"This Large Print Book carries the Seal of Approval of N.A.V.H." Corners slightly bumped. Very gently used copy from retirement community library. A bright, attractive copy. "A new year, 1917, is dawning, and the Great War that ravages the world shows no sign of abating. Answering the siren call of Egypt once more, Amelia Peabody and her family arrive at their home in Luxor to learn of a new royal tomb ransacked by thieves. Soon an even more disturbing outrage concerns the intrepid clan of archaeologists: the freshly and savagely slain corpse of a thief defiling the ancient bur... View More...
0708932665 Spine slightly slanted, ex-library but looks like it was never read. Pictorial cover with no jacket as issued. A bright, attractive copy. "Led by the experienced Franklin, Lord Lamming's party had come to Abyssinia to hunt, but they soon found themselves caught up in a far more deadly slaughter...The country was now a quagmire of plot and counter-plot, of pillaging and massacre. Theodore, Abyssinia's King of Kings --- once a zealous reformer --- had become an irrational force, with an army that was completely out of control. In the face of such overwhelming madness, the hunt... View More...
Light scuffing, minor edgewear and bumping. Ex-library with minimal stamps. Text is clean and unmarked. "Doctor Hiller's sudden departure for Cornwall was not totally unexpected. He had gone AWOL before, but this time it had been rather more precipitate than usual. 'Make friends with Miss Grayson,' had been my final instruction, and this was where the complications set in. When, the day after my arrival, Miss Grayson and I found Doctor Hill dead - very dead, poisoned as well as shot - the case started taking on rather more serious implications. The large coffin-like box that had bee... View More...
Corners very slightly bumped. Pictorial boards with no jacket, apparently as issued. A bright, attractive copy.
"In 1932 in Florida, despite his older brother's objections, fifteen-year-old Ladd finds himself, through a series of unforeseen circumstances, traveling alone more than 100 miles to bring back wild horses for the rodeo and for breeding."; 7¾" - 9¾" Tall View More...
Ex-library with usual markings and stamps. Spine slanted, minor edge wear. Jacket in protective wraps, minor edge wear. Overall, a nice copy of this large print edition.
"At first the fires looked like natural disasters. Then they spread to the cities and a ghastly pattern began to emerge. Next came the ultimatum, and with it a terror so paralyzing that the governments of the world were prepared to betray Z5 and everything it stood for. But Palfrey fights on, determined to crack the secret."; Ex-Library; 7¾" - 9¾" Tall View More...
Large Print Edition. DJ has very slight edgewear. A bright, attractive copy. "It takes just a moment for a family’s life to be changed forever. For a 12-year-old to dash across the street. For his 7-year-old sister to follow him into traffic. For a bus to swerve out of control. In one horrible flying moment, a family’s life is shattered.. Frankie Heywood lies in a coma so deep, no one can reach her. It’s a parent’s worst nightmare. For months the Heywoods have waited for the least sign of hope, watching helplessly as doctors merely keep her body functioning. Crying as their son, Ben... View More...
Minor edgewear & bumping, a few light creases, ex-library with minimal stamps. Text is clean, bright, and unmarked. "Fifty years ago, Christmas Calvert had distinguished himself as one of the most reliable 'vanishers' in the Button Squad, an elite team of RAF killers. Now he is an old man who's seen too much death, too much deception. Looking over his past with old comrade Avril Morton, Calvert relives his part in the foiling of the Dambusters sabotage, the execution of Rudolf Hess (or his double), and the time when it all began to go wrong. But the past still has repercussions. . . a... View More...
Ex-library, pocket on front end paper, glue residue on pastedowns, numerous stamps, stickers, and writing on end papers and pastedowns. Maroon cloth boards with gold lettering, 328 pp. Spine cocked, minor and chipping, some discoloration to leading edge and jacket. Jacket in new Brodart with some edge wear and chipping. Text is clear and unmarked. A good reading copy of this large print edition. "A solitary climber fell to his death from a mountain in Slovakia. Accident, said the local police, the British authorities. But - hadn't the dead man, an official of a highly secret research inst... View More...
Large print edition. Corners slightly bumped, crease to inside jacket flap. A bright, attractive copy. Melissa MacGregor is having a most difficult time finding a husband in the Highlands of Scotland. All her suitors have been scared off by one or more of her 16 strapping uncles, and now no man will dare come near her - save one. Lincoln Ross Burnett is visiting his childhood home when he meets Melissa, and he's instantly captivated by her innocence and charm. Her shy smile melts his heart, and he's convinced that he's found the perfect bride - if he can avoid the interference of Melissa's... View More...
Corners slightly bumped. A bright, attractive copy. Second book in the English Garden series in a large print edition. "Living on the pittance afforded her father as a retired Colonel, Anne Gardiner struggles to keep up appearances in their small town. His health is declining so she takes on as many chores as she can. Bur she never thought repairing the thatched roof would send her toppling into the arms of Robert Weston, the new owner of the vast estate that rings her cottage. Unfortunately, the Colonel misreads the situation and demands a hasty betrothal to save Anne's honor. The k... View More...
Ex-library with usual markings and pocket, plus title page has been removed. Spine slanted, corners bumped, text is clean and unmarked. Large print edition. "It was dangerous for Richter to come to England as a spy, even more so when he was "turned" by a young British captain into a double agent. But in 1945 with a new identity he returned to start a new life, safe from every threat; except the cruelest one of all-coincidence. When Richter's cover is blown, there is just one man who stands a chance of getting him out of East Germany alive-the man who had "turned" him seve... View More...
A little creasing, corners slightly bumped. Ex-library with minimal stamps. Text is bright, clean and unmarked.
"Keyes, a private investigator, is waiting to meet a business contact in a down-town bar when he overhears a domestic murder being planned in an adjacent booth. When the intended victim shows up at his office she is not the sadistic call-girl that he'd expected. . . far from it! Keyes' fascination with this distressed beauty draws him into an intricate web of double-talk and danger in this gripping and tensely plotted thriller."; Ex-Library; 7¾" - 9¾" Tall View More...
Spine somewhat slanted, wraps lightly creased & scuffed, minor edgewear & bumping. Ex-library with minimal stamps. Text is bright, clean and unmarked. "When cowboy artist Willie Russell is brutally slain, Sheriff Matthews hasn't much to go on - only the hoofprints of a spooked horse and Willie's sketches of the beautiful Santiago Crucifix, which had vanished a century before. Frustrated by the bluster of Willie's employer, rancher J.T. Brentwood, and incensed by the possessiveness of the arrogant ranch manager toward J.T.'s beautiful daughter, Angie, the sheriff turns to the story of t... View More...
Cover/spine are somewhat creased. Corners bumped, some ordinary shelf wear. Some darkening, esp to covers. The book is folded over slightly about 1/3 of the way from the top.
A larger print 1967 edition of Wells' classic tale of aliens invading Earth, bent on conquest.; 5¾" - 6¾" Tall View More...
Spine slightly slanted, minor edgewear and bumping, cover creased. Ex-library with a few stamps. Text is bright and clean. "Four hundred years ago the aldermen of Bridgetown, believing that Isobel Perkins was a witch, subjected her to a horrific death. While flames licked her body, Isobel screamed a curse to her executioners and all of their future issue. When best-selling author Joyce Regent, hounded by the tabloid press because of her sexual behavior, takes up residence in Witch's Cottage, it seems that the witch has returned - and with her, the curse. Descendants of the alderman are... View More...
Paperback Original. Some edgewear/scuffing. An Easy Eye edition featuring type that is 30% larger than the typical mass market paperback of the time as well as non-glare paper. Text is starting to yellow, but clean and unmarked. "Since the dawn of civilization, the secret cults - hiding in the dark corridors and gray shadows of night - have ruled the world. Studying cave drawings in the south of Spain, Joan Lambert stumbles on evidence linking the secret witch masters of today with the damned of centuries past. . . and the dark minds of today control powers as great as the ancients. ... View More...
Spine somewhat slanted, corners somewhat bumped/chipped, 4" tear along front edge of spine. Ex-library with usual stamps. Set in Times Roman 16 on 16 1/4 pt. Glossy pictorial boards. Text is bright, clean and unmarked. "'You knew her, didn't you?' When Quinn Marriott is asked to track down reclusive Julia Stewart he knows it will mean trouble. Quinn once knew Julia more intimately than anyone realizes and believes that he caused her to shun the limelight. Over the years Quinn's treacherous longings for the one woman he shouldn't love have never abated. But Julia has a very spec... View More...
Black boards with silver lettering. Corners bumped, slight edge wear and rubbing. Jacket in new Brodart, slight edge wear. An attractive copy. ; Large print edition. ; 7" - 9" Tall; 722 pages; "It's almost her 38th birthday, which might explain why Kinsey Millhone is annoyed to learn that the very young-looking guy seeking her help is actually 27. Once the boyish Michael Sutton starts pleading his case, though, Kinsey decides to take it on ... For one day. As Sutton explains it, he's had a memory flashback to when he was six and stumbled upon the grave of a little girl whose disappearance is b... View More...
Corners slightly bumped, just a little rubbing. Jacket has slight edge wear. A bright, attractive copy in large print. "We last saw Evan Hughes in 'Emma's Secret' when she learned she was the great granddaughter of Emma Harte. Now Evan is afraid the revelation will shatter her father, whose resentment toward the powerful English family is daunting. After all these years, how can she tell him? And then there's Evan's still-to-be-announce engagement to newspaper mogul, Gideon Harte . . .. "While Evan struggles with her dilemma, her cousin Linnet, manager of the Harte Department Store a... View More...
Spine slightly slanted, corners somewhat bumped/chiped, ex-library with usual stamps. A Silhouette Special Editin, Type is Times Roman 16 1/2 on 18 1/4 pt. Glossy pictorial boards. A bright, attractive copy. "Her father's will was positively mediaeval! Courtney Tamberlaine had to select a working man to be her spouse - fast - or lose her huge inheritance. Luckily, right on the Tamberlaine estate was a raw, earthy carpenter sweating to support his motherless little girl. Surely with Courtney's expert coaching, fiercely paternal John Gabriel would make a most convenient - temporary - ... View More...