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Best Selling Biographies & Memoirs

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Just Kids
Patti Smith
Paperback (2011-01-01)
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The Glass Castle
Jeannette Walls
Paperback (2017-07-01)
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Fun Home
Alison Bechdel-
Paperback (2007-06-01)
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The Immortal Life Of Henrietta Lacks
Rebecca Skloot
Paperback (2019-03-01)
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What My Bones Know
Stephanie Foo
Paperback (2023-02-01)
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Empire Of the Summer Moon
S C Gwynne
Paperback (2011-05-01)
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Best Selling Mystery & Crime Books

Break out your armchair sleuthing skills with these page turners that will keep you guessing from start to finish.

In the Woods
Tana French
Mass Market Paperbound (2019-12-01)
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Brutal Prince
Sophie Lark
Paperback (2023-07-01)
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The Secret History
Donna Tartt
Paperback (2004-04-01)
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This Tender Land
William Kent Krueger
Paperback (2020-09-01)
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Local Woman Missing
Mary Kubica
Paperback (2021-11-01)
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Murder In the Family
Cara Hunter
Paperback (2023-07-01)
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Rare & Collectible Travel Books

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The universal traveller: or, A complete account of the most remarkable voyages and traels of eminent men of our own, and other nation
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The universal traveller: or, A complete account of the most remarkable voyages and traels of eminent men of our own, and other nation

by BARCLAY, Patrick

First Edition
Condition
Used - Near Fine
Edition
First
Published
1735
Binding
Leather; tight and secure
Quantity Available
1
Seller
COLUMBIA, Missouri, USA
Item Price
$750.00
Item Price
$750.00
Leben und Thaten Der Durchläuchtigsten See-Helden Und Erfinder der Länder dieser Zeiten. 1 Anfahend Mit Christoph Columbus Dem Erfinder der neuen Welt
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Leben und Thaten Der Durchläuchtigsten See-Helden Und Erfinder der Länder dieser Zeiten. 1 Anfahend Mit Christoph Columbus Dem Erfinder der neuen Welt

by BOS, Lambert van den

Condition
Used - Near Fine
Published
1681
Binding
Leather; tight and secure
Quantity Available
1
Seller
COLUMBIA, Missouri, USA
Item Price
$1,950.00
Item Price
$1,950.00
An account of the life of that ancient servant of Jesus Christ, John Richardson
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An account of the life of that ancient servant of Jesus Christ, John Richardson

by RICHARDSON, John

First Edition
Condition
Used - Near Fine
Edition
First
Published
1783
Binding
Leather; tight and secure
Quantity Available
1
Seller
COLUMBIA, Missouri, USA
Item Price
$499.00
Item Price
$499.00
Uebersetzung der Algemeinen Welthistorie die in Engeland durch eine Geselschaft von Gelehrten ausgefertiget worden
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Uebersetzung der Algemeinen Welthistorie die in Engeland durch eine Geselschaft von Gelehrten ausgefertiget worden

by BAUMGARTEN, Siegmund Jacob; SEMLER, Johann

First Edition
Condition
Used - Near Fine
Edition
First
Published
1760-1761
Binding
Leather; tight and secure
Quantity Available
1
Seller
COLUMBIA, Missouri, USA
Item Price
$750.00
Item Price
$750.00
Trieste and the Meaning of Nowhere
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Trieste and the Meaning of Nowhere

by MORRIS, Jan

First Edition
Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
Very Good
Edition
First edition
Published
2001
ISBN
9780571204434
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Fulmer, Buckinghamshire, Buckinghamshire, GBR
Item Price
$112.68
Item Price
$112.68
Through the Brazilian Wilderness
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Through the Brazilian Wilderness

by ROOSEVELT, Theodore

First Edition
Condition
Used - Near Fine
Edition
First
Published
1914
Binding
Hardcover; secure
Quantity Available
1
Seller
COLUMBIA, Missouri, USA
Item Price
$499.00
Item Price
$499.00

Rare & Collectible Childrens Books

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College on Horseback

College on Horseback

by Hall, Esther Greenacre

First Edition
Condition
Used - Good with no dust jacket; Boards dampstained, spine cocked and waterstained at heel, owner name and address on front flyleaf.
Edition
First Edition
Published
1933
Binding
Hardcover
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Selkirk, New York, USA
Item Price
$150.00
Item Price
$150.00
The Girl's Own Paper. Volume XXIII 1901-2

The Girl's Own Paper. Volume XXIII 1901-2

by Girl's Own Paper

Condition
Used
Binding
Hardcover
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Winnipeg, Manitoba, CAN
Item Price
$131.25
Item Price
$131.25
PETER PAN. Or the boy who would not grow up
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PETER PAN. Or the boy who would not grow up

by BARRIE. J. M

Condition
Used
Quantity Available
1
Seller
London, Greater London, GBR
Item Price
$165.70
Item Price
$165.70
Tree And Leaf

Tree And Leaf

by Tolkien, J. R. R.

First Edition
Condition
Used - Fine
Jacket Condition
Near Fine
Edition
1st Edition 1st Printing
Published
1964
Binding
Hardcover
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Pasadena, California, USA
Item Price
$2,250.00
Item Price
$2,250.00
The Hundred and One Dalmatians
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The Hundred and One Dalmatians

by Smith, Dodie

First Edition
Condition
Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition
Very Good
Edition
First Edition
Published
1956
Binding
Hardcover
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Rutherglen, Victoria, AUS
Item Price
$842.25
Item Price
$842.25
The Return of Tarzan (Main character: Tarzan.)
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The Return of Tarzan (Main character: Tarzan.)

by Burroughs, Edgar Rice (Main character: Tarzan; Illustrations by J. Allen St. John.)

Condition
Used
Binding
Hardcover
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Winnipeg, Manitoba, CAN
Item Price
$131.25
Item Price
$131.25
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Signed by J.K. Rowling

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First Edition of The Sound and the Fury

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