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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Copy is in very good condition. Minimal wear to the card wraps. Interior is clean and unmarked. Staple binding is in very good shape.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Galbraith's analysis of the socio-economic effects of America's 1980s economic policies, which, he argues, has created a culture of complacency amongst America's economic elites. Copy is in near-fine condition. Absolutely minimal wear to the blue cloth boards and a clean, bright, tightly bound interior. Dust jacket is good: no flaws (no tearing, no chipping, minimal wear), but it has been price-clipped.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Collection of poetry from the American poet Violi. Copy is in very good condition, verging on near fine. Absolutely minimal wear to the card wraps and a clean, unmarked interior save for a "Property of Vermont Studio Center" sticker on the half title.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Copy is in good to very good condition. Some minor wear to the soft card wraps. A crease to the bottom rear corner. Interior is clean and unmarked.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. "The amazing story and pictures of Waltus Watkins and his mill -- America's only surviving 1860's woolen mill!" Copy is in good+ condition with significant wear to the pictorial soft cover - corners in particular are a little dog-eared. Interior is good+ with all pages clean and tightly bound but some wear to the edges.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Copy is in very good condition. Minimal wear and a clean, unmarked interior. Staple binding still very secure.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Copy is in very good condition. Minimal wear to the card wraps and a clean, unmarked interior. Staple binding is still solid, although slightly off-centre.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Facsimile reprint of a pamphlet produced by the Pacific Coast Borax Co. in the 1880s describing the teams of mules that would haul the borax from its deposits in Death Valley (these teams are the origin of the 20 Mule Team brand of borax that is still manufactured today). Copy is in near fine condition. Absolutely minimal wear to the card wraps. Interior is clean and unmarked. Staple binding is still in excellent shape.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Vintage erotica. Copy is in good to very good condition. Some wear to the card wraps. Creasing to bottom rear outside corner. Interior is clean and unmarked with a solid binding.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Self-published memoir that tells of the author's life growing up in early twentieth century Russia and living through the German invasion of Western Russia in the Second World War. This rare and unusual book is in good+ condition. The green soft cover has some extensive sunning (the outline of the book that had been next to it on the shelf is clearly visible). The interior, however, is clean and well-bound.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Copy is in very good condition. Minimal wear to the stapled card wraps. Interior is clean and unmarked.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Anthology of Canadian poetry from the turn of millennium. Includes selections from Afua Cooper, Eric Miller, John Terpstra, and many more. Copy is in very good condition. Minimal wear to the card wraps save for some faint bumping to the corners. Interior is clean and unmarked with a tight, solid binding.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Copy is in very good condition. Minimal wear to the card wraps. Interior is clean and unmarked. Staple binding still solid and tight.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Copy is in very good condition. Minimal wear to the card wraps. Staple mark to the rear cover. Interior is clean and unmarked. Staple binding still solid and tight.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Copy is in very good condition. Minimal wear to the card wraps. Interior is clean and unmarked. Staple binding still solid and tight.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Copy is in very good condition. Minimal wear to the card wraps. Interior is clean and unmarked. Staple binding still solid and tight.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Extremely scarce poetry book published by the experimental poetry collective Dusie in a limited edition of 100 copies. This copy is in near fine condition. Absolutely minimal wear to the card wraps and a clean, unmarked interior with a solid staple-binding.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Staple-bound pamphlet containing a study of the Upper Canada Rebellion of 1837 as presented to the Manitoba Historical Society. Copy is in near fine condition. Absolutely minimal wear to the card wraps. Interior is clean and unmarked.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Copy is in very good condition. Minimal wear to the limp paper wraps. Interior is clean and unmarked. Staple binding still solid and tight.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Copy is in near fine condition. Absolutely minimal wear to the card wraps. Interior is clean and unmarked with a tight, solid binding. Signed by all five authors on the title page. Signed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. A collection of stories and articles by the Canadian Quaker writer Louise Richardson Rorke. Copy is in very good condition. Minimal wear to the pictorial card wraps. Interior is clean and unmarked save for signed dedication by the editor on the title page. Signed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Privately published lively history of various acts of skulduggery in the American Midwest. Copy is in very good condition. Some faint wear and splaying to the pictorial card wraps. Interior is clean and unmarked with a tight, solid binding.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Copy is in very good condition. Minimal wear to the card wraps. Interior is clean and unmarked. Staple binding is still in very good shape.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Collection of photographs with accompanying text to explain the principles of bird flight. Copy is in very good condition. Some wear to the white faux-leather boards. Interior is bright, clean, and well bound. Dust jacket is good+; would be very good at least save for price clipping.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Johnson, Raymond [cover] (illustrator). Collectible vintage pocket book edition of Zola's classic of French Literature. Somewhat pulpy GGA cover illustration by Raymond Johnson. Copy is in good to very good condition. Minimal wear to the card wraps. Some creasing to the spine and a few tears to the base of the spine. Avon General logo on cover has been partially blacked out by marker. Interior is clean and unmarked, and the binding is solid and tight for now, although the hinging is becoming visible at pp.128-129 and one or two other places, so handle carefully!

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Copy is in very good+ condition, verging in near fine. Minimal wear to the card wraps and a clean, unmarked interior.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Canadian printing of Dell Mapback No. 107. Originally published in 1941, this printing was presumably between 1943 and 1951 (presence of the Dell mystery keyhole logo on the rear cover suggests a printing prior to 1949). Copy is in good condition. Some wear and creasing to the pictorial card wraps. Interior is clean and unmarked.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Pulpy science fiction tale of a nuclear attack on Los Angeles which results in the city being swarmed by zombies who attack the survivors. Copy is in very good+ condition. Absolutely minimal wear to the pictorial card wraps. Interior is clean and unmarked. Binding tight and solid.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. A very handsome little book of essays by the journalist and writer Joseph O'Connor drawn from the column he wrote for the Rochester Post Express. Second volume only. Copy is in near fine condition -- startlingly well preserved for its age. Absolutely minimal wear to the blue cloth boards. Gilt decoration is still nice and bright. Interior is clean and unmarked, with a solid, tight binding.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Undated (presumably early 20th century) collection of four of Phillpotts' novels, including Orphan Dinah, The Three Brothers, Children Of Men, and The Whirlwind. Copy is in good condition. Black cloth boards are worn and a little faded. Interior is clean (pages somewhat yellowed). Binding is rather loose -- cracked at title page, but all leaves still attached. No dust jacket.