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Inclan, Jessica, When You Believe(0.00) First Edition, Trade Paperback,Very Good No Jacket, - 8vo - over 7¾'' - 9¾'' tall First edition trade paperback; no spine creases; minor bumping to edges. ''Running for her life from three thugs, San Francisco poet Miranda Stead plunges through a door to what she thinks is safety. Instead, she finds herself surrounded by a bunch of paranoid, robe-wearing people who seem to read her thoughts. And then he steps up: tall, dark, amber-eyed, gorgeous Sariel Valasay. And Miranda hopes he isn't listening to her mind because the thoughts running through her head are decidedly blush-worthy...'' from the back cover
$6.75
Ing, Dean, Butcher Bird(0.00) First Edition, Hardcover,Very Good Very Good, - 8vo - over 7¾'' - 9¾'' tall Very nice condition; price sticker on back of dj; dj protected with Brodart cover; stated First Edition. ''Butcher Bird'' is a heart-stopping suspense novel that plays at the farthest credible edge of experimental airfraft design, written by a man who builds these strange birds himself. -- from the dj
$6.75
Irving, John, The Cider House Rules(0.00)Hardcover,Very Good Good, - 8vo - over 7¾'' - 9¾'' tall Brown cloth with cream paper boards; foil stamped apple on front board; gold lettering on spine; dj has a few chips but is protected with Brodart cover. '''The Cider House Rules' is John Irving's sixth novel. Set in rural Maine in the first half of this century, it tells the story of Dr. Wilbur Larch - saint and obstetrician, founder and director of the orphanage in the town of St. Cloud's, ether addict and abortionist. It is also the story of Dr. Larch's favorite orphan, Homer wells, who is never adopted.'' -- from the dj
$9.00
Irving, John, The Cider House Rules(0.00)Hardcover,Very Good Good, - 8vo - over 7¾'' - 9¾'' tall Cream boards with brown tape binding; faded gold letters on spine; dj is protected with Brodart cover and has some chips. from a nursing home library so there are stamps on ffep and page edges. ''Set in rural Maine in the first half of this century, it tells the story of Dr. Wilbur Larch -- saint and obstetrician, founder and director of the orphanage in the town of St. Cloud's, ether addict and abortionist. It is also the story of Dr. Larch's favorite orphan, Homer Wells, who is never adopted.'' -- from the dj
$9.00
Irving, John, The Hotel New Hampshire(0.00)Hardcover,Very Good Very Good, - 8vo - over 7¾'' - 9¾'' tall Grey boards with white tape binding; red and silver foil on spine; dj shows minor shelf wear. ''As John Berry, the narrator and middle son in a family of five children (and one bear and a dog named Sorrow), explains: 'We were a family whose favorite story was the story of my mother and father's romance: how Father bought the bear, how Mother and Father fell in love and had, in rapid succession, Frank, Franny, and me'...'' -- from the dj
$9.00
Irving, John, Trying to Save Piggy Sneed(0.00) First US Edition, Hardcover,Very Good Very Good, - 8vo - over 7¾'' - 9¾'' tall Rose colored boards with black tape binding; gold lettering on spine; 432 pps; dj is not price-clipped and is protected with a Brodart cover. '''Trying to save Piggy Sneed' contains a dozen short \works by John Irving, beginning with three memoirs -- two of which (including an account of Mr. Irving's dinner with President Reagan at the White House) are new to American readers. The newest and longest of the memoirs, 'The Imaginary Girlfriend,'' is the core of this collection.'' -- from the dj
$9.00
Irving, John, Until I Find You(0.00) First Edition, Hardcover,Near Fine Near Fine, - 8vo - over 7¾'' - 9¾'' tall Blue boards with blue tape binding; gold lettering on spine; dj is protected with a Brodart cover and is not price clipped. '''According to his mother, Jack Burns was an actor before he was an actor, but Jack's most vivid memories of childhood were those moments when he felt compelled to hold hism other's hand. he wasn't acting then.' So begins John Irving's eleventh novel, 'Until I Find You,' the story of the actor Jack Burns. His mother, Alice, is a Toronto tattoo artist. When Jack is four, he travels with Allice to find Jack's missing father, William, a church organist who is addicted to being tattooed. But Allice is a mystery, and William can't be found. Even Jack's memories are subject to doubt.'' -- from the dj
$16.20
Irving, Washington, The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent(0.00)Hardcover,Good No Jacket, - 12mo - over 6¾'' - 7¾'' tall Maroon boards with faded lettering on spine; spine and edges show shelf wear; 374 pages with advertisements in the back; contains ''An Advertisement to the First American Edition'' and ''Advertisement to the First English Edition.'' Pictures available upon request
$13.50
Jackson, Helen Hunt, Ramona(0.00)Hardcover,Good Poor, - 12mo - over 6¾'' - 7¾'' tall Tan boards with brown lettering; dj has chips and dings, but is protected with a Broadart cover; pages has age spotting and stains. ''There are few novels better known than the story of 'Ramona.' Intensely thrilling wihtout sensationalism, it most graphically illustrates the white man's injustice to the Indian. It is a stirring romance of an Indian girl, Ramona, who, though brought up on a great Spanish estate in Southern California, chooses the life of her own people.'' from the dj
$5.85
Jacques, Brian, Castaways of the Flying Dutchman(0.00) First Impression, Hardcover,Near Fine Near Fine, - 8vo - over 7¾'' - 9¾'' tall Green binding with off white overlay; silver lettering on spine; dj is not price clipped and is protected with Brodart cover. ''The 'Flying Dutchman!' The legend of the wind-tattered ghost ship and its mad sea captain, cursed to sail the seas forever, has been passed down throughout the centuries. But what of the boy and his dog who were trapped aboard that ship? What was to become of them?'' -- from the dj
$13.50
Jakes, John, California Gold(0.00) First Edition, Hardcover,Very Good Very Good, - 8vo - over 7¾'' - 9¾'' tall Cream boards with black tape binding; gold lettering on spine; dj shows some shelf wear and is now protected with a Brodart cover; stated First Edition. ''Thirty years after the Gold Rush, men and women of adventurous spirit began to discover the true gold of California. They found it hidden in her soil and her streams, in black oil and golden citrus...So begins 'California Gold', the new historical novel by John Jakes. Sweeping from 1886 to 1921, the novel explores the lure and the legends of California, charts its change from a frontier to a modern state, and chronicles as only Jakes can the loves and batters of a host of vivid character...'' -- from the dj
$9.00
Jakes, John, Heaven and Hell(0.00) First Edition, Hardcover,Very Good Very Good, - 8vo - over 7¾'' - 9¾'' tall Blue boards with cream tape binding; red foil lettering on spine; boards show shelf wear; dj has some shelf wear, not price clipped; protected with Brodart cover. The Conclusion of the North and South Triology. ''Springtime 1865. In Washington, a two-day military parade and gala proclaim the Union triumph. In Richmond, smoldering ruins testify to the Confederate defeat. The Civil War is over, but there is no peace.'' -- from the dj
$11.25
Jakes, John, Love and War(0.00) First Edition, Hardcover,Very Good Very Good, - 8vo - over 7¾'' - 9¾'' tall Cream boards with burgundy tape binding; embossed signature of author on front board; dj is price-clipped and is protected with Brodart cover and does show some minor shelf wear; from a nursing home library, so there are some stamps on ffep and page edges; stated first edition. ''Seldom, if ever, has the intensity and sweep of the Civil War been revealed with such deep emotion and truth as in this towering novel. Demonstrating once again his consummate skill in weaving fiction with fact, John Jakes recounts the adventures of two unforgettable families -- the Hwazards of Pennsylvania and the Mains of South Carolina -- in a land ripped apart by the cataclysm of war.'' -- from the dj
$15.30
James, Donald, Monstrum(0.00) First Edition, Hardcover,Fine Very Good, - 8vo - over 7¾'' - 9¾'' tall No remainder marks; however there is a price sticker on the back of the dj; dj protected in Brodart mylar cover; not price clipped.
$9.00
James, Marquis, The Life of Andrew Jackson(0.00)Hardcover,Good No Jacket, - 8vo - over 7¾'' - 9¾'' tall Red boards with what appears to be water damage; spine is tight and pages appear clean; pages are yellowed with age. Part One: The Border Captain and Part Two: Portrait of a President.
$6.75
James, P. D., The Maul and the Pear Tree(0.00) First Edition, Hardcover,Very Good No Jacket, - 1st US Edition; no dust jacket; full number line; spine lettering is faded.
$8.10
James, P.D., A Certain Justice(0.00) First Edition, Hardcover,Very Good Very Good, - 8vo - over 7¾'' - 9¾'' tall 1st US Edition; dj is not price clipped.
$9.00
James, P.D., Death in Holy Orders(0.00) First Edition, Hardcover,Very Good Very Good, - 8vo - over 7¾'' - 9¾'' tall 1st US Edition; dj is not price clipped.
$9.00
James, P.D., Devices & Desires(0.00) First Edition, Hardcover,Very Good Very Good, - 8vo - over 7¾'' - 9¾'' tall First American Trade Edition; blue boards with purple tape binding; author's name in embossed silver letter on front board' silver foil lettering on spine; dj is not priced clipped and is protected with a Brodart cover. ''After the publication of his latest book of poetry, Commander Adam Dalgliesh has escaped from the hubbub of London to the remote Norfolk headland called Larksokes and the converted windmill he has inherited from his aunt. But he cannot so easily escape from murder. A psychopacthic serial killer has been terrorizing the area, strangling one woman after another, and here, in the shadow of the great Larksoken Nuclear Power station, the police are frantically trying to stop the slaughter.'' -- from the dj
$22.50
James, P.D., Devices and Desires(0.00)Hardcover,Good Good, - 8vo - over 7¾'' - 9¾'' tall Blue boards with purple tape binding; dj is price clipped and shows shelf wear and some chips and dings.
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