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Acorn, 2013. DVD case slipcover. Fine. Set 1: 1 DVD 202 minutes. 2 feature-length episodes plus bonus, color stereo, not rated. Set 2: 1 DVD 87 minutes. Behind-the-scenes clip & gallery plus bonus, color stero, not rated. CONTAINS STRONG LANGUAGE, VIOLENCE, SEXUAL SITUATIONS, AND NUDITY. Emmy winner Guy Pearce is Jack Irsh, the brooding antihero of Autstralian writer Peter Temple's award-winning novels. Reeling in the wake of his wife's murder, the former lawyer has reinvented himself as a part-time private investigator and full-time alcoholic, intent on drowning his demons.

NY: Smithmark Publishers, 1994. 1st Edition. Hardcover_cloth. Near Fine-Collectible/VeryGood. FIRST PRINTING. 9.75"x13" 96 indexed pgs. Black cloth w/gold foil letters to spine. Many color & B&W photos. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean w/soft tone. Not x-library, unclipped (no price), unmarked. Soil spots, edge wear to DJ. Secure ship w/track #. Here is an intimate portrait of a legendary actor; its fascinating text and profusion of illustrations follow his progress from his early years as a newcomer to Hollywood to his present superstar status. It will delight all admirers of this great actor.

Chicago: Contemporary Books, 1988. BCE/BOMC. Hardcover_buckram spine. Fine/Near Fine. 5.75"x8.5" 305 indexed pgs. Red buckram over black boards. Black stamped letters on spine. DJ #14456 design by Georgene Sainati. DJ hoto by Brian See. Author photo by Molly Dimmock. Intro by Colin Wilson. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library, unclipped, & unmarked. Few fox spots on DJ. Secure ship w/track #. He was the most notorious killer of all time. Now, after being given unprecedented access to Scotland Yard's most confidential files, the world's foremost authority on Jack the Ripper, Donald Rumbelow, presents shocking new evidence--including postmortem photos of the Ripper's victims, illustrations, letters to the police, and newspaper dramatizations. Source: Publisher.

NY: Dutton, 2001. BCE/BOMC. Hardcover_boards. Fine/Fine. 5.75"x8.5" 451 pages. First ed/First printing. Black boards w/gold foil letters. Book design by Lovedog Studio. DJ design by Richard Hasselberger. Author photo by Barbara Follett. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean w/soft tone. Not x-library, unclipped (no price), & unmarked. GIFT QUALITY. Secure ship w/track #. D-Day is approaching. They don't know where or when, but the Germans know it'll be soon, and for Felicity "Flick" Clariet, the stakes have never been higher. A senior agent in the ranks of the Special Operations Executive (SOE) responsible for sabotage, Flick has survived to become one of Britain's most effective operatives in Northern France. She knows that the Germans' ability to thwart the Allied attack depends upon their lines of communications, and in the days before the invasion no target is of greater strategic importance than the largest telephone exchange in Europe. Source: Publisher.

NY: Dutton, 2001. 1st Edition. Hardcover_cloth spine. VeryGood/Near Fine. 6.25"x9.25" 4561 pgs. 5th printing. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. X-library w/graphics, unclipped DJ. Faint foxing on top edge. In his own bestselling tradition of Eye of the Needle and The Key to Rebecca, Ken Follett delivers a breathtaking novel of suspense set in the most dangerous days of World War II. D-Day is approaching. They don't know where or when, but the Germans know it'll be soon, and for Felicity "Flick" Clariet, the stakes have never been higher. A senior agent in the ranks of the Special Operations Executive (SOE) responsible for sabotage, Flick has survived to become one of Britain's most effective operatives in Northern France. She knows that the Germans' ability to thwart the Allied attack depends upon their lines of communications, and in the days before the invasion no target is of greater strategic importance than the largest telephone exchange in Europe. But when Flick a...… Read More

Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2008. Paperback. Fine. 6.5"x9.25" 127 pgs. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library, unclipped (w/price), & unmarked. GIFT QUALITY. Secure ship w/track #. Discover the rich history of Jackson County, West Virginia through vintage images in this pictorial history. On October 28, 1770, George Washington entered present-day Jackson County by traveling south down the Ohio River. The Sachem tribe camped with Washington's party and expressed a desire to barter with the Virginia traders. Washington made extensive notes of the terrain, animals, and timber. By 1772, Washington had patents on more than 6,800 acres in Jackson County. This led to the Ohio River being the source of trade, entertainment, and survival early in the history of Jackson County. Named after the seventh president of the United States, Andrew Jackson, Jackson County was established by an act of the Virginia General Assembly on March 1, 1831, out of parts of Maso... Source:… Read More

Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2008. Paperback. Fine. 6.5"x9.25" 127 pgs. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library, unclipped (w/price), & unmarked. Secure ship w/track #. Discover the rich history of Jackson County, West Virginia through vintage images in this pictorial history. On October 28, 1770, George Washington entered present-day Jackson County by traveling south down the Ohio River. The Sachem tribe camped with Washington's party and expressed a desire to barter with the Virginia traders. Washington made extensive notes of the terrain, animals, and timber. By 1772, Washington had patents on more than 6,800 acres in Jackson County. This led to the Ohio River being the source of trade, entertainment, and survival early in the history of Jackson County. Named after the seventh president of the United States, Andrew Jackson, Jackson County was established by an act of the Virginia General Assembly on March 1, 1831, out of parts of Maso...Source: Publisher.

US: Atlantic Jazz, 1988. Fine/VeryGood. CD unscratched. Plastic case scuffed and scratched. This is my all-time favorite jazz CD! Alto Saxophone - Marshall Royal; Alto Saxophone, Clarinet - Joey Cavaseno; Baritone Saxophone, Clarinet - Rudy Rutherford; Bass - Milt Hinton; Drums - Duffy Jackson; Mastered By - Sam Feldman; Piano - Richard Wyands; Producer, Liner Notes - Bob Porter ; Recorded By, Mixed By - Bobby Warner; Tenor Saxophone - Babe Clarke, Eddie Barefield, Illinois Jacquet; Trombone - Art Baron, Frank Lacy, Fred Joiner, Kiane Zawadi; Trumpet - Henry Scott, Irv Stokes, Johnny Grimes, Jon Faddis. Tracklist: 1 Tickletoe 7:09; 2 Smooth Sailin' 6:48; 3 More Than You Know 5:29; 4 Stompin' At The Savoy 4:15; 5 Three Buckets Of Jive 5:45; 6 You Left Me All Alone 4:11; 7 Runnin' With Ron 5:13; 8 Blues From Lousiana 5:33; 9 Port Of Rico 4:46; 10 Flyin' Home 3:42.

Atlanta: Peachtree, 2006. 1st Edition. Hardcover_pictorial boards. VeryGood/VeryGood. Judy Love. 10"x11.25" no pagination. First printing. Pictorial boards. Book design by Loraine M. Joyner. Typesetting by Melanie McMahon Ives. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. X-library w/graphics, unclipped. Secure ship w/track #. What will Jake do when he forgets to bring the special collection he's going to share for the 100th day of school? Jake and his fellow students are getting ready for a celebration. Tomorrow is the 100th day of school and everyone is going to share their collections of 100 things. The day of the celebration arrives, but Jake forgets the 100 family pictures he has glued into a special memory book at home. Disaster! Thanks to Jake's ingenuity and the sensitivity of his principal, Mrs. Wadsworth, Jake does have a collection to display that day... and something special to share with the class on the 101st day of school. Lester Laminack's well-crafted story shows schools… Read More

NY: Doubleday, 2024. 1st Edition. Hardcover_card stock spine. New/New. FOURTH PRINTING w/DJ wrapped in mylar. Physical Info: 1.25" H x 8.41" L x 5.76" W (1.06 lbs) 320 pages. Features: Price on Product. Secure ship w/track #. "From Percival Everett-a recipient of the NBCC Lifetime Achievement Award and finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, Booker Prize, and numerous PEN awards-comes James, a retelling of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, both harrowing and ferociously funny, told from the enslaved Jim's point of view. When the enslaved Jim overhears that he is about to be sold to a man in New Orleans, separated from his wife and daughter forever, he decides to hide on nearby Jackson Island until he can formulate a plan. Meanwhile, Huck Finn has faked his own death to escape his violent father, recently returned to town. As all readers of American literature know, thus begins the dangerous and transcendent journey by raft down the Mississippi River toward the elusive and too-often-unreliable promise of… Read More

Detroit: Bruccoli Clark Book, 1972. 1st Edition. Hardcover_cloth. Collectible - Near Fine. 6.13"x8.88" 85 pps plus 15 plates . 1st printing. Dk. gray cloth boards w/gilt letters to spine. Paste downs have pics of each of Cozzens' books. Intro by Cozzens himself. Book design and layout by Margaret Swanson Clark. Foreword by Meriwether. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library, unmarked, & no DJ.

NY: Columbia, 1993. Sleeve-Near Mint. Vinyl-Near Mint/Jacket-Good. Case has one of the posts missing to hard to close. Genre: Rock, Pop Style: Acoustic, Soft Rock. Sweet Baby James; Traffic Jam; Handy Man; Your Smiling Face; Secret O' Life; Shed A Little Light; Everybody Has The Blues; Steamroller Blues; Mexico; Millworker; Country Road; Fire And Rain; Shower The People; How Sweet It Is; New Hymn; Walking Man; Riding On A Railroad; Something In The Way She Moves; Sun On The Moon; Up On The Roof; Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight; She Thinks I Still Care; Copperline; Slap Leather; Only One; You Make It Easy; Carolina In My Mind; I Will Follow; You've Got A Friend; That Lonesome Road.

NY: Trident Press, 1969. Hardcover_boards. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6"x8.5" 351 pgs. BCE/BOMC. Khaki boards w/pink letters to spine. Painted top edge pink. DJ photo by Robert Golden. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean w/soft tone. Not x-library, unclipped (no price), & unmarked. Minimal edge and shelf wear. Wrapped in Brodart mylar. Jamey is an odyssey through the many stations of Hip, Camp, and Establishment. It is Huck Finn's river voyage updated. But the game's the same. Jamey Mieland's ride becomes an education in the ways of the world, a journey into experience and maturity. This is a novel that sings in the fully electrified, amplified rhythms of American Rock. Mr. Gilbert has captured the hopes and fears, the hang-ups, and heartaches of the very young at a time when they are searching more desperately than ever for identity.

Canterbury Classics, 2021. Leatherette. New. Physical Info: 1.4" H x 7.75" L x 5.5" W (1.32 lbs) 464 pages. Twelth printing. Features: Price on Product. Sewn binding. Lexile Level: 840. Lavender cover with blind-stamped and metallic stamped letters on front, back, and spine. Beautiful pastel paste downs. Secure ship w/track #. When "Jane Eyre" was first published in 1847, it became an instant bestseller, so popular that the publisher commissioned a second printing in just three months. The story of a young girl--plain, poor, and alone--who endures abuse, abandonment, and ridicule only to become a loving, compassionate young woman of great moral character remains Charlotte Bronte's greatest achievement. Now available as part of the Canterbury Classics singles series, "Jane Eyre" is a must-have addition to the libraries of all classic literature lovers.

Ann Arbor, MI: Mundus Media, 2002. 1st Edition Thus. Leatherbound. Collectible - Fine. 9.13"x12.25" 364 numbered pages. 2nd printing w/number line. 4.1 lbs. Maroon leather boards. Gilt frames w/gilt letters on front & mirrored to spine. Printed and bound in US by Edward Brothers (est. 1893). Display text is Palatino, based on the original font designed by 16th Century writing master Giovanni Battista Palatino. Beautifully printed on Edwards Brothers' own custom-milled archival-quality premium natural stock, this typestyle achieves superior clarity. To complete the process, the finest bonded leather is carefully drawn around the binder's case, then indivuidually and expertly stamped using ersatz gold foil. Production and design assistance by Erin Edwards. Not illustrated. Spine straight and little flexible, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library and unmarked. BEAUTIFUL GIFT QUALITY. First published in 1847. Jane Eyre At Thornfield Hall, where she takes employment as a governess, Jane… Read More

NY: Dial Press, Inc, 1959. Hardcover_boards. Used - VeryGood/VeryGood. Julian Paul. 5.75"x8.5". 288 pp. BCE. Tan boards w/black letters to spine. Spine straight, binding tight, pages lightly toned. Not x-library, unclipped, & unmarked. Light soiling to boards & DJ. Edge wear to DJ w/small nicks & tears. Wrapped in Broadart mylar. Lord James Jarrett, Marquis of Argyll arrived in Savannah in 1736, clad in kilt and tartan, tall, broad-shouldered and lean as a broadax, with a face less villanous than exciting. James Jarrett looked like what he was - a Highland aristocrat - the Laird of Clan Jarrett. Part devil, part angel, he came to Georgia to take the wife who would help him found a New World Clan Jarrett, a great southern dynasty. He knew what he wanted and he fought for it with a skill and daring and courage that was almost madness. Many women loved James Jarrett. There was Maebelle, a pretty Scottish girl of seventee whose love led her to disgrace. There was Sue Merrick, an English aristocrat, who… Read More

Grand Central Publishing, 2014. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine-Collectible/VeryGood. First printing. To atone for the sins he committed serving his country, ex-covert government agent Paul Janson is determined to save the world: one person, one mission, one redemption at a time. THE JANSON OPTION Paul Janson--a former Consular Ops legend known as "The Machine" for his deadly speed and accuracy--has a new mission. Sickened by the "sanctioned serial killings" ordered by the state department, Janson has left covert operations and is now a private security consultant. In partnership with deadly sharpshooter Jessica Kincaid, he only takes assignments that he believes will lead to the greater good. When American Synergy Corporation oil executive Kingsman Helms begs Janson to rescue his wife, Allegra, from Somali pirates, Janson and Kincaid view it as the perfect opportunity to infiltrate ASC and disrupt the company's scheme to subvert independent oil-rich African countries into wholly-owned ASC… Read More

Washington DC: Counterpoint, 2000. First Edition, Third Printing. Paperback. As new. 6"x9"; 363 pages; Cover designe by David Bullen; Cover Art by Harlan Hubbard;. The life story of Jayber Crow, Barber, of the Port William Membership, as written by himself.

NY: Metro Books, 1999. 1st Edition. Hardcover_cloth. Collectible - Fine/Near Fine. 9.254"x12.25" 96 indexed pps. 2nd printing. Black cloth boards w/silver letters to spine. Paste down of color pic of car #24. Jacket design by Kevin Ullrich. Jacket photo: Nigel Kinrade. Designer: Johnathan Gaines. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library, unclipped, & unmarked. Minor shelf wear to DJ. USED GIFT QUALITY. A photographic profile of the remarkable career of Jeff Gordon follows his achievements on the NASCAR circuit, from his earliest racing experiences through his phenomenal rise to NASCAR stardom, and includes interviews with Gordon and others associated with the racing world. Google Books.

NY: Doubleday, 2003. 1st Edition. Hardcover_cloth spine. Collectible - Near Fine/VeryGood. 6"x8.5". 321 pgs. Stated first edition, first printing with full number line; Green boards, black spine w/metallic green lettering. Jacket design by Michael J. Windsor; jacket photo by Scott Cunningham/Nonstock; jacket illus. by Michael J. Windsor and Shasti O'Leary; mapp illus. by Michael J. Windsor. Book clean with no markings throughout. Jacket has mild shelfwear including bumping to edges and some light color aging. Spine straight and binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library, unclipped, & unmarked. "In the horrifying, satirical near future of Max Barry's Jennifer Government, American corporations literally rule the world. Everyone takes his employer's name as his last name; once-autonomous nations as far-flung as Australia belong to the USA; and the National Rifle Association is not just a worldwide corporation, it's a hot, publicly traded stock. Hack Nike, a hapless employee seeking… Read More