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Wallace, Lew, The Prince of India Or Why Constantinopel Fell Two Vols. Harper & Brothers, (0.00) First Edition, Hardcover, Good - Two volume set; dark blue boards with gold lettering on fronts and spines; very minor edgewear and shelfwear to covers and spines; one corner has a tear. Please see pictures for detail. $90.00



Walsh, John, Tears of Rage Pocket Books, (0.00) First Edition, Hardcover, Very Good - Black boards with black tape binding; gold lettering on spine; full number line; minor shelf wear to dj, which is protected with a Brodart cover and is not price clipped. ''As the host of the immensely popular 'America's Most Wanted,' John Walsh has been instrumental in the capture of nearly four hundred and fifty of this country's most dangerous fugitives. However, few know the full story of the personal tragedy behind his public crusade: the 1981 abduction and murder of his six-year-old son, Adam.'' -- from the dj $4.50



Walsh, Michael, Exchange Alley Warner Books, (0.00) First Edition, Hardcover, Very Good - Black boards with silver lettering on spine; tight clean pages and spine; dj is not price clipped and is protected with a Brodart cover. ''In the depths of the Cold War a Soviet defector comes to the CIA with a story no one wants to hear. In a dreary apartment outside Moscow a secret videotape catupres a man and a woman making franctic love tht climaxes in murder. In the woods outside a New York City suburb an NYPD detective looks at the nude, mutilated body of a man whose violent death will lead the cop into an underground world of forbidden sexuality -- and iinternational espionage.'' -- from the dj $18.00



Ward, Liza, Outside Valentine Henry Holt and Co., (0.00) Soft cover, Like New - Advanced Reading Copy $4.50



Waters, M.D., Archetype Dutton, (0.00) First Edition, Hardcover, Like New - Light blue boards with purple tape binding; silver foil lettering on spine; dj is not price-clipped and is protected with a Brodart cover. ''Emma wakes in a hospital, with no memory of what came before. Her husband, Declan, a powerful, seductive man, provides her with new memories, but her dreams contradict his stories, showing her a past life she can't believe possible: memories of war, of a camp where girls are trained to be wives, of love for another man. Somthing inside her tells her not to speak of this, but she does not know why. She knows only that she is at war with herself.'' -- from the dj $17.99



Weber, Joe, Defcon One Presidio Pr, (0.00) Hardcover, Fine - Grey boards with black tape binding; red lettering on spine; dj is not price clipped and is protected with Brodart cover; spine is tight and pages are clean. ''In this prophectic nove, the world's two superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union, are poised at the edge of Armageddon. 'Perestroika' and 'glasnost' have failed. The Soviet Union is economically desperate, fearful of being powerless internationally, and threatened by the military potential of SDI. From this base, Joe Weber plays the first-strike capabilities of one side against the other. For the Russionas, a successful deployment of an American space-based anti-missile defense system must be avoided at all costs. The Soviet General Secretary, a conservative, old-line successor to Gorbachev, and his coterie have a plan whose aim is nothing less than the total defeat of the United States.'' -- fro m the dj $18.00



Wellman, Paul J., The Walls of Jericho J.B. Lippincott Company, (0.00) Hardcover, Good - Burandy boards; gold lettering on spine, faded; spine is starting to looen, but all pages are intact; pictorial end papers; previous owner's name on ffep and title page; looks like a child got ahold of a pencil and practiced scribbling on the title page and the end papers. Pictures available upon request $4.50



Werner, E., She Fell in Love With Her Husband The F.M. Lupton Publishing Company, (0.00) Hardcover, Good - A special translation.: Green boards with pictorial cover; spine is bumped; boards show signs of wear and age; pencil marks on ffep; title page and toc are loose; two bug'' holes in pages. Pictures available upon request. $22.50



West, Jessamyn, The Witch Diggers Harcourt, Brace and Company, (0.00) Hardcover, Very Good - Light blue boards with tan binding. Black lettering on spine. Dust jacket has several chips and tears, but is now protected with a Brodart cover. Tight, clean spine and pages. Previous owner's library sticker on fep. ''With 'The Witch Diggers' [Ms. West] takes her place as one of America's major novelists...Jessamyn West brings memorable characters brilliantly to life, and her ability is unsurpassed in creating scenes like the train-ride which opens 'The Witch Diggers''' - from the dj. $15.75



Westlake, Donald E., Put a Lid on It Mysterious Press, (0.00) First Edition, Hardcover, Very Good - Black boards with silver lettering on spine; dj is protected with a Brodart cover and is not price-clipped; flat signed on title page; full number line. ''Francis Xavier Meehan (Meehan to his friends, 'Halt!' to the cops) has ten thousand rules to live by, but only one way to make a living: stealing. Then a man in a checked jacket from Washington comes to meet Meehan in the Manhattan Correctional Center with an offer Meehan cannot refuse.'' -- from the dj $17.99



White, Michael, Beautiful Assassin William Morrow & Company, (0.00) First Edition, Hardcover, Like New - Light yellow boards with orange tape binding; gold lettering on spine; dj is not price-clipped and is protected with Brodart cover. ''World War II threatens to engulf the globe. The beleaguered Soviets, struggling to hold back the rising German tide, face despair and defeat daily. Yet just as all seem lost, a fearless female sniper named Tat'yana Levchenko gains fame in the battle of Sevastopol with her remarkable composure and stunning skill. Offering hope in her nation's darkest moments, she becomes a Soviet hero, and word of her beauty and prowess eventually reaches Washginton, D.C. Soon, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt invites Tat'yana to visit America and tour the country with her.'' -- from the dj $13.50



White, Stephen, The Program Doubleday, Page & Company, (0.00) First Edition, Hardcover, Like New - 1st Edition; No Nicks or Tears in DJ $6.75



Whittier, John Greenleaf, The Early Poems of John Greenleaf Whittier Houghton Mifflin Company, (0.00) Hardcover, Poor - Red pictorial boards and spine; shows shelf wear on the edges; some loose pages. Comprising the poems: Mogg Megone, The Bridal of Pennacock, Legendary Powms, Voices of Freedom, Miscellaneous Poems, and Songs of Labor. $22.50



Wiggin, Kate Douglas, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm Grosset & Dunlap, (0.00) Hardcover, Good - Published october 1903; faded green boards with paste on pictorical cover, which has a chip in the upper right hand corner; spine is slightly slated with edge rubbing; pictures available upon request. $27.00



Wiggin, Kate Douglas, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm Grosset & Dunlap, (0.00) Hardcover, Good - Aqua=blue boards with pictorial cover; balck farmhouse scence with black lettering; spine edges are faded; endpapers show eight scenes from the movie; pages are yellowing with some stains; dj has major chips and dings, but is protected with a Brodart cover. ''Few books in American literature have achieved such lasting popularity as this fresh and delightful story of a quaint little girl who leaves home at the age of ten to live and grow up with her aunts in a distance town. Rebecca is the favorite of thousands of readers both young and old.'' -- from the dj $13.50



Wiggs, Susan, Home Before Dark Mira, (0.00) First Edition, Hardcover, Very Good - Remainder mark on bottom; minor shelf wear to dj; clean pages $6.30



Wilkins, Kim, The Autumn Castle Aspect, (0.00) Soft cover, Like New - Advanced Reading Copy $4.50



Willard, Kate Livingston, A Colony of Girls Dodd, Mead and Company, (0.00) Hardcover, Good - Faded blue boards showing some water damage; pages show some water damage; a good reading copy; gift inscription on ffep $7.65



Williams, Ben Ames, The Strange Woman Houghton, Miffin and Company, (0.00) Hardcover, Very Good - Purple boards with gold embossed lettering; previous owner's name on front end paper; spine tight, but faded; yellowing pages. $9.00



Williams, Brad and Choral Pepper, The Mysterious West The World Publishing Company, (0.00) Third Printing, Hardcover, Good - Third printing; dj has large chip out of upper left corner, now protected with Brodart cover; price clipped; light brown boards with orange foil lettering on spine; spine is tight and pages are clean. ''While 1492 is the date popularly remembered for the discovery of America, the arrival of the Vikings some centuries before Columbus has been fully documented. But could there have been Europeans roaming America's west many centuries before the Vikings arrived?'' -- from the dj $6.30



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