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paperback. 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!

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. xiv+274 pages with map, plates and glossary. Royal octavo (9 1/4" x 6") bound in original publisher's quarter green cloth with gilt lettering to spine and inverse black decoration over black blind-stamped boards in original pictorial jacket. First edition. A woman who moved to Fiji and became involved with and married a local fisherman, describes the struggles she and her husband have gone through in adjusting to and ultimately coming to appreciate their radically different cultures. Condition: Remainder stamp to heal end pages else near fine in like jacket.

Paperback. Condition: Good. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 531 pages. Royal octavo (9 1/4" x 6") bound in original publisher's beige boards with red gilt lettering to spine in original pictorial jacket. First edition. This startling modern epic by one of our finest novelists brings to fictional life the beautiful, tragic figure of Marilyn Monroe and two other mythical presences crucial to the mystery of Normalyn's birth, John and Robert Kennedy. A suspenseful story, a romance, a unique literary creation that explores the origins of legends and their power over truth, this novel introduces in Normalyn Morgan, one of the most memorable heroines in modern American fiction. Condition: Fine in like jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 156 pages. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's red cloth with gilt lettering to spine in original pictorial jacket. First American edition. Pieces of Greek pottery discovered in North Oxfordshire lead to the murder of an eccentric antiquarian who found them. Archaeologist Ben Jonson becomes involved, along with art thieves, kidnappers, and a beautiful girl named Joy. Condition: Jacket comers and spine ends rubbed else a near fine copy in a very good to fine jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardcover. No DJ. Ex-library with usual markings and re-bound by library. Text contains light underlining/marking. Covers show minor shelf wear. Binding is tight, hinges strong.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. vii+339 pages with index. Royal octavo (9 1/2" x 6 1/2") bound in original publisher's quarter black cloth with silver lettering to spine over blind stamped grey boards with the initial HJ in original jacket. First edition. Haynes Johnson takes the reader into the heart of the capital;, and in a compelling narrative tells the story of governmental crisis. His book, based on important and never-before-published conversations - with the President, congressional leaders, key bureaucrats in the federal agencies and ordinary citizens - is an authoritative, often surprising account of presidential leadership and presidential failure. Condition: Some spotting to fore edge pages, corners gently bumped. Jacket lightly soiled else aq very good copy in a near fine jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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paperback. Condition: Near Fine. PAPERBACK, cover price $7.95, attractive copy, appears unused. WELDON, FAY. Letters to Alice on first reading Jane Austen. New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers, Inc., 1991, 2d printing, revised, 155pp., . Cover design by Roy Colmer. CONTENTS: The city of invention -- A terrible time to be alive -- A training in docility -- The mantle of the Muse -- Pity the poor writer -- Letter to a sister -- Emma lives! -- "Oh! It's only a novel!" -- "I never read much" -- "Are you sure they are all horrid?" -- "An annuity is a serious business" -- Let others deal with misery -- "You have delighted us long enough" -- A gently lingering illness -- A publisher's offer -- The marvel of creation. 9780881845990 ISBN 088184599X 7.20.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration.

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Paperback. Condition: Fair. Illustrated (illustrator). A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration.

paperback. Condition: Good. DETAILS: PAPERBACK, cover price $14.00, tape repair at top of front cover, otherwise very good with light wear to foredges. red remainder stamp on bottom foredge. BRENDEL, ALFRED. Music sounded out: essays, lectures, interviews, afterthoughts. New York: Noonday Press, 1992, viii, 258pp., . CONTENTS: A Mozart player gives himself advice -- Must classical music be entirely serious?: 1. The sublime in reverse ; 2. Beethoven's Diabelli Variations -- The text and its guardians: Notes on Beethoven's Piano Concertos -- Beethoven's new style -- Schubert's last sonatas -- Testing the grown-up player: Schumann's 'Kinderszenen' -- The noble Liszt -- Liszt's 'Années de pèleringe' I and II -- Liszt's B minor Sonata -- Liszt's Bitterness of heart -- Busoni's 'Doktor Faust' -- Furtwängler -- A case for live recordings -- On recitals and programmes -- Two interviews: Bach and the piano (with Terry Snow) ; On Schnabel and interpretation (with Konrad Wolff). 9780374523312 ISBN 0374523312 15.00.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 299 pages. Octavo (8 1/2" x 6") bound in original publisher's quarter brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine over blue boards in original pictorial jacket. First edition. When a dismembered corpse is found in the compartments of an antique secretaire a abattant, Marshall Trueblood, recipient of the precious piece of furniture, is the first to protest: "I bought the desk, not the body, send it back." Who would want to kill Simon Lean, the greedy nephew of the wealthy Lady Summerston? Leave it to Superintendent Richard Jury of Scotland Yard to suggest a connection to the murder of brassy Limehouse lady named Sadie Driver, found dead near Wapping Old Stairs.if that stone-cold body on the slipway is really Sadie. Not even her brother, Tommy, on a visit from Gravesend, can swear to it. Condition: Points gently bumped, slightly cocked else very good in a near fine jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 218 pages. Octavo (9" x 8 1/4") bound in original publisher's quarter black cloth with gilt lettering to spine over dark grey boards in original pictorial jacket. First edition. After eight hard years in San Quentin prison, Runyan is out and ready to lead a quiet life - an honest life. But certain people have been planning for the day of his release - people who desperately want the two million dollars in diamonds Runyan was carrying just before he went to jail . Like the insurance investigator who arranged his parole. A beautiful woman who wants him alive. The unknown killer who definitely wants him dead. Runyan goes to recover the diamonds from where he has stashed them, so he can buy his way out . but the diamonds are gone. Now he must pull another robbery - something he swore never to repeat - and use the proceeds to stay alive. Condition: Remainder mark to head page ends else near fine in like jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 333 pages. Royal octavo (9 1/2" x 6 1/2") bound in original publisher's quarter aqua cloth with gilt lettering to spine over light aqua boards in original pictorial jacket. First edition. "When Scotland Yard superintendent Richard Jury is drawn into a brief affair with a troubled widow named Jane Holdsworth, her subsequent death makes him a suspect in her murder. Unable to leave London, Jury sends Melrose Plant, eighth Earl of Caverness to the Lake District to pry open the Holdsworth family's locked box of secrets. Plant does what he is bidden, in his own particular style, and what he uncovers is a shocking sheaf of surprises about the death-prone Holdsworth clan and its growing number of orphans. Condition: Spine ends pushed else very good to fine in a near fine jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 206 pages. Royal octavo (9 1/2" x 6 1/4" bound in original publisher's quarter purple cloth with gilt lettering to spine over black boards in original pictorial jacket. In The Miraculous Day of Amalia Gomez, Amalia Gomez thinks she sees a large silver cross in the sky. A miraculous sign, perhaps, but one the down-to-earth Amalia does not trust. Through Amalia, we take a vivid and moving tour of the "other Hollywood," populated by working-class Mexican Americans, as John Rechy blends tough realism with religious and cultural fables to take us into the life of a Chicano family in L.A. Epic in scope and vision, The Miraculous Day of Amalia Gomez is classic Rechy. Condition: Remainder mark a head end pages. Jacket spine sunned else near fine in a very good to fine jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. ix+203 pages with tables, bibliography and index. Octavo (8 3/4" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's grey cloth with gilt lettering to spine. First edition. Condition: Some occasional pencil marginalia else very good.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 111+[1 ad] pages with diagrams and index. Octavo (9" x 6") bound in original publisher's pictorial wrappers. First edition. In the World of Tactics is the only collection of each year's finest chess combinations. See today's top-rated Grandmasters (including the World Champion!) conjure their tactical wizardry at "crunch time, " in the toughest elite tournaments of 1997. Each diagram shows the decisive moment, when either careful precision is required, or else all the subtlety of a hammer-blow! Best of all, Grandmaster Anatoly Lein's renowned analytical spotlight illuminates the hidden variations, revealing why tempting alternatives were never played. The year's sharpest encounters, explained by a veteran professional Grandmaster.In the World of Tactics is the perfect substitute for those endless magazine subscriptions, newspapers, bulletins and databases. Grandmaster Lein has selected the most instructive combinations of the year, gathering the very best of 1997 into one convenient and inexpensive volume. Want an overview of the year's top tournaments? Collecting tactical positions? Just looking to get better? Forget that dreary sifting and searching through reams of information, and let Grandmaster Lein cut through the clutter - you can't lose! Condition: Light edge wear else very good to fine.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 241 pages. Royal octavo (9 1/4" x 6 1/4") bound in original publisher's quarter black cloth with silver lettering to spine in original pictorial jacket. First edition. Det. Sgt. Tommy Donahoo, aided by rookie SDPD investigator Cruz Martino, plunges into dark side of slum-ridden Tijuana while investigating the bizarre rape-murder of a beautiful Tijuana socialite, but he soon discovers that his real goal is to assassinate Diablo, the man responsible for Tijuana's ruin. Condition: Near fine in a fine jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 262 pages. Royal octavo (9 1/4" x 6 1/4") bound in original publisher's quarter orange cloth with gilt lettering to spine over brown boards in original illustrated jacket. First edition. San Diego Police Sergeant Tommy Donahoo, a hard-drinking, hard-loving, hard-boiled cop, chases not one, but two different madmen intent on shooting down a commercial airliner over a residential neighborhood, both hoping to use the disaster to make a killing in real estate. It's a taut, fast-moving, darkly funny novel that combines the authenticity of a police procedural with the white-knuckle suspense of a non-stop thriller. Condition: Near fine in a fine jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. xxxvi+555 pages with pictorial title, illustrations, bibliography and index. Royal octavo (9 1/2" x 6 1/2") bound in original publisher's quarter brown cloth with silver lettering to spine and pictorial to cover over beige boards in original pictorial jacket. First edition. Presents Jewish viewpoints, both ancient and modern, on contemporary issues such as abortion and birth control, the environment, civil disobedience, business ethics, the position of women, divorce, gossip, test-tube babies, getting along better with our children, protecting our bodies, and preserving our health. Condition: Remainder mark to heal end pages. Jacket chip at front head edge near hinge with closed tear else very good in like jacket.

paperback. Condition: Fine. DETAILS: PAPERBACK, cover price UK 7.99 pounds, fresh attractive copy, fine condition, appears unused. KLÜGER, RUTH. Landscapes of memory: a Holocaust girlhood remembered. London: Bloomsbury, 2004, later printing, 288pp., . 9780747568407 ISBN 0747568405.

paperback. Condition: Very Good. DETAILS: PAPERBACK, very good with only slightest wear, appears little used if at all. RORTY, RICHARD. Contingency, irony, and solidarity. Cambridge University Press, 2005, 24th printing, xvi, 201pp., . CONTENTS: pt. 1. Contingency: The contingency of language -- The contingency of selfhood -- The contingency of a liberal community -- pt. 2. Ironism and theory: Private irony and liberal hope -- Self-creation and affiliation: Proust, Nietzsche, and Heidegger -- From ironist theory to private allusions: Derrida -- pt. 3. Cruelty and solidarity: The barber of Kasbeam: Nabokov on cruelty -- The last intellectual in Europe: Orwell on cruelty -- Solidarity. 9780521367813 ISBN 0521367816.

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Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned.

Paperback. 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!