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You Know You’re a Rockhound When…

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Snowflake Obsidian Specimen _____________________ – You look down instead of up. – Any rock, no matter how common, will raise your pulse. – You see beauty in all rocks, even “Leaverites,” the ones you leave behind. – Your family and friends just roll their eyes when you pick up yet another rock. – You are willing to dig up a rock with a spoon, even if it means ruining the spoon. – You have been known to visit urban rock piles and risk stares from people who are wondering why an old person is crawling around on a dirt pile. – You are willing to pay excess baggage fees (international, yet) for a large yellow rock that looks like a loaf of bread. – Your pockets are always filled with rocks and residual dirt. – You often find pebbles in your shoes and even socks. – You don’t mind dirt at all, even under your fingernails. That’s why soap and water exist. – You get why rocks are so spiritual; you understand that rocks have been around since the beginning of earth ...

2012: Book Box #42 – General Books and Popular Literature and Science Fiction

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Them (1969, Paperback): Joyce Carol Oates   2012: Book Box #42 – General Books and Popular Literature and Science Fiction   Alcott: Louisa M. Alcott, Intro by Madelon Bedell. Little Women , 1983, 1st Edition (Paperback) Anderson: Sarah Anderson, Ed. Translated by Alan Sullivan and Timothy Murphy. Beowulf , 2004 edition (Paperback) Brown: William Wells Brown. Clotel or The President’s Daughter , 2000 (Paperback) Brustein: Robert Brustein. The Theatre of Revolt: Studies in Ibsen, Strindberg, Chekov, Shaw, Brecht, Pirandello, O’Neill and Genet , 1964 Edition (Paperback) Coffield: Glen Coffield. Creative Review , Autumn 1974 (Paperback) Conrad: Joseph Conrad. Ed. by Robert Kimbrough. Heart of Darkness: A Norton Critical Edition , 1988, 3rd Edition (Paperback) Durham: Philip Durham and Everett L. Jones. The Western Story: Fact Fiction, and Myth , 1975 (Paper) ESP (York College Literary Magazine), 1975 (Paper) (3 copies) ESP (York College Literary Magazine), 1976 (Paper) (3...

2012: Book Box #41 – General Books

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Life of Pei: A Novel  (2001), 1st U.S. Edition (Paperback): Yann Martel   2012: Book Box #41 – General Books   American Guide Series. U.S. One: Maine to Florida (WPA) with 30 Photographs, 1938 (Hardcover) Andrews: William L.Andrews. The Portable Charles W. Chesnutt , 2008 (Paperback) Ansel Adams: Photographs , 1992 (Hardcover) Buck: Pearl S. Buck. Children for Adoption , 1964, 1st Printing (Hardcover) Caball: John Caball. The Rose of Tralee , 1964 (Paperback) Carter: Lin Carter. Tolkien: A Look Behind The Lord of the Rings , 1978, 15th Printing (Paperback) DeBeers: Roger DeBeers. Murder Under White , 2005, 1st Edition (Paperback) Donahue: Phil Donahue. Donahue: My Own Story , 1979 (Hardcover) Eisenhower: Dwight D. Eisenhower. Mandate for Change: The White House Years, 1953-1956 , 1963 (Hardcover) Fermor: Patrick Leigh Fermor. Between the Woods and the Water , 1986, 1st American Edition (Hardcover) Fleming: Jill Fleming. Thin People Don’t Clean Their Plates , 2005, ...

2012: Book Box #40 – General Books and WordPerfect Manuals

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Addie Pray , 1971, 1st Printing: Joe David Brown   2012: Book Box #40 – General Books and WordPerfect Manuals   Berlin: Ellin Berlin. Land I Have Chosen , 1944 (Hardcover) Brown: Joe David Brown. Addie Pray , 1971, 1st Printing (Hardcover) Bruns: Roger Bruns and George Vogt. Your Government Inaction: or In God We’d Better Trust... , 1981, 1st Edition (Paperback) Caldwell: Taylor Caldwell. Dear & Glorious Physician , 1959 (Hardcover). “Read by Helen Brown, Jeanette Brown, Anita Smith, Francis Smith.” Christie: Agatha Christie. Elephants Can Remember , 1972 (Hardcover) Disraeli: Robert Diraeli. Here Comes the Mail , September 1940, 3rd Printing (Hardcover) Eisch: Mary Alice Eisch. WordPerfect 5.0: A Practical Approach , 1990 (Paper spiral) Frey: Samuel C. Frey. Autumn Leaves: Some Verses , 1921, Signed 1st Edition, #63. (Hardcover) Note: “Printed for York Collegiate Institute, whose pre-publication subscription helped to make this book possible and is highly appreciate...

2012: Book Box #39 – General Books (Some Oversized)

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The   9/11 Commission Report: Authorized Edition , 1st Edition (July 22, 2004) 2012: Book Box #39 – General Books (Some Oversized)   The 9/11 Commission Report: Authorized Edition , 1st Edition, July 22, 2004 (Paperback) Adams: Alice Adams. Second Chances: A Novel , 1988, 1st Edition (Hardcover) Ansel Adams: A Postcard Book , 1992 (Paperback) Batman: The 10¢ Adventure , March 2001 (DC comic book, paper, 2 copies) Batman: The 12¢ Adventure , No. 1, October 2004 (DC comic book, paper) Cather: Willa Cather. Shadows on the Rock , 1931, 1st Edition (Hardcover) Christie: Agatha Christie. Death in the Air , 1935, 1962 (Paperback) ESP (York College Literary Magazine), 1975 (Paperback) Farell: James T. Farell. Judith and Other Stories , 1973 (Paperback) Gent: Peter Gent. North Dallas After 40: A Sequel , 1989, 1st Edition (Hardcover) Hamill: Pete Hamill. Loving Women: A Novel of the Fifties , 1989 (Hardcover) Howard the Duck , Vol 1, #23, April 1978 (Marvel Comic book, paper) J...

2012: Book Box #38 – General Books

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Richard Wright: Ordeal of a Native Son  (1980): Addison Gayle   2012: Book Box #38 – General Books   Archer: Jeffrey Archer. Sons of Fortune , January 2003, 1st Edition (Hardcover) Braga: Brannon Braga. Star Trek Voyager: “Scorpion: Part Two,” 5/23/1997. “Hollywood Collectables” (Paperback) Crichton: Michael Crichton. Airframe , 1996, 1st Trade Edition (Hardcover) Crichton: Michael Crichton. Jurassic Park , 1990, 4th printing (Hardcover) Echevarria: Rene Echevarria. Star Trek Deep Space Nine: “A Simple Investigation,” 1/6/1997. TV Script, “Hollywood Collectables” (Paperback) Edelstein: Michael R Edelstein. Three Minute Therapy , with David Ramsey Steele, 1997 (Hardcover) Faludi: Susan Faludi. Backlash: The Undeclared War Against Women , 1991 (Hardcover) Garen: Micah Garen and Marie-Helene Carlton. American Hostage , 2005 (Hardcover) SIGNED by both authors (Hardcover) Gayle: Addison Gayle. Richard Wright: Ordeal of a Native Son , 1980. Inscribed by Ben McKulik to Wood...

2012: Book Box #37 – General Books

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The Liar ’s  Club (1996): Mary Karr   2012: Book Box #37 – General Books   Bonesteel: Georgia Bonesteel. Bright ideas for Lap Quilting , 1990 (Hardcover) Bouton: Jim Bouton. Ball Four , June 1971 (Paperback) Breslin: James Breslin. The Gang That Couldn’t Shoot Straight: A Novel , 1971 (Paperback) Bryant: Carolyn Bryant. And the Band Played On , 1776-1976, 1975 (Paperback) Butcher: Philip Butcher. George W. Cable , 1962 (Hardcover) Carpenter: Frederic I. Carpenter. Eugene O’Neill , 1964 (Hardcover) Chapkis: Wendy Chapkis. Beauty Secrets: Women and the Politics of Appearance , 1986 (Paperback) Connelly: Neil Connelly. St. Michael’s Scales , 2002, 1st Edition, Advanced Reader’s Edition (Paperback) Department of the Army Field Manual: Department of the Air Force Manual . Military Sanitation FM-21-10, AFM 160-46 (Paperback) Department of the Army ROTC Manual. ROTCM 145-60. Small Unit Tactics Including Communications . July 1958 (Paperback) Dickens: Charles Dickens. A Tale of ...

2012: Book Box #36 – General Books

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The Years of Lyndon Johnson: A Path to Power (1982), Robert Caro   2012: Book Box #36 – General Books   Beard: Charles A. Beard and Mary R. Beard. The Rise of American Civilization: New Edition, Two Volumes in One, Revised and Enlarged . Decorations by Wilfred Jones, 1954 edition (Hardcover) Brown: Jennifer S.H. Brown. Strangers in Blood , 1980 (Hardcover) Buck: Philo M. Buck. An Anthology of World Literature , 3rd Edition, 1964, 11th Printing (Hardcover) Butcher: Harry C. Butcher. The Personal Diary of Captain Harry C. Butcher, USNR, Naval Aide to General Eisenhower, 1942 -1945: My Three Years with Eisenhower , 1945 (Hardcover) Caro: Robert A. Caro. The Years of Lyndon Johnson: A Path to Power , 1982, 1st Edition (Hardcover) Chapman: Audrey B. Chapman. Man Sharing: Dilemma or Choice , 1986 (Hardcover) Denker: Henry. Denker. A Gift of Life , 1989, 1st Edition (Hardcover) Dennis: Wendy Dennis. Hot and Bothered: Sex and Love in the Nineties , 1992 (Hardcover) Enger: Leif ...

2012: Book Box #35 – General Books and Gettysburg Review

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Aftershocks/Near Escapes  (1991): Stephen Dobyns   2012: Book Box #35 – General Books and Gettysburg Review   Cammermeyer: Margarethe Cammermeyer (with Chris Fisher). Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story , 1994 (Hardcover) Christie: Agatha Christie. Curtain , 1975, 3rd Printing (Hardcover) Christie: Agatha Christie. Passenger to Frankfort , 1970 (Hardcover) Christie: Agatha Christie. The Nursery Rhyme Murders , 1970 (Hardcover) Christie: Agatha Christie. The Postern of Fate , 1973 (Hardcover) Christie: Agatha Christie. The Sleeping Murder (Miss Marple’s Last Case) and The Murder at the Vicarage , 1976 (Hardcover) Dobyns: Stephen Dobyns. Aftershocks/Near Escapes , 1991 (Hardcover) Duras: Marguerite Duras. Blue Eyes, Black Hair , 1987, 1st American Edition (Hardcover) Freud: Sigmund Freud. The Interpretation of Dreams . New Translation by James Strachey, 1961 (Hardcover) Fulbright: J. William Fulbright. The Price of Empire , 1989, 1st Edition (Hardcov...

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