Search Results: Non-Fiction from Conover Books

Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S.A.: Riverstone Pub, 2003. Minor edge and corner wear; lightly scuffed and scratched; spine is lightly creased; some light shelf wear; overall a very crisp and clean signed first edition! Inscribed (To: Donna, Life is a miracle, Shine on! Timothy Hutchinson) by the author on the inner front cover! Very very rare and hard-to-find signed copy! Color illustrated wrapper with black and white lettering. 259 very clean unmarked historical and inspirational pages! Extremely scarce and out-of-print signed first edition! "In today's world every teenager is at risk from the plague of teenage violence. Battlescars is brutally honest from the first page. Impossible to put down. Battlescars offers teens options they may not realize are available to them. Just when they think life is hopeless, this story can offer them hope and a positive way out.". Inscribed By the Author. First Edition / First Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Ace Publishing Corporation, 1970. Minor edge and corner wear, spine is lightly creased, pages are toning, gently scuffed and scratched, overall a very crisp and clean first edition! 190 unmarked and uncreased, historical and mysterious pages! "The true stories behind the Hollywood stories ---- told for the first time! ---- the in-depth exploration of the ambiguous facts of Marilyn Monroe's 'accidental' suicide; the tragic death of TV's Nick Adams'; the unsolved murder of Karyn Kupcinet; the truth behind the Fatty Arbuckle sex xcandal ---- plus the true, unexpurgated facts behind thirteen other of Hollywood's famous ---- and infamous ---- Unsolved Mysteries.....". First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York, New York: Random House Inc, 1994. Minor edge and corner wear to the dj, lightly scuffed and scratched, small stain on the outer page edges, corners are gently bumped and rubbed, some light shelf wear, overall a clean used copy! Black boards quarterbound by black cloth with white lettering on the front board and spine. 300 very clean unmarked and uncreased historical pages! "A highly infectious, deadly virus from the central African rain forest suddenly appears in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. There is no cure. In a few days 90 percent of its victims are dead. A secret military SWAT team of soldiers and scientists is mobilized to stop the out break of this exotic "hot" virus. The Hot Zone tells this dramatic story, giving a hair-raising account of the appearance of rare and lethal viruses and their "crashes" into the human race. Shocking, frightening, and impossible to ignore, The Hot Zone proves that truth really is scarier than fiction.". Seventh Printing.… Read More

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Random House, 1965. Minor edge and corner wear; no dj; lightly scuffed and scratched; corners are lightly bumped and rubbed; some shelf wear; overall a very crisp and clean used first edition (fourth printing! Wonderfully well-preserved! Very very rare and hard-to-find first edition! Deckle page edges. Burgundy cloth with gilt lettering on the front cover and gilt lettering and silver design on the spine. "On November 15, 1959, in the small town of Holcomb, Kansas, four members of the Clutter family were savagely murdered by blasts from a shotgun held a few inches from their faces. There was no apparent motive for the crime, and there were almost no clues. Five years, four months and twenty-nine days later, on April 14, 1965, Richard Eugene Hickock, aged thirty-three, and Perry Edward Smith, aged thirty-six, were hanged for the crime on a gallows in a warehouse in the Kansas State Penitentiary in Lansing, Kansas....". First Edition / Fourth Printing. Burgundy… Read More

London, United Kingdom: Bloomsbury Publishing, Limited, 1995. Hint of edge wear, gently scuffed, pages are beginning to tone, overall a very crisp and clean first edition, gift quality! Dj is nicely preserved in a brand new protective mylar plastic cover! 281 very clean, unmarked and uncreased historical pages of text and 8 wonderful pages of historical black and white photographs! "Harry McCallion left school at sixteen with no qualifications. His father was a Glasgow gangster. Harry joined the Paras and served for seven years including six tours in Ulster. Then came two years with the Recces, the South African Special Forces, during which, it is revealed here for the first time, Harry and a small group attempted to assassinate Robert Mugabe and Joshua N'Komo.". First Edition / Fourth Printing. Black Boards. Very Good+/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.

Greenwich, Connecticut: Fawcett Publications, Inc., 1964. Minor edge wear, lightly scuffed and scratched, pages are toning, overall a very crisp and clean first Crest edition! 223 unmarked and uncreased, adventure-filled and action-packed, historical pages! "It was so perfectly planned, so intensely researched, so painstakingly rehearsed. The night before it happened, two of the men ---- O'Keefe and Pino ---- went over the plot for the thousandth time, checking each of the myriad details. It couldn't miss. The two finished their dinner and strolled contentedly from the restaurant. They paused briefly in front of the place, picking their teeth and quietly luxuriating in the knowledge that they had concocted the perfect crime. Just then, by astonishing coincidence, a Brink's armored truck hammered past. On its steel side flapped a banner which read: BRINK'S CELEBRATES ITS 90TH BIRTHDAY NEXT MONTH. The men stared at it reflectively. It was Pino who spoke. He took the toothpick out of… Read More

New York: Weybright and Talley, Inc., 1970. Minor edge and corner wear to the dj, lightly scuffed and scratched, price clipped, outer page edges are lightly foxing, corners are lightly bumped and rubbed, overall a very crisp and clean, collectible first edition! Extremely rare and out-of-print! Dj is nicely preserved in a brand new protective mylar plastic cover! 271 very fine, unmarked and uncreased, very scarce and hard-to-find pages! "Scandinavia has recently been characterized as a hotbed of sensuality and promiscuity. Considering the liberalization of American morals in the last few years, is life there really any more sexually involved than life in the United States? Definitely, says author Neil Elliott. The Scandinavians, who receive their sex education at a very early age, still consider us Puritans.". First Edition. Black Cloth. Very Good+/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1964. Edge and corner wear to the dj, scuffed and scratched, corners are bumped and rubbed, shelf worn, some chipping in the top and base of the spine of the dj with a small piece missing from each area, corners of the dj are beginning to chip as well, overall a clean used first edition (stated)! Extremely rare and out-of-print! Black boards with silver and blue lettering on the spine. Dj is nicely preserved in a brand new protective mylar plastic cover! 87 very clean unmarked and uncreased historical pages nicely enhanced by black and white photographs! Very very scarce and hard-to-find! "'Good people' was how a policeman described the thirty-eight witnesses. They looked on, unwilling to get involved, they barricaded their houses, or went back to bed. One man did yell at the murderer, telling him to go away and leave the girl alone. Butno one telephoned the police while the attack continued, and no one went outin the street until just before dawn… Read More

New York: Signet Books, 1959. A very crisp and clean vintage first edition, almost new and unread condition, gift quality! Extremely rare and hard-to-find! Wonderfully well-preserved! Very very scarce and out-of-print! 144 very clean, unmarked and uncreased, historical and suspense-filled pages! "Here are all the facts behind three startling stories of warring human passions by the author of The Revolt of Mamie Stover: Wolf Whistle ---- how Emmett Till, the brash Negro boy from Chicago, was murdered for accosting a white woman and why his killers went unpunished.....Big Un ---- an affair of Alabama's Kissin' Jim Folsom that led to a big payoff.....The Hero of Iwo Jima ---- the story of Ira Hayes, the Pima Indian who was forced to become a party to a lie that filled him with shame and drove him to an alcoholic's death.....". First Edition / First Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.