Condition: Very Good in Good dust jacket

"The Great American Novel - - "

By: Davis, Clyde Brion

Price: $11.95

Publisher: New York, Farrar & Rinehart, Inc. : 1938

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 003746

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good in Good dust jacket

Very minor edgewear, bottom corners bumped, PO's name stamped inside. DJ shows some edgewear and minor chipping at ends of spine and flaps. Text is clean and unmarked. 2 glossy photos of Norris Dam (by day and at night) are laid in. "This is the saga of Homer Zigler, who wanted more than anything else in the world to write "The Great American Novel." Originality, humor, pathos, mark this second novel by the author of The Anointed. It has depth, warmth and a fresh observation of people-this story of a man and his inner and outer life- this chronicle of dreams and hopes framed by...
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365 bedtime Nursery Rhymes : A Rhyme for Every Day in the Year

Price: $120.00

Publisher: Racine, WI, Whitman Publishing : 1946

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 006614

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Good dust jacket

Whitman Publishing Nr 5049, 381 pp, green quarter cloth with pictorial boards. Spine slightly cocked, corners chipped, some edge wear and chipping, 3/4" tear near center of rear board, a few other nicks and scuffs to boards. Diamond patterned end papers with drawings of a toy or pet inside each diamond. Jacket in new Brodart with moderate edge wear and chipping especially along alap edges, some rubbing, a number of small holes from insect damage, an old price in crayon at top of front panel and '1952' written in white on back panel, 1 1/4" chip near center of back panel. Overall, a nic...
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Anything Can Happen

By: Papashvily, George & Helen

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, Harper & Brothers : 1945

Edition: Reprint Edition

Inscription: Signed by Author

Seller ID: 005759

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good in Good dust jacket

202 pp. Black cloth boards with gold lettering on spine outlined in purple. Some edgewear & bumping. DJ in protective Brodart plastic wrap. DJ has some tiny chips along edge and a 1/2" chip on back edge, two 3/4" tears Signed by both authors on bottom of back flap. "When George Papashvily landed in this country from Georgia in Russia he thought of America as a place where anything can happen - and in twenty years he has not changed his mind. It is possible to describe Anything Can Happen in a dozen ways, all of them true. It is the story of the making of an American. It is ...
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Complete Book of House Plants

By: Grabe, Andree Vilas

Price: $6.95

Publisher: New York, Random House : 1958

Seller ID: 004098

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Good dust jacket

128 pp., list of plant dealers, Complete Botanical Index, extensive black and white photographs. Edgewear along bottom edge, corners bumped/worn. DJ has 1" chip in middle of top edge, tiny, shallow chips at ends of spine, price-clipped, 4 tiny tears. Text is clean and unmarked. "Here, in clear, concise and lively language, is everything you need to know about growing plants in your home. Lavishly illustrated, organized for handy reference. . . the heart of the book is a Complete Picture Dictionary containing descriptions of 275 plants. The facts are all here: information on soil,...
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Deep-Sea World: The Story of Oceanography

By: Coombs, Charles

Price: $6.95

Publisher: New York, William Morrow : 1966

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 003806

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Good dust jacket

256 pp., 95 photographs, index. Minor wear at corners and ends of spine. DJ sunned at back edge and spine, edgewear including a 1/2" chip, some tiny chips and a 1" closed tear. Text is clean and unmarked. "How were the oceans of the world formed? What kind of inhabitants dwell in their deeps? How can man utilize the ocean for the growing population of the world? This fascinating presentation of all the aspects of the sea includes advice to would-be oceanographers and is profusely illustrated with well-chosen photographs." Age Level: Grades 5-9; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾&#...
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Enough Good Men

By: Mercer, Charles

Price: $7.95

Publisher: New York, G.P. Putnam's Son's : 1960

Edition: Book Club (BCE/BOMC)

Seller ID: 003332

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Good dust jacket

Spine slightly slanted, minor edgewear/bumping. DJ edge somewhat sunned, chipping at ends of spine, 3" tear at back of spine. Charles Mercer writes: "’The American Revolution is an eternally contemporary story of men and their women, a few dedicated to an extraordinary struggle for freedom, the majority pursuing their own selfish goals.’ They came from all directions, the men who answered the call of the first Continental Congress for troops. There were fishermen from Marblehead, farmers from New Jersey, shopkeepers from Philadelphia, men from Delaware, Maryland and the distant P...
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Germany and the Atlantic Alliance: The Interaction of Strategy and Politics

By: Richardson, James L.

Price: $16.00

Publisher: Cambridge, Mass, Harvard University Press : 1966

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 005937

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Good dust jacket

403 pp., index, footnotes. Dark blue cloth boards with silver lettering. Spine slightly slanted, minor edgewear and bumping, owner's name inside. DJ in protective Brodart plastic wrap. DJ back soiled, chipped along flap edges and spine ends, with 2" tear across middle of spine. Text is clean and unmarked. "This book combines a study of NATO strategy with an extensive analysis of the interests of a single member of the alliance. The book has two main themes: the relationship - and at times the lack of relationship - between politics and strategy in the nuclear age; and the tension b...
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Ghost Gables

By: Wirt, Mildred A.

Price: $88.50

Publisher: Cleveland, Ohio, World Publishing Company : 1939

Seller ID: 001644

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Good dust jacket

Corners bumped, Minor edge wear, esp. to top/bottom of spine. Spine starting to separate from pages. There is a small stain (1/2" x 1/4") at top of front board. Minor foxing but a clean, tight, attractive copy. Jacket shows some edge wear/chipping/darkening. A chunk is missing from top of spine (about 3 x 1/2") and bottom of spine (1x1"). "When Lois McDonald learned that the mysterious old house, known as Ghost Gables, was to be occupied, she had to get all the facts about its new tenant promptly. At Ghost Gables she met pretty Glenna Brockman, who had plans to turn the o...
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Integrated Circuit Engineering - Basic Technology (Fourth Edition)

By: Madland, Glen R.; Dicken, Howard K.; Richardson, Robert D.; Pritchard, Robert L.; Bower, Frank H.; Kret, David B.

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Cambridge, Mass, Boston Technical Publishers, Inc. : 1966

Edition: Fourth Edition

Seller ID: 007138

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Good dust jacket

Maroon cloth with gold lettering, xiv + 391 pp, numerous tables, charts, diagrams, and b/w photos. Corners bumped, a little edge wear, some soiling and rubbing to boards. Small dampstain to lower corner on a number of pages, otherwise interior is bright and unmarked. Jacket in new Brodart, some edge wear, small tears and creasing along edges, some soiling, 1" tear to back panel from top edge near spine. Fourth edition: A technical reference from the early years of the integrated circuit era. "Integrated circuits are causing revolutionary changes in both technology and business practi...
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Maigret Hesitates

By: Simenon, Georges

Price: $9.95

Publisher: New York, Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc. : 1970

Edition: Book Club (BCE/BOMC)

Seller ID: 004885

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Good dust jacket

Originally published under the title "Maigret Hesite." Spine slightly slanted. DJ slightly soiled with edgewear, two large and several tiny tears, and a 3/4" chip on back edge. Text is clean and attractive. "Despite the expensively elegant stationery, Inspector Maigret had given the anonymous letter very little thought. He was accustomed to receiving crank mail that spoke of unreported crimes and innocent victims. However, reading the letter more closely, he began to see something that disturbed him. . . it was the neurotic, power-crazed personality of a ruthless killer. ...
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Maigret Hesitates

By: Simenon, Georges

Price: $11.50

Publisher: New York, Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc. : 1970

Edition: Book Club (BCE/BOMC)

Seller ID: 8575

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Good dust jacket

Red boards with black lettering, 182 pp, Book club edition. Corners bumped, slight edge wear, spine slightly cocked. Jacket in new Brodart, spine sunned, minor edge wear and chipping especially along spine, some sunning. A nice copy. ; Originally published under the title "Maigret Hesite." Translated from the French by Lyn Moir. ; 7¾" - 9¾" Tall; 182 pages; "Despite the expensively elegant stationery, Inspector Maigret had given the anonymous letter very little thought. He was accustomed to receiving crank mail that spoke of unreported crimes and innocent victims. However...
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Maigret Hesitates

By: Simenon, Georges

Price: $8.95

Publisher: New York, Harvest / HBJ : 1986

Edition: 1st Harvest printing

Seller ID: 9375

ISBN-13: 9780156551526

Binding: Mass Market paperback

Condition: Very Good in Good dust jacket

Spine sunned, a little edge wear and rubbing. A nice copy. ; Translated from the French by Lyn Moir. ; Maigret; 6" - 7" Tall; 184 pages; "Despite the expensively elegant stationery, Inspector Maigret had given the anonymous letter very little thought. He was accustomed to receiving crank mail that spoke of unreported crimes and innocent victims. However, reading the letter more closely, he began to see something that disturbed him. . . It was the neurotic, power-crazed personality of a ruthless killer. The Inspector had no trouble tracing the stationery to the house where it came ...
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Morena

By: Cohen, Peter Zachary

Price: $6.75

Publisher: New York, NY, Atheneum : 1970

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 000536

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Good dust jacket

Boards show a little shelf wear/bumping. A little darkening/discoloration of top/front edges and in spots on some of the pages (text is fine, though). Jacket shows some chipping and darkening and some discolorations.

Est Level: 4th - 8th grades.
A survival story of a boy (and a horse) stranded in the winter wilderness around western Nebraska.; 7¾" - 9¾" Tall
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Mutation

By: Cook, Robin

Price: $6.95

Publisher: New York, G.P. Putnam's Son's : 1989

Edition: Book Club (BCE/BOMC)

Seller ID: 000126

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Good dust jacket

Jacket shows a couple small tears and creases.; 7¾" - 9¾" Tall
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My Enemy, My Ally (Star Trek Series #18)

By: Duane, Diane

Price: $6.95

Publisher: New York, Pocket Books : 1984

Edition: Book Club (BCE/BOMC)

Seller ID: 000116

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Good dust jacket

Owner's name stamped inside front cover. Jacket has a couple tears at the top and bottom of the spine and top right corner and ordinary shelf wear.; 7¾" - 9¾" Tall
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Nature Rambles: Winter (An Introduction to Country-Lore)

By: Medsgar, Oliver P.

Price: $35.00

Publisher: New York, Frederick Warne & Co., Inc. : 1952

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 005760

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good in Good dust jacket

160 pp., 16 color plates, 15 half-tone plates, and 40 text illustrations, index. Beige cloth boards with black lettering and flower on front. Boards are slightly curved. DJ has spine sunned, 2" tear on front and minor chipping along edges. DJ in protective Brodart plastic wrap. A clean, attractive copy. "The author in a charming manner describes the fascinating common bird, flower and insect life found along the country roadside, in woods and hills and by river, pond and marsh. Because he is so alert himself he creates in his books an enthusiasm for nature which must surely promp...
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Not with a Bang

By: Pincher, Chapman

Price: $6.25

Publisher: New York, New American Library : 1965

Edition: Book Club (BCE/BOMC)

Seller ID: 003292

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Good dust jacket

Minor edgewear. DJ shows yellowing, some chipping at spine & flap edges. A clean, unmarked copy. "It was incredible but true. For months an obscure British scientist named Robert Harvey had been testing his revolutionary drug Juvenex in the greatest privacy; both he and his wife had been taking it with increasingly visible results. Now, after the formal experiment on a dying child, there was no longer any doubt. He quickly notified the government. A dedicated scientist with little thought of the possible consequences, Harvey had discovered a drug that could reverse the aging process ...
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Not with a Bang

By: Pincher, Chapman

Price: $6.25

Publisher: New York, New American Library : 1965

Edition: Book Club (BCE/BOMC)

Seller ID: 003293

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Good dust jacket

Minor edgewear. DJ shows sunning, especially along spine, some chipping at spine & flap edges. A clean, unmarked copy. "It was incredible but true. For months an obscure British scientist named Robert Harvey had been testing his revolutionary drug Juvenex in the greatest privacy; both he and his wife had been taking it with increasingly visible results. Now, after the formal experiment on a dying child, there was no longer any doubt. He quickly notified the government. A dedicated scientist with little thought of the possible consequences, Harvey had discovered a drug that could reve...
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Paderewski: : Pianist and Patriot

By: Gronowicz Anton

Price: $10.95

Publisher: New York, Thomas Nelson & Sons : 1944

Edition: Third Printing

Seller ID: 000217

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Good dust jacket

Front endpaper creased, foxing on edges. Shelf wear/some scuffing at top edge of boards. Jacket is chipped and scuffed in several places and shows darkening on spine, but is otherwise intact.; 7¾" - 9¾" Tall
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Presidential Agent

By: Sinclair, Upton

Price: $50.00

Publisher: New York, Viking : 1944

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 8730

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Good dust jacket

Orange cloth with silver lettering, 655 pp. Spine slightly cocked, some sunning, minor edge wear and rubbing. Jacket in new Brodart, some sunning, some edge wear and chipping especially along spine, with 1" chip at top of spine. Overall a nice copy. ; Owner's name on front end paper, dated June 24, 1944.; Lanny Budd; 7¾" - 9¾" Tall; 655 pages; "In 1937 and 1938 the war clouds were gathering that soon would darken the whole world. The most portentous plans in modern history were brewing in the Nazi cauldron. The end of Austria, of Poland, of Czechoslovakia was near - the end of ...
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Condition: Very Good in Good dust jacket