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Trade Paperback. Condition: Good. Light edge and cover wear. Unmarked pages. All Orders Shipped With Tracking And Delivery Confirmation Numbers.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 93 pages with photographs and bibliography. Square Royal octavo (9" x 8 1/4") bound in original publisher's pictorial wrappers. First edition. Having spent three of the last thirteen years doing anthropological research among Zinacantecos, the knows that these and similiar things provide the for for daily life. The photographs depict that life. Condition: Corners bumped, wrappers lightly soiled, light edge wear, previous owner's name on front end paper else a very good copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. xi+305 pages with plates and index. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 3/4") bound in original publisher's quarter red cloth over blue boards with gilt lettering to spine in original jacket. Foreword by Melvin Belli. First edition. Fact-filled and high-spirited, based on the written record and interview with close associate of John Connally in the legal, business and political arena, the story encompasses Connally's rise from humble beginnings to his eminence. It is a turned war hero, poor boy turned millionaire, Democrat turned Republican. Condition: Edges sunned, stain on back paste down. DW price clipped, corners chipped, spine extremties small closed tears else a very good copy in like jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 244 pages. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's black cloth with gilt lettering to spine in original pictorial jacket. First edition. A routine grieving-widow case leads world-weary private investigator Matt Murdock to the exclusive Club Lido, where he discovers blackmailers, hit men, corrupt executives, and thousand-dollar prostitutes among the upper crust of Newport Beach society. Condition: fine in like jacket.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 254 pages with diagrams and index. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's pictorial wrappers. First edition. This is a completely revised and rewritten edition of the 1983 book by the same authors. Since the earlier edition the Petroff has been enriched by the introduction of many new tactical variations, often involving castling on opposite sides, which make it an ideal weapon for the counter-attacking player. All the important variations are covered in depth with many new suggestions and improvements by the two authors, but there are still many unexplored areas for those with adventurous ideas. Condition: Gently bumped corners else near fine.

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!

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 214 pages. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 3/4") bound in original publisher's brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine in original pictorial jacket. First American edition. Retired ta inspector Mr Pringle, hero of Nancy Livingston's two previous novels, is again put to the text--this time on a sailing holiday in Greece. Condition: Slightly cocked, stain to back end papers and paste down. Jacket spine sunned else very good in a very good to fine jacket.

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

paperback. Condition: Good.

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.

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

Condition: good. Befriedigend/Good: Durchschnittlich erhaltenes Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit Gebrauchsspuren, aber vollständigen Seiten. / Describes the average WORN book or dust jacket that has all the pages present.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 294 pages. Octavo (8 1/2" x 6") bound in original publisher's quarter blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine over blue boards in original pictorial jacket. First edition. Gideon Oliver expects to be amicably bored when he takes on the role of "accompanying spouse" at a lodge in the magnificent wild country of Glacier Bay, Alaska, where his forest ranger wife, Julie, is attending a conference. But it turns out to be exactly his cup of tea. There is another group at the lodge: six scientists on a memorial journey to the site of a thirty‐year‐old glacial avalanche that killed three of their colleagues. Their leader is TV's most popular science personality, the unctuous M. Audley Tremaine, who is the sole survivor of the fatal avalanche. But he does not survive long and is soon found hanged in his room. If that is not upsetting enough, shocked hikers discover human bones emerging from the foot of the glacierare they the shattered remains of the three who died, finally seeing daylight after their two‐mile, three‐decade journey within the glacial flow? When the FBI seeks expert help, everyone agrees how fortunate it is that Dr. Oliver, the famed Skeleton Detective, is on the scene. Everybody, that is, but the person who wants ancient history to stay that wayand who believes that murder is the surest way to keep the past buried. Icy Clutches is the 6th book in the Gideon Oliver Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order. Condition: Slightly cocked else near fine in a fine jacket.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Facsimile Ed. [viii]+369+[14 ad] pages with frontispiece, diagrams and index. Octavo (8 8 1/2" x 5 1/4") bound in original publisher's pictorial wrappers. Translated by J Du Mont. Introduction by W H Watts. First published in 1936. "Chess Praxis" is the fullest exposition of Nimzovich's new analysis and theories, and it is beyond question one of the dozen most important books ever written about chess. The development of the author's ideas is both rich and extremely clear. Each possible maneuver situation is illustrated by at least two games, showing Nimzovich's surprising resources against other chess masters. Condition: Corners and spine heal bumped else very good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 304 pages with two page pictorial title, photographs, drawings, illustrations, plates (some in color) and index. Quarto (10" x 6 3/4") bound in original publisher's black cloth with gilt letter to spine in original pictorial jacket. First edition. Whether he was God, or man, or myth, one thing is certain about Jesus Christ; no one has had a greater influence on human history. And no single strand traces such an intriguing pattern through the past 2,000 years, involves so many different cultures, brings in such varied are and architecture, or explains so much that is familiar and half-familiar as the story of the Christians. Condition: Shelf wear, some underlining, musty odor. Front wrapper heal corner bruised and wrinkled, edge wear else about very good in like jacket.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. xix+272 pages with tables, glossary and index. Octavo (9" x 6") bound in original publisher's wrappers. From the library of George M Foster. First edition. This ethnographic study offers a detailed and surprising picture of how modern bio-medicine is altered when practiced in a developing country. Addressing the question of therapeutic outcome, Kaja Finkler examines various aspects of bio-medicine that influence patient response, including specific components of the doctor-patient relationship. Her study sheds light on the ways in which bio-medicine is molded by cultural context and distinguishes and universal, culturally specific, and idiosyncratic components of medical beliefs and practices. Although the focus is on bio-medicine, this unique book also addresses the interplay between traditional healing and bio-medical treatment. Condition: Foster's stamp to half title page, spine sunned else a near fine copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. xi+208 pages with maps, tables, charts, photographs, appendices, bibliography and index. Octavo (8 3/4" x 5 3/4") bound in original publisher's beige cloth with brown lettering to spine in original jacket. First edition. This study of economic change in Zinacantan, a community of 9000 Maya Indians in Southern Mexico, stresses the influence of uncertainty on the decisions made by farmers in response to the new economic opportunities provide by government programs. Condition: Jacket price clipped; lightly soiled else a very good to fine copy in a very good jacket.

paperback. Condition: Near Fine. DETAILS: oblong sewn PAPERBACK, near fine copy. SCHENKER, HEINRICH. Five graphic music analyses (Fünf Urlinie-Tafeln). With a new introduction and glossary by Felix Salzer. New York: Dover Publications, 1969, 61pp., . First published in 1933, this is a second revised edition. - Contains analyses of the chorale, Ich bin's ich sollte büssen fro the St. Matthew Passion, and Prelude no. 1 in C major, from the Well-tempered clavier, v. 1, by J.S. Bach, Sonata in E-flat major, H. XVI, no. 49, by J. Haydn, and the Etudes, op. 10, no. 8 and 12 by F. Chopin. 9780486222943 ISBN 0486222942 9.80.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Item may have minor to moderate cosmetic defects (marks, wears, cuts, bends, crushes) on the cover, spine, pages or dust cover. Shrink wrap or dust cover, may be missing. Item may contain remainder marks on outside edges. Pages may contain limited notes or highlighting. Good reading copy.

Hardback. 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.

Condition: acceptable. Supports Goodwill of Silicon Valley job training programs. The cover and pages are in Acceptable condition! Any other included accessories are also in Acceptable condition showing use. Use can include some highlighting and writing, page and cover creases as well as other types visible wear such as cover tears discoloration, staining, marks, scuffs, etc. All pages intact.

paperback. Condition: Very Good. DETAILS: PAPERBACK, very good copy BUT curved forwards due to stacking or reading so it does not lie flat. TANNER, TONY. Jane Austen. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1986, later printing number line ending in 5, ix, 291pp., . CONTENTS: Jane Austen and the Novel - Jane Austen and Society - Jane Austen and Education - Jane Austen and Language - Anger in the Abbey Northhanger Abbey - Secrecy and Sickness: Sense and Sensibility - Knowledge and Opinion: Pride and Prejudice - THE Quiet Thing: Mansfield Park - The Match Maker: Emma - In Between Persuasion - The Disease of Activity: Sandition. 9780674471740 ISBN 0674471741.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. With owner's bookplate, else fine.

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. Reprint; no covers; ex-library; minor shelfwear w/ light creasing of leaves; small light staple stains near hinge of first page and blank verso of last leaf; o/w in good condition.

paperback. Condition: Near Fine. DETAILS: PAPERBACK, near fine, attractive copy. STODDARD, ROGER E. Poet and printer in colonial and federal America: some bibliographical perspectives. Worcester, Mass.: American Antiquarian Society, 1983, 265-361pp., . Reprinted from the Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society, volume 92, part 2, October 1982. - The introduction alone is a fabulous description of the job of the historical bibliographer, tracking down multiple copies of the "same" book to discover small changes, errata slips, copyright notices in some and not in others, added sections of pages and the like. Great fun.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Good to Very Good. Painted cover (illustrator). Fifth Edition. 188 pages; ** Goodreads: The time is 1902. The setting, eastern Oregon. Magic Child, a 15-year-old Native American girl, wanders into the wrong whorehouse looking for the right men. She finds Cameron and Greer, two gunmen taking a timeout from the game after an aborted job in Hawaii. Their violent past doesn't concern Magic Child. She wants them to kill a monster for her, one she says lives in the ice caves under the basement of Miss Hawkline's yellow house, and one she says has killed before. But the more she tells them about the monster, the more her story unravels, until it isn't clear if the monster is even real, or if anything else is. Richard Brautigan's classic surrealist novel has inspired for decades with its wild, witty, and bizarre encounters with western-themed psychedelia. ** Genres: Fiction, Horror, Westerns, Gothic, Fantasy, Humor, Novels, American, Literature, Historical Fiction; >> Moderate creasing and Scuffing to covers, Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Tormented by his harrowing wartime experiences and the loss of his family, Inspector John Madden is sent by Scotland Yard to investigate when a small Surrey village is torn apart by five horrific murders and joins forces with a beautiful doctor to capture the killer, a demented veteran of World War I. This copy is an EX-LIB with the usual markings, labels but with a tight, straight binding, a first printing with the bright, price-intact dustjacket in mylar covering. The book will be carefully wrapped and boxed for safe shipping.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Not a book but a 12-inch, 33-1/3 vinyl monaural record album, Liberty LRP-3258, near-mint vinyl in a very-good-plus cardboard jacket, including Jackson-Dixon's "I Don't Want To Cry," Presley & Matson's 'Love Me Tender," Elgin-Dixon-Rogers' "Hundred Pounds of Clay," Hilliard & Bacharach's "Tower of Strength," and yes, Goffin-King's "Point of No Return." Produced by Snuff Garrett.