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2004rif. 14478New York: Random House. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2004. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 1400061016 . A very handsome first edition/first printing in unread Very Fine condition in alike dust-jacket signed by the author Mark Winegardner on the title page; Mark Winegardner's authorized sequel to Mario Puzo's The Godfather. The lives of five very important men intersect as organized crime and national politics collide. Michael Corleone and Tom Hagan familiar figures to Godfather fans must delicately orchestrate the deal of a lifetime. This is their story but also the story of fathers and sons tradition and change survival and compromise; 8vo; xvi 430 2 pages; Signed by Author . Random House hardcover
1938rif. 160105London: John Murray. Good. 1938. Hardcover. An edition in good condition that bears some on the edges of the pages. The text is overall in good condition. It appears that there was something pasted down on front endpage that has been removed. The cover has a few stains and some general shelfwear; Christopher Percivals Cardboard Castle is a whimsical and charming story about a young boy who builds a castle out of recycled cardboard boxes. The boys imaginative and creative spirit is evident in every detail of his castle from the turrets and moats to the colorful windowpanes. The story is full of humor and the boys friends are delighted when they finally visit his cardboard castle. This book is perfect for children who love building castles out of recycled materials and it is sure to bring a smile to their faces.; 8vo; 365 pages . John Murray hardcover
2008rif. 14624London: Penguin Group. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2008. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0718153766 . A most handsome first edition/first printing in Very Fine condition in alike dustjacket. SIGNED by author Sebastian Faulks directly on the title page. A desirable collectible for James Bond aficionados; When an Algerian drug runner is savagely executed Agent 007 is recalled to Paris from his sabbatical in Rome to shadow the mysterious Dr. Julius Gorner a greedy power-crazed pharmaceutical magnate. The glamorous Scarlett Papava is Bond's willing accomplice in this Cold War era thriller. Faulks picks up where Ian Fleming left off having Bond face dangers powerfully relevant to our own times; 8vo; Signed by Author . Penguin Group hardcover books
1976rif. 160381London: Michael Joseph. Very Good in Near Fine dust jacket. 1976. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A signed first edition in very good condition with a nearly fine dust-jacket. The book is signed by the author on the front endpaper. The lettering on the spine is bright but the spine is cracked and slightly cocked. The dust-jacket has one small stain on back and the pages are tight and free of marks. The dust-jacket picture is designed by Chris Yates ; The novel follows the life of a teenage girl Isabel who is trying to come to grips with the death of her mother. Isabel is grappling with the loss trying to figure out who she is and where she belongs while also trying to navigate her relationship with her father. The novel explores Isabel's relationship with her mother and father and the various relationships that she forms within her community.; 8vo; 252 pages; Signed by Author . Michael Joseph hardcover books
1974rif. 160377New York Hagerstown San Francisco London: Harper & Row. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1974. First American Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A signed first american edition in near fine condition with a like condition dust-jacket. Volume is signed by the author on the title page. The book is tightly bound with no blemishes to the pages. There is a slight smudging of lettering on spine of book otherwise it is free of marks. The dust-jacket design is by Roy Kuhlman; Knockdown is a novel that tells the story of three friends-a boxer a wrestler and a boxer's trainer-whose lives intersect in a violent and unexpected way.; 8vo; 217 pages; Signed by Author . Harper & Row hardcover books
1988rif. 160368London: Michael Joseph. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1988. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A signed first printing of the first edition in fine condition with like condition dust-jacket. There are no markings or blemishes to the book or pages. Author's signature is featured directly on the title page. The dust-jacket photograph is by Chris Yates; The Edge is a novel that tells the story of a group of people who live on the fringes of society. They are criminals addicts and the mentally ill and they are all trying to find a way to survive. The Edge is a fast-paced and exciting book that will leave you on the edge of your seat.; 8vo; 283 pages; Signed by Author . Michael Joseph hardcover books
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1963rif. 100086New York June 30 1963. 1963. Fine. - Over 125 words penned on both sides of her 7 inch high by 6-3/8 inch wide light blue-gray personal stationery. Dorothy Sands writes to Jean Dalrymple "Would that I were enough of a 'force' to be able to help you out on the hospitalization requirements!" "I took your letter to Angus Duncan who said that unfortunately the League of New York Theaters has insisted - against Equity's wish - to make it six months payment." "I also read the letter to Council many of whom were sympathetic some of course referred to the expense of an imported star etc. but agreed that there was no solution for the problem." Signed "Dorothy. Jean Dalrymple has circled Dorothy Sand's name in light red graphite at the top with a red check mark across the text indicating she'd read the letter. Folded for mailing else fine. The American actress Dorothy Sands 1893-1980 was known for "Studio One" "Suspense" and "Pygmalion". Jean Dalrymple 1902-1998 was the dynamic producer and director of theater and light-opera at Manhattan's City Center. Dalrymple began her career in Vaudeville appearing with James Cagney and Cary Grant in the early 1930s. She was a founding member of the American Theatre Wing the theatre service organization. She worked over the years as a personal manager for the likes of Leopold Stokowski Mary Martin Jose Iturbi Andre Kostalanetz Nathan Milstein and Lily Pons. She began her work at City Center with its founding in 1943 serving as a board member producer and publicist. Her productions there from the 1940s through the 1960s were a revitalizing influence on the whole New York theatre scene. In 1951 Jean Dalrymple married Major-General Philip deWitt Ginder commander of the Thunderbirds in Korea. She was a friend to Presidents and entertainment personalities throughout the world. New York, June 30, 1963. unknown
rif. 5462In 12 reliure éditeur demi-toile lie de vin,titre doré, filets à froid.Faux-titre,titre,249 pages,1 page de table des matières,Arthème Fayard Juin 1932.Edition originale, dos insolé,sinon très bon état
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1986rif. 160367New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1986. First American Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A signed first american edition in near fine condition with a fine condition dust-jacket. There is a faint amount of foxing on the top of the pages. Volume is tightly bound and features author's signature and inscription to previous owner; When eleven-year-old Jay wakes up one morning to find that his family has disappeared he knows something is wrong. He breaks into the house next door and finds his family there safe and sound but they can't explain what happened to everyone else. Jay and his family start to investigate and they soon realize that something is very wrong. They're the only ones left in their town and the town is full of strange dangerous things. Jay and his family must find a way to escape and find their families before it's too late.; 8vo; 317 pages; Signed by Author . G. P. Putnam's Sons hardcover
1993rif. 160389New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1993. First American Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A signed first american edition/first printing in fine condition housed in a dust-jacket of equal condition. Volume is signed by author. There are no signs of wear to the book or the dust-jacket; This is a book about a teenage girl who is trying to find out who she is and what she wants in life. She is also trying to figure out who her parents are and what their story is.; 8vo; 318 pages; Signed by Author . G. P. Putnam's Sons hardcover
1994rif. 15269London: Hodder & Stoughton. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1994. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0340553650 . A very beautiful first edition/first printing in unread Fine condition in alike unpriced for export dust-wrapper; Seafire is the fourteenth James Bond novel by John Gardner with 007 going after billionaire Sir Maxwell Tarn who thinks he's the next Hitler. Captain Bond now works for MicroGlobe One rather than an ill M whom he visits to cheer up and keep informed of the plot. The global trail takes 007 to Puerto Rico via Spain Israel & Germany; 8vo . Hodder & Stoughton hardcover
2001rif. 25460New York: A Marian Wood Book / G. P. Putnam's Sons. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2001. First Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 0399147195 . An attractive first edition/first printing in Fine condition in About Fine dust-jacket with light edgewear. SIGNED by author Sue Grafton directly on the title page; Dr. Purcell has been missing for nine weeks. Kinsey Millhone had followed the disappearance in the newspapers and then his former wife sought her services. He was the director of a care facility. Millhones latest venture into the darker side of the human soul; A Kinsey Millhone Mystery; 8vo; xii 1-352 4 pages; Signed by Author . A Marian Wood Book / G. P. Putnam's Sons hardcover
2007rif. 25464New York: A Marian Wood Book / G. P. Putnam's Sons. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2007. First Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 0399154485 . A handsome first edition/first printing in Fine condition in alike dust-jacket. SIGNED by author Sue Grafton directly on the title page; Grafton tackles identity theft and elder abuse in her 20th Kinsey Millhone mystery. Gus Vronsky Kinsey's elderly next-door neighbor suffers a fall and needs in-home care. A health-care nurse named Solana Rojas is hired and Kinsey does a background check finding nothing out of order. Solana turns out to be an identity thief and true sociopath. This is vintage Grafton set in the 1980s but scarily current; A Kinsey Millhone Mystery; 8vo; xii 3-387 388 pages; Signed by Author . A Marian Wood Book / G. P. Putnam's Sons hardcover
2010rif. 25465New York: A Marian Wood Book / G. P. Putnam's Sons. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2010. First Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 039915597X . A handsome first edition/first printing in Fine condition in alike dust-jacket. SIGNED by author Sue Grafton directly on the title page; In 1988 the year of the thirty-eighth birthday of Sue Grafton's hero Kinsey Millhone Kinsey is approached by Michael Sutton who is soliciting her help with a 1960s disappearance of a four-year-old girl. Sutton's uneasy relationship with the truth is not always helping; A Kinsey Millhone Mystery; 8vo; xii 1-403 404 pages; Signed by Author . A Marian Wood Book / G. P. Putnam's Sons hardcover
1939rif. 160486Boston: Little Brown and Company. Very Good. 1939. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A first edition first printing in very good condition. The front endpaper has a pencil signature of a previous owner. There is a small stain on the back endpaper; This is a book about a preacher who moves to a small town and starts preaching from the grill room of the local cafe. The townspeople are initially skeptical but eventually start to listen and even join in on the sermon.; 8vo; 265 pages . Little, Brown, and Company hardcover
1939rif. 160549London: Hodder and Stoughton. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1939. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A first edition first printing in very good condition with dust-jacket of equal condition. The dust-jacket is bright yellow with illustration of gallows on the front. There are s some pencil marks on the front endpage and the binding is tight; ; 8vo; 255 pages . Hodder and Stoughton hardcover
1926rif. 160488London: Hodder and Stoughton. Very Good. 1926. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A first edition first printing in very good condition. The pages have some foxing but are tightly bound. The light blue cover is clean; Basis for the silent film "Monte Carlo" directed by Louis Mercanton ; 8vo; 310 pages . Hodder and Stoughton hardcover
1932rif. 160573New York: Blue Ribbon Books. Very Good. 1932. Hardcover. An edition in very good condition. There is a memorial stamp on front endpage alongside a previous owner's signature. A clean copy with some fading and rubbing to cover; The Second Oppenheim Omnibus is a compilation of three suspenseful mystery novels by E. Phillips Oppenheim. The novels are The Golden Cockerel The Cat and the Fiddle and The Tower Treasure. They are all well-written and suspenseful and will leave readers shivering and thrilling.; 8vo; 836 pages . Blue Ribbon Books hardcover
1938rif. 160259Boston: Little Brown and Company. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1938. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A first printing of the firt edition in near fine condition housed in a like dust-jacket. Dust-jacket is brightly illustrated and has few wrinkles. Interior is clean. There is small bookseller sticker on front flyleaf; This novel tells the story of the titanic struggle between the godlike Titans and the Olympian gods. The titans are a race of giants who have evolved beyond human size and strength. The Olympians are a race of gods who live on Mount Olympus. The titans want to overthrow the Olympians and conquer the world. The gods fight back with magic and strategy. The Colossus of Arcadia is the key to their victory.; 8vo; 327 pages . Little, Brown, and Company hardcover
1999rif. 20209New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1999. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0679454314 . A handsome first edition/first printing in unread Fine condition in alike dust-jacket. SIGNED by author Don Winslow directly on the title page. Flame covered boards with a "burnt" dust-jacket allowing the fire to show through; In this complex tale of murder and insurance fraud Jack Wade one of the best arson investigators around is the adjuster for California Fire and Life Insurance Company. The huge scam involves the Russian Mafia and a cast of crooks and mobsters from all over California. In this carefully crafted novel Winslow painstakingly educates the reader about fire by giving the fire its own personality; 8vo; Signed by Author . Alfred A. Knopf hardcover
2000rif. 20225New York: Soho. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2000. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 1569471932 . A handsome first edition/first printing in unread Fine condition in Fine dust-jacket. SIGNED by author Qiu Xiaolong directly on the title page; The introduction of Inspector Chen Chao the up-and-coming chief inspector of the Shanghai Police Bureau determined to prove his worth. His first case is the murder of a National Model Worker a poster girl for the socialist ideal but Chen unearths another less seemly side of Guan Hongying. Winnner of the Anthony Award for best first novel in 2001; Inspector Chen Chao; 8vo; Signed by Author . Soho hardcover
2008rif. 14383Norwalk CT: Easton Press. As New. 2008. Signed Edition. Full-Leather. A special Limited edition SIGNED by the author James Lee Burke. A wonderful scarce book in As New condition never taken out of its original shrink-wrap; James Lee Burke winner of two Edgar Awards presents an action thriller of post-Katrina New Orleans as well as a a poignant account of courage and sacrifice. Contains all of the classic Easton Press trimmings: premium leather silk moiré end leaves distinctive cover design raised bands accented in real 22KT gold satin ribbon page marker gilded page edges long-lasting high quality acid-neutral paper sewn pages for strength and durability; 8vo; Signed by Author . Easton Press hardcover books
1971rif. 160374New York Evanston San Francisco And London: Harper & Row. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1971. First US Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A signed first american edition in near fine condition with like condition dust-jacket. Book is signed by the author directly on title page. The book is slightly cocked with some discoloration to cover. There is a small scuff on the front of dust-jacket; the design of which is by Michael Silberman; Bonecrack is a novel set in the Nevada desert. It follows the story of a family whose lives are turned upside down after their home is destroyed in a wildfire. They must find new ways to survive in a harsh and unforgiving landscape.; 8vo; 201 pages; Signed by Author . Harper & Row hardcover books