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Among our collection you will find: The World's largest Baedeker collection, Rare Maps, A & C Black, WPA Guides and a large section on New York City. In addition we also carry collectible Children's classics, Fine Literature, Poetry etc.

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THE FIRST LADY CHATTERLEY Lawrence, D. H. 25.00 USD	THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES FLAG From the Revolution to the Present, Including a Guide to its Use and Display Quaife, Milo M. ; Weig, Melvin J. ; & Appleman, Roy E. 40.00 USD	BLACK'S GUIDE TO DEVONSHIRE Moncrieff, A. R. Hope 75.00 USD
TERRY'S GUIDE TO MEXICO The New Standard Guidebook to the Mexican Republic with Chapters on the Railways, Automobile Roads, and the Ocean Routes to Mexico Terry, T. Philip 100.00 USD	SKAZKI Tales and Legends of Old Russia Zeitlin, Ida 100.00 USD	COOK'S TRAVELLER'S HANDBOOK NORWAY, SWEDEN & DENMARK Cook, Thomas 75.00 USD
THE SILENT TRAVELLER IN SAN FRANCISCO Yee, Chiang 45.00 USD	AN ICELAND FISHERMAN Loti, Pierre 50.00 USD	CASTLES AND CHATEAUX OF OLD TOURAINE AND THE LOIRE COUNTRY Miltoun, Francis & McManus, Blanche 50.00 USD
EDINBURGH A Historical and Topographical Account of the City Williamson, M. A. 50.00 USD	SCOTTISH SONGS Tomlyn, Alfred W. 30.00 USD	IN SEARCH OF WALES Morton, H. V. 50.00 USD
GALAPAGOS Vonnegut, Kurt 125.00 USD	IDAHO A Guide in Word and Picture [Wpa] 75.00 USD	LENA Horne, Lena & Schickel, Richard 350.00 USD
THE GEOGRAPHY OF THE POLAR REGIONS Nordenskjöld, Otto & Micking, Ludwig 125.00 USD	EUROPE FROM A MOTOR CAR Richardson, Russell 50.00 USD	HANDBOOK TO BELGIUM Including the Ardennes and Luxemburg [Anonymous] 40.00 USD
BOSWELL'S JOURNAL OF A TOUR TO THE HEBRIDES Boswell, James & Johnson, Samuel 50.00 USD

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