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TROUBLE WITH NOWADAYS A Curmudgeon Strikes Back

By: Amory, Cleveland

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York NY, Arbor House: 1979

Seller ID: 12797

ISBN: 0877952388

Binding: Hardcover

Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Book is cocked. DJ flaps are creased. ; With insight and wit, an eminent chronicler of American society touches on such subjects as servants, women, children, and sex as he points to an abandonment of the verities as the primary problem of modern society.; 263 pages
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ESSAYS AND NEW ATLANTIS

By: Bacon, Francis

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Roslyn, NY, Walter J. Black: 1942

Seller ID: 40464

Binding: Hardcover

Very Good with no dust jacket; Wear at edges. ; 302 pages
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THERE'S A COUNTRY IN MY CELLAR The Best of Russell Baker

By: Baker, Russell

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York NY, William Morrow: 1990

Seller ID: 70915

ISBN: 0688095984

Binding: Hardcover

Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; DJ is worn at edges. ; Presents the best of the author's newspaper columns published since 1962, arranged into a dozen different themes; B&W Photographs; 432 pages
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MENTAL EFFICIENCY Hints to Men and Women

By: Bennett, Arnold

Price: $12.00

Publisher: New York, George H. Doran: 1911

Seller ID: 31504

Binding: Hardcover

Very Good with no dust jacket; Edgewear. ; 119 pages
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VOLTAIRE ESSAYS AND ANOTHER

By: Besterman, Theodore

Price: $10.00

Publisher: London, Oxford University Press: 1962

Seller ID: 66576

Binding: Hardcover

Very Good with no dust jacket; Edgewear. Exlibrary with markings. DJ flap pasted on front endpaper. ; Ex-Library; B&W Illustrations; 181 pages
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ATLANTIC ESSAYS

By: Bogorad, Samuel editor

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Boston, MA, D. C. Heath: 1958

Seller ID: 51741

Binding: Hardcover

Very Good with no dust jacket; Edgewear. ; 466 pages
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TWENTY-SEVEN CONTEMPORARY ESSAYS

By: Brownsword, Walter editor

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York NY, Charles Scribner's Sons: 1967

Seller ID: 40789

Binding: Hardcover

Very Good with no dust jacket; Previous owner's name. Pen underlining and pen notes on margins. ; 292 pages
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SELECTED WRITINGS OF JOHN JAY CHAPMAN

By: Chapman, John Jay

Price: $12.00

Publisher: New York, Farrar, Straus and Cudahy: 1957

Seller ID: 23747

Binding: Hardcover

Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket; DJ is worn at edges. DJ has water stain on edge. ; Edited with an introduction by Jacques Barzun; 294 pages
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NOT BY FACT ALONE Essays on the Writing and Reading of History

By: Clive, John

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York NY, Alfred A. Knopf: 1989

Seller ID: 7950

Binding: Hardcover

Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
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BOOK OF THE ESSAY From Montaigne to E. B. White

By: Combs, Homer editor

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Charles Scribner's Sons: 1950

Seller ID: 53126

Binding: Hardcover

Very Good with no dust jacket; Edgewear. ; 537 pages
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MODERN EXPOSITION

By: Davenport, William editor

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York NY, Harcourt Brace: 1946

Seller ID: 49399

Binding: Hardcover

Very Good with no dust jacket; Edgewear. Previous owner's name. Some pencil marks inside. ; 400 pages
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MAN FORBID AND OTHER ESSAYS

By: Davidson, John

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Boston, MA, Ball Publishing: 1910

Seller ID: 54487

Binding: Hardcover

Very Good with no dust jacket; Edgewear. ; Introduction by Edward J. O'Brien. ; 255 pages
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TEN MASTERS OF THE MODERN ESSAY

By: Davis, Robert editor

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Harcourt Brace: 1966

Seller ID: 54973

Binding: Hardcover

Very Good with no dust jacket; Edgewear. Bookstore stamp. Previous owner's name. Pen and pencil marks in table of contents. ; 437 pages
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TEN MASTERS OF THE MODERN ESSAY

By: Davis, Robert editor

Price: $12.00

Publisher: New York, Harcourt Brace: 1966

Seller ID: 64932

Binding: Hardcover

Very Good with no dust jacket; Edgewear. ; 437 pages
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ONLY THE HEART KNOWS HOW TO FIND THEM Precious Memories for a Faithless Time

By: De Vinck, Christopher

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York NY, Viking: 1991

Seller ID: 56747

ISBN: 0670838764

Binding: Hardcover

Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Essays reflects on topics ranging from childhood, marriage, and family to careers, loneliness, and the ebb and flow of faith and doubt in everyday life.; 217 pages
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