Search Results: Authors starting with P from Koda’s Korner

Garden City, NY: Crime Club, Inc, 1931. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 1st Printing Red Glass No Dust Jacket.No ISBN with this date and publisher. Spine is canted and has a single crease. Black cloth with orange print titles. Pages are yellowed. Some foxing on end boards. Blocks are irregular as is common in firsts. One printing date listed. This is a whodunnit in the flavor of the old school gumshoe and the final shocking twist. A great read.

London, England: W. W. Robinson, 1846. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st Printing Red Glass Lovely antique volume. Cover is green cloth with gold embossed titles and decoration. Corners are bumped, top and bottom of spine are frayed and torn. Front board is no longer attached. There is also some foxing on some pages. A poem from the title page states, "When with his lively ray the potent Sun, Has pierced the streams and roused the finny race, Then, rising cheerful to thy sport repair; Chief should the western breezes curling play, And light on either bear the shadowy clouds. --Thompson"

New York, NY: Putnam , 2012. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st Printing LV3 This is an ex-library book, withdrawn. Covered in mylar and library stickers. Another V. I. Warshawski mystery/crime thriller. Buckle up.

New York, NY : Little, Brown and Company, 2017. 1st Edition. Hardcover. New/New. 1st Printing LV3 The book is in new condition with a new number line, though the page refers to it as a large print. This tale carries us to the sex crimes unit and introduces us to Det. Harriet Blue. Sadly, we are thrown into a mess with her brother and his complications. Then she is reassigned to missing persons and her snooping doesn't seem to be appreciated and then everything starts to circle back. What is going on?

New York, NY: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2010. Soft cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 3rd Printing LVB2 This is a previous library edition, so it is covered with shelving marks and id stickers. There are some wrinkles on the covers and a spot on the block. There is a full color cartoon section in the back of the book--I did notice a small fold on upper edge of the page. Daniel X is the Alien Hunter! His mission is to hunt down the intergalactic ner-do-wells hiding out on terra firma...

New York, NY: Little, Brown and Company, 2013. 1st Edition. Hardcover. New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st Printing LVB2 DJ shows some shelf wear, but otherwise book and DJ are in new/like-new condition. This story follows Alex Cross as he tries to nail down 3 possible serial killers. So engrossed is he, that he is unaware that someone is following his trail, too!

New York, NY: Little, Brown and Company, 2010. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st Printing LV2 Book is in great condition, but spine is canted. From the inside flap, "James Patterson delivers the scariest mafia thriller since 'The Godfather.'"

New York, NY: Vision , 2012. Soft cover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. LVB1 Book is in very good condition, but spine has a crease. Story is about Alex Cross tying to recuse the president's abducted children.

New York, NY: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1954. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Margaret Ayer. 5th or later Printing T4 The book is bound in pink cloth with pink foil accents. There is some rubbing at lower spine. The DJ is a painting of a young woman reading to a group of 3 little girls and is in colors of pink, green, white and black. There are tears at upper and lower edges of front DJ and upper and lower spine. There is a library sticker on lower spine. There is a library pocket on fly leaf and "cass county library" stamp on fly leaf and title page. You will also note some glue or tape stains on inner covers and under lining on back DJ flap. This is a biography of Louisa May Alcott for the young reader. It is a rare find.

Nashville, TN: Tommy Nelson, 2012. Soft cover. As New. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Rod Shelf This soft cover is in like new condition with bright black and green pictorials on the cover. This is number6 in the Cooper Kid Adventure Series as they assist their father in investigating the mystery of the deadly curse of Toco-Rey in Central America.