Condition: Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket

3 American Moralists: Mailer, Bellow, Trilling

By: Scott, Nathan A. Jr.

Price: $11.95

Publisher: Notre Dame, IL, University of Notre Dame Press : 1973

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 004766

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket

Corners very slightly bumped, gift inscription on end paper. DJ has 1 3/4" tear, minor edgewear. Text is clean and bright.

"In his latest book Nathan A. Scott turns to three writers - the novelists Norman Mailer and Saul Bellow, and the critic Lionel Trilling - whom he considers to be close to the center of what is most deeply animating in American literature of the present time. And he proposes that each now requires to be thought of as enacting, in a large and brilliant way, the role of moralist."; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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Cloak of Darkness

By: MacInnes, Helen

Price: $7.25

Publisher: New York, NY, Harcourt, Brace Jovanovich : 1982

Edition: Book Club (BCE/BOMC)

Seller ID: 001676

ISBN-13: 9780151181711

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket

Corners bumped, slightly shelf-cocked. Jacket has some (paper?) residue at top of spine that obscures part of title. Some edge wear/chipping and slight darkening. "When Bob Renwick of Interintell, a counter-terrorist agency, discovers his name on the Minus List, it is just the beginning of a riveting tale of suspense that sweeps from London to New York, Washington, Paris, Chamonix, Amsterdam, Zurich, and exotic Djibouti. An international munitions firm is secretly operating training camps for terrorists and supplying everything necessary for violent subversion. It is a hidden and hideo...
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Dreiser

By: Swanbert, W. A.

Price: $12.50

Publisher: New York, Charles Scribner's Sons : 1965

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 005072

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket

Spine a little slanted, corners bumped, a little edge wear. Jacket shows some edge wear and chipping, rubbing, and a couple small tears, crease along the edge of front flap. A nice copy. "This is the first comprehensive biography of a man of genius, a major figure in American literature, who was also an outrageous, magnetic and foolish human being. Born in 1871, Theodore Dreiser 'was reared in superstition, fanaticism, ignorance, poverty and humiliation.' The dreadful early years, lightened by the ebullience and success of brother Paul (composer of "On the Banks of the Wabash"), ...
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False Entry

By: Calisher, Hortense

Price: $19.50

Publisher: Boston, Little Brown & Co : 1961

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 004773

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket

Corners very slightly bumped. DJ has two 1" tears and small tears/chipping at spine ends. A clean and bright copy. "The chronicle of one man - so intimately and subtly unfolded that the reader becomes this man and sees with his acute consciousness a whole panorama of 20th-century life. . . Burdened with the retentive memory of the confidant, the hero has from boyhood made false entry into other people's present lives, by means of his knowledge of their past. At the height of a life publicly complete, inwardly double, his outer dangers fuse with the furies within, and the reader tra...
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Julia's World: Better Times, Part One

By: Boluch, Kathleen Ann

Price: $6.95

Publisher: Cranston, RI, Swarovski America Limited Press : 1990

Seller ID: 000722

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket

Jacket is chipped somewhat, corners are bumped slightly. "Think back to a simpler world. When a child's toys were the trees, flowers and world around them. Where innocence could last a lifetime. And where the peace in a tiny European town is broken forever by war. . . . Julia's World parallels millions of young lives that are profoundly changed by war. Our endearing tale of Julia's family's strength inspires young and old alike to love, to grow strong, and to believe in tomorrow." Rich and beautiful color illustrations by Lee Christiansen and Paul Selwyn. Est Level: 3rd - 8th grade...
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Laughing Boy

By: La Farge, Oliver

Price: $17.50

Publisher: Literary Guild of America : 1929

Edition: Book Club (BCE/BOMC)

Seller ID: 004627

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket

Slight spine slant, corners bumped, slight edge wear. Text is clean and unmarked. Jacket shows some edge wear and chipping, spine sunned, a little darkening. An attractive copy.

Inspired by his archaeological trip to Arizona in 1922, Laughing Boy won the 1929 Pulitzer Prize.
"Laughing Boy is an idyllic account of the love and marriage of two Navajo Native Americans, Laughing Boy and Slim Girl. It is one of many novels depicting a romantic love that overcomes numerous obstacles, only to end with the heroine's early death."; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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Rotten Lies

By: Elkins, Charlotte; Elkins, Aaron J.

Price: $8.95

Publisher: New York, NY, Mysterious Press : 1995

Edition: Likely Book Club

Seller ID: 001982

ISBN-13: 9780892965984

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket

Corners bumped, slight edge wear. Jacket shows some edge wear/chipping, a couple closed tears, 1/2 tear at top right corner. "How do you murder someone with lightning? When Ted Guthrie, the most hated man at the Cottonwood Creek Country Club in Los Alamos, New Mexico, is found dead on the golf course after a thunderstorm, it seem like an act of God. But the death kills struggling beginner Lee Ofsted's first chance at winning on the women's pro circuit as well . . . so when the coroner suspects the lightning strike was no accident, Lee sees red instead of green. At 23, playing the tour ...
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Skookum: An Oregon Pioneer Family's History and Lore

By: Applegate, Shannon

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Beech Tree Books : 1988

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 005085

ISBN-13: 9780688053505

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket

Corners bumped, slight edge wear, binding fairly tight. Jacket shows moderate edge wear, a little rubbing and chipping, a 1" tear to back at ase of spine, A nice copy. Skookum is the startlingly original narrative rendering of the experiences of a prominent westering family, from 1843 to the present. The remarkable story of the Applegate family encompasses many of the predominant themes of the early American West; The overland crossing via the old Oregon Trail in 1843, the quirky restlessness of Applegate men who, after reaching the 'promised land,' permitted their travel-worn families ...
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Sloan and Philamina: Or, How to Make Friends With Your Lunch

By: Stren, Patti

Price: $22.50

Publisher: New York, E. P. Dutton & Co : 1979

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 004590

ISBN-13: 9780525394853

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket

Very minor edgewear. DJ somewhat soiled, watermark at bottom of spine, very minor edgewear. Text has faint spots on two pages but is otherwise bright nd attractive.

"The anteaters pressure Sloan to give up his friend Philamina, an ant. He has no intention of doing so and must resort to drastic measures. Illustrated by the author with very cute line drawings.
Age Level: Grades K-2; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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The Chinese Frontiers

By: Ting Tsz Kao

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Aurora, IL, Chinese Scholarly Publishing Company : 1980

Seller ID: 002567

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket

Spine slightly slanted, 2 tiny spots on edge. DJ has slight bumping/edgewear, 1/8" tear bottom edge, small spot. A bright, attractive copy.

The author "attempts to describe briefly the settings of Chinese international relations as they occurred in the outskirts of this ancient land." Chapters include: (1) The Kwangtung Coast as a Sea Frontier; (2) Taiwan: From Ocean Frontier to Political Pivot; (3) The Sino-Soviet Border Defined and Undefined; (4) Tibet as a Highland Frontier; and (5) The Southern Border and the South Sea Archipelagoes.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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The Dragon Lord

By: Drake, David

Price: $24.50

Publisher: New York, NY, Berkley Books : 1979

Edition: First Edition

Inscription: Signed by Author

Seller ID: 001269

ISBN-13: 9780399123801

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket

Black boards with gold lettering on spine. Jacket has a 1 1/2" tear at top of spine which extends an inch across spine. Also a couple small closed tears, some edgewear, corners a bit creased. DJ in new Brodart protective plastic wrap. Signed by author on title page. "Mael and Starkad, two barbarian adventurers -- bold, ruthless and steadfast comrades in arms -- enter the bloodstained halls of the vicious, uncouth King Arthur. On the eve of his greatest campaign, the extermination of all Saxon inhabitants of Britain, the mead-swilling warlord Arthur drafts the two mercenaires into his...
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The Egg Shaped Thing

By: Hodder-Williams, Christopher

Price: $6.75

Publisher: New York, G.P. Putnam's Son's : 1967

Edition: Book Club (BCE/BOMC)

Seller ID: 003304

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket

Spine somewhat slanted. DJ shows tiny chipping along edges, 3/4" tear at top of spine, a few small holes on front cover. Text is clean and unmarked. "James Fulbright is a discredited electronics engineer whose company seems top have gone into bankruptcy through his own ineptitude. However, Fulbright soon begins to realize that there are deeper reasons than meet the eye for its failure. Relying on his own intuition and such unlikely clues as the cry of a cat at night and a conversation overheard in a men’s room, Fulbright uncovers a plot whose very monstrosity, quite apart from his ...
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The Reef

By: Roberts, Nora

Price: $5.25

Publisher: New York, G.P. Putnam's Son's : 1998

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 002586

ISBN-13: 9780399144417

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket

Some shelfwear, small spot on front endpaper. DJ has 1 3/4" closed tear, some edgewear, two tiny chips. A bright, attractive copy. "Marine archeologist Tate Beaumont has a passion for treasure hunting—one that she shares with her father. Over the years they have had many fabulous finds, but one treasure has eluded them: Angelique’s Curse—a jeweled amulet heavy with history, dark with legend, and tainted with blood. It becomes bitterly clear that if the Beaumonts want to find Angelique’s Curse, they can’t do it alone, so they form a partnership with salvagers Buck and Matthew Lass...
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The View from the Fortieth Floor

By: White, Theodore H.

Price: $30.00

Publisher: New York, William Sloane Associates : 1960

Edition: First Edition

Inscription: Signed by Author

Seller ID: 002588

Binding: Decorative Cloth

Condition: Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket

This is #359 of a special autographed edition. Cover is gray cloth. Very minor bumping/shelfwear, endpaper and first few pages have a crease. DJ has some edgewear, two small chips at top of spine, and a few 1/4" tears along edge with some soiling on back. A bright, unmarked, attractive copy. "To John Ridgely Warren, the old phrases of the Laws of Bankruptcy bring the sudden knowledge that he is at once both innocent and trapped. Warren had come to New York, a stranger, to save two great but ailing magazines. . . . Out of Warren’s struggles in the face of impending disaster comes a ...
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Widows: A Novel of the 87th Precinct [Large Print]

By: McBain, Ed

Price: $13.50

Publisher: Boston, G K Hall & Co : 1991

Edition: Large Print Edition

Seller ID: 004359

ISBN-13: 9780816153114

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket

Very minor wear on bottom edge. Book was gently used in retirement community library with one stamp and pocket. DJ shows edgewear, with a little chipping especially at spine ends. DJ was apparently taped to boards, but no longer is. Text is bright and clean. "When a beautiful 22 year old woman is found stabbed in her luxurious penthouse, leaving no clues except a collection of erotic love letters, the men and women of the 87th are temporarily stumped. The case heats up quickly, however, when the woman's lover - an attorney and an older man - is found shot on the street, and a matching...
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Condition: Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket