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Hardcover. London, Hard Case Crime, 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket featuring a retro-style illustration by Michael Koelsch. On the border between El Paso, Texas, and Juarez, Mexico, five lives are about to collide--with fatal results. You'll meet MARTY--the professional gambler who rolls the dice on a night with...MEG--the bored divorcee who seeks excitement and finds...LILY--the beautiful hitchhiker lured into a live sex show by...CASSIE--the redhead with her own private agenda...and WEAVER--the madman, the killer with a straight razor in his pocket, on the run from the police and determined to go down swinging! This is MWA Grand Master Lawrence Block at his rawest and most visceral, a bloody, bawdy, brutal story of passion and punishment--and of lines that were never meant to be crossed. Small remainder dot on bottom edge otherwise like new.

New York, Charlotte Zolotow/ HarperCollins, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 101 pages. A young adult novel by a Newbery medalist, about an Ohio farm girl's life. Mothers give birth in the borning room. The dying take their departure there. Outside the Lott family's Ohio farmhouse, the Civil War rages, slavery falls, and the world marvels at the wonder of electricity. Inside, within the walls of the borning room, Georgina Lott will experience her life's greatest turnings. Across the years, she discovers womanhood and first love, experiences the mourning that comes with loss, and, as did her mother and grandmother, at last takes her place in the room as another precious life is about to begin.

Hardcover. New York, Harcourt, Brace & World, 1st, 1961, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 193 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Moderate wear to cover edges. Dust jacket has light wear, chipping.

New York , Thomas Y. Crowell, 1st, 1957, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 185 pages, b&w illustrations by Peter Spier, Bright, unclipped dust jacket. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front fly leaf, note card from author also laid in.

Hardcover. Boston, Dana Estes & Co., 1st, 1900, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, tan cloth stamped in green, red and blue. 112 pages with b&w drawings by Bridgeman and others. Small corner chips to 3 pages, name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Hardcover. London, Macmillan, 1st UK, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 191 pages. "This is a complex and thrilling story that unfolds in the highways and byways of Athens; the stunning heat and savage demands of a city in ferment come alive off the page."

Softcover. Taipei, Bookman Books, reprint, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 242 pages. An expanded edition of a book first published in 1983. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Edinburgh, Constable & Co., 1st, 1949, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 54 pages. #514 of 1025 copies. B&w and some color illustrations by Clare Winsten. Cloth pictorial boards. Gilt lettering along spine. Gilt top edge. Some tinting to end papers. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1st, 1920, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 206 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Moderate wear to cover board edges. Illustrated by Harrison Cady.

Hardcover. NY, Harper & Row, 1st US, 1962, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket with light edgewear. 126 pages, illustrated in 2-colors by Brian Wildsmith. The story of an orphan boy making his way westward from Budapest.

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin , 1st, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 188 pages, b&w photos. Red cloth covers with gilt lettering and rules. End papers soil, internally very good. Interviews with 66 Boston boys who were members of gangs are the basis for this study of gang life. Frontispiece photo plate + 3 more photo plate pages with two small photos on each.

Softcover. New York, Workman Publishing Company, First Edition, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non paginated. Softcover. Light wear to covers including toning, folds to edges, small chip to rear corner. Light foxing to preliminary pages & edges. Photographs by Robert Doisneau. Otherwise clean copy.

Hardcover. Boston, Little Brown and Company, 1st, 1936, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 295 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Pictorial front cover. Light fraying to edges. Previous owner's name on front fly leaf and bookplate on next page. Illustrations by Frnak Schoonover.

Hardcover. New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, Reprint, 1926, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 379 pages. Brown pictorial cover, gilt design, gilt lettering on spine. 10 color Illustrations by H. T. Dunn. Frontispiece illustration. Ilustrated end papers. Small pen marking on front end paper.

Hardcover. El Paso, TX, Sweet Earth Flying Press, 1st, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 115 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Penned by two of the most famous African American writers of the 1930s, this never-before-published coming-of-age story chronicles the adventures of a 12-year-old Mexican boy, Miguel Del Monte, who joins his uncle in herding wild broncos from northern Mexico to Los Angeles. Set against the backdrop of the Mexican Revolution, this historic tale follows Miguel as he embarks on this unexpected trip across the American Southwest desert, determined to prove himself brave and smart enough to deal with the anticipated hardships. Along with a close encounter with roving bandits and the dangerous forces of nature, Miguel has bittersweet interactions with people of diverse racial and cultural groups, learning important lessons along the way. Separated into concise episodes and reflecting the beauty of various peoples, this collection depicts the power of tolerance and multicultural inclusion.

Hardcover. El Paso, TX, Sweet Earth Flying Press, 1st, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 115 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Penned by two of the most famous African American writers of the 1930s, this never-before-published coming-of-age story chronicles the adventures of a 12-year-old Mexican boy, Miguel Del Monte, who joins his uncle in herding wild broncos from northern Mexico to Los Angeles. Set against the backdrop of the Mexican Revolution, this historic tale follows Miguel as he embarks on this unexpected trip across the American Southwest desert, determined to prove himself brave and smart enough to deal with the anticipated hardships. Along with a close encounter with roving bandits and the dangerous forces of nature, Miguel has bittersweet interactions with people of diverse racial and cultural groups, learning important lessons along the way. Separated into concise episodes and reflecting the beauty of various peoples, this collection depicts the power of tolerance and multicultural inclusion.

Hardcover. NY, E.P. Dutton, 1st, 1942, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, dark green cloth with cover label, white lettering on spine. 12 full page illustrations about Audubon's early life by Elinore Blaisdell. Publisher's review slip laid in. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, William Morrow, 1st, 1955, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardbound, 46 pages. Color and black & white illustrations by Tracy Sugarman. Rear hinge cracked. Chipping to edge of front endpaper. Dust jacket with soiling, edgewear, chipping, spine fade. Brodart cover.

Hardcover. New York, Ecco, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 58 pages. INSCRIBED BY PLUMLY on the half-title page.

Hardcover. Boston, W.A.Wilde, 1st, 1912, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 313 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Black & white frontis by Charles Copeland. Light blue covers with cover label illustration. Previous owner's inscription front fly leaf otherwise VG condition.

New York, A. L. Burt Co, reprint , 1914, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a soiled, chipped dust jacket. 250 pages plus ads in rear. Spine cocked. Edgewear. Corners bumped.

Hardcover. Boston, Little Brown, reprint, 1925, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 283 pages, 5 color plates and endpapers drawing by George Avison. Previous owner's bookplate inside front cover, otherwise clean.

Hardcover. London, Pavilion Books, 2nd, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 70 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED BY FOREMAN on title-page. Lovely color illustrations by Foreman. Great condition. Crisp, tight copy.

Hardcover. New York, Harcourt Brace and Co., 1st, 1939, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 297 pages, maroon cloth with white design and lettering. illustrated in b&w by Edward Shenton. Clean, bright copy of the first ("1 " on copyright page), lacks dust jacket.