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Pollack, John, Cork Boat Pantheon Books, (0.00) First Edition, Hardcover, Very Good - Price clipped; minor shelf wear to dj; nice clean copy $4.50



Pope, Alexander, The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope George Routledge and Sons, (0.00) Hardcover, Good - Green pictorial boards with vines and worn gilt; spine shows signs of self wear as to the edges; loose pages before title page; 485 pages with 10 pages of advertisements at the end. ''A new edition, carefully revised to which is prefixed a biographical notice. Edited by Rev. H.F. Cary, M.A. $13.50



Pratt, James Michael, Ticket Home St. Martin's Press, (0.00) First Edition, Hardcover, Very Good - Black boards, dj is not price clipped; nice, tight pages and spine. $6.75



Price, Eugenia, Where Shadows Go Doubleday, (0.00) First Edition, Hardcover, Very Good - Green boards with green tape binding; gold foil leaves on front cover; gold foil lettering on spine; dj is not price clipped and is protected with a Brodart cover. Stated First Edition with full number line. Book Two of the Georgia Trilogy. ''After giving up a career as a British RoyalMarine, John Fraser agrees to his wife Anne's fondest wish: that they return fro London to Cannon's Point, her family's plantation on St. Simons Island, Georgia. John learns about coastal planting from Anne's father, Jack Couper, and her brother, James Hamilton, both world-renowned for their agricultural expertise. From day one it's a struggle for John, for he must not only master the techniques of planting and harvesting, but he must - contracy to his deepest beliefs - become a slave owner.'' -- from the dj $9.45



Puzo, Mario, The Fourth K Random House, (0.00) First Edition, Hardcover, Very Good - Red cloth covering with black overlay; gold lettering on spine; spine is tight and pages are clean; dj is not price-clipped and is protected with a Brodart cover. ''President Francis Xavier Kennedy is elected to office, in large part, thanks to the legacy of his forebears -- good look,s privilege, wealth -- and is the very embodiment of youthful political optimism. Too soon, however, he is beaten down by the political process and, disabused of his ideals, he becomes a leader totally unlike what he has been before. As Puzo reminds us, evil often springs from man's desire to do good.'' -- from the dj $9.00



Puzo, Mario, The Fourth K Random House, (0.00) First Edition, Hardcover, Very Good - Black boards with red tape binding; gold lettering on spine; sticker residue on back of dj; dj protected with Brodart cover. ''President Francis Xavier Kennedy is elected to office, in large part, thanks to the legacy of his forebears -- good looks, privilege, wealth -- and is the very embodiment of youthful political optimism. Too soon, however, hs ie beaten down by the political process and, disabused of his ideals, he becomes a leader totally unlike what he has been before. As Puzo reminds us, evil often springs from man's desire to do good.'' -- from the dj $9.00



Queen, Ellery, The King is Dead Little, Brown and Company, (0.00) Hardcover, Very Good - Red boards with black embossed lettering. Minor shelf wear. Pages are slightly yellowed with age. $6.75



Quick, Amanda, Wicked Widow Bantam Books, (0.00) First Edition, Hardcover, Very Good - Red boards with red tape binding; dj is not price clipped, but shows minor shelf wear. $6.75



Radzinsky, Edvard, The Last Tsar: the Life and Death of Nicholas Ii Bantam Dell Pub Group, (0.00) Hardcover, Very Good - Minor Shelf Wear to DJ $4.50



Raine, William MacLeod, The Yukon Trail Pocket Books, (0.00) Mass Market Paperback, Good - Edge wear to spine; yellowing pages; otherwise a nice, clean copy. ''A pack of trouble awaited Gordon Elliot. Sent by the government to investigate the coal claims of Colby Macdonald, he soon found he was tangling with the biggest man in Alaska. Colby Macdonald had always taken what he wanted. But Gordon was there to see that the natural resources of the Yukon were protected from this unscrupulous, tight-fisted man. The hatred of the two men deepens. Both fall in love with the dark-haired beauty, Sheba O'Neill. Set against a background of rugged mountains, wide spaces, and untamed nature, this tale of strong wills and romance is full of the fiery spirit of life on the last frontier.'' - from the back cover $4.50



Ramsay, Robert L., Short Stories of America Houghton Mifflin Company, (0.00) Hardcover, Good - Black boards with chip out of lower spine; previous owner's name written on ffep; spine is starting to loosen; a good reading copy. $4.50



Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan, The Yearling Charles Scribner's Sons, (0.00) Pulitzer Prize Edition, Hardcover, Very Good - Buckram colored boards with illustrated front; illustrated end papers; front and back boards starting to pull away from spine; some minor soiling to cover; Scribner ''A'' on copyright page; a good reading copy. $31.50



Rawn, Melanie, Playing to the Gods Tom Doherty Associates, (0.00) First Edition, Hardcover, Very Good - Black boards with blue foil lettering on spine; dj is not price clipped; ''Touchstone has reached the highest levels of influence and popularity in the Kingdom of Alberyn. Their performances are always sold out, in Gallantrybanks or on the Road Cicuit.'' -- from the dj $9.00



Reeve-Stevens, Garfield, Nighteyes Doubleday, (0.00) First Edition, Hardcover, Very Good - Blue boards with blue tape binding; blue foil lettering on spine; dj protected with Brodart cover; not price clipped; some yellowing to edges of dj. ''As the sun sets on a lonely Connecticut farmhouse, the shadows come, gliding through windows, sliding up walls, enveloping Sarah Gilmour as she searches frantically for her missing child. Then the shadows, with their dark, inhuman eyes, are everywhere, surrounding her as she sobs silently, realizing with horror that they have taken her daughter, once again. And somehow Sarah knows that now they have come back -- for her.'' -- from the dj $11.25



Reichert, Mickey Zucker, Prince of Demons DAW Books, (0.00) First Edition, Hardcover, Near Fine - The Renshai Chronicles Volume Two. Green boards with green tape binding; copper lettering on spine; dj protected with Brodart cover; not price clipped; First printing, November 1996. ''As 'Beyond Ragnarok, The Renshai Chronicles Volume One' proved, sometimes the end of the universe only signals a new beginning. For in the final battle that should have seen the fiery destruction of humankind, Colbey Calistinson - son of the god Thor, and raised to become the ultimate Renshair warrior -- did not play by Odin's rules, choosing to save Midgard even at the cost of Odin's life. Colbey's triumph was not, however, without its price, and now, nearly three hundred years after the time of Ragnarok, humankind has been drawn into a new and possibly inescapably fatal trial.'' -- from the dj $13.50



Reichert, Mickey Zucker, The Children of Wrath DAW Books, (0.00) First Edition, Hardcover, Near Fine - The Renshai Chronicles: Volume Three. Cream boards with maroon tape binding; dj protected with Brodart cover; not price clipped; First printing, June 1998. ''In this final volume of 'The Renahsi Chronicle,' Mickey Zucker Reichert returns us to Midgard at a time when an uneasy peace has been attained between the mortal kingdoms because all are now caught up in a shared catastrophe, cursed with sterility by the magic of the dark elves. Yet this disaster may well plunge the kingdoms into renewed warfare. For children are humanity's most precious commodity, and the King of Pudar, convinced that his son is the father of the soon-to-be-born child the Renahsi Kevral is carrying, is threatening to make war on Bearn unless she surrends the babe to become the prince's heir.'' -- from the dj $13.50



Rhodes, Richard, A Hole in the World: an American Boyhood Simon & Schuster, (0.00) First Edition, Hardcover, Very Good - 1st Edition; Minor Shelf Wear to DJ $7.20



Rice, Anne, Blood and Gold Alfred A. Knopf, (0.00) First Edition, Hardcover, Very Good - Black boards with gold foil lettering on spine; previous owner's name on ffep; dj protected with Brodart cover; first edition. ''The Vampire Chronicles continue with Anne Rice's spellbinding new novel, in which the great vampire Marius returns. The golden-haired Marius, true Child of the Millennia, once mentor to The Vampire Lestat, always and forever the conscientious foe of the Evil Doer, reveals in his own intense yet intimate voice the secrets of his two-thousand-year existence.'' -- from the dj $13.50



Rice, Anne, Memnoch the Devil Alfred A. Knopf, (0.00) First Edition, Hardcover, Fine - Stated First Edition; black boards with black tape binding; gold foil lettering on spine; dj not price clipped; dj protected with Brodart cover. ''In Anne Rice's extraordinary new novel, the Vampire Lestat - outsider, canny monster, heor-wanderer - is ta last offered the chance to be redeemed. He is brough into direct confrontation with both God and the Devil, and into the land of Death.'' -- from the dj $11.70



Rice, Anne, Pandora Alfred A. Knopf, (0.00) First Trade Edition, Hardcover, Very Good - Black boards with black tape binding; copper foil lettering on spine; dj is not price clipped and is protected with a Brodart cover. ''The novel opens in present day Paris in a crowded care, where David meets Pandora. She is two thousand years old, a Child of the Millennia, the first vampire ever made by the great Marrius. David persuades her to tell the story of her life.'' -- from the dj $13.50



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