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Posted 10 March 2024

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Crowded Nest

Crowded Nest

^Independent Seller^ offering 1,000+ titles on a wide spectrum of topics: Baseball; Philosophy; Literary criticism; Fiction, movies and music selections ranging in price from $1.29 and up. *** Selected DVDs & VHS; LPs & CDs are now marked down to $2/3/4.00 each. Note: Covers of my copies of certain books may not match stock photographs on file here.

After handling books nearly daily for decades in either bookstores or libraries across academic, public, and private sectors, becoming an online seller was a logical next step. Hopefully you will find some item(s) of interest to you within my eclectic offerings. Note: Covers of my copies of certain books may not match stock photographs on file here. ***Thanks for returning to browse.***

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Turn of the Screw & Daisy Miller used book

Turn of the Screw & Daisy Miller

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Edition: Laurel Binding: Mass-market paperback Publisher: Dell, NY Date published: 1966

Description: Poor. Highlighting/underlining. Cover is very shelf-worn with some minor creases, but is still good for a reading copy. Name of previous owner is written inside front. 191 p. "Two world famous short novels" Read More

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Book: Poor

 

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The Dixon Cornbelt League and Other Baseball Stories used book

The Dixon Cornbelt League and Other Baseball Stories

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Edition: First edition Binding: Hardcover Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd., Toronto, Canada Date published: 1993 ISBN-13: 9780002240116 ISBN: 0002240114

Description: Good. No dust jacket. Ex-library. Missing dust jacket. Cover is shelf-worn and front end paper is torn off, but text is free of markings. Shows usual ex-library copy post-discard over-stampings. 180 p. Audience: General/trade. Okay for a reading copy. Read More

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Book: Good

 

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In Our Time used book

In Our Time

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Binding: Trade paperback Publisher: Scribner Book Company, New York, NY Date published: 1996 ISBN-13: 9780684822761 ISBN: 0684822768

Description: Good. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 160 p. Audience: General/trade. Read More

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Book: Good

 

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Great Short Works of Edgar Allan Poe; Poems, Tales, Criticism used book

Great Short Works of Edgar Allan Poe; Poems, Tales, Criticism

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Edition: Perennial Classic Binding: Mass-market paperback Publisher: Harper Perennial, NY, NY Date published: 1970 ISBN-13: 9780060830939 ISBN: 006083093X

Description: Baskin, Leonard (Cover drawing) Poor. gold remainder star pressed into front cover; has some torn pages, but text is free of markings so still suitable as a student reading copy. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 576 p.; Audience: General/trade. Includes: Introduction by G.R. Thompson; Chronology & Bibliography. Read More

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Book: Poor

 

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The Country of the Pointed Firs and Other Stories used book

The Country of the Pointed Firs and Other Stories

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Edition: Doubleday Anchor Books Binding: Mass-market paperback Publisher: Doubleday & Company, Inc., New York, NY Date published: 1956 ISBN-13: 9780385092142 ISBN: 0385092148

Description: Good. Cover is slightly shelf-worn, but text is free of markings. 320 p. Audience: General/trade. Read More

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Book: Good

 

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Birds of America: Stories used book

Birds of America: Stories

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Binding: Trade paperback Publisher: Picador USA, New York, NY Date published: 1999 ISBN-13: 9780312241223 ISBN: 0312241224

Description: Good. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 291 p. Audience: General/trade. Cover includes embossed bird on front cover. Read More

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Book: Good

 

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What's become of screwloose? and other inquiries.

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Binding: Hardcover Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons, New York Date published: 1971 ISBN-13: 9780684123387 ISBN: 068412338X

Description: Fair in fair dust jacket. Ex-library. 184 p. Contents: What's become of Screwloose? --Junior partner. --Hardcastle. --Into the Shop. --Prez. --Confessions. --Monte Cristo Complex. --The Yes-Men of Venus. --Keeping an Eye on Janey. --Hobo Jungle. Read More

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Book: Fair

 

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Haircut & Other Stories

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Edition: Vintage Books Binding: Trade paperback Publisher: Random House Date published: 1984 ISBN-13: 9780394726106 ISBN: 0394726103

Description: Good. Cover is slightly shelf-worn, but text is free of markings. 190 p. Audience: General/trade. Includes: Introduction by Wilfred Sheed "Alibi Ike" is about a baseball player. Read More

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Book: Good

 

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Antologia de Cuentos Mexicanos 1 (1927-1976)

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Language: Spanish Binding: Trade paperback Publisher: Nueva Imagen, Mexico Date published: 2001 ISBN-13: 9789683903532 ISBN: 9683903533

Description: Fair. Highlighting/underlining. some slightly wrinkled pages. 230 p. Includes index. Indice Grupo Patria Cultural [SERIES] Read More

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Book: Fair

 

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Short Story Masterpieces used book

Short Story Masterpieces

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Edition: Laurel Edition; Sixth (6th printing) first c.1954 Binding: Mass-market paperback Publisher: Dell Publishing, Inc., New York, NY Date published: 1963

Description: Fair. Only some sporadic writing on Table of Contents & selected text pages; tanning inside covers; green-tinted page edges. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 528 p. Audience: General/trade. Read More

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Book: Fair

 

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Heart of darkness, and other stories.

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Edition: Riverside Literature Series R39 Binding: Trade paperback Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston Date published: 1971

Description: Good. xvi, 272 p. Contents: "The Secret Sharer"; "The Shadow-Line"; "An Outpost of Progress"; "Heart of Darkness" Includes: Introduction "The Light in the Darkness" by Bruce Harkness; and end sections "For Reading and DIscussion" and "Interior Views of the Hidden Adam. (mini-annotated bibliography." Read More

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Book: Good

 

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Man in the Fictional Mode (Man Literature Series #3)

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Binding: Trade paperback Publisher: McDougall Littell & Company, Evanston, Illinois Date published: 1970

Description: Poor. Cover is very shelf-worn with creased upper back cover; embossed property stamp of previous owner clipped from inside front. 137 p. Includes illustrations. Includes "List of Illustrations." Read More

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Book: Poor

 

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The Best American Short Stories 2021 used book

The Best American Short Stories 2021

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Binding: Trade paperback Publisher: Mariner Books, Boston Date published: 2021 ISBN-13: 9781328485397 ISBN: 1328485390

Description: Good. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 304 p. Best American. Audience: General/trade. Read More

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Book: Good

 

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Wyoming Stories / City Tales

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Edition: Capra Back-To-Back [Series], Volume VI Binding: Trade paperback Publisher: Capra Press, Santa Barbara Date published: 1986 ISBN-13: 9780884962434 ISBN: 0884962431

Description: Fair. Some coffee stains on cover and page edges; has lengthy personal inscription inside front cover flap. Trade paperback (US). 162 p. Two separate books by different authors bound in opposite text directions. "Wyoming Tales" by Gretel Ehrlich AND "City Tales" by Edward Hoagland. Read More

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Book: Fair

 

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Selected Short Stories of Sinclair Lewis used book

Selected Short Stories of Sinclair Lewis

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Edition: Elephant Paperbacks (EL9) Binding: Trade paperback Publisher: Ivan R. Dee, Publisher, Chicago, Illinois Date published: 1990 ISBN-13: 9780929587226 ISBN: 0929587227

Description: Good. Cover is slightly shelf-worn; name of former owner in ink on inside page. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. xxiii; 426 p. Audience: General/trade. Includes: Introduction by James W. Tuttleton Read More

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Book: Good

 

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Great Short Stories of 20th Century

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Binding: Hardcover Publisher: Avenel Books, New York, NY Date published: 1987 ISBN-13: 9780517641255 ISBN: 0517641259

Description: Good in poor dust jacket. Binding is tight; cover has a few bumped corners. Dust Jacket has various rips but text is free of markings. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. Audience: General/trade. "Originally published as "The Arbor House Treasury of Nobel Prize Winners." Included authors: R. Kipling / W.B. Yeats / G.B. Shaw / S. Lewis / J. Galsworthy / P.S. Buck / W. Faulkner / B. Russell / E. Hemingway / J. Steinbeck / S. Bellow / I.B. Singer Read More

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Book: Good

 

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The Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald; A Selection of 28 Stories used book

The Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald; A Selection of 28 Stories

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Binding: Hardcover Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons, New York Date published: 1951

Description: Poor in fair dust jacket. Ex-library. Dust Jacket is shelf-worn but is protected by mylar; cover has rubbed edges; text is free of markings. Shows usual ex-library copy post-discard over-stampings. xxv, 473 p. 22 cm. Includes: Introduction by Malcolm Cowley & an Editor's Note Read More

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Book: Poor

 

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French Quarter Fiction: The Newest Stories of America's Oldest Bohemia used book

French Quarter Fiction: The Newest Stories of America's Oldest Bohemia

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Binding: Hardcover Publisher: Fall River Press, NY, NY Date published: 2010 ISBN-13: 9781435123953 ISBN: 1435123956

Description: Good in good dust jacket. 383 p.; Audience: General/trade. Includes: Introduction by Joshua Clark & Foreword by James Nolan; Biographical Notes of all contributors to the anthology. Read More

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Book: Good

 

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