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Indian Hills CO, Allnut Publishing, 1983, hardcover, 272 pp, First Edition, First Printing, Very Good in Fair dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, bump to heel of spine. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, edge nicks, short edge tear, rubs, in new Brodart sleeve. The story of John Galvin's rescue from certain death by a courageous submarine skipper, his part in the subsequent history-making secret mission, and his personal search for the meaning and purpose that was to guide his later life. Foreword by Governor Joe Foss. ISBN 9780934374019

Somerville MA, Candlewick Press, 2022, hardcover children's picture book (10" x 11"), 40 pp, First Edition stated, First Printing by numberline, New. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings in bright, new pictorial dustjacket. The inspirational story of Kip Tiernan and how her humanity and tenacity have made a huge difference in the lives of underhoused women. Beautifully illustrated throughout with artwork by Victoria Tentler-Krylov. Appended: More About Kip Tiernan, The Great Depression, Causes of Homelessness, Kip Tiernan Memorial, Source Notes. ISBN 9781536211290

Toronto, McClelland & Stewart, 2000, hardcover, xvi-223 pp, First Edition, First Printing by numberline, Very Near Fine in Fine dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, slightest of corner bumps. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price. The true story of the 40 day, 1200 kilometer, Empty Quarter Traverse across Arabia, replicating the original 1947 crossing by Sir Wilfred Thesiger, who provides the foreword for this book. Illustrated throughout with the author's breathtaking color plates and a route map. Appended: Glossary, Selected Bibliography. ISBN 9780771095641

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2017, trade paperback, 308 pp, First Edition stated, Signed by the Author without inscription on the half-title page, New. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings in bright, pictorial card covers. A teenager enters a grueling sports competition to win a better life for himself and the girl of his dreams, but the physical challenges are tougher than he imagined and a trust issue might end his chances for good. ISBN 9781543060591

Bombay IN, Thacker & Co, 1952, hardcover, 175 pp, First Edition, First Printing, Good in Poor dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, spine-end and corner bumps, foxing to edges of textblock, slight dish to front cover. Dustjacket missing large chip at top of front panel, head of spine and top 1" of rear panel, other small chips, wear to folds, in new Brodart sleeve. An account of the work done in Iraq and Persia during WWII by the Electrical and Mechanical Sappers to provide the Russian Army with supplies of oil, water and electricity particularly in relation to the Battle of Stalingrad. Illustrated with 24 pages of black-&-white plates and a fold-out Diagramic Layout of Shaiba Filtration Plant, mapped endpapers. Appended: Notable Dates During the War, Glossary of Military Terms and Abbreviations, Index. Foreword by Field Marshal Lord Wilson of Libya.

Eugene OR, Harvest House Publishers, 2016, trade paperback, 350 pp, First Edition, First Printing by numberline, Signed and inscribed by the Author to the original owners (named) on the title page, "To Mr. and Mrs. Scott, Blessings V. Chapman". Straight, tight and clean with no markings, bump to head of spine, in bright, pictorial card covers. The award-winning author of the Pebble Creek Amish series, Joshua's Mission, and Anna's Healing returns with the story of an Amish woman, already charged with the care of her siblings, who finds herself sheltering two more orphans when a single man seeking a quiet place of his own moves onto the property next door. ISBN 9780736956079

Satori in Paris, complete in Evergreen Review Magazine; #39, #40 and #41. New York, 1966, softcover, First Editions, Very Good+ condition, with no markings, light rubs, lightly age-toned edges. Specifics: No. 39, Very Good+, small spot near head of spine. No. 40, Near Fine, No 41, Very Good+, top corner bumped. The complete text of Satori in Paris in three installments preceding the Grove Press hardcover publication as noted on the copyright page. Other major contributors of new material include; Samuel Beckett, Robert Creeley, George Grosz (details from Ecce Homo), Alan Ginsberg, Henry Miller, Eugene Ionesco, Eric Bentley and Lenore Kandel.

Athens GA, University of Georgia Press, 1980, hardcover, 184 pp, First Edition, First Printing, Near Fine in Very Good+ dustjacket, Signed by the Author on the front endpaper. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, slight spine-end bumps. Bright, pictorial dustjacket, fade to spine, slight wear to corners. in new Brodart sleeve. The author of Bang the Drum Slowly, It Looked Like For Ever, and Mark the Glove Boy or The Last Days of Richard Nixon returns with his own personal tale of his nearly twenty-year quest to become the official biographer of Nobel Prize-winning author Saul Bellow. ISBN 9780820305295

Los Angeles, BiblioFile Press, 2012, trade paperback, 400 pp, Advance Reading Copy (ARC), New. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, light corner bumps. A young woman of the 1960s awaits her court appearance in the mysterious death of her ex-lover, who happened to be her brother-in-law. ISBN 9780984734115

New York, Hyperion Books for Children, 2007, hardcover, 208 pp, Signed by the Author without inscription on the half-title page, Very Good in Near Fine dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean, faint smudges to rear endpapers, bottom corner and spine-end bumps, bottom rear corner worn through cloth. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, light spine-end and corner bumps, in new Brodart sleeve. The popular author of more than 50 young adult and middle grade novels returns with fish-out-of-water classic, as a home-schooled kid must learn how to fit in at his new public school when he's elected to be class president as a prank. ISBN 9780786856923

London, Leo Cooper, 1969, hardcover, 149 pp, First Edition, First Printing, Very Good+ in Very Good dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, slight spine-end and corner wear. Dustjacket unclipped, sticker priced in UK pounds to front flap, edge nicks, chip to head of spine, spine slightly darkened with small scuff, in new Brodart sleeve. The story of this oldest regiment of Household Troops, raised by Charles I in 1642. Profusely illustrated throughout with black-&-white plates, Appended; Chronology of Service to date of publication, Music in the Regiment, Colours and Badges of the Regiment, Colonels-in-Chief and Colonels of the Regiment, Victoria Crosses of the Regiment, 5 more appendices. Edited and with an Introduction by Lt-General Sir Brian Horrocks. ISBN 9780850520125

Manchester, Carcanet New Press, 1980, hardcover, 236 pp, First Edition, First Printing, Good+ in Very Good dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean, gift inscription to front endpaper, tanned pages, many showing foxing-like spots as is common with this book. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, light edge bumps, fading to spine and top edge, in new Brodart sleeve. An anthology of the Scottish satirists from ancient rhymes credited 'Anon' to poets still writing today. Extensive notes section includes brief biographies of the writers and a large and useful glossary of Scottish words. ISBN 9780856351839

London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1984, hardcover, 208 pp, First Edition, First Printing, Signed and inscribed by the Author 'For Anthony, Some shared places, with much affection George Nov 11/86' on the half-title page, Very Good in Very Good dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, corner and spine end bumps, light foxing to text block edges. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, corner chips, light wrinkle to top of front panel, short closed edge tear at front flap, in new Brodart sleeve. The third volume of autobiography by the popular jazz singer, screenwriter, pop music, film and TV critic deals with his early formative years in Liverpool. Mapped endpapers show Melly's neighborhood in Liverpool circa 1930. ISBN 9780297782773

London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1984, hardcover, 208 pp, First Edition, First Printing, Signed, inscribed, and dated 24/May/84 by the Author on the title page, Near Fine in Near Fine dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, light bump to head of spine. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, slight bump to head of spine. The third volume of autobiography by the popular jazz singer, screenwriter, pop music, film, and TV critic deals with his early formative years in Liverpool. Mapped endpapers show Melly's neighborhood in Liverpool circa 1930. ISBN 9780297782773

New York, Ace Books, 2002, Paperback, 311 pp, Signed by both Authors without inscription on the title page. First paperback stand-alone edition, First Printing by numberline, Near Fine condition in bright, pictorial card covers, no dustjacket as issued. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, slight foxing to textblock edges. This story of the Liaden universe, originally published along with Local Custom in the omnibus collection Pilot's Choice, introduces the relationship between Daav and Aelliana as she hires him to train her as a pilot. Winner of the Romantic Times Book Club Reviewers Choice Award for Best Science Fiction Novel 2002, and the Prism Award from the Fantasy, Futuristic and Paranormal (FF&P) Chapter of the Romance Writers of America 2002. Appended Liaden/Terran Dictionary. ISBN 9780441009275

Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott Co.,1953, hardcover, 510 pp, First Edition stated, First Printing, Very Good in Very Good dustjacket, Signed by the Author without inscription on the title page. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, top edge dusted, fading to board edges, small spot of soiling to rear board. Dustjacket price-clipped, rubs, small edge chips, short closed edge tears, fade to spine, displays nicely in new Brodart sleeve. The first detailed history of American whaling for the period 1635-1835 including, a full account of the whaling industry from the Revolutionary War to the War of 1812, the first detailed study of the migrations of the whalemen after the Revolution to ports not closed to them by the British, the story of the beginnings of Cape Horn whaling, and the first recognition-with authentication-of the actual discoverer of Antarctica, Christopher Burdick. Illustrated with 8 black-&-white plates. Appended: Notes, Index.

Phoenix, SparkPress, 2019, trade paperback, 332 pp, Edition not stated, No previous printings noted, New. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, slight bumps to head and heel of spine, in bright, pictorial card covers. After a near-drowning incident an American English teacher in Japan develops a relationship with the fisherman who rescued her and attempts to help him save the town's livelihood.

Vancouver BC, Alcock and Lowe Photographers, undated, large comb-bound paperbacks (13.5 x 10.25 "), unpaginated (approx 30 pages per vol.), Edition not stated, No previous printings noted. Mainly Good condition, some breaks to comb binding in volume one, edge and corner bumps, some stray ink markings. Volume One--San Juan Island to Gabriola via Sansum Narrows; Volume Two--San Juan Island to Gabriola Island via Trincomali and Pylades Channels including passes to Strait of Georgia; Volume Three--Gabriola Island to Johnstone Strait via Discovery Passage and including Sutil Channel; Volume Four--Point Roberts to Powell River including courses to Princess Louisa Inlet. Profusely illustrated.

Edmonton AB, M.G. Hurtig, 1970, hardcover, First Edition, First Printing, Near Fine in Good+ dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, light edge nicks, short closed edge tears, in new Brodart sleeve. A chronicle of the search for the Northwest Passage from 1576 until the 1931 discovery of the remains of Franklin's ill-fated expedition. Illustrated with black-&-white plates and 5 maps. Appended: Bibliography, Index. ISBN 9780888300430

American Fork UT, Covenant Communications, 2017, trade paperback, 268 pp, First Edition, First Printing stated and confirmed by numberline, New. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings in bright, pictorial card covers. The prolific author of For Sale by Owner, Crooked House, and A Death in the Family returns with an historical drama centered on a modern 1920s woman seeking to unravel the mystery of her predecessor's disappearance in a strange and frightening mansion where she has come to serve as financial advisor to a wealthy man and his tempermental son.