The Heartless Stone: A Journey Through the World of Diamonds, Deceit, and Desire
by Zoellner, Tom
New York: Picador, 2007. 2nd Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 5x0x8. 2nd printing. Faint edge wear. 2007 Trade Paperback. 340 pp. When he proposed to his girlfriend, Tom Zoellner gave what is expected of every American man--a diamond engagement ring. But when the relationship broke apart, he was left with a used diamond that began to haunt him. His obsession carried him around the globe, from the "blood diamond" rings of Africa; to the sweltering polishing factories of... Read More
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The Way We'll Be: The Zogby Report on the Transformation of the American Dream
by Zogby, John
New York: Random House, 2008. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. 6x0x9. Signed by author. First edition. Signed by author on title page with inscription, "To Dave, hope for a better tomorrow." A fine copy in a fine jacket. 2008 Hard Cover. xvi, 235 pp. In this far-reaching examination of contemporary American culture, John Zogby, one of the nation's foremost pollsters, explores who today's Americans are, identifying patterns in our social makeup that hint at the way we'll... Read More
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Jacques Damour: Madame Neigeon -- Nantas -- How We Die -- The Coqueville Spree -- The Attack on the Mill (Authorized Edition)
by Zola, Emile; Apthorp, William Foster
Boston: Copeland and Day, 1895. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Boards soiled, pages foxed. 1895 Hard Cover. 368 pp. With his usual talent, Zola recounts the life of a family of Parisian artisans during the siege of Paris, the Commune and the 3rd Republic until 1880.
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Nana (The Folio Society)
by Zola, Emile; Duff, Charles
London: The Folio Society, 1956. First Thus. Hard Cover. Good/Very Good. Vertes, [Marcel]. First thus (Nash, Folio 50 #96). Includes publisher's slipcase. Boards foxed, endpapers lightly foxed, slipcase toned with minor wear to corners. 1956 Hard Cover. 387 pp.Translated into English from the original French by Charles Duff. Etchings by Marcel Vertes. Nana, daughter of a drunk and a laundress, is the Helen of Troy of Paris. A sexually magnetic high-class prostitute and actress, she becomes a celebrity,... Read More
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Nana
by Zola, Emile; Duff, Charles (translator)
London: Folio Press: J.M. Dent, 1973. Reissue. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 7x3x0. Vertes, [Marcel]. 1973 photo-lithographic reissue (Nash, Folio 50 #338). Acetate jacket with paper flaps. Minor general wear. 387 pp.Translated by Charles Duff. Etchings by Marcel Vertes. Nana, daughter of a drunk and a laundress, is the Helen of Troy of Paris. A sexually magnetic high-class prostitute and actress, she becomes a celebrity, rapidly conquering society, ruining all men who fall under her spell -- especially... Read More
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Emile Zola Fotografo: 480 Documenti Scelti e Presentati da Francois Emile-Zola e Massin
by Zola, Emile
Milano: Gabriele Moazzotaa, 1979. Large Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. 0x0x0. Top edge lightly foxed, bookplate on front endpaper. 1979 Large Hardcover. 190 pp. Italian text. Emile Zola, in full Emile-Edouard-Charles-Antoine Zola, (born April 2, 1840, Paris, France - died September 28, 1902, Paris), French novelist, critic, and political activist who was the most prominent French novelist of the late 19th century. He was noted for his theories of naturalism, which underlie his monumental 20-novel series Les Rougon-Macquart, and... Read More
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Stalin's Falcons: Exposing the Myth of Soviet Aerial Superiority over the Luftwaffe in WW2
by Zubov, Dmitry
Philadelphia: Air World, 2024. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6x1x9. First American edition. An exceptional copy. 2024 Hard Cover. 275 pp. The Soviet history of the Second World War, written under the conditions of a totalitarian regime, reflected all its features, with the result that it includes solid sets of patriotic fables that have no connection with reality. Many of the events of the war were distorted beyond recognition or even made up from beginning... Read More
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An Airplane in Every Garage
by Zuck, Daniel R
New York: Vantage Press, 1958. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8x5x1. Grohs, Ted. First edition. No jacket. Corners lightly rubbed, tipped in is a typed cautionary note about safety of air travel, personal calling card laid in. 1958 Hard Cover. 192 pp. Drawings by Ted Groh. "A book written in the 1950s by an author involved in airline mechanics and theory, on the practicality of people having a combination airplane/car for personal transportation. Comes with designs... Read More
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The Amanas
by Zug, Joan Liffring and John
Iowa: The Amana Society, 1969. Stapled Binding. Near Fine. Minor general wear. 1969 Stapled Binding. "The Amana Colonies are seven villages on 26,000 acres (11,000 ha) located in Iowa County in east-central Iowa, United States: Amana (or Main Amana), East Amana, High Amana, Middle Amana, South Amana, West Amana, and Homestead. The villages were built and settled by German Pietists, who were persecuted in their homeland by the German state government and the Lutheran Church. Calling themselves the... Read More
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Bridge of Clay: A Novel
by Zusak, Markus
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2010. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6x1x9. First edition. Small blemish on rear jacket edge, otherwise an excellent copy. 2010 Hard Cover. 537 pp. The breathtaking story of five brothers who bring each other up in a world run by their own rules. As the Dunbar boys love and fight and learn to reckon with the adult world, they discover the moving secret behind their father's disappearance. At the center of... Read More
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The Gold Train: The Destruction of the Jews and the Looting of Hungary
by Zweig, Ronald W
New York: Perennial, 2003. First American Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 5x0x8. Remainder mark on page base. 2003 Trade Paperback. 352 pp. In 1944, the great "Gold Train" headed west from Budapest, carrying gems, cash, furs, carpets, wedding rings, and even gold teeth -- all possessions stripped from Hungarian Jews before their murder. The Gold Train took on a legendary quality even as it steamed out of the station -- hundreds of millions of dollars in assets were... Read More
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Windows to Rochester: The Rochester School for the Deaf Looks at Rochester 1881-1934
by Zwick, Patricia; Brugnoni, Delores; Lauterbach, Ruth; Wahl, Jane
Rochester, New York: The Rochester School for the Deaf, 1984. Large Softcover. Very Good. 10x8x0. Spine faded, minor wear to corners. 1984 Large Softcover. 120 pp. 11 x 8 1/2. Numerous photographs and illustrations throughout showing the history of the Rochester School for the Deaf and Rochester in general. Also includes a reproduction of a map of Rochester from 1900. "Rochester School for the Deaf (RSD) is a private school for deaf and hard of hearing students to... Read More
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Windows to Rochester: The Rochester School for the Deaf Looks at Rochester 1881-1934
by Zwick, Patricia; Brugnoni, Delores; Lauterbach, Ruth; Wahl, Jane
Rochester, New York: The Rochester School for the Deaf, 1984. Large Softcover. Very Good. 10x8x0. Signed by author. Inscribed and signed by co-author and her husband ('To Dan [?] Fischer, the best broadcaster in Rochester, Len & Pat Zwick'). Spine faded. 1984 Large Softcover. 120 pp. 11 x 8 1/2. Numerous photographs and illustrations throughout showing the history of the Rochester School for the Deaf and Rochester in general. Also includes a reproduction of a map of Rochester... Read More
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Windows to Rochester: The Rochester School for the Deaf Looks at Rochester 1881-1934
by Zwick, Patricia; Brugnoni, Delores; Lauterbach, Ruth; Wahl, Jane
Rochester, New York: The Rochester School for the Deaf, 1984. Large Softcover. Very Good. 10x8x0. Minor edge wear, front corner faintly creased. 1984 Large Softcover. 120 pp. 11 x 8 1/2. Numerous photographs and illustrations throughout showing the history of the Rochester School for the Deaf and Rochester in general. Also includes a reproduction of a map of Rochester from 1900. "Rochester School for the Deaf (RSD) is a private school for deaf and hard of hearing students... Read More
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The Life and Letters of Bishop McQuaid, Prefaced with the History of Catholic Rochester Before His Episcopate, in Two Volumes (Universite de Louvain, Recueil de Travaux publies par les membres Des Conferences d'Histoire et de Philologie, 2me Serie, 6me et 7me Fascicule)
by Zwierlein, Frederick J
Rochester, New York: The Art Print Shop, 1926. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Boards a bit rubbed and boards of first volume a bit soiled, hinges of first volume just beginning to weaken, smudge on fore edge margin of front flyleaf. 1926 Hard Cover. Two volume set. A third volume was published in 1927, which is not included here. Includes black-and-white illustrations. "Bernard John McQuaid (15 December 1823, in New York City - 18 January... Read More
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Theodore Roosevelt and Catholics, 1882-1919
by Zwierlein, Frederick J
Saint Louis, Missouri / Rochester, New York: The Reverend Victor T. Suren / The Art Print Shop, 1956. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Boards lightly rubbed, endpapers a bit toned. Binding tight and square, text clean, bright, and unmarked. 1956 Hard Cover. xiii, 392 pp. A study of Theodore Roosevelt's relationship to Catholicism from his time as an assemblyman through the end of World War I. Zwierlein, professor emeritus of church history at St. Bernard's Seminary in... Read More
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