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The M.D.: A Horror Story
Thomas M. Disch takes on the medical world in this thriller about a virus run rampant and a boy who acquires a caduceus with magic healing powers.
Westminister, Maryland, U.S.A.: Alfred a Knopf Inc, 1991. In a clear protective mylar cover. Suspense and the supernatural combine in this excellent novel of a boy who has a vision of seeing Santa Claus but realizes later that it was Mercury, the ancient god of medical science who will introduce him to the dark powers of the caduceus. Light wear to spine ends, a spot of sunning to top edge of boards, small pencil erasure to flyleaf. . First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. ... (more information)
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Machine Dreams
This chronicle of an ordinary middle-class family from the Depression to the Vietnam War--in which a beloved son is lost--is told from the points of view of a shifting collection of family members. When it was published in 1984, Phillips's novel was nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award.
New York, New York, U.S.A.: E P Dutton, 1984. In a clear protective Brodart mylar cover. Author's first novel. A multigenerational story of the Hampsons, that begins in the 1930's through WWII and the Vietnam War. Light edgewear/creasing to flaps, previousd owner's signature inked to flyleaf, lght wear to spine ends,a touch of foxing to top textblock and fore-edge, small spot to top edge of rear board. . First Edition, First Printing. Near Fine/Near Fine. ... (more information)
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Machine Sex-- and Other Stories
Porcepic Books, 1988. A collection of thirteen brilliant short science fiction stories was this talnted author.Vertical creae to front flap.. Trade Paperback (Large format). Near Fine. ... (more information)
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The Magdalen Martyrs
New York: Minotaur Books, 2005. In a clear protective Brodart mylar cover. Another phenomenal gritty noir novel from an author who gets nbetter with evey novel. In the third Galway novel, ex-guarda Jack Taylor is dnacing on the edge of sobriety when he is asked to return a favor and help track down a woman who worked at the notorious Magdalen laundry where wayward girls were imprisoned and abused deacasdes ago. Light wear to tail of spine.. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. ... (more information)
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The Magic Mountain
Hans Castorp visits his tubercular cousin Joachim at a sanitarium in Switzerland. While there, he too is diagnosed with the disease, and his brief visit stretches to a stay of seven years. He leaves only when World War I is declared and he returns to Germany to fight. The novel is a classic Bildüngsroman: Hans evolves from a confused and directionless young bourgeois into an intellectual who understands the meaning of life and death.
Franklin, PA: Franklin Press, 1981. Translated from German into English by H.T. Lowe-Porter that was first published in German in 1924. . Thomas Mann's masterpiece about Hans Castorp, a man who spent several years in an Alpine sanatorium for TB patients before becimng a soldier in the First World War. Dark brown leather with gilt lettering, decorated end leaves, gold gilt to all page edges.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. ... (more information)
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The Magician's Tale
Kay Farrow is a San Francisco photographer working on a study of the city's dark and exotic sexual underworld. When one of her subjects, Tim Lovsey--a male prostitute--is found dead, Kay is intent on finding his killer. During her search, Kay uncovers police corruption in a serial murder case years earlier--a case that has direct links to Tim's murder. A "New York Times" Notable Book for 1997.
E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Putnam Pub Group, 1997. In a clear protective Brodart mylar cover. Kay Farrow is a color-blind photogrpaher who makes it her mission to find the killer of street hustler she befriended. Bumping tio spineends, liught wear/small nick to rear flap.. First Edition, First Printing. Near Fine/Fine. ... (more information)
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Maigret and the Killer
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1971. In a clear protective Brodart mylar cover. A few minor nicks to front board, light wear to spine ends, 'Mystery Writers of America ' and address stamped to flyleaf, light wear to front flap and spine ends of dj, short-closed tearlight creasing to head of dj spine, light creasing to rear free endpaper. In one of Maigret's most perplexing cases, a young student found found murdered on a sidewalk with a tape recorder and his wallet intact.. First American Edition, First Print... (more information)
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Mallory's Oracle
NY: Putnam, 1994. In a clear protective Brodart mylar cover. This is Carol O'Connell's first novel and Edgar Award nominee for Best First Novel by an American Author, featuring Sergeant Kathleen Mallory of the NYC police dept. A stunning debut novel focusing on a series of unsolved murders in New York City's Grammercy Park. Gritty and lean.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. As New/As New. ... (more information)
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The Mamur Zapt and the Spoils of Egypt
New York: Mysterious Press, 1995. In a clear protective Brodart mylar cover. Captain Owen as mamur Zapt- th head of the Britsh-ruled Cairo's secret police, has been asked to an eye on Miss Skinner, a Boston-bred woman who narrowly escapes being shoved under a Cairo tram, but something more sinister is at work. Bumping to spine ends.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. ... (more information)
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The Man Who Cast Two Shadows
New York: New York: Penguin, 1995, 1995. In a clear protective Brodart Cover. The author's third novel featuring NYC detective Kathleen Mallory. A murder victim is found wearing a coat baring the name 'Kathleen Mallory.\'. Scratch across front flap, some rubbing to flaps.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. ... (more information)
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The Man Who Cast Two Shadows
New York: Penguin, 1995. Creasing along spine and near corner of front wrapper. The author's third novel featuring NYC detective Kathleen Mallory.. Uncorrected Proof. Plain dark-blue Wrappers. Near Fine. ... (more information)
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The Man Who Lied To Women
London, United Kingdom: London: Hutchinson, 1995, 1996. True First Edition. True first edition of the author's second book, the American title is 'The Man Who Cast Two Shadows' Another gritty entry featuring NYPD Detective Kathleem Mallory. A young woman resembling Kathy has been found murdered in Central Park. Scratching to both flaps of dj. . Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. ... (more information)
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The Man Who Lied To Women
London, United Kingdom: London: Hutchinson, 1995, 1996. True First Edition. True first edition of the author's second book, the American title is 'The Man Who Cast Two Shadows' Another gritty entry featuring NYPD Detective Kathleem Mallory. A young woman resembling Kathy has been found murdered in Central Park. Scratching to both flaps of dj. . Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. ... (more information)
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The Man Who Liked to Look at Himself
New York: Saturday Review Press, 1973. In a clear protective Brodart mylar cover. In the second Mario Balzic, Police Chief Mario accompanies his lieutenenat on hunting trip where their huntingdog unearths a human thigh bone. Bump to top edge of rear board, one short-closed tear to top edge of rear flap, a touch of light wear to flaps and at head of dj spine. A very nice copy.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. ... (more information)
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Man With an Axe
New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1998. In a clear protective Brodart mylar cover. Sergaent 'Fang' Mulheisen takes a trip into the underside of Detroit and the world of Jazz. Light rubbing to front flap, light bump to corner. . First Edition, First Printing. Near Fine/Near Fine. ... (more information)
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A Man in Full: A Novel
New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1998. In a clear protective Brodart mylar cover. Contemperary America in the late twentirth century America as seen through the eyes of Charles Croker, a late middle-aged comglomerate king and former college football srar whos over0-sizedego has hit the ewall of reality with a staggering load of debt. Light soiling to page edges, a tocuh of wear to tail of spine. . First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. ... (more information)
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A Man in Full: A Novel
New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1998. In a clear protective Brodart mylar cover. Contemperary America in the late twentirth century America as seen through the eyes of Charles Croker, a late middle-aged comglomerate king and former college football srar whos over0-sizedego has hit the ewall of reality with a staggering load of debt. . SIGNED by Author on the Title Page. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. As New/As New. ... (more information)
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The Marble Mask
A man is found dead in the mountains near Stowe, Vermont. He has been killed with an icepick, deep-frozen, and then dropped from an airplane--in such a brittle condition that some of his limbs have snapped off. And oh yes--he's been dead for sixty years. Joe Gunter, head of the fictional Vermont Bureau of Investigations, teams up with his usual sidekicks to get to the bottom of the murder. His investigation leads him to unsavory organized crime contacts on both sides of the Canadian border.
New York: Mysterious Press, 2000. In a clear protective Brodart mylar cover. Unread. Joe Gunther first assignment as the head of the new Vermont Bureau of Investigation is the discovery of a fifty year-old frozen corpse found on a mountaintop. A touch of wear to spineends.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. ... (more information)
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Margaret Weis' Testament of the Dragon: An Illustrated Novel
New York: Harper Prism, 1997. In a clear protective Brodart mylar cover. Justin Sterlings centuries-spanning life story is told in this illustrated novel. Bump to spine ends and corners. . First Edition- First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fair. ... (more information)
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Margaret Weis' Testament of the Dragon: An Illustrated Novel
Scranton, Pennsylvania,: Harper Prism, 1997. In a clear protective Brodart mylar cover. The immortal Justin Sterling's centuries-spanning life story in his service in the battle between the True Dragon and the Dragons Beyond as told in this lushly illustrated novel in full color. Remainder mark to bottom text block, bumping to spine ends and corners, small tear tp head of spine. . First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. ... (more information)
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