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Immigrant Odyssey, Franco-American Experience in USA
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Historical:
Pre 2000 item# 1101926
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Richards Antiques
207-563-1964
$50 SOLD
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Scarce book, "Immigrant Odyssey" by Felix Albert, the story of a French-Canadian habitant in New England in the late 19th century. Albert was an illiterate who dictated his story. This is a bi-lingual edition, giving the original French text and a translation by Arthur L. Eno, Jr., a lawyer in Lowell, Massachusetts. There is an introduction by Frances H. Early, described on the dust jacket as an associate professor of history at Mount Saint Vincent University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. ...click for details
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American Furniture in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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Antiques:
Pre 1970 item# 1099472
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Richards Antiques
207-563-1964
$100 with free media mail shipping.
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A beautifully printed and illustrated book detailing 318 items in the outstanding collection of American furniture at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, one of the best in the country. The author is Richard H. Randall,, Jr. Published in 1965, the catalog is broken down into categories such as chests desks, tables, chairs and clocks and many more. It is a hardcover book in a nice slip case, all in fine condition. The cover of the book has a gilt eagle stamped onto it.. More photographs are avail ...click for details
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2 Good John Buchan Reads: Greenmantle & Mountain Meadow
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Fiction:
Pre 1990 item# 1098463
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Richards Antiques
207-563-1964
$6 with free shipping in USA
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People forget how enjoyable the books of John Buchan are. Just to remind you, he wrote, "The 39 Steps." Here are two paperbacks: Greenmantle, Oxford World's Classics edition from 1993, in very good condition; and Mountain Meadows in a 1946 Bantam Books edition also in very good condition with previous owner's name and date written on ffep and a very small tear at bottom of page after ffep. Two books for the price of one and free shipping within USA.
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Portnoy's Complaint, Philip Roth, 1st Ed., 1st Issue DJ
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Fiction:
Pre 1970 item# 1096038
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Richards Antiques
207-563-1964
$200
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This is a first edition of Philip Roth's famous Portnoy's Complaint, the author's fourth book, a comic novel, published in 1969. It was made into a movie of the same name in 1972, starring Richard Benjamin and Karen Black. Book in fine condition. Dustwrapper is unfaded with clipped corner but first issue price of $6.95 present (this is right for the first issue of this book). Also 2/69 date on rear flap. Very slightest bit of wear evident at top front of dw. An excellent copy of this ...click for details
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