Search Results: Titles starting with A from Blacks Bookshop

NY: Mysterious Press, 1997. Hardcover_boards. Fine/Fine. Racz, Michael. 5.5"x8.5" 292 pgs. Blue boards w/gold foil letters on spine. DJ design by Rachel McClain. Author photo Lou McClellan. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean w/soft tone. Not x-library, unclipped (no price), & unmarked. Secure ship w/track #. GIFT QUALITY. When Jane Nichol's literary agent offers her the chance to travel to Georgia and write, she realizes that it's a perfect opportunity to leave MI5 (England's FBI) and her tortured past behind. But Jane soon finds that Savannah holds more than just atmosphere, for among its historic houses and murky swamps lies a dangerous, bitter enemy--and Jane will have to rely on all her years of espionage training to survive. A featured alternate of the Mystery Guild. Source: Publisher.

NY: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1982. BCE/BOMC. Hardcover_boards. Fine/Fine. 5.75"x8.5" 208 pgs. Light gray boards w/red letters to spine. Jacket photo by Kathie A. McGinty. Author photo by Steven Humphrey. DJ #11158. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library, unclipped (no price), & unmarked. Secure ship w/track #. READ THE SENSATIONAL BLOCKBUSTER THAT STARTED IT ALL! Take it from the top in #1 New York Times bestselling author Sue Grafton's knockout thriller that introduced detective Kinsey Millhone—and a hot new attitude—to crime fiction...If there's one thing that makes Kinsey Millhone feel alive, it's playing on the edge. When her investigation turns up a second corpse, more suspects, and a new reason to kill, Kinsey discovers that the edge is closer—and sharper—than she imagined. The first mystery novel in the author's "Alphabet" series. Featuring sleuth Kinsey Millhone, it is set in the southern California city of Santa Teresa, the nom de plume for Santa Barbara.

New York: Master Press, 1987. Paperback. Used - Good. Ex-lbrary with usual stickers, stamps, markings. 7.125"x10"x.75"; 335 pages. Cover and pages are bent; some of the pages are stained towards the outside. Moderate shelfwear to cover. Spine straight and binding tight.

NY: Popular Library, 1990. BCE/BOMC. Hardcover_buckram spine. Fine/Fine. 5.75"X8.5" 371 pgs. Black buckram w/red foil letters over persimmon boards. DJ design #17892 by Anthony Russo. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library, unclipped (no price), & unmarked. Secure ship w/track #. Kevin Ryan is a writer in the much-maligned genre of true crime who desperately needs a devious, over-the-top story for the subject of his next book. How else can he keep his wife Valerie's roots dyed and keep himself from handing out taco samples at the local supermarket?When Kevin isn't Googling himself or spot checking his books' stock at stores around the country or online, he's bringing the hazards (ie, criminals and other crazies) of his job home to wife Val and twin daughters Taylor and Hayley. Kevin is on the hunt for the big one, the story that could break him out of the mid-list and onto the bestseller lists. Source: Publisher.

NY: Pocket, 1982. 1st Edition Thus. MassMarketPaperBack. Collectible - VeryGood. 207 pp + 1leaf ad. 7th printing on number line. Not x-library, unclipped, & unmarked. Moderate shelf and edge wear.

NY: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc, 1927. Hardcover_cloth. Used - VeryGood. 5.5"x8"x1". 300 pgs. Black cloth boards. Gilt faded letters on spine. McClelland's Bookstore sticker inside front cover. PO Ex-libris stamp on half-title page and Contents page. Muslin exposed on title page. Unmarked. Overstreet was Professor and head of the Det. of Philosophy, college of the city of New York, Author of "Influencing Human Behavior." Foreword. Introduction. Contents: Part One: Towards Unreality; Part Two: Towards Reality. Postscript. Index.

Mustang, OK: Tate Publishing & Enterprises, 2010. Paperback. Collectible - VeryGood. 5.25"x8.25"x.75". 271pgs. Cover design by Lindsay B. Bebrens. Interior design by Stephanie Woloszyn. Photography by Tim Callihan. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library, unmarked, unclipped. Shelf wear to cover. "Timmy's life is changing again. His mother has moved herself and Timmy's sister, Janie, to Kentucky so they can be together again. But during this fourth installment of the popular Kentucky Summers series, Mom is having a change of heart. Danger, weather, and extraordinary country circumstances are convincing her that this is not the place to rear her children. Timmy is trying his best to convince her otherwise, but he is continually thrown into situations beyond his control that do just the opposite. The Wolf Pack is at it again in Above Devil's Creek, and this time they're up against a thrilling real-life adventure that is the stuff of the wildest imagination. The twins,… Read More

NY: Abingdon Press, 1920. 1st Edition. Hardcover_cloth. Collectible - VeryGood. 5.25"x7.5". 228 indexed pages. Fifth Printing. Blue cloth w/Lincoln's silhoette on front. Gilt letters on front and spine. Mirrored frontispieces of Abraham Lincoln & Mrs. Lincoln. Nine illustrations. Spine straight, binding tight, pages slight tone. No DJ. Not x-library. PON on ffep. Edge and shelf wear w/rubs to corners. Spine faded. Moisture exposure to back board causing slight curl to bottom of back board. Contents: Illustrations; Why, The Author; Introduction, James F. Rusling; Foreword, Wm. Henry Roberts; A Testimony, William O. Stoddard; Early Training; Essay on Christianity; Religious Awakening; Reliance Upon God; His Great Sorrow; Preliminary Proclamation; A Praying President; Second Proclamation for Thanksgiving; Pisgah and Calvary; Lincoln and the Bible; Lincoln and Church Membership; Testimony of Friends; A Transfigured Life; Sources of Information; Doctrinal Beliefs and Religious Habits; Names of the Deity; Index. Read More

The Library of America, 1989. 1st Edition. Hardcover_cloth. Very Good/Near Fine. 5.13"x8.13" 787 indexed numbered pages. Second printing. Navy cloth boards w/gold letters on spine. Matching silk navy ribbon. Lincoln photo courtesy of the Chicago Historical Society. Spine straight, sewn binding tight. X-library w/graphics. Mylar backing pasted to inside boards. Secure ship w/track #. See second photo.

NY: Harcort, Brace and Company, 1929. 1st Edition Thus. Hardcover_cloth. Near Fine-Collectible. 6.5"x9.5" 604 indexed pages. Abridged Edtion. Grass green cloth boards. Gilt letters to front and spine (faded). Gift inscription on ffed (depradation). Preface and Note by author. Spine straight, sewn binding tight, pages clean w/soft tone. Not x-library. No DJ. 43 photos, cartoons, sketches, maps, and letters. Pencil notes in margins. Secure ship w/track #. Pulitzer Prize for History; National Book Award for Nonfiction.

Chicago: M. A. Donohue & Company, 1917. Hardcover_cloth. Collectible - Good. A.M. Turner & Harriet Kaucher. 6"x8"x.75". 96 pgs. Black cloth boards. Faded gilt lettering on front and spine. Edge wear w/tears to cloth and rubs. Fraying. Spine straight, binding tight. Slight tone. POGI backside of Frontispiece page. Red ink spot. Cracked back hinge exposing muslin. Beautiful full color and B&W illustrations through out. Ink line pg. 33. Includes full page newspaper clipping dated Dec 14, 1902 from The Boston Sunday "Born in Lincoln's Log Cabin" in VG cond (toned and w/tears). Pictures upon request. List of Colored Plates: Lincoln, the Rail-splitter; Lincoln's Early Studies; Lincoln, the Young Country Lawyer; Lincoln's Inauguration as President; Lincoln at Antietam; Lincoln Delivering His Gettysburg Adress. These are VG.

NY: Little, Brown & Co, 2009. 1st Edition Thus. Paperback. Collectible - Fine. Ellen Forney. 5.5"x8.25" 229 pages + discussion guide + Interview with artist Ellen Forney. 26th printing w/number line. Author photo by Rob Casey. Cover design by Kirk Benshoff. Unblemished, GIFT QUALITY. AR Quiz No. 117771 EN Fiction Accelerated Reader Quiz Information IL: UG - BL: 4.0 - AR Pts: 6.0 Accelerated Reader Quiz Type Information AR Quiz Types: RP, LS, VP Book Rating Rating: 3.5 Budding cartoonist Junior leaves his troubled school on the Spokane Indian Reservation to attend an all-white farm town school where the only other Indian is the school mascot. The plot contains profanity and mature.

NY, NY: Guideposts, 2008. Hardcover_pictorial boards. Near Fine. 5.75"x8.5" 244 pgs. Cover by Lookout Design, Inc. Interior design by Cindy LaBreacht. Typeset by Nancy Tardi. #6 on ffep. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library, no DJ. Secure ship w/track #. Heather Creek Farm is blanketed in snow and ice as the heart of winter settles over Nebraska, but things are heating up for the Stevenson family. Emily, embarrassed by an innocent mistake, takes up a new hobby that could bring Charlotte and her granddaughter closer together - if it doesn't tear them apart first. Meanwhile, Sam makes some new friends who aren't exactly Charlotte's cup of tea, and Christopher learns more about the farm's horses than he ever wanted to know. And when Pete comes across a car that's veered off the road, he tows the driver to safety and lands in trouble of his own. His budding relationship with Dana hits the skids when the grateful driver, Lisa Grienke, starts paying him lots of attention.… Read More

NY: Anchor Books, 2006. 1st Edition Thus. Paperback. Collectible - Near Fine. 5"x8". 260 pgs. 5th Printing. Cover photo c Kim Kulish/Corbis/Corbis. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library, unclipped, & unmarked. GIFT QUALITY. "Best friends Eduardo Saverin and Mark Zuckerberg had spent many lonely nights looking for a way to stand out among Harvard University's elite, comptetitive, and accomplished student body. Then, in 2003, Zuckerberg hacked into Harvard's computers, crashed the campus network, almost got himself expelled, and was inspired to create Facebook, the social networking site that has since revolutionized communication around the world. With Saverin's funding their tiny start-up went from dorm room to Silicon Valley. But conflicting ideas about Facebook's future transformed the friends into enemies. Soon, the undergraduate exuberance that marked their collaboration turned into out-and-out warfare as it fell prey to the adult world of venture capitalists, big… Read More

NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1971. Hardcover_cloth. Used - VeryGood/VeryGood. 5.75"x8.5". 189 pgs. BCE X-Library w/graphics. Rust cloth boards w/black letters on spine. Orange paste downs. Jacket illustration by Putzu. DJ#3444. Author photo by Wayne George (c Gun Press - Paris). Spine straight, binding tight, pages slight tone. Unclipped. WE SHIP SAME DAY W/TRACKING #. John Goldsmith's wartime exploits are all the more remarkable considering that at first his services were consistently refused due to his being over 30. Not easily deterred he eventually became a tank driving instructor in the ranks. In 1942 accidental circumstances saw his recruitment into Buckmaster's F Section of the Special Operations Executive. His faultless French and upbringing in Paris were to prove invaluable. Commissioned overnight and after intensive training he was parachuted into France for the first of his three missions. His adventures included crossing the Pyrenees, sabotage, forming his own circuits, being captured by… Read More

NY: Pocket, 2007. 1st Edition Thus. MMPB Oversized 4.25"x7.5. Very Good-Collectible. 467 pgs. 13th printing. Includes excerpt fo "Protect and Defend". Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library, unclipped, & unmarked. Minimal edge and shelf wear. Secure ship w/track #. Two weeks before the election - and presidential candidate Josh Alexander's motorcade is decimated by a terrorist bomb. Alexander survives the attack, although members of his entourage are not so lucky. It appears to be the work of al-Qaeda. But then CIA director Irene Kennedy is presented with classifed information so toxic that she considers destroying it altogether. Instead she summons Mitch Rapp, the one man reckless enough to follow the evidence to its explosive conclusion... AMERICAN ASSASSIN, book one in the series, is soon to be a MAJOR MOTION PICTURE starring Dylan O'Brien (Maze Runner), Taylor Kitsch (True Detective) and Michael Keaton. Source: Publisher.

NY: Love Inspired, 2019. MassMarketPaperBack. LikeNew. Larger Print 4.13"x6.63" 281 pgs. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library, unclipped, & unmarked. Secure ship w/tracking number. She saw something she shouldn't have...When airline employee Violet Griffin encounters several suspicious passengers, she's thrust into the crosshairs of a drug smuggling operation. NYPD officer Zach Jameson and his drug detection beagle, Eddie, can tell this is no small-time threat. Someone's gunning for Violet, and after recently losing his brother, Zach refuses to lose her, too...especially now that she's gone from friend to the woman he's falling for.

Farrar & Rinehart, 1938. 1st Edition. Hardcover_cloth. Fair+. 5.75"x8.25" 369 numbered pgs. Navy cloth boards w/author's name blind stamped on front. Gold letters on spine. Covers and spine are shot but meat of book is good. PON on ffep. No DJ. Secure ship w/track #. A novel of the Civil War set along the border territory of Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania.

NY: Ballantine, 2009. BCE/BOMC. Hardcover_boards. Near Fine/Near Fine. 5.75"x8.5" 356 pgs. Black boards w/silver foil letters to spine. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean w/soft tone. Not x-library, unclipped (no price), & unmarked. Author photo: Nicole Leigh. Secure ship w/track #. Former FBI profiler Sam Delvecchio and FBI agent Fiona Summers hunt a serial murderer who stages his victims to represent the Catholic Church's seven Acts of Mercy.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005. 1st Edition. Hardcover_vinylspine. Collectible - Near Fine/Fine. 6.75"x9.5"x1.5". 669 pgs. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Rust boards. Black vinyl spine w/silver letters. Jacket illustration by Robert Lyons; (plane inset) Bettmann/Corbis. Jacket design by Gabriele Wilson. Author photo by Jerry Bauer. Spine slight slant to left, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library, unclipped, unmarked. "Philip Caputo's tragic and epically ambitious new novel is set in Sudan, where war is a permanent condition. Into this desolate theater come aid workers, missionaries, and mercenaries of conscience whose courage and idealism sometimes coexist with treacherous moral blindness. There's the entrepreneurial American pilot who goes from flying food and medicine to smuggling arms, the Kenyan aid worker who can't help seeing the tawdry underside of his enterprise, and the evangelical Christian who comes to Sudan to redeem slaves and falls in love with a charismatic rebel commander."… Read More