol set Fine Binding: Thackeray, William Makepeace; The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray : [Kensington Edition of 32 volumes]; New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1903-1904. Limited Edition. 32 volumes. Hardcover. Victo

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Biography DIARIES Of GEORGE WASHINGTON 4 vols 1925 1st: Washington, George; edited by John C Fitzpatrick; The Diaries of George Washington 1748-1799 : [4 volume set]; Boston: Houghton Mifflin / Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union 1925. 1st Editio

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Geography COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD 6 vol Brown c1881: Brown, Robert; The Countries of the World : [6 volumes] Being a popular description of the various continents, islands, rivers, seas, and peoples of the globe; London: Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co cir

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MOBY DICK Melville 1930 Rockwell Kent woodcuts: Melville, Herman; illustrated by Rockwell Kent; Moby Dick or The Whale; New York: Random House 1930. 1st Trade Edition, 1st Printing. xxi, 822 pages. Hardcover American Literature - 19th Century Whal

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Civil War WOUND DRESSER Walt Whitman 1898: Whitman, Walt; edited by Richard Maurice Bucke; The Wound Dresser : A Series of Letters Written from the Hospitals in Washington During the War of the Rebellion; Boston: Small, Maynard & Company 1898.

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Engineering STEAM FOR MILLION Ward 1847: [Ward, James Harmon]; Steam for the Million : An elementary outline treatise on the Nature and Management of Steam, and the Principles and Arrangement of the Engine. : Adapted for popular instruction,

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Philippines LOYAL TRAITORS Bridgman 1903 annexation novel: Bridgman, Raymond Landon; Loyal Traitors : A Story of Friendship for the Filipinos; Boston: James H West 1903. 1st Edition. 310 pages. Hardcover. Progressive Era Philippines - History - United States

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Literature FAREWELL TO ARMS Hemingway 1st Ed 2nd Pr 1929: Hemingway, Ernest; A Farewell To Arms; New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1929. 1st Edition, 2nd Printing. 355 pages. Hardcover American Literature - 20th Century Good+/noDJ. Cocked, tone, rubbing to

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Americana STORY OF WILD WEST Cody 1888 Buffalo Bill: Cody, William Frederick (Buffalo Bill); Story of the Wild West and Camp-Fire Chats : A Full and Complete History of the Renowned Pioneer Quartette, Boone, Crockett, Carson and Buffalo Bill ... Includi

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US Revolution NUTS FOR FUTURE HISTORIANS Smith 1856: Smith, Horace Wemyss (comp); Nuts for Future Historians to Crack : Containing the Cadwalader Pamphlet, Valley Forge Letters, etc.; Philadelphia: Horace W Smith 1856. 90 pages. Hardcover American Revo

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ALASKA Nichols 1924 US Political History: Nichols, Jeannette Paddock; Alaska : A History of its Administration, Exploitation, and Industrial Development during its First Half Century under the Rule of the United States; Cleveland: Arthur H Cl

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A Wonder of the Ancient World

Luciano Canfora (1989). Hutchinson Radius.

ISBN: 0-09-174049-5

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