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U.S.A: Jove Books/Berkley Pub Group, 1998. Mass Market Paperback. Good. 12mo - over 6?" - 7?" tall. Mass Market Paperback in Good Condition. Clean and bright with light wear to cover edges. Lean to spine. Tigth glued binding. Pages quite clean and free from any markings, no creases. Story of a father and son--son wants to be a jockey, but father has other ideas. They find themselves together fighting a deadly adversary. 306 pages. 4.2 x 6.75 inches. Jove Books/Berkley Publishing, 1998.

U.S.A: Putnam Pub Group, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7. Collectible. Hard Back First Printing. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket As New. Protective archival jacket wraps. Original publisher's price on jacket. Spotless binding of red half cloth with black outlined lettering on spine, black paper-wrapped boards. Tight & solid, square with sharp corners. Internals immaculate. Dick Francis' thirty-sixth thriller--Menace and murder, lies and treachery by three-time Edgar Award winner Dick Francis. Pristine condition. 273 pages. 6.25 x 9.4 inches. G Putnam's Sons, New York, 2000.

London. UK: Chatto & Windus, 1985. First Thus. Hardcover. As New/No Jacket. 4to - over 9?" - 12" tall. Philip Hood. Type: Private Press London, Chatto& Windus, 1985. First Printing of this Edition. First Pub in 1915. Hardcover Quarto As New. No Dust Jacket. Illustrations by Philip Hood. 7.5" x 10" tall. 140 pages. Philip Hood has portrayed Hannay and his world in vivid paintings and drawings which perfectly capture the drama of the story. Binding of Blue cloth with sharp and bright gilt lettering on spine. illus and design pasted on front cover-illus of Hannay at the bottom of the steps. Typeset in 12 point Palatino, printed and bound in the Netherlands . A beautiful edition. The most famous of all thrillers, first published over 100 years ago and filmed three times, it remains a timeless and suspenseful mystery.suspense novel. John Buchan, 1875-1940, was a Scottish novelist and public servant who combined his public life career with writing thrillers, historical novels,… Read More

Bantam Books/Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, 1983. Hardcover. As New/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7. Bantam Books, Inc, 1983, Sixth Printing. Hardcover Book As New. No jacket, as issued. The Agatha Christie Mystery Collection which was published between June 1982 and October 2000. The Black Leatherette Collection. Black leatherette with gilt titles to spine, gilt silhouette portrait front decoration, marbled, colored, feather endpapers. Except for the Bible and Shakespeare, Agatha Christie (1890 - 1976) is the best selling novelist of all time, selling over 2 billion copies of her books. She is best known for her 66 detective novels featuring those well-known fictional 'detectives', Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot. 207 pp. 8vo. Publication year 1983, Bantam Books/Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group. ISBN10: 0553350021, ISBN13: 9780553350029

New York: Penguin Books/Grove Press, 2010. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Clean and unmarked pictorial wraps, whisper of wear to some extremities, solid and tight binding, square. Pages toned, quite clean, no marks of any kind no creasing. Donna Leon captures the atmosphere of Venice in this 18th Commissario Guido Brunetti book. as in all others, with engrossing plots, enjoyable and sometimes witty dialogue, and always office intrigue. 278 pages. 5 x 7.75 inches. 2010, Penguin Books/Grove Press, New York.

London, England: Pan Books, 2001. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6?" - 7?" tall. Mass Marker Paperback in Near Fine Condition. The best of crime fiction, a thriller by one of Great Britain's best crime fiction authors. A young doctor visiting a patient in Acid Row, a battleground of a neighborhood, becomes trapped in a terrifying siege. 475 pages. 7 x 4.25 inches. 2001, Pan Books/McMillan, London, England

New York: Willliam Morrow/HarperCollins Publishers, 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback Wm Morrow, 2014 First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover Book and Jacket As New. Acclaimed mystery writer Sophie Hannah revives Agatha Christie's beloved detective, Hercule Poirot and his little gray cells, as he uncovers another murderer in this exciting mystery tale. 302 pp. 8vo. 2014, Willliam Morrow/HarperCollins Publishers

USA: St. Martin's Griffin, 2002. Special Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7. St. Martin's Griffin, 2002. Ex-Library First Printing. Hardcover Book and Jacket in Good Condition. Bright, clean, tight, unmarked, except for lib marks which are as usual. Slight lean to spine. Interior is very clean, unmarked. Agatha finds murder wherever she goes--even on a trip to a remote island in the South Pacific. She meets a happy and attractive honeymooning couple about whom she gets an odd feeling. Upon returning home, she finds that a woman was found floating in a river in her wedding gown and the police think it is suicide--but Agatha knows better! 213 pages. 8.5 x 5.75 inches. St. Martin's, New York 2002.

U.S.A: St.Martin's Press, 2001. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback Hardcover BCE Book in Very Good Condition with a Fine Dust Jacket. Mylar Jacket Cover. Black paper-wrapped binding with small discoloration on front, slight rubbing to spine heel. Otherwise clean and unmarked, tight & solid. Internals as new. Bright, illustrated jacket as new. Newly wed Agatha Raisin finds marriage is not all its cracked up to be and she and James go to live in separate cottages--James vanishes, with a blood stain for a clue--and Agatha is the prime suspect. 229 pages. 8.5 x 5.75 inches. St.Martin's Press, New York 2001.

Penguin Group, 2004. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Ex-Library Trade Paperback in Good Condition. Translated by Stephen Sartarelli. Camilleri's novels exude a sense of place, a sense of humor, and a sense of despair that fills the air of Sicily. Quite clean and unmarked, solid binding. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. 274 pages, including notes that explain the more obscure phases (i.e, ."Garruso.Mebbe 'e's from up north ") 2012, Penguin Group.

Picador/Pan Macmillan, 2013. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Picador/Pan Macmillan, 2013. Trade Paperback 1n Very Good Condition. Trace wear to cover corners. Translated by Stephen Sartarelli. Book 14 of the delightful adventures in Camilleri's Sicilian mystery series featuring that sardonic and witty Inspector Montalbano who exposes corruption at every turn. 307 pages. 8vo. 2013, Picador/Pan Macmillan. SBN10: 1447276639, ISBN13: 9781447276630

New York: Warner Books, 1991. Mass Market Paperback. Good. 12mo - over 6?" - 7?" tall. Mass Market Paperback in Good Condition. 194 pages. Glued bindign tight; cover clean, light wear around edges, crease down hinge, no spine creases. Pages very clean, no marks, no creases, lightly toned. A British mystery. 194 pages. 12mo - over 6?" - 7?" tall. 1991, Warner Books, New York.

Picado/Pan Macmillan, 2015. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Picador/Pan Macmillan, 2015. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Trace wear to cover corners, faint crease to spine. Translated by Stephen Sartarelli. Book 18 of the delightful adventures in Camilleri's Sicilian mystery series featuring that sardonic and witty Inspector Montalbano who exposes corruption at every turn. 297 pages. 8vo. 2015, Picador/Pan Macmillan. ISBN10: 1447249151, ISBN13: 9781447249153

New Yokk: Alfred A Knopf Inc, 2000. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 8vo - over 7. Alfred A Knopf Inc, 2000. Second Printing Before Publication, Hardcover Book in Near Fine Condition with Fine Dust Jacket. A touch of wear to spine head and spine heel slightly compressed, else Fine. Clean and unmarked tan and brown binding, tight and solid. Internals Fine. Set in Sri Lanka, a country forced into the late twentieth century by the ravages of civil war. An anthropologist, educated in American and England, born in Sri Lanka, is sent into this war-ravaged country to work with local officials to discover the source of the organized campaigns of murder engulfing the island. A powerful novel. 307 pages. 6 x 8.75 inches. Alfred A Knopf, 2000, New York, USA

New Y, New York, USA: Alfred A Knopf, 2000. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback Third Printing. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in Fine Condition. Clean and unmarked tan and brown binding, tight and solid. No edgewear. Rough cut. Internals Fine. Set in Sri Lanka, a country forced into the late twentieth century by the ravages of civil war. An anthropologist, educated in American and England, born in Sri Lanka, is sent into this war-ravaged country to work with local officials to discover the source of the organized campaigns of murder engulfing the island. A powerful novel. 307 pages, 6 x 8.75 inches, 2000, Alfred A Knopf, New York USA

Alfred A Knopf, 2000. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. 6x1x9. Type: Hardback Third Printing. Hardcover Book in Near Fine Condition with a Fine Dust Jacket. Clean and unmarked brown paper-covered boards have faint small darker brown mark in upper right quadrant, barely visible; slight compression of spine head and heel. Binding, tight, solid ans square . No edgewear. Internals As New. Set in Sri Lanka, a country forced into the late twentieth century by the ravages of civil war. An anthropologist, educated in American and England, born in Sri Lanka, is sent into this war-ravaged country to work with local officials to discover the source of the organized campaigns of murder engulfing the island. A powerful novel. 311 pages, 6 x 8.75 inches, 2000, Alfred A Knopf, New York USA

Alfred A Knopf Inc, 2000. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 8vo - over 7. Alfred A Knopf Inc, 2000. First Printing of First Edition. Hardcover Book in Very Good Condition with Fine Dust Jacket protected in archival sleeve. Spine head and heel compressed and with a touch of wear. Slight rubbing of some edges. Upper rear board edge has tiny scuff with a spot on nearby text block edge. Clean ivory quarter cloth and brown boards with gilt inset decoration, gilt titles to spine. Internals As New. Set in Sri Lanka, a country forced into the late twentieth century by the ravages of civil war. An anthropologist, educated in American and England, born in Sri Lanka, is sent into this war-ravaged country to work with local officials to discover the source of the organized campaigns of murder engulfing the island. A powerful novel. 311 pages. 6 x 8.75 inches. Alfred A Knopf, 2000, New York, USA

U.S.A: St. Martin's Press, 1994. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6?" - 7?" tall. Paperback in Very Good Condition. Bright, clean and tight, unmarked, with just a touch of cover edgewear. Am Owen Archer Mystery-suspenseful, historically accurate. The time is 1363 Christmastide, at an abbey in York, where two pilgrms are mysteriously dead of an herbal remedy. 319 pages. 1994, St. Martin's Press, USA

Woodstock, Vermont, USA: Foul Play Press/The Countryman Press, 1975. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Type: Hardback A Dalziel and Pascoe Mystery. Hardcover BCE in Near Fine Condition with a Very Good Dust Jacket. 188 pages. Book is clean and unmarked, tight and solid, with a slight lean to the spine. Bright and colorful jacket is clean and has light edgewear. A story of an odd-ball family in a big old country house which turns into a mock-medieval restaurant, at which Dalziel finds himself, after being rescued when he and his car get stranded during April floods. A weird and comic mystery. 188 pages. 8.5 x 5.75 inches. Foul Play Press/The Countryman Press, Woodstock, Vermont, 1975.

New York: Fawcett Columbine, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback First Edition 1997 Hardcover Book in Very Good Condition with a Fine Dust Jacket. 17th Charlotte and Thomas Pitt mystery novel set in Victorian London. Small former owner bookplate on endpaper. Gray and red binding with gilt titles to spine is spotless, clean and unmarked; slight compression of spine heel; binding is solid, tight, square. There is a tiny red dot to the lower edge of the endpapers near the spine, otherwise the internals are as new. Bright and glossy jacket is not price-clipped. 373 pp. 8vo. 1997, Publisher: Fawcett Columbine/The Ballantine Publishing Group