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  • NO HEROES: A Memoir of Coming Home. by Offutt, Chris.
    Offutt, Chris.
    NO HEROES: A Memoir of Coming Home.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Simon & Schuster, (2002) dj. Hardcover first edition - Offutt's second memoir - in this he discusses his return home at age 40 to the rural hills of Kentucky - to teach at the college he graduated from, the only 4 year college in the area - and to give back to his hometown community. During that same year he also recorded the personal story of his parents-in-law, Holocaust survivors who had emigrated from Poland in 1946. 268 pp. ISBN: 0-684865513.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 83856
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  • A PRACTICAL EDUCATION: Why Liberal Arts Majors Make Great Employees. by Stross, Randall.
    Stross, Randall.
    A PRACTICAL EDUCATION: Why Liberal Arts Majors Make Great Employees.

    Edition: First printing.

    Stanford, CA: Redwood Press, (2017). SIGNED hardcover first edition - A book which makes the argument that "studying for the joy of learning turns out to be surprisingly practical. . . Drawing on the experiences of Stanford University graduates and using the students' own accounts of their education, job searches, and first work experiences, Stross provides heartening demonstrations of how multi-capable liberal arts graduates are. Stross also weaves the students' stories with the history of Stanford, the rise of professional schools, the long-standing contention between engineering and the liberal arts, the birth of occupational testing, and the popularity of computer science education to trace the evolution in thinking about how to prepare students for professional futures." SIGNED on the title page. Notes, index. vii, 291 pp. ISBN: 978-0804797481.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)

    Book ID: 75582
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  • SATISFACTION. by Lawrence, Rae.
    Lawrence, Rae.
    SATISFACTION.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Poseidon Press, (1987) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's debut novel, the story of four women who first meet as freshmen roommates at Radcliffe College in 1972, all daughters of famous men, all bright and ambitious. ISBN: 0-67160760X.

    Condition: Very good in near fine dust jacket (remainder mark)

    Book ID: 68387
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  • BELMONT COLLEGE: A Story of College Baseball (The Hero Series, 875-4) by Moffat, William D.
    Moffat, William D.
    BELMONT COLLEGE: A Story of College Baseball (The Hero Series, 875-4)

    Edition: Hardcover.

    New York & Cleveland: World Publishing Co., nd (ca 1930) dj. Hardcover - "They had a winning baseball team but something queer was handicapping them." Illustrated. 285 pp.

    Condition: Good overall in a good dust jacket (spine slant, usual rather severe toning to the pages, gift inscription, some overall light edgewear to dj)

    Book ID: 67274
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  • WAR OF THE ENCYCLOPAEDISTS: A Novel. by Robinson, Christopher and Gavin Kovite.
    Robinson, Christopher and Gavin Kovite.
    WAR OF THE ENCYCLOPAEDISTS: A Novel.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Scribner, (2015). First edition - The author's first novel, and first collaboration - at once "a coming-of-age story, a war story, and a story of the disaffected millenial generation for whom the war hardly happened at all" (Phil Klay)

    Condition: Near fine in illustrated wrappers (crease to lower edge of back cover)

    Book ID: 66451
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  • Johnson, Henry Clark, X, and Edward Higginson Williams, Jr., editors.
    THE TENTH GENERAL CATALOGUE OF THE PSI UPSILON FRATERNITY, 1888.

    Edition: First edition.

    (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania:) Executive Council of the Fraternity (by The Comenius Press) 1888. Hardcover first edition - "published under the direction of the Executive Council in the 55th year of the Fraternity." Gives the complete roll of each chapter; according to the introduction it was the intention to provide accurate statistical and biographical information on each member from the time he left college until the present (or until his death, for deceased members.) Also includes statistical reports on geographical distribution, those who served in the Union and Confederate armies, a summary of occupations, a table of relationships, and an index. Engraved frontispiece and small vignette on the title page. A large and very heavy book at 1038 pp.

    Condition: Very good- condition in dark red cloth with gilt illustration on front cover, gilt lettering on the spine (front hinge cracked, rear hinge partially cracked, some bumping to corners). An uncommon book, and one which would be valuable for genealogical purposes and to social historians.

    Book ID: 33332
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