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Lindsey, David, Requiem for a Glass Heart (0.00) First Edition, Hardcover, Very Good Very Good, - 8vo - over 7¾'' - 9¾'' tall Black boards with black tape binding; silver lettering on spine; previous owner's address stamp on ffep;; dj is not price clipped, but there is soms sticker residue on the back cover; protected with a Brodart cover. ''Irina Ismaylovs kills men and women. For her victims, death comes unexpectedly and she leaves no trace of her presence behind, because each assassination is carried out in its own unique and ingenious fashion.'' -- from the dj $9.45



Lindsey, David L., Animosity (0.00) First Edition, Hardcover, Very Good Very Good, - 8vo - over 7¾'' - 9¾'' tall Green boards with green tape binding; gold foil embossed lettering on spine; remained mark on bottom; dj protected with Brodart cover. ''Ross Marteau is the toast of the international art world for his sensual sculptures of rich and famous women. But when a long-term relationship breaks up badly, he retreats to his Texas hometown -- only to have his newfound peace of mind permanently, and profoundly, shatterd.'' -- from the dj $6.75



Lindsey, David L., Animosity (0.00) First Edition, Hardcover, Very Good Very Good, - 8vo - over 7¾'' - 9¾'' tall Green boards with green tape binding; gold foil embossed lettering on spine; dj protected with Brodart cover. ''Ross Marteau is the toast of the international art world for his sensual sculptures of rich and famous women. But when a long-term relationship breaks up badly, he retreats to his Texas hometown -- only to have his newfound peace of mind permanently, and profoundly, shatterd.'' -- from the dj $10.80



Lindsey, David L., Mercy (0.00) First Edition, Hardcover, Very Good Very Good, - 8vo - over 7¾'' - 9¾'' tall Black boards with black tape binding; silver lettering on spine; dj is not price-clipped and is protected with a Brodart cover. ''Carmen Palma is a homicide detective in Houston, Texas, a strong woman in a world that's still predominantly male. Two weeks after a wealthy Houston woman is found murdered in a hotel room in a strange and singular manner, Palma is faced with a second victim in an almost identical scenario...'' -- from the dj $9.45



Lindsey, David L., The Rules of Silence (0.00) First Edition, Hardcover, Very Good Good, - 8vo - over 7¾'' - 9¾'' tall Very nice, clean copy; small sticker residue on front of dj; ''It's the perfect kidnapping - and the perfect marraige between crime and terrorism. The criminals have no chance of being caught, and their target has no choice but to pay an unthinkable ransom. There's no way out. And no hope. Until an ordinary man decides not to be terrorized, not to become the perfect victim...'' from the dj flap $9.00



Lindsey, Johanna, Joining (0.00) First Edition, Hardcover, Very Good Very Good, - 8vo - over 7¾'' - 9¾'' tall Pale blue boards with blue tape binding; dj is not price clipped, but shows minor shelf wear; stated First Edition $6.75



Lippman, Laura, Another Thing to Fall (0.00) First Edition, Hardcover, Very Good Very Good, - 8vo - over 7¾'' - 9¾'' tall Dark blue boards with blue tape binding; silver lettering on spine; remainder mark on bottom; dj is not price clipped and is protected with a Brodart cover. ''The California dream weavers have invaded Charm City with their cameras, their stars, and their controversy ... When private investigator Tess M\onaghan literally runs into the crew of the fledgling TV series 'Mann of Steel' whille sculling, she expects sharp words and evil looks, not an assignment. But the company has been plagued by a series of disturbing incidents since its arrival on location in Baltimore: bad press, union threats, and small, costly on-set 'accidents' that have wreaked havoc with its shooting schedule. As a result, 'Mann's' creater, Flip Tumulty, the son of a Hollywood legend, is worried for the safety of his young female lead, Selen Waites, and asks Tess to serve as her bodyguard/babysitter. Tumulty's concern may be well founded. Not long ago, a Baltimore man was discovered dead in his own home, surrounded by photos of the beautiful, difficult superstar-in-the making.'' -- from the dj $13.50



London, Jack, Before Adam (0.00) Hardcover, Good No Jacket, - 12mo - over 6¾'' - 7¾'' tall Green boards with black lettering; spine shows some shelf wear; pages are yellowed; spine beginning to crack toward the center of the book; pictures available upon request. $10.80



Long, Jeff, Year Zero (0.00) First Edition, Hardcover, Very Good Very Good, - 8vo - over 7¾'' - 9¾'' tall Grey-green boards with grey tape binding; red foil lettering on spine; dj protected with Brodart cover; not price clipped. ''An archaeological manhunt is raging in the holy land -- a hunt for the historical Jesus. For Nathan Lee Switf, a young American field researcher and expectant father, the line between noble discovery and the plunder of ruins is sacred -- until the night he crosses it. At a Roman landfill beneath the crucifixion grounds known as Golgotha, Nathan Lee yields to his professor's greed and turns common grave robber. His world -- his unborn daughter -- seems lost to him.'' -- from the dj $10.80



Long, William J., Outlines of English Literature With Readings (0.00) Hardcover, Good No Jacket, - 8vo - over 7¾'' - 9¾'' tall Brown boards with black lettering on front; shelf wear to spine and edges; spine is slightly slanted, but all pages seem to be intact; inscription on fep; writing on bep; 441 pages; some pencil marks on some pages. Pictures available upon request. $9.00



Longfellow, Henry W., The Courtship of Miles Standish (0.00) Hardcover, Very Good No Jacket, - 12mo - over 6¾'' - 7¾'' tall Green boards with white floewr and letter on front and spine; spine shows shelf wear as to the edges; portrait of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow opposite title page, no date, spine is tight, and all pages seem to be intact with age yellowing. In addition to ''The Courtship of Miles Standish,'' this book also contains ''The Belfry of Bruges,'' ''A Gleam of Sunshine,'' ''The Arsenal at Springfield,'' ''Nurmeberg,'' ''The Norman Baron,'' and quite a few more. 208 pages. $45.00



Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, Hyperion: a Romance (0.00) Portland Edition, Decorative Cloth, Good No Jacket, - 16mo - over 5¾'' - 6¾'' tall Green cloth boards; spine darkened; tight binding; yellowing pages $13.50



Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, Voices of the Night (0.00) Hardcover, Fair No Jacket, - 8vo - over 7¾'' - 9¾'' tall Tan pictorial cover and spine, shows some wear; edges show shelf wear; pages are yellowed with age, but all are attached to the spine. Contents include: Prelude, Voices of the Night, Earlier Poems, Translations, Ballads and Other Poems, Miscellaneous, and Poems on Slavery. Photo available upon request $40.50



Loring, Emilie, The Trail of Conflict (0.00) Hardcover, Good No Jacket, - 12mo - over 6¾'' - 7¾'' tall Greenish blue boards with black lettering on spine; water stain about two inches up spine; minor spine bumping; previous owner's name on FFEP; otherwise tight, clean copy. $4.50



Lott, Davis, Wyatt Earp (0.00) Hardcover, Good No Jacket, - 24mo - over 5'' - 5¾'' tall The Big Little Books - TV Series. Hugh O'Brian as TVs Wyatt Earp. Pages are yellowed with age; some of the cellophane is peeling off the cover. Spine is tight and pages are clean $9.00



Lovell, Mary S., Straight on Till Morning: a Biography of Beryl Markham (0.00) First Edition, Hardcover, Very Good Very Good, - 8vo - over 7¾'' - 9¾'' tall Mustard yellow baords with cream tape binding; dj is not price clipped, but has minor shelf wear. $6.30



Ludlum, Robert, The Ambler Warning (0.00) First Edition, Hardcover, Very Good Very Good, - 8vo - over 7¾'' - 9¾'' tall Black boards with gold foil lettering on spine; dj is protected with a Brodart cover; full number line; not price clipped. ''On Parrish Island, a restricted island off the coast of Virginia, there is a little-known and never-visited psychiatric facility. There, far from prying eyes, the government keeps in 'deep storage' former intelligence employees whose psychiatric state make them a security risk to their own government, people whose ramblings might jeopardize ongoing operations or prove dangerously inconvenient.'' -- from the dj $8.99



Ludlum, Robert, The Aquitaine Progression (0.00) First Edition, Hardcover, Very Good Good, - 8vo - over 7¾'' - 9¾'' tall Black board with gold lettering on spine; spine is very slightly slanted; dj has sticker residue on front and some small tears, but is now protected with a Brodart cover; not price clipped; first edition. '''They've come back!' As Joel Converse hears these whispered words he stares in shocked silence at Preston Halliday, the strangely obsessed man who utters them. Converse and his mysterious informant are international lawyers who have come to Geneva to work out a multinational merger; but with Halliday's urgent words Converse finds himself plunged once more into a world of violence, a world that he thought he had left behind years before when he lurched out of a Southeast Asian jungle in desperate flight from a North Vietnamese prison camp.'' -- from the dj $13.50



Ludlum, Robert, The Bourne Ultimatum (0.00) First Edition, Hardcover, As New Very Good, - 8vo - over 7¾'' - 9¾'' tall DJ protected with Brodart cover; number line states: 98765432 First Edition. Spine is tight; blue boards with black binding; gold embossed title. From the dj: ''Bristling with high-voltage excitement on every page, 'The Bourne Ultimatum' is Ludlum's greatest thriller so far, engaging the reader with mounting suspense as the deadly antagonists circle each other in an ever-narrowing confrontation.'' $67.50



Ludlum, Robert, The Chancellor Manuscript (0.00) First Edition, Hardcover, Very Good Good, - 8vo - over 7¾'' - 9¾'' tall Yellow boards with maroon embossed binding; gilt lettering on spine; dj is yellowing with a few tears on the top edge, but now protected with Brodart cover; previous owner's name on ffep; not price clipped; small corner torn out of ffep; spine is tight and pages are clean. ''It was all true! it had been true from the beginning. God in heaven, it was never fiction; it was fact! J. Edgar Hoover had not died the natural death of a sick old man. He had been assassinated! With this realization, best-selling novelist Peter Chancellor understands with startling clarity the hell he has lived through during the past months. It begins on a lonely stretch of beach in blinding sunlight. A strange blond-haired man had approached him and spoken of unbelievable things. Of explosive private files, of deceit and extortion at the highest levels of government...and of a death that was not as it appeared to be.'' -- from the dj $18.00



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