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1942 Your Future - Horoscope and Almanac for the Year
Books and Publications: Magazines
A Touch of Whimsy 
164 $7.50 Includes FREE US Shipping
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1942 "Your Future" Almanac and horoscope for every day in 1942. A way for us to plan our lives with advice for every day of the year. Great vintage find - makes a great gift for those who are 66 and/or a great WWII collectible.
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Custer and Other Poems - Ella Wheeler Wilcox 1896
Books and Publications: Poetry
A Touch of Whimsy
B07 $20.00 Includes US Shipping (48CTS)
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1896 printing of Customer and Other Poems by Ella Wheeler Wilcox (possible first edition). Published by WB Conkey Company, Chicago.
Wonderful illustrations. Ella Wheele... Click for details
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Sexual Relations of Mankind - Vintage - Limited Edition
Books and Publications: Psychology
A Touch of Whimsy
DU07 $50.00 Include FREE US Shipping (48cts)
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Sexual Relations of Mankind by Paolo Mantegazza, Professor of Anthropology at the University of Florence. Translated by James Bruce. This is a limited edition hard back copy printed by the Anthropological Press, copy number 577 of 1500. There is no print date, but the original book was published in 1935. ... Click for details
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The Forty Days of Musa Dagh - Hardback - 1934
Books and Publications: Fiction
A Touch of Whimsy
DU13 $7.00 Includes FREE US Shipping 48cts
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The Forty Days of Musa Dagh is a 1934 novel by Austrian-Jewish author Franz Werfel based around an event that took place on Musa Dagh in 1915 during the Armenian Genocide in Turkey. The book was first published as Die vierzig Tage des Musa Dagh in German in November of 1933. The Forty Days of Musa Dagh achieved great internationa... Click for details
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WWII Book On German Occupation Of France 1944
Militaria
Brandywine Militaria 
$85.00
A PARIS SOUS LA BOTTE DES NAZIS. Translation is something like "Paris under the boot of the nazis". Shows signs of wear but still in excellent condition with solid binding, no tears and pages that are still nice and crisp. Very little text as most of the book is a series of intriguing photos. Subject matter covers the invasion, difficulties of life under German occupation and finally the valiant armed resistance. Very interesting.
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The Story of The Battle For Iwo Jima
Books and Publications: Historical
Big Foot Cat's Collectibles 
$7.95
From the Cornerstones of Freedom collection is this vintage book that describes the invasion and capture of the strategic island of Iwo Jima. A hard cover (no d/j) text that is 31 pages in length, written by R. Conrad Stein, and illustrated by Len W. Meents, it was copyrighted in 1977 and was published by Childrens Press, Chicago. Our copy is in Fine condition with only very light cover corner bumping. The interior on the other hand is immaculate. Kindly E-Mail us if you have any questions. Tha... Click for details
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Imperial Defence and Capture at Sea in War, Rare Book
Books and Publications: Historical
Richards Antiques 
$100
By Sir Herbert Richmond, commandant of the Imperial Defence College from 1927-28, the book "explains in non-technical language and broad principles which underlie the problem of what is called Imperial Defence -- the defence of the interests, the territories and the persons of all the individuals comprising the British Empire." Scarce book, 21 illustrations. Some foxing on edges and on pages in first half of book, diagonal crease on a dozen or so pages at front, none of which constitute serious ... Click for details
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Lost World of James Smithson, Founder of Smithsonian
Books and Publications: Historical
Richards Antiques
$12 with free mailing in USA
By Heather Ewing, subtitled: "Science, Revolution and the Birth of the Smithsonian." First US Edition, published 2007 by Bloomsbury. This is a new book in pristine condition.
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The Last Bourbons of Naples by Harold Acton Very Scarce
Books and Publications: Historical
Richards Antiques
$150
Scarce volume in like new condition with unclipped dust wrapper; Published in 1961 by St. Martin's Press, New York. Very minor wear at top and bottom of spine and rubbed line towards bottom of spine.
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New York World's Fair 1939 Official Guide Book
Books and Publications: Historical
Gankab 
G172 $15.00
The Official Guide Book to the New York World's Fair 1939- The World Of Tomorrow. 256 pages including a fold-out map. Illustrated with black and white drawings with photos. Information on the countries and their exhibits, advertisements. The book itself is 100% intact. The cover has seperated from the book but is all there. This is a must have for history buffs.
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Bitter Lemons Durrell's Great Cyprus Portrait 1st Am Ed
Books and Publications: Travel
Richards Antiques
$50
Lawrence Durrell's lyrical and prescient account of time spent living on Cyprus in the early 1950's. Durrell, author of the highly acclaimed Alexandria Quartet, spins a marvelous tale of his time "first as a visitor, then as a household and teacher and finally as Press Advisor to a government on the verge of revolution." First American Edition with rare dust jacket. Book is in very fine condition with minor fraying at top of spine. Dust jacket has some minor fraying at top and some rubbing, whic... Click for details
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Grandma's Gun by Patricia Miles Martin
Books and Publications: Children's
Big Foot Cat's Collectibles
$9.00
Vintage hard cover book published in 1968 (assuming First Edition as no date stated) by Golden Gate Junior Books. In 1846, when California belonged to Mexico, Juan brought the message to his Grandmother that the Americans were marching on Pueblo, Ca. the town that they lived in. Their only means of defense was a very old cannon; however it could not be fired as there was no powder available. Juan and the towns' people moved the cannon to Grandmas farm and buried it so that it could not be captur... Click for details
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Vintage Life Mag Dec 9 1966 The Draft & Protesters
Books and Publications: Magazines
Endurance of Time Vintage Collectibles 
4.99
Mint condition LIFE Magazine dated Dec 9, 1966 with some very interesting articles that are very dated. Ducking the Draft-Who and How, The Presidency, Toys, Fashions, Levi Smith's Grandchildren, Popular books, Adventure, Truman Capote's Gala Party, Special Report/Eastern Europe, The Perforated Curtain, Science, Ideas in Houses, Nature and Miscellany.
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Life Magazine Nov 19 1965 Blackout New York City
Books and Publications: Historical
Endurance of Time Vintage Collectibles
3.99
Excellent vintage LIFE magazine dated Nov 19, 1965 with a very interesting account about the Nov 9 Blackout in New York City as well as a sports section featuring Cassius Clay alias Muhammad Ali boxing against Floyd Patterson. There is also an interesting article about computers as they were then, and an article about the Smithsonian Institute. Lastly there are numerous great graphics of the time and advertising.
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Vintage Life Magazine Feb 10 1967 Astronauts
Books and Publications: Magazines
Endurance of Time Vintage Collectibles
5.99
Life Magazine dated Feb 10, 1967 featuring The Nation's Goodby To Astronauts Grissom, White, and Chaffee. The picture on the front of the issue is Gus Grissom's caisson at Arlington. There is also a very nice article with graphics of Oklahoma born Adelle Donen who leads US take over of British social life. Then there is a very sad and controversial story about Danny Rutledge, son of carl Rutledge, who at 11 years of age did a free fall and his parachute did not open. The magazine is in very ... Click for details
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