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The Wide House

By: Caldwell, Taylor

Price: $14.00

Publisher: New York, Charles Scribner's Sons: 1945

Seller ID: 33792

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Good dust jacket

Text is clean. Red cloth shows normal wear, spine ends bumped. Previous owner name on front free endpaper, bookplate on front pastedown. Ink mark on bottom text edge. Scribner's "A" present. Dust jacket shows edgewear, some staining to DJ from tape reinforcements on reverse side of DJ. ; 7.7 X 5.5 X 1.3 inches; 583 pages
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Be My Daddy

By: Dodson, Lamar

Price: $5.00

Publisher: New York, Vantage Press: 1992

Seller ID: 870

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

0533102006 Text clean. Cover shows virtually no wear. Dust jacket is pristine. Doubt if this book's ever been read. ; From dust jacket flap: Be My Daddy, by author Lamar Dodson, is a sensitive portrayal of the traumas of growing up from a child's eye view. No little angel, Larry is a kid like most - and his problems are those many children face. Like most of us, Larry must find his own way out of the labyrinthine world of childhood. And along the way he learns an important truth: life holds some rewards even when things seem bleakest. He also learns that although grownups may be tough on him s...
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Catch the Wind

By: Grady, James

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, Coward Mc Cann & Geoghegan: 1980

Seller ID: 14036

ISBN: 0698110439

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket

Text is clean. Gift inscription by author on front free endpaper. "For Michelle Cowan, who lost her easy shot at posterity when the acknowledgement was cut from this book she helped get born. But for what it's worth, I'm glad, proud to tell posterity and people she was there, and she is my friend. Jim Grady 1980." brown boards with gilt spine lettering. Upper corner of front corner bumped. Ends of spine gently bumped. Dust jacket shows some wear, light chipping along top edge, small closed tear at top of front flap. NAP. ; 383 pages; Signed by Author
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Small Town Odds

By: Headley, Jason

Price: $20.00

Publisher: San Francisco, CA, Chronicle Books: 2004

Seller ID: 15296

ISBN: 0811845362

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket

Text is clean. Inscribed by author to previous owner. Cover shows light wear, dust jacket shows gentle bump to head/base of spine. Debut novel. ; 1.3 x 8.1 x 5.8 Inches; 320 pages; Signed by Author
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Why So Many Of Us?

By: McVey, Richard C.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, Vantage Press: 1978

Seller ID: 3796

ISBN: 0533032016

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket

Text is clean. Cover and Dust jacket show normal shelfwear. Light rubbing along dust jacket folds. Small square in center of front cover, where color lifted off with removal of a sticker. ; From Dust Jacket: Why So Many of Us? Is the story of Arne Duncan and the most important years of his life. Growing up near the turn of the century in the middle west, Arne in some respects resembles other young men - he works hard to help himself through high school and college, then takes his first job. But he is conscious from the beginning that something sets him apart, that the land is calling him back ...
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The Evangelist

By: Otway, Howard

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Harper: 1954

Seller ID: 2557

ISBN: B0007E8CW2

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Good dust jacket; Price clipped dust jacket. Text is clean. Dust Jacket shows normal wear, price-clipped with chipping especially at head and base of spine.

307 pages
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