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Anderson, Greg, Tatiana Champion Press, LTD, (0.00) First Edition, Hardcover, Very Good - Black boards with silver lettering on spine; minor shelf wear to dj, now protected with Brodart cover; signed and dated by author on title page; not price clipped. ''No one was supposed to be in the remote Dutch field. Someone was -- Tatiana Demkakova, a young and beautiful graduate student. When still a girl, she'd escaped the communist regime of Romania with her parents to make a home in Amsterdam. On this winter morning, Tatiana had journeyed to Kinderdijk to record the local rural flavor for her writing. Instead, what she captured with her video camera were the final moments of Moscow Air 119, a rampaging crash that killed 323 people.'' -- from the dj $10.80



Anthony, Patricia, Cold Allies Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (0.00) First Edition, Hardcover, Very Good - Black boards with black tape binding; blue foil lettering on spine; dj protected with Brodart cover; stated First Edition. ''In a world of greenhouse drought and fuel shortage the Arab National Army advances through Spain and Ukraine. Neutral Russia looks on. The Allies, even with state-of-the-art American and German technology, are losing. Then, among the misty slopes of the Pyrenees near Bagneres-de-Luchon, on a field of buttercups and corpses, a CRAV operated by Sergeant Gordon Means encounters a blue light. The light approaches the vehicle, and Gordon hears, in the back of his head, the monotonous, sleepy tap-tap-tap of sleet against a window. The light follows him like a stray dog. He calls it Rover.'' -- from the dj $11.25



Anthony, Piers, Geis of the Gargoyle Tor, (0.00) 1st Edition, Hardcover, Very Good - Light blue boards with black tape binding; gold foil lettering on spine; stated First Edition; dj is not price clipped and is protected with a Brodart cover. ''Sine Xanth began, the gargoyles off that magical place have been under a geis to protect the purity of the Swan Knee River, which flows into Xanth from dreary Mundania. (A geis, by the way, is a magical compulsion, on obligation of honor.) But recently the pollution from the outside world has grown ever greater, and young Gary Gar, latest in a long line of gargoyle guardians, is finding it ever m more difficult to fulfill his responsibilities.'' -- from the dj $10.80



Anthony, Piers and Mercedes Lackey, If I Pay Thee Not in Gold Baen Books, (0.00) First Edition, Hardcover, Very Good - Black boards with red foil lettering on spine; dj shows age-related yellowing and is protected with a Brodart cover; not price clipped; stated first edition. ''In the age of Mazonians women rule through magic - and men suffer what they must. Magical creations only last for a single day (magical food is great for dieting), but that is quite long enough for casting a giant wet blanket (if you're feeling kind) over a would-be rampaging male - or a block of granite (if you're not). No uppity males in Mazonia!'' -- from the dj $13.50



Appleton, Victor, Tom Swift and His War Tank Grosset & Dunlap, (0.00) Hardcover, Good - Pictorial brown boards with red and black illustrations; corners are rubbed and spine is slightly loose; writing on ffep; pages are yellowed with age. $15.75



Archer, Jeffrey, A Matter of Honor Simon & Schuster, (0.00) First Edition, Hardcover, Very Good - Grey boards with red tape binding; grey lettering on spine; dj is not price clipped and is protected with a Brodart cover; previous owner's bookplate on front cover. ''As Adam listens to the final bequest of this father's will, he knows he will at last learn the unspoken secret that shadowed the peaceful retirement of Colonel Scott and turned him from a World War II hero into a disgraced and broken man.'' -- from the dj $9.00



Archer, Jeffrey, First Among Equals Simon & Schuster, (0.00) First Edition, Hardcover, Very Good - Light grey boards with purple tape binding; silver lettering on spine; dr is not price-clipped and is protected with Brodart cover; full number line with 1 present; some yellowing of the pages. '''First Among Equals' is the novel Jeffrey Archer was born to write. Like his 'Kane & Abel,' it is a story of titanic rivalry. Like 'The Prodigal Daughter,' it is an explosive mixture of passion and politics. And like any novel destined to be a major best seller, it is a story so inventive, so compelling, that it is ultimately unlike any other.'' -- from the dj $13.50



Archer, Jeffrey, Sons of Fortune St. Martin's Press, (0.00) First Edition, Hardcover, Very Good - Black boards with red lettering on spine; dj is not price clipped and is protected with a Brodart cover. ''In Hartford, Connecticut, in the late 1940s, a set of twins is parted at birth -- not by accident. Nat Cartwright goes home with his parents, a schoolteacher and an insurance salesman, while his twin brother begins his days as Fletcher Davenport, son of a millinaire and his society wife.'' -- from the dj $45.00



Archer, Jeffrey, The Fourth Estate HarperCollins, (0.00) First Edition, Hardcover, Very Good - Light blue boards with dark blue tape binding; copper gilt lettering on spine; dr is not price clipped and is protected with Brodart cover. ''In a stunning display of storytelling, reminiscent of his blockbuster 'Kane & Abel,' Jeffrey Archer creates two extraordinary protagonists whoses life stories could have been taken from today's headlines, and pits them against each other as each strives to be the first to create a global media empire and become the most powerful man on earth.'' -- from the dj $9.00



Arthur, Keri, Bound to Shadows Dell Books, (0.00) First Edition, Paperback, Very Good - First edition paperback; no spine creases; minor rubbing to edges. ''Part vampire, part werewolf, Riley Jenson knows what can happen when vamps don't play well with others. But she's never seen anything like this: a series of brutal murders surrounding the latest hot spot for vampire-human hookups -- and the victims aren't just killed, they're beheaded. Now Riley is launching into action, toying with a seductive -- and highly suspicious -- club owner, and finding herself in the middle of another mystery: women being killed one by one, without a trace of violence.'' -- from the back cover $4.46



Arthur, Keri, Full Moon Rising Bantam Books, (0.00) First Edition, Hardcover, Very Good - Red boards with black tape binding; copper foil lettering on spine; dj is protected with a Brodart cover and is not price-clipped. ''A rare hybrid of vampire and wereworf, Riley Jenson and her twin brother, Rhoan, work for Melbourne's Directorate of Other Races, an organization created to police the supernatural races -- and protect humans from their depredations.'' -- from the dj $7.20



Arundel, Louis, Motor Boat Boys on the St. Lawrence M.A. Donohue & Company, (0.00) Hardcover, Good - Red boards with pictorial cover; slight slant to spine; some spotting on page edges; title on spine is slightly rubbed off; inscription from previous owner on ffep dated 1915; pages yellowed with age. Pictures available upon request. $11.25



Asimov, Isaac and Martin H. Greenberg, Editors, The Golden Years of Science Fiction; Fifth Series Bonanza Books, (0.00) Hardcover, Very Good - Blue boards with gold lettering on spine; dj is protected with Brodart cover; some shelf rubbing; spine ir tight and pages are clean. ''Isaac Asimov Presents the Golden Years of Science Fiction, Fifth Series, continues the popular series sedited by Isacc Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg. Culling the very best from the art form, Asimov and Greenberg now concentrate on the years of 1947 and 1948, the time when science fiction was emerging from the so-called Golden Age into the Diamond Age of the genre, as writers approached their subejct with greater maturity and craft.'' -- from the dj $9.00



Attenborough, David, The Living Planet: a Portrait of the Earth Little Brown & Co, (0.00) Hardcover, Acceptable - Many Small Tears in DJ $6.30



Atwood, Margaret, Alias Grace Nan A. Talese, (0.00) First Edition, Hardcover, Very Good - Pictorial boards; dj is not price-clipped and is protected with a Brodart cover; full number line; stated first edition. ''Grace Marks has been convicted for her involvement in the vicious murders of her employer, the wealthy Thomas Kinnear, and of Nancy Montgomery, his housekeeper and mistress. Some belive Grace is innocent; others think her evil or insane. Now serving a life sentence after a stint in Toronto's lunatic asylum, Grace herself claims to have no memory of the murders.'' -- from the dj $11.25



Atwood, Margaret, Wilderness Tips Nan A. Talese, (0.00) First Edition, Hardcover, Very Good - 1st Edition; Minor Shelf Wear to DJ $4.50



Auel, Jean M., The Mammoth Hunters Crown Publishers, (0.00) First Edition, Hardcover, Very Good - Tan boards with peach cloth overlay; embossed signature on front board; stated First Edition; dj is not price clipped and is protected with Brodart cover. ''In this third and long-awaited novel in the acclaimed Earth's Children series, Ayla, the independent heroine of 'The Clan of the Cave Bear' and 'The Valley of Horses,' sets out from the valley on Whinney, the horse she tamed. With her is Jondalar, the tall, handsome, yellow-haired man she nursed back to health and came to love.'' -- from the dj $22.50



Auel, Jean M., The Mammoth Hunters Crown Publishers, (0.00) First Edition, Hardcover, Fine - Illustrated endpapers; tight spine; clean pages; stated First Edition; dj protected with Brodart mylar cover. $40.50



Auel, Jean M., The Plains of Passage Crown Publishers, (0.00) First Edition, Hardcover, Very Good - Brown boards with maroon tape binding; embossed signature on front board; gold lettering on spine; stated First Edition; previous owner's name and inscription on ffep and title page; dj has some shelf wear and sticker residue; not price clipped; protected with Brodart cover. ''Ayla, the heroine first introduced in 'The Clan of the Cave Bear,' is known and beloved by millions of readers. The Earth's Children series is a national literary phenomenon. As fresh and new as the young earh itself, Jean M. Auel's brilliant epic transforms readers into passionate and devoted followers. Now, in 'The Plains of Passage,' Ayla's story continues.'' -- from the dj $9.00



Bachman, Richard, The Regulators Dutton, (0.00) First Edition, Hardcover, Very Good - First Trade Printing. Red boards with tan tape binding; silver embossed lettering on spine; dj shows shelf wear and has a small tear on the top front. ''It's a summer afternoon in Wentworth, Ohio, and on Popular Street everything's normal. The paper boy is making his rounds; the Carver kids are bickering at the corner convenience store; a Frisbee is flying on the Reeds' lawn; Gary Soderson is firing up the backyard barbecue. The only thing that doesn't quite fit is the red van idling just up the hill. Soon it will begin to roll, and the killing will begin. A quiet slice of American suburbia is about to turn to toast.'' from the dj $9.00



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