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Greenwich, CT: Fawcett Publications, 1973. mass market paperback. Book VG-: mild age wear to wraps and spine, stamp inside front wrap, text clean, binding tight.. 16mo 159pp. Fawcett Gold Medal T2658. see pictures for synopsis. #02951.

London: Folio Society, 2009. Folio Society. hardcover. Books all NF: clean, square, tight, unmarked. Slipcase VG: seam starting at bottom otherwise intact, mild shelf wear.. 3 vol. 8vo 376pp. + 519pp. + 458pp. Second printing. This commemorative edition of the 1938 Edward MacCurdy compilation includes writing on almost every subject imaginable: anatomy, medicine, engineering, optics, architecture, hydraulics, botany and natural history. His personal notes offer insights into his passions, preoccupations and eccentricities, while a detailed index allows for easy navigation. Almost 100 of his exquisite drawings have been reproduced to exceptionally high standard: preparatory drawings for The Last Supper, anatomical diagrams such as The Vitruvian Man, and sketches of inventions - including his designs for a flying machine, created hundreds of years before others dared dream of flying. Finally, two insightful essays tell us more about da Vinci and his writings: one by da Vinci biographer Charles… Leer más

Avon Twilight, 1998. mass market paperback. good. 297pp. "B&B hostess Judith McMonigle Flynn's ready to hang up her oven mitts, but irrepressible Cousin Renie needs help catering the telephone company's annual winter retreat at secluded Mountain Goat Lodge. The pay's good, the scenery's to die for--but they never figured there'd be a killer cooking up mischief among this innocuous stew of corporate-climbing phone company ding-a-lings." #00587.

Avon Books, 1995. mass market paperback. good. 261pp. "Gossip columnist Dagmar Delacroix Chatsworth and her yappy lapdog Rover's recent stay at the Hillside Manor left hostess Judith McMonigle Flynn's nerves, and best bed linens, in tatters. So Judith joins cousin Renie for some well-earned off-season R&R at Canada's famous Bugler Ski Resort--only to discover with horror that the swanky getaway is the next stop on detestable Dagmar's itinerary. But it seems the cousins aren't the only guests with serious grudges against the dirt-disher and her malicious mutt. And when one of the despised lady's entourage is murdered on the snowless slopes, Judith sets out to corner a killer--before more hapless hangers-on discover that Dagmar's company can be even more poisonous than her pen." #00575.

Dell, 1961. mass market paperback. good: minor corner and edge wear, clean text, binding tight. Dell F139 320pp. first printing August 1961. short stories. #00457.

New York: New Directions, 1967. softcover. Book VG: age wear to wraps, edge scuffs. text clean, binding tight. 12mo 234pp. see pictures for synopsis. #02033.

New York: Dell, 1959. first thus. mass market paperback. Book VG-: crack in spine wrap but binding still fully intact and tight. mild age wear to wraps and spine, toning to text block, text clean.. 16mo 383pp. Dell LC 140 first printing December 1959. A Laurel Reader. See pictures for synopsis. #02792.

Toronto: Harlequin Books, 1988. mass market paperback. Book VG: mild wear to wraps and spine, text clean, binding tight.. 16mo 187pp. part of Americana series (Wisconsin) see pictures for synopsis. #02722.

New York: Blue Ribbon Books, 1930. hardcover. Book VG: spine rubbed, wear to spine, boards. toning and foxing to endpapers, text clean, binding tight./no DJ. 8vo 563pp. sixth printing, November 1930. critical biography of the founder of Christian Science, Mary Baker Eddy, published shortly after her death and contested by the Christian Science Church upon publication. #01538.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1930. Popular Edition, first thus. hardcover. Book VG: age wear to boards and spine, scuffing, name and bookplate on front paste down, pamphlet tipped in at FFEP, toning to endpapers, text clean, binding tight./no DJ. 8vo 563pp. first Popular Edition printing February 1930. critical biography of the founder of Christian Science, Mary Baker Eddy, published shortly after her death and contested by the Christian Science Church upon publication. includes tipped in pamphlet by Scribners about attempts to suppress its initial publication in 1929.. #01725c3.

New York: Blue Ribbon Books, 1930. hardcover. Book VG- : stain to front board, name on FFEP, toning to endpapers, text clean, binding tight./no DJ. 8vo 563pp. sixth printing, November 1930. critical biography of the founder of Christian Science, Mary Baker Eddy, published shortly after her death and contested by the Christian Science Church upon publication. #01539.

New York: Gallery Books, 1990. first edition. hardcover. Book VG: mild shelf wear else clean, square, tight, unmarked/DJ VG: edge wear, chipping, NOT clipped.. 8vo 292pp. from front flap: "Ghosts, murders, bizarre disappearances and journeys back through time, every conceivable type of mystery can be found within the pages of Mystery for Christmas, but with one thing in common: they all take place during the short days and dark nights, the festivities and tensions of Christmas time." #02269.

London: John Lane The Bodley Head, 1908. first edition. hardcover. good: wear and scuffing to boards, tear along spine, spine sunned, picture of author and several other figures tipped in to front paste down, gift inscription on FFEP, toning and offset on endpapers, evidence of dampstain at bottom edge corner of text block, some marginalia in pencil,/no DJ. 8vo 284pp. +16pp. advertisements. #01172.

Chicago: American Technical Society, 1948. first edition. hardcover. Book VG: mild shelf wear to boards and spine, toning to edges of text block, text clean, binding tight./DJ Fair: chipping with loss, age toning, not clipped. 8vo 367pp. from front flap: "In addition to presenting a complete discussion of the tools, materials, and practices of masonry, this book also provides the "know-how" of the trade--information previously available only by word-of-mouth from top-notch workmen--information they have taken years to acquire. Every step in unit masonry is clearly explained. Quantities of carefully drawn, pictorial illustrations show construction processes in great detail and aid the reader in visualizing the modern practices under discussion." #02020.

Cincinnati: Servant Books, 2014. softcover. Book NF: clean, square, tight, unmarked. 8vo 304pp. see pictures for synopsis. #02646.

New York: Macmillan Company, 1930. hardcover. Book VG- : offset/shadow to front board, mild shelf wear to boards and spine, spine sunned, toning to endpapers, name on endpaper./no DJ. 8vo 514pp. from Preface: "The vast and imposing structure of modern science is perhaps the greatest triumph of the human mind. But the story of its origin, its development and its achievements is one of the least known parts of history, and has hardly yet found its way into general literature. Historians treat of war, of politics, of economics; but of the growth of those activities which have revealed the individual atom and opened to our vision the depths of space, which have revolutionized philosophic thought and given us the means of advancing our material welfare to a level beyond the dreams of former ages, most of them tell us little or nothing." #01654.

University of Chicago Press, 1927. first edition. hardcover. good: stain/age wear to boards, spine faded. gilt lettering front board still clear, gift inscription on FFEP verso, text clean, binding tight./no DJ. Duodecimo 240pp. first edition (Sept. 1927) Sanskrit prose romance attributed to Dandin (7th/8th c. BC), filled with adventures, fighting, seductive women, ghosts, robbery, etc. etc. #00142.

New York: Cosmopolitan Book Company, 1930. first U.S. edition. hardcover. Book VG: shelf wear to boards and spine, toning to endpapers, text clean, binding tight/DJ Poor: rear flap missing, half of spine missing, heavy age wear, chipping with loss, spine sunned, not clipped ($2.00). portions present are under protective mylar cover.. 12mo 321pp. first US edition. mystery by author of "Enter Sir John." From front flap: "As with "Enter Sir John," mystery is the choice condiment of this Clemence Dane-Helen Simpson novel, but it's not allowed to be the whole dish." very scarce copy of collectible vintage mystery novel, especially in DJ. #02075.

Bantam Books, 1990. mass market paperback. good. 200pp. "Bella Whitaker was quite sure her night on the town would be a night to remember. Her black velvet gown was all the rage, her diamond earrings opulent without being ostentatious, and the mink a perfect foil for her auburn hair. But before Bella could stage an entrance, someone committed a serious fashion blunder, and dear wealthy Bella ended up wearing a noose for a necklace. The long and short of it is, Bella failed to keep her date with the young and erudite idler, Snooky Randolph, and all because she had a previous engagement...with death." #00576.

Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1942. first edition. hardcover. Book G: ex library copy--writing on spine, stamps on endpapers and paste downs, wear to boards and spine, spine sunned, text clean, binding tight./no DJ. 8vo 441pp. published March 1942. Collection of essays on Balzac. #01479.