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New York: Center Street/Hachette Book Group, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/Very Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback Fun and Adventure in this debut novel by country musicians Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn. First Printing. Hardcover Book AS NEW with Very Good Dust Jacket. Jacket is unclipped, has a small chip to bottom edge, clean and bright. 257 pages. 6.25 x 9.25 inches. Publisher: Center Street/Hachette Book Group, New York, 2008.

U.S.A: G. P. Putnam's Sons/Penguin Putnam, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback First Printing. Hardcover Book in Near Fine Condition with a Fine Dust Jacket. Navy half cloth w/silver titles, blue boards, clean and unmarked with faint rubbing to some extremities. Former owner name on end paper. Binding tight, solid and square. Pages quite clean, no marks of any kind. Investigating some strange incidents, Dirk Pitt lands himself deep in an ancient mystery with modern consequences, up against a diabolical enemy. One of Clive Cussler's greatest adventure novels. 534 pages. 9.25 x 6.5 inches. G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1999.

U.S.A: G. P. Putnam's Sons/Penguin Putnam, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback First Printing. COLLECTIBLE. Hardcover Book and Jacket in FINE CONDITION. Jacket with mylar cover. Very nice-clean, bright, pristine book. Investigating some strange incidents, Dirk Pitt lands himself deep in an ancient mystery with modern consequences, up against a diabolical enemy. One of Clive Cussler's greatest adventure novels. 534 pages. 9.25 x 6.5 inches. G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1999.

New York: First Second, 2013. Hardcover. As New/As New. Publisher: First Second, 2013. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket As New. Graphic Novel. Color by Hilary Sycamore. A new generation superhero, with action and energy. 208 pages. 8vo. 2013, First Second Publishers. ISBN10: 1596438053, ISBN13: 9781596438057

USA: Random House, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback First Printing. Hardcover Book in Very Good Condition with a Good+ Dust Jacket. Binding of red half-cloth w/gilt titles, blue paper-wrapped boards; clean and unmarked, tight and solid, slight rubbing of bottom edge, no other edgewear. Small red publisher's mark on the lower edge. Interior in Fine Condition. Jacket not price-clipped, illus. with a locomotive going through the mountains. It is clean, faint whitish marks on front, not chipped. It is an unusual jacket--the top and bottom fold over the height of the book and these inner folds are illustrated with a "WANTED" sign the length of the jacket and, on the top part, three illustrations and text: "Among the Questions Blue Russell Answers: What was the Widow's Game in Cape Girardeau? ( an illustration of the widow gambling); What was Hutch guarding in New Orleans? ( an illustration of Hutch with a shotgun); What was in the Black… Read More

U.S.A: Alfred A Knopf Inc, 1994. First US Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7. Alfred A Knopf Inc., 1994. Hardback First US Edition. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in Fine Condition. Archival protective cover. Edited by Vittorio Messori. A message from Pope John Paul II. Red cloth gilt titled with gilt papal crest on front; very clean, spotless book. Sewn binding. Endpapers with facsimile of John Paul's writing. Rough cut. Set in Monotype Dante. Internals immaculate. 16 years into his papacy, John Paul II writes this message that goes to the heart of his beliefs and speaks with passion of the existence of God; about the dignity of man; about pain, suffering and evil; about eternal life and the meaning of salvation; about hope; about the relationship of Christianity to other faiths and that of Catholicism to other branches of the Christian faith. 244 pages. 4.75 x 8.25 inches. 1994, Alfred A Knopf, New York, New York, U.S.A

Wildside Press, 2009. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Near Fine Condition. Clean and bright, glossy card cover with a faint crease beginning from the fore edge-otherwise looks new. Tight glued binding, square. internals as new. First published 1918, this is a series of stories about a fictional sea captain, Captain Gault, who hires out for different ships. He is on a different ship in each story--in England, Havana, US, Europe--quite an adventurous, morally ambiguous man, with his own code of conduct. 296 pages. 5.5 x 8.5 inches. Wildside Press, 2009.

U.S.A: Doubleday, 1976. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade Paperback in Good Condition, Cover is clean with two faint scratches, cover light edgewear, crease down hinge. First page has stippling on lower corner, otherwise pages quite clean and free of any marks, no creasing. A terrifying, adventurous novel by the author of Jaws and The Island. 301 pages. 8.5 x 5.5 inches. Doubleday, New York, 1976.

Acton, MA: Xulon Press, 2012. Paperback. As New/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7. Type: Private Press Trade Paperback As New. Bright, clean, umarked wraps, tightly bound, pages clean, crisp, no creases, no markings. A story about a man and a ten-year-old boy who escape the poisoning of cult members at Jonestown, Guyana, where more than 900 lives were lost in a mass suicide in 1978. These two escape into a snake-infested jungle and face unimaginable dangers. 334 pages. 6 x 9 inches. 2012, Xulon Press.

New York, New York, USA: William Sloane, 1950. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback Hardcover BCE Book in Very Good Condition with a Fair Vintage Dust Cover designed by Alan Haemer. Binding of clean and unmarked red cloth with gilt title panel on spne, red lettering; light wear to extremities; lower edge with a small indentation.Binding is tight and solid, square. Rough cut. Text block edges clean, top edge with publisher's red tint. Prev owner name in light pencil on endpaper. Text body is clean and free from any markings or underlining of text, pages toned. Red jacket is worn. rubbed, chipped, torn, ragged pieces missing from spine head/tail, holes in rear fold-over edge. Mylar Protective Jacket Cover. An adventure set in the fishing world off the Pacific Coast--the activity of men who work the fishing grounds and the quiet tension of the back streets of San Francisco. It is the tale of a man and his son, and of a great-hearted… Read More

New York, New York, USA: W. W. Norton & Co, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback First Edition. Hardcover Book and Jacket As New. A story about searching for gold and for love and discovering honor and the mysteries of the human heart. Set in 1900, in gold-prospecting Alaska, where Essis, a Midwestern girl fleeing from a marriage, joins up with prospectors headed for Nome, Alaska. Quite adventurous. Black quarter cloth w/gilt titles, ivory speckled paper-wrapped boards. Map on flyleaf of Cape Nome Mining Region, Alaska, 1900. Jacket as new, illustration of Alaskan river and mountain scene, with the 'fugitive wife' superimposed. Not price-clipped. Book and jacket bright, clean, tight, unmarked. Handsome volume. A story about searching for gold and for love and discovering honor and the mysteries of the human heart. Set in 1900, in gold-prospecting Alaska, where Essis, a Midwestern girl fleeing from a marriage, joins up with prospectors headed for… Read More

U.S.A: Atheneum, 1966. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback Hardcover BCE in Very Good Condition with a Good Dust Jacket. A comic novel of great brilliance, a deceptively profound study of the passing into manhood, set in rural North Carolina with the Mustian family on an epic hunt with Milo, the protagonist, his grandfather, a carnival girl, a sheriff, his deputies and two reluctant bloodhounds--and the hunt is on! Clean and unmarked forest green full cloth with gold titles.Tips of corners and some edges are rubbed. Binding is tight and solid with a very slight lean to spine. Rough cut on fore edge and bottom edge. Internals are completely clean, free from any marks, no creases. Jacket is chipped at spine head and heel, light wear to some corners. 275 pages. 5.75 x 8.5 inches. 1966, Atheneum, New York, New York, USA

U.S.A: Dutton/Penguin Group, 2001. Hardcover. Fine/Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback Hardcover Book in Fine Condition with a Good Dust Jacket. An epic journey into the heart of the arctic-and into one of history's mysteries. A tale of faith, courage and a mother's indomitable love. Binding of bright red paper-wrapped boards, clean and unmarked. Solid, square volume. Jacket is clean and bright, with light wear to the corners, spine head and heel chipped. 372 pages. 8.5 x 5.75 inches. Dutton/Penguin Group, New York, 2001.

USA: Multnomah Books, 1993. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Book is slightly bowed with a light crease up from the bottom edge three inches, near spine. Otherwise very clean glossy pictorial wraps, tightly bound, page edges and pages clean and free from any markings. A story of mystery, adventure, revenge, faith. Pastor Rau accepts a position with a European mission agency, not with the idea of serving God but for monetary reasons. Shortly after he and his family arrive in Germany, his young son is murdered and his priorities quickly change. He becomes obsesed with finding his killer and delivering justice by his own hand. Driven by hatred and revenge, he almost destroys his own family. 317 pages. 5.25 x 8.25 inches. Multnomah Books, Sisters, Oregon, 1993.

New York: Tom Doherty Associates, 1993. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. 12mo - over 6. Paperback in Near Fine Condition. Take an expedition into the jungles of South America to find dinosaurs in the twentieth century--a great adventure by the creator of Sherlock Holmes. Condition. Clean and bright with a touch of cover edge wear. Pages clean and unmarked. 248 pages. 1993, Tom Doherty Associates.

USA: E P Dutton-Scholastic Book Services, 1998. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback Hardcover Book and Jacket in Very Good Condition. Intrigue and adventure in France during the time of Napoleon III. An engrossing tale of intrigue. Book is clean and unmarked with slight wear to extremities. Tight and solid and square. Internals in Fine Condition, pages toned. Bright and clean jacket with wear to upper front corner and spine ends; upper rear edge wrinkled. 229 pages. 8.5 x 5.75 inches. 1998, E P Dutton, USA

New York, New York USA: Avon Books, 1999. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. For 10 and Up Readers. Very gently used book. Bright and clean cover with a whisper of wear to extremities, tight & solid, pages a bit toned, clean, no marks of any kind, no creases. An adventurous tale of fourteen year-old Rick, alone and on the run and finding himself in the middle of nowhere, among canyons and redrock spires. He stumbles on to the remote camp of a bird biologist who is releasing fledgling endangered condors back into the wild. Strangers with vicious dogs threaten them and the condors--lots of adventure with fascinating details about the condors and hang gliding and Rick's first solo flight above the canyons. A unique tale of identity, personal growth, and friendship. 248 pages. 5.2 x 7.5 inches. 1999, Avon Books, USA

London, England: Penguin Books, 1982. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. 384 pp. Cover is clean, unmarked, no edgewear; tight glued binding, interior fine; Just a small black mark on lower edge that doesn't look like a remainder mark. Allie Fox abandons the civilized world and takes his family to Honduras to live in the jungle. His messianic, tortured genius and tirades take his family down into darkness. Publisher: London, England. Penguin Books, 1982.

New York: Harper Torch/HarperCollins Publishers, 2000. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. 12mo - over 6?" - 7?" tall. Mass Market Paperback in Very Good Condition. Clean and bright cover with light wear around edges; unmarked; tightly bound. Pages quite clean, free from any markings. Caught in the storm of the century with waves over 100 feet high, with no warning, the Andrea Gail, a commercial fishing boat, went down off the coast of Nova Scotia and boat and crew of six disappeared without a trace. Now a Major Motion Picture. Photos from the movie in a photo section in this book. 301 pages. 4.2 x 6.75 inches. Harper Torch/HarperCollins Publishers, New York, 2000.

iUniverse, Inc, 2005. Paperback. As New. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback As New. A novel of hijacking, submarines, secret missions, Chinese officers, terror, Chinatown--- and hostages as the submarine Piratefish and Minefish clash in waters off the Golden Gate. Lots of action and adventure. 225 pages. 6 x 9 inches. 2005, iUniverse, Inc.