Religion/Mythology from H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
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A DARKER PLACE
by King, Laurie R.
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good
- Published
- 1999
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- Hardcover
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- 9780553107111
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- 1
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Canandaigua, New York, USA
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NZ$20.21
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New York: Bantam Books, 1999. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. The first stand-alone novel by the award-winning King makes use of her studies in theology. It features Anne Waverly, a university professor and expert in alternative religious movements, who occasionally works undercover for the FBI. Waverly penetrates a religious group called "Change," which operates a school for over a… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE ORIGINAL BELLE
by Roe, Edward P.
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- Used - Good to Good Plus
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- First Edition.
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- 1885
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- Hardcover
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Canandaigua, New York, USA
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NZ$25.26
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New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1885. First Edition. . Hardcover. Good to Good Plus. Roe, a late 19th century Presbyterian clergyman, a chaplain during the Civil War, became a bestselling novelist after retiring from the ministry in 1874. His novels, with their strong moral and religious themes, were popular with the middle class in the U.S. and… Read more about this item Item Price
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TERRORIST
by Updike, John
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- Used - Fine
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- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition.
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- 2006
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780307264657
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- 1
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Canandaigua, New York, USA
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NZ$26.94
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New York: Knopf, 2006. First Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Though critics and reviewers seldom comment on the religious themes in Updike's work, these themes run strongly through many of his novels, including his last. "Terrorist," is the story of an 18-year-old boy growing up in a dying factory town in New Jersey, disillusioned by the poverty-ridden, materialistic… Read more about this item Item Price
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INEZ: A TALE OF THE ALAMO
by Wilson, Augusta Evans
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- Used - Good Plus to Very Good
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- No Jacket
- Published
- 1888
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- Hardcover
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Canandaigua, New York, USA
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NZ$43.78
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New York: G.W. Dillingham, Publisher, 1888. Hardcover. Good Plus to Very Good/No Jacket. A prominent, bestselling Southern novelist both before and after the Civil War, Wilson wrote "Inez" in 1850, when she was fifteen and living with her parents in San Antonio shortly after the Mexican-American War. It was first published in 1855 and many times since by… Read more about this item Item Price
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DEADLY VOWS
by Wright, Leif M.
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition.
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- 2014
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780882824543
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- 1
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Canandaigua, New York, USA
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NZ$33.68
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Far Hills, NJ: New Horizon Press, 2014. First Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A True Crime story about a young, fundamentalist Pentacostal preacher with a secret second wife who stopped her from leaving him by murdering her and leaving her chopped-up body in the Arizona desert. The story is told by one of the preacher's co-workers when both were… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE DAY THE SUN STOOD STILL
by Anderson, Poul; Dickson, Gordon R.; Silverberg, Robert
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good Plus to Very Good
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- Book Club (BCE/BOMC).
- Published
- 1972
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780525662068
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- 1
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Canandaigua, New York, USA
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NZ$21.89
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Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson, Inc., 1972. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). . Hardcover. Very Good/Good Plus to Very Good. Three original science fiction novellas by three outstanding SciFi writers on a single theme: Exploring the reaction of modern man to a miracle, to scientific proof of God. With a foreword by SciFi master, Lester del Rey. Science Fiction Book Club… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE PURITY PLOT
by Smith, E.E. ("Doc") with Stephen Goldin
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- Used - Good Plus to Very Good
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- First Edition, First Printing.
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- 1978
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- Mass Market Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780586043394
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- 1
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Canandaigua, New York, USA
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NZ$29.47
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London: Panther/Granada, 1978. First Edition, First Printing. . Mass Market Paperback. Good Plus to Very Good. Vintage Paperback, Panther 04339: The sixth novel in Doc Smith"s Family d'Alembert series, this time featuring the new team of Yvette and Pias Abol, who are called upon to stop the religious zealots on planet Purity from launching a holy war with… Read more about this item Item Price
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SCORPIUS
by Gardner, John
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing.
- Published
- 1988
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780399133473
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- 1
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Canandaigua, New York, USA
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NZ$19.36
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New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1988. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. The seventh of the 16 spy-thrillers featuring the legendary fictional British secret agent, James Bond, which Gardner wrote under the publisher's Ian Fleming "house name" after Fleming's death. Once again Bond returns to action to combat a violent religious cult which serves as… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE SCROLLS OF FIRE: A Nation Fighting For Its Life
by Kovner, Abba
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Printing, First Edition Thus.
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- 1981
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Canandaigua, New York, USA
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NZ$63.56
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Jerusalem: Keter Publishing House, 1981. First Printing, First Edition Thus. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. This book is a reproduction of the original book, a work of art composed of 52 chapters and 52 paintings (written by Kovner, paintings by Dan Reisinger) exhibited at Beth Hatefuhsoth, the Nahum Goldmann Museum of the Jewish Diaspora, in Tell-Aviv. The pages… Read more about this item Item Price
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MARIETTE IN ECSTASY
by Hansen, Ron
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
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- First Edition, Later Printing.
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- 1991
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780060182144
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- 1
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Canandaigua, New York, USA
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NZ$26.52
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New York: HarperCollins, 1991. First Edition, Later Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The fifth book for Hansen, a master of the historical novel, is set in 1906 when Mariette, a beautiful, seventeen-year-old postulant, enters a convent in upstate New York. When she begins to bleed from her hands, feet and side, the convent community is thrown into confused turmoil.… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO THE SON
by Mailer, Norman
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
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- First Edition, First Printing.
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- 1997
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780679457831
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- 1
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Canandaigua, New York, USA
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NZ$33.26
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New York: Random House, 1997. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Mailer's vision of Jesus of the New Testament told by Jesus himself, showing us the son of God who is wholly unlike other men yet still struggling with passion and doubt, a divinity sharing our human condition; boards and text are clean, tight, square; the dustjacket… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE SHAMAN'S GAME
by Doss, James D.
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Near Fine
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- First Edition, First Printing.
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- 1998
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780380974252
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- 1
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Canandaigua, New York, USA
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New York: Avon Books, 1998. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. The fourth novel in Doss' highly-praised mystery series set in southern Colorado and featuring Ute tribal policeman Charlie Moon and his aunt, Shaman Daisy Perika, this time investigating the unexplained deaths of young men taking part in the annual Sun Dance ritual; remainder mark… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE FANATIC
by Levin, Meyer
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- Used - Near Fine to Fine
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- First Printing, First Paperback Edition.
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- 1965
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- Mass Market Paperback
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- 1
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Canandaigua, New York, USA
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NZ$24.84
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New York: Pocket Books, 1965. First Printing, First Paperback Edition. . Mass Market Paperback. Near Fine to Fine. Vintage Paperback, Pocket Books Cardinal Edition 75054; Levin, the award-winning author of "Compulsion," considered by many to be the most significant American Jewish writer of the first half of the 20th century, made his tenth novel the story of one… Read more about this item Item Price
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BROTHER SOLOMON: Martyr of the French Revolution
by Battersby, W. J.
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- Used - Near Fine
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- About Very Good
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- First Edition, Later Printing.
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- 1960
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- Hardcover
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Canandaigua, New York, USA
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London: Burns & Oates, Ltd., 1960. First Edition, Later Printing. . Hardcover. Near Fine/About Very Good. A biography of Nicolas LeClerq, known as Brother Solomon, Abbe' of the Brothers of the Christian Schools in Paris, who was among the clerics murdered in 1792 by the French Revolutionary mobs. The author, Dr. W. J. Battersby, a respected author, educator… Read more about this item Item Price
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TO KILL THE POPE
by Szulc, Tad
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
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- First Edition, First Printing.
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- 2000
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780684837819
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- 1
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Canandaigua, New York, USA
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NZ$24.84
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New York: Simon & Schuster, 2000. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Using material gathered during work on his highly-praised biography of Pope John Paul II, Szulc, former foreign and diplomatic correspondent for the "New York Times," has written this fictional account of the real-life assassination attempt on the Pope in 1981, choosing the fictional format to… Read more about this item Item Price
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SHE NEEDED ME
by Kirn, Walter
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
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- First Edition, First Printing.
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- 1992
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780671780913
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- 1
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Canandaigua, New York, USA
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NZ$23.57
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New York: Pocket Books, 1992. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Kirn's first novel, following his highly-praised collection of short stories, "My Hard Bargain," is the story of the relationship between a pregnant young woman seeking an abortion and a bible-toting young man, born again after teenaged years filled with drugs and violence; boards and text are… Read more about this item Item Price
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ONE MORE SUNDAY
by MacDonald, John D.
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
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- First Edition, First Printing.
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- 1984
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780394536736
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- 1
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Canandaigua, New York, USA
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NZ$23.15
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New York: Knopf, 1984. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. A major novel from the bestselling MacDonald that details the rise, corruption and downfall of a televangelism empire; a remainder mark on bottom edge of the text, o/w text and boards are clean, tight, square; dustjacket shows only minimal surface and edgewear. Collectable.
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QUEENMAKER
by Edghill, India
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- Used - Very Good
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- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition Thus.
- Published
- 2002
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780312289188
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- 1
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Canandaigua, New York, USA
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NZ$12.63
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New York: St. Martin's Press, 2002. First Edition Thus. . Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. Edghill's first novel presents a hard-to-forget portrait of a woman behind the throne, biblical Queen Michal, daughter of King Saul, wife of King David, who became the spiritual foundation for the Kingdom of Israel; First Printing of the First St. Martin's Edition; previous owner's name… Read more about this item Item Price
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IN THE BEAUTY OF THE LILIES
by Updike, John
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- Used - Fine
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- Near Fine
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- First Printing, First Trade Edition.
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- 1996
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780679446408
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- 1
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Canandaigua, New York, USA
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New York: Knopf, 1996. First Printing, First Trade Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winner Updike's seventeenth novel features four generations of the Wilmot family, tracing their relationship with God from Paterson, NJ, in 1910 to Lower Branch, CO, in 1990. A collectable copy.
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SHADOW OF DEATH
by Kienzle, William X.
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
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- First Edition, First Printing.
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- 1983
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780836261196
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- 1
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Canandaigua, New York, USA
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NZ$33.68
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Kansas City: Andrews & McMeel, Inc., 1983. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. the fifth novel in Kienzle's bestselling mystery series featuring Detoit Catholic Priest Father Robert Koesler, this time traveling to Rome as he investigates the murders of two cardinals; text and boards are clean, tight, square; dustjacket shows some minor surface and edgewear.… Read more about this item Item Price
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