Spine/covers somewhat creased, corners bumped, slightly shelf-cocked. "In San Francisco newlyweds are being stalked-and slaughtered. Enter four unforgettable women, all friends. . . Lindsay, a homicide inspector in the city's police department. . . Claire, a medical examiner. . . Jill, and assistant D.A. . . . and Cindy, a reporter who has just started working the crime desk of the San Francisco Chronicle. Joining forces, pooling their talents, courage, and brains, they have one goal: to find, trap, and outwit the most diabolical and terrifying killer ever imagined."; 16mo - over 5... View More...
Corners bumped, slight shelf wear. Jacket shows slight edge wear. A clean, tight, attractive copy. "It begins, dramatically enough, with a trial for murder. The distinguished criminal lawyer Venetia Aldridge is defending Garry Ashe on charges of having brutally killed his aunt. For Aldridge the trial is mainly a test of her courtroom skills, one more opportunity to succeed-and she does. But now murder is in the air. The next victim will be Aldridge herself, stabbed to death at her desk in her Chambers in the Middle Temple, a bloodstained wig on her head. Enter Commander Adam Dalglies... View More...
Spine rolled and creased, corners bumped, minor edge wear and rubbing. Slight tanning but text is clean and unmarked. A solid copy.
"From the innocent '50s through the turbulent '60s and '70s - years when America would touch the heavens and be torn by war in Asia and violence at home - here is the dramatic story of three men and the women they love as they carve a place for themselves in the changing America of our times. We experience their passions, tragedies, undying courage . . . Their dreams are our dreams, their triumphs ours as well. "; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall View More...
Spine a bit slanted and creased, reading crease, minor edge wear, crease across bottom corners, some darkening and soiling to covers, store stamp on front end paper. Some tanning but text is clean and unmarked. Overall a solid copy. ; Permabooks M-4242, first paperback printing. The title story originally appeared in Astounding in 1949. ; 5¾" - 6¾" Tall; 185 pages; "'Having a Daya-Bal as a Zone Agent makes me extremely uneasy,' the Executive Scientist said. 'Especially when she's given one of your ultimate space ships. ' "'I can vouch for her,' the Galactic Co-ordinator said c... View More...
Minor edge wear, creasing across lower front corner. A nice copy. ; A psychological science fiction novel of first contact together with more of James White's fascinating aliens. ; 6" - 7" Tall; 215 pages; "They had spotted the ship from Earth, and six astronauts were immediately dispatched to greet it. For five and a half months the men ate, slept, talked, and sweated within a few inches of each other, aware that any time any one of them might suicide out of loneliness, tear another to pieces from boredom, or disintegrate into madness for reasons beyond imagination. "They had ... View More...
Spine/covers show slight creasing/shelf wear. Back bottom cover and last few pages are bumped/chipped. "The double kidnapping of the daughter of a famous Hollywood actress and the young son of the Secretary of the Treasury. And that's only the beginning! Gary Soncji is a murderous serial kidnapper who wants to commit the crime of the century. Alex Cross is the brilliant homicide detective pitted against him. Jezzie Flanagan is the female supervisor of the Secret Service who completes one of the most unusual suspense triangles in any thriller you have ever read."; 16mo - over 5¾" -... View More...
Spine very slightly slanted, corners very slightly bumped. A bright, tight, attractive copy. "The double kidnapping of the daughter of a famous Hollywood actress and the young son of the Secretary of the Treasury. And that's only the beginning! Gary Soncji is a murderous serial kidnapper who wants to commit the crime of the century. Alex Cross is the brilliant homicide detective pitted against him. Jezzie Flanagan is the female supervisor of the Secret Service who completes one of the most unusual suspense triangles in any thriller you have ever read."; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" ... View More...
Orange cloth with black lettering, x + 338 pp, index, 8 pp of b/w photos. Spine a bit cocked, corners bumped, a little edge wear and rubbing. Jacket has minor edge wear, mostly at top and base of spine, and a little rubbing. A nice copy.
"An Untold Story" follows the lives of Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt through their fascinating disparate lives. Written by their third son Elliott, there are familial insights and comments that put new light on these two people who have such a prominent place in our country's history.; 7¾" - 9¾" Tall View More...
128 pp., List of Projects, Index, Selected Readings list. Scholastic #TX 398. Minor edgewear/bumping, front cover has a faint crease. Black and white photos and drawings throughout.
"Scientists are tracking down new clues to age-old mysteries: How can a moth track an odor seven miles away - without a nose? What triggers migration? Do birds navigate by the stars? . . . and many more bafflers!" Grades 3-6; 7¾" - 9¾" Tall View More...
Spine slightly slanted, very minor wear at corners. DJ has very minor shelfwear along bottom edge. A bright, attractive copy.
"Now comes the ultimate case of Alex Cross's career. Two killers - one operation in America, one in Europe - believe Alex Cross is the only worthy opponent in the deadly game each has planned. And Alex must contend with something he hasn't known since the loss of his wife: he's falling deeply in love, and this romance will make him, and her, all the more vulnerable."; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall View More...
Ex-library with stamps inside covers. Spine somewhat creased and slanted, corners bumped, a little edge wear. Some yellowing but text is clean and unmarked. A good reading copy. "A powerful scenario on the cutting edge of technology, Choosers of the Slain is set in the near future, in the icy waters of the desolate Antarctic. A lone British outpost is taken over by Argentinian forces. The world's only immediate defense is the USS Cunningham, America's first stealth warship. Its female commander is untested in battle. So begins the ultimate showdown -- a white-knuckled adventure of new war... View More...
Quarter blue cloth over purple boards, 339 pp. Corners slightly bumped, a little edge wear. Jacket in new Brodart with slight edge wear. An attractive copy of author's first novel. "A powerful scenario on the cutting edge of technology, Choosers of the Slain is set in the near future, in the icy waters of the desolate Antarctic. A lone British outpost is taken over by Argentinian forces. The world's only immediate defense is the USS Cunningham, America's first stealth warship. Its female commander is untested in battle. So begins the ultimate showdown -- a white-knuckled adventure of new ... View More...
0380499088 Spine a bit creased, some edge wear and chipping, a little cover creasing and scuffing. Overall a nice copy. ; Omnibus edition containing all four volumes in the Cities in Flight series. ; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall; 605 pages; "The epic cyclic history of the future is now brought together in one volume. In the tetralogy, James Blish has structured an entire universe in which mankind is no longer bound to the Solar System, but has become both conqueror and victim of the stars. "Blish's scale is the whole galaxy, a view that has to be awe-inspiring if he can only make you see it:... View More...
Spine somewhat slanted/creased, minor shelfwear. A bright, attractive copy.
"In Boston and an ocean away, in Ireland, two young women-both virgins- find themselves pregnant. Around the world epidemics, droughts, famines, floods, and worse threaten major cities. Terrifying forces of light and darkness are gathering, and former nun turned P I Anne Fitzgerald investigates the immaculate conceptions to discover the truth-and to save the young women, and possibly herself."; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall View More...
Minor edgewear to boards & DJ. A bright, attractive copy.
"In Boston and an ocean away, in Ireland, two young women-both virgins- find themselves pregnant. Around the world epidemics, droughts, famines, floods, and worse threaten major cities. Terrifying forces of light and darkness are gathering, and former nun turned P I Anne Fitzgerald investigates the immaculate conceptions to discover the truth-and to save the young women, and possibly herself."; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall View More...
Shelf-cocked, covers creased and dented, corners bumped, including pages. Some foxing, dampstain along top edge doesn't appear to affect pages. Paperback original. "James White turns his hand to the peculiar problems of man in space. Four ingenious tales explore some of the wild-and not so wild-possibilities; the pressures, dangers, boredom man will have to suffer, and the courage it will take to get homo sapiens to live in a totally hostile element. Excitement, suspense and the thread of realistic humor hold together these four fast moving tales of the future."; 6" - 7" Tal... View More...
Spine slightly slanted, a bit creased, a little chipping at top and base. Minor edge wear, cover shows a little creasing and some scuffing, store stamp on front end paper. Some tanning but text is clean and unmarked. A solid copy. ; Ballantine U2224, paperback original, first printing. ; 6" - 7" Tall; 175 pages; "James White has produced a long series of remarkable science fiction stories over the years - notably the running of a fantastic space hospital geared for all kinds of extra-terrestrial beings. In Deadly Litter, he turns his hand to the peculiar problems of man in space. ... View More...
209 pp, index, chapter notes, references. Corners bumped including some pages, covers bowed out, pp. 149-159 are wavy from having gotten wet. Text is clean and unmarked throughout. "In 1875 the beautiful widow Florence Ricardo married the handsome and successful young attorney Charles Bravo. One night he suddenly collapsed, and three days later he died an agonizing death. His doctors immediately determined that he had been poisoned. Despite the efforts of numerous historians, criminologists, and other writers since (including Agatha Christie) no murderer ultimately could be determined.... View More...
Spine somewhat slanted & creased, minor shelfwear. A bright, attractive copy. "On the East Anglican seacoast a small theological college hangs precariously on an eroding shoreline and an equally precarious future. Then, the body of a student is found buried in the sand, and the boy's influential father demands that Scotland Yard investigate. Adam Dalgliesh, the son of a parson, once spent happy summers at the school. A detective who loves poetry, a man who has known loss and discovery, Dalgliesh is the perfect candidate to look for the truth in a remote, rarified community of the faith... View More...
