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Condition: very_good. Book is in very good condition and may include minimal underlining highlighting. The book can also include "From the library of" labels. May not contain miscellaneous items toys, dvds, etc. . We offer 100% money back guarantee and 24 7 customer service.

Condition: good. Book is in good condition and may include underlining highlighting and minimal wear. The book can also include "From the library of" labels. May not contain miscellaneous items toys, dvds, etc. . We offer 100% money back guarantee and 24 7 customer service.

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Soft cover. Condition: Good. ight Crawler." And he's out there, riding the tides with his victims feeding the waves after his own perverse hungers are satisfied. But when similar murders surface in London, on the Thames River, Jessica faces double jeopardy. One killer? Or two." (illustrator). The body parts were first discovered in the bellies of sharks. Marine scientists in the Florida Keys insist sharks rarely dine on live humans, so there can be only one explanation: They were dead before they hit the water. Dr. Jessica Coran knows why. They call him the "Night Crawler." And he's out there, riding the tides with his victims, feeding the waves after his own perverse hungers are satisfied. But when similar murders surface in London, on the Thames River, Jessica faces double jeopardy. One killer? Or two. Language: eng.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. This story is not just about Bev but about an entire generation of women around the world. ". There is Ruth who followed the rules, Marion who broke them, and Sylvia- who created her own. Here too are the men who loved them, used them, worshiped them (illustrator). Book Club Edition. Beverly Thyson's extraordinary rise in the ruthless world of women's fashion astonishes everyone- including herself. But her personal life (including a failed marriage and an exciting but unfulfilling affair) makes Bev feel she is lacking as a woman. Using all of her strength and intuition to reach the very pinnacle of success, she is still constantly searching for love. ISBN is for a paperback but picture is very similar to dust jacket, no ISBN listed for this edition;

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Book and dust jacket have minor wear. Binding tight. Ink writing. 208 pages. This book is a coffee table book showcasing quilts in country homes and a pattern book. In addition to photography of practical sues for quilts as throws, wall décor and bed linens, there are patterns and directions for 20 traditional blankets. The book is illustrated in color. Size: 9.25 x 10.75.

Soft cover. Condition: VG+. A VGF or better unfolded 18-page pressbook with no cuts or missing pages. Book.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Paperback. Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: New.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 40 pages. Illustrated. Sir Edmund Whittaker "Are There Eternal Truths?" / Brunsdon Yapp "Nature and the National Parks" / Richard Scott "Germany's Part in Western Defence" / Peter Abrahams "The Old Chief's Prayer" / Hilda Kuper "Cultures in transition" ("Partnership in Africa" series) / F C Bawden "The Control of Plant Diseases" (Papers).

There are 58 illustrations in half-tone and a full color reproduction of L'Anglais au Moulin Rouge. (illustrator). Second Printing. Light scattered foxing. Overall clean, tight and very good to fine. Dust jacket a little soiled. Damp spot on spine of jacket. Large 8vo. Green cloth covered boards stamped in gold. 370 pp. plus xxiv pp. index.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 44 pages. Bruce Ackermann on the Supreme Court "The Art of Stealth" / Andrew O'Hagan "In His Hot Head" / Tony Harrison "Florida Frost" (poem) / Joseph Frank "Why Sakhalin?" / Catherine Merridale "Die Tschechowa" / Mary Hawthorne "Disconnected Realities" / Marina Warner "Pick the small ones" / Sarah Manguso - 2 poems "The Black Garden" and "Wickedest Man" / David Simpson "Are we there yet?" / Peter Campbell at the Saatchi Gallery / J Hoberman "Subject, Spectator, Phantom" / Ferdinand Mount "Masses and Classes".

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. This is based on an actual case where 7 families move into a luxury high-rise and are threatened until most of them move out. When just two are left they find out not only is there home threatened but their lives also. (illustrator). 1st Edition. Blockbusting: it goes on today in every major American city. The unscrupulous real estate developers who use intimidation to manipulate the lives of others have made headlines from coast to coast. And in this tense and suspenseful novel-based on an actual case-Gerald Green portrays the human drama, and the human cost of their callous greed. Blockbuster is the story of seven families who find a luxury high-rise planned for the site of their rent-controlled walk-ups on Manhattan's Upper West Side. Overnight the peace and quiet of their homes are shattered by obscene phone calls, unexplained fires, and increasingly terrifying forms of harassment. One by one, the tenants learn the meaning of fear and helplessness, until only two couples remain.who find not only their apartments are threatened, but their lives as well.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. he Signpost" is exciting in its deep fathoming of human character and experience; but there is more to it than that, for England and France are in it, as well as Ireland, and the Kildooey signpost that points the way to Dublin may be a symbol of the times (illustrator). Book Club Edition. Here is the tender and moving love story of a convalescent RAF pilot and a young Frenchwoman whom he meets on the boat en route to Ireland, where he plans to spend the rest of his sick leave. It is also, the story of the Donegal village of Kildooey where they stay together. As the plot unfolds, it becomes evident that there are two forces at work, curing Tom Fairburn of the neurotic fear which has lingered in his tortured mind long after the healing of his wound: love for this beautiful and obviously unhappy woman who has so miraculously entered his life, and preoccupation with the small affairs of the villagers. The story of Kildooey, in true Irish style, is a mixture of paradoxes: of great courtesy in small things and carelessness and cruelty in great; of evil that comes from good intentions and good that springs from hatred and malice; of misdirected loyalty and cruel kindness. Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. ilk pitcher," an extra large covered compote in Thumbprint, or blue Daisy and Button tumblers are worth to you, but Mrs. Lee does define the limits of intrinsic value. With this book as guide there is no reason for buyer or seller to be fooled. Here are (illustrator). 1st Printing.At last the answer to what's it worth and from the foremost authority on early American Pressed Glass. Of course, no one can say what such rare items as a Bellflower "milk pitcher," an extra large covered compote in Thumbprint, or blue Daisy and Button tumblers are worth to you, but Mrs. Lee does define the limits of intrinsic value. With this book as guide there is no reason for buyer or seller to be fooled. Here are fair, proven values which have weathered depression effects and stood the test of time. More than 2,000 items in 280 patterns are priced. If you are collecting, you can find out here what you should fairly pay; what prices are ridiculous. If you have a collection you can appraise it without the personal services of an expert, for the greatest expert, Ruth Webb Lee, has set it all down here. Beside each pattern is a drawing-280 in all-to jog your memory for pattern details when you buy. Hereafter, no wise collector will acquire so much as a single celery dip without first consulting Ruth Webb Lee's Price Guide To Pattern Glass!

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 208 pages. Alice Neel "East Harlem Portraits" / Christine Lincoln "What's Necessary to Remember When Telling a Story" / Tom Bissell "Creative Types" / Alexander Kluge "In Medieval Angelology, There Are Nine Orders of Snow" / Amparo Davila "Moses and Gaspar" / Albert Murray "Art and Propaganda".

Condition: New.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 144 pages. Illustrated. We Are Not Alone. Who's Out There?; Conjuring Clouds; El Salvador Criminal Gangs; Carnivals of the Americas; Elephants' Skin; Venice Canal Reflections; Borneo Mulu Caves; Transparent Butterflies; Treehoppers; New Dinosaur; Water Quality; Safe, Cheap, Green Nuclear Energy.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 96 pages. John Goforry "The Future Arrives Last Year" / Michael Charlton "The Eagle & the Small Birds 1. The Spectre of Yalta" / Edward Pearce "Stirring up Apathy" / Jean-Francois Revel "Are there any Liberals in France?" / Peter Shaw "Letter from New York" / Anthony Thwaite "A Man We Have Met".

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

No Binding. Condition: Good. Three-ring binder, lots and lots of color photographs, much information, in good usable condition. Authors are not listed in this edition, but they've done a helluva job. Please ignore expedited shipping rates, as handling charges will apply.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. ragon." The legendary Hope Diamond is here, and the hide of General Pershing's horse. There are rocks drilled clear through by lightning and iridescent butterflies whose colorless wings refract light like prisms." (illustrator). 1st Edition. Very Large Book. To open the pages of this magnificently illustrated book is to enter the magical world of natural history. And it is to be guided among all the myriad marvels of the earth by an eloquent commentator, backed by the prodigious resources of a great institution- the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History. This extraordinary museum, which attracts five million visitors a year, is a repository of wonders beyond counting and almost beyond description. it contains specimens of virtually every plant and animal- extant or extinct- ever seen on earth. The earliest fossil known to man is here, and the oldest rock yet found. There's a flying reptile with a 40-foot wingspan and the world's one remaining "dragon." The legendary Hope Diamond is here, and the hide of General Pershing's horse. There are rocks drilled clear through by lightning and iridescent butterflies whose colorless wings refract light like prisms. In The Ntionl Museum of Natural History, Philip Kopper, while casting light on Particular exhibits, explorers far wider horizons. Indeed he gives the reader a broad and illuminating overview of the naturl sciences as they are practiced today. We learn, for example, about scientists who work with acids to release ancient trilobites from stone and about others who use the dentist;s drill to remove creatures the size of hippos from solid rock, millimeter by millimeter. Moreover, the author informs us about all the fascination aspects of the life of the Museum itself: its evolution from the time of James Smithson's bequest, its methods of research, conservation, and taxonomy, and the design and construction of areas such as the new Dinosaur Hall. He discusses new Dinosaur Hall. He discusses why and how things re collected, what purposes the collections serve, how changing scientific knowledge generates startling new insights about old specimens.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. There are 627 reproductions in black and white, 7 special drawings, 8 specially drawn maps and 2 presentation plates (illustrator). This volume deals with the period from 25th of October to 19th December 1939. Undated, probable Second World War publication date. Green boards with gilt titles. Firmly bound, mostly clean inside with no jacket. Some handling wear mostly to spine hinges with bumped corners.

Condition: New.

Hard. Condition: Poor. Illustrated with 18 engravings (there should be 20 but two are missing), beautifully executed on steel. They are mostly tissue-protected and one is by J. M. W. Turner. (illustrator). Undated [1844]. Poor. Binding copy. Front board detached. Spine cover detached. Frontispiece detached, one further plate is detached and two plates are missing altogether. Well thumbed and a little marked and foxed altogether. 316pp.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. There are many illustrators, all listed on the 'Who made this book' page No.4 (illustrator). 1st Edition. Card covers. Open tear to left top of front cover (see photo). Small nick to top of Title Page, size 5 mm gradually reducing to 2-3 mm on page 9. Text block is tight, no cracks to spine. Spine is very good with very small nicks to top edge. Front lower cover near hinge has very small tear 5 mm. Pages are tanned throughout with minimum light foxing to inner front and back covers, title page and last page. Lower spine has slight lean towards front. Old price sticker of £2.95 covering original price on back cover of £2.50. A fascinating book, produced specifically for the 'alternative' culture of the 1970's in England and Wales and covers all areas of life.

Condition: New.