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Edward Gibbon Catalogue Card [facsimile]

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Condition: good ; framed in glass, with description and history on reverse side

Description on back reads: "Facsimile of a catalogue card made by Edward Gibbon at Lausanne about 1790. The original is in the British Museum. Given to the Library by…

Easton Ellis, Bret. American Psycho

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Told in first-person narrative, this book is set in Manhattan in the late 1980s and follows the life of the young and wealthy investment banker, Patrick Bateman. Bateman describes his daily life on Wall Street and recounts his evening outings in…

Each Peach Pear Plum

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"This "I spy" book for the youngest set features characters from nursery rhymes and fairy tales hidden in its pages. Since the characters are not overly hard to spot, the search won't frustrate even very young children."

Laurie, Miller H. "Each…

Durance

Durance
Introduction: On a remote planet far from civilization, the worst criminal scum from a dozen star systems have been dumped, charged with building new lives under the watchful eye of Authority. Within a brutal hierarchy of savagery and servility,…

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A compilation of the early web, web applications and its features. --supplied by cataloger

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Doomtown: Reloaded

Top of box
Players: 2+
Playing time: 25-30 minutes
Age: 14 and up

Game Overview: Y'all are trying to take control of the town of Gomorra. Why you're coin' it is up to you; you may be tryin' to ensure the good folk can live a safe and happy life, or you may…

Don't Quote Me: TV Guide edition

Game pieces: inside the box
TV Guide edition
players: 2-5
playing time: 60 minutes
age: 14 +

By successfully identifying famous (and not so famous) quotations, players move their pawns around a pentagonal board. Players move three spaces by guessing without taking a hint,…

Don Quixote de la Mancha [facsimile]

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Bindings: good ; vellum with leather and gold tooling (it appears) ; brass clasps ; spine has separated from material and front cover on third edition ; separating from cover of another ; marbled end papers ; reproduced using photo-typography…

Dominion

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Players: 2-4
Playing time: 30 min
Age: 14+

Game overview: You are a monarch, like your parents before you, a ruler of a small pleasant Kingdom of rivers and evergreens. Unlike your parents, however, you have hopes and dreams! you want a bigger…

Dominant Species

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Players: 2-6
Playing time: 2-4 hours
Age: 14+

Game overview: Dominant Species is a game that abstractly recreates a tiny portion of ancient history: the ponderous encroachment of an ice age and what that entails for the living creatures trying…