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Aliso Viejo, CA, U.S.A.: James Cahill Publishing, 2001. Fine in a Fine slipcase. Marbled paper-covered boards quarterbound in blue cloth. The spine is stamped in gilt. Large octavo. Gold endpapers. 531pps. An excellent, collector's-quality copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. Yet to be read. The slipcase, of the same blue cloth stamped in gilt, is very mildly rubbed at the edges. This is #258 of 600 copies SIGNED by the author -- without further inscription -- on a limitation page. "...It is July 2003. In the middle of its maiden voyage, the luxury cruise ship Emerald Dolphin suddenly catches fire and sinks. What caused it? Why didn't the fire control systems work? What was its connection to the revolutionary new engines powering the ship? NUMA special projects director Dirk Pitt races to rescue the passengers and investigate the disaster, but he has no idea of the bizarre events that are about to engulf him. Before the next few weeks are over, Pitt will find himself…
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Valhalla Rising
by Cussler, Clive
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The Vanishing Hero (Studies in Novelists of the Twenties)
by O'Faolain, Sean
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Boston: Atlantic Little, Brown, 1957. Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dustjacket. Bound in black and tan cloth. Both the spine and the front board are stamped in red. 204pps. Stated first edition. There is bumping to the tips and spine-ends, with the bump at the head of the spine causing a bit of crimping to some pages. Otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. No previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, has fading to the red stripes of the spine as well as crinkling and rubbing at the extremities. Some light spotting along the flap-folds. No chips or tears. The original price is intact. ".Originally presented by Mr. O'Faolain at Princeton in the form of the annual Christian Gauss lectures in criticism, these essays assert that to understand a work of art it is necessary to understand the author. With an intense concern for human values too often lacking in literary criticism, Mr. O'Faolain discusses the work of Evelyn Waugh, Aldous Huxley, Graham Greene,…
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The Various
by Augarde, Steve
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New York: David Fickling Books, 2004. As New in an As New dustjacket. Mauve boards with a blue, silver-stamped backstrip. Octavo. 448pps. An excellent, collector's-quality copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. Yet to be read. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, is equally fine; the original price is intact. ".A gritty and captivating story of courage and strength against terrible odds, this is the story of Midge, left to stay with her eccentric uncle during the holidays, and her adventures with the Various, a band of fairies. The existence of the Various, who are strange, wild, and sometimes even deadly, has been kept secret since the beginning of time. But when their world begins to clash with the human world, they are threatened with extinction. This wonderfully imaginative story of love and loyalty is the first in a powerful trilogy that readers won't be able to put down." Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the…
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Vengeance Is Mine
by Spillane, Mickey
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London: Arthur Barker, 1951. Very Good in a Very Good dustjacket. Black boards. The spine is stamped in yellow. Octavo. 222pps. First British Edition. There is light wear and mild bumping to the board-edges. Internally, there is a small, vintage bookseller's label affixed to the front pastedown, light reading wear, and yellowing to the closed page-edges. Otherwise clean and soundly bound; no previous ownership markings. The first-state dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, has shallow chipping and wear at the spine-ends; the spine-ends have been supported on their interior by non-acidic tape. The original price (8s. 6d. net) is intact. A very nice, collector's-quality copy of this early Spillane, colorfully jacketed (and with much better, more lurid artwork than either the American edition or the second state British version).<br><br> Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs…
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Ventures in Editing
by Michener, James A
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Huntington Beach, CA: James Cahill Publishing, 1995. As New in an As New slipcase. Bound in full burgundy cloth. Both the spine and the front panel are stamped in gilt. Small octavo. Tan endpapers. [xi] + 95pps. A flawless, collector's-quality copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. Yet to be read. The slipcase, of the same burgundy cloth over boards, is equally fine. This is a Proof copy of 26 deluxe lettered copies, SIGNED by the author and including his personal library stamp, on a limitation page. Nicely produced by Cahill and printed on a linen stock. Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books. To assist with your decision, photos can be emailed upon request.. SIGNED by the Author. Limited First Edition. Cloth. Galley/Proof.
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Vernon God Little
by Pierre, DBC
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New York: Canongate Books Ltd, 2003. Fine in glossy pictorial wraps, trade-sized (pb). 279pps. An excellent, colllector's-quality copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. Yet to be read. The publisher's Review Slip is laid in. The author's first novel. "...In the town jail of Martirio -- the barbecue sauce capital of Central Texas -- sits fifteen-year-old Vernon Little, dressed only in New Jack trainers and underpants. He is in trouble. His friend Jesus has just blown away sixteen of his classmates before turning the gun on himself. And Vernon, as his only buddy, has become the focus of the town's need for vengeance. The news of the tragedy has resulted in the quirky backwater being flooded with wannabe CNN hacks all-too-keen to claim their fifteen minutes and lay the blame for the killings at Vernon's feet. In particular Eulalio Ledesma, who begins manipulating matters so that Vernon becomes the centre for the bizarre and vengeful impulses of the townspeople of Martirio. But Vernon is sure he'll…
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View From A Height
by Asimov, Isaac
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Garden City: Doubleday, 1963. In Near Fine condition. No dust jacket. Red cloth quarterbound in a black cloth. Both the spine and the front panel are stamped in silver. Stated First Edition. xii + 252pps. There is mild rubbing wear to the spine-ends and a small ink stain in the upper corner of the ffep., otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. A very nice copy of these Asimov essays<br><br> Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books. 42-C.. First Edition. Cloth.
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The Violated
by Bourjaily, Vance
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New York: The Dial Press, 1958. Near Fine in a Very Good dustjacket. Fully bound in black cloth. The spine is stamped in white. 599pps. Mild bumping to the spine-ends and rubbing to the boards. Otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. The text is immaculate; no reading wear or previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, has two moderate chips -- one at the upper front tip and the other at the top of the front panel; also, light edgewear and faint dustspotting to the white rear panel. The original price is intact. An excellent copy in a nice dustjacket. "...Bourjaily has written an unsparing portrait of the sexual, moral and intellectual lives of four people of his generation, from their beginnings in the 1920's, through the years of the Great Depression and the Second World War, to their present in the 1950's. The Violated revolves around these four, but in its thirty-year span it encompasses half a hundred people who live and breathe and sometimes die in the…
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Vixen 03 (Dirk Pitt Adventure)
by Cussler, Clive
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New York: Viking Press, 1978. Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Slate-blue boards quarterbound in blue cloth. The spine is stamped in gilt and blue. 286pps. First printing. The extreme top edge of the cloth is a bit faded, several pages have small cornercrimps and there is a very faint and unobtrusive soil-mark on the fore-edge. Otherwise clean, tight, square and bright. No previous ownership markings. The dust jacket, glossy in a new mylar sleeve, has modest general edgewear with shallow chipping at the spine-ends; the original price (9.95) is intact. A nice, collector's-quality copy of this early Cussler title. "1954. Vixen 03 is down. The plane, bound for the South Pacific and bearing several canisters of a particularly virulent organism, vanishes. Believed ditched at sea, Vixen has in fact crashed into an ice-covered lake in Colorado.1988. Dirk Pitt, on holiday, discovers remnants of Vixen 03. The lethal canisters are raised -- but they are not all accounted for. It turns out that two of…
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The Voice of Asia
by Michener, James A
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New York: Random House, 1951. In Very Good condition. Bound in full tan cloth. The spine is lushly stamped in gilt and blue. Blue topstain. Octavo. Color map-endpapers. [xi] + 338 pps. Stated First Printing. No dustjacket. There is mild bumping to the spine-ends, a previous owner's name and address are neatly penned in the upper corner of the ffep, and the blue topstain has bled down into the top margin of 5 or 6 pages (only). Otherwise clean, tight, and bright. ".Today Asia is of utmost importance to Americans. What happens there may make or mar us as a nation. We need to know what makes Asia tick. I had the good luck to travel to many towns and villages in Asia and to talk with the people about what worried them. I met rickshaw boys and millionaires, peasant farmers and heads of state. They told me about the religious problems, the economic questions and the social revolutions that disturb them today. I talked of America and of Russia; and, like people everywhere, they told me some very…
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Voodoo River : An Elvis Cole Novel
by Crais, Robert
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New York: Hyperion, 1995. Very Good in a Near Fine dustjacket. Canary-yellow boards quarterbound in green cloth. The spine is stamped in metallic red. Octavo. Red endpapers. 298pps. There is mild bumping to the heel of the spine, a previous owner's blind namestamp is impressed in the half-title page, and some page-corners are dogear-undone. Otherwise clean, bright, and soundly bound. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, has light touches of crinkling at the extremities; the original price is intact. SIGNED and inscribed by the author -- to no one in particular -- with his full name and with 'The man with the rifle is always there' (a phrase from the novel) near the top of the title-page. "...Robert Crais has established Elvis Cole, his wisecracking private eye with a tough exterior but a soft heart, in the consciousness of mystery readers and reviewers everywhere. In 'Voodoo River,' Elvis Cole returns in his most exciting adventure yet. Hired to uncover the past of Jodi Taylor, an…
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