Gyre & Gimble

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Book Club Edition. Black paper covered boards with gilt lettering. Boards have white splatter marks front and back. Text shows thumb smudging, even tanning. Dust jacket is battered with chips, tears, scuffing and losses. I just feel sorry for this book, I don't want to throw it in the trash. It's still got a read in it. If you order it, I will reduce the shipping to the bare minimum and ship the book in a used bubble mailer.

Paperback. Condition: Fine. Trade size photograph illustrated wraps. Hint of edgewear. Text is clean and white, no marks. "When seventeen-year-old Lara accepts her father's invitation to accompany him to a Tuscanvilla for the summer, she's both thrilled and nervous for the exotic holiday. To her delight, she soon discovers that the villa's closet neighbors are the glamorous Willoughbys, the teenaged brood of a British millionaire." (from the cover blurb).

Paperback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Stated First Edition, First Printing. Pocket-sized white wraps with black and gold lettering. Covers and outside edges show soiling, heavy scuffing to covers. Light reader's creases to spine. Text is clean and bright, evenly tanned. "Upike has creaed one of his most memorable characters: the Reverend Tom Marshfield, literate, charming, sexual, whose outrageous behavior with the ladies of his flock scadalizes his parish. The funniest book that anyone is likely to read in, well, a month of sundays.".

Paperback. Condition: Good. Seventh Printing. MMPB Moderate edgewear, light reader's crease, top outside edge soiled, does not affect text, section of photos, text clean and tight, no marks. Movie tie-in featuring Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman.

Paperback. Condition: Good. First Printing. Photo-illustrated wraps. Light rubbing to edges, small closed tear to lower edge of front cover. Movie tie-in cover photo of Clark Gable and Sophia Loren from the Paramount film. Text is clean and bright, no marks, tanned to brown. "It was a whirlwind affair- starring a slick Philadelphia lawyer and a sleek filly from the isle of Capri." (from the cover).

Paperback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Glossy illustrated wraps Wear to all edges, lower front corner missing, heel of spine is battered and torn. Reader's crease, lean. Text is clean and bright, no marks, evenly tanned. "A delicately lovely old woman of wealth and refinement, a sensually beautiful young girl from the wrong side of the tracks, There seemed nothing in common between them except for the mysterious link that bound them together in life, and the identical manner of their murders. A Hercule Poirot mystery. Stated First Edition, First Printing, New Dell Printing.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Illustrated wraps. Small scuff to heel of spine. Text is clean and white, no marks. No reader's crease. "At the age of eighty-eight, Agatha McGee, whom Hassler residents see as somewhere between "Moses and Emily Post" has grudgingly moved out of her house on River Street and into the Sunset Senior Apartments. Life is throwing Agatha plenty of curveballs- two close friends pass away, her nephew is drifting into depression, and a kidnapped little girl has suddenly appeared on her doorstep." (from the cover blurb).

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. Reprint. Trade-sized glossy illustrated wraps. Minor edgewear. Previous owner signature to inside front cover, text otherwise clean and bright, evenly tanned. Cover illustration by Roy Ellsworth. "A moving portrait of one day in the life of Tommy Wilhelm, a man on the brink of despair' (from the cover blurb).

Paperback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Light rubbing to all edges, mid general wear, rear cover shows multiple skinned spots and book is priced accordingly. Text is clean and bright, no marks, no reader's creased. Introduction by Ann J. Lane. "Brings together evidence of the searching yet playful mind of a startling American feminist. With a wicked sense of humor, she punctures the absurd pieties embedded in everyday male-female or parent-child relations.".

Paperback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Stated First Edition, First Printing. Pocket-sized blue illustrated wraps with white lettering. Light rubbing to all edges, creasing and soil to wraps. Dampstain to upper edge at margin throughout text. Text is evenly tanned and otherwise has no marks. "After sixteen years, Sansan escaped from Communist China to the U.S.A. Here's the story of how she and her friends struggled to survive under Communism." (from the cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Red cloth with gilt lettering and vignette. Faint dampstain to bottom of front cover. Text tight, white A small amount of underlining in text. Illustrated throughout with beautiful full-color plates by Andre Duenceau.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Book Club Edition. Yellow paper-covered boards with black lettering. Text is clean and bright, no marks. Dust jacket shows chips and rubbing to all edges, scuffing. "A brilliant, hard-hitting foray into Manhattan's tangled web of twisting downtown streets and crooked uptown lives".

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Oversize Yellow decorated wraps. Hint of edgewear. Text is clean and white, no marks. No reader's crease. "Takes the Ganguli family from their tradition-bound life in Calcutta through their fraught transformation into Americans." (from the cover).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Black paper-covered boards with gilt lettering. Text is clean and bright, no marks, appears unread. Dust jacket shows minor general wear and soiling. "Jump start your journey to thinness. Completely end your struggle with weigh plateaus and setbacks. Finally leave dieting and bingeing behind. Enjoy all foods without overeating for the rest of your life." (from the jacket).

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Trade sized blue wraps. Appears unread. Text is clean and white, no marks. No reader's crease.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Small square green boards with purple title block and white lettering. Sunning to top edge. Text is clean and bright, no marks. Profusely illustrated througout with full-color photographs of various varieties of rose. Price-clipped DJ shows water staining which is visible mainly from the reverse side. "Expert rosarian Ray Reddell explains what makes a winner, from blossom size and shape to the nuances of fragrance and color, then presents detailed profiles of his forty favorites selected since the awards began in 1938." (from the jacket).

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Fourth Printing. Illustrated wraps. Minor edgewear. Lower front corner shows small crease. Text is clean and bright, no marks. Cover design by Alison Scott. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs. "Makes it possible for every amateur genealogist-from the novice who is uncertain even where to begin to the more experienced unofficial family historian- to research, organize, and even publish a professional-quality family history." (from the cover blurb).

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Glossy illustrated wraps with black lettering. Light general wear, no reader's crease, appears unread. Text is clean and bright, no marks. "Long recommended by leading paper folding experts, this book is the perfect introduction to the ancient art of origami and other paper folding. It contains a crystal-clear text and more than 275 diagrams showing each stage in the paper folding process." (from the cover).

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Stated First Edition. Glossy white illustrated wraps with black lettering. Cover design by Paul Bacon. Upper front corner bumped. Text is clean and white, no marks. "A wildly comic collection of news stories documenting the humor and pathos in human absurdity." (from the cover).

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Printing. Glossy white wraps with blue lettering and photo illustration. Light rubbing to edges and minor general soil to white covers. Reader's crease to spine. Previous owner bookplate to inside front cover.Text is clean and white, no marks. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs. This book will teach you: The strokes needed for successful intermediate and advanced play, especially under pressure. The metal side of the game, and how to use it to your advantage. Special conditioning and practice tips developed and used by Strandemo. How to prepare for a tournament. What to do before, during, and between matches, and much more!

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Reprint. Blue paper-covered boards with black backstrip and gilt lettering. Text is clean and white, no marks. Unclipped DJ shows hint of edgewear to head and heel of spine.

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. First Printing. A hint of wear around the edges, the slightest curl and a tiny scrape on the front cover.otherwise this book is lovely. Text clean and tight, no marks.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Hint of bump to head of spine. Text clean and white, no marks. Unclipped DJ shows minor edgewear. "London, the summer of 1795: a season of revolutionary fervour, scientific discovery and vicious murders. Debauchery, murder and science combine in this exhilarating mystery." (from the jacket).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Red paper-covered boards with green backstrip and green metallic lettering. Hint of bump to head and heel of spine. Text is clean and white, no marks. Unclipped DJ shows minor edgewear. "Minneapolis detectives Leo Magozzi and Gino Rolseth are bored, the Twin Cities have been in a murder-free dry spell, as people no longer seem interested in killing one another. But with two brutal homicides taking place in one awful night, the crime drought ends-not with a trickle, but with an eventual torrent." (from the jacket blurb) By the authors of Monkeewrench.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Glossy pink decorated wraps with black lettering. Appears unread. No reader's crease. Text is clean and bright, no marks. "Students of Spanish will find here an enormously useful aid to building their Spanish vocabularies. Included are definitions of common Spanish words arranged by such catagories as foods, numbers, days of the week, months, colors, the seasons and family. The heart of the book is a dictionary from a to zapato, with English translation demonstrating its proper use. It belongs at the fingertips of anyone studying Spanish.

Soft Cover. Condition: Good. Minor edgewear, light curl. Lower front corner lightly creased. Text is clean and white, no marks.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. 8th Printing. Pocket-sized illustrated white wraps with purple and green lettering. Light general wear, rubbing to edges. Text is clean and bright, front endpaper free but still with the book. Evenly tanned. "The old lady had been whisked away from the nursing home, and Tuppence Beresford felt the warning prickling of her thumbs. With her only clue a painting of a house by a canal, Tuppence began her investigation. Then she too, disappeared!".

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Stated First Edition, First Printing. Orange paper-covered boards with black backstrip and copper lettering. Ex-library copy with rubbing to all edges, lean, library bookplate to front pastedown, card pocket to rear pastedown, the occasional thumb smudge in text, but overall clean and bright. Unclipped dust jacket with $15.95 price shows sunning to spine, minor general wear.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Purple illustrated wraps. Hint of edgewear. Text is clean and bright, no marks. No reader's crease. "A treasury of folklore, recipes, myths, and meditations. A trusted companion to practitioners of diverse magical paths. The calendar section includes information on the Moon's sign and phase, traditional Pagan holidays, and incense and color correspondences that will maximize the energy of your workings." (from the cover).

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Photograph illustrated wraps. Trade size. Hint of edgewear. Text is clean and white, no marks. "It is 1880 when Marian Evans-pen name to George Eliot- comes to Venice on her honeymoon with John Cross, who is twenty years her junior. She wants to start again, to forget her grief over the death of George Henry Lewes, with whom she shared twenty-five years of unwedded bliss and literary collaboration; she wants to give herself a proper happy ending, happier even than the one she provided for Dorothea Brooke, heroine of Middlemarch." (from the cover blurb).