Spine slanted and slightly creased, corners bumped, corner creased, ex-library with minimal stamps. Text is bright and clean. "When an unmarked fighter with her guns blazing came screaming out of the sun, the pilot of the peaceful airliner en route for Hanoi had no chance of avoiding the murderous fire. The airliner crashed into the trackless wastes of Burma. Amazingly, eleven people survived, and with them was a dying man who told of a fantastic plot to destroy the American bomber base on the tropical islands of Nakai. One of the eleven had to get back to civilisation to stop the hol... View More...
Spine a bit slanted, corners bumped including a few pages, a little edge wear and rubbing. Interior clean and unmarked. A nice copy in large print. "New York City, 2059. A pioneer of modern reconstructive and cosmetic surgery is found murdered in his office - by one swift, chillingly efficient, stab to the heart. Struck by the immaculate condition of the crime scene, Detective Eve Dallas suspects a professional killing. Security disks show a stunningly beautiful woman calmly entering and leaving the building - the good doctor's final appointment. The saintly Dr. Icove had devoted his life to ... View More...
Ex-library with stamp inside cover and pocket on back end paper. Spine slightly cocked, slight edge wear, interior clean and unmarked. Jacket has a little edge wear and label taped to spine. A nice copy in large print. "New York City, 2059. A pioneer of modern reconstructive and cosmetic surgery is found murdered in his office - by one swift, chillingly efficient, stab to the heart. Struck by the immaculate condition of the crime scene, Detective Eve Dallas suspects a professional killing. Security disks show a stunningly beautiful woman calmly entering and leaving the building - the good doc... View More...
Spine slightly slanted/creased, PO name inside. A clean, unmarked copy. No publication date given, but appears mid-70s. Magnum E-Z Read, larger type edition.
"Tracy's new assignment posed a double problem: a memory of past heartbreak, and the terror of impending tragedy"; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall View More...
Spine somewhat bowed with tiny chip at bottom. 1" slice removed from top edge of front free endpaper. DJ shows very slight shelfwear. "This Large Print Book carries the Seal of Approval of N.A.V.H." A bright, attractive copy. "Meet Ella Brady, a shy teacher who is swept off her feet by a charismatic-and very married- Don Richardson, a shifty financier new to Dublin. But when the dashing Don runs out on his clients, he skips out on Ella, too. His sudden move forces her to reevaluate her life. Soon, Ella decides to stop teaching and conceives a wonderful idea: she'll reco... View More...
Corners slightly bumped. Pictorial boards with no jacket, apparently as issued. A bright, attractive copy. "Astrophysicist Dr. Xingyu Baibing has become a rallying point for an armed counterrevolution that just might bring democracy into China. Quiller's assignment is to snatch Dr. Xingyu from a trap and smuggle him into Beijing as a spokesman for the democratic revolutionaries. But his assignment is not easy as it seems: the operations coordinator is a turncoat, Dr. Xingyu wants to go back when he hears his wife has been arrested, and Quiller has to break cover to get insulin into t... View More...
Ex-library with usual markings plus back fep torn out. Spine a bit slanted, shaken. First signature was detached and repaired with tape. Corners bumped with significant edge wear/chipping. Jacket enclosed in protective wraps, taped to boards, with some edge wear/scuffing. Large print edition -- text is clean and unmarked. "When Karen Cornell, a beautiful journalist on assignment in Czechoslovakia, agrees to help a would-be defector by carrying top-secret documents to Washington, she is pulled into an astonishing web of terrorism, political assassination, blackmail, espionage, and treason ... View More...
Spine slightly slanted, a few creases, corners slightly bumped. Ex-library with minimal stamps. Text is bright, clean and unmarked.
"It had been quite a lively party from the start, but when Hilary suggested a wife-swapping night it took quite a different direction. Jo and John did not know their guests very well, so they were relieved when the lottery drew them to spend the night together. But by the morning they discovered that they had two guests fewer - two live guests fewer, that is. . . "; Ex-Library; 7¾" - 9¾" Tall View More...
Corners slightly bumped, jacket shows a little edge wear and a crease to the front flap. Large print edition. A bright, attractive copy. Ruth is the fifth volume in the 'Brides of the West' series, of which the first book "Faith" was the winner of the Holt Medallion Award. A HeartQuest Book originally published by Tyndale House. "Spunky, young Ruth Priggish is on the run from an 80 year-old suitor. Faced with the prospect of marriage to the persistent old codger, Ruth throws caution to the wind and heads for Wyoming Territory, where freedom and independence await. Her only hope i... View More...
Black boards with gold lettering. Spine slightly cocked, a little edge wear and rubbing. Jacket shows a little edge wear and soiling. A nice copy. ; Large print edition. ; 7" - 9" Tall; 514 pages; "S is for silence: the silence of the lost, the silence of the missing, the silence of oblivion. "On July 4, 1953, in the town of Serena Station, Violet Sullivan left for the annual fireworks display and was never seen again. Some say she ran off with one of her many lovers in her new Chevrolet Bel Air; others say she was murdered by her abusive husband. But for her 6-year-old daughter, Daisy, Violet... View More...
Ex-library with usual markings and pocket inside back cover. Spine slightly slanted. Large print edition. An attractive copy. "Santorini was a sleepy island in the Aegean Sea and a routine patrol for Commander Talbot and his ultrasophisticated NATO spyship, HMS Ariadne. But a mundane assignment becomes a storm of danger and sudden death when a luxury yacht explodes and capsizes in nearby waters, followed minutes later by the mysterious crash of an unidentified jet. Assigned to recover the plane's cargo, Talbot's crew discover enough nuclear weapons to blow Santorini sky-high and a set of ... View More...
Small dent on front board, jacket shows slight edge wear and a little rubbing. Large print edition. An attractive copy.
"ROSEMARY'S BABY chilled us with its startling, darkly brilliant story of the birth of the son of Satan in modern-day Manhattan. Haunting, provocative and utterly unforgettable, SON OF ROSEMARY is a tantalizing thriller. With exquisite timing and masterly skill, Ira Levin takes us on a journey into darkness-and the troubling forces that war within each of us."; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall View More...
DJ shows very minor shelfwear. This Large Print Book carries the Seal of Approval of N.A.V.H. A bright attractive copy. "When Faith Butler finds herself and her two children stranded in Dead Horse, Wyoming, she has no choice but to take employment with mysterious recluse Drake Rutledge. As Faith shines the light of hope and happiness in the dark halls of Drake's dismal mansion, Drake is forced out of the shadows that have hidden him for so long. Only this feisty Shakespearean actress and her irresistible children could cause such a change in Drake. Then the shadows of Faith's past d... View More...
Spine slanted, corners bumped, ex-library with minimal stamps. Pictorial cover with no jacket, apparently as issued. Spot on pp 16-17, but otherwise text is clean and bright. "A courtroom drama and psychological thriller centering around the trial of Cully King, the black captain of a luxury yacht, for the murder of a woman he had brought aboard ship. Is Cully a ladies' man with a violent temper when drunk, or is he being pulled into a trap created by other people's longings? Does Cully's lawyer have a hidden motive for taking the case of the handsome captain for no fee? Will the rep... View More...
0786224657 Spine slanted, ex-library, pictorial cover. This Large Print Book carries the Seal of Approval of N.A.V.H. A bright, attractive copy. "Hurricanes rarely make it inland as far as Colleton County, North Carolina. When they do, people remember them as events that mark an entire generation. Domestic storms, on the other hand, hit with regularity. But when the scantily clad body of a promiscuous wife is found in a motel, the killing resounds like a thunderclap through the community. "With her handsome cousin a suspect in the murder, Judge Deborah Knott gets personally involve... View More...
DJ has minor edgewearalong top; bottom has a wedge tear at spine end mended with clear tape. A bright, attractive copy. "This Large Print Book carries the Seal of Approval of N.A.V.H." "If it were up to Temperance O'Neil, she would never leave New York. A passionate women's rights activist, she is devoted to keeping single mothers safe on the city's rough streets - a critical need in the harsh year of 1909. But Temperance's independence is threatened when her old-fashioned Scottish stepfather, Angus, demands that she move into his Edinburgh household or lose her inheritance. A... View More...
J in new Brodart protective plastic wrap. DJ has edgewear and 1/4" tear. A bright, attractive copy. "Virginia Turner Ballard, known to her North Carolina relatives as Ginny Sue, has come home at the end of her difficult pregnancy. There, she is surrounded by three generations of her family's women - her mother, grandmother, great aunts and favorite cousin - who have come to her aid to help her prepare for the arrival of the fourth generation. As these women tend to Virginia, the bond that holds them together - their family history - is revealed as memories and emotions are shared a... View More...
Large print edition, 262 pp. Corners bumped, slight edge wear. Jacket in new Brodart with a bit of edge wear. An attractive copy. "Beattie's masterful chronicle opens with a woman's exploration of her own brother's sexual appetites, detailing his myriad betrayals of his wife, lovers, and family. Nina, a reclusive copyeditor, should have better things to do than track her brother's escapades, but after her husband's death she has become solitary and defensive - and just as obsessive as Andrew. As the novel unfolds, events are told again from the mother's perspective, who at once illuminate... View More...
Spine slightly slanted, corners bumped. A bright attractive copy in large print. Edmund White defines the flâneur of his title as an 'aimless stroller who loses himself in the crowd, who has no destination and goes wherever caprice or curiosity direct.' Here White, who lived in Paris for sixteen years, wanders into parts of the city virtually unknown to visitors and indeed to many Parisians. In his opinionated fashion, the flâneur visits bookshops and boutiques, monuments and palaces, providing gossip and background to each site, looking through walls to glimpse the inner human drama. Here... View More...