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NY: Warner, 1978. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Collectible - Near Fine/Near Fine. 5.5"x7.5". 145 pgs. First printing. White cloud boards. Light gray spine w/blue metallic letters to spine. Book designed by Fearn Cutler. Jacket design by Jackie Merri Meyer. Jacket photo by Deborah Feingold. Hair by Norma Harris-Gordon. Makeup by Derek Rutledge. Styling by Todd Hanshaw. Laura's photo by Ernest Washington. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library, unclipped, & unmarked. Black remainder mark on bottom. Using an assortment of her favorite maxims, adages, and sayings, Patti's inspiring collection gives practical guidance and instruction on how to live a fulfilling and rewarding life. Her humorous anecdotes and touching personal experiences transform what could have been abstract advice into unforgettable, real-life wisdom. Collected over a lifetime from friends, family, books, songs, and numerous other sources, "Patti's Pearls" offers profound and provocative insight into subjects… Read More

NY: William Morrow and Company, Inc, 2023. 1st Edition. Hardcover_boards. New/New. Third PRINTING w/DJ IN MYLAR. Physical Info: 1.5" H x 9.21" L x 5.98" W (1.41 lbs) 416 pages. Features: Price on Product , Bibliography. Secure ship w/track #. Berlin 1933. Following the success of her debut novel, American writer Althea James receives an invitation from Joseph Goebbels himself to participate in a culture exchange program in Germany. For a girl from a small town in Maine, 1933 Berlin seems to be sparklingly cosmopolitan, blossoming in the midst of a great change with the charismatic new chancellor at the helm. Then Althea meets a beautiful woman who promises to show her the real Berlin, and soon she's drawn into a group of resisters who make her question everything she knows about her hosts--and herself. Paris 1936. She may have escaped Berlin for Paris, but Hannah Brecht discovers the City of Light is no refuge from the anti-Semitism and Nazi sympathizers she thought she left behind. Heartbroken and… Read More

NY: William Morrow and Company, Inc, 2024. 1st Edition. Paperback. New. First printing. Features: Price on Product. Physical Info: 1.2" H x 7.8" L x 5.3" W (0.7 lbs) 384 pages. Secure ship w/track #. Germany, 1946: Emmy Clarke is a librarian not a soldier. But that doesn't stop the Library of Congress from sending her overseas to Germany to help the Monuments Men retrieve and catalog precious literature that was plundered by the Nazis. The Offenbach Archival Depot and its work may get less attention than returning art to its rightful owners, but for Emmy, who sees the personalized messages on the inside of the books and the notes in margins of pages, it feels just as important. On Emmy's first day at work, she finds a poetry collection by Rainer Maria Rilke, and on the title page is a handwritten dedication: "To Annelise, my brave Edelweiss Pirate." Emmy is instantly intrigued by the story behind the dedication and becomes determined to figure out what happened. The hunt for the rightful owner of… Read More

Wheaton, IL: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc, 2004. 1st Edition. Hardcover_textured paper boards. Near Fine-Collectible/Near Fine. Signed by both authors FIRST PRINTING w/Dj wrapped in mylar. 6.25"x9.25" 399 numbered pgs. Purple textured boards w/title blind-stamped on front. Gold foil letters on spine. Author photo by Phil Fewsmith. Designed by Julie Chen. Spine straight, sewn binding tight, pages clean w/soft tone. Not x-library, unclipped, & unmarked. Secure ship w/track #. Thousands of years of human history stained by strife, death, and sin come to an end when the King of Glory returns to earth. The satisfying conclusion of the seven years of Tribulation covered by the Left Behind series portrays the return of Jesus Christ to earth in both glory and judgment. At the height of the battle between the forces of evil gathered at Armageddon and the remaining Christian believers at Petra and Jerusalem, nothing seems to be able to stop the Antichrist, Nicolae Carpathia. But God has another plan. Source:… Read More

Wheaton, IL: Tyndale, 2004. 1st Edition. Hardcover_boards. Near Fine/Near Fine. Signed by both authors. FIRST PRINTING w/DJ wrapped in mylar. Black boards w/gold foil letters on spine. Designed by Julie Chen and Jessie McGrath. Author photo by Parker Photography. Spine straight, sewn binding tight, pages clean w/soft tone. Not x-library, unclipped, unmarked. Secure ship w/track #. "The Rising" begins a new Left Behind series that will give you a glimpse into the lives of your favorite characters before the Rapture. Have you ever wondered what life was like before the Rapture for Rayford, Irene, and Chloe Steele, Bruce Barnes, Buck Williams, and Tsion Ben Judah? Plus, see why Viv Ivins plays such a pivotal role in Nicolae Carpathia's life. What were the events surrounding Nicolae's sudden rise to power? How did he become filled with evil? You will find all these answers and more in this exciting new series!In "The Rising, "Marilena Carpathia has only one dream: to be a mother. So when a mysterious… Read More

Carol Stream, IL: Tyndale, 2009. Hardcover_boards. Used - VeryGood/VeryGood. 5.75"x8.38". 770 pgs. BCE. Black boards w/gilt letters on spine. Designed by Dean H. Renninger. Cover photo of trail of light c by Jupiterimages. Cover photo of outer space by NASA. NKJV scripture quotes. DJ has stains on backside. Spine slight slant, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library, unclipped, & unmarked. Minor shelf and edge wear to DJ. Light soiling to edges. "Heres the perfect way to revisit the blockbuster series that captured the worlds imagination or to discover it for the first time. Raptures Witness, Left Behind Series Collector's Edition I, containing Left Behind, Tribulation Force, and Nicolae. Left Behind. On a flight from Chicago to London, several passengers aboard Capt. Rayford Steeles plane mysteriously disappear. When he discovers that the incident is a worldwide occurrence, Steele begins his search for answers. He learns that Christ has come to take the faithful with Him in preparation… Read More

2022. 1st Edition. Hardcover_boards. New/New. 31ST PRINTING. Physical Info: 0.97" H x 8.45" L x 5.9" W (0.79 lbs) 272 pages. Features: Dust Cover, Ikids, Price on Product, sewn binding. Target Age Group: 08 to 12. Secure ship w/track #. For all the ten years of her life, Hà has only known Saigon: the thrills of its markets, the joy of its traditions, and the warmth of her friends close by. But now the Vietnam War has reached her home. Hà and her family are forced to flee as Saigon falls, and they board a ship headed toward hope. In America, Hà discovers the foreign world of Alabama: the coldness of its strangers, the dullness of its food . . . and the strength of her very own family. This moving story of one girl's year of change, dreams, grief, and healing received four starred reviews, including one from Kirkus which proclaimed it "enlightening, poignant, and unexpectedly funny." An author's note explains how and why Thanhha Lai translated her personal experiences into Hà's story. Accelerated… Read More

Winning Team Publishing, 2023. Hardcover_boards. New/New. Physical Info: 1.2" H x 9.0" L x 6.1" W (1.1 lbs) 288 pages. Features: Price on Product. Secure ship w/track #. An unmatched champion for the America First movement, Kari Lake in her first book, Unafraid: Just Getting Started, outlines her journey from being the most beloved newscaster and broadcast journalist in Arizona to the leader of the largest grassroots movement in the state's history. Kari Lake shares an exclusive, uncensored look inside her journey. From the time she walked away from the media, to the beginning of her bid for governor, her David and Goliath primary campaign, her endorsement from the 45th President of the United States, Donald J. Trump, and the events of the general election campaign that led to the sabotaged Arizona election of 2022. This is the story of how a wife and a mother of two became what the mainstream media called "The Most Dangerous Politician in America." This is the story of a Mama Bear who believes that… Read More

Dover Street, London: Edward Moxon, 1838. 3rd Edition. Hardcover_cloth. Collectible - VeryGood. 4.5"x7". 287 pp. Dk. green cloth blind stamped designs on front w/matching on back, gilt letters to faded spine. Dedication to S. T. Coleridge Esq. Titles in italics are by his sister, Mary Lamb. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean w/slight tone and minor foxing. Not x-library, PON on ffep. Faint foxing. Edge wear. Secure ship w/track #. Includes poems, sonnets, blank verse, album verses, such as: The Three Friends; Helen; Lines; The Grandame; John Woodvil - a Tragedy; Leisure - Sonnet;.

Atlanta: Peachtree, 2006. 1st Edition. Hardcover_pictorial boards. VeryGood/VeryGood. Judy Love. 10"x11.25" no pagination. First printing. Pictorial boards. Book design by Loraine M. Joyner. Typesetting by Melanie McMahon Ives. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. X-library w/graphics, unclipped. Secure ship w/track #. What will Jake do when he forgets to bring the special collection he's going to share for the 100th day of school? Jake and his fellow students are getting ready for a celebration. Tomorrow is the 100th day of school and everyone is going to share their collections of 100 things. The day of the celebration arrives, but Jake forgets the 100 family pictures he has glued into a special memory book at home. Disaster! Thanks to Jake's ingenuity and the sensitivity of his principal, Mrs. Wadsworth, Jake does have a collection to display that day... and something special to share with the class on the 101st day of school. Lester Laminack's well-crafted story shows schools… Read More

NY: Bantam, 1995. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover w/cloth spine. Near fine/near fine. 6.25"x9.25"x.75" 181 pgs. First Printing. Cream heathered boards. Red cloth spine w/gilt letters. Book design by Mierre. Front cover art: Dust-Stained Posse, by Frank C. McCarthy. Back cover photo c Michael Pizzuto taken in 1987, south of No Man's Mesa, in Utah. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and slight tone. Unclipped, unmarked, not x-library. Minor shelf wear to DJ. Gift Quality. "A new collection of short stories from master storyteller Louis L'Amour, never before published in book form, Valley of the Sun tells of the men and women who helped tame the American West. All the danger, the mighty challenge of the law, the brutal land met head-on by the courage and strength of these adventurers springs to active, exciting life." Goodreads ***3.88.

Bantam, 1994. 1st Edition. Hardcover_cloth spine. Near Fine-Collectible/Near Fine. SECOND PRINTING. Navy cloth spine w/gilt letters over cream speckled boards. Front cover art Steve Assel. Back cover author photo Michael Pizzuto taken in south of No Man's Mesa, UT. Spine slightly slanted, binding tight, pages clean w/soft tone. Not x-library, unclipped ($23.95), unmarked. Minimal shelf wear to DJ. Secure ship w/track #. Hopalong Cassidy is one of the most enduring and popular heroes in frontier fiction. His legendary exploits in books, movies, and on television have blazed a mythic and unforgettable trail across the American West. Now, in the last of four Hopalong Cassidy novels written by Louis L'Amour, the immortal saddleman rides again -- this time into a lonely valley of danger and death. Hopalong Cassidy has received an urgent message from the dead. Answering an urgent appeal for help from fellow cowpuncher Pete Melford, he rides in only to discover that his old friends has been murdered and… Read More

NY: Bantam, 1995. 1st Edition Thus. MMPB 4.25"x6.75. Very Good-Collectible. 180 numbered pgs. First printing. Author photo c Michael Pizzuto. Cover art: Dust-Stained Posse, by Frank C. McCarthy. Spine slanted, binding tight, pages clean w/tone. Not x-library, unclipped, & unmarked. Edge & shelf wear. Scrape to back cover. Secure ship w/track #. Cattlemen ride alone across the open range under the deadly aim of roving desperadoes. . . . Gamblers stake their fortunes and their lives on a deck of cards. . . . Strong-willed señoritas seek independence through an enticing combination of beauty, audacity, and spirit. . . . Lawmen and outlaws walk the same dusty streets and speak a common language: Colt, Winchester, Smith & Wesson. Gritty, tough, and unflinchingly authentic, here is the West as it really was: a land where for every friend there is an enemy, for every handshake a fist, for every dispute a resolution—usually in an explosive showdown of blood and bullets. In these remarkable tales, Louis… Read More

NY: Bantam, 1997. 1st Edition. Hardcover_card stock spine. Near Fine-Collectible/Near Fine. FIRST PRINTING. 5.25"x7.75" 257 numb. pages w/bio. Red card stock spine w/gold foil letters over matching red boards. Front cover painting by Jim Rey. Back cover photo by Nancy Ellison. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library, unclipped (15.95), unmarked. 1/2" gash on DJ back. Secure ship w/track #. A veteran trail driver, who has survived thundering stampedes and Comanche raids, discovers there's nothing so dangerous as courting a beautiful woman. A brutally beaten homesteader crawls off to die—only to stumble upon an ancient talisman that restores his will to live. A mysterious preacher rides into town to deliver a warning that leads to a surprising revelation. And in the full-length novella Rustler Roundup, the hardworking citizens of a law-abiding town are pushed to the edge as rumors of rustlers in their midst threaten to turn neighbor against neighbor. This treasure trove… Read More

NY: Avenel, 1980. BCE/BOMC. Leatherette. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6"x9.25" 490 pgs. (Complete & Unabridged) Brown leatherette boards w/gold foil letter on front and spine. Jacket illustrated by Ray Yeldham/Mendola, LTD. a-h letter line. Sewn binding. Spine straight binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library, unclipped, & unmarked. Faint foxing on top edge. Minimal shelf wear. Extra shipping covered in price. Secure ship w/tracking number. The Tall Stranger: Rock Bannon rode a steel-dust stallion that was as stubborn and leather-tough as he was. Scouting for a wagon train full of high hopes, Rock saved the Eastern-bred settlers from a brutal Indian attack. But they paid him back with scorn when he advised against following a fast-talker named Morton Harper. Rock Bannon followed no man, so he left the settlers to their promised milk and honey--until they realized their mistake and had no one else to turn to. That's when Rock showed them what a real man was made of and, with a smoking rifle,… Read More

NY: Putnam, 1939. 1st Edition. Hardcover_cloth. VeryGood. 6"x8.75" 280 numbered pages. Navy cloth w/red embossed letters on front and spine. Orange paste downs. Frontispiece is B&W photo of author on horse. 9 more B&W photos. Spine slightly slanted, pages clean w/soft tone, sewn binding tight w/muslin exposure. X-library w/graphics, no DJ. Secure ship w/track number. Faint rubs w/light fraying. No vanished era of American life appeals more strongly to the imagination than the opening up of the West and Middle West. The enexobarble westward advance of civilization which made the Indian and the buffalo give way to the cattleman; he in turn to retreat before the sheepherder and the small farmer, has resulted in great industrial cities and modern means of communicatioin whch rob mountains and deserts of their terrors and make the Great West an age of legend. But the freedom, the vigor, the stark simplicity of pioneer days is woven into the very texture of American life and thought. There are few left… Read More

NY: Dutton, 2024. 1st Edition. Hardcover_card stock spine. New/New. FIRST PRINTING w/DJ wrapped in mylar. Features: Bibliography, Index, Price on Product. Physical Info: 1.6" H x 9.1" L x 5.9" W (1.4 lbs) 448 pages. Secure ship w/track #. In August 1942, more than 7,000 Allied troops rushed the beaches of Normandy, France, in an all but-forgotten landing. Only a small fraction survived unscathed. It was two summers before D-Day, and the Allies realized that they were in dire need of underwater intelligence if they wanted to stand a chance of launching another beach invasion and of winning the war. Led by the controversial biologists J. B. S. Haldane and Dr. Helen Spurway, an ingenious team of ragtag scientists worked out of homemade labs during the London Blitz. Beneath a rain of bombs, they pioneered thrilling advances in underwater reconnaissance through tests done on themselves in painful and potentially fatal experiments. Their discoveries led to the safe use of miniature submarines and… Read More

2013. 1st Pbk. Ed. Softback. New. 5.25"x8"; 435 pages.

NY: Harcourt, 1943. 1st Edition. Hardcover_cloth. Acceptable. THIRD PRINTING. 5.5"X8.25" 570 numb. pgs. Green cloth w/faded letters to spine. Spine slanted, soiling to covers and pages. First & last fep missing. Edge wear w/fraying and rubs. Secure ship w/track #. Lanham tells a gripping story, but what really makes the book is its full, detailed workings of the oil fields, as glamorous and swashbuckling a tale as any of the older frontiers. The time is the 1930's -- it is an obviously authentic account of modern oil rushes, down in Texas, of one village and particularly of Cobb Walters, farmer's son, and the effects on both Cobb and the village when oil is struck. Cobb, likable and a dynamo of energy, bites off more than he can chew, and the drama works up to a crescendo, a murder, an acquittal. The material is fascinating, the characters are well done -- it's a full canvas, a corking good story and first rate Americana. Some ultra-conservatives may balk at the inevitable iniquity and corruption,… Read More

US: RCA, 1970. Sleeve-Near Mint. Vinyl-Near Mint/VeryGood. VCS-6192e RCA Red Seal Format:3 x Vinyl, LP, Compilation. Includes 4page insert. One corner of box torn. TRACK LIST The Student Prince: A1 Serenade; A2 Golden Days; A3 Drink, Drink, Drink; A4 Just We Two; A5 Gaudeamus Igitur; A6 Deep In My Heart, Dear. The Vagabond King: B1 Drinking Song; B2 Love Me Tonight; B3 Song Of The Vagabonds. The Desert Song: B4 The Desert Song; B5 One Alone. Naughty Marietta: C1 I'm Falling In Love With Someone; C2 Tramp! Tramp! Tramp!; C3 Ah Sweet Mystery Of Life. The Firefly: C4 The Donkey Serenade; C5 Giannina Mia. Rose Marie: C6 Rose Marie. Show Boat: D1 You Are Love; D2 Make Believe. The New Moon: D3 Softly As In A Morning Sunrise; D4 Wanting You; D5 Lover, Come Back To Me. Countess Maritza: D6 Play; D7 Gypsies Dance; D8 Gypsies. Show Boat: E1 You Are Love; E2 Make BelievE. The Land Of Smiles: E3 Yours Is My Heart Alone. The Fortune Teller: E4 Gypsy Love Song. Roberta: E5 The Touch Of Your Hand. Orange… Read More