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New York: Shapiro Bernstein & Co.. Very Good-. 1933. Revised Edition. Sheet music. This sheet music is in Very Good- condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The spine ends of the music have some tearing. The covers have some ground-in dirt and spotting. "Billy Hill. 1933. William Joseph “Billy” Hill (July 14, 1899 – December 24, 1940) was an American songwriter, violinist, and pianist who found fame writing Western songs such as “They Cut Down the Old Pine Tree, ” “The Last Round-Up, ” “Wagon Wheels, ” “Empty Saddles, ” and his most popular song “The Glory of Love”, recorded by Benny Goodman in 1936, Count Basie in 1937, Peggy Lee in 1959, Dean Martin in 1966, Tom Rush in 1968, Eddy Arnold in 1969, Wizz Jones in 1970, Otis Redding, The Five Keys, Paul McCartney in 2012 and Bette Midler for the film Beaches. Hill was born on July 14, 1899, in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. He studied… Leer más

Sacramento, CA: California State Dept. of Public Health. Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1942. B&W Illustrations; This is a trade sized tri-fold pamphlet. The pamphlet is in Good only condition. The paper has several edge nicks, tears, chips and wrinkles. There are two small ink stamped "42's" on the pamphlet , along with an ink stamped Fremont H. S. Library faintly on the front cover. .

Boston, MA: John Hancock Life Insurance Co.. Very Good. 4930. Pamphlet. B&W Illustrations; This is a small-format pamphlet with thin paper covers. The pamphlet is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. There is some light bumping, rubbing and wear to the spine ends and corners of the covers along some tidemarking to the bottom spine ends. The text pages are clean and bright. "It may be a famine in Russia, an earthquake in Japan, an outbreak of cholera in India, a devastating fire in Scotland, a mining disaster in Pennsylvania, or a flood in the Mississippi Valley - wherever disaster and human suffering come, it is to the Red Cross that all nations and communities turn at the first cry of distress." .

New York: Better Publications. Fair. 1941. Magazine. B&W Illustrations; This is a trade sized magazine. The magazine is in Fair condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The front cover is detached, and the spine is gone. The rear cover is missing. This is a READING COPY. Included are: Pacific Patrol by Lieut. Scott Morgan, Reel Heroes by Joe Archibald, Glass Wings by Orlando Rigoni, I'll Hold your Coat by Arthur J. Burks, and mo9re. .

New York: A. M. Robertson. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1969. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. The text pages are clean and bright. The duist jacket is generally clean and bright, with some light toning to the white portions. There are a couple of small edge nicks and tears. "Daniel Nathan, professionally known as Frederic Dannay (b Brooklyn October 20, 1905 – d New York September 3, 1982) , and Emanuel Benjamin Lepofsky, professionally known as Manfred Bennington Lee (b Brooklyn January 11, 1905 – d Roxbury, Connecticut April 3, 1971) , were American cousins from Brooklyn, New York. In addition to writing most of the novels and short stories featuring the brilliant amateur detective Ellery Queen, Dannay and Lee edited more than thirty anthologies of… Leer más

New York, NY: Berkeley Books. Very Good-. 1987. Special Book Club Edition. Paperback. This is a special book club edition. This is a mass market paperback book. The book is in Very Good- condition and was issued without a dust jacket. There is some light bumping and rubbing to the spine ends and corners of the book covers, and some wear to the spine joints. The text pages are clean and bright. "Harry and the Hendersons is a 1987 American fantasy comedy film directed and produced by William Dear and starring John Lithgow, Melinda Dillon, Don Ameche, David Suchet, Margaret Langrick, Joshua Rudoy, Lainie Kazan, and Kevin Peter Hall. Steven Spielberg served as its uncredited executive producer, while Rick Baker provided the makeup and the creature designs for Harry. The film tells the story of a Seattle family's encounter with the cryptozoological creature Bigfoot, partially inspired by the numerous claims of sightings in the Pacific Northwest, California, and other parts of both the… Leer más

Washington D. C.: U.S. Energy Research and Development Admin.. Very Good. 1972. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Pamphlet. Photographs; This is a trade sized pamphlet with cardstock covers and a stapled spine. The pamphlet is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The pamphlet and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The covers have some beginning edge wear, rubbing and wear. The top front cover has a small spot of color rubbed away. The text pages are clean and bright. "In a way, nuclear energy has been serving man as long as he has existed. It has served all of life; it has flooded the earth for billions of years. The sun, you see, is a vast nuclear engine, and the warmth and light that the sun radiates is the product of nuclear energy." .

New York: Award Books. Very Good. 1965. 1st Edition Thus. Paperback. Cover Art; Award Book number AS1008. This is a mass market paperback book. The book is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. There is some beginning toning to the spine and edges of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. "Knight was the founder of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) , cofounder of the National Fantasy Fan Federation, cofounder of the Milford Writer's Workshop, and cofounder of the Clarion Writers Workshop. The SFWA officers and past presidents named Knight its 13th Grand Master in 1994 (presented 1995). After his death, the associated award was renamed the Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award in his honor. The Science Fiction Hall of Fame inducted him in 2003. " (from Wikipedia) .

New York: Del Rey / Ballantine. Very Good+. 1993. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. This is a mass market paperback book. The book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book covers have some light bumping, rubbing and wear to the spine ends and corners. There is a light crease to both top and bottom front corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. "Susan Dexter, the best-selling author of the Winter King's War series and the Esdragon series, turns her deft hand to young adult fiction in this delightful fantasy sure to please the young and young at heart. Susan Dexter's greatest strengths as a writer lie in her ability to write successful quest stories with characters that, no matter what, never act out of character. Often her books are humorous, but there are always underlying serious tones." (Fantastic Fiction site) .

New York, NY: Ace Fantasy. Very Good. 1984. 4th Printing. Paperback. 0441225497 . This is a mass market paperback. The book is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book covers have some light bumping, rubbing and wear to the spine ends, corners and edges. "The dynamics of sharing characters led to occasional conflicts between authors, as referenced by C. J. Cherryh in her afterword to Blood Ties: "You write your first Thieves' World story for pay, you write your second for revenge." In an interview for Green Ronin's Sanctuary-based roleplaying guides, Abbey explained the increase of interconnected storylines as the series progressed. "The stories of the first few volumes stood by themselves. But starting in about volume three (Shadows of Sanctuary) the authors began collaborating… big time. Eventually just about every author worked with the same plot threads, some of which stretched over several volumes." Authors would often… Leer más

Kansas City, MO: Andrews and McMeel, Inc.. Very Good+. 1979. 1st Paperback Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. 0836261003 . This is an oversized paperback book. The book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners have some light bumping and rubbing. The text pages are clean and bright. " He returned to the Kansas City area to teach American Literature at Park University. In 1966, he married Betsy McCoy of Saint Joseph; the couple soon left for seven months in rural England, where Conger wrote his first novel, Hidalgo's Beard: A California Fantasy, an example of the literary and linguistic innovation that powered Conger Beasley's writing through dozens of books in multiple genres. Returning to Kansas City, he worked with Universal Press Syndicate, Andrews McMeel Publishers, as one of their first employees. During that time, he had steady book- review work with The National Catholic Reporter." (from his obituary) .

Mill Hall, PA: Preston-Speed Pubns. Very Good. 1998. Reprint; 1st Printing. Paperback. 1887159231 . B&W Illustrations; This is a trade sized paperback book. The book is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. There is some light slanting to the spine of the book. There is some light bumping wear to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. "George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902) was an English novelist and war correspondent. He is most well-known for his works of adventure fiction and historical fiction, including The Dragon & The Raven (1886) , For The Temple (1888) , Under Drake's Flag (1883) and In Freedom's Cause (1885). " .

New York, NY: The Seabury Press. Very Good+. 1980. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. 0816422273 . This is a smaller than trade sized paperback with illustrated cardstock covers and a stapled spine. The book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. "The Church's Teaching Series is a series of volumes written to provide adults with the basic content teaching of the Episcopal Church. The first series was done by an author's committee under the chairmanship of John Heuss, the director of the Department of Christian Education of the National Council. " (from the Episcopal Church) .

New York, NY: Ace Fantasy. Very Good-. 1982. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. 044178710X . This is a mass market paperback book. The book is in Very Good- condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. There is one tiny scrape to the top front cover of the book. The text pages are generally clean and bright. "Thieves' World is set in the city of Sanctuary at the edge of the Rankan Empire. The city is depicted as a place where many are downtrodden and where the invading Rankan gods and the Ilsigi gods they had ousted begin a struggle for dominance. As the series continues, additional invasions occur, and the city is taken over by the snake-worshipping Beysib as the Rankan empire collapses. Over time, a number of the characters in the series are revealed either to be the offspring of or otherwise blessed by various figures in the pantheons of the competing deities, and they discover or develop various powers as the series… Leer más

New York: Ballantine Books. Very Good+. 1963. 1st Edition Thus; 1st Printing. Paperback. This is a mass market paperback book. The book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book cover has some light bumping, rubbing and edge wear. There is a slight crease to the front spine joint. The text pages are generally clean, though they all have generalized toning. There is a previous owner's ink stamped name and addres on the front endpaper. "Swords of Mars is a science fantasy novel by American writer Edgar Rice Burroughs, the eighth of his Barsoom series. It was first published in the magazine Blue Book as a six-part serial in the issues for November 1934 to April 1935. The first book edition was published by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. In February 1936. " (from Wikipedia) .

Greenwich, CT: Fawcett Gold Medal. Very Good. 1975. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. Cover Art; This is a mass market paperback book. The book is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book has some beginning edge wear, rubbing and bumping to the spine ends, corners and edges. There are several light creases to the spine of the book. The text pages are clean and bright. There is one tiny nick to the front endpaper on the foredge. The cover art is by Ken W. Kelly. "Cooper was an atheist and an individualist. His science fiction often depicts unconventional male heroes facing unfamiliar and remote environments. His novel The Uncertain Midnight was noted for its treatment of the subject of androids, which was considered original at the time of writing. Also uniquely treated[clarification needed] is the subject of the colonisation of planets, which is the basis of Cooper's Expendables series, published under the pen name Richard Avery (the name… Leer más

New York: Ace Double. Very Good+. 1971. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. ; This is a mass market paperback book. The book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. The white covers have some light spots of ground-in dirt. The text pages are clean and bright. "A prolific writer, Bulmer penned over 160 novels and numerous short stories, both under his real name and various pseudonyms. For instance, his long-running Dray Prescot series of planetary romances was initially published as Alan Burt Akers, and later as by the first-person protagonist of the series, Prescot himself. Bulmer's works are popular in translation, particularly Germany, to the extent that in some cases they have been published only in German editions, with the original English-language versions remaining unpublished. " "John… Leer más

New York, NY: MacFadden-Bartell Corporation. Good. 1966. 1st Edition Thus; 1st Printing. Paperback. This is a mass market paperback book. The book is in Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book covers have noticeable generalized rubbing and ground-in dirt. There is one smallish tear to the bottom front spine joint, and a noticeable crease to the bottom front corner, along with some light edge wear and rubbing. The text pages are generally clean and bright. There is an ink stamp of a dragon on the front endpaper , along with a previous owner's inked name. There is another inked previous owner's name on the front inside cover. "O'Meara stayed on in Minnesota for several years, writing for the Duluth News Tribune. Following his time with the newspaper, he moved to Chicago to work for the advertising agency J. Walter Thompson. In 1932 he relocated to New York to work for the advertising agency Benton & Bowles, but in 1942 rejoined J. Walter Thompson,… Leer más

New York: DAW. Very Good+. 1989. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. 0886773806 . This is a mass market paperback book. The book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The very edges of the spine ends and corners have some beginning rubbing. The text pages are clean and bright. .

New York, NY: Daw Books. Very Good-. 1986. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. 0886770416 . This is a mass market paperback book (PBO) This book is in Very Good- condiiton and was issued without a dust jacket. The book covers have some rubbing, bumping and wear to the spine ends, corners and edges, along with several creases to the spine. The text pages are clean and bright, though there is a bit of light generalized toning. .