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Book Cover for: Journal of the Federal Convention, United States Constitutional Convention

Journal of the Federal Convention

United States Constitutional Convention
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James Madison b. #OTD Journal of the Federal Convention of 1787, manuscript copy in the hand of James Madison of the Journal made by William Jackson as Secretary of the Convention in https://t.co/zrppn3taKY https://t.co/wOQLuXuYpE

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Book Cover for: Doctor Grimshawe's Secret: A Romance, Nathaniel Hawthorne

Doctor Grimshawe's Secret: A Romance

Nathaniel Hawthorne
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Doctor Grimshawe's Secret, holograph manuscript, corrected & bound, in hand of Julian Hawthorne. From: Nathaniel Hawthorne collection Complete work digitized https://t.co/p5CoyZ1WYd Includes letter, dated April 25, 1887, from Julian Hawthorne to Benjamin H. Ticknor. https://t.co/Wy9HD560Zq

Paperback, 2023

$24.95$12.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Weary Blues, Langston Hughes

The Weary Blues

Langston Hughes
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I, too, am America. Langston Hughes his own copy of The Weary Blues, used for lecture programs https://t.co/PmvqwWedOZ typescripts in Langston Hughes Papers: https://t.co/NGHxzkmxDi https://t.co/4YPKirf54l

Paperback, 2022

$6.00$3.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Jazz Age: Chronicles, Volume Two, Ted Slampyak

Jazz Age: Chronicles, Volume Two

Ted Slampyak
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New @YaleLibrary Book Talk series launches w/ @Debby_Applegate bio of a Jazz Age brothel owner; story: https://bit.ly/3LRQY4p Talk, March 2, 4:30pm online, info: https://bit.ly/3HfjRUv https://t.co/kJRiiBjtaA

Paperback, 2011

$16.99$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Gustave Doré

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Gustave Doré
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Eugene Oneill's "The Ancient Mariner" Draft, holograph, corrected, in The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Christabel by Samuel Taylor Coleridge (New York and London: G.P. Putnam's Sons) https://t.co/dGM9gIJiXK From: Eugene O'Neill collection https://t.co/Mz2vzI49lB https://t.co/oEzzniJWJx

Paperback, 1970

$19.95$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Call for the Dead: A George Smiley Novel, John Le Carré

Call for the Dead: A George Smiley Novel

John Le Carré
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"Watch George Smiley, he's really going places." back cover blurb, Call for the dead by John Le Carré https://t.co/K77U9jawVD also Tinker, tailor, soldier, spy https://t.co/AoBuwheMAb among 20+ Le Carré titles in Pforzheimer Intelligence Collection; David Cornwell b. #OTD https://t.co/KKeyQicTqr

Paperback, 2012

$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: De L'esprit Des Loix,, Charles Secondat De Montesquieu

De L'esprit Des Loix,

Charles Secondat De Montesquieu
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Montesquieu (b #OTD 1689) "As virtue is necessary in a republic, and in a monarchy honor, so fear is necessary in a despotic government ... " De l'Esprit des Loix https://t.co/4gihgf0f52 Nugent trans https://t.co/uqfA5BWhW4 https://t.co/h26BSe2ZJ9

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Book Cover for: It Can't Happen Here, Sinclair Lewis

It Can't Happen Here

Sinclair Lewis
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It Can't Happen Here, a novel by Sinclair Lewis 1st ed, 1935 https://t.co/mSGs4oKaSG Czech, 1936 https://t.co/WFzjT6ARtm Finnish, 1936 https://t.co/bDpxgs7gGf German, 1936 https://t.co/z3g48HxToC (published by Querido Amsterdam, printed Czechoslovakia) Gift of author #YaleAlumni https://t.co/RF4a687imV

Paperback, Mass Market, 2014

$10.99$5.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Lyrical Ballads: With Other Poems; Volume II, William Wordsworth

Lyrical Ballads: With Other Poems; Volume II

William Wordsworth
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Sixteen autograph letters, signed, & autograph manuscript poems by William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, published in Lyrical Ballads with Other Poems, volume II (London: Printed for T. N. Longman and O. Rees, by Biggs and Co., Bristol, 1800). https://t.co/qHBdL9gDmi https://t.co/QmNFbNnpT6

Paperback, 2023

$20.95$10.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Frog Prince and Other Stories, Walter Crane

The Frog Prince and Other Stories

Walter Crane
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From: Cinderella picture book containing Cinderella, Puss in Boots, Valentine and Orson / with the original coloured designs by Walter Crane Puss in Boots Valentine and Orson. 1911 https://t.co/38Og46dJRT https://t.co/R5bQ7FgmsI

Paperback, 2018

$18.02$9.01 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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