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Alburquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press , 1992. Tight/Bright Copy, black quarter-cloth spine over beige boards, shiny gilt spinal titles, the attractive clear Brodart covered illustrated pictorial dust jacket has light edgewear, and lower corner creased inner front fold with a few spinal crown closed edgetears and nicks. A Contemporary Novel Set in the American Southwestern Town of Alburquerque, New Mixico in the 1990's. A Tale of Explosive Urban Development, Family, Friendships, Greed, Faded Dreams and Hope as the Lust for Power, incites clashing destinies and the Collision of 3 Cultures. 280 pages.... First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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NY: Warner Books, 1996. Tight/Bright copy, light edgewear, light spinal creasing, light cover reading creases, light age darkening. He's a showman and a womanizer, a fighter and an idealist, the ambitious young governor of a small Southern State whirling his way to the White House... 1st Printing. Paperback. Very Good-. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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US: The Franklin Library, , 1986. Full-Leather. Near Fine/No dust Jacket as Issued. First Edition. Signed by Author. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st (Limited) Edition, full gilt decorated, ribbed leather bindings, all pages are edged in gold, with beautiful marbled end papers, 215 pages, color frontis illustration by Jeffrey Smith, with a special message by the author, signed by the author Louis Auchincloss, previous owner embosssed circular stamp; " library of OKI" neatly below the author's signature. The tale of a very ambitious lawyer about to be made partner in a prestigious New York Law Firm, revealing his true nature with its lack of morals or ethics, and the savage determination that propels his skillful professional ascent and superior attitude to the end.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Dust Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Collector Edition!. more information

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Missouri: University of Missouri Press , 1992. Tight/Bright Copy. A diverse collection of stores that grasp the flavor of life, relationships, current events, and making the best of what you've got in Contemporary America. Stories of Art, The Fitness Craze, Video Gaming, Crime, Making Bad Situations Worse, Life Changes, Choices, and more!. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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NY: Dell Publishing Company, Inc., 1964. Tight copy, minor pinal reading creases, light edgewear, minor interior age darkening. A work of Southern life, prejudice, injustice, Black frustration and morality. The author dedicates this paperback printing to Medgar Evans and his family. Printeds in Act and character dialogue format.158 pages.. 1st Paperback Printing. Paperback. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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NY: Popular Library. Paperback. Very Good+. 1st Printing. 1964, tight-bright copy, #M2076. A novel about older values, women's rights, Catholic religious teachings ,family planning, and the turmoil that birth control caused in the early 60's.. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Fawcett Crest Book, 1976. Tight/Bright copy, light edgewear, light spinal and cover reading creases, slight age darkening. A classic, historical romance. Taylor Caldwell at her best! Ellen Watson was born into servitude. The humiliating life of hard toil was the only one she ever knew. Until Jeremy Porter. The eminently successful New York Lawyer saw a ravishingly beautiful woman in the rough and tattered serving girl. He saw the woman he was going to marry!. Later Printing. Paperback. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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Houston, TX: Arte Publico Press, 1989. Tight copy, light edgewear, small upper front cover sales stiicker shadow, clear archive tape reinforced covers, no names, unmarked text. The unique soul touching interrelated stories in this collection describe the coming of age and life of Rocio Esquibel, an adolescent girl who comes to terms with her womanhood and past to move forward. She defines her Neighborhood by its Trees, The Willow, the Apricot, and the one they call the Marking-Off Tree. Rocio knows she was born in the closet where she and her sister now take turns looking at the picture of Jesus whose eyes light up in the dark. But at night she enters a magical realm, and in her imaginary Blue Room, she can fly. At first she is a mesmerized observer of the lives of older girls and their boyfriends, but as she finds a job at the local hospital, and discovers a passion for drama and stories, finally emerging as a writer. Puerto del Sol Fiction Award Winning Title for 1985. 190 pages... Third Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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NY: Berkley Publishing Group, 1977. Bright/Tight copy. Front cover and spinal reading creases. Minor edgewear and rubs. Minor page age darkening. In the spellbinding tradition of Jonathan Livingston Seagull and Watership Down. The unforgettable story of a prophet named Crow & his struggle to save the animal kingdom from its greatest threat--Man.. 1st Printing. Paperback. Very Good-. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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US: Privately Printed, 1987. Tight/Bright Copy, light Cover reading Wear, light cover reading creases, and light cover indents, unmarked and clean text, no names, labels, or stamps. A RARE CALIFORNIA THEMED AND HISPANIC CONTEMPORARY FICTION COLLECTION BY JOHN M. CORTES THE FEATURE STORY IS BASED ON THE ACTUAL REGIONAL GEOLOGICAL HISTORY OF THE ELSINORIAN EARTHQUAKE FAULT, ITS HOT SPRINGS, THE MYSTERIES OF THE LAKE, VOLCANIC ACTIVITY, AND GEOGRAPHY OF LAKE ELSINORE, CALIFORNIA - RIVERSIDE COUNTY REGION AND THE HUGE VOLCANIC CALDERA FORMED DURING A SOON TO HAPPEN MODERN ERA DISASTER AND ITS FAR REACHING EFFECTS! OTHER GREAT STORIES INCLUDE: "ON MAYATE'S TURF"; "THE GOLD CHAIN AND THE SILVER CROSS"; and - "THE SOCCER PLAYER". PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR, US PRINTING, 2 CALIFORNIA TALES, 2 HISPANIC CULTURE TALES,. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Out Of Print. more information

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Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Compan, 1968. Tight Copy, tan board bindings, black spinal titles, no names, unmarked text, the humorour Black Alice / White Alice Watermelon anf Little Girl color illustrated cover has light edgewear with faint age tanning, a few closed short tears and small panel edgenicks and chipping. This is a moving and powerful suspense novel based on an ingenious plot to wrest a fortune from an eleven year old heiress. Blonde Alice is kidnapped in Baltimore; she reappears in Norfolk as the black-faced, kinky-haired niece of Negro Bessie McKay. Pushed across the color line, she becomes invisible to the white community and the people searching for her..224 pages...... Vintage Book Club Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Mira Books, 1995. Tight/Bright copy, slight edgewear, slight spinal and cover reading creases. A wonderland of sex and sin, where decadence and self-indulgence are a way of life. A town where money can buy anything, except love... Later Printing. Paperback. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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Los Angeles, CA: Fotonovel Publications, 1979. Tight/Bright copy, light edgewear, light spinal and cover reading creases, professionally clear archive tape reinforced covers. He's a tough has-been battler with one dream left, a heart of gold, and one chance left to make it big.. 2 moving stories about dreams, following your heart, and never quitting when the going gets tough! .. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Out-of-Print. more information

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N Y: vy Books , 1999. Bright/Tight copy. Light spinal creases. Bookstore stamped inside. The luminous book that became the premiere Oprah Winfrey Presents movie on ABC Network Television. Starstruck by a dime-story picture of Jesus, Avocet Abigail "Bird" Jackson fancies herself "His girlfriend" and embarks upon a spirtual quest for salvation, even as the chaos of her home life plunges her into stony silence.. 1st Printing. Paperback. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.A.: The Franklin Press , 1980. Tight copy, minor cover shelf rubbing, a clean blank white sticker is affixed to the upper first front freepage, light soiling, faint cover reading creases, professionally reinforced cover cornertips, signed & inscribed by the author as follows: " Katrina, Thanks, Michael Frederick". A fast paced tale of a Hell of a Life! Being found as a tragic survivor in a chemically contaminated Train Wreck, young Leornard has the double misfortune of being rescued still alive by a Nebraska man, then being adopted by a sadistic abusive Kansas couple. Growing up abused, tainted and striving to escape his past he journey's to California and meets Matilda, a beautiful young Black Woman. only to be tainted again by the shady underworld and the reach of greedy California Politicians as the plot thinkend! 314 pages. . Signed & Inscribed By Author. 2nd Printing. Paperback. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Out OF Print. more information

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NY: Grove Press, 1963. Tight/Bright copy, Grove Press-Black Cat Book #B-290,slight minor wear. A look into the then secret and taboo world of abortions. A fictionalized personal story of a highly respected doctor who was sent to prison for 4 years. An examination of his practice, legal and AMA problems, case histories and examples, complications,and sociological philosophies of the era.. 2nd Printing. Paperback. Very Good+. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Out-of-Print. more information

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NY: Bantam Books, 1977. Tight/Bright Copy, light edgewearlight small cover reading creases, clear archive ta[e reinforced covers, no names, no stamps. He's nineteen, sexy Lives in Brooklyn, works in Brooklyn Saturday night he goes dancing He's the Disco King He meets Stephanie She's twenty, beautiful, different from all the other girls in Brooklyn - the best dancer Tony's ever seen Will she be his Disco Queen? Will they go on dancing, even after the record is over? A defining cinema performance by John Travolta that captured the energy, the excitement, the glamour and the glitz of the Disco Dancing Scene and an Era. Includes a full-color fold-out of Disco Dancing John Travolta. 182 pages... 1st Printing. Paperback. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Movie Memorabilia Color Cover . more information

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CA: Long Beach, California: Imperial Press, Inc. , 2000. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good. First Edition / Draft Stamped Copy. Advanced Release Copy . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Stamped "Draft" and "This book not for resale on a few front pages, Tight/Bright copy, black cloth bindings, gilt spinal titles, Jersey cow b&w motif endpapers, light rear cover edge shelf indebrations, the clear black and white Jersey Cow morif dust jacket has a few closed short tears and light edgerubs. A very unique tale of one woman whose science based intellect and realistic social passions challenge the world's political ethics and the dogma, traditions, and ethics of Christianity, and the current majority leader in the race for the Oval Office who will risk everything to protect and defend her to the end. {The story is complete}. 214 pages.. Collector Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Dell Publishing, 2002. Paperback. Very Good. 1st Printing. Bright/tight copy, faint spinal creases, light edgewear. Until that September night in 1952, Luke Chandler had never kept a secret or told a single lie. But in the long, hot summer of his seventh year, two groups of migrant workers, and two very dangerous men, came through the Arkansas Delta to work the Chandler cotton farm. And suddenly mysteries flood Luke's world... more information

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NY: Berkley Publishing Group, 1997. 1st Berkley Printing. Bright/Tight copy, light edgewear, light spinal and cover reading creases. Byron Bluford is a down-and-out factory worker with a dream: to somehow recapture that one shining moment of his life, that memory that nourishes his soul and feeds his fantasies..that long-ago day when he debuted his Elvis impersonation at the high-school talent show. And now he's gone and done it. He's gone to Vegas and gone stark raving Elvis!. 1st Printing. Paperback. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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New York: Bantam Book,, 1980. Tight/Bright copy, light edgewear, light cover and spinal reading creases, clear archive tape reinforced covers. The Ewings, Through Four Generations the built a mightly Texan Empire, as wild, as bold, and as rich as the wild rugged land. . Later Printing. Paperback. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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NY: Pocket Books, 1973. Tight/Bright Copy, minor edgewear, minor spinal and cover reading creases, light normal age darkening, professionally clear archive tape reinforced covers, neat previous owner name inside. Hawkeye and his wacky pals of the 4077th may be growing older, but they sue haven't grown up! But all is well and humorous in Spruge Harbor, Maine where the laughs, the pranks, and the comedy keeps you in stitches. 174 pages.. 1st Printing. Paperback. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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NY: Pocket Books, 1976. Tight/Bright Copy, light edgewear, light spinal and cover reading creases, light normal age darkening, professionally clear archive tape reinforced covers. Hawkeye and his wacky pals of the 4077th may be growing older, but they sue haven't grown up! But all is well and humorous in Sin City where the laughs, the pranks, and the comedy keeps you in stitches. 239 pages.. 1st Printing. Paperback. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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NY: Pocket Books, 1975. Tight/Bright Copy, light edgewear, minor spinal and cover reading creases, light normal age darkening, clear archive tape reinforced covers. Hawkeye and his wacky pals of the 4077th may be growing older, but they sure haven't grown up! But all is well and humorous in New Orleans where the laughs, the pranks, and the comedy keeps you in stitches. 189 pages.. 1st Printing. Paperback. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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NY: Pocket Books, 1975. Tight/Bright Copy, light edgewear, minor spinal and cover reading creases, light normal age darkening, clear archive tape reinforced covers. Hawkeye and his wacky pals of the 4077th may be growing older, but they sure haven't grown up! But all is well and humorous in New Orleans where the laughs, the pranks, and the comedy keeps you in stitches. 189 pages.. 1st Printing. Paperback. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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NY: Pocket Books, 1975. Tight/Bright Copy, light edgewear, minor spinal and cover reading creases, light normal age darkening, clear archive tape reinforced covers. Hawkeye and his wacky pals of the 4077th may be growing older, but they sure haven't grown up! But all is well and humorous in London where they've ended up this time and once again the laughs, the pranks, and the comedy keeps you in stitches. 207 pages.. 1st Printing. Paperback. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Perennial, 1993. Tight copy, light edgewear, light reading creases, unmarked text. A fiesty independent Kentucky woman heads west with high hopes- but when she arrives in Tuscon, Arizona she has acquired a three-year-old American Indian girl named Turtle. A neat and unique tale about love, healing, and friendship and fate! . Later Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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NY: Pocket Books, 1977. Tight/Bright copy, light edgewear. Ron Kovic loved baseball, God, John Wayne and John F. Kennedy, but most of all, he loved his Country.. He was a natural athete, a shy teenager who dreamed of girls, an all American kid. He felt chills when he heard "The Star-Spangled Banner" and wanted to be an American hero. He rushed to enlist in the Marines and shipped out to Vietnam. He didn't come marching home. He came back in a wheelchair. Protesting the war at a rally in Los Angeles, he was shoved from that wheelchair, his medals torn from his chest. This is Ron Kovic's story... Later Printing. Paperback. Very Good+. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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NY: Harper & Row Publishers, 1989. Tight/Bright and Clean copy, blue quarter cloth spine over blue boards, bold silver gilt titles, Signed by the author on the title page under his name, very light shelf edgewear, the clear Brodart covered dust jacket has edgewear, faint interior jacket ege tanning, and a single small upper front jacket edge closed tear. The Sixth and Final Volume of Armistead Maupin's Epic Tales of the City Chronicles. To her adoring Fans, Mary Ann Singleton seems to have it all at thirtyseven: a sexy Husband, a precocious five-year-old daughter, a Santa Fe Style Condo on the 23rd floor of a posh San Francisco High Rise. With Fame and Success brimming from every pore! As the Sensational Host of Mary Ann in the Morning, the City's Top-Rated TV Talk Show, this former Secretary from Cleveland has gone about as far as she can go - in San Francisco. Now she must choose between Career National Stardom in New York and a Husband and Child in San Francisco. Caught in the middle is their longtime friend, a gay man whose own future is even more uncertain and troubled, and a host of Colorful Charcters each searching for Hope, Happiness, and Meaning... Wistful and compassionate, yet subversively funny. . Signed by Author. First Edition / Second Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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NY: Fawcett, 1993. Bright/Tight copy. Light spinal reading creases. Light edgewear. neat previous owner name inside. Eleven stories about Contemporary Southern Women who are stuck in the slow lane, gunning their motors, they are women living the real life, hoping things will get better, but surprised when they occasionally do.. 1st Printing. Paperback. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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NY: Pinnacle Books, 1976. Tight Copy, light edgewear and rubs, light spinal and cover small reading creases, professionally clear archive tape reinforced cover cornertips, neat hand written previous owner name and date on the upper inside front cover. Based on actual Frienships, Associates and Experiences in Robin Moore's life - as states. A Fictionalized Account of Big Money Bankers, Power Brokers, Financial Instutions, Investments and Loans, Sex, Temptation, Greed, Crime and Sweet Revenge..279 pages.... 1st Printing. Paperback. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1998. Advanced Release Copy {Stated Second Printing Before Publication 1-15-1998}, Tight/Bright and Clean Copy, Black Cloth Bindings, Gold Gilt Titles, the clear Brodart covered Dust Jacket has very light shelf-edgewear. Toni Morrison is the Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, The National Book Critics Circle Award, the American Book Award from The Before Columbus Foundation and the Nobel Prize for Literature. The book begins deep in Oklahoma early one Morning in 1976, nine men from Ruby (pop. 360), in an historic and perceived cultural, religious and racial defense of their all-Black Township, assault a nearby Convent of Dedicated Nuns and the Abused, Worn-out and Misfit Women who seek its safe haven and a second chance in it's ancient sheltering Walls. From the Town's ancestral origins in 1890 to the rage and hate-filled day of the deadly assault, "Paradise" tells the story of a people ever mindful of the relationship between their spectacular history and a sinister dark raging evil "Out There". 318 pages... First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Sedona, AZ: Spacestation Ark, 1994. Tight Copy, black covers, red titles, spinal reading creases, minor edgewear, clear archive tape reinforced covers. Signed and Inscribed on the Title-page by the Author: "Mike, I hope you like thestory, David Nowel". This is David Nowel's first novel, the story of a Visionary Writer named Alex Abramawitz and his adventures in the New Society he's founded on a Space Platform orbiting Earth and one man's quest to save Humanity. "Spacestation ARK is a Business based Government modeled on success. It becomes a master at harnessing the full potential and productivity of its over one million inhabitants thus becoming the most profitable corporation in the world and also the world's newest Superpower. The Arkians, with the help of advanced artifical intelligence computers have taken on the responsibility of funding new businesses and creating jobs for millions of jobless and homeless peoples throughout the world creating jealousy, intrigue and fear on Earth. Their computers control weaponry with their unique capability of annihilating whomever they wish. The employees enjoy open sex, recreational drugs, and a chance to function in every role that anyone can imagine (president, senator, physician, lawyer, actor, musician, artist, engineer, judge, model, athlete or even a mountain climber). Their medical technology has become so advanced that they are about to become immortal". But who's minding the corporation, should the creation of a new and dominate human species be the final goal in their plans, and what about the mere Earthlings? 306 pages... Signed & Inscribed By Author. Revised Second Printing . Paperback. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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Del Mar, CA: Gotcha Publications , 1997. Tight/Bright and Clean Copy, very light edgewear, signed and inscribed by the author as follows, "To Don + Joyce, Enjoy! R. E. Mike Patterson". A Fast Moving Crime Investigation Tale of Abduction, Intrigue and Mystery set in Altoona, PA. 221 pages.. . Signed & Inscribed By Author. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 1993. Paperback. Very Good. Later Printing. Light edgewear, light spinal creases, bookstore stamped inside. Angie Amalfi's suddenly being stalked by a man who's been contributing recipes to her food column and she must quickly cook up a scheme to catch the killer before her goose is cooked. The stakes are high as she's up against deadly arms smgglers and leathal food fanatics but she always keeps her cool!. Later Printing. Paperback. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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Boston, MA,: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1991. Tight/Bright and Clean Copy, black cloth quarter-spine over dark gray boards, glossy red spinal titles, neatly remainder marked bottom endpages, the attractive pictorial clear Brodart covered Dust Jacket has light shelfwear. An inspiring work that follows the lives of the Black Residents of the Housing Project know as All-Bright Court, set in the shadow of the Local Steel Mill, over Twenty years, as the bright promise of the 1960s kindles and then dims the dreams of Black America amid Economic Recession, Racism, and the Never Lost Sparks of Optimism and Hope. 224 pages. . . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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NY: Ballantine, 1976. Tight/Bright copy, light reading wear, light age darkening. Far off from the relentless grind of the city they sought the clean air and blue sky of the wilderness, a life of matchless beauty and quick danger, of raging elements and animal fury, a life rewarded by survival, joy and the loving harmony between man and beast... 1st Printing. Original Cloth. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Dell Publishing, 1980. Tight/Bright copy, light edgewear, light cover and spinal reading creases, clear archive tape reinforced copy. The Ewings, Through Four Generations the built a mightly Texan Empire, as wild, as bold, and as rich as the wild rugged land. . Later Printing. Paperback. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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NY: St Martin's Griffin , 2002. Tight/Bright and Clean Copy, very light edgewear, no names, unmarked text. Wes and Madison Reed, are the perfect celebrity couple but after the loss of their child they became only polite strangers out of the public eye. As popular television personalities they stay together for the sake of their public images. Their world changes when Wes is hit by a car while changing a tire and critically injured. On his deathbed he lets Madison know that the baby found in the car of the woman he helped was his daughter. With his last words he implores Madison to raise the child. Reeling from her husband's death and the revelation that he had an affair that produced a child, Madison struggles with her mixed emotions. Unsure and fragile, Madison leans on Wes' best friend, Zachary Holman. She begins to depend on his strength and dependability until she discovers that he has not been honest with her. Once again she is in a quandary about her relationship with a man. She attempts to pull away from him only to discover that their friendship is much more than even she was willing to admit. 310 pages.. . 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1963. Tight Copy, red cloth bindings, white spinal titles and caged bird illustration on the cover, clean unmarked text, the clear Brodart covered dust jacket has minor edgewear. A forcible retired middle-aged New York Banker suddenly finds his life turned upside down and removed from his prosperous suburbanite realm as he ends up as an inmate in a bleak Prison where he learns to adapt, survive, and understand.. 224 pages.. . First American Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Reseda, CA: Mojave Books, 1977. Tight/Bright Copy, light edgewear, signed, gift inscribed, and dated by the author on the inside front cover,. A tale of Desire, Gambling, White Magic, Intrigue and Dreams in Contemporary Sin Shaded Lake Tahoe. 211 pages.. . Signed & Inscribed By Author. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Paperback Original / 1st Ed.. more information

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Brooklyn, NY: Autonomedia, 1990. Tight/Bright clean and unmarked copy with very slight reading wear. A refereshingly different collection of short stories featuring, the Fast Life, LSD, Drugs, West Coast Attitudes, Relationships, Lost Love, and Regrets in the City of the Angels as only a New Yorker could craft it. 270 pages.. First Trade Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good+. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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NY: Warner Books, Incorporated, 1983. Tight/Bright copy, light spinal and cover reading creases, light edgewear, light age darkening, professionally reinforced copy, pink smudge on spine. Jennifer, brilliant, beautiful, an attorney on the way up until the Mafia's schemes win her the hatred of an implacable enemy, and love more destructive than hate. The Dark Arena of organized crime and the flash bulb lit Courtroom where ambitious prosecutors begin their climb to political power... Later Printing. Paperback. Very Good-. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Doubleday, 1981. Tight/Bright copy, red cloth bindings gilt chicken illustration on the front cover with gilt spinal and cover titles, unmarked and clean text, very light edgewear, the clear Brodart covered dust jacket has minor edgewear with a few closed edgetears, small corner splits, and a chipped spinal crown, An interesting and humorous collection of witty contemporary tales, stories and novelettes that include: A Fistful of Fig Newtons or The Shootout in Room 303; The Light at the End of the Tunnel, The Mole People Battle the Forces of Darkness; Marcel Prous Meets the New Jersey Tailgater and Survives, The Lost Civilization of Deli, The Whole Fun Catalog of 1929, Lemons on the Grass - Alas, The Marathon Run of Lonesome Ernie - The Arkansas Traveler, Sociology 101 { Hip Division }, and Lost at C. 265 pages with several b&w illustrations. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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NY: Popular Library, 1977. Tight copy, minor edge rubs, small cover reading creases, light page age darkening. A novel of 1956 campus life as a young woman experiences freedom, love, sorority life, and a sudden unexpected heartbreak as her world suddenly crumbles.. 2nd Printing. Paperback. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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NY: The Sun Dial Press, 1932. Tight Copy, Bluish-Green Cloth Bindings, Black Spinal Titles, a large and stout Bishop is features on the mid-front cover, the interior page tops are faintly wavy from storage with no staining, names, or markings, the price clipped attractive pictorial clear Brodart covered Dust Jacket has edgewear with shelf rubbing, small closed edgetears, small end nicks and chipping, light soiling, and has been previously inside vover tape repaired along the spinal and adjoining panel ends. To Bishop Waller drawers {Jaegers} were merely the first move in a long, grim contest with the devil, a contest in which long, grim drawers served as the shock troops of righteousness They were on an important but unattractive gesture in the general direction of God, a grotesque but essential step in a complicated ritual of spiritual costuming. Peter Duane Van Dyck, a 34 year old Coffee Magnate, Bishop Waller and four other passengers fogbound on the Staten Island Ferry leave their stranded vessel seeking help and find themselves shipwrecked in a Nudist Colony. Jones, the Nudist Colony Leader carries a Duck under his arm that goes by the name of Havelock Ellis. The group welcomes the stranded strangers ashore but requests that they adhere to the Colony's policy concerning the restricted use of clothing! 311 pages.. . First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good-. Illus. by Illustrated by Roese . 5 3/8" Wide x 7 3/4" Tall. more information

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NY: Ballantine Books, 1977. Tight/Bright copy, minor edgewear, light page age toning, small spinal and cover reading creases. He's a tough has-been battler with one dream left, a heart of gold, and one chance left to make it big.. A moving story about the World Heavyweight Championship.. Later Printing. Paperback. Very Good-. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Dell Publishing Company, 1985. Paperback. Very Good. Later Printing. Bright/Tight copy. Front cover spinal reading crease. Light edgewear. A early novel by one of the world's most popular romance authors!. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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NY: Bobbs-Merrill, 1960. Tight Copy, Minor shelfwear, the clear Brodart covered dust jacket has edgerubs, minor soiling, closed short edgetears, and is missing a small nick on the rear panel's upper edge near the spine.The Black Chicago Congressman gets involved in hot and heavy Backroom Politics and Dirty Deals in this tale of Black Nationalism, Rightwing plots, Third World Deals, and fast paced power brokering. King Strut has accepted the offer of Presidency from a group of Black Nationalists that declare their independance from the United States, and all hell is gonna break loose! .. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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NY: Harlequin Books, 1997. Tight/Bright copy, light reading wear. She'd been warned about Peter, but his sad smile and compelling green eyes were driving her crazy with desire.... 1st Printing. Paperback. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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