Spine slightly creased and slanted, corners bumped, a little darkening to edges, number written on ffep. "Little could Dr. Watson believe that the pathetic figure huddled before him was the great detective, Sherlock Holmes. Alas, it was his old friend Holmes, but a Holmes in bondage-not to any archvillian-but to a 7% solution of cocaine and sterile water. Driven by the drug to wild ravings, Holmes had to be duped into rehabilitation-before it was too late. John Hamish Watson was born in England in 1847. After a childhood spent abroad, he returned to England, where he took his medical d... View More...
"Who killed the dashing ladies' man? "But why should anyone want to murder dear Ernest?" Why indeed! Ernest was so debonair, so charming and so attractive. Why should some unknown party simply dash his brains out and not even have the decency to leave the murder weapon behind? And what could Superintendent Hannasyde do about it when the only man who could solve the crime was the killer himself?" View More...
Spine/covers slightly creased, corners bumped, some edge wear to covers and spine. Some darkening. "On the narrow corridor that would carry the armored drive, there were five major bridges to take. They had to be seized intact by airborne assault. It was the fifth, the crucial bridge over the Lower Rhine at a place called Arnhem, 64 miles behind the German lines, that worried Lt. Gen. Frederick Browning, Deputy Commander, 1st Allied Airborne Army. Pointing to the Arnhem bridge on the map he asked, 'How long will it take the armor to reach us?' Field Marshal Montgomery replied briskly,... View More...
Front cover has a crease in center, starting at bottom edge extending half-way up cover. Corners bumped, front cover bowed out, text clean and bright. "'Would you like to see a picture of a murderer?' So asks a stranger of Miss Jane Marple while she is vacationing on luxurious St. Honore. Before she has a chance to answer, the mystery man vanishes, only to be found dead the following day. Now Miss Marple is asking the questions: What happened to the curious photo? Why is the hotelier prone to nightmares? Why doesn't the most-talked-about guest, a reclusive millionaire, ever leave his ro... View More...
Corners bumped, slight edge wear and rubbing, crease across lower front cover, light reading crease. A nice reading copy. ; 5¾" - 6¾" Tall; 187 pages; " For Olivia Harding, the offer of employment at a small private school came as something of a godsend. With no qualifications, she hadn't expected to find a job so easily, let alone one that still brought her into contact with the eminent surgeon Haso van der Eisler. Olivia always looked forward to Haso's visits, though she knew he came mainly to see his goddaughter, Nel. The idea that Haso should marry the child's glamorous mother... View More...
"Three mocking, self-confident punks have vandalized the Forrestiers' home. The actual damage is minimal, but Walter Forrestier's brush with crime, and with the criminal justice system, begins to corrupt all the values he holds sacred. Forced into action, Walter sets out on a course of vengeance that will destroy everything in his path."; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall View More...
Spine/covers a bit creased, minor shelf wear, corners bumped. "Frankie worked hard as a dance therapist and professional dancer. She was doing fine until she met Tristan de Vere Manning. Son of her exercise patient, Lady Manning, Tristan returned from abroad to run the family estate. Suspicious of her motives and methods, he made Frankie's life miserable. He was attracted to her, yet clearly wasn't interested in marriage. Frankie wasn't either. But neither was she about to have an affair with him! Convincing the arrogant, self-confident Tristan was another matter . . ."; 16mo - over... View More...
Spine/covers a bit creased, slight spine slant, corners bumped, front cover bowed out.
"Uh oh, Nicole Beauman had overcome a lot of obstacles in her life, and she sure as heck had never backed down from a challenge. But her boss, Zane Rankin, presented an entirely new sort of dilemma. Sexy and charming, he was like chocolate - sinfully good, but bad for her health. . . But when Nicki wound up just a little bit . . . pregnant. What was a girl to do?; 5¾" - 6¾" Tall View More...
x + 118 pp, map of Assisi, numerous b/w photos, chronology of St. Francis. Corners bumped, minor edge wear with a little chipping, some rubbing primarily to back cover, sticker residue on front cover, binding tight. Edition not stated. A nice copy. "A Pilgrim in Assisi is an invitation to experience the magic of Assisi - and to discover there the presence of Francis, still left in the streets of his city. Lay Franciscan Susan Saint Sing leads us on this meditative pilgrimage through the concrete places that memorialize the life and spirit of Francis. We share the author's impressions of... View More...
Spine, covers a bit creased, corners bumped, minor shelf wear, slightly shelf-cocked. ; 6" - 7" Tall; "The murdered man's widow was an alluring woman. Adele Fortescue's appeal was obvious, not subtle. It simply said to every man, 'Here am I. I'm a woman.' She spoke and moved and breathed sex. "'I've been trying to get in touch with you since this morning,' Inspector Neele said. 'Your husband was taken to St. Jude's Hospital. ' "'You don't mean - he isn't - dead? ' She fumbled with her bag, pulled out a handkerchief and sobbed in a manner that was almost convincing. "'I'... View More...
Spine slanted, creased, scuffing along spine, minor edge wear and rubbing, creasing across upper corner. Some tanning but text is clean and unmarked. A solid copy. ; Bantam F3061, 136 pp. First paperback printing. ; Nero Wolfe; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall; 136 pages; "'Black and white marriages are like a red rag to a bull.' So says Negro civil rights worker Dunbar Whipple. But he never makes the altar - somebody permanently delays his white fiancee with a club, and Whipple is arrested. Enter Nero Wolfe. "Between them, Wolfe and his assistant Archie Goodwin interview a colorful clutch of ... View More...
Spine slightly creased, slight darkening, corners bumped. Botton corner of front cover is torn off, along with about 1/2" of the cover.
Fourteen of the World's top science-fiction writers chart the fantastic universe of the future, including stories by Ray Bradbury, Robert Sheckley, William F. Temple, and other favorites.; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall View More...
Spine/covers slightly creased. Slight curve, darkening along bottom edge. "On the condition -- that they get married . . . The lawyer's words echoed through Celia's mind. Once, marrying Rick Harland was the only thing she'd wanted. Now, four years later, she could scarcely contemplate it. Could she overcome her own feelings to save the property, Mandarah -- to fulfill not only the condition in her grandfather's will, but what she knew was his dying wish. Perhaps a marriage of convenience, she thought. But Rick soon rid her mind of that possibility. A real marriage, her insisted, based on th... View More...
Spine somewhat creased and slanted, a little edge wear, darkening to edges and inside covers. Text clean and unmarked. A nice copy. "Sean Cassidy was a busy architect. He knew next to nothing about caring for children -- especially not pint-size refugees from the jet set. So he hired Tessa O'Brien, an innovative day-care teacher from Los Angeles, to work her magic on his visiting niece. That is how Tessa found herself living with the man who could make the flowers talk and the very air whisper endearments . . . And Tessa kept reminding herself that Sam was an amateur magician -- a man g... View More...
Corners chipped, minor edge wear, a little cover creasing and scuffing. A nice copy. ; Dell 4627. ; 6" - 7" Tall; 220 pages; "Test your terror threshold. "Do you twitch at the sight of a corpse? Does a bit of another's blood make your own run cold? Does a menacing shadow beneath a streetlight late at night make you walk a little faster? Does the rattling of a window at three in the morning find an echo in the chattering of your teeth? "No? Well, then let Alfred Hitchcock give you his ultimate test as he puts you in the hands of masters of mystery and the macabre whose business and pleasure are... View More...
Spine slightly slanted, a bit creased, light reading crease, minor edge wear and a little scuffing. A nice copy. ; Dell 1814, appears to be a paperback original, first printing. ; 6" - 7" Tall; 159 pages; "Murderers of the world, just go do your thing! "Don't let the squares stunt your self-expression. Painters need canvas and paint. Writers need paper and ink. And an artist like you needs a nice victim or two or three or more - at least if you're one of the purveyors of swinging death all tied up and ready to be delivered for macabre reading pleasure in Alfred Hitchcock's Death Bag. " Introdu... View More...
Minor edge wear and rubbing, corners creased. Light tanning but text is clean and unmarked. Overall, a nice copy. ; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall; 240 pages; "Calling all amateur detectives! "Alfred Hitchcock is out to stump you with five exciting new mysteries. You'll meet a talking skeleton, a kidnapped snake, and a man who evaporates from a locked room. You'll read about a house where all the furniture is built half-size, and a clock that tells yesterday's time instead of today's. " It's up to you to investigate threse mysterious events, hunt down the hidden clues, and solve each case.... View More...
Spine creased and slanted, corners bumped, a little edge wear, some rubbing. A nice copy. "Mike Graham, a crack member of the United Nations Anti-Crime Organization, has gone AWOL on an illegal mission of personal vengeance: to find and destroy the infamous Jean Jacques Bernard - the man who killed his family. From Lebanon to Africa, awash in bloody revolution, to New York, where assassins gather, Graham relentlessly tracks his prey, unaware that he has stumbled into a complex plot obscured by a web of tangled loyalties. For Bernard alone has information that can thwart Mobuto's assassina... 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 a bit creased. Covers and a few pages are creased out somewhat. "When Shannon Blanchard won television's hottest game show, the brainy beauty never dreamed that her prize of two weeks at a royal castle would change her life. Until she set eyes on her tall, dark and daunting host, Prince Michel de Mornay. Logic told her that an American commoner had no business posing as a princess and tangling with a man born to the throne. But Shannon's heart wasn't listening. Not when Michel's breathtaking virility called out to her soul. Not when her innocent body ached for his loving touch. Not ... View More...
