Brookline Village Books

Horten's Incredible Illusions : Magic, Mystery & Another Very Strange Adventure

Evans, Lissa · 2012

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

New York, Sterling Children's Books, 2012. Hardcover. 349pp. 19 cm. Very good condition/good d.j. Summary: Ten-year-old Stuart, having become the junior curator of the museum exhibition showcasing his great-uncle Tony's long-lost magic, enters the magical world of the workshop...

The Lady in the Loch

Scarborough, Elizabeth Ann · 1998

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New York, Ace Books, 1998. First printing. Hardcover. 258pp. 22 cm. Very good condition/very good d.j.

New Home Cooking : Feeding Family, Feasting Friends

Fabricant, Florence · 1991

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

New York, Clarkson N. Potter, 1991. First printing. Hardcover. xvii, 238 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm. Very good condition/very good d.j. A renowned New York Times food writer and critic presents menus that epitomize the way people want to cook--and eat--today: comforting, homey far...

Mexicolor : The Spirit of Mexican Design. Photographs by Melba Levick ; Text by Tony Cohan ; Creative Direction by Masako Takahashi.

Levick, Melba & Cohan, Tony · 1998

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

San Francisco, Chronicle Books, 1998. Paperback. 176 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm. Very good condition The collaborative project of an artist, a photographer, and a writer all in love with the brilliant displays of color seen everywhere in Mexico. Walls washed flamingo pink on top, ...

The Girl of His Dreams

Leon, Donna · 2008

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New York, Atlantic Monthly, 2008. First printing. Hardcover. 276pp. 24 cm. Very good condition/very good d.j.

The Body Project : An Intimate History of American Girls

Brumberg, Joan Jacobs · 1997

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New York, Random House, 1997. Hardcover. xxxiii, 267 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Very good condition/very good d.j. Girls today are in crisis--and this book shows why. Drawing on a vast array of lively historical sources, unpublished diaries by adolescent girls, and photographs that co...

The Search for the Etruscans [by] James Wellard

Wellard, James Howard · 1973

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New York, Saturday Review Press, 1973. Hardcover. 223 p. illus. 26 cm. Very good condition/good d.j.

Rites of Passage

Indigo Girls (Musical group) · 1993

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Milwaukee, WI, Hal Leonard Pub. Corp. 1993. Paperback. 1 score (112 p.) : col. ill. ; 31 cm For voice and piano; with chord symbols and guitar chords. Includes guitar section. Very good condition Contents: Airplane -- Cedar tree -- Chickenman -- Galileo -- Ghost -- Joking -- J...

Team Secrets of the Navy Seals : The Elite Military Force's Leadership Principles for Business. Anonymous.

Needham, Robert · 2003

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Kansas City, Andrews McMeel Pub. c2003. First printing. Hardcover. ix, 131 p. ; 23 cm. Very good condition/very good d.j. Author Robert Needham uses the lessons he's learned as a Navy SEAL to guide the reader through the role of being or becoming a leader. "To some, leadership...

The Wonder Book of Trains

Carlisle, Norman · 0

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Philadelphia, John C. Winston Co. c1957. New & Revised edition. Hardcover. 313p. illus. Very good condition .

Révolutions de Portugal... Nouvelle Edition, Revûe & Augmentèe

Vertot, René-Aubert · 1758

$173.00 (€156.96 | £130.95 | ¥27,626)

Paris, Chez La Veuve Didot ,, 1758. Hardcover. xv, 382, [33] p. very good condition, in full calf Enlarged edition of the author's Histoire de la conjuration de Portugal.

Avis D'Une Mère a Sa Fille, Suivis Des Rèflexions Sur Les Femmes...

Lambert, Anne Thérèse de Marguenat de Courcelles, marquise de · 1820

$52.00 (€47.18 | £39.36 | ¥8,304)

Paris, De l;imprimerie d'Aug. Delalain, 1820. Hardcover. 178p. Very good condition, in full calf The author,Madame de Lambert, was particularly interested in questions of education. In later works she also revolted against the emptiness of women’s education.

Le Mentor Des Enfans Et Des Adolescens, Ou Maximes, Traits D'Histoire Et Fables En Vers, Propres a Former L;Esprit Etle Coeur de la Jeunesse... Avec Six Gravures

Reyre, Joseph · 1827

$69.00 (€62.60 | £52.23 | ¥11,018)

Lyon, Chez Perisse frères, 1827. Hardcover. viii, 398p. 6 pl. very good condition, in full cal, top of spine lightly pulled The author was born in Eyguières in Provence, he joined the Society of Jesus, taught at the College of Lyon and became prefect of Aix. After the suppress...

All Aboard! the Railroad in American Life

Douglas, George H. · 1996

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New York, Smithmark Pub, 1996. Hardcover. 462pp. Very good condition/very good d.j.

Westward by Rail : New Route to the East

Rae, W. Fraser (William Fraser) · 1993

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New York, Indian Head Books, 1993. First printing. Hardcover. 391pp. Very good condition/very good d.j.

The Iron Dragon Never Sleeps... Illustrated by John Fulweiler

Krensky, Stephen · 1994

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New York, Delacorte Press, 1994. First printing. Hardcover. 90pp. 22 cm. Very good condition/very good d.j. In 1867, while staying with her father in a small California mining town, ten-year-old Winnie meets a Chinese boy close to her age and discovers the role of his people i...

Hi-Tech Trains : The Ultimate in Speed, Power and Style

Tayler, Arthur · 1992

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

New York, Chartwell, 1992. Hardcover. 128 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm. Fine condition/very good d.j.

Train by Charles Temple ; Illustrated by Larry Johnson.

Temple, Charles A. · 1996

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Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1996. Hardcover. 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 23 cm. Very good condition/very good d.j. Summary: Everyone along the way enjoys the sight and sound of the C & O train and its passengers rolling down the rail.

Faster Than a Horse : Moving West with Engine Power

Hilton, Suzanne · 1983

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Philadelphia, Westminster Press, 1983. Hardcover. 223 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Very good condition Describes what it was like to travel by steamboat, steam locomotive, trolley car, and automobile when these inventions were still very new. Lists places across the country where the re...

A Collector's Guide and History to Lionel Trains. V.4. 1970-1980. Lionel Collector's Guide

McComas, Tom · 1993

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Wilmette, Ill. Chilton Book Co, 1993. Paperback. 192pp. 0.5 x 8.5 x 11.2 inches. Fine condition .