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The Eye of Jade: A Mei Wang Mystery

By: Liang, Diane Wei

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, Simon & Schuster: 2008

Edition: First Edition

Inscription: SIGNED

Seller ID: 11266

ISBN: 1416549552

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

Signed by the author (name only) on the blank page following the front endpapers. 256 pages.
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I Formaggi Tradizionali di Sicilia: Opere d'Arte che Arricchiscono il Patrimonio dei Beni Culturali Italiani

By: Licitra, G.; P. Campo; M.A. Gurierri; and I. Piccitto

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Ragusa, Sicily, Italy, Consorzio-Ricerca Filiera Lattiero-Casearia: 1999

Seller ID: 11178

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

Italian Language Text. Full title: I Formaggi Tradizionali di Sicilia: Opere d'Arte che Arricchiscono il Patrimonio dei Beni Culturali Italiani (The Traditional Cheeses of Sicily: Works of Art that Enrich the Italian Cultural Heritage).
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The Wandering Ghost

By: Limón, Martin

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Soho Press: 2007

Edition: First Edition

Inscription: SIGNED

Seller ID: 11233

ISBN: 1569474818

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

slight bump at the spine ends and front flap of jacket. Autograph Copy sticker on the jacket. 314 pages. "The turbulent Korean peninsula provides the backdrop to this fine military mystery, the fifth (after 2005's The Door to Bitterness) to feature U.S. Army criminal investigation agents George Suen~o and Ernie Bascom. A crack combat unit stationed near the strife-torn demilitarized zone proves strangely uncooperative when a military policewoman disappears. The missing soldier had made herself unpopular with her chain of command when she attempted to testify against two GIs who accidentally ki...
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Slicky Boys

By: Limon, Martin

Price: $7.00

Publisher: New York, Bantam: 1997

Edition: First U.S. Edition

Inscription: SIGNED

Seller ID: 11280

ISBN: 0553104438

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

Signed by the author (name only) on the title page. 377 pages. From the publisher: "George Sueno and his partner Ernie Bascom (U.S. Army, Criminal Investigation Division, Korea) thought they'd seen it all, but nothing could prepare them for the Slicky Boys. They're everywhere. They can kill a man in a thousand ways you don't even want to know about. And you'll never even see them coming. They steal, they kill, they slip away. George and Ernie are about to discover that even the U.S. military is no match for evil and that human sympathy can sometimes lead to a lonely grave."
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In a Strange City

By: Lippman, Laura

Price: $7.00

Publisher: New York, William Morrow: 2001

Edition: First Edition

Inscription: SIGNED

Seller ID: 11246

ISBN: 0380978180

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

Signed by the author on the half-title page. 310 pages. "Every January 19th, in honor of Edgar Allan Poe's birthday, a loyal clique waits in the small hours for the "Visitor," also known as the "Poe Toaster," to approach Poe's tomb. He wears a formal cape and carries three blood-red roses and a bottle of cognac as tribute. For some reason the press keep their distance, as do bystanders. This year, for the first time, PI Tess Monaghan is present, too, along with her boyfriend, Crow. Having been roped into attendance by a would-be client, Tess awaits the coming of the Visitor...
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The Alligator Book

By: Lockwood, C. C. (Photographs and Text)

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University Press: 2002

Edition: Second Printing

Seller ID: 11213

ISBN: 0807128287

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

Quarter-bound cloth and faux alligator skin (attractive covers hidden by the jacket!). About 10.5 X 11.5 inches. 130 pages with Appendix (Alligator Zoos and Tourist Attractions) and Bibliography. Illustrated with 144 color photographs by the author. "Lockwood traveled the Gulf Coast to study the alligator in its environment, primarily Louisiana and Florida. Renowned wildlife photographer and naturalist, C.C. Lockwood devotes himself to uncovering the latest facts about this ancient, dragon-like species."
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Verdict in Dispute

By: Lustgarten, Edgar

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Charles Scribner's Sons: 1950

Edition: Later Printing

Seller ID: 11160

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Light shelf wear. Edge wear to the dust jacket with a couple of small edge tears. The author examines six notable murders and the resulting trials and verdicts (guilty and acquitted), which were considered open to dispute. 253 pages with Appendix. The six cases : Florence Maybrick, Steinie Morrison, Norman Thorne, Edith Thompson, William Herbert Wallace, and Lizzie Borden.
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Greener Pastures: The Memoirs of F. Lynch-Staunton

By: Lynch-Staunton, Frank

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Jasper, Alberta, Canada, Self Published:

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 11231

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

Family history and memoir dating back to 1883 when the author's father started ranching in the North Fork district north of Lundbreck, Alberta leading to the development of the Antelope Butte Ranch. 50 pages with numerous black and white photos.
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The Great Wildcatter [Michael Late Benedum]

By: Mallison, Sam T.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Charleston, West Virginia, Education Foundation of West Virginia, Inc.: 1953

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 11154

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Red cloth with gilt lettering to the spine and a gilt-stamped oil derrick decoration on the front cover. 528 pages with black and white photos and a frontispiece color reproduction of a portrait in oil of the subject of the book--Michael Late Benedum. The West Virginia oil wildcatter based his company in Pittsburgh and drilled around th globe. Their first well started producing in 1896 in West Virginia and later they were responsible for the discovery of oil in Florida and the Yates Oil Field in Texas' Permian Basin.
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The Pink Panther [Sheet Music] Piano Solo

By: Mancini, Henry [Music]

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Northridge Music Company and United Artists Music Co., Inc.: 1963

Seller ID: 11148

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Good

Copyright date of 1963 is the only date indicated. Creasing and rubbing wear. Two-page score on glossy paper. Columbia Pictures Publications 2739PSMX.
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Bootlegger's Daughter

By: Maron, Margaret

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Mysterious Press: 1992

Edition: First Edition

Inscription: SIGNED

Seller ID: 11262

ISBN: 0892964456

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Slightly bumped corners, tiny nick at the foot of the jacket's spine. 261 pages. Association copy warmly inscribed by the author to four-time Edgar winner, Joan Lowery Nixon on the title page. Formerly in the late Ms. Nixon's collection of signed books from fellow authors. See our other listings of juvenile and adult titles from this collection.
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Myths and Folktales of the Alabama-Coushatta Indians of Texas

By: Martin, Howard N.

Price: $14.50

Publisher: Austin, Texas, Encino Press: 1977

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 11161

ISBN: 0884260526

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

Small tear to rear panel of the jacket and a trace of rubbing wear. 114 pages with Appendix, Glossary, Selected Reading References, and Index. Woodcut illustration (jacket and title page) by Barbara Mathews Whitehead.
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La Riva Sommersa

By: Mastantuono, Rita Santoro

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Taranto, Italy, Portofranco: 1993

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 11188

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Italian Language Poems. Number 9 of 9 volumes of poetry in the series, "Delphinus" Collana di Poesia. 51 pages plus Index.
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Foggy Mountain Breakdown and Other Stories

By: McCrumb, Sharyn

Price: $5.00

Publisher: New York, Ballantine Books: 1997

Edition: First Edition

Inscription: SIGNED

Seller ID: 11254

ISBN: 0345414934

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

Signed by the author on a special signature page following the front endpapers. 326 pages. "Foggy Mountain Breakdown, the first-ever collection of Sharyn McCrumb's short fiction, is a literary quilting of old and new, humorous and heartfelt, offering award-winning works--and two stories never before published, contrasting mountain childhoods past and present. Chilling tales of suspense alternate with evocative character portraits and compelling narratives that embrace the southern Appalachian locales and themes of McCrumb's acclaimed Ballad Novels. Within this cornucopia of two dozen stories, ...
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If I'd Killed Him When I Met Him...

By: McCrumb, Sharyn (SIGNED)

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Ballantine Books: 1995

Edition: Fourth Printing

Inscription: SIGNED

Seller ID: 11255

ISBN: 0345382293

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

277 pages. "Southern sleuth Elizabeth MacPherson acts as official investigator for her brother's Virginia law firm and tests her skills solving two sensational murders and a third crime unsolved for a century." Association copy warmly inscribed by the author to four-time Edgar winner, Joan Lowery Nixon, on the title page. Formerly in the late Ms. Nixon's collection of signed books from fellow authors. See our other listings of juvenile and adult titles from this collection.
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The Rosewood Casket

By: McCrumb, Sharyn (SIGNED)

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Dutton: 1996

Edition: First Edition

Inscription: SIGNED

Seller ID: 11256

ISBN: 0525940111

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

303 pages. Association copy warmly inscribed by the author to four-time Edgar winner, Joan Lowery Nixon, on the title page. Formerly in the late Ms. Nixon's collection of signed books from fellow authors. See our other listings of juvenile and adult titles from this collection.
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Insull

By: McDonald, Forrest

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Chicago, University of Chicago Press: 1962

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 11164

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Mild wear to book, chipping and edge wear to the dust jacket. Protected now in a Mylar archival sleeve. Binding tight and square. Clean copy, no writing or marks. 350 pages with Index, black and white photos. The story of the rise and fall of Chicago billionaire, Samuel Insull, concluding with his trial and its aftermath for mail fraud and antitrust violations.
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History of the Donner Party: A Tragedy of the Sierra

By: McGlashan, C.F.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Stanford, California, Stanford University Press: 1957

Edition: Fifth Printing

Seller ID: 11168

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Light wear to the book and a previous owner bookplate. The dust jacket is price-clipped, has edge wear and chipping and a closed tear on the spine. The rear panel is darkened and has a small stain. In a protective Mylar sleeve now and looking better. 261 pages with illustrations, followed by Editor's Notes, Bibliography, and Index. Front matter includes Illustrations, Editor's Foreword, Chart of Events, McGlashan Letter to G.W. Tucker, Route of the Donner Party from Fort Bridger to Donner Lake (map), Route of the Donner Party from Donner Lake to Johnson's Ranch (map), Donner Party in the Sierr...
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Ci che stato che che sar: Torre a Mare - Borgo - turistico - Archeologico

By: Mongelli, Saverio

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Italy,

Seller ID: 11190

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Italian Language Text. Writing inside the front cover, otherwise fine. 24-page, stapled booklet with black and white photos and what appears to be an old plat of Le Pelosa, Torre a Mare (city in Bari, Italy). Progetto turistico-archeologico per la valorizzazione della Riviera del Levante-Litoranea S. Giorgio/Torre a Mare (Tourist-archaeological project for the enhancement of the Riviera del Levante-Litoranea S. Giorgio / Torre a Mare). History of La Pelosa/Torre a Mare.
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The Lace Book

By: Moore, N. Hudson

Price: $30.00

Publisher: New York, Tudor Publishing Company: 1937

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 11202

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

206 pages with Index. Illustrated with 70 black and white plates of engravings showing specimens of lace, or its wear in famous portraits.
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