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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority. Rust, Graham (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority. Rust, Graham (illustrator).

Condition: Good. Good condition. Acceptable dust jacket. With remainder mark. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 278 pages. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's quarter black paper with gilt lettering to spine over green boards in original pictorial wrappers. First American edition. When two armed intruders break into the Jarvises' country house, the lives of Derek, his wife Janet and daughter Hannah are to be changed forever. Fearing for their safety, Derek offers no resistance, but one of the men is not content with robbery and a brutal rape takes place. Though subsequently the men are caught, a bond of trust has been broken and Derek's family falls apart. Desperate to make amends, and hungry for revenge, he conceives a plan to punish the rapist in a way the criminal justice system has failed to do . Condition: Fine in like jacket.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 240 pages. Octavo (8 1/4" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's black cloth with gilt lettering to spine in original pictorial jacket. First American edition. The Times' referred to this work as a superior psychothriller and it certainly lives up to the epithet. The central character is Mick Harvey, who has just been released after a spell in prison. He enjoys frightening people it is his way of gaining a thrill. One day he encounters Laura and Marion, who subsequently report him for dangerous driving. Thereafter, Mick has one thought only on his mind how to exact revenge. With what might seem a simple plot at first glance, Margaret Yorke manages to keep the reader on tenterhooks right up to the fitting conclusion. Condition: Jacket closed tear at back head edge else near fine in like jacket.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 309 pages. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's black boards with gilt lettering to spine in original pictorial jacket. First edition. Deaf N.Y.C. detective Joe Binney (A Piece of the Silence, etc.) goes south--for an unshapely but mostly absorbing mixture of small-town charm, big-time embezzlement, and hefty gothic secrets. Joe's initial client is a Manhattan publisher--who wants to know why textbook salesman Charlie Welland died in a car wreck down in Caunotaucarius County. . .and what happened to $150,000 worth of missing books. Few of the locals give the Northern shamus a warm welcome, of course; he very nearly becomes a hit-and-run victim. But it isn't long before Joe zeroes in on the slimy local politico who had teamed up with the salesman in a nasty scare (leading to greedy murder). Meanwhile, however, there's been another not-so-accidental death in town: splendid Miss Rutledge, Secretary of Education and village historian, is the sole fatality when a civil building blows up--and the prime suspect is pathetic loon Honey Lewis, who's been seriously disturbed since he suffered an enigmatic childhood-trauma down in the local mine. So Joe, hired now by Honey's father, sets out to determine who really blew up that building. And the investigation soon focuses on Lewis family-history, on mine-ownership politics, and above all on the causes of Honey's bygone psychic scars. Two mini-mysteries stitched together, only half-smoothly--but the talented Livingston again provides a rich supporting cast, patches of taut action (Joe scuba-dives an abandoned mine), and strong narration for somber yet humorous Joe (who downplays his handicap effectively). Condition: Remainder mark at heal end pages. Jacket points rubbed, small closed tear at front heal corner else a near fine copy in a very good to fine jacket. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Solid binding. Boards are moderate to severely edgeworn. Shows more than the usual amount of shelf wear. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority. Rust, Graham (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority. Rust, Graham (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. AN EXCELLENT READING OR REFERENCE COPY! Hardcover. ORIGINAL 1886 PRINTING. Pages are clean and unmarked. Slightly tanned and foxed. BOOK IS SHELF-COCKED. Covers show light edge wear with rubbing to corners. Binding is tight, hinges strong.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 248 pages. Octavo (8 1/2" 5 3/4") bound in original publisher's quarter brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine over blue boards in original pictorial jacket. First edition. Something murderous is about to happen in Middle Bardolph. The sunny village seems as neat and proper as the orderly life of Mrs Newton, the grey-haired widow in an impeccably kept house. Yet a trifle more scrutiny will soon reveal a darker picture of this picture-postcard existence . . . one where acts of greed and obsession are about to turn Mrs Newton's prim life upside-down. Condition: Some shelf wear else very good in a fine jacket.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 245 pages. Octavo (8 1/4" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's quarter blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine over orange boards in original pictorial jacket. First edition. Charles Hardaway climbs the hill to his house, immediately missing the bright lights and conversation of the bar and dreading the return to his lover, who is slowly dying of AIDS. But Hardaway's self-pity is interrupted by a pipe-wielding stranger, who crushes his skull before slipping away. It's nighttime in the Castro, and another gay man has been sent to his grave. Homicide lieutenant Frank Hastings is tempted to write the killing off as another heinous instance of gay-bashing, but witnesses say the killer was alone, and seemed to know the victim. Digging into Hardaway's past, Hastings finds evidence that he was a blackmailer who pushed one of his targets to the breaking point. In a neighborhood where disease and hatred claim more and more lives every day, it seems one man has been done in by plain old-fashioned greed. Condition: Fine in like jacket. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 36 unpaginated illustrated pages. Quarto (12" x 8 3/4") bound in original publisher's pictorial stiff boards. First edition. Charles William James Keeping was an English illustrator, children's book author and lithographer. He first came to prominence with his illustrations of Rosemary Sutcliff's historical novels for children, and he created more than twenty picture books. He also illustrated the complete works of Charles Dickens for the Folio Society. Keeping won two Kate Greenaway Medals from the Library Association for the year's best children's book illustration, for his own story Charley, Charlotte and the Golden Canary (1967) and for a new edition (1981) of Alfred Noyes's poem "The Highwayman". For the 50th anniversary of the Medal (19552005), a panel named his edition of The Highwayman one of the top ten winning works, which composed the ballot for a public election of the nation's favorite. Condition: Sticker residue to cover, sticker to front end paper else very good to fine.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. xiv+152+[4 ad] pages with tables, appendices and index. Quarto (10 1/2" x 7 1/2") bound in original publisher's wrappers. Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology, Volume XLI, number 2. Reprint first published in 1954. The author of this source seeks to determine the factors which are responsible for the conversion of individual Navajo to one or another religious sect. This source treats principally the activities of the Mormons, who are settled among the Navajos at Rimrock, and a less conspicuous but also influential sect which he designates 'Galilean.' Through the analysis of survey-sample results and of life-history materials, his interpretation of Navajo conversion experience rests largely upon psychological rather than sociological foundations. Condition: Corners bumped and rubbed else very good.…

Condition: Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

paperback. Condition: Near Fine. DETAILS: sewn PAPERBACK, attractive copy, near fine, spine faded by light, tiny fleck on right foredge. SHAH, IDRIES. The magic monastery: analogical and action philosophy of the Middle East and Central Asia. London: The Octagon Press, 1995, second impression of this edition, 208pp., . 9780863040580 ISBN 0863040586.…

paperback. Condition: Fine. DETAILS: sewn PAPERBACK, fresh attractive copy, fine condition. SHAH, IDRIES, ed. . The Hundred tales of wisdom. Translated from the Persian and presented by Idries Shah. London: Octagon, 1994, second impression, 159pp., . Life, teachngs, and miracles of Jalaudin Rumi from Aflakii's Munaqib, together with certain important stories from Rumi's works, traditionally known as 'The Humdred Tales of wisdom". 9780863040498 ISBN 0863040497.…

paperback. Condition: Very Good. DETAILS: sewn PAPERBACK, very good, outer bottom corner of cover and pages is bumped and dinged, light wear to covers, otherwise very good. SHAH, IDRIES. Sufi thought and action. London: The Octagon Press, 1990, 272pp., . 9780863040511 ISBN 0863040519.

paperback. Condition: Good. DETAILS: PAPERBACK, still very good binding and pages despite fact that covers are rather scuffed and worn, upper page corners near start of book are folded, dinged. black remainder stripe on top and bottom foredges. HAMBURGER, MICHAEL. Hofmannsthal: three essays. Princeton, N.J: Princeton University Press, 1972, 155pp., . Series: Bollingen series, 216. Note wear but text and binding very good. 9780691017679 ISBN 0691017670. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Piece(s) of the spine missing. Due to age and/or environmental conditions, the pages of this book have darkened. Significant damage due to wetness. Boards are moderate to severely edgeworn. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Good hardcover. No DJ. ORIGINAL 1921 EDITION. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show light edge wear with rubbing. Hinge cracked slightly but binding intact.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Burgundy cloth. Front fold of dust jacket laid in along with a hand written note stating that this book belonged to Stuart H. Perry founder of the Adrian? Maine Daily telegram & instrumental in establishing the Associated Press. Spine lightly sunned, contents clean and tight with no marks or inscriptions. PayPal accepted.…

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paperback. Condition: Near Fine. DETAILS: sewn PAPERBACK, attractive copy, near fine, with slight wear to corners. SHAH, E. The way of the Sufi. London: Octagon Press, 2004, 287pp., . First published in 1968. - "The Way of the Sufi presents an unparalleled cross-section of material from Sufi schools, teachings and classical writings, as a basic course of Sufi study. Its author, Idries Shah, is regarded as the most influential modern exponent of Sufi ideas. His many books on the subject seek to make some of the Eastern world's greatest teachings accessible to a Western audience. In this book, Shah begins with the outward aspects of the teaching most likely to puzzle the student coming fresh to the subject. He considers various attitudes to Sufi ideas, and evidence of their absorption into medieval Christianity, Hinduism, Jewish mysticism and modern philosophical teachings. The greater part of the book illuminates aspects of Sufi activity and practice relevant to the contemporary world.". 9780863040832 ISBN 0863040837.…

paperback. Condition: Very Good. DETAILS: sewn PAPERBACK, attractive copy, very good but with small indentation at bottom rear corner which penetrates several pages, and shallower tiny indentation in front cover, book is otherwise near fine, the indentations are a mystery. SHAH, IDRIES. Thinkers of the east: studies in experientialism. London: The Octagon Press, 2002, 198pp., . First published in 1971. 9780863040795 ISBN 0863040799.…

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. DETAILS: very good used gray hardcover with small tear at bottom of spine and some splotches and stains on covers, strong sewn binding ready for reading. SHAH, IDRIES. Knowing how to know: a practical philosophy in the Sufi tradition. London: The Octagon Press, 1998, xiii, 343pp., . Contemporary esoteric systems almost invariably play on the desire of mankind to seek or acquire knowledge. Almost universally neglected in such systems are the -- often unrecognised -- barriers which prevent knowledge and understanding. Before learning can take place, certain conditions and basic factors must be in place; in the individual or the group. Building on the foundations laid in Learning how to Learn and The Commanding Self, Idries Shah in Knowing how to Know illuminates those factors. Like an ultra-violet light shone onto the petals of flowers, it reveals concealed patterns, normally invisible to our customary modes of thought. 9780863040726 ISBN 0863040721. …

Dumitriu, Petru, 1924-. Treffpunkt Jüngstes Gericht. Roman. Aus dem Französischen von Hanns Grössel. Frankfurt am Main: Fischer Bücherei, 1962, Originalausgabe der Fischer Bücherei, 193pp., small PAPERBACK, worn used copy, spine chipped, usable reading copy. Fischer Bücherei 451.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condition: good. Missing dust cover, otherwise book is in good condition with some wear from normal use.