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Autumn Maze
by Jon Stephen Cleary (1917-2010)
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Near Fine
- Edition
- First
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- 1994
- ISBN
- 9780688136970
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292 pages. Royal octavo (9 1/2 x 6 1/4) bound in original publisher's quarter brown cloth with red lettering to spine over brow boards in original pictorial jacket. First edition.
Autumn Maze is a 1994 novel from Australian author Jon Cleary. It was the eleventh book featuring Sydney detective Scobie Malone and centers on the murder of the police minister's son.
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The Rage of Innocence
by William D Pease
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- Used - Better than Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1993
- ISBN
- 9780670835195
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- 1
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430 pages. Royal octavo (9 1/4" x 6 1/4") bound in original publisher's quarter black cloth with silver lettering to spine over maroon boards with original pictorial jacket. First edition.
An attractive and highly intelligent police detective, Christine Boland, forms the brilliant centerpiece of William D. Pease's explosive novel of psychological suspense. Detective Boland is assigned to investigate the death… Read more about this item Item Price
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Drover and the Zebras: The New Drover Novel
by Bill Granger (1941-2012)
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- Used - Very Good to fine
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- Very Good to fine
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- First
- Published
- 1992
- ISBN
- 9780688098575
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- 1
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252 pages. Royal octavo (9 1/2" x 6 1/4") bound in original publisher's quarter black cloth with gilt lettering to spine over purple boards in original pictorial jacket. First edition.
There is never a dull moment, exclaimed The Houston Post about Granger's Drover series. In Drover and the Zebras, Jimmy Drover returns to Chicago to watch his alma mater play college… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Killing Doll
by Ruth Barbara Rendell (1930-2015)
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- Used - Very Good to fine
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- Fine
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1984
- ISBN
- 9780394530970
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258 pages. Octavo (8 1/4" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's quarter grey cloth with silver lettering to spine over grey boards with silver initial RR to cover in original pictorial jacket. First edition.
Pup Yearman dabbles in magic. But for Pup's older sister Dolly, the magic is more than dabbling. Deformed by a facial birthmark, Dolly desperately wants to… Read more about this item Item Price
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Blood Type The New John Marshall Tanner Mystery
by Stephen Greenleaf (1942- )
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Fine
- Edition
- First
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- 1992
- ISBN
- 9780688112684
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- 1
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283 pages. Royal octavo (9 1/2" x 6 1/2") bound in original publisher's quarter red cloth with white lettering to spine over dark blue boards in original pictorial jacket. First edition.
Blood Type is Stephen Greenleaf's eighth mystery featuring hard-drinking, laconic San Francisco detective John Marshall Tanner, who has been called "the long-sought heir of Sam Spade, Marlowe, and Archer" (San… Read more about this item Item Price
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Pastime
by Robert Brown Parker (1932-2010)
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Near Fine
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1991
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- 9780399136283
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- 1
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223 pages. Royal octavo (9 1/4" x 6 1/4") bound in original publisher's quarter red cloth with gilt lettering to spine over yellow boards in original jacket. First edition.
Spenser's semi-adopted son, Paul Giacomin, visits Spenser in Boston asking for his help. He can't locate his mother, who has apparently left on an extended trip without telling him. While Paul's mother… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Old Contemptibles
by Martha Grimes (1931- )
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- Used - Very Good to fine
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- Near Fine
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1991
- ISBN
- 9780316328944
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333 pages. Royal octavo (9 1/2" x 6 1/2") bound in original publisher's quarter aqua cloth with gilt lettering to spine over light aqua boards in original pictorial jacket. First edition.
"When Scotland Yard superintendent Richard Jury is drawn into a brief affair with a troubled widow named Jane Holdsworth, her subsequent death makes him a suspect in her murder. Unable… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Story of a Little Mouse Trapped in a Book
by Monique Felix
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- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1980
- ISBN
- 9780914676522
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- 1
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28 pages with illustrations. Duodecimo (5 3/4" x 5 3/4") bound in original publisher's pictorial boards. First edition.
Monique Felix is a renowned Swiss artist and author who studied graphic arts at L'Ecole des Arts Appliqués in Lausanne. She has since illustrated more than 40 acclaimed children's books, including Creative Editions' The Rumor, The Velveteen Rabbit, and Tuba Lessons.
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How Stella Got Her Groove Back
by Terry McMillan (1951- )
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Fine
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1996
- ISBN
- 9780670869909
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- 1
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368 pages. Royal Octavo (9 1/4" x 6 1/4) bound in original publisher's quarter black cloth with over white boards with gilt blue lettering to spine and cover in original pictorial jacket. First edition.
Stella Payne is forty-two, divorced, a high-powered investment analyst, mother of eleven-year-old Quincy—and she does it all. In fact, if she doesn't do it, it doesn't get… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Credible Threat
by Janet Dawson (1949- )
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Near Fine
- Edition
- First
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- 1996
- ISBN
- 9780449909775
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- 1
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261 pages. Royal octavo (9 1/2" x 6 1/4") bound in original publisher's quarter black cloth with gilt lettering to spine in original pictorial jacket. First edition.
The pleasant old brown shingle house was similar to many in Berkeley's Elmwood district, a home away from home for serious university students. There seemed to be no reason for the unnerving anonymous phone… Read more about this item Item Price
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Lush Life
by Dallas Murphy
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- Used - Very Good to fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1992
- ISBN
- 9780671685560
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- 1
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xii+276 pages. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 3/4") bound in original publisher's quarter black cloth with gilt lettering to spine over black boards in original pictorial jacket. First edition.
The endearing hero of Dallas Murphy's Edgar Award nominee Lover Man is back in a wild, winsome new adventure (Kirkus Reviews). Artie Deemer gets more than he bargained for when he meets… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Assyrians Activity Book
by Lorna Oakes
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- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1994
- ISBN
- 9780714111254
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16 pages with illustrations, maps and games. Oblong octavo (8 1/4" x 11 1/2") bound in original publisher's pictorial wrappers. First edition.
Through fun activities, this activity book introduces the culture of the Assyrians to 7 to 11 year olds. The book includes games, puzzles, maps, spot-the-difference pictures and drawing and coloring activities.
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Punch and Jonathan
by Bill Binzen (1918-2010)
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- Used - Very Good
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- Good
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- First
- Published
- 1969
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NZ$16.86
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unpaginated with photographs. Oblong small octavo (7 1/4" x 10") bound in original publisher's red cloth with gilt lettering to spine and decoration to cover. First edition.
Illustrated with full page color photographs. Jonathan loves the Punch and Judy show but when Punch falls from Uncle Jock's bag how can the show go ahead?.
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Tim and Trisha
by Svend Otto Sörensen (1916–1996)
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- Used - Very Good
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- 19982
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- 9780720709308
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unpaginated with illustrations. Oblong octavo (8 1/4" x 10 1/2") bound in original pictorial boards. Translated by Joan Tate. Reprint.
Father Troll, Mother Troll and Tim certainly would not harm anyone but they know people are afraid of anthing that is strange, so they keep to themselves. But little Tim was lonely and wanted a playmate. One snowy evening, Tim… Read more about this item Item Price
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Thrown-Away Child: A Neil Hockaday Mystery
by Thomas Larry Adcock (1947- )
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- Used - Very Good
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- Near Fine
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1996
- ISBN
- 9780671519858
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340 pages. Octavo (8 3/4" x 5 3/4") bound in original publisher's quarter green cloth with gilt lettering to spine over green boards in original pictorial jacket. First edition.
Set in New Orleans, the hometown of Hock's new wife, black actress Ruby Flagg, Thrown-Away Child is a pungent Creole stew of family secrets, sour politics, ritual murder, and bittersweet revenge.… Read more about this item Item Price
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The American Claimant
by Mark Twain (PSUED Samuel Langhorne Clemens) [1835-1910]
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- First
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- 1892
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NZ$126.41
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[1]-[xvi]+17-277+[1]+[8 ads] pages with frontispiece, 23 black and white illustrations. Octavo (8 1/4" x 5 3/4) bound in original publisher's olive green cloth with gilt lettering and black pictorial to spine and cover. Illustrated by Dan Beard. (BAL 3434; McBride page 134) First American edition.
The Colonel Mulberry Sellers here re-introduced to the public is the same person who appeared… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Five-Dog Night
by Eileen Christelow (1943- )
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1993
- ISBN
- 9780395623992
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- 1
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unpaginated with illustrations by the author. Quarto (11" x 9 1/4") bound in original publisher's pictorial boards in original pictorial jacket. First edition.
Ezra lives high on a windy hilltop with his five dogs. Ezra's neighbor, Old Betty, worries about him as winter nears because the stubborn old coot insists he doesn't need a blanket. Inspired by a true story of… Read more about this item Item Price
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Tap City
by Ron Abel
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Better than Very Good
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1985
- ISBN
- 9780316002004
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NZ$10.96
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274 pages. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 3/4") bound in original publisher's quarter black cloth with gilt lettering to spine over yellow boards in original pictorial jacket. First edition.
A varied collection of characters from all walks of life meet for a three-day poker tournament in Reno and get more than they gambled on.
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The Red Spot
by Hilde Heyduck-Huth (1929- )
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1980
- ISBN
- 9780222007254
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unpaginated with illustrations. Quarto (10 1/2" x 8 1/4") bound in original publisher's pictorial boards with red lettering to spine and cover in original pictorial jacket. Translated by Patricia Crampton. First American edition.
Children experience a number of things as round and red as a red spot.
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El Bronx
by Jerome Charyn (1937- )
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1997
- ISBN
- 9780892966042
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- 1
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NZ$11.80
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244 pages. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's green cloth with gilt lettering to spine in original pictorial jacket. First edition.
In the emerald island of Yankee Stadium Isaac watches millionaires play baseball, while a few blocks away children smoke crack and wave kitchen knives in the air. This is the borough where wild dogs used… Read more about this item Item Price
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