Wilds William (10 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. tight, uncreased spine, pages clear and bright, shelf and edge wear, corners bumped, packaged in cardboard box for shipment, tracking on U.S. orders.

Pictorial Wrappers. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First edition, November 1992, so stated, with complete number line beginning with 1. Rreading creases; Spine lightly sunned else about fine. First book in the series. An EDGAR AWARD FINALIST for Best Paperback Original. "This is the first of the "Location Scout" books which Deaver wrote under a pen name. The lead character, John Pellam, is a Hollywood location scout who is checking out locations with his partner in a small upstate New York town. Pellam is fired after the death of his partner derails the film's shooting schedule. Rather than retreat to Hollywood with his sorrow and tail between his legs, Pellam stays where he is to prove that his friend was murdered, and not the victim of a drug-related accident." -- M. Desoer. Book.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Greco, Tom (illustrator). First Edition. 1st edition, February 2001, so stated, with complete number line beginning with 1. PAPERBACK ORIGINAL. Very good, tight copy, showing some reading creasing to spine. A Location Scout Mystery. Jeffrey Deaver writing as William Jefferies. An EDGAR AWARD FINALIST. Every New York City neighborhood has a story, but what John Pellam uncovers in Hell's Kitchen has a darkness all its own. The Hollywood location scout and former stuntman is in the Big Apple hoping to capture the unvarnished memories of longtime Kitchen residentssuch as Ettie Washingtonin a no-budget documentary film. But when a suspicious fire ravages the elderly woman's crumbling tenement, Pellam realizes that someone might want the past to stay buried. As more buildings and lives go up in flames, Pellam takes to the streets, seeking the twisted pyromaniac who sells services to the highest bidder. But Pellam is unaware that the fires are merely flickering preludes to the arsonist's ultimate masterpiece, a conflagration of nearly unimaginable proportion, with Hell's Kitchenand John Pellamat its blackened and searing epicenter. -- publisher. Paperback Original.

Condition: Fine. First Edition, First Printing. Signed as William Jefferies on the title page and inscribed to the book collector and seller, ddr. A location scout mystery. Bubble wrapped and packed in a box. Signed.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. First Edition, First Printing. Signed as William Jefferies on the title page and inscribed to the book collector and seller, ddr A location scout mystery. Buble wrapped and packed in a box.

Trade paperback. Condition: Very good. [12], 396, [6] pages. Footnotes. Map. Illustrations. The Commanders, 1863-1865. Bibliography. Index. Cover has slight wear and soiling. Lieutenant William H. Peel was 23 years old when Mississippi seceded from the Union. He joined the 11th Mississippi Infantry. Captured at the culmination of the Pickett-Pettigrew-Trimble Charge at Gettysburg on July 3, 1863, Peel spent the remainder of his service at the prison on Johnson's Island in Sandusky Bay. By turns elegiac, tragic and often comic Peel's record of those months, along with his detailed account of the famous battle that led to his incarceration, is one of the gems of personal literature created during that conflict. The diary, now in the care of the Mississippi Archives, was transcribed by a Peel descendent who brings to this work an understanding of both the history and the family that shaped him, giving the modern reader a view inside Peel's world. Foreword by Dr. David Bush. Presumed First Paperback Edition, First printing.

Trade paperback. Condition: Very good. Presumed First Edition, First printing. [12], 396, [6] pages. Footnotes. Map. Illustrations. The Commanders, 1863-1865. Bibliography. Index. Signed by Wilds on first page. Cover has slight wear and soiling. Lieutenant William H. Peel was 23 years old when Mississippi seceded from the Union, prompting him to join the 11th Mississippi Infantry, along with his younger brother Eli. Captured at the culmination of the Pickett-Pettigrew-Trimble Charge at Gettysburg on July 3, 1863, Peel spent the remainder of his service at the officers' prison on Johnson's Island in Sandusky Bay. By turns elegiac, tragic and often comic Peel's record of those months, along with his detailed account of the famous battle that led to his incarceration, is one of the gems of personal literature created during that most terrible of conflicts. The diary, now in the care of the Mississippi Archives, was transcribed by a Peel descendent who brings to this work an understanding of both the history and the family that shaped him, giving the modern reader a view inside Peel's world.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. xv 703p large format hardback, fresh green cloth with gilt lettering to front and spine, many illustrations, first printing, excellent copy, volume 1 ONLY editor inscription "from Mary and Richard" Language: English.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 720 pages. 9.84x7.01x1.73 inches. In Stock.

Condition: New. Klappentextrnrn Here, then, are the major documents relating to the founding of Pennsylvania. . . . They are central to understanding the early evolution of America as a complex, variegated society. --Journal of American History.