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This large, lovely photography book documents a drive of 18,000 cattle across the western desert of Australia. There are over 200 photographs of the people, animals and terrain involved. Few copies seem to be available. This one is signed by the photographer, something not mentioned in any of the others found online. This volume is nearly flawless, with the exception of an area along the bottom edge that seems to have had a small run-in with a little bit of water. The affected area measures about 6 cm wide by 2 cm or less deep. Little water staining can be seen, but the ripples are obvious when you run your fingers along the bottom edge of a page. Hard to see with the eye in most cases, but the ripples can be observed in photo #7. This book will ship at over four pounds (or about two kilos). We will ship this one with insurance. Excess shipping costs are included in the list price.

No dust jacket. Fabric over the spine has taken its leave at some point in the past 160+ years. The remaining cover is quite worn, of an indeterminate color due to many stains. A small group of pages, including the cover page and frontispiece, has come loose. The remaining pages are tight and intact, with a lot of spotting and many very dark, yet still readable pages. This book is four volumes in one, covering many hundreds of years of English history. An understandably rare book after all these years. This book will ship at about three pounds. Excess shipping costs are included in the list price.

A very simple learn-the-alphabet book. In it, the letters are turned into the illustrations of a word starting with each letter. For instance, the letter K turns into a Kite. And that takes up all of two facing pages. 26 letters means 52 pages. The book has been well used with some creases and bent corners, most significantly to the lower right front corner and many of the pages that follow. You can see some of this in the photo. All the pages are intact and unmarked.

The Detective Book Club produced volumes of three crime novels from 1942 to 1999. Originally monthly, near the end they dwindled down to just a few per year. Many famous detective and crime novelists had their early works featured in DBC editions. Often, books were published in DBC editions before, or at the same time as they were published in mass market form. A little about our authors:John D MacDonald: Another well known author, MacDonald created the Travis McGee character, whom he featured in 21 novels, each with a different color in the title. MacDonald authored over 45 other novels and four nonfiction books. This is the seventeenth Travis McGee novel.Elizabeth Peters: A pseudonym used by Barbara Mertz, as Peters she is best known for her Amelia Peabody series, featuring a family of archaeologists exploring Egyptian tombs. Mertz held a PhD in Egyptology. In addition to the 20 Peabody novels, Mertz, as Peters, wrote six Vicky Bliss novels, four Jacqueline Kirby novels and nine stand alone… Read More

The Detective Book Club produced volumes of three crime novels from 1942 to 1999. Originally monthly, near the end they dwindled down to just a few per year. Many famous detective and crime novelists had their early works featured in DBC editions. Often, books were published in DBC editions before, or at the same time as they were published in mass market form. A little about our authors:John D MacDonald: Another well known author, MacDonald created the Travis McGee character, whom he featured in 21 novels, each with a different color in the title. MacDonald authored over 45 other novels and four nonfiction books. The Green Ripper is the eighteenth Travis McGee novel.Leslie Charteris: Charteris is well known as the creator of his character Simon Templar, also known as The Saint. Charteris published over 60 books about the Saint, which lead to two television series and a movie. This is the 48th Saint novel.Collin Wilcox: Also known as Carter Wick, Wilcox is best known as the creator of Sam McCloud,… Read More

First edition. Book is in very good condition. A few very small tears to the edges of the dust jacket. Pages deckle-edged. A look behind the curtain of commercial religion, in the characters tied to a television preacher. From the dust jacket, "...a tale of extortion and intrigue, of sexual exploitation and moral ambiguity, of murder and redemption, of the tainted reality that exists behind the façade of moral rectitude..."

The Detective Book Club produced volumes of three crime novels from 1942 to 1999. Originally monthly, near the end they dwindled down to just a few per year. Many famous detective and crime novelists had their early works featured in DBC editions. Often, books were published in DBC editions before, or at the same time as they were published in mass market form. A little about our authors:John D. MacDonald

Another well known author, MacDonald created the Travis McGee character, whom he featured in 21 novels, each with a different color in the title. MacDonald authored over 45 other novels and four nonfiction books. Thisis the eighth Travis McGee novel.E. X. Ferrars:
During her career, Ferrars published over 70 novels, mostly as stand-alones. Her longest series were the Virginia Freer and Andrew Basnett series, each with eight volumes. Janwillem van de Wetering:

A Dutch writer who wrote both in Dutch and English, van de Wetering was the author of 16 mysteries, four… Read More

The Detective Book Club produced volumes of three crime novels from 1942 to 1999. Originally monthly, near the end they dwindled down to just a few per year. Many famous detective and crime novelists had their early works featured in DBC editions. Often, books were published in DBC editions before, or at the same time as they were published in mass market form.About our authors:John D. MacDonald:
Another well known author, MacDonald created the Travis McGee character, whom he featured in 21 novels, each with a different color in the title. MacDonald authored over 45 other novels and four nonfiction books. Free Fall in Crimson is number 19 in the Travis McGee series.Aaron Marc Stein:

An American writer of mystery and crime novels, Stein also wrote under the pen names of George Bagby and Hampton Stone. He wrote four detective series, the most significant one being the Inspector Schmidt series of 49 novels. All told, Stein published 109 novels. Stein died in 1985. A… Read More

Suitable for tweens and early teens. Young boys have to solve the mystery of a strange apparition. Little wear, owner's name inside front and back covers. 156 pages, illustrated.

Trade paper. Some minor cover wear. Pages look good, all 316 of them. Diamond flies with the wind.

This is a professional journal published once per semester by the Graduate Program in Letters at Universidade Federal Fluminense in Niterói, Brazil. In Portuguese. This particular issue is from the first semester of 2003, and the fourteenth issue overall. A couple minor chips to the front cover, pages clean and tight.

Book shows some wear, with bent corners and creases on the cover. Few spine creases, pages are tight and clean. Owner's name on title page. The story of an early settler to Western Canada who went on to an eventful and important life. Grandmother to Louis Reil.

No dust jacket. Light green fabric with a decorated front cover and white print on the spine (mostly worn off). Mild edgewear at the corners and the spine. A glue break at the title page (photo #3) and a long tear at page 23 (photo #5). Otherwise, the stitching is still intact, albeit a little stretched, and the pages appear clean and unmarked. A quite rare book, in its earliest forms. It appears that the first was published by Bobbs-Merrill Company, followed by this A. L. Burt edition, with the same cover art. While there are plenty of reprints, facsimilies and PODs, the early forms are scarce.

A deep crease in the spine shows the location of a spine break in the glued binding, where about four pages are loose and more could join them in the future.

Little wear to the book. Black fabric covered boards with gilt print stamped on the spine and a little fraying at the front right corners. Pages are clean, tight and unmarked. The dust jacket has the usual crimps and ripples along the edges and a hole from a scrape on the lower front right. It also shows discoloration on the front and spine. A short book with a large number of photographs. May have a slightly musty odor, but I am trying to deal with that.

Little wear, no spine creases. Pages are clean, tight and unmarked. The third of five books in the Sarah, Plain and Tall saga.

Creases on the front and rear cover and three on the spine. Spine is square. The pages are clean, tight and slightly yellowed. Fawcett Gold Medal book M2339, cover price 95¢. A rare book.

Mild wear around the edges, no creases on the spine. Pages are clean, tight and intact. Fawcett Crest TI206. Fifth printing. This release is a movie tie-in, with photos of the three top stars, Richard Burton, Clint Eastwood and Mary Ure. A rare book, priced to sell. The stickers I use are removable.

Some minor wear at the edges and corners. 226 pages are clean, tight and intact. Professor Peter Shandy escapes to Maine to avoid his wife's all-female house party. While there, he observes the town bully keel over in his chicken pot pie, and discovers giant lupines growing where no lupines should be found. A murder mystery full of wit and whimsy, or so it is said.

A small amount of wear, including a few spine creases and some edge chips. 259 pages are clean, tight and unmarked. The 12th of 13 books in the Sarah Kelling and Max Bittersohn Mystery series. While Max is away in Argentina, Sarah finds herself investigating a murder via hat pin, executrix for the murdered woman's will, and named in a premature obituary as the killer's next victim. She is going to need to do some deft investigating work to get out of this one.