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Man on Fire by A. J. Quinnell - 1980-09

Man on Fire

by A. J. Quinnell

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William Morrow & Co, 1980-09. 1st. Hardcover. VG+/VG+. No marks inside or out. Clean hardcover, unclipped jacket with faint wear now in mylar. A hint of foxing to the text block edges, two 1/16" tears to the fore edge of the last text page. Square binding and corners. NY: William Morrow, 1980. Stated First Edition with full number line, 1st printing. - Nominated for the Edgar Award for Best Novel in 1981, and the basis for a 1987 film starring Scott Glenn and 2004 remake starring Denzel Washington. (I'm flattered that another seller has copied my description verbatim.) - - Wrapped, boxed and promptly shipped with tracking provided.
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  • ISBN 10 0688037437
  • ISBN 13 9780688037437
  • Publisher William Morrow & Co
  • Date Published 1980-09

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1966 Legend of Grizzly Adams Dillon 1st Ed 1st HBDJ

1966 Legend of Grizzly Adams Dillon 1st Ed 1st HBDJ

by Richard Dillon

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A Very Good, First Edition, First Printing of "The Legend of Grizzly Adams" California's Greatest Mountain Man by Richard Dillon. The priced dust jacket has some light chipping at the head and the heel of the spine. Boards are clean. Square book. Points good. Internally, lightly read if at all. No writing.
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The Searching Wind
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The Searching Wind

by Hellman, Lillian

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Hellman, Lillian: The Searching Wind. PLAY The Viking Press, 1st Ed., First printing Thus, June, 1944. DRAMA. Used. Good/Good unclipped DJ $2.00 price. Protected in a mylar wrap.
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CHILDREN OF THE DARK.

CHILDREN OF THE DARK.

by SHULMAN, Irving.

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Holt, 1956. FIRST EDITION in dust jacket. The book is fine. The dust jacket is lightly worn and has has an internally repaired tear on the front flyfold. Basis for the film REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE.
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Ben-Hur
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Ben-Hur: 1967-1915

by Lew Wallace

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Hard cover no DJ. Dedication Dec......./88Worn corners. Pages discolored with age.
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Les Miserables

Les Miserables: In the translation by Lascelles Wraxall authorized by the Author. Printed with a new Introduction by Andres Maurois and with illustrations by Lynd Ward

by Victor Hugo

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Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, The Collector's Library of Famous Editions (1966). First Edition thus; Collector's Edition. Illustrated by Lynd Ward. Hardcover. Two volume set. Issued without dust jacket. Used - Near Fine condition. Binding and text block are tight, bright, and clean with no ownership markings except for a bookplate on the flyleaf of the second volume. Very minor shelf wear to covers. Bound in full (genuine) leather with hubbed spines. All edges gilt. Embossed in 22kt gold on the spine and front and back covers. Heavy duty binding boards. Printed on acid-neutral, archival paper. Smyth sewn with concealed muslin joints, silk moire fabric end leaves, and permanent satin ribbon marker. Notes From The Archives sheet laid in. Photo is of the two volume set we have at Barbed Wire Books.
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1966 Legend of Grizzly Adams Dillon 1st Ed 1st HBDJ

1966 Legend of Grizzly Adams Dillon 1st Ed 1st HBDJ

by Richard Dillon

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A Very Good, First Edition, First Printing of "The Legend of Grizzly Adams" California's Greatest Mountain Man by Richard Dillon. The priced dust jacket has some light chipping at the head and the heel of the spine. Boards are clean. Square book. Points good. Internally, lightly read if at all. No writing.
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The Searching Wind
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The Searching Wind

by Hellman, Lillian

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Hellman, Lillian: The Searching Wind. PLAY The Viking Press, 1st Ed., First printing Thus, June, 1944. DRAMA. Used. Good/Good unclipped DJ $2.00 price. Protected in a mylar wrap.
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CHILDREN OF THE DARK.

CHILDREN OF THE DARK.

by SHULMAN, Irving.

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Holt, 1956. FIRST EDITION in dust jacket. The book is fine. The dust jacket is lightly worn and has has an internally repaired tear on the front flyfold. Basis for the film REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE.
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Ben-Hur
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Ben-Hur: 1967-1915

by Lew Wallace

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Hard cover no DJ. Dedication Dec......./88Worn corners. Pages discolored with age.
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Les Miserables

Les Miserables: In the translation by Lascelles Wraxall authorized by the Author. Printed with a new Introduction by Andres Maurois and with illustrations by Lynd Ward

by Victor Hugo

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Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, The Collector's Library of Famous Editions (1966). First Edition thus; Collector's Edition. Illustrated by Lynd Ward. Hardcover. Two volume set. Issued without dust jacket. Used - Near Fine condition. Binding and text block are tight, bright, and clean with no ownership markings except for a bookplate on the flyleaf of the second volume. Very minor shelf wear to covers. Bound in full (genuine) leather with hubbed spines. All edges gilt. Embossed in 22kt gold on the spine and front and back covers. Heavy duty binding boards. Printed on acid-neutral, archival paper. Smyth sewn with concealed muslin joints, silk moire fabric end leaves, and permanent satin ribbon marker. Notes From The Archives sheet laid in. Photo is of the two volume set we have at Barbed Wire Books.
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Man on Fire

Man on Fire

by Quinnell, A. J

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9780688037437
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0688037437
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William Morrow & Co, 1980. Hardcover. Acceptable. Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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Man on Fire

Man on Fire

by Quinnell, A. J

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William Morrow & Co, 1980. Hardcover. Acceptable. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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The Sky and the Forest
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The Sky and the Forest

by Forester, C.S

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C.S. Forester: The Sky and the Forest. Little, Brown and Company, Boston. Stated First Edition First Printing Thus August, 1948. Cover price $2.75. Used. VG BOOK/VG UNCLIPPED DUST JACKET. A story of a central Africa. By C.S. Forester, author of the Admiral Hornblower series.
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Murder for Christmas (A Midnite Mystery)

Murder for Christmas (A Midnite Mystery)

by Christie, Agatha

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Murder for Christmas, a Poirot Story by Agatha Christie (1944 Midnite Mystery) COPYRIGHT BY AGATHA CHRISTIE MALLOWAN: "It is Christmas Eve, and elderly Simeon Lee is found violently murdered in his locked office. The police are immediately called, but of course nobody has a clue until Hercule Poirot arrives..." USED. 1944 Books inc. Midnite Mystery. Copyright 1938 - 1939 Agatha Christie Mallowan. Good+/ No DJ. Black boards with gold titling on spine. Titles gilting is still nice Scarce.
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The Midnight Sky
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The Midnight Sky

by George Clooney

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Los Angeles: Netflix, 2020. Oversized hardcover with white boards, front cover embossed title and photo, spine black embossed lettering, black endpapers. Very good condition with some shelf wear. Pages are unmarked. Book published in conjunction with the movie. Please see photos for specifics. A portion of all book sales from Babcock & 68th are donated to charity.
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The Silence Of The North

The Silence Of The North

by Olive A. Fredrickson with Ben East

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By Olive A. Frederickson with Ben East. AUTOBIOGRAPHY. RARE. 1972 Crown Publishers Inc., NY. The Silence Of The North, The Incredible story of a woman's fight for survival in a merciless winter of the Canadian Wilderness during the 1940's. Adapted as a film in 1981 and directed by Allan King. VG/GOOD $5.95 unclipped dust jacket. USED. 5 ¾ X 8 ½. 209 pages. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
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HAMLET, PRINCE OF DENMARK

by SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM

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Norwalk, Ct: The Easton Press, 1967. Reprint . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. pp: 138. Bound in full grey leather covered boards elaborately decorated with the letter 'H' stamped in gilt designed by Peter Winfield Johnson. The book includes raised bands to the spine, gilt edges, frontispiece, and satin endpapers. The illustrations by Legrand were originally in the 1939 Limited Editions Club publication. The text of this edition is also from the 1939 publication which was derived from the Second Quarto of 1604 and the First Folio edition of 1623. It contains the old style spelling and punctuation of the earlier printings. The size of the text block is almost exactly the same as that of the First Folio. The paper was made at the Glatfelter Paper Mill in Spring Grove, Pennsylvania. Laid in is a four-page booklet on the historical context of this publication.
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Deliverance

by Dickey, James

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NY Houghton Mifflin 1970.. vg+/vg+/very minute wear to top of sp. panel. Dickey's 1st novel that was filmed in 72 by John Boorman w. a screenplay by Dickey who also had a sm. part in the film. 1st print. edition. Binding is cl.w.dj.
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Selected Works of Ba Jin, Vol 2: Garden of Repose, Bitter Cold Nights
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Selected Works of Ba Jin, Vol 2: Garden of Repose, Bitter Cold Nights

by Ba Jin; Pa Chin; Li Yaotang; Li Fei-Kan; Jock Hoe (trans); Sidney Shapiro (trans)

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9787119005751
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Beijing: Foreign Languages Press. 1988. Hardcover. First Edition (stated, actually First English-language Edition). Blue leatherette over boards with gold titles to spine and front board. Sewn binding. Sewn-in yellow silk place-marker. Fine book in a Fine jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and very tight. Light remainder mark to top edge. Very slight edge-wear to jacket. No tears. Not from a library. Not clipped. 502 pages.Garden of Repose (憩园, Qì Yuán, 1944) and Bitter Cold Nights (aka Cold Nights, 寒夜, Hán Yè, 1947) are both critiques of China's traditional Confucian family system focusing on emotionally fragile and weak men struggling and failing to deal with family demands and social pressure. Both are set in Sichuan during the Sino-Japanese War (World War II) and both have been adapted into movies at least twice. Garden of Repose is the story of two decadent and decaying families. It follows the live of two characters: a drug addict from a rich family forced to sell his family… Read More
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Grand Hotel
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Grand Hotel

by Baum, Vicki

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GRAND HOTEL BY VICKI BAUM. ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDITION. Also published in the German language as Menchen Im Hotel. Used. Good Condition. No DJ is included. Bright pages. STATED FIRST EDITION. Copyright page states: "All rights reserved. First published 1930" Geoffrey Bles Publishers, London. Original source material for the famous film of the same name.
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Another Part of the Forest
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Another Part of the Forest

by Hellman, Lillian

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ANOTHER PART OF THE FOREST. THE VIKING PRESS, FIRST EDITION STATED FIRST PRINTING THUS, APRIL, 1947. Used. Very good condition/Good + condition original unclipped, $2.00 price appears on front flap. Fuscia dust jacket spine is a trace sunned. Mylar wrap. Another Part of the Forest, a play in three acts by Lillian Hellman, author of "The Little Foxes", and "The Searching Wind". Patricia Neal frontispiece.
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Witness for the Prosecution (Dell #855)

Witness for the Prosecution (Dell #855)

by Agatha Christie

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923ChristieWitness Witness for the Prosecution (Dell #855) Dell Publishing, NY. 1948. FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION. Copyright page states MCMXLVIII and states reprinted by arrangement with Dodd, Mead. No other printings are stated. Cover Art by William George. 192 pages. Mystery Anthology 4 ¼ x 6 3/8. USED. VERY GOOD CONDITION. A bit toned.
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