Search Results: Authors starting with C from The Book Closet

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1914 Red boards with gilt lettering on front and spine; a ffep appears to have been torn out; 500 pages, all appear intact; pictures available upon request.

New York: St. Martin's Minotaur, 2007 Black boards with red foil lettering on spine. DJ protected in Brodart cover. "Damaged Portland Detective Archie Sheridan spent ten years tracking Gretchen Lowell, a beautiful serial killer, but in the end she was the one who caught him. Two years ago, Gretchen kidnapped Archie and tortured him for ten days, but instead of killing him, she mysteriously decided to let him go. She turned herself in, and now Gretchen has been locked away for the rest of her life, while Archie is in a prison of another kind -- addicted to pain pills, u nable to return to his old life, powerless to get those ten horrific days off his mind." -- from the dj

New York: St. Martin's Minotaur, 2009 Light blue boards with black embossed lettering on sping; dj is protected with Brodart cover. "Gretchen Lowell is still on the loose. These days, she's more of a cause celebre than a feared killer, thanks to sensationalist news coverage that has made her a star. Her face graces magazine covers weekly and there have been sightings of her around the world. Most shocking of all, 'Portland Herald' reporter Susan Ward has uncovered a bizarre kind of fan club, which celebrates the number of days she's been free." - from the dj.

New York: Villard, 1993 Some nicks and tears In DJ; previous owner's name on ffep. A good reading copy.

New York: Ballantine Books, 2004 ARC with minor edge wear.

New York: Tor, 2002 Grey boards with red embossed lettering on spine. DJ in very nice condition with minor shelf wear. A sequel to "Ender's Shadow."

New York: Timescape Books, 1981 Book club edition; yellow boards with green tape binding; black embossed lettering on spine; dj shows shelf wear and has slit on spine. "Terry Carr, one of the most highly respected editors in the SF and fantasy fields, has compiled an exciting anthology that explores the farthest reaches of the human imagination..." - from the dj

New York: Dutton, 2007 Burgandy covered boards with gold author's initials; black spine with gold lettering;dj is not price-clipped and is protected with Brodart cover. "A long-lost-work of Shakespear, newly found...a killer who stages the Bard's extravagant muders as flesh-and-blood realities...a desperate race to find literary gold, and just to stay alive..." -- from the dj

New York: Little, Brown and Company, 1984 Cream boards with maroon tape binding; gold lettering on spine; stated First Edition; dj protected with Brodart cover; not price clipped; "not for resale" stamp on bottom. "For every generation there is a novel, which, in its passion, its commitment, its understanding, has the power to recall a time that still troubles or inspires us, that touches us so deeply we cannot let it go. And no time in this century -- not even the years of our two world wars -- has so rent our lives between devotion and defiance, betwen bravery and sorrow, as that era of protest and sacrifice, the tragedy of Vietnam." -- from the dj

New York: Scribner, 2001 Tan boards with black spine; gold lettering on spine; dj is not price-clipped and is protected with a Brodart cover. "In 1998, Andrew Carroll founded the Legacy Project with the goal of remembering Americans who have served this nation and preserving their letters for posterity. Since then, more than 50,000 war letters discovered in basements, attics, scrapbooks, and old trunks have poured in from around the country. The best of these letters are assembled in this extraordinary collection, offering unprecedented insight into the Civil War, World Wars I and II, Vietnam, Korea, the Cold War, the Persian Gulf, and even the fighting in Somalia and the Balkans." -- from the dj

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1974 Dark blue boards with title embossed in foil on front; orange and gold lettering on spine; pages are slightly yellowed; previous owner's bookplate on ffep; dj shows shelf wear, but is now protected with Brodart cover; not price clipped. "In this astonishing, luminous and terrifying work, Carlos Castaneda at last completes the long journey into the world of sorcery that began with his now-legendary meeting with don Juan." -- from the dj

New York: Crown Publishers, 1986 Black boards with gold lettering on spine; dj is price clipped and protected with Brodart cover. "On a quiet, early june morning an old man sits in a park in Brooklyn feeding the pigeons. then he walks over to a candy store, pulls a shotgun out of a grubby shopping bag, and blasts the owner and a customer into eternity. And suddenly it is a very hot summer for Lt. Antyony Scanlon, commander of th elocal precinct's detective squad." -- from the dj

Amherst, NY: Pyr, 2009 Trade paperback with no spine creases and no discernible edge bumping. "A devilish pot to assassinate the queen. A cold war enemy hell-bent on destroying the nation. Incredible gadgets. A race against time to stop the ultimate doomsday device .. and Elizabethan England's greatest spy!" from the back cover

New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2014 Black boards with silver foil lettering on spine; dj is not price-clipped and is protected with a Brodart cover; full number line; Book Three of the Testing. "With the United Commonwealth tettering on the brink of all-out civil =war, this is the moment to lead that the gifted student and Testing survivor Cia Vale has trained for. Having discovered the brutal truth behind The Testing, she has vowed to end it once and for all. As Cia plunges through layers of deception and danger, she must risk the lives of those she loves most and gamble on the loyalty of her lethal classmates." -- from the dj

New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2014 Black boards with sliver foil lettering on spine; dj is not price-clipped and is protected with a Brodart cover; full number line; Book Two of The Testing. "With her brutal Testing experience forgotten thanks to a government-issued memory wipe, seventeen-year-old Cia Vale is eager to being her studies at the Commonwealth's elite University, as is Tomas, the boy she loves. Their bright futures are threatened by the past, however, when violent nightmares that feel more like memories force Cia to question reality and the true motives lurking behind the friendly faces of her classmates." -- from the dj

New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2013 Black boards with silver foil lettering on spine; dj is not price-clipped and is protected with a Brodart cover; full number line. First book in The Testing series. "The Seven Stages War left much of the planet a charred wasteland. The future belongs to the next generation's chosen few, who must rebuild it. But to enter this elite group, candidates must first pass The Testing -- their one chance at a college education and a rewarding career. Cia Vale is honored to be chosen as a Testing candidate, eager to prove her worthiness as a University student and future leader of the United Commonwealth. But on the eve of her departure, her father's advice hints at a darker side to her upcoming studies: Trust no one." -- from the dj

HarperCollins Publishers, 2001 Book Club Edition

New York: The Macmillian Company, 1918 Burgandy cloth cover; rubbing on the spine; shelf wear on edges; loose front gutter; 513 pages; four pages of advertising in back

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1907 Red boards with cream colored writing on sping and front; pencil marks inside front cover; minor bumps to edges

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1901 Red boards with cream colored lettering; spine shows shelf-wear; front boards pulling loose at title page; previous owners' names written on ffep; MacMillian Standard Library edition.