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NY: Doubleday, 2001. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Musician, composer, producer, arranger, and pioneering entrepreneur Quincy Jones has lived large and worked for five decades alongside the superstars of music and entertainment -- including Frank Sinatra, Michael Jackson, Steven Spielberg, Oprah Winfrey, Ray Charles, Will Smith, and dozens of others. Q is his glittering and moving life story, told with the style, passion, and no-holds-barred honesty that are his trademarks. B&w photos. Clean copy. Record # 381108

W. Hartford CT: The American Radio Relay League, 1932. 1st. Softcover. Good/None. Single issue softcover magazine, 96 pages. B/w illustrations, ads. Articles include: Crystal Control for Ultra-High Frequencies, Stabilizing Superheterodyne Performance, Simplified Remote Control for Amateur Trasmitters, others. Wraps lightly worn, dust soiled. Record # 371160

London: Hard Case Crime, 2015. 1st thus. Softcover. Very Good/None. Robert McGinnis. Softcover, colorful wraps with a retro-style illustration by Robert McGinnis. The assignment was simple: stake out the man’s home and kill him. Easy work for a professional like Quarry. But when things go horribly wrong, Quarry finds himself with a new mission: learn who hired him, and make the bastard pay. The longest-running series from Max Allan Collins, author of Road to Perdition, and the first ever to feature a hitman as the main character, the Quarry novels tell the story of a paid assassin with a rebellious streak and an unlikely taste for justice. Once a Marine sniper, Quarry found a new home stateside with a group of contract killers. But some men aren’t made for taking orders—and when Quarry strikes off on his own, god help the man on the other side of his nine-millimeter. Like new. Record # 372444

London: Hard Case Crime, 2015. 1st thus. Softcover. Very Good/None. Robert McGinnis. Softcover, colorful wraps with a retro-style illustration by Robert McGinnis. The assignment was simple: stake out the man’s home and kill him. Easy work for a professional like Quarry. But when things go horribly wrong, Quarry finds himself with a new mission: learn who hired him, and make the bastard pay. The longest-running series from Max Allan Collins, author of Road to Perdition, and the first ever to feature a hitman as the main character, the Quarry novels tell the story of a paid assassin with a rebellious streak and an unlikely taste for justice. Once a Marine sniper, Quarry found a new home stateside with a group of contract killers. But some men aren’t made for taking orders—and when Quarry strikes off on his own, god help the man on the other side of his nine-millimeter. Like new. Record # 372500

London: Hard Case Crime, 2016. 1st thus. Softcover. Very Good/None. Laurel Blechman, Glen Orbik. Softcover, colorful wraps with a retro-style illustration by Laurel Blechman, Glen Orbik. With a controversial presidential election just weeks away, Quarry is hired to carry out a rare political assignment: kill the Reverend Raymond Wesley Lloyd, a passionate Civil Rights crusader and campaigner for the underdog candidate. But when a hate group out of Ferguson, Missouri, turns out to be gunning for the same target, Quarry starts to wonder just who it is he’s working for. Like new. Record # 372455

London: Hard Case Crime, 2015. 1st thus. Softcover. Very Good/None. Robert McGinnis. Softcover, colorful wraps with a retro-style illustration by Robert McGinnis. Putting his plan in motion to target other hitmen, Quarry follows one from steamy Florida to the sober Midwest. But this killer isn’t a man at all—she’s a sloe-eyed beauty, as dangerous in bed as she is deadly on the job. Has Quarry finally met his match? Like new. Record # 372454

London: Hard Case Crime, 2015. 1st thus. Softcover. Very Good/None. Robert McGinnis. Softcover, colorful wraps with a retro-style illustration by Robert McGinnis. Putting his plan in motion to target other hitmen, Quarry follows one from steamy Florida to the sober Midwest. But this killer isn’t a man at all—she’s a sloe-eyed beauty, as dangerous in bed as she is deadly on the job. Has Quarry finally met his match? Like new. Record # 372539

London: Hard Case Crime, 2015. 1st thus. Softcover. Very Good/None. Robert McGinnis. Softcover, colorful wraps with a retro-style illustration by Robert McGinnis. It’s normal to see bodies on the set of an adult film. But when they’re dead bodies—and the cast and crew discover they’re trapped in a house with a serial killer—Quarry’s got his work cut out for him. Like new. Record # 372538

London: Hard Case Crime, 2015. 1st thus. Softcover. Very Good/None. Robert McGinnis. Softcover, colorful wraps with a retro-style illustration by Robert McGinnis. When the man he worked for abruptly exits the business, Quarry finds himself in the crosshairs as a rival tries to take over. But what does Quarry have that the new man wants? And how did the beautiful blonde in the swimming pool become a target? Like new. Record # 372453

London: Hard Case Crime, 2017. 1st thus. Softcover. Very Good/None. Robert McGinnis. Softcover, colorful wraps with a retro-style illustration by Robert McGinnis. Memphis, 1975. "Raunchy" doesn’t begin to describe Max Climer’s magazine, Climax, or his all-hours strip club, or his planned video empire. Evangelists, feminists, and local watchdog groups all want him out of business. But someone wants more than that, and has hired a killer to end Max’s career permanently. Only another hit man—the ruthless professional known as Quarry can keep Climer from becoming a casualty in the Sexual Revolution. Like new. Record # 372445

London: Hard Case Crime, 2015. 1st thus. Softcover. Very Good/None. Robert McGinnis. Softcover, colorful wraps with a retro-style illustration by Robert McGinnis. Quarry is a pro in the murder business. When the man he works for becomes a target himself, Quarry is sent South to remove a traitor in the ranks. But in this wide-open city—with sin everywhere, and betrayal around every corner—Quarry must make the most dangerous choice of his deadly career: who to kill? Like new. Record # 372496

London: Hard Case Crime, 2015. 1st thus. Softcover. Very Good/None. Robert McGinnis. Softcover, colorful wraps with a retro-style illustration by Robert McGinnis. When the man he worked for abruptly exits the business, Quarry finds himself in the crosshairs as a rival tries to take over. But what does Quarry have that the new man wants? And how did the beautiful blonde in the swimming pool become a target? Like new. Record # 372540

London: Hard Case Crime, 2015. 1st thus. Softcover. Very Good/None. Robert McGinnis. Softcover, colorful wraps with a retro-style illustration by Robert McGinnis. When the man he worked for abruptly exits the business, Quarry finds himself in the crosshairs as a rival tries to take over. But what does Quarry have that the new man wants? And how did the beautiful blonde in the swimming pool become a target? Like new. Record # 372501

London: Hard Case Crime, 2015. 1st thus. Softcover. Very Good/None. Robert McGinnis. Softcover, colorful wraps with a retro-style illustration by Robert McGinnis. Now retired and happily married, Quarry turns down a million-dollar contract to assassinate a presidential candidate. It’s not the sort of assignment you can just walk away from without consequences—but coming after Quarry has consequences, too. Like new. Record # 372443

Costa Mesa CA: Mazda Publishers, 1999. 1st. Softcover. Very Good/None. Softcover, 134 pages. The history of Iran is a subject attracting increasing interest, and in it the history of the Qajar period, here dated 1796-1925, occupies a pivotal transitional place. The Qajar rulers reunited Iran after a century of weakness and division, and helped create modern Iran and its response to western power. Although the Qajars were not great reformers, their period saw the development of many new trends of thought, ranging from new religious ideas and groups to the adapting of modern ideas to Iranian circumstances. This book covers intellectual trends and equally it covers the political and socioeconomic history of Iran, including the growth of western incursions and control, which led to social, economic, and political disruptions and helped lead to a major revolution that gave Iran a modern constitution. Later developments culminated in a modernizing central government under the Pahlavi shahs. The period… Read More

NY: Abrams, 2003. 1st. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Adrienne Yorinks. SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON FRONT ENDPAPER. Dust jacket and covers completely illustrated, acetate-protected dust jacket, lovely full page color illustrations. No sign of wear, dust jacket, covers and pages crisp, clean and unmarked; a beautiful book in excellent condition. Record # 67854

New York: Ward, Lock and Co., 1885. 1st. Hardcover. Fair/None. Marion M. Wingrave. Unpaginated. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Heavy wear on spine, fraying and loose fabric. Gutter cracked on front and rear end paper. Corners bumped, page block loose in binding. Pages lightly ripped near gutter in the beginning. Record # 354127

Philadelphia : John Wanamaker, 1899. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/None. Joseph Pennell. Hardcover, green cloth with gilt and black decoration, 147 illustrations by Joseph Pennell and others. Folded Map laid In. Covers with light edgewear and chipping. Top edge gilt. Record # 202081

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1896. 1st. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover, green cloth stamped in black with gilt lettering on spine. Top edge gilt. 225 pages. A history of old Nantucket before the island was discovered by "the summer boarders", as the author explains in his Preface. Gutter partially cracked at title page, owner's small embossed stamp on the front fly leaf. Otherwise clean. Record # 383646

London: Hodder & Stoughton, nd (1913). Hardcover. Very Good/None. Hugh Thomson. Hardcover, purple cloth covers with elaborate gilt design featuring 3 ladies drinking tea, 197 pages. 17 color illustrations plus frontispiece by Hugh Thomson, all tipped in and with tissue guards. Previous owner's inscription front end paper. Corners lightly rubbed, spine wear, light stain to rear cover. No date but assumed 1920s and first illustrated thus. Record # 502215