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Patrick, William, Blood Winter Viking,
(0.00) First Edition, Hardcover,Very Good- 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 Little, Brown and Company,
(0.00) First Edition, Hardcover,Very Good- 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 Little, Brown and Company,
(0.00) First Edition, Hardcover,Very Good- Slight tear on front of dj (looks like a price sticker was ripped off); otherwise in very good condition
$9.00
Patterson, James, Honeymoon Little, Brown and Company,
(0.00) First Edition, Hardcover,Very Good- 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 Little, Brown and Company,
(0.00) First Edition, Hardcover,Very Good- 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 Little, Brown and Company,
(0.00) First Edition, Hardcover,Very Good- 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 Little, Brown and Company,
(0.00) First Edition, Hardcover,Very Good- 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 Little, Brown and Company,
(0.00) First Edition, Hardcover,Very Good- 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 Little, Brown and Company,
(0.00) First Edition, Hardcover,Very Good- 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 Little, Brown and Company,
(0.00) First Edition, Hardcover,Very Good- 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 Little, Brown and Company,
(0.00) First Edition, Hardcover,Very Good- 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
Payne, David, Back to Wando Passo William Morrow & Company,
(0.00) First Edition, Hardcover,As New- Tan boards with green binding; gold lettering on spine. DJ protected with Brodart cover. Signed by author with no inscription. ''...in his new novel, Payne introduces us to Ransom Hill, lead singer of a legendary-but-now-defunct indie rock group who has come to South Carolina to turn over a new leaf. A bighearted artist and a bit of a wild man, Ran knows that his wife Claire's patience with him hangs by a frayed thread.'' - from the dj.
$19.80
Pearson, T. Gilbert (Editor-in-Chief), Birds of America Garden City Books,
(0.00)Hardcover,Good- Tan boards with green tape binding; green ducks(?) on front cover; discolored spot on front cover; edges are worn. 106 plates in full color by Louis Agassiz Fuertes; this is a heavy book, so additional postage will be required.
$13.50
Penman, Sharon Kay, Devil's Brood Putnam,
(0.00)Hardcover,Like New- Blue boards with burgundy overlay - emobssed gold foil corss on front board; gold foil lettering on spine; dj protected with Brodart cover; not price clipped. ''In 'Time and Chance,' the second book in her trilogy, Sharon Kay Penman dealt with the extraordinary politics of the twelfth century. Climaxing with the murder of Thomas Becket and Henry's confrontation with the Chursh, it ended with Henry's self-imposed exile to Ireland. Now, in 'Devil's Brood,' Penman focuses on the implosion of a family. And because it is a royal family whose domains span the English Channel and whose alliances encompass the Christian world, that collapse will have enormous consequences. This is a story of betrayal, as Henyr's three eldest sons and his wife enter into a rebellion against him, aligning themselves with his bitterest enemy, King Louis of France. But it is also the story of a great king whose brillance forged an empire yet whose personal blind spots led him into the most serious mistakes of his life.'' -- from the dj
$13.50
Penman, Sharon Kay, When Christ and His Saints Slept Henry Holt & Co,
(0.00) First Edition, Hardcover,Very Good- Minor shelf wear to dj; Brodart dj cover; ribbon book mark
$13.95
Pennell, Joseph Stanley, The History of Rome Hanks and Kindred Matters Charles Scribner's Sons,
(0.00)Hardcover,Very Good- Black boards with gold lettering; some creasing on top of front board; spine shows some bumping; dj has a tear on the upper right front corner and some slight chipping; not price clipped ($2.75); previous owner's name on ffep; dj protected with Brodart cover. ''For dramatic impact, imaginative power, vividness of characterization and emotional intensity there are few American novels that compare with this remarkable story in which the American past and present are so brilliantly blended. This big strange book is the record of young Lee Harringon's ancestors -- chief among them his heroic great-grandfather Rome Hanks -- as recreated by Lee from what he saw and was told.'' -- from the dj
$13.50
Peters, Ralph, Traitor Avon Books,
(0.00) First Edition, Hardcover,Very Good- Sticker residue on front of dj; otherwise, nice, tight, clean copy
$6.75
Phillips, Carly, Under the Boardwalk Warner Books,
(0.00) First Edition, Hardcover,Like New- Blue boards with light blue cloth overlay; signed by author on title page; dj is not price clipped and is protected with Brodart cover. ''Ariana Costas may have moved to Vermont, but the college professor's still a Jersey girl at heart -- at least according to her wacky Greek family, a lovable clan of eccentrics that includes one spirited, foot-stomping monkey.'' -- from the dj
$18.00
Pinder, Leslie Hall, Under the House Random House,
(0.00) First Edition, Hardcover,Very Good- 1st American Edition; Minor Shelf Wear to DJ
$4.50
Poe, Edgar Allen, The Gold Bug and Other Stories The Commercial Bookbinding Co,
(0.00)Hardcover,Good- Spine cover loosening, otherwise tight binding with some shelf wear
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