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Overton, Grant (Ed), The World's Fifty Best Short Novels: Vol. Ii (0.00) Hardcover, Very Good No Jacket, - 16mo - over 5¾'' - 6¾'' tall Blue boards with gold design on spine; pages are slightly yellowed; spine is tight and all pages appear to be in tact. Volume Two. Contents: I Want to Know Why by Sherwood Anderson, The Friends by Sacy Aumonier, The Biography of Blade by Zona Gale, The outcasts of Poker Flat by Bret Harte, A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, and The Ship in the Bottle by James Hopper.. $4.50



Ozick, Cynthia, Heir to the Glimmering World (0.00) First Edition, Trade Paperback, Very Good No Jacket, - 8vo - over 7¾'' - 9¾'' tall A Mariner book. Minor crease to front cover; minor bumps to edges; signed by author ''To Becky.'' ''Set in the New York of hte 1930'2,...is a spellbinding, richly plotted novel brimming with intriguing characters. Orphaned at eighteen, with few possessions, Rose Meadows find steady employment with the Mitwisser clan. Recently arrived from Berlin, the Mitwissers rely on the auspieces of a generous benefactor, James A'Bair, the discontented heir to a fortune his father, a famous children's author, made from a series of books called The Bear Boy.'' - from the back cover $9.00



Paretsky, Sarah, Hard Time (0.00) Trade Paperback, Good - 8vo - over 7¾'' - 9¾'' tall Large print edition $4.50



Parker, Gilbert, The Right of Way (0.00) Hardcover, Good No Jacket, - 12mo - over 6¾'' - 7¾'' tall Green boards with faded gold lettering; spine is rubbed; edges of boards show shelf wear; four pages of advertising at back; pages are yellowed; pictures available upon request. $6.75



Parker, Gilbert, The Right of Way (0.00) Hardcover, Good No Jacket, - 12mo - over 6¾'' - 7¾'' tall Greenish boards with pictorial cover; front board is loose and there are some spots; pages are yellowing; bumping to edges; previous owner's name on ffep; 419 pages. $7.20



Parker, Robert B., Melancholy Baby (0.00) Hardcover, Very Good Very Good, - 8vo - over 7¾'' - 9¾'' tall Black boards with gold embossed lettering on spine; dj shows very minor shelf wear. ''Boston P.I. Sunny Randall - as conflicted as she is beautiful - helps a troubled young woman locate her birth parents, only to uncoer some dark truths of her own.'' - from the dj $6.75



Parks, Carol, Great Sewing Accessories - to Sew (0.00) First Edition, Hardcover, Very Good Very Good, - 4to - over 9¾'' - 12'' tall Some dings to dj; 112 pp. ''The best way to organize your 'fabric, needles, thread strewn everywhere' sewing room is to keep sewing. You can actually contine to do what you love while you turn your room into an efficient and charming workstation.'' -- from the dj. Like new copy. $4.50



Pasternak, Boris, Doctor Zhivago (0.00) Hardcover, Very Good No Jacket, - 8vo - over 7¾'' - 9¾'' tall Red boards with gilt signature; black and gold lettering on spine; tight, clean pages; a few water spots on the boards. Translated from the Russian by Max Hayward and Manya Harari $9.00



Patchin, Frank Gee, The Battleship Boys in Foreign Service (0.00) Hardcover, Very Good No Jacket, - 12mo - over 6¾'' - 7¾'' tall Purple boards with black embossing; bumps to top and bottom of spine; inscription to previous owner on front end paper Aunt and Uncle; 212 pps. $9.00



Patrick, William, Blood Winter (0.00) First Edition, Hardcover, Very Good Good, - 8vo - over 7¾'' - 9¾'' tall Red boards with black tape binding; slight slant to spine; gold lettering on spine; remainder mark on bottom edge; dj protected with Brodart cover; not price clipped. ''A thriller of rich textures steeped in the atmosphere of Berlin in 1917, 'Blood Winter' is the story of a beautiful woman trapped within the most tragic war in human history, and the men who battle each other to unravel her deadly secret. Germans are starving after three years of slaughter on the Western Front. A British blockade strangles the nation as dogs and cats disappear into black-market sausage, and cryptic messages reach London from Berlin, fanning rumors of German retaliation, of one last deperate offensive relying on the cruelest weapon of all: disease.'' -- from the dj $9.00



Patterson, James, 1st to Die (0.00) First Edition, Hardcover, Very Good Very Good, - 8vo - over 7¾'' - 9¾'' tall Black boards with red tape binding; silver foil lettering on spine; dj protected with Brodart cover; not price clipped; full number line; pages slightly yellowed. ''Four women -- four friends -- share a determination to stop a killer who has been stalking newlyweds in San Francisco. Each one holds a piece of the puzzle: Lindsay Boxer is a homicide inspector in the San Francisco Police Department, Claire Washburn is a medical examiner, Jill Bernhardt is an assistant D.A., and Cindy Thomas just started working the crime desk of the 'San Francisco Chronicle.''' -- from the dj $18.00



Patterson, James, 4th of July (0.00) First Edition, Hardcover, Very Good Good, - 8vo - over 7¾'' - 9¾'' tall Slight tear on front of dj (looks like a price sticker was ripped off); otherwise in very good condition $9.00



Patterson, James, Honeymoon (0.00) First Edition, Hardcover, Very Good Very Good, - 8vo - over 7¾'' - 9¾'' tall Blue boards with black tape binding; dj protected with Brodart cover; not price clipped; 390 pps. ''How does it feel to be desired by every man and envied by every woman? Wonderful. This is the life Nora Sinclair has dreamed about, the life she's worked hard for, the life she will never give up. When FBI agent John O'Hara first sees her, she seems perfect. She has the looks. The career. The clothes. The wit. The sophistication. The tantalizing sex appeal. The whole extraordinary package -- and men fall in line to court her. She doesn't just attract men, she enthralls them. So why is the FBI so interested in Nora Sinclair? Mysterious things keep happening to people around her, especially the men. And there is something dangerous about Nora when Agent O'Hara looks more closely -- something that lures him at the same time that it fills him with fear.'' -- from the dj $4.95



Patterson, James, Sam's Letters to Jennifer (0.00) First Edition, Hardcover, Very Good Good, - 8vo - over 7¾'' - 9¾'' tall Light blue boards with dark blue tape binding; silver lettering on spine; dj protected with Brodart cover; not price clipped; 263 pps. ''Have you ever gotten a letter that changed your life completely? It happened to me once. I can still feel the urgency that overtook me as I opened the envelope and the hunger I felt for whatever that letter would say. It seemed as if my entire life hung in the balance as I read. 'Sam's Letters to Jennifer' is a novel about that kind of drama. In it, a woman is summoned back to the town where she grew up. And in the house where she spent her most magical years she finds a series of letters addressed to her. Each of those letters is a piece of a story that will completely upend the world she thought she knew -- and thorw her into a love more powerful than she ever imagined could be possible.'' -- from the dj $7.20



Patterson, James and Paetro, Maxine, 4th of July (0.00) First Edition, Hardcover, Very Good Very Good, - 8vo - over 7¾'' - 9¾'' tall Yellow boards with yellow tape binding; red lettering on spine; dj protected with Brodart cover; dj not price clipped; 392pp. ''Detective Lindsay Boxer and the Women's Murder Club make a courageous return for their fourth and most chliling case ever -- one that could easily be their last. In a late-night showdown after a near-fatal car chase, San Francisco police lieutenant Lindsay Boxer has to make an instantaneous decision: in self-defense, she fires her weapon -- and sets off a chain of events that leaves a plice force disgraced, an entire city divided, and a family destroyed. Now everything she's worked her entire life for hinges on the decision of twelve jurors.'' -- from the dj $6.30



Patterson, James and Paetro, Maxine, 5th Horseman (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 protected with Brodart cover; price sticker on back of dj; dj not price clipped; 409 pp. ''Somebody dies. A young mother is recuperating in a San Francisco hospital when she is suddenly gasping for breath. The call button fails to bring help in time. The hospital's doctors, some of the best in the nation, are completely mystified by her death. How did this happen? Apocalypse nears. This is not the first such case at the hospital. Just as patients are about to be released with a clean bill of health, their conditions take adevastating turn for the worse.'' -- from the dj $6.30



Patterson, James and Paetro, Maxine, 7th Heaven (0.00) First Edition, Hardcover, Very Good Very Good, - 8vo - over 7¾'' - 9¾'' tall Mustard yellow boards with teal tape binding; red foil lettering on spine; dj protected with Brodart cover; dj not priced clipped; 376pp. ''A very public disappearance. California's 'Boy with a Broken Heart,' the teenage sone of a recent governor, has disappered under mysterious circumstances. Michael Campion, born with an incurable heart defect, has grown up under the watchful eye of an adoring public. The pressure on detective Lindsay Boxer to learn what happened to Michael is overwhelming. When she finally does get a lead, it's devastating -- and for Assistant District Attorney Yuki Castellano it leads to the biggest trial of her life.'' -- from the dj $9.00



Patterson, James and Paetro, Maxine, The 6th Target (0.00) First Edition, Hardcover, Very Good Very Good, - 8vo - over 7¾'' - 9¾'' tall Black boards with black tape binding; silver lettering on spine; slight slant to spine; dj protected with Brodart cover; dj not price clipped; 390pp. ''A terrifying attacker. A horrifying burst of gunfire on a crowded ferry leaves several people dead -- and one woman fighting for her life. That victim is a member of the Women's Murder Club, four friends who join forces on their toughest cases when traditional methods get them nowhere. Inspector Lindsay Boxer pursues one tantalizing lead after another in her attempt to bring in the man who tried to kill her friend. But nothing makes sense in the most twisted, frightening case the Women's Murder Club has ever faced.'' -- from the dj $6.30



Patterson, James with Andrew Gross, 2nd Chance (0.00) First Edition, Hardcover, Very Good Very Good, - 8vo - over 7¾'' - 9¾'' tall Black boards with black tape binding; copper foil lettering on spine; dj protected with Brodart cover; not price clipped; previous owner's name on ffep; stated First Edition. ''The sensational killings that have rocked San Francisco appear to be unrelated except in their brutality. But detective Lindsay Boxer senses there's some thread connecting them all. She calls her friends in the Women's Murder Club together to see if they can discover what it is. Surely some clue has been overlooked by their bosses and male colleagues.'' -- from the dj $13.50



Patterson, James; Gross, Andrew, 3rd Degree (0.00) First Edition, Hardcover, Very Good Very Good, - 8vo - over 7¾'' - 9¾'' tall Black boards with red tape binding; gold foil lettering on spine; dj proected with Brodart cover; not price slipped; some writing on ffep; stated First Edition. ''Detective Lindsay Boxer is jogging along a beautiful San Francisco street when a fiery explosion rips through the neighborhood. A town house owned by an Internet millionaire is immediatley engulfed in flames, and when Lindsay plunges inside to search for survivors, she finds three people dead. An infant who lived in the house cannot be found -- and a mysterious message at the scene leaves Lindsay and the San Francisco Police Department completely baffled.'' -- from the dj $7.20



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