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Nelson Doubleday, 1988. Hard Cover. As New/Good. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First three books of Lost Swords. Why buy each seperate when you can have all 3 in 1 book? Dust jacket has four 1/4" tears, tw o bottom of spine, one on bottom front cover, one on top front cover. Rubbing on spine & slight rubbing on parts of edges around dust jacket..

Mahwah, NJ, U.S.A.: Troll Associates, 1985. Paperback. Fine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Explains the composition of stars, and the nature of constellations and galaxies. Collectible. Reading Level 4th grade and up. 30 pages..

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Avon Books, 1985. Collectible Paperback. "Lift your head and hold it high! Mighty Mike is passing by!" So sang the 250 diverse soldiers of M Company ("Mighty Mike") as they went marching to Vietnam. Their right feet hitting the snow simultaneously, they sang, "Am I right or wrong?" They had their answer three weeks later. "Absolutely the best book to come out of Vietnam," "The Cleveland Press. "M has been nominated by the NYU Department of Journalism as one of the top journalistic works of the twentieth century. "M is M Company of the 1st Advanced Infantry Training Brigade of the United States Army Training Center, Infantry, at Fort Dix, New Jersey, the training cycle of December 13, 1965, to February 3, 1966. In Vietnam, M was assigned to the 1st Infantry Division at Dian and to A, B, and C Companies of the 2d Battalion of the 2d Infantry, in the ... 223 pages. Spine is creased.. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Fine.… Read More

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Random House Children's Books, 1993. Soft Cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Step into Reading Books Series: A Step 1 Book Preschool - Grade 1. Although P.J. and his friends refuse to let Donna and Honey Bunny go camping with them because "camping is not for girls," the girls follow and get proof that camping is hard work even for boys. 32 pages..

Rockford, IL, U.S.A.: Tan Books and Publishers, Inc. 1995. Soft Cover. Near Fine. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. ISBN:0964799006. 32 pp. Written by the late Art Sadtler. Each animal in this book was chosen to arouse the curiosity of children. "As a classroom." Very light rubbing and very slightly curled up on the 2 front outside tips of corners. A very light 1" crease on front cover next to spine..

New York, NY, U.S.A.: St. Martin's Press, 1991. Mass Market Paperback. Fine. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. CBS reporter Morley Safer brought Vietnam into our living rooms. His 1965 coverage of the burning of Cam Ne Village by U.S. Marines shocked the nation - and outraged Johnson's White House. 25 years later, Safer returns to Vietnam for a compelling look back at the war and the legacy it left in that fateful land. He talks with the men who fought - men who live with the same private anguish as our own vets. He listens as civilians recall the terror of the B-2 raids. He meets Vietnam's heroes and villains - the woman honored as an American Killer by the Viet Cong; an unremorseful General Giap, who knowingly sent his troops to their slaughter in the bloody Tet Offensive; and many more.328 pages. Documented with 8 pages of photographs. Spine is creased..

Garden City, New York: Doubleday Publishing, 1987. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1125 pages. Dust jacket front top left corner bumped..

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster, 1985. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Collectible. Sagan's first novel. Carl Sagan, has brilliantly employed the freedom of fiction to imagine the greatest adventure of all-humanity's first encounter about contact between humans and extraterrestrials; it is also about contact, down here on Earth, with each other and with ourselves. Now a classic in speculative fiction, the late popular and distinguished astronomer's informed novel of what it may be like to actually make contact with aliens, via the SETI ('Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence') radio astronomy listening complex of huge field array receivers. 432 pages. Top & bottom of spine slightly bumped. The dust jacket inside flaps have a very slight tint of yellowing on the top & bottom edges. This book is really in fantastic shape..

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Random House, Incorporated, 1977. Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Dr. Carl Sagan takes us on a great reading adventure, offering his vivid and startling insight into the brain of man and beast, the origin of human intelligence, the function of our most haunting legends—and their amazing links to recent discoveries. "A history of the human brain from the big bang, fifteen billion years ago, to the day before yesterday.It's a delight." THE NEW YORK TIMES The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Broca's Brain and Cosmos takes us on a powerful and compelling voyage to the inner space between our ears, offering his vivid insight into the brain of man and beast, the origins of human intelligence, the function of our most haunting legends--and their amazing links to recent discoveries. Illustrations and photos. 263 pages..

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Harper & Row, 1967. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. From the observations that rocked the Pentagon to the fascinating human side of life in North Vietnam ,Behind the Lines -Hanoi offers the most exciting factual account of t he enemy camp ever presented. A controversial book sent to Hanoi in December 1966 by the New York Times, Salisbury brought back reports of the reality of Vietnamese Communism who visited Hanoi while the Vietnam War was being waged. Worthy read for all lovers of history and for those who were there. 243 pages. Illustrated by Black and White Photos. Some rubbing on top & bottom & edges of spine, 4 outside corner tips and some places on outside edges. A 2" crease on front cover bottom right corner. A 1" crease on rear cover across the top left corner..

New York, NY: Belmont Books, 1961. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Number L519. Rare book. Collectible. The threatening prelude to World War III.authentic soviet blueprint for world conquest. "Every thinking American must read this book" For the first time since Lenin's program of 1919, a draft of the Soviet Communist Party's strategy has been published. The world now has an opportunity to study Nikita Khrushchev's plan, just as it had - and missed - and opportunity to study Adolf Hitler's plan, MEIN KAMPF. With the valuable, exclusive introduction and background by Harrison E. Salisbury, the eminent specialist in Soviet affairs for The New York Times, this book contains the complete Soviet psychology and blueprint of world conquest.plus the authentic Rules of the Communist Part of the Soviet Union. 208 pages. Some rubbing on top & bottom & edges of spine and some places on outside edges. Top & bottom of spine… Read More

Renton, WA, U.S.A.: T S R, Incorporated, 1990. Mass Market Paperback. Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. ISBN:0880389052. Book One of The Dark Elf Trilogy. Travel back to strange and exotic Menzoberranzan, the vast city of the drow and homeland to Icewind Dale hero Drizzt Do' Urden. The young prince of a royal house, Drizzt grows to maturity in the vile world of his dark kin. Possessing honor beyond the scope of his unprincipled society, young Drizzt faces an inevitable dilemma. Can he live in a world that rejects intergrity?.

Renton, WA, U.S.A.: T S R, Incorporated, 1992. Mass Market Paperback. Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. ISBN:1560763213. Cadderly, the Edificant Library's eccentric young scholar-priest, has survived his first adventure, but the chaos curse i s just the beginning of Castle Trinity 's plans for regional conquest. Cadderly and his friends must save the inhabitants of the beautiful elven forest, Shilmista, where a new opponent leads an army o f vile monsters. Not even Cadderly's po werful companions can insulate him from the trials of character and courage that he must face. The book is in nice shape just the top of the spine is bumped & r ubbed a little. The 2 outside corner tips of front cover are bent up on top and bent down on bottom..

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Doubleday, 1989. Hard Cover. As New/As New. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ISBN:0385244789. Author is founder of Mothers Of Asthmatics. She shares her expertise with parents who yearn to relieve the sufferi ng of their asthmatic children. This essential guide tells you how to work with your doctor to develop an effective asthma management plan. It includes practical day-to-day advice on allergy-proofing a child's room, predicting asthma attacks with a peak flow meter, detecting a medication's side effects, and learning the signs of an impending attack and how to minimize its consequences. The compre h ensive resource section can save parents hours of searching for products and services. While Nancy Sander was learning about asthma, Brooke suffered through sinus infections, temporary hearing loss , m ultiple allergies, and countless trips to the hospital emergency room. But her mother, with self-education and perseverance, brought her symptoms… Read More

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers, 1989. Hard Cover. As New/As New. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ISBN:0399134263. 1st printing. This is "The ultimate Washington thriller, as only Sanders can write it," taken from the book descri ption. He was a man of God, a bearded bear of a man with origins cloaked in mystery, but his present mission is clear: to take upon himself the transgressions of the wives of Washington, and his poli t ical influence over a new and emotionally unstable President is fast becoming a stranglehold..

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers, 1988. Hard Cover. As New/As New. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ISBN:0399133682. 1st printing. Timothy Cone, "Wall Street's premier detective is back." From tong sieges in Chinatown to Fifth Aven ue penthouses to the twisting byways of Wall Street where top guns and lowlifes are often interchangeable. Stock market op Timothy Cone detects..

Random House, 1991. Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 2 cassette tapes. 3 hours. Welcome to Sodom on the Hudson. When Dora Conti descends into the seamy streets of New York to investigate the murder of Jewelry magnate Le wis Starrett, the happily-maried, pleasantly plump Hartford insurance snoop finds more than she bargained for - a twisted trail of lechery, greed and murder everywhere she turns. Adultery is the leas t of the Starretts' sins - commandments fall like dominoes inside their empire where business and pleasure make for strange and deadly bedfellows. And the deeper she digs into the family's affairs, t h e closer Dora edges toward some trangressions of her own - when her growing attraction to the New York cop assigned to the case leads her to the toughest moral decision of her life..

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers, 1991. Hard Cover. As New/Fine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ISBN:0399136118. 1st printing. Sanders in top form, a tale of murder and evil in a great jewelry store empire, where the corrupt corp oration is dissected by a female insurance investigator and an NYPD detective who struggle to remain uncorrupted by their own urges.while immersed in a sea of immorality they swim against the current of their own desires..

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Putnam Publishing Group, The, 1986. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ISBN:0399131256. "Vintage suspense spiked with the master's touch. Lust and luxury clash with a vengeance in a tale of murder and venal ity among the New York rich. . Lawrence Sanders at his unguessable unput-downable best." As she begins to penetrate the dynasty's respectable facade, she uncovers a farrago of scandal, perversion and homicidal desperation; bland WASP couples with shocking hobbies; ultrasecret love nests; blackmail victims driven to the brink of violence; pillars of society with backgrounds that would curl your ha i r; covert swingers, savage sex goddesses and passion-crazed couckolds. Prev. owners name on FFep..

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers, 1991. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ISBN:0399136118. 1st printing. When Hartford insurance snoop Dora Conti comes to New York to investigate the violent street murder of a jewelry magnate, she discovers a "Sodom on the Hudson," where intimacy is measured in carats and kilos, and greed is the fast food of love. Top of book & jacket slightly bumped..