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Henry Holt and Co., 1994, 1994. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Royal octavo, hardcover, VG in VG black dj with red lettering. First printing. .Kinsey Millhone is pulled into the nether world of unavenged murder. 284 pp,

Chronicle Books LLC, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A., 1985. Iwata Akira, Photos. Folio, softcov er, VG in white pictorial wraps. with about 50 pp. of related material laid in on make up, costumes, etc. 119 pages. Many color photos. A lavish dance presentation in Japanese art and culture. Introduction by Kawatake Tosohio. Translated by Helen Kay.

Image Comics, United States, 2010. Soft cover. Very Good. Royal octavo, softcover, VG in black, gray and purple pictorial wraps. In a story that spans Japans history and future, and alludes to the haunting traditions of the Japanese Ghost story, Kabuki: Circle of Blood touches on the interdependence between organized crime and politics in Japan. Done in comic book style, has about 200 pp.

Constable, London (1990), 1990. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Terry Pastor. Octavo, hardcover, pages beginning to tan at edges else fine in fine brown and orange dj with flag and gun on cover. First edition. 268 pp. first printing of the third novel in the Inspector Matt Minogue series. set in modern-day Dublin. 268 pages.

Island Heritage, 1979. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. New. Guy Buffet. Squarish quarto, hardcover, new in white boards with blue and yellow painting on cover. An Island Heritage book. Orange endpapers. Unpaginated. Large colorful full-page illustrations. About 60 pp. From the lush green valley of Manoa comes a Hawaiian love story steeped in the romantic legends of old Polynesia. The origins of Kahala-o-Puna are hidden in the dim recesses of Koolau Mountains but her spirit is still alive today. Old Hawaiians tell their grandchildren that the misty rains that fall in the valley are really tears shed for the lovely Kahala. It is fitting that Hawaii, land of the rainbow, land of Aloha, provides the setting for this tragic love story. The Hawaiian maiden Kahala embodies the essence of Aloha, a warmth and intensity of open love for all living things. Like the delicate rainbow her love is given willingly and joyously but cannot be selfishly possessed. LIke all true love it grows and flourishes when… Read More

Greystone Press,, USA:, 1937. Royal octavo, hardcover, front hinge cracked else VG in black boards with red and yellow lettering. 514 pp.; illus., 52 photos, plates, facsimiles; Book by the staunchly pro-German German American poet and novelist. A fictionalized account of something that never happened.

Self Published, Lulu, 2008. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Dj. Octavo, hardcover, about fine in black boards with gilt lettering on spine. No dj. Clean, unmarked. Title page shows U-boat off America's Coast in WWI. 249 pp. including notes, bibliography and index. In the closing months of the First World War, German U-boats launched an attack on the American coast in a last ditch effort to slow the flood of troops and supplies heading to the Western Front. tells the story of the forgotten time when enemy warships prowled within sight of U.S. cities, and sank ships outside the country's largest ports. This is a fascinating story of an almost forgotten aspect of the Great War.

Jacksonville: Florida Community College, 1997,, 1997. Paperback. Good. Octavo, softcover, blue-gray pictorial cover has a crease else interior is near fine. Poets, writers--includes Maureen Eppstein, Debra Marquart, Robin Chapman, Susan Briante, Elizabeth Lund, Drucilla Mimns, Joanne Hayhurst, Vivian Shipley, Amy Stewart, Kerrie Droban, Alice Mavrogordato, Sharron Antholt, Suzanne Pender, Ruth Moon Kempher and others. 80 pp.

Chronicle Books, 2005. Fine. 12 mo., in red velvet and gilt boards with lock on side, all pages edged in gilt. Fine. Diary. Looks like a possession of "Diamond Lil"... Very ornate. All pages blank to record your sexual exploits using the Kama Sutra. About 100 pp. with little quips throughout.

Attar Inc, 2003., 2003. Hardcover. Fine. Quarto, hardcover, gift page now covered with blank label else near fine in orange boards with gilt lettering. . Issued without a dust jacket. The ancient art of making love for the new millennium. 157 pp. with color plates.

Island Heritage, Honolulu, HI (1997). Jeff Pagay. Squarish quarto, hardcover, gift note on endpaper else near fine in blue pictorial boards. "The zoo keeper watched as the big plane landed at Honolulu International Airport with a very special cargo. The box marked Honolulu Zoo - be careful was handed to the zoo keeper.". Large colorful illustrations; unpaginated.

Dembner Books, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1985. Fine/Very Good. Octavo, hardcover, fine in VG, lightly edgeworn, gray dj with red lettering. 228 pp. The subject of the novel is the Soviet downing of a Korean airline flight 007, 10 years in the future, Christmas day 1993.

Chicago IL: Childrens Press, 1979. Good/Unknown. Small quarto, hardcover, good ex-library in blue pictorial boards. 96 pages Kansas: the sunflower state: the lay of the land, history and current people, land and treasures, sections of the state, the nation's breadbasket and more.

Bonneirs, Viking, NY 1987, 1987. Hardcover. Fine/Good. Octavo, hardcover, fine in good black and white pictorial dj. Nine chapters in foreign language which I don't comprehend... "Innehall" Inledning (introduction?), Kapitel 1-9 Fjarilseffekten to ett dynamiskt kollektiv. 363 pp. color plates in center of book (look like cells).

Charles E. Tuttle, 1966.. Small quarto, hardcover, near fine in near fine black glossy pictorial dj. Clean and tight. "The first complete and authoritative book to give a book to give a sober and systematic presentation of karate, the amazing Oriental sport and art of unarmed self-defense." Includes black and white photographs illustrating proper martial arts techniques. 251 pp. including index.

Penguin (1993), 1993. Paperback. Very Good. Octavo, softcover, near fine in beige pictorial wraps. 201 pages. Metha embraces an enormous variety of life and death. Her style is light without being flip; her skepticism never descends to cynicism. Given her subject this is a miracle of rationalism and taste.

G. P. Putnam's Sons New York 2003., 2003. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Collectible, Fine/Fine. Octavo, hardcover, fine in fine white pictorial dj. First printing. Giftable. Biography of Kathrine Hepburn. Twenty years of friendship, countless intimate conversations are chronicled. 370 pages. Illustrated with photographs.

G. P. Putnam's Sons New York 2003., 2003. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo, hardcover, name on inside cover else VG in near fine white pictorial dj. First printing. Biography of Kathrine Hepburn. Twenty years of friendship, countless intimate conversations are chronicled. 370 pages. Illustrated with photographs.

New York: Galahad Books, 1973, 1973. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Octavo, hardcover, near fine in good, lightly edgeworn, pictorial dj. News clipping of Tracy and Hepburn in "Pat and Mike" with picture laid in. 160 pp, index, bibliography, filmography, well illustrated with b&w movie stills Part of the series The Pictorial Treasury of Film Stars under the General Editorship of Ted Sennett. Hepburn's 40 year career (at the time of publication 1973). She performed with many important male stars in Hollywood--Adophe Menjou, Charles Boyer. Cary Grant, Spencer Tracy, Humphrey Bogart, Franchot Tone, Van Johnson and many more and there are pictures of them all in this book.

Crown Pub, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1995. Fine/Very Good. Small quarto, hardcover, fine in near fine b & w pictorial dj. 549 pp. including index. Leaming offers a comprehensive, full-scale, richly documented biography of America's last great actress. This is an intimate and candid portrait of a true Hollywood original. Black-and-white inserts.