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VERY GOOD condition — Firm binding. Crisp exterior. Clean, unmarked pages. NOTES: A couple of very small specks, middle of front board. Please inspect photos closely for condition details.
This text was featured in the Easton Press series Great Books of the 20th Century. Published in 2000, bound in handsome Tan leather, and strikingly illustrated by Alan Reingold, this edition would be a worthy addendum to your collectible books library.
Specifics of this series from the Easton Press website:

Fully and tightly bound in genuine leather* 22kt gold accents deeply inlaid on the "hubbed" spine.* * Heavy duty binding boards... .* Superbly printed on acid-neutral paper... .* Sewn pages – not just glued like ordinary books.* ...moiré endpages and a satin-ribbon page marker.* Gilded page ends.

Included is an insert of Collector's Notes.
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"Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all time
. . . Truman Capote's… Read More

VERY GOOD — DUST JACKET: Very good. Minor wear & tear to top and bottom edges of spine, panels, folds and flaps. Minor soiling to panels, primarily front. Foxing to top and bottom edges of jacket, primarily back panel. BOARDS: Very good. BOOK: Very good. Light foxing to textblock head and foredge. Please inspect photos closely for condition details.
Here on offer is a very nice copy of investigative journalist Scott Carney's, The Red Market, a shocking expose of the global underground trade in body parts. This copy is a 1st American trade edition, 1st printing of the work published by William Morrow in 2011.
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"A shocking tour through a macabre global underworld where organs, bones, and live people are bought and sold on the red market. Investigative journalist Scott Carney has spent five years tracing the lucrative and deeply secretive trade in human bodies and body parts. The Red Market reveals the rise, fall, and resurgence of this… Read More

VERY GOOD condition — BOARDS: Shelf rubbing to foredge and foot, primarily the former. A couple of small bumps to top right edge, back, and bottom left edge. front. Top outside corners scuffed, primarily back. BOOK: Blemish to textblock foot gilt near spine (moisture?). Faint staining (horizontal) to endpapers, front and back. Minor fraying of bookmarker tail. Please see photos for condition details. If any questions, please don't hesitate to ask.
This text was featured in the Franklin Library series The 100 Greatest Books of All Time. Published in 1975, bound in handsome Tan leather, and beautifully illustrated by John Tenniel, this edition would be a worthy addendum to your collectables library.
All Franklin Library full leather editions feature:

High quality paper.Pages that are sewn not glued into the binding.Gold gilded page edges on all three sides.Raised spine bands that give each book that distinctive antique look
Full genuine leather binding.
22k. gold lettering and stampings on the spine… Read More

VERY GOOD+ condition — Tight binding. Crisp exterior. Clean, unmarked pages. Please inspect photos closely for condition details.
This text was featured in the Easton Press series Great Books of the 20th Century. Published in 2001, bound in handsome Navy Blue leather, and beautifully illustrated by Barbara Higgins Bond, this edition would be a worthy addendum to your collectible books library.
Specifics of this series from the Easton Press website:
* Fully and tightly bound in genuine leather* 22kt gold accents deeply inlaid on the "hubbed" spine. * Heavy duty binding boards... .* Superbly printed on acid-neutral paper... .* Sewn pages – not just glued like ordinary books.* ...moiré endpages and a satin-ribbon page marker.* Gilded page ends.
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" 'From one of the most highly acclaimed novelists of the twentieth century: a truly remarkable book' (The New York Times), an epic story of a life lived simply in the silence of the southwestern… Read More

VERY GOOD condition — DUST JACKET: Very minor wear to top and bottom edges of spine, panels, folds and flaps. Small moisture stains on reverse, bottom. BOARDS: Very good condition. BOOK: Very good condition. Very small stain to outside edges, pgs. 165 - 170. Please inspect photos closely for condition details. Any questions? Please ask.Here on offer is a very nice copy of Paulo Coelho's award-winning bestseller, The Alchemist, which has been translated into 67 languages and has inspired millions of readers to follow their dream. This is a true 1st American edition, 1st printing of the work published by HarperSanFrancisco in 1993. *********************************************************"...He journeys from Spain to Morocco in search of worldly success, and eventually to Egypt, where a fateful encounter with an alchemist brings him at last to self-understanding and spiritual enlightenment. The story has the comic charm, dramatic tension and psychological intensity of a fairy tale, but it's full of… Read More

VERY GOOD — DUST JACKET: Minor wear & tear to top and bottom edges of spine, panels, folds and flaps. Top edge of panels, and to some extent flaps, are peeling the laminate. Very minor chipping to top outside corner, front. Several closed tears to top edge of panels (both) and spine. Very minor soiling to bottom corner of front. BOARDS: Very good condition. No issues. BOOK: Very good condition. Very minor foxing to textblock page edges, primarily head and foredge; very small stain to foot. Please inspect photos closely for condition details.
Here on offer is a very nice copy of Richard Condon's crime novel, Prizzi's Family, his 4th book featuring the Prizzis and the prequel to the very successful Prizzi's Honor. This copy is a 1st American trade edition, 1st printing of the work published by G. P. Putnam's Sons in 1986.
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"In this prequel to Prizzi's Honor, the mafia hitman finds himself in more trouble than even he can handle—"earthy,… Read More

VERY GOOD condition — DUST JACKET: Minor wear to top and bottom edges of spine, panels, folds and flaps. Some foxing stains on reverse. BOARDS: Minor shelf rubbing/abrasions to bottom edges and corners. BOOK: Good topstain. Foxing to textblock, primarily foredge. Minor foxing to outer margins of FFEP through Title page. Please inspect photos closely for condition details. Any questions? Please ask.Here on offer is a very nice copy of Pat Conroy's semi-autobiographical novel, The Great Santini, his third published work and the basis for the film of the same name starring Robert Duvall. This copy is a 1st trade edition, 1st printing of the book published by Houghton Mifflin in 1976 and SIGNED by the author on the half-title page. The dust jacket is protected from further wear by a Mylar sleeve.*********************************************************"The piercing, iconic semi-autobiographical novel of a domineering father and ambitious son, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Prince… Read More

VERY GOOD condition — DUST JACKET: Minor wear to top and bottom edges of spine, panels, folds and flaps. Small stain to bottom of spine. BOARDS: Very good condition. No issues. BOOK: Very good condition. Nice topstain. Faint ink markings top of FFEP. Slight lean to spine. Please inspect photos closely for condition details.
Here on offer is a very nice copy of Michael Crichton's The Andromeda Strain, his first novel under his own name; a thriller that was the basis for the 1971 film with the same title. This is a true 1st trade edition, 1st printing of the work published by Alfred Knopf in 1969. The dust jacket is protected from further wear by a Mylar sleeve.
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" . . . Five prominent biophysicists give the United States government an urgent warning: sterilisation procedures for returning space probes may be inadequate to guarantee uncontaminated re-entry to the atmosphere. Two years later, Project Scoop sends seventeen satellites into the… Read More