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Crichton, Michael, Prey (0.00) First Edition, Hardcover, Very Good Very Good, - 8vo - over 7¾'' - 9¾'' tall Grey boards with black tape binding; author's initials in silver foil on front board; silver lettering on spine; stated first edition; dj is not price-clipped and is protected with a Brodart cover. ''In the Nevada desert, an experiment has gone horribly wrong. A cloud of nanoparticles -- micro-robots -- has escaped from the laboratory. This cloud is self-sustaining and self-reproducing. It is intelligent and learns from experience. For all practical purposes. it is alive.'' -- from the dj $8.55



Crichton, Michael, Rising Sun (0.00) First Edition, Hardcover, Very Good Very Good, - 8vo - over 7¾'' - 9¾'' tall Orange boards with black tape binding; foil embossed rising sun on front cover; embossed lettering on spine; number written on ffep; dj slightly yellowed, now protected with Brodart cover. ''on the forty-fifth floor of the Nakamoto Tower in downtown L.A. -- the new American headquarters of the immense Japanese conglomerate -- a grand opening celebration is in full swing. On the forty-sixth floor, in an empty conference room the dead body of a beautiful young woman is discovered.'' -- from the dj $13.50



Crowder, Herbert, Weatherhawk (0.00) First Edition, Hardcover, Very Good Very Good, - 8vo - over 7¾'' - 9¾'' tall First edition; grey boards with light blue binding tape; while embossed lettering on spine; dj is not price clipped and slightly yellowed; dj now protected with Brodart cover. ''With 'Weatherhawk' Crowder has done it again. Its subject is JAWS -- not a shark or a movie, but something far more valuable: a revolutionary radar processing unit that, it seems, half the world will beg, borrow, steal -- or kill -- for.'' -- from the dj $9.00



Curtis, Prue and I (0.00) Hardcover, Good No Jacket, - 16mo - over 5¾'' - 6¾'' tall Pictorial cover; bumps to covers; spine rubbed; first few pages are loose $9.00



D'Amato, Barbara, Death of a Thousand Cuts (0.00) First Edition, Hardcover, Very Good Very Good, - 8vo - over 7¾'' - 9¾'' tall Black boards with red foil lettering on spine; dj is protected with a Brodart cover and is not price clipped; full number line; personalized signature on title page. ''The Hawthorne House School for the Treatment of Autistic Children was once known for its pioneering educational approach and remarkable success rate. Now, fifteen years after this celebrated institution closed its doors for the last time, staffers and former residents have returned to Hawthorne House for its first-ever reunion. The gala event turns into a bloody nightmare when the school's revered founder, Dr. Jay Schermerhorn, is found tortured to death in the mansion's basement.'' -- from the dj $13.50



D'Amato, Barbara, Killer - App (0.00) First Edition, Hardcover, Very Good Very Good, - 8vo - over 7¾'' - 9¾'' tall 1st Edition; Minor Shelf Wear $5.40



Dailey, Janet, Heiress (0.00) Hardcover, Good Good, - 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾'' tall Cream boards with grey tape binding; silver lettering on spine; dj is not price clipped and is protected with a Brodart cover. '''Heiress' is Janet Dailey's spellbinding story of two beautiful women with a mysterious and powerful past. Rivals in love, rivals in business, rivals in life, Abbie Lawson and RachelFarr are bound together by a fateful secret: born on the same day, their father the same man, only one of them is legitimate.'' -- from the dj $4.95



Dailey, Janet, Silver Wings, Santiago Blue (0.00) First Edition, Hardcover, Good Fair, - 1st Edition; Small Tears in DJ; Mark on Bottom $4.50



Dallas, Sandra, New Mercies (0.00) Hardcover, Like New Very Good, - 8vo - over 7¾'' - 9¾'' tall Black boards wtih gold lettering on spine; dj is protected with a Brodart cover and is not price-clipped. ''Natchex, Mississippi, in 1933 is a place suspended in time. The silver and china are still dented and cracked from Yankee invaders. And the houses have names ... and memories.'' -- from the dj $9.90



Dauer, Victor P., Dynamic Physical Education for Elementary School Children (0.00) Hardcover, Good - Minor Shelf Wear $4.50



Davidson, Lionel, Kolymsky Heights (0.00) First Edition, Hardcover, Very Good Very Good, - 8vo - over 7¾'' - 9¾'' tall Black boards with black cloth overlay; silver lettering on spine; dj is not price clipped and is protected with Brodart cover. ''Mysterious, coded messages have come from the remotest, most dreaded former gulag in northern Siberia. They plead for a certain man to be sent to carry out the most astounding Russian secret of all.'' -- from the dj $13.50



Davis, Kathryn Lynn, Too Deep for Tears (0.00) Hardcover, Very Good Very Good, - Book Club Edition; Minor Shelf Wear; Sticker on Title Page $2.70



Dawn Wells, Ken Beck and Jim Clark, Mary Ann's Gilligan's Island Cookbook (0.00) Soft cover, Good+ No Jacket, - 8vo - over 7¾'' - 9¾'' tall Yellow spiral binding; bright pictorial cover; gently used. Signed on the back of the front cover: Dawn Wells, Mary Ann.'' It appears to be Ms. Wells' signature, but not authenticated. Foreward by Bob Denver. Contains cast photos and stories as well as hand-picked recipes. $71.06



Dawson, Elmer A., Garry Grayson's Hill Street Eleven (0.00) Hardcover, Good No Jacket, - 12mo - over 6¾'' - 7¾'' tall Green boards with black lettering; edge bumps; spine is starting to loosen; boards show some dark spots; pages yellowing. Pictures available upon request $7.20



De Morgan, William, The Old Madhouse (0.00) Hardcover, Good No Jacket, - 8vo - over 7¾'' - 9¾'' tall Dark blue boards with faded gold lettering on spine; previous owner's library sticker on ffep; ''Publisher's Note: Mr. De Morgan, at the time of his death on January 15, 1917, had written the final draft of this novel through Chapter XXXIII. Mrs. De Morgan, from notes of her husband's, added Chapter XXXIV to complete the story.'' $6.30



Deighton, Len, City of Gold (0.00) First Edition, Hardcover, Very Good - 1.2 x 6.5 x 9.8 inches 1st Edition $7.20



Deighton, Len, Winter (0.00) First Edition, Hardcover, Very Good Very Good, - 8vo - over 7¾'' - 9¾'' tall Stated first edition; white boards with reddish-orange tape binding; gold lettering on spine; small red dot on bottom; price sticker on from of dj; not price-clipped; very nice, clean copy; dj protected with Brodart cover. ''Len Deighton's biggest, most ambitious, and compelling novel opens up to the reader the startling realities of life in Berlin under the Nazis -- and the German experience of two world wars. 'Winter' takes us into a large and complex family drama, into the lives of two German brothers -- both born close upon the turn of the century, both so caught up in the currents of history that their story is one with the story of their country, from the Kaiser's heyday through Hitler's rise and fall.'' -- from the dj $9.00



Delinsky, Barbara, A Woman Betrayed (0.00) First Edition, Hardcover, Acceptable - 8vo - over 7¾'' - 9¾'' tall 1st Edition; Some Water Damage $1.80



Delinsky, Barbara, Looking for Peyton Place (0.00) First Edition, Hardcover, Very Good Very Good, - 8vo - over 7¾'' - 9¾'' tall Green boards with black tape binding; silver lettering on spine; full number line; dj is protected with a Brodart cover; not price-clipped. ''For Annie Barnes, going home to Middle River means dealing with truths long hidden, some of which she buried there herself. But it is a journey she know she must take if she is to oupt to rest, once and for all, her misgivings about her mother's recent death.'' -- from the dj $9.45



DeMatteis, J.M., Abadazad: the Road to Inconceivable - (0.00) Hardcover, Like New Very Good, - 8vo - over 7¾'' - 9¾'' tall Book #1 (Abadazad) $4.50



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