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USA: Little, Brown and Company, 1964. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback Hardcover BCE Book in Very Good Condition with a Fair Dust Jacket. Tan cloth with burgundy lettering and design, clean and unmarked, a touch of wear at spine head/tail. Tight and solid binding. Top edge tinted with publisher's red. Rough cut. Interior is clean with no marks, tears, stains. Yellowish jacket with burgundy design, green and black lettering is worn, lightly and generally darkened, chipping of edges and spine head and tail. Set in the western highlands of Scotland. The story of a boy, Laurie, the only child of a middle-class Catholic couple, who grows up with the bigotry of the Scottish Protestants and rigid class consciousness. He is the outsider. A. J. Cronin (1896-1981) was a Scottish novelist and physician. Many of his best known works were adapted to film. 224 pages. 8.5 x 5.75 inches. Little, Brown and Company, Boston, MA 1964.

Helsinki, Finland: Kirjoittanut Ja Toimittanut, 1997. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Swedish Music History Book, Festivals, Choral Groups, Clothing--in the FINNISH/SWEDISH LANGUAGE. Trade Paperback in Near Fine Condition. Illustrated with b/w in-text photogrtaphs throughout. 142 pages, 7 x 9.75 inches. 1997, Helsinki, Finland

Chicago, Illinois: HPH Publishing Inc, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback First Edition. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in Near Fine Condition. Top edge of text block has a few spots, else Fine. Black cloth binding with silver titlesi s clean and unmarked; tight, solid and square volume. Internals as new. A horrendous true crime story told by the man who worked the case, with a close look at one of the most pressing issues of society today. 406 pages, indexed. 6.25 x 9.4 inches. 2006, HPH Publishing Inc., Chicago, Illinois

U.S.A: Signet Classics, 1988. First Thus. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6?" - 7?" tall. First Signet Classic Printing. Mass Market Paperback in Very Good Condition. Introduction by Michael Dorris. Clean and bright yellow cover, with illustration from the Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, Texas. Gently used book with faint discernible wear. Soundly bound, square. Pages toned, clean and free from any markings. One of the greatest ethical novels of the 19th century, ranking with "Uncle Tom's Cabin". A powerful love story and a realistic and sympathetic depiction of the Native Americans' struggle in the early West in America. 362 pages. 7 x 4.2 inches. Signet Classics, USA 1988.

U.S.A: Kensington Books, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback First Printing. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket As New. Appears unused. A harrowing novel about a young woman's determined hunt for a serial killer--she had escaped this psychopath twice herself, having been near death and now four girls have disappeared from All Saints College in less than two years. All four were "lost souls"--troubled, vulnerable, lonely. 403 pages. 9.25 x 6.25 inches. Kensington Books, USA, 2008.

Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1972. First US Edition. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1972. First US Edition. Trade Paperback in Good Condition. 132 Illustrations, 18 in colour. This is a library re-bound book, paperback bound in red cloth hardcover that is clean, rubbed around edges, solid and square binding, pages toned, quite clean, with underlined text on a few pages. Library stamp on text block edges, card and pocket on rear endpapers bar code on front. The author explores the unique intermingling of three immensely powerful cultures in medieval Spain: Christian, Jews, and Muslim. He provides a lucid study of this interaction, from the Islamic occupation of Spain, in the early 8th century, through the gradual rise of Christian Spain and the success of the 'Reconquista' in the 13th century, to the reign of Ferdinand and Isabella, dual monarchs of the Inquisition period, and the final conquest of Muslim Granada in 1492. He clarifies the complex political… Read More

Great Britain: Methuen London, 1985. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback Hardcover Book in Near Fine Condition. No dust wrapper. b/w photographs. Black linen cloth is quite clean, two faint, very small whitiish spots on front, no wear to extremities, spine square, tight & solid sewn binding. Internals as new. First published in Great Britain 1985 by Neuthen London Ltd. Reproduced, printed and bound in Great Britain by Hazell Watson & Viney Limited, Aylesburt, Bucks. 217 pages with Notes and Index. 1985, Meuthen, Great Britain.

Alexandria, Virginia, USA: Time-Life Books, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9?" - 12" tall. Type: Hardback First Printing. Hardcover in Near Fine Condition. No Jacket, as issued. All about airborne balloons, their history and development and famous races. Letter from the editor laid in. Brown leatherette pasdded binding with gilt debossed title in script on front, gilt titles on spine, very clean and unmarked, whisper of wear to some corners; all edges gilt; tight and solid sewn binding. Fully illustrated in monotone and full colour, front endpapers illustrated in colour. Internals pristine. This volume is one of a series that traces the adventures and science of aviation, from the earliest manned balloon ascension through the era of jet flight. This volume is all about airborne balloons, balloonists, with delightful illustrations . 176 pp with Bibliography and Index. 11 x 9 inches. 1981, Time-Life Books, Alexandria, Virginia, USA

USA: Kensington Books, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7. Hardback First Edition Book and Jacket As New. Black quarter cloth binding with gilt titles, red paper-wrapped boards--bright, clean, tight, unmarked. Detetective Montoya and the FBI race against time to find a killer who is getting more terrifying with every crime--a psychopath on the loose. 421 pages. 9.25 x 6.25 inches. Kensington Books, New York, 2006.

U.S.A: Kensington House Pub Ltd, 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/As New. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback Type: Hard Back First Printing. Hardcover Book on Near Fine Condition with a Jacket As New. There is a slight lean to the spine, else Fine. Clean, unmarked, tight & solid, sharp corners. Pages clean, crisp, unmarked, uncreased. Bright, glossy silver-blue jacket is un-clipped. Two-year-old Noah went missing two years ago and his body has never been found, Everyone assumes the boy fell off the dock near their island home. Ava, his mother, has been in and out of Seattle mental institutions ever since, unable to recall the details of his disappearance. Now she is out and back on the family estate, trying to get her mind and strength back. But she feels her family and her psychologist know more than they are saying and are anxious about what she may discover. She wants answers and won't stop until she gets them--and the truth may be more dangerous than she can imagine. 472 pages. 9.25 x… Read More

Great Britain: Patrick Stephens, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback First Edition. First Printing. Fine in a Fine Jacket. Bound in blue-grey cloth w/gilt titles. Numerous b/w photographs throughout. In this graphic account, former RAFVR Squadron Leader Robert Jackson recreates vividly those tense days forty years ago when the Iron Curtain came down with a vengeance. All links between Berlin and the West were severed. The Berlin Airlift began, a vital lifeline for the people of Berlin. For ten months the RAF, the USA Air Force and many chartered airlines supplied food, fuel, household goods, etc., operating round the clock, in all weather, being constantly harrassed by Russian fighters. Included in this book are detailed appendices of aircraft and crew casualties, tables of individual aircraft performances, monthly tonnages. A story of true courage and ingenuity. 160 pages with glossary and index. 9.5 x 6.75 inches. Patrick Stephens Pub.… Read More

U.S.A: Signet Classics, 1988. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6?" - 7?" tall. Mass Market Paperback in Very Good Condition. Introduction by Michael Dorris. Clean and bright yellow cover, with illustration from the Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, Texas. Trace wear to extremities. Soundly bound, square. Pages toned, clean and free from any markings. One of the greatest ethical novels of the 19th century, ranking with "Uncle Tom's Cabin". A powerful love story and a realistic and sympathetic depiction of the Native Americans' struggle in the early West in America. 362 pages. 7 x 4.2 inches. Signet Classics, USA 1988.

USA: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1972. First US Edition. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7. First US Edition. Trade Paperback in Near Fine Condition. 132 Illustrations, 18 in colour. Clean and bright golden cover with medieval illustrations; bare touch of wear to corners. Soundly bound, square, no spine creasing. Internals faintly toned, otherwise Fine. The author explores the unique intermingling of three immensely powerful cultures in medieval Spain: Christian, Jews, and Muslim. He provides a lucid study of this interaction, from the Islamic occupation of Spain, in the early 8th century, through the gradual rise of Christian Spain and the success of the 'Reconquista' in the 13th century, to the reign of Ferdinand and Isabella, dual monarchs of the Inquisition period, and the final conquest of Muslim Granada in 1492. He clarifies the complex political history and stresses the role of economic, social and cultural influences. 216 pages with Bibliography, List of Illustrations and… Read More

U.S.A: Kensington Pub Corp, 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback First Printing. Hardcover Book in Fine Condition with a Very Good Jacket. A thriller that goes behind the doors of an exclusive academy with a terrifying secret. Clean, unmarked black cloth over spine with blue boards, tight & solid, sharp corners. Pages clean, crisp, unmarked, uncreased. 424 pages. 9.25 x 6.25 inches. Kensington House Pub Ltd, USA, 2012.

Bath, England: Worth Press, 2019. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7. Bath, England: Worth Press, 201. First Edition. Softcover Book in Near Fine Condition. 256 pages. 8vo. Fully illustrated in color with 300 photographs. Hinged cover with French flaps is quite clean, slight wear to corners, tight and solid and square binding. Internals as new. "The History of Science" follows the incredible journey from primitive stone tools, through the Bronze and Iron Ages, to the renaissance and on to the quest for the stars. From hunter and gatherer tribes to the advent of farming and domesticating wild animals, the first civilizations began to form, with better housing, advances in medicine and in the ability to better pass down information from generation to generation, that helped increase humanity's knowledge. This work includes: the development of human technology from pre-history to the near future; the greatest contributions to science and the people that made… Read More

New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Remainder First Printing. Hardcover Book in Good Condition with a Very Good Dust Jacket. Eight pages of historic photographs. Clean and unmarked black and cream binding, no edgewear, tight & solid. Intact endbands. Internals quite clean and completely free from any markings. Unclipped glossy clean jacket is rubbed and has slight wear to spine head. In 1909 Frank Grigware was sentenced to life in Leavenworth, the first federal penitentiary, for a crime he did not commit. He escaped with five other convicts by hijacking a supply train and ramming the joint's west gate. He spent the next 24 years as America's most elusive fugitive. Four-time Pulitzer Prize nominee Joe Jackson tells Grigware's story in the waning days of the Old West. 416 pages with Notes, Bibliography and Index. 6.25 x 9.3 inches. 2001, Carrol & Graf Publishers, New York, New York, USA

U.S.A: The Macmillan Company, 1937. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9?" tall. The Macmillan Company, 1937. Hardcover Book in Good+ Condition. No Jacket. New and Revised Edition, November, 1937. This is the first printing of this edition. First Published May, 1936, with five reprintings. A driving journey through Mexico, brief, informal, to find what Mexico was like, to explore, to have new adventures and meet new people. This book tells of the experiences on this journey. Clean and unmarked green full cloth binding with yellow titles on front and on spine, slight wear to extremities, tight and solid sewn binding. b/w illustrations in three illustration sections, fold-out map near the back of the book. Illustrated title page; message from prev owner on back of half-title page. Maps on endpapers. Pages toned, a few pages with smudges but mostly quite clean; a few pages toward the back have small chips to bottom edge of pages. No underlining, no marking of text. 246 pages. 8.25 x 5.5… Read More

U.S.A: Harper Perennial, 2003. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Good Condition. Life in an English village during World War II is portrayed through protagonist Bobby, who is evacuated from Londfon to a remote Devonshire village which has no men; the village is given over to the "stay behinds": the women, the old and the young, and five boys who accuse Bobby of being a Nazi spy. This is a tale of the war's impact on the home front. 279 pages. 8x 5.2 inches. 2003, Harper Perennial, USA

Zurich, Germany: Buchergilde Gutenberg, 1963. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback The Life and Work of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 1756-1791, in the German Language. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in Very Good Condition. Clear archival protective jacket cover. 6 illustration plates. Binding of blue cloth with cream musical score and black title on front, black title panel on spine cream titled; very clean and unmarked; top of text block with pale spots; sewn binding is tight, solid, square with sharp corners. Verso of title page has a red stamp saying duplicate 1967, otherwise pages very clean and completely unmarked, no creases. Green and black jacket with musical scores is clean with light edgewear and a scuffed area on the back side. 467 pages with index. 8.25 x 5.2 inches. Publisher: Buchergilde Gutenberg, Franffurt am Main Wien Zurich, Germany, 1963.

Middlesex, England: Penguin, 1978. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. 12mo - over 6?" - 7?" tall. Fourth Edition. Paperback in Very Good Condition. Clean white cover with slight wear to corners, lower corner creased. Interior clean and unmarked, pages toned. Soubdly bound. A basic and comprehensive reference book, covering orchestral, solo, choral and chamber music as well as opera and ballet. Entries for composers and their works, instruments of all sorts, orchestras, performers and conductors. A handy, complete reference work. 458 pages. 1978, Penguin, Middlesex, England.