THE MARINE MACHINE
Written by William Mares.
Stock no. 1828523
Published by Doubleday & Company, Inc.. 1st 1971. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The making of the United States Marine. A vivid chronicle of ten weeks of Boot Camp as seen by a young professional photographer who once shared it. With pen and camera he followed a 75-man platoon through every aspect of basic training, a world of intense mental and physical suffering dominated by a man who is teacher-priest-guard-father-mother hen, and for the recruits, sadistic jailer - the Drill Instructor. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. xvi and 139 numbered pages. Boards a little marked, mainly to lower edges and spine. Text block lightly browned. Front joint pulled between front free-endpaper and half-title page. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is browned, grubby and scuffed, lightly worn at edges with a few minor chips.

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SEAWINGS: THE ROMANCE OF THE FLYING BOATS
Written by Edward Jablonski.
Stock no. 2139349
Published by Doubleday & Company, Inc.. Circa 1972. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An Illustrated History. Larger format. Blue cloth with black title to spine. B/w photos. Page edge browning. Wrapper is price-cut with browning.

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BARREN VICTORIES: VERSAILLES TO SUEZ THE FAILURE OF THE WESTERN ALLIANCE 1918-1956
Written by Basil Collier.
Stock no. 1818267
Published by Doubleday & Company, Inc.. 1st 1964. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A concise, engrossing, and comprehensive re-capitulation of modern history, together with the author's own outspoken appraisal of the deplorably divergent courses of the Western democracies. Beige cloth boards, black title to spine. Neat name & date in pencil to front endpaper. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn with a few small closed tears and chips.

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PETITE SUZANNE
Written by Marguerite De Angeli. Illustrated by Marguerite De Angeli.
Stock no. 1317952
Published by Doubleday & Company, Inc.. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Square format. Colour pictorial boards. Yellow endpapers. Lovely colour and b/w illustrations throughout. Minimal rubbing to spine and corners. Endpapers are partly browned else contents are fine. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed and browned to spine.

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SAN FRANCISCO PORT OF GOLD
Written by William Martin Camp.
Stock no. 2115605
Published by Doubleday & Company, Inc.. 1948. Very good condition.

Dark green cloth with gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. Bumping to spine and corners. A few marks to covers. Inscription in ink to front free endpaper. Some foxing.

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CARTOON COLLECTIBLES
Written by Robert Heide; John Gilman.
Stock no. 1207904
Published by Doubleday & Company, Inc.. 1st 1983. Fine condition.

50 years of dime store memorabilia. Large format. Pictorial card wraps. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0385191138.

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SHIP'S BOY WITH MAGELLAN
Written by Milton Lomask. Illustrated by W. Kirtman Plummer.
Stock no. 1501410
Published by Doubleday & Company, Inc.. 1st 1960. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The adventures of a boy who escapes from his scheming uncle by signing up to sail with Magellan's fleet. Bright green boards with gilt title to spine. Endpapers are maps. 185 pages. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners slightly worn. Large damp stain to rear cover. Long indentation to bottom edge of front cover. Some damp marks to rear endpaper and last few blank pages. Very slight musty smell to contents but otherwise very good. Dustwrapper is grubby, edge worn and torn, has small patch of surface paper damage to front panel and hole to rear panel from damp damage.

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SCHOOLHOUSE IN THE CLOUDS
Written by Edmund Hillary.
Stock no. 570381
Published by Doubleday & Company, Inc.. 1st USA 1964. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of Sir Edmund Hillary's return to the Himalayas to build a school for the Sherpas. Colour photos. SIGNED by author (Ed Hillary). Address label on front endpaper. Dustwrapper: price-cut, corners rubbed.

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