Search Results: Titles starting with O from The Mortuary Korps

McClelland & Stewart, 1927. Hardcover. Hardcover Listing in progress, complete details and photos coming soon." (auction)

Red Deer Press, 2008. Hardcover. Hardcover Listing in progress, complete details and photos coming soon."

243 p. Spine cocked, creased, and general wear to covers, with small pencil marks to rear, but internally clear, bright, and tightly bound. Pink foredge.See listing images for synopsis on rear.

First edition.206 p.; illustrated. Gray cloth hardcover shows minor edgewear, including bumping and some sunning to spine, but is otherwise Near Fine. Dust jacket has some minor shelfwear (mainly edgewear), including minor chipping and abrasions, and is price-clipped, but otherwise Very Good+ and housed in a removable protective plastic sleeve to prevent further wear.From the dust jacket: In 1925, sixteen-year-old Stephen Dennison was convicted of having stolen $5.00 worth of chocolates. In 1960, he was still in prison, the victim of inept psychiatrists, legal incompetence, institutional corruption, and a small-town sheriff who had wanted him out of the way. [Note: see DENNISON vs. STATE OF NEW YORK: 25 N.Y.2d 904 (1969); 23 N.Y.2d 996 (1969); 49 Misc.2d 533 (1966); 28 A.D.2d 608 (1967).]The Ordeal of Stephen Dennison is the true story of Dennison's long years of anguish; of his abrupt release; and of the two lawyers who investigated the legality of his incarceration and filed suit for $115,000… Read More

Trident Pr, 1981. Hardcover. Hardcover Listing in progress, complete details and photos coming soon." (jimdisc)

Covers show some minor wear to extremities and slight spine crease, otherwise Very Good+ to Near Fine with gilt embossed title (hence it did not scan well, thus the third image is to show the cover title better but it is a stock image and does not represent the condition of this copy). 727 p. [THICK VOLUME may require extra shipping charges]From MacMillan publisher: Kellen Tavadon, son of the Arch-Mage Lycaelon, thought he knew the way the world worked. His father, leading the wise and benevolent Council of Mages, protected and guided the citizens of the Golden City of the Bells. Young Mages in training--all men, for women were unfit to practice magic--memorized the intricate details of High Magic and aspired to seats on the council.Then he found the forbidden Books of Wild Magic--or did they find him? The three slim volumes woke Kellen to the wide world outside the City's isolating walls. Their Magic was not dead, strangled by rules and regulations. It felt like a living thing, guided by the hearts… Read More