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A Kiss for Little Bear, 1968.

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SENDAK (Maurice).

In the Night Kitchen, 1970.

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BEARDSLEY (Aubrey) & WILDE (Oscar)

Salome, 1894.

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The Eclogues of Vergil. In the original Latin… 1927.

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Le Dedans & Le Dehors, 1966.

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The Unsex’d Females: a Poem, 1798.

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Qualifying for a Campain [sic], 1777.

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Britania's Assassination. or___The Republicans Amusement, 1782.

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Child-Birth or, the Happy Deliverie of Women, 1612.

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Dear Friend: Our national government , 1968.

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Contributions to the Founding of the Theory of… 1915.

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Le Deuxième Sexe. Tome I. Les Faits et… 1949.

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A Comparison of Treatments of a Duopoly Situation, 1953.

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The Battle of Ibera at which the Romans… 1480.

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Principles of Economics. Translated and Edited by James… 1950.

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Devises heroiques. Lyon, Jean de Tournes and Guillaume Gazeau, 1557.

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Description sommaire du Chasteau de Versailles.  Paris, 1674, 1674.

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La Gerusalemme liberata. Paris, appresso A. Delalain, P.… 1771.

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Opera ea quae ad inventam ab ipso artem… 1598.

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The Welfare of a Government Considered. A Sermon… 1747.

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Buff; or, a Dissertation on Nakedness: A Parody… 1792.

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KEYNES (John Maynard).

The General Theory of Employment Interest and Money, 1936.

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Catalogus sanctorum & gestorum eorum ex diversis voluminibus… 1516.

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The Constitution of Liberty, 1960.

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Democracy in America, 1838.

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Poemata omnia: quorum Catalogum proxima à Praefatione pagina… 1562.

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L'Être et le Néant. Essai d'ontologie phénoménologique, 1943.

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KRULL (Germaine)

Études de Nu, 1930.

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SHACKLETON (Sir Ernest).

South, 1919.

FIRST EDITION, FIRST IMPRESSION

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ARROW (Kenneth J.)

Social Choice and Individual Values, 1951.

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Vitae imperatorum, sive De vita illustrium virorum. Venice, Nicolaus… 1471.

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FRIEDMAN (Milton).

Price Theory. A Provisional Text, 1962.

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Narrative of the Loss of the Esk and… 1826.

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Principles of Political Economy with some of their… 1848.

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Lali et Sainval drame en trois actes en… 1784.

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