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Skellig: Island Outpost of Europe ---by Des Lavelle -a Signed Copy ( County Kerry, Ireland / Little and Great Skellig )

By: Lavelle, Des (signed)

Price: $17.48 CAD

Publisher: Ireland, Dublin, Ireland: O'Brien Press, 1981, 2nd Edition, 2nd Printing: 1981

Seller ID: 155293

ISBN: 0905140036

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see description)

-----------hardcover, a Near Fine copy, former owner's bookplate on half-title page, , in an attractive Very Good dustjacket with some light wear and age toning, signed and inscribed by Lavelle "For David D____ at Skellig Michael 30 June 85. One visit is not enough! Des Lavelle", 110 pages, b&w photos, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo /// SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE///
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Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio -by Tom Lewis ( Lee De Forest / Edwin Howard Armstrong / David Sarnoff related )

By: Lewis, Tom ( Lee De Forest / Edwin Howard Armstrong / David Sarnoff related )

Price: $13.43 CAD

Publisher: New York, NY, N.Y. / New York: Edwin Burligame Books / HarperCollins ( Harper Collins ), 1991, 1st Edition, First Printing: 1991

Seller ID: 164274

ISBN: 0060182156

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see desciption)

-----------hardcover, a Near Fine example, in a lightly rubbed near Fine dustjacket, looks new, 421 pages, b&w photos, ---"The story of the invention of radio focuses on scientist Lee de Forest, brilliant recluse Edwin Armstrong, and RCA mogul David Sarnoff, who turned a basement discovery into a worldwide communications revolution"---,, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE///
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Image for Vinland Revisited: The Norse World at the Turn of the Millennium / Viking Millenium International Symposium, Sept 15-24, Newfoundland - Labrador ( L'Anse Aux Meadows related)

Vinland Revisited: The Norse World at the Turn of the Millennium / Viking Millenium International Symposium, Sept 15-24, Newfoundland - Labrador ( L'Anse Aux Meadows related)

By: Lewis-Simpson; Shannon (ed.) Viking Millennium International Symposium (Peter Sawyer; R A Hall; Birgit Sawyer; Kristjan Ahronson; Magnus Magnusson; Svend E Albrethsen; Jette Arneborg; Mats G Larsson; George M Shendock; Trond Woxen; et al

Price: $53.93 CAD

Publisher: St John's, Newfoundland / Labrador, St John's, NL.: Historic Sites Association of Newfoundland and Labrador / Viking Millennium International Symposium, 2000, 1st Edition, First Printing: 2000

Seller ID: 155992

ISBN: 091973507X

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see description)

-----------hardcover, about 7 x 10 inches, a near Fine copy, looks new, no dustjacket as issued, 465 pages, b&w photos and illustrations, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE///
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Image for Four LIFE MAGAZINES: President John F Kennedy 1917 - 1963 (Nov. 29 1963); Lee Harvey Oswald (Feb 21 1964); A Matter of Reasonable Doubt -FRAME 230 (Nov 25 1966); Kennedy Assassination, 4 Days That Stopped America (Nov 1983 )( JFK )

Four LIFE MAGAZINES: President John F Kennedy 1917 - 1963 (Nov. 29 1963); Lee Harvey Oswald (Feb 21 1964); A Matter of Reasonable Doubt -FRAME 230 (Nov 25 1966); Kennedy Assassination, 4 Days That Stopped America (Nov 1983 )( JFK )

By: Life Magazines / John F Kennedy Issues; Contributors Include: Paul Mandel; Richard Oulahan; Ernest Havemann; Donald Jackson; Shana Alexander; Hugh Sidey; Jane Howard; Bill Wise; Don Moser; Loudon Wainwright; et al

Price: $60.68 CAD

Publisher: Toronto, Ontario, Chicago, IL: Life Magazine / Time Inc., 1963, 1964, 1966, 1983, 1st Edition, First Printing: 1963

Seller ID: 160183

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good (see description)

-----------4 volumes (ONE SHIPPING CHARGE), magazines, 4 issues of LIFE, all are solid Good to Very Good copies, some wear and rubbing, address label on 3 of the mags, each issue is devoted to JFK and the assassination, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo
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Image for News of the Day - Yesterday -by Donald E Loker -Signed / Number 20 of the Occasional Contributions of the Niagara County Historical Society ( New York )( Articles from 19th Century Niagara Newspapers )(inc. News, Weddings, Births, Menus and Recipes etc)

News of the Day - Yesterday -by Donald E Loker -Signed / Number 20 of the Occasional Contributions of the Niagara County Historical Society ( New York )( Articles from 19th Century Niagara Newspapers )(inc. News, Weddings, Births, Menus and Recipes etc)

By: Loker, Donald E (signed); John and Michael Walsh (signed) / Niagara County Historical Society ( New York )

Price: $25.58 CAD

Publisher: Niagara Falls, New York, Niagara Falls, NY: Niagara County Historical Society ( New York ), 1971, 1st Edition, First Printing: 1971

Seller ID: 157151

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see description)

-----------softcover, about 7 x 10 inches, a Very Good copy, short crease on front cover, 94 pages, signed by Loker, signed as well by the Walsh brothers who contribute a short article titled "A Nineteenth Century Niagara County Editor", any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo // SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE///
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Image for Historical Atlas of East Central Europe (inc. Poland, Lithuania, Bohemia-Moravia (13th-15th C.); Ottoman Empire; Napoleonic Era; Austro-Hungarian Empire; Canal & Railway Pre-1914; Yugoslavia (20th C.); Balkan Peninsula; etc)

Historical Atlas of East Central Europe (inc. Poland, Lithuania, Bohemia-Moravia (13th-15th C.); Ottoman Empire; Napoleonic Era; Austro-Hungarian Empire; Canal & Railway Pre-1914; Yugoslavia (20th C.); Balkan Peninsula; etc)

By: Magocsi, Paul Robert / University of Toronto Press / Cartographic Design By Geoffrey J Matthews; Foreword By Peter F Sugar and Donald W Treadgold

Price: $67.43 CAD

Publisher: Toronto, Ontario, Toronto, ON: University of Toronto Press ( UTP ), 1993, 1st Edition, First Printing: 1993

Seller ID: 162369

ISBN: 0802006078

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see desciption)

----------hardcover, about 9.25w x 12.25h inches, a Near Fine example, in a Near Fine dustjacket, 218 pages, maps throughout, ---"For the first time in any language, here is an atlas that covers all of East Central Europe, from the early fifth century through 1992. The atlas encompasses the countries of Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Yugoslavia, Macedonia, Albania, Bulgaria, and Greece. Also included are the eastern part of Germany (historic Mecklenburg, Brandenburg, Prussia, Saxony, and Lusatia), Bavaria, Austria, northeastern It...
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The Story of Middletown: The Oldest Settlement in New Jersey -by Ernest W Mandeville, an Exact Reprint (of the 1927 Christ Church Edition ), Annotated and Indexed By Thelma K Jelliffe ( N.J. / NJ History )

By: Mandeville, Ernest W; Annotated and Indexed By Thelma K Jelliffe

Price: $26.93 CAD

Publisher: New Jersey, Middletown, NJ: Thelma K Jelliffe / The Academy, 1972 ( Reprints The Middletown, New Jersey, 1927 Christ Church Edition ), 1st Facsimile Edition, First Printing: 1972

Seller ID: 155522

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see description)

-----------hardcover, a near Fine copy with a bit of tip wear and rubbing, small address label on verso of front cover, a bit of light pencil marginalia, 173 pages, b&w photos and illustrations, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo///NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE///
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Uniforms of the Republic of Texas and the Men That Wore Them 1836 - 1846 / A Schiffer Military History Book

By: Marshall, Bruce; Foreword By Thomas S Bishop

Price: $20.18 CAD

Publisher: Pennsylvania, Atglen. PA: Schiffer Publishing, 1999, 1st Edition, First Printing: 1999

Seller ID: 164279

ISBN: 0764306820

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see desciption)

-----------softcover, about 8.5w x 11h inches, a Near Fine example, 83 pages, b&w photos, colour illustrations throughout, ---"Only Texas, of all the states, can boast of a heritage that includes the army and navy of an independent nation. Throughout the ten turbulent years of Texas independence its military was engaged in constant warfare against enemies within and without. Its regulars were backed up by a militia described as "the most formidable, for their numbers, in the world." Contrary to the image projected by Hollywood and most historians, even in Texas, they were smartly ...
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Image for The Road to Seneca Falls: The Origins of the Woman's Rights Movement in the United States, 1800 - 1848 -by Catherine Maybrey ( US History / Women / Women's Rights )( contents inc. Education, Abolition, Legal Reform )

The Road to Seneca Falls: The Origins of the Woman's Rights Movement in the United States, 1800 - 1848 -by Catherine Maybrey ( US History / Women / Women's Rights )( contents inc. Education, Abolition, Legal Reform )

By: Maybrey, Catherine

Price: $60.68 CAD

Publisher: Hamilton, Ontario, Hamilton, ON: Catherine Maybrey / McMaster University Master of Arts Program, 1998, 1st Edition, First Printing: 1998

Seller ID: 162226

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine (see description)

-------------hardcover, about 8.25w x 11h inches, a Fine example, Master's thesis, no dustjacket as issued, v + 112 pages, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE///
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Image for History of the Burgh of Dumfries with Notices of Nithsdale, Annandale and the Western Border (with a supplementary chapter by Alfred Truckel )( Scotland / Scottish Local History )

History of the Burgh of Dumfries with Notices of Nithsdale, Annandale and the Western Border (with a supplementary chapter by Alfred Truckel )( Scotland / Scottish Local History )

By: McDowall, William (with A E Truckell ); Prefatory Note By Wm W Japp

Price: $33.68 CAD

Publisher: Scotland, Dumfries, UK: T C Farries and Co. Limited in Association with Royal Burgh of Dumfries, Octocentenary Committee of Nithsdale District Council, No Date ( 1986 ), 4th Revised Edition, 1st Printing (with additional notes): 1986

Seller ID: 165157

ISBN: 0948278013

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see description)

------------hardcover, a Near Fine example in a lightly rubbed Very Good+ dustjacket, a few small spots of foxing, ink date (1988) on front blank endpaper, 898 pages, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE///
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Ancient Mesopotamian concepts of death and the netherworld according to ancient literary Texts

By: McMaster, J W D ( John William David )( Signed )

Price: $40.43 CAD

Publisher: Waterloo, Ontario, Waterloo, ON: Wilfrid Laurier University, 1988, 1st Edition, First Printing: 1988

Seller ID: 161584

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see description)

----------hard cover, a near Fine example, no dustjacket as issued, Masters thesis, signed by the author, 180 pages, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo /// SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE///
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Image for Father Whelan of Fort Pulaski and Andersonville: The Prison Ministry of Fr Peter Whelan, Georgia Priest and Confederate Chaplain -by Peter J Meaney / The Georgia Historical Quarterly ( Camp Sumter )( The Angel of Andersonville )( Castle William related)

Father Whelan of Fort Pulaski and Andersonville: The Prison Ministry of Fr Peter Whelan, Georgia Priest and Confederate Chaplain -by Peter J Meaney / The Georgia Historical Quarterly ( Camp Sumter )( The Angel of Andersonville )( Castle William related)

By: Meaney, Peter J / Reprinted from The Georgia Historical Quarterly ( Father Peter Whelan related)

Price: $80.93 CAD

Publisher: Georgia, No Place ( Georgia, USA ): The Georgia Historical Quarterly Volume lxxi, No. 1, 1987, 1st Edition, First Printing: 1987

Seller ID: 162005

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good (see description)

------------softcover, about 5.5w x 8.5h inches, a solid Very Good example, light rubbing, a bit of waviness to covers, 24 pages, b&w illustrations, some pencil marks in text, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///NOT SIGNED///
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Image for The Rosenberg Letters: A Complete Edition of the Prison Correspondence of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg ( Garland Reference Library of the Humanities Volume 1184 )(inc. 1st and 2nd Petitions for Clemency; covers years 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953 )

The Rosenberg Letters: A Complete Edition of the Prison Correspondence of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg ( Garland Reference Library of the Humanities Volume 1184 )(inc. 1st and 2nd Petitions for Clemency; covers years 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953 )

By: Meeropol, Michael (ed.) Julius / Ethel Rosenberg ( Garland Reference Library of the Humanities Volume 1184 )

Price: $67.43 CAD

Publisher: New York, NY, N.Y. / New York: Garland Publishing ( Garland Reference Library of the Humanities Volume 1184 ), 1994, 1st Edition, First Printing: 1994

Seller ID: 163842

ISBN: 0824059484

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see desciption)

-----------hardcover, a Near Fine example, tight and square and very tidy, pages 49 to 62 are slightly creases, in a Near Fine dustjacket, 722 pages, ---"In 1950 the Cold War was escalating dramatically. The House Un-American Activities Committee hearings were in full swing. The Soviet Union had tested its first atomic bomb and anti-communist hysteria was sweeping the nation. On July 17, Julius Rosenberg, partner in a small machine shop on New York's lower east side, was arrested on charges of having recruited his brother-in-law, David Greenglass, into a Soviet spy ring. On August 11, Ethel Ro...
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Image for Railroad Maps of North America -The First Hundred Years / Library of Congress ( United States; Canada; Mexico )( Railway / Train Routes / Rail Road )( 100 )( One Hundred )

Railroad Maps of North America -The First Hundred Years / Library of Congress ( United States; Canada; Mexico )( Railway / Train Routes / Rail Road )( 100 )( One Hundred )

By: Modelski, Amdrew M / Library of Congress

Price: $33.68 CAD

Publisher: Washington, DC, Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1984, 1st Edition, First Printing: 1984

Seller ID: 160990

ISBN: 0844403962

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see desciption)

------------hardcover, overseas shipping (anywhere outside of Canada and the USA ) will require additional charges, about 14.5w x 11.25h inches, a Near Fine copy, in a lightly rubbed Very Good+ dustjacket, 186 pages, filled with maps as well as colour illustrations, a super book for the historical railroad afficianado, ---from the front flap: Preserved in the Geography and Map Division of the Library Congress are the cultural artifacts of that great journey to the Pacific coast and into Alaska and as far south as the Isthmus of Techuantepec in Mexico. The ninety-two maps reproduced are a repr...
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Image for ---among the Fields of Gold - Photographs / Photography By Charley Nadin -a Signed Copy ( Eastern Goldfields of Western Australia / Kalgoorlie )( Architecture; Towns; History )

---among the Fields of Gold - Photographs / Photography By Charley Nadin -a Signed Copy ( Eastern Goldfields of Western Australia / Kalgoorlie )( Architecture; Towns; History )

By: Nadin, Charley (signed), Text By Frank Atkins

Price: $33.68 CAD

Publisher: Australia, Australia: Charley Nadin, 2012, 1st edition, First Printing: 2012

Seller ID: 161276

ISBN: 0987370405

Binding: Portfolio

Condition: Near Fine (see desciption)

-----------hardcover, about 11.25w x 9.5h inches, a Near Fine example, in a lightly rubbed near Fine dustjacket, looks close to new, signed without inscription by Charley Nadin, 197 + 3 pages, packed with colour photos, ---:What is left of a legacy of magnificent buildings, stunning architecture and artifacts of the golden era of the Eastern Goldfields of Western Australia? What remains as ruins or fine architecture? These were places built in a desert where no infrastructure existed. The establishment of these places is a cornerstone of the history and wealth of the state which continues to ...
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Image for Lives Exploits and Cruelties of the Most Celebrated Pirates and Sea Robbers Brought Down to the Latest Period (inc Captain Misson, Tew, Robert Kidd, Teach [Black Beard], Charles Vane, John Rackam, Jean Lafitte, [John] Paul Jones Algerines, Joassamees etc)

Lives Exploits and Cruelties of the Most Celebrated Pirates and Sea Robbers Brought Down to the Latest Period (inc Captain Misson, Tew, Robert Kidd, Teach [Black Beard], Charles Vane, John Rackam, Jean Lafitte, [John] Paul Jones Algerines, Joassamees etc)

By: No Author / Attributed to in Part or Completely to John Heywood; T Douglas; P L Binet; Mary Bry; A Sea Captain; Edward Hailstone

Price: $148.43 CAD

Publisher: London, England, London, UK: Milner and Company ( Paternoster Row ), NO DATE ( circa 1860 ), 1st Edition Thus (?), Likely a First Printing: 1860

Seller ID: 166061

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good (see description)

-------------hardcover, a solid Good example, overall light wear and rubbing, a bit of fraying to cloth at tips, small nick at upper spine tip, fraying to cloth along the rear spine fold, ink anme on front and rear endpaper, age toning and offset to endpapers, browning to the edges of the frontispiece, 320 pages plus 32 pages of ads, overall a solid copy, frontispiece is titled HINDA (by W Banks & Son, Edinburgh ), I suspect that HINDA is referring to the Joassamee Pirates who were raiders in the Arabian Sea area, ----there have been numerous issues of this title published by a multitude of pu...
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Image for Victorian Fashions & Costumes from Harper's Bazaar 1867 - 1898 - 1000 Illustrations ( 19th Century [ Nineteenth ] Clothes / Clothing / Dress / Bustles and Puffs; Natural Form and Cuirass; Hourglass Figure; Return of the Bustle )( Magazine )

Victorian Fashions & Costumes from Harper's Bazaar 1867 - 1898 - 1000 Illustrations ( 19th Century [ Nineteenth ] Clothes / Clothing / Dress / Bustles and Puffs; Natural Form and Cuirass; Hourglass Figure; Return of the Bustle )( Magazine )

By: No Author / Harper's Bazaar ( Magazine ); Edited and Introduction By Stella Blum / Dover Publications

Price: $17.48 CAD

Publisher: USA, Mineola, N.Y.: Dover Publications, 1974, 1st Edition, Printing Unknown: 1974

Seller ID: 164277

ISBN: 0486229904

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see desciption)

-----------softcover, about 9.25w x 12.25h inches, a Near Fine example, faint stress line on spine, 294 pages, b&w illustrations throughout, includes a glossary, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE///
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White book concerning the status of Hungarian prisoners of war illegally detained by the Soviet Union and of Hungarian civilians forcefully deported by Soviet Authorities / PW Service of Hungarian Veterans in Cooperation with the Weekly Hungaria (Hungary)

By: No Author / PW Service of Hungarian Veterans in Cooperation with the Weekly Hungaria

Price: $67.43 CAD

Publisher: Europe, No Place (likely Hungary or Germany ): Edition Hungaria (printed in Germany ), 1951, 1st Edition, First Printing: 1951

Seller ID: 159556

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good (see description)

-----------softcover, about 6.5w x 9.5h inches, a solid Very Good copy with a bit of light wear, some age toning to the covers, ink name and date, 116 pages, two page map fold-out at rear is intact, map is titled "TheSOVIET CONCENTRATION-, TRANSIENT-, PW-, AND INTERNMENT CAMPS AND PW- HOSPITALS SHOWN TOPOGRAPHICALLY", , any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE///
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Clouds Hill, Dorset / The National Trust ( T E Lawrence related / Lawrence's Cottage )

By: No Author / The National Trust / A W Lawrence ( Arnold Walter ) / Ursula Codrington / B H Liddell Hart ( Basil Henry )( T E Lawrence related)

Price: $17.48 CAD

Publisher: England, Uk: The National Trust, 1982, 1st Edition, Later Printing: 1982

Seller ID: 155345

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good+ ( see Description )

-----------softcover, about 5.5 x 8.5 inches, a Very Good+ copy with a bit of rubbing, 24 pages, b&w photos, contents include: Lawrence and Clouds Hill by A W Lawrence (brother of TEL); The Cottage by Codrington; T E Lawrence by Liddell hart; Dates in the Life of TEL, cover art is a sketch of TEL by Augustus John, laid into this copy is a postcard by AJ showing TEL in full Arabian garb, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo .
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Image for Irvine Valley Scenes Across Three Centuries / The Rotary Club of Loudunn ( Irvine Ayrshire Scotland )( Photographs / Photos )(inc. Hurlford; Galston; Newmilns; Darvel )

Irvine Valley Scenes Across Three Centuries / The Rotary Club of Loudunn ( Irvine Ayrshire Scotland )( Photographs / Photos )(inc. Hurlford; Galston; Newmilns; Darvel )

By: No Author / The Rotary Club of Loudunn ( Irvine Valley Ayrshire, Scotland )

Price: $40.43 CAD

Publisher: Scotland, Loudunn ( Ayrshire ), Scotland: The Rotary Club of Loudunn, 2000, 1st Edition, First Printing: 2000

Seller ID: 163920

ISBN: 0907526780

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see desciption)

-----------softcover, about 8.25w x 5.75h inches, a Near Fine example, 80 pages, loaded with vintage photographs from "Back in the Day", , any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///NOT SIGNED---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE///
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