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The Art of African Textiles 1997
Located in North Hollywood, CA
of African Textiles Publisher: London Grange Books Publication Date: 1997 Binding: Hardcover Book
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Late 20th Century African Tribal Books

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The Art of African Textiles 1997
The Art of African Textiles 1997
H 14.5 in W 10.75 in D 0.75 in
Great Escapes Africa, the Hotel Book Taschen
By Angelika Taschen, TASCHEN
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Great Escapes Africa, the Hotel Book Taschen.The Hotel Book Book by Shelley-Maree Cassidy. From the
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21st Century and Contemporary African Expressionist Books

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Remembering Africa by Robert Vavra Hardcover Book
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Remembering Africa by Robert Vavra hardcover book. Large hardcover book· by photographer Robert
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Late 20th Century African Tribal Books

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Vanishing Africa by Giansanti, Giann Hardcover Photography Book
Located in North Hollywood, CA
books attempts to trace the roots of remotest Africa; the cradle of man, where ancestral bonds with
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21st Century and Contemporary African Tribal Books

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The Last Africans by Gert Chesi Hardcover Book 1981
Located in North Hollywood, CA
The Last Africans Gert Chesi Perlinger Hardcover Book 1981 Published by Perlinger-Verlag, Worgl
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Vintage 1980s African Tribal Books

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Africa Aeterna the Pictorial Chronicle of a Continent Hardcover Book
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Africa Aeterna The Pictorial Chronicle of a Continent New York: International Book Society Time
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Mid-20th Century African Tribal Books

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The North African Cookbook
Located in New York, NY
‘This cookbook is a must for a deep dive into North African classic and regional dishes.’ – Warda
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21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Books

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The North African Cookbook
The North African Cookbook
H 10.63 in W 7.13 in D 1.77 in
Africa: the Fashion Continent
By Rizzoli International Publications
Located in New York, NY
Gain new perspective on the vibrant and innovative world of contemporary African fashion design
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21st Century and Contemporary Books

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Africa: the Fashion Continent
Africa: the Fashion Continent
H 12.5 in W 9.7 in D 1.2 in
Feeling the Spirit: Searching the World for the People of Africa Book
Located in North Hollywood, CA
"We are Africans not because we are born in Africa, but because Africa is born in us. Look around
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Late 20th Century African Tribal Books

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Last African Warriors by Gianni Giansanti
Located in valatie, NY
The Last African Warriors by Gianni Giansanti. Published by White Star Publishers, 2011. Hardcover
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21st Century and Contemporary Books

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4 Vols Antique Botany Books, Flowers of Modern Voyages, English, Georgian, 1820
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a set of 4 antique botany books, the Flowers of Modern Voyages by William Adams. An English
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Antique Early 19th Century British Books

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Set of 2 Taschen Great Escape Books From the Estate of Christian Audigier
Located in Waxahachie, TX
clothing lines. These are from his Los Angeles estate. TASCHEN Books: Great Escapes Around the World. The
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Early 2000s German Post-Modern Books

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African Ceremonies by Carol Beckwith and Angela Fisher Hardcover Book
Located in North Hollywood, CA
African Ceremonies by Carol Beckwith and Angela Fisher large heavy coffee table book with great
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21st Century and Contemporary Tribal Books

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Antique Life & Explorations of Dr Livingstone Book, African Travel, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique copy of The Life & Explorations of Dr. Livingstone. An English language African
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Antique Late 19th Century British Victorian Books

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Art of Africa Treasures from the Congo Hardcover Table Book
Located in North Hollywood, CA
illustrations + numerous b&w illustrations. large heavy book, weight: 8 lbs Art of Africa: Treasures from the
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Late 20th Century Congolese Tribal Books

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Horn of Africa by Philip Caputo Signed Numbered Limited Edition, Specially Bound
Located in valatie, NY
Horn of Africa by Philip Caputo, signed, numbered, limited edition, specially bound #167/250. Holt
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Vintage 1980s American Books

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Christian Art in Africa and Asia - Arno Lehmann - 1st Edition, Concordia, 1969
Located in London, GB
appreciative visual study of Christian artists across Africa, Asia and with several examples from North and
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Books

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Earth to Sky: Among Africa's Elephants, a Species in Crisis by Michael Nichols
Located in valatie, NY
Earth to Sky: Among Africa's Elephants, A Species in Crisis by Michael Nichols. Published by
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21st Century and Contemporary American Books

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Living Tribes Colin Prior Constable, 2003, Indigenous People Art Book
Located in North Hollywood, CA
diversity in the spirit of Mirella Ricciardi's Vanishing Africa. Peoples featured include the Himba, Herero
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20th Century African Tribal Books

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Maasai by Teplit Ole Saitoti Vintage Hardcover Book
Located in North Hollywood, CA
large library or hardcover coffee table book. Title: Maasai Publisher: Elm Tree Books, 1980
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Late 20th Century African Tribal Books

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Lost Empires Living Tribes by Ross S. Bennett Art Book
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Lost Empires: Living Tribes by Ross S. Bennett Hardcover, 402 pages Published November 1st 1982 by National Geographic Society. Hardcover; Washington, D.c.: This is a beautiful l...
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20th Century African Tribal Books

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Call of the Desert The Sahara Hardcover Book by Philippe Bourseiller
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Call of the Desert: The Sahara Hardcover Book. Philippe Bourseiller Harry N. Abrams, Nov 1, 2004 - Nature - 424 pages Photographer Bourseiller embarked on the first truly comprehe...
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Early 2000s African Folk Art Books

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The Thousand and One Dances of the Orient 'French' Hardcover Coffee Table Book
Located in North Hollywood, CA
The thousand and one dances of the Orient (French) hardcover - June 30, 2008 by Wendy Buonaventura (Author) Publisher: Arthaud (1989) 1st Edition Language:: French Oriental dances fr...
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Late 20th Century African Moorish Books

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Sotheby's Summer Travel New Grand Tour, Aspen, Basel & Dukes of Northumberland
By Sotheby's
Located in valatie, NY
African sculpture. NPT Books a division of N.P. Trent Antiques has a large collection of used and out of
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21st Century and Contemporary English Books

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The Travel Sale: Natural History and Maps. November 2001: Sotheby's London
By Sotheby's
Located in valatie, NY
1-16; New Zealand 17-22; China Trade and Far East Asia 23-51; India 52-74; Africa 75-86; Madeira 86
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21st Century and Contemporary English Books

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Adam Fuss Mask by Adam Fuss and Peter Lamborn Wilson, 1st Ed Exhibition Catalog
Located in valatie, NY
hardcover with slipcase exhibition catalog. The photograms are produced by placing african masks directly on
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21st Century and Contemporary American Books

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American: An Autobiography, Inscribed by Benjamin O. Davis, First Edition, 1991
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
slipcase. Benjamin O. Davis (1912-2002) was an acclaimed pilot and officer who became the first African
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1990s American Books

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A Wandering Eye Travels with My Phone Book by Miguel Flores-Vianna
By Miguel Flores-Vianna
Located in New York, NY
Argentina was marked by two constants that he believes shaped the life he chose to lead: travel and books
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21st Century and Contemporary Books

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Masken Gesichter Der Menschheit 'Face Masks of Humanity', First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
masks from: Africa, Australia, Polynesia, Ceylon, India, Tibet, Siberia, Alaska, Norway, South America
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20th Century Swiss Books

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1st edition 1965 Peter Beard 'End of the Game' Viking Press
By Peter Beard
Located in Vancouver, BC
“The deeper the white man went into Africa, the faster the life flowed out of it, off the plains
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Vintage 1960s American Books

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Acrylic, Paper

Sotheby's, Property from the Fowler Museum, NY
Located in valatie, NY
, Los Angeles (UCLA) which explores art and material culture primarily from Africa, Asia and the Pacific
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Vintage 1980s American Books

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Lonsdale Library Boxing Book
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Seeley Service & Co. Ltd., printed by Strangeways Press Limited. Volume XI. Books in the Lonsdale
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Vintage 1940s English Sporting Art Books

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Lonsdale Library Boxing Book
Lonsdale Library Boxing Book
H 8 in W 6 in D 1 in
Genesis Illustrated, by Sebastiao Salgado
By Sebastião Salgado
Located in valatie, NY
Antarctic and South Atlantic; Brazilian alligators and jaguars; African lions, leopards, and elephants; the
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2010s German Books

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Genesis Illustrated, by Sebastiao Salgado
Genesis Illustrated, by Sebastiao Salgado
H 14.25 in W 10 in D 1.75 in
Lonsdale Library Book, Hounds and Dogs
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Press Limited. Volume XIII. Books in the Lonsdale Library consist of Flat Racing, Wild Fowling
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Vintage 1940s English Sporting Art Books

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HEYLYN. Mikrokosmos A Little Description of the Great World. THIRD EDITION 1627
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Near East, as the land of the Bible, is also extensively described. The African section is focused on
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Antique 1620s British Books

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Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art Handbook of the Collections, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
world culture from ancient Japan and Greece to contemporary America, Europe, and Africa. NPT Books, a
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2010s American Books

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Pools by Kelly Klein an Architecture Coffee Table or Library Book, 1992
Located in New York, NY
world. From Florida's Miami to North Africa's Tangiers, it captures the sexy elegance of water, light
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Late 20th Century American Books

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Lonsdale Library, Fishing Book
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Britain by R. & R. Clark Limited. Volume IV. Books in the Lonsdale Library consist of Flat Racing, Wild
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Vintage 1940s English Sporting Art Books

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Lonsdale Library, Fishing Book
Lonsdale Library, Fishing Book
H 8 in W 6 in D 1 in
She: A History of Adventure by H. Rider HAGGARD
Located in Middletown, NY
inspired by Haggard's experiences living in South Africa for seven years (1875-1882) working at the highest
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Antique Late 19th Century English Books

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Allan Quatermain by H. Rider HAGGARD in a Handsome binding
Located in Middletown, NY
(1856-1925) was heavily influenced by the larger-than-life adventurers whom he met in colonial Africa
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Antique Late 19th Century English Books

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Gold Leaf

Antoni Tapies Lo Sguardo Dell'Artista by Antoni Tapies, 1st Ed Exhibition Cat
Located in valatie, NY
, Jackson Pollock, Louise Bourgeois and Jannis Kounellis. With ancient Cycladic, Indian, Asian and African
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21st Century and Contemporary Belgian Books

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Jess by H. Rider HAGGARD in a Handsome binding
Located in Middletown, NY
Africa, is the fifth work of fiction by Sir Henry Rider Haggard KBE (1856-1925), know for his adventure
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Antique Late 19th Century English Books

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Lonsdale Library Equestrian Book
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Brendon & sons Ltd. Volume I. Books in the Lonsdale Library consist of Flat Racing, Wild Fowling
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Vintage 1930s British Sporting Art Books

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Flair Magazine, Complete Set, February 1950 to January 1951 (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
travel articles to places like Morocco, Spain, Africa and Sicily, one issue is dedicated to Paris and
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Vintage 1950s Books

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Vitamin C Clay and Ceramic in Contemporary Art
Located in New York, NY
Museum, Beijing and in Kyiv, Ukraine; Santiago, Chile; Cape Town, South Africa; and Sydney, Australia.
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21st Century and Contemporary European Books

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The Levantine Vegetarian Recipes from the Middle East
Located in New York, NY
straddling Africa, Asia, and the gateway to Europe, the book embraces the culinary traditions of all corners
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2010s Chinese Books

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The Worlds of Joaquín Torres-García by Tomas Llorens, 1st Ed Exhibition Catalog
Located in valatie, NY
, Mondrian), where he was inspired by indigenous art from the Americas, Africa, and Oceania, which reinforced
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21st Century and Contemporary American Books

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Guadalcanal by Edwin P. Hoyt, First Edition, Signed by 7 USMC VMF Fighter Pilots
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
, reporting from locations all over Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Africa. Hoyt subsequently worked as an
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Vintage 1980s American Books

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1900 The Grey Fairy Book
By Andrew Lang
Located in Bath, GB
from Lithuania, Africa, Germany, France, Greece, and other regions of the world. Containing 'The
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Antique Early 1900s British Books

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1900 The Grey Fairy Book
1900 The Grey Fairy Book
H 7.5 in W 2 in D 5 in
Basquiat Man Made Sotheby's exhibition catalog 2013 (Basquiat Sotheby's S/2)
By (after) Jean-Michel Basquiat
Located in Brooklyn, NY
own Caribbean heritage; a convergence of African American, African, and Aztec cultural histories
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21st Century and Contemporary Books

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Tropical Light The Art of A. E. Backus Book by Natasha Kuzmanovic
Located in New York, NY
figures of the Harlem Renaissance. The circle of African‑American artists known as the Highwaymen were
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21st Century and Contemporary Books

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Lateral Thinking: Art Of The 1990s, by Toby Kamps, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
from North, South, and Central America, Cuba, Africa, China and Europe. These include: Matthew Barney
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Early 2000s American Books

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Scenic Cape Town By Mark Skinner, Sean Fraser · 1999
Located in North Hollywood, CA
: Cape Town (South Africa) -- Pictorial works A wide-ranging exploration of South Africa's Mother City
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Late 20th Century American Expressionist Books

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Seminal guide to the East and West Indies, with 42 coloured maps and plates
By Jan Huygen van Linschoten
Located in ZWIJNDRECHT, NL
such high regard that for nearly a century, every Dutch ship sailing to Africa and Asia carried a copy
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Antique Early 17th Century Dutch Dutch Colonial Books

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Lifting the Curtain on Design Hardcover 2010 by Vicente Wolf
By Vicente Wolf
Located in North Hollywood, CA
African country is “a landscape that has been reduced to its essence.” A journey to Papua New Guinea makes
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Books

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Glass Houses
By Phaidon
Located in New York, NY
Republic, Ecuador, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Spain, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland
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2010s Chinese Books

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Glass Houses
Glass Houses
H 11.38 in W 9.88 in D 2 in
Winston CHURCHILL. Liberalism And The Social Problem - FIRST EDITION - 1909
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
conciliation of South Africa, imperial preference, labor exchanges, and unemployment insurance. REFERENCE
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Antique Early 1900s British Books

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Leather

Hemingway and His Universe, French Book by A. E. Hotchner, 1990
By Ernest Hemingway
Located in Atlanta, GA
very numerous regarding the films made based on his books, the actors and actresses he met, and who
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1990s French Modern Books

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Marlene Dumas Measuring Your Own Grave by Marlene Dumas 1st Ed Exh. Catalog
Located in valatie, NY
expressionistic drawings and paintings of the last three decades, acclaimed South African artist Marlene Dumas has
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21st Century and Contemporary American Books

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Ikoyi: A Journey Through Bold Heat with Recipes
Located in New York, NY
inspired by the spices of Sub-Saharan West Africa and produce from local farms and artisan producers
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21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Books

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