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356 p. Mild page curl and minor shelfwear, otherwise Near Fine. Winner of the Man Booker Prize. From the back: After the tragic sinking of a cargo ship, one solitary lifeboat remains bobbing on the wild, blue Pacific. The crew of the surviving vessel consists of a hyena, an orang-utan, a zebra with a broken leg, a 450-pound Royal Bengal tiger and Pi Patel, a 16-year-old Indian boy. The scene is set for one of the most extraordinary pieces of literary fiction of recent years, a novel of such rare and wondrous storytelling that it may, as one character claims, make you believe in God. Can a reader reasonably ask for anything more? May require small amount of extra shipping due to thickness of book.

[24 p., unnumbered]; ill. (colour); 11 cm.
A small vintage children's book with mild shelfwear, previous owner's names inside, and a stain on corner of last page.
A story about a tailor boy who switches places with a little prince.
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First two books of trilogy. Book 1 - 382 p. ; generously illustrated. Near Fine, very minor edgewear in some places and corner of rear cover has slight dogear.Book 2 - 428 p. ; generously illustrated. Fine / As New. From the back cover of Miss Peregrine's...:"A tense, moving, and wondrously strange first novel. The photographs and text work together brilliantly to create an unforgettable story." —John Green, author of The Fault in Our Stars A mysterious island. An abandoned orphanage. A strange collection of peculiar photographs. It all waits to be discovered in Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, an unforgettable novel that mixes fiction and photography in a thrilling reading experience. As our story opens, a horrific family tragedy sets sixteen-year-old Jacob journeying to a remote island off the coast of Wales, where he discovers the crumbling ruins of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. As Jacob explores its decaying bedrooms and hallways, it becomes clear that Miss… Leer más

Presumably first edition. 250 p. Contains a foreward and interview with cowboy actor Ken Maynard. Blue cloth hardcover with black lettering to front and spine, exhibits some sunning and dampstains, bumping and general wear, but internally the book is Near Fine, though pages are browned (as expected with age). A novel for young readers, the adventures of a boy working in the film industry.

Presumably first edition. 249 p.; frontispiece. Very worn brown cloth hardcover, shaken, with hinges cracked but holding, previous owner's name in pen to ffep, aged pages, and two pages have corners torn (see images).

Unpaginated [29 p.] ; illustrated. Ex-library with only one unobtrusive number stamp to title page. Pictorial green cloth hardcover is worn, with mild dampstains, significant edgewear, and some damage to tip and heel of spine. Minor stains and nicks to the margins of a few pages, but text and illustrations remain clean and bright with sound binding. Please contact if you desire more detailed photos of condition. Every second illustration in full colour. A well-loved vintage 1960s children's book with beautifully detailed illustrations that blend the essences of both the innocent and the sinister. The classic story of a brother and sister who are led into the woods and abandoned by their wicked step-mother, only to face an evil witch who lives in a deceptively quaint gingerbread house.

243 p. Spine cocked, creased, and general wear to covers, with small pencil marks to rear, but internally clear, bright, and tightly bound. Pink foredge.See listing images for synopsis on rear.

Covers show some minor wear to extremities and slight spine crease, otherwise Very Good+ to Near Fine with gilt embossed title (hence it did not scan well, thus the third image is to show the cover title better but it is a stock image and does not represent the condition of this copy). 727 p. [THICK VOLUME may require extra shipping charges]From MacMillan publisher: Kellen Tavadon, son of the Arch-Mage Lycaelon, thought he knew the way the world worked. His father, leading the wise and benevolent Council of Mages, protected and guided the citizens of the Golden City of the Bells. Young Mages in training--all men, for women were unfit to practice magic--memorized the intricate details of High Magic and aspired to seats on the council.Then he found the forbidden Books of Wild Magic--or did they find him? The three slim volumes woke Kellen to the wide world outside the City's isolating walls. Their Magic was not dead, strangled by rules and regulations. It felt like a living thing, guided by the hearts… Leer más

First thus, first printing, stated. 238 p. Has spine crease and some edgewear, but is otherwise internally Near Fine. Yellow foredge. See listing images for synopsis on rear.

First Edition, First Printing. 301 p. Mild shelfwear, some spine creasing, but internally Fine. From covers: ONLY BY BLOOD AND MAGIC WOULD THE LEGENDARY CITY BE RECLAIMED AT THE CROSSROADS OF THE WORLD, WHERE EAST MEETS WEST, STANDS THE FABLED CITY SAMARKAND. But the city is under siege by a million Mongol barbarians led by the crazed khan, Kabul. When Samarkand finally falls in flames and blood, only a handful of survivors–including the Princess Sharon–escapes to the hills, where Kazir tribesmen wait.Instead of helping the princess regain her throne, the Kazirs have other plans. Once the rulers of Samarkand centuries ago, their seers have prophesied the Kazirs will rule again, with chieftain Tariq as king. BUT SHARON WILL BE THERE, WHEN TARIQ MEETS KABUL IN THAT FINAL BATTLE OF KINGS. SHE WILL BE LEADING THE ASSAULT, AS THE KAZIR'S MOST POWERFUL AND FEARSOME WITCH.

214 p. A vintage work of fiction with that classic scent of old book, red hardcovers are worn with significant edgewear, abrasions, markings. Binding is shaken and cracked but holding at a number of places, and textblock is browned with a few minor stains, but otherwise clean, crisp, and clear, with illustrated endpapers. From the publisher: Today's pioneers find their frontiers in the tremendous achievements of modern science. Rick Brant is no exception and his interest in electronics, as readers of The Rocket's Shadow and The Lost City well know, often leads Rick and his friend Scotty into adventures both amazing and perilous. This summer the boys decide to get jobs at the new sea mine plant where minerals are being extracted from sea water. From the start they encounter inexplicable opposition to their plan - opposition that seems to have a peculiar element of personal malice. In spite of this they manage to land jobs at the plant, but it soon becomes apparent that not only is the sea mine being… Leer más

First Edition with dust jacket illustration by Norman Weaver. 317 p. Price-clipped dust jacket shows minor shelfwear, considering its age, with a small (1 cm) tear to bottom of rear and a sticker stain. Hardcover with gilt lettering to spine is slightly bumped at top corners of and at heel of spine, otherwise Fine. From DJ flap: Sir Robert Hellier, millionaire film tycoon, was too busy making money to realize that his only daughter had become a drug addict until he learned she had died from an overdose of heroin. Now Sir Robert wanted action; he wanted blood. Not the blood of the sleazy drug-pushers who had supplied his daughter, but the blood of the big-time international suppliers of the market in Europe and the States. And Sir Robert was prepared to stake a large part of his personal fortune to cut heroin off at source.
Enlisting the help of Dr Nicholas Warren, London drug specialist who knew as much about the problem as any police force, Sir Robert prevailed upon him to select a seemingly… Leer más

191 p. ; illustrated. Very Good- due to some shelfwear and small nicks to bottom edges of last three leaves, but internally Near Fine. From covers: A STAR HAWKS adventure based on the internationally acclaimed comic strip created by Gil Kane and Ron Goulart. Far above the planet Esmeralda whirls and awesome satellite nicknamed The Hoosegow. Headquarters of the Interplan Law Service, it is home of the cleverest, most powerful secret agents in the universe. They go where they are needed, bringing law and order, triumphing over evil. This time, an explosive crisis on dread Empire 99 must be defused. Unfortunately the last agent to try that was sent back in an ashtray. Dare the service try again? Now their last hope lies with: REX: OUR DAREDEVIL OF THE AIRWAYS CHAVEZ: HE'D RATHER MAKE LOVE AND WAR SNIFFER: A ROBOT DOG WITH A FOUL MOUTH OUR HEROES? YOU MUST BE KIDDING...

First Edition, First Printing (i.e. intact letter line, A-J). [24] p. unnumbered; ill. (colour). Has some general shelf/edgewear, but internally Fine. From the back: Fievel and his family are heading West when Fievel overhears an evil plot: the wicked Cat R. Waul and his gang of cats are planning to catch the mice in a giant mousetrap. It's up to little Fievel to save the day! Illustrated with full-color pictures from the movie that brings you the further adventures of Fievel, the hero of the much-Ioved animated film
AN AMERICAN TAIL.

New Dell Edition, first printing, stated. 92 p. Spine cocked, creased, and general wear to covers (rubbing/abrasions, edgewear, etc.) and previous owner's name in pen to first leaf, otherwise internally clean, clear, and tightly bound. Blue foredge.See listing images for synopsis on rear.

267, [21] p.; ill.; includes promotional material with excerpt from The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane. John Newberry Medal gold seal on front cover.Trade paperback with deckle edge has some sticker residue to covers and very, very mild shelfwear, otherwise Fine.From the copyright page: The adventures of Despereaux Tilling, a small mouse of unusual talents, the princess that he loves, the servant girl who longs to be a princess, and a devious rat determined to bring them all to ruin.

281 p. Tan hardcover with black lettering to spine and cover, with a lasso around title, has some wear and bumping, very slightly shaken, paper is predictably aged, and an oil stain from sweets [mentioning for those with allergies, may contain nuts] has bled through a number of pages. From Kirkus Reviews:Bearing a dead man's name, Lary Day, accused of murder, outwits cattle and land thieves in their efforts to ruin lovely Star's fortunes. May require small amount of extra shipping due to size of book.

242 p. Very Good full-colour illustrated dust jacket has mild shelfwear, including a nick to top of spine and small (1cm) tear to top edge of front. Book itself is Near Fine, with only mild bumping to tip and heel of spine. Tightly bound (appears unread).

229 p.; ill.; 20 cm.
Rare paperback in fine condition for its age: very little shelfwear, a bit of foxing(?) on spine, but internally Fine and obviously unread.
From the back cover:
"Fifteen men on a dead man's chest! . . . "
An old pirate sings a song that foretells his doom! What are his secrets and who is Black Dog, the ugly, one-legged man he fears? Young Jim Hawkins discovers all his secrets, including an old treasure map that leads him to magnificent riches . . . and dangerous adventure with some of the most famous cut-throat buccaneers of all time!

First printing, stated.
151 p.; 18 cm. Some shelfwear, binding at first and last pages cracked, large closed tear on page 25, otherwise Very Good.
Rare. At time of listing, only one copy available online.
From the back cover:
Directly ahead of us a wall of rock and mud blocked half the road. Where the other half should have been was nothing—black, yawning nothing... After their car plunges down a steep cliff into Suicide Gulch, five students try to survive in the bleak British Columbia mountains until one of them can climb back up the cliff to get help. For shy Karen the days in the bush seem like years. Shelley, Karen's "big sister" friend, is badly injured and needs help herself. Stanley can't seem to knock off his clown act, even in an emergency. And Dave doesn't seem to notice that Karen's around. Then there's Ward, who looks as if he could be triggered into one of his black rages by anything at all. Suddenly it's Karen who has to handle everybody else's problems ... but who is there to care about her?