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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Date published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780811841863ISBN:0811841863
Description: Russell, Kirk., Chronicle Books, 2003, c2003, 1st Edition, 1st printing, boards (hard cover), fine with fine dj, 347 pp, small 8vo, nicely SIGNED by the author (no personal inscription), ISBN: 0811841863, 'The discovery of hundreds of empty abalone shells and two murdered divers', Mystery; Crime Fiction; Suspense. Read More
Description: Waugh, Carol-Lynn Rossel, Greenberg, Martin H., & McSherry, Frank D., Jr. (Editors)., Dembner Books, nd, c1987, boards & cloth (hard cover), inscription on ffep o/w vg+ with slightly chipped dj (2 minor tears), 298 pp, 8vo, "...the detectives in this anthology travel all over Boston to solve crimes" Read More
Description: Lindley, Charles (Viscount Halifax)., Carroll & Graf Pub., nd (1994), ncrd, 1st C&G edition, illus. soft cover, light wear, lengthy gift inscription on obverse of cover o/w vg, 171 pp, 8vo, "Spine-Tingling Tales from the Golden Age of the English Country House" Read More
Description: Burmeister-Brown, Susan & Linda Davies (editors)., Glimmer Train Press, Spring 1995, c1995, illus. soft cover, vg-fine with bookmark laid in, 160 pp, B&W photographic & other illus., tall 8vo, "Stories by Paul Brownfield, Michael Frank, Lucy Honig & others, Interviews with Peter Carey & Kevin Canty" Read More
Description: Burmeister-Brown, Susan & Linda Davies (editors)., Glimmer Train Press, Fall 1994, c1994, illus. soft cover, vg+, 160 pp, B&W photographic & other illus., tall 8vo, "Stories by Steve Adams, Monica Wood, Frank Ronan & others, Interview with Paul Theroux" Read More
Description: Grima, Tony (editor)., Alyson Pub. (Boston), 1995, c1994, 1st Edition, illus. soft cover, slight crease to a few pp o/w vg, 233 pp plus notes on contributors, 8vo, "Many lesbians and gay men remember their teen years as a time of isolation and anxiety..." Read More
Description: Philbrick, Rodman., The Blue Sky Press (Scholastic), 2000, c2000, 1st printing (Advance Reader's Edition), illus. soft cover, fine, 223 pp, 8vo, "...presents a dangerous future world and a young hero who embarks on a terrifying quest" Read More
Description: Holman, Sheri., Atlantic Monthly Press, nd, c2000, 4th pb printing, illus. soft cover (trade paperback), vg+, 291 pp, 8vo, "The boys down on the Low Quay know a hundred ways to sell bad fish..." Read More
Description: Clarke, Anna., Doubleday "A Crime Club Book", 1991, c1991, 1st U.S. Edition, boards (hard cover), fine with fine dj, 183 pp, 8vo, "Incorrigibly curious Professor Paula Glenning is once again drawn into a baffling mystery..." Read More
Description: Janowitz, Tama., Crown Pub. Inc., 1987, c1981, 1st Crown Edition, illus. soft cover, vg, 264 pp, tall 8vo, "Earl struggles to come of age without succumbing to the irresistible force of his father..." Read More
Description: Reynolds, Sheri., Berkley Books, 1997, c1995, 2nd printing, illus. soft cover, very good+, 320 pp, 8vo, "...Grandpa Herman makes the rules for everyone..." Read More
Description: Koss, Amy Goldman., Dial Books for Young Readers (Penguin Putnam), 2000, c2000, 1st Edition (Advance Uncorrected Proof), illus. soft cover, fine, 121 pp, 8vo, "Each of the girls in a middle-school clique reveals the strong, manipulative hold one of the group exerts on the others..." Read More
Description: McDonell, Gordon., Little, brown & Co. "An Atlantic Monthly Press Book", c1953, 1st Edition, cloth (hard cover), very slightly cocked o/w vg with chipped dj (minor tears), 248 pp, small 8vo, "It all began that Sunday on the beach at Santa Monica" Read More
Description: Bugliosi, Vincent & Ken Hurwitz., W.W. Norton & Co., 1981, c1981, 1st Edition, boards & cloth (hard cover), near fine with corner-clipped dj, 309 pp, 8vo, "...a paroled mass murderer being released into a vulnerable society" Read More
Description: Theroux, Paul., Houghton Mifflin Co. "A Mariner Book", 1998, c1998, 1st Mariner edition, illus. soft cover, fine, 248 pp, 8vo, "Some days Hong Kong seemed no different from the London suburb she had lived in before the war...." Read More
Description: Wiesel, Elie., trans. by Stephen Becker., Schocken Books, 1982, c1964, reprint, illus. soft cover, vg-fine, 179 pp, 8vo, "The story of Michael, a young Jew who has survived the holocaust and returned to his hometown behind the Iron Curtain..." Read More
Description: Allen, Charlotte Vale., Island Nation Press, 1997, c1997, 1st Edition, boards & cloth (hard cover), fine with fine dj, 284 pp, tall 8vo, "It is late Winter 1934 in Manhattan..." Read More
Description: Healy, Jeremiah., Pocket Books, 1999, c1999, 1st Edition, boards & cloth (hard cover), remainder mark on bottom edge o/w vg+ with vg+ dj (small tear to rear panel), 359 pp, tall 8vo, "A John Francis Cuddy Mystery" Read More
Description: Morgenroth, Kate., Harper Collins, 1999, c1999, 1st Edition, boards & cloth (hard cover), remainder mark on bottom edge o/w vg-fine with like dj, 259 pp, tall 8vo, "A seemingly unstoppable terrorist and human killing machine" Read More
