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| 1) |
Lost in My Own Backyard
NY: Crown, 2004. Apart from minor shelf wear, the book and jacket are in very good condition.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. ... (more information)
Offered by J & S Books (South Carolina, United States) |
Price: $12.00
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The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony
NY: Knopf, 1993. Other than slight shelf wear, the book and jacket are in excellent condition.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. ... (more information)
Offered by J & S Books (South Carolina, United States) |
Price: $8.00
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There was a Time
NY: Scribner's, 1947. The dust jacket is worn and sunned. There are 1/8" to 1" pieces missing at top and bottom of front near flap and top of spine. There is a 1" closed tear on bottom of spine, chipping along top, rear, and a 3/4" closed tear on bottom. There is also a small nick on jacket rear near flap. Inside boards, front and end papers, and pages are yellowed.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. ... (more information)
Offered by J & S Books (South Carolina, United States) |
Price: $8.00
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Ceremony of the Innocent
NY: Doubleday & Co., 1976. Later printing. The dust jacket is worn overall and the corners are rubbed. There is a 1/2" V-shaped piece missing from the top front near the fore edge. The top and bottom of the spine are slightly chipped. There are 1/4" closed tears on the top and bottom rear near the spine. The top rear is slightly chipped. The dust jacket is a little yellowed. The cover is worn along the edges near the spine. There is a price sticker and a former owner name plate on the ... (more information)
Offered by J & S Books (South Carolina, United States) |
Price: $2.00
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Bunny's New Shoes
Racine, Wisconsin: Western, 1991. Little Golden Book (#204-64). "A" edition. The cover is minimally worn. The former owner's name, written in the appropriate place, has been covered over with black marker. The foil spine is intact.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Karsten, Lisa McCue. ... (more information)
Offered by J & S Books (South Carolina, United States) |
Price: $3.00
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The Book of Mercy
A retired fireman, tortured by the disappearance of his flamboyant wife, becomes obsessed with the art of alchemy--the science of transmuting base metals into gold. This novel was a PEN/Faulkner Award Finalist and a "New York Times" Notable Book of the Year.
NY: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1996. The book is unread and is in fine condition.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. ... (more information)
Offered by J & S Books (South Carolina, United States) |
Price: $5.00
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Our Jo or the Chronicle of a Coming Man
NY: Macmillan, 1974. The dust jacket shows overall wear and is a bit sunned and soiled. The top and bottom of the spine are rubbed and there is a 1/8" closed tear on the rear edge of the bottom of the spine. Two closed tears of 1/4" are found on the bottom of the jacket rear and the area between them is creased. A 1/8" closed tear is found on the top rear. The pages are slightly yellowed but are unmarked. The binding is tight.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. ... (more information)
Offered by J & S Books (South Carolina, United States) |
Price: $5.00
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The Secret of Skeleton Island
NY: Grosset & Dunlap, 1948. A Ken Holt mystery. The cover shows some wear with the corners and the top and bottom of the spine being rubbed. The cover is a bit yellowed as are the pages. The pages are clean and the binding is tight. There is a very slight lean to the spine.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. ... (more information)
Offered by J & S Books (South Carolina, United States) |
Price: $5.00
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Trixie Belden and the Red Trailer Mystery
Racine, WI: Western, 1970. Whitman mystery #1525. The color illustrated cover is worn overall and the pages are slightly age darkened. The book is not marked. The spine leans slightly.. First Edition. Pictorial Cover. Good/No Jacket. ... (more information)
Offered by J & S Books (South Carolina, United States) |
Price: $3.00
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For Kings and Planets
NY: Random House, 1993. First edition stated. The dust jacket shows minor shelf wear. The former owner's name and a date are written in ink on the top of the front free end paper and there appears to be a "U" or "W" written in ink in the center of the second front free end paper. The binding is tight.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Very Good. ... (more information)
Offered by J & S Books (South Carolina, United States) |
Price: $3.00
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King Con
Beano Bates, known as "Kin Con" in grifter circles, teams up with District Attorney "Tricky" Vicky Hart to bring down gangster boss Joe "Dancer" Rina.
NY: Morrow, 1997. The dust jacket is a bit shelf worn and is lightly sunned along the edges. The pages are not marked but the top corner of four text pages are creased by about 1" each. The binding is tight.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Very Good. ... (more information)
Offered by J & S Books (South Carolina, United States) |
Price: $3.00
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Ember from the Sun
A scientist finds a pregnant Neanderthal perfectly preserved in a block of ice. With modern day technology he is able to bring the child to term. What will life be like for Ember, an ancient child in a modern land?
NY: Delacorte, 1996. The dust jacket and boards are slightly shelf worn and the plasticine covering on the front of the jacket is bubbling over part of the raised letters of the title and the author's name. The book is not marked and the binding is tight.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. ... (more information)
Offered by J & S Books (South Carolina, United States) |
Price: $3.00
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Psychiatry and the Community in Nineteenth-Century America
NY: Basic Books, 1969. This book is from the library of a national magazine. The dust jacket is worn overall. About 1/4" of the jacket is worn away on three corners and about 1/2" is rubbed away on the fourth. There is a 1/4" closed tear on the top front with a 3" long crease extending from the tear in the direction of the spine. The top of the spine is severely chipped with several pieces missing; this extends down about 1/2" along the spine. The top of the rear is also chippe... (more information)
Offered by J & S Books (South Carolina, United States) |
Price: $3.00
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Parallelogram
NY: Viking, 1987. The dust jacket of this ex-library book is protected in mylar that is glued to the covers. The call number is printed on a sticker glued to the spine. The library pocket is glued to the reverse of the rear free end paper with a date due slip attached. There is a security strip on the top of the same page.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. ... (more information)
Offered by J & S Books (South Carolina, United States) |
Price: $4.00
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Music for Chameleons
This collection of nonfiction pieces includes essays on Marilyn Monroe and Pearl Bailey, as well as Capote's celebrated chronicle of a bizarre murder, entitled "Hand-Carved Coffins."
NY: Random House, 1980. The dust jacket is edge worn and very lightly sunned along the edges. The book is not marked and the binding is straight and tight.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. ... (more information)
Offered by J & S Books (South Carolina, United States) |
Price: $25.00
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Heartfire
Alvin Maker and his wife Peggy, a seer, are led in different directions by forces beyond their control. Alvin travels north and tangles with the hypocritical powers responsible for the Salem witch trials. Meanwhile, Peggy goes south in an effort to avert a catastrophic war between the free and slave nations of the Americas, which she has seen in her visions.
NY: TOR, 1998. The dust jacket is slightly shelf worn and there is a price written in pencil on the top of the front free end paper. Otherwise, the book and jacket are in outstanding condition.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. ... (more information)
Offered by J & S Books (South Carolina, United States) |
Price: $6.00
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Magic Street
Fairy magic invades an African-American neighborhood of Los Angeles in this urban fantasy by the author of the science fiction classic ENDER'S GAME and the Alvin Maker historical fantasy series. Byron Williams arrives home to find his previously-not-pregnant wife Nadine rapidly giving birth to a baby who appears to be stillborn. A homeless man who is clearly gifted with powers beyond the ordinary takes the very much alive baby away, leaving the infant to be discovered by a neighbor boy. As the miraculous child--named Mack Street by his foster mother, a local nurse--grows up, it becomes clear that he has a dangerously strange and magical destiny. Unless Mack can discover the truth about his origin and purpose, he risks hurting everyone he loves.
NY: Ballantine, 2005. Flat signed and dated by the author on the title page. The book is unread and is in excellent condition.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. As New/As New. ... (more information)
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Price: $50.00
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The Call of Earth
The second book in the Homecoming series finds Nafai and his family selected to help save the Oversoul--the artificial intelligence protecting the people of Harmony--even as dissent and chaos begin to spread on the formerly peaceful colony world.
NY: TOR, 1993. First edition. Volume 2 of the Homecoming series. Other than minor shelf wear and faint soiling to the page edges, the book and jacket are in excellent condition.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. ... (more information)
Offered by J & S Books (South Carolina, United States) |
Price: $4.75
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Ender's Shadow
Ender Wiggins was only six when he was sent for special training because of his unique talents, and he may be humanity's only hope in a war against aliens. Winner of the 1986 Hugo and the 1985 Nebula Awards.
NY: TOR, 1999. Flat signed by the author on the half-title page. There is a gift inscription on the front free end paper and the jacket and boards are edge worn. The spine is straight and tight.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Very Good. ... (more information)
Offered by J & S Books (South Carolina, United States) |
Price: $75.00
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Dirty Jokes and Beer: Stories of the Unrefined
The easy-going Drew Carey offers short comedy pieces on the characters and situations he experienced on his rise to stardom.
NY: Hyperion, 1997. The book appears to be unread and both the book and the jacket are in outstanding condition.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. ... (more information)
Offered by J & S Books (South Carolina, United States) |
Price: $3.00
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