Fiction and Literature

The Care of Time
by Eric Ambler

The Care of Time by Eric Ambler. Farrar Straus Giroux. New York‚ 1981. Some rubbing on both inside covers. Dust jacket shows some wear and yellowing‚ as well as some creasing / nicks. Good. $3.00

The Midge
by H.C. Brunner

The Midge by H.C. Brunner. Charles Scribner’s Sons‚ New York‚ 1886, hard cover. Some damage to spine. Notes inside front cover‚ first page‚ third page. Browning pages‚ a few chips. Some pulling away from interior spine‚ but pages are tight. Good. $20.00

Adultery: an Analysis
of Love and Betrayal
by Annette Lawson

Let Me Call You Sweetheart by Mary Higgins Clark. McGraw-Hill Book Company‚ Inc.‚ New York. Hardcover. Simon and Schuster. New York‚ 1995. Some wear and rubbing to dust jacket‚ with a small scrape on the back. Book itself is in really nice shape. Also incudes a paperback copy of Ms. Clark’s Daddy's Little Girl‚ which is in good to very good shape. Small nick on front‚ some wear to spine. Good to very good. $5.50

Let Me Call You Sweetheart
and
Nighttime is My Time
by Mary Higgins Clark

Let Me Call You Sweetheart by Mary Higgins Clark. Simon and Schuster. New York‚ 1995. Hardcover. Some wear to dust jacket‚ small tear on back. Book itself looks very good‚ although there is some staining on the edges and some writing on page 29.

Also includesa paperback copy of Ms. Clark’s Nighttime is My Time‚ which is in very good shape. Never read‚ but it does have a bit of shelf wear as well as a couple of pen scratches on the edges. Good to very good. $3.50

My Gal Sunday
and
A Cry in the Night
by Mary Higgins Clark

My Gal Sunday by Mary Higgins Clark. Simon and Schuster. New York‚ 1996. Hardcover. Lots of wear to dust jacket. But the book itself is in very nice shape. There is a bit of writing on facing page.

Also includes a paperback copy of Ms. Clark's A Cry in the Night‚ which is also in good shape‚ some wear to spine‚ back cover. Back cover also has a couple of nicks. Good. $3.00

Flowers in the Blood
by Gay Courter

Flowers in the Blood by Gay Courter. A Dutton Book. Book of the Month Club Edition‚ New York 1990. Hardcover. Never read. Excellent. $7.50

The Twenty-Seventh City
by Jonathan Franzen

The Twenty-Seventh City by Jonathan Franzen. Farrar Straus Giroux‚ New York 1988. Hardcover. Some smudges on dusk jacket. Very good. $15.00

Sarah: a Novel of Sarah Bernhardt
by Joel Gross

Sarah: a novel of Sarah Bernhardt by Joel Gross. William Morrow and Company‚ Inc. New York 1987. First edition. Hard cover. Some smudging on a few edges on the side. On top edges‚ glue residue (as published) and a remainder mark. Dust jacket is shelf worn. Never read. I meant to. Honest. Good. $7.00

The Reckoning
by Halberstam David

The Reckoning by Halberstam David. William Morrow and Company. New York. Price sticker from Bradlees (which‚ if you were wondering‚ closed in 2001). Yellowing on dust jacket. Some shelfware‚ edgeware. Good to very good. $4.00

The Gift of a Falcon
by Kent Harrington

The Gift of a Falcon by Kent Harrington. McGraw-Hill Book Company‚ Inc.‚ New York. Hardcover. Slight discolorization on top edge near spine. Yellowing throughout. Does not appear to have been read. Minor creasing in dust jacket. Very good. $15.00

The Source
by James A. Michener

The Source by James A. Michener. Random House‚ Inc. New York‚ 1965. A Book-of-the-Month Club Selection. Hardcover. Green with cobalt blue lines; title‚ author‚ and publisher in gold letter. Gold image of Astarte on front cover. Has bookplate of former owner‚ but no name is written upon it (says "for a gift to Hadassah Ex Libris"). Shows some signs of shelf wear. Dust jacket is chipped and worn. Good. $10.00

Skinny Legs and All
by Tom Robbins

Skinny Legs and All by Tom Robbins. Bantam Books New York 1990. Hardcover. Book-of-the-Month Club Edition. Minor nick on dust jacket by spine. Excellent. $7.75

The Plot Against America
by Philip Roth

The Plot Against America by Philip Roth. Houghton Mifflin‚ New York‚ 2004. ISBN 0-618-50928-3. Book itself shows light shelfwear. Dustjacket has some rubbing on outside‚ discolouration on inside. Pages 213-220 are slightly dog-eared on bottom. Good to very good. $7.00

Madame Sarah
by Cornelia Otis Skinner

Madame Sarah by Cornelia Otis Skinner. Houghton Mifflin Company‚ Boston, 1967. Some sort of scratching on second page‚ paint on edges of a few pages and dust jacket. Dust jacket also has some small staining‚ tears‚ nicks. Good. $7.00

The Getting Place
by Susan Straight

The Getting Place by Susan Straight. Hyperion‚ New York‚ 1996. Hardcover‚ first edition. Slight creasing on jacket‚ some scuffing/marks on edges‚ but looks very nice other wise. Very good. $7.00

Woodhouse on Crime
by P.G. Woodhouse

Woodhouse on Crime by P.G. Woodhouse. International Polygonics‚ Ltd.‚ New York City. Hardcover. Some chipping‚ small tear‚ and creasing on dust jacket. Very good. $20.00