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1908rif. 160535New York: Donald W. Newton. Good. 1908. Hardcover. An edition in good condition. The pasted on illustration on cover has faded and shows age and wear. There are no marks on interior pages; however the boards are beginning to detach. There are a few stains on back cover; Alternatively titled "As a Man Lives" ; 8vo; 303 pages . Donald W. Newton hardcover
1908rif. 160530New York: C. H. Doscher & Co. Very Good. 1908. Hardcover. An edition in very good condition. Illustrations on the cover have faded and show some agewear. There are pen marks including a previous owner's signature on thefront endpage. Foxing is present throughout. Author's name is misspelled "Philips" on cover but is spelled correctly on title page; Alternatively titled "As a Man Lives" ; 8vo; 303 pages . C. H. Doscher & Co. hardcover
1903rif. 160532New York: Dodd Mead and Company. Near Fine. 1903. Hardcover. A very good edition with smartly illustrated covers. The interior is clean tightly bound and free of marks. There are a few minor chips to gilt lettering on spine; ; B&W; 8vo; 341 pages . Dodd, Mead and Company hardcover
1903rif. 160536London: Ward Lock & Co Limited. Very Good. 1903. Hardcover. A very good edition. The boards are red with gilt lettering on the cover and spine. There is some wear and minor areas of discoloration to the cover. Foxing is present throughout text; ; B&W; 8vo; 319 pages . Ward Lock & Co Limited hardcover
rif. 160542Boston: Little Brown and Company. Very Good. Hardcover. An edition in very good condition. The cover shows normal shelfwear with a slightly cocked spine. Pages 69-86 have creases from small fold to bottom corner. Volume is free of pen or pencil marks; Frontispiece by H. Weston Taylor ; 8vo; 314 pages . Little, Brown, and Company hardcover
rif. 160574London: Hodder and Stoughton. Good in Near Fine dust jacket. N.D. Hardcover. A good edition in near fine dust-jacket. Dust-jacket is brightly illustrated and free of marks and tears. Book has tanned pages and small pieces of boards missing near edges and at spine. Undated. ; ; 8vo; 277 pages . Hodder and Stoughton hardcover books
1927rif. 160081Boston: Little Brown and Company. Very Good. 1927. Hardcover. An edition in very good condition. The front flyleaf has a sticker with a previous bookseller's conact information; The story of Miss Brown of X. Y. O. is a cautionary tale about the perils of believing in magic. The titular Miss Brown is a talented medium who is able to contact the dead but her faith in her abilities is tested when she is unable to contact her own mother who has recently died. Unable to accept that her mother is gone for good Miss Brown enters into a series of elaborate fantasies in which her mother is still alive. However when Miss Brown's friends and family start to question her mental health she realizes that her fantasies may have been a way of coping with the reality of her mother's death.; 8vo; 344 pages . Little, Brown, and Company hardcover books
1938rif. 160474Boston: Little Brown and Company. Very Good. 1938. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A first edition first printing in very good condition. The cover and spine have marks of discoloration. The pages are tightly bound; In 1876 the wealthy and powerful industrialist John Vanderlyn commissioned the architect Thomas U. Walter to build a colossal statue of Arcadia for his estate Vanderlyn Park. The project quickly spiraled out of control however and Walter was forced to enlist the help of his friend the artist E. Phillips Oppenheim. Together they completed the statue in just nine months using a staggering 1000 tons of bronze and marble. The Colossus of Arcadia is now one of the most iconic and celebrated sculptures in the United States.; 8vo; 327 pages . Little, Brown, and Company hardcover books
1907rif. 160017Boston: Little Brown and Company. Very Good. 1907. Hardcover. An edition in very good plus condition with minimal wear. There are two small circular stains on the front cover; The Great Secret is a novel about a young woman who learns the truth about her family and her past.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 293 pages . Little, Brown, and Company hardcover books
1932rif. 160525Boston: Little Brown and Company. Very Good- in Very Good dust jacket. 1932. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A very good- first printing first edition housed in dust-jacket of very good condition. A small hole is present from the bottom of title page through page 38. The dust-jacket has some chipping and wear. The cover and spine of book have spots of discoloration; PRISONERThe Man from Sing Sing is the riveting story of one man's fight for freedom after being wrongly convicted and sent to prison. In a time of great social and political upheaval Frank Galvin is convicted of a brutal murder and sent to Sing Sing one of America's most notorious prisons. In a riveting and suspenseful narrative Oppenheim tells the story of Galvin's fight for freedom from his initial incarceration to his daring escape and the incredible odyssey that leads him to safety and the truth.Oppenheim's powerful story brings to life the injustice of the prison system and the courage of the man who fought against it. With its unforgettable characters and dramatic plot The Man from Sing Sing is a gripping read that is sure to captivate readers of all ages.; 8vo; 306 pages . Little, Brown, and Company hardcover books
1902rif. 160531London: Ward Lock & Co. Limited. Very Good-. 1902. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A very good- first edition first printing with loose boards and foxing present. The cover shows shelfwear and there are some discoloration lines on the spine. A previous owner's bookplate is displayed on the front pastedown ; ; B&W; 8vo; 304 pages . Ward, Lock, & Co. , Limited hardcover books
1998rif. 34494London: MacMillan. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1998. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. 0333729889 . A lovely first edition/first printing in Fine condition in alike dust-wrapper with original wrap-around band. SIGNED by author Julie Parsons directly on the title page; A psychological thriller featuring a psychiatrist recently returned home to Dublin to nurse her dying mother who learns her daughter has been brutally murdered; 8vo; vi vii-viii 2 3-376 pages; Signed by Author . MacMillan hardcover
1908rif. 160571New York: The McClure Company. Very Good. 1908. Hardcover. A first edition first printing in very good condition. Gilt lettering on red cloth. Very slight tanning to pages; free of interior markings. ; Written by E. Phillips Oppenheim under pseudonym. Members of an exclusive group in London's high society attempt to redistribute wealth ; 8vo; 354 pages . The McClure Company hardcover books
1983rif. 25770New York: Random House. Very Good in Near Fine dust jacket. 1983. First Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 0394528085 . A bright first edition/first printing in Very Good condition with minor soiling to page edges in Near Fine dust-jacket with light edgewear and crease to front flap. SIGNED by author Richard North Patterson directly on the title page; A tense psychological thriller of surveillance and danger amnesia and obsession rivalry and sexuality parents and children--and of the tragic secret hidden in the past that links these elements in a deadly chain. from the dust-jacket ; 8vo; x 3-322 4 pages; Signed by Author . Random House hardcover
2002rif. 25788Boston MA: Little Brown and Company. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2002. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0316695068 . A stunning first edition/first printing in Fine condition in alike dust jacket with a hint of edgewear. SIGNED by author George P. Pelecanos directly on the title page; Former police officers Derek Strange and Terry Quinn are hired to bring home a missing run-away. Strange and Quinn easily discover that the girl is working as a prostitute in one of D. C.' s roughest neighborhoods but getting her out will be much harder. Strange and Quinn thought they knew this world but nothing could have prepared them for the vengeance unleashed by the ruthless operator whose territory they have intruded upon; 8vo; viii 2-344 pages; Signed by Author . Little, Brown and Company hardcover books
2009rif. 25106London: Headline Review. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2009. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0755348397 . A lovely first edition/first Imrpession in Fine condition in alike dust wrapper. SIGNED by author Imogen Robertson directly on the title page; Author Imogen Robertson's first Harriet Westerman novel. Instruments of Darkness combines the brooding atmosphere of the best of Daphne du Maurier with the complex compelling detail of Tess Gerritsen moving from drawing room to dissecting room coffee shop to country inn and into the shadowy heart of eighteenth-century society. from the dust jacket ; A Harriet Westerman Novel; 8vo; vi vii viii 376 pages; Signed by Author . Headline Review hardcover books
1980rif. 29284Franklin Center PA: Franklin Library. As New. 1980. Limited Signed Edition. Full-Leather. A special Limited edition SIGNED by AUTHOR Isaac Bashevis Singer in unread As New condition; When Isaac Bashevis Singer won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1979 the Swedish Academy praised his "impassioned narrative art which with roots in a Polish-Jewish cultural tradition brings universal human conditions to life. "Gimpel The Fool" is an important source of Jewish history focusing on the lives of simple Jews their struggles and joys This outstanding book is bound in genuine leather and features gilded sewn in pages and ribbon marker simply superb quality Franklin Library at its best; 8vo; xvi 223 1 pages; Signed by Author . Franklin Library hardcover books
1985rif. 33769Franklin Center PA: Franklin Library. As New. 1985. First Edition; First Printing. Full-Leather. A special first edition/first printing preceding the trade edition in unread As New condition. SIGNED by author Irving Stone; A story of the life of the famous French Impressionist painter Camille Pissarro including insights into the group's interrelationships with particularly interesting information about Renoir. This outstanding book is bound in genuine leather with raised bands and features gilded sewn-in pages with a satin marker. Simply superb quality; Franklin Library at its best; 8vo; xxxiv 647 1 pages; Signed by Author . Franklin Library hardcover
2005rif. 15757New York: ibooks Inc. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2005. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 1596871555 . An attractive first edition/first printing in Fine condition in alike dust-jacket. Scarce to find unsigned; Catherine Calabretta is a nationally known and admired computer consultant dubbed by Business World as America's Guardian of Privacy. Perhaps she of all people should have known not to get involved with the sophisticated self-described sexual connoisseur but she did get involved and now she is implicated in his death; 8vo . ibooks, Inc. hardcover
2006rif. 29935New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2006. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. 0307264653 . A beautiful first printing of the first edition in Fine condition in alike dust-jacket. Bound in blue cloth with silver lettering. SIGNED and dated 4/17/07 by author John Updike directly on the front free endpaper; The story of Ahmad Ashmawy Mulloy an alienated American-born teenager who spurns the materialistic hedonistic life he witnesses in the slumping New Jersey factory town he calls home. Turning to the words of the Holy Qur'an as expounded to him by the pedantic imam of a local mosque Ahmad devotes himself fervently to God. Neither the world-weary guidance counselor at his high school nor Ahmad's mischievously seductive classmate Joryleen succeeds in deflecting him from his course as the threads of an insidious plot gather around him; 8vo; viii 310 2 pages; Signed by Author . Alfred A. Knopf hardcover
2006rif. 46329New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2006. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. 0307264653 . A handsome first printing of the first edition in just about Fine condition in alike dust-jacket. Bound in blue cloth with silver lettering. SIGNED by author John Updike directly on the front free endpaper; The story of Ahmad Ashmawy Mulloy an alienated American-born teenager who spurns the materialistic hedonistic life he witnesses in the slumping New Jersey factory town he calls home. Turning to the words of the Holy Qur'an as expounded to him by the pedantic imam of a local mosque Ahmad devotes himself fervently to God. Neither the world-weary guidance counselor at his high school nor Ahmad's mischievously seductive classmate Joryleen succeeds in deflecting him from his course as the threads of an insidious plot gather around him; 8vo; 8 1-2 3-310 311-2 pages; Signed by Author . Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
1999rif. 18293New York: St. Martin's Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1999. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 031220504X . A handsome first edition/first printing in unread Fine condition in Fine dust-jacket. Signed by author Darryl Wimberley directly on the title page; When Darryl Wimberley was sent to prison for a crime he didn't commit he had no choice but to learn how to survive in the tough prison system. Darryl must navigate the brutal gangs the corrupt guards and the harsh conditions to stay alive. With the help of his fellow inmates Darryl finds a way to make the best of his situation and eventually finds redemption. A Rock and a Hard Place is an uplifting story of hope and redemption and is sure to inspire readers to never give up on their dreams.; 8vo; Signed by Author . St. Martin's Press hardcover books
2012rif. biblio105TRAYCASED LETTERED EDITION. Excellent condition. This is copy "V" of the 26 lettered leather-bound hardcovers signed on the illustrated limitation page by the author. Will be carefully packed in a box and mailed with delivery confirmation. We ship by the next business day. Cemetery Dance hardcover
1988rif. 2090502113709042Not Available 1988. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
1981rif. 2090502113708977Not Available 1981. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Not Available paperback