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Softcover -- Good. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Paperback. Fiction: James' short novel about sophistocated European aristocrats visit their American cousins in a pretty good paperback edition. Thank you for shopping at an independent bookstore. Paperback Fiction.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Paperback. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show very minor shelving wear.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Penguin, October 1978. Paperback. Very Good. Lightly tanned but unmarked. Spine is straight and tight but faded. Adhesion flecks to rear cover. No tears, no creases. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 221 pages. For Arthur Rowe, the trip to the charity fete was a joyful step back into adolescence, a chance to forget the nightmare of the blitz and the aching guilt of having mercifully murdered his sick wife. He was surviving alone, aside from the war, until he happened to guess both the true and the false weight of the cake. From that moment, he finds himself ruthlessly hunted, the quarry of malign and shadowy forces, from which he endeavors to escape with a mind that remains obstinately out of focus. What he doesn't know is that the cake contains a secret message and he is being sought by the members of a Nazi spy ring.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. First Edition Thus [1991], so stated. Very Good in Wraps: shows indications of light use: very slight spine lean; light wear to extremities; mild rubbing and faint soiling to wrapper covers; one of the dates on the copyright page has been circled in pen and the book shows UNDERLINING on four other pages in the text; binding secure. No longer 'As New', but remains sturdy, and quite presentable. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 176pp. Originally published by Frontier Publishing in 1990. Trade Paperback.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. {Penguin Books; Harmondsworth, Middlesex; 1978; Mass Market Paperback; Good/No Jacket; ISBN: 0-14-004741-7.} Covers rubbed, slightly soiled, with light creases, wear along edges and at corners; initials, date, previous price written on first page; darkening with age. Interior clean and unmarked. Copyright 1976. Listing updated 5-7-2009.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. {Penguin Books; Harmondsworth, Middlesex; 1979; Mass Market Paperback; Good/No Jacket; ISBN: 0-14-005270-4.} Covers rubbed, creased, with wear along edges and at corners; spine creased; small ink "x" at head of title page; darkening with age. Interior clean and unmarked. Listing updated 5-7-2009.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Fair. Q2 - Book has crease on the front and back, label on the back, wrinkling on the bottom corners opposite the spine, chippings, discoloration (browning, stains, fading) and normal shelf wear. In this sophisticated comedy E. M. Forster takes a group of well-bred English people and esposes them to a situation which rouses each of them to violent and unxpected reactions. The. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Fair. Q2 - Book is wrinkled at the bottom right corner, crease on the spine, some chippings on the top and bottom edges and sides, label on the back, writings on some pages, discoloration (browning, stains) and normal shelf wear otherwise fair. On its publication in 1910 Howards End was instantly and widely recognized as a classic.'The word Forsterian is demanded,' wrote one reviewer. Another. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. A fine copy of the softcover edition. The text is wholly unmarked, pristine, and the cover bright and fresh in appearance. Pages are a tad yellowed with age. A lovely copy.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. Color Photographs (illustrator). Revised Edition. Wear to spine and wraps. Size: Mass Market Paperback. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. A very good copy of the softcover edition. The text is wholly unmarked, pristine, and the binding is bright and fresh in appearance. A lovely copy.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. A very good copy of the softcover edition. The text is wholly unmarked, pristine, and the binding is bright and fresh in appearance. Pages are very slightly yellowed with age, but still supple to the hand. A lovely copy.

paperback. Condition: Near Fine. PAPERBACK, cover price $16.95, near fine. SHAW, BERNARD. The doctor's dilemma: a tragedy. Definitive text under the editorial supervision of Dan H. Laurence. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1987, later printing, 187pp., . Penguin plays. ISBN 9780140450279 5.00.

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Great used condition. A portion of your purchase of this book will be donated to non-profit organizations.Over 1,000,000 satisfied customers since 1997! Choose expedited shipping (if available) for much faster delivery. Delivery confirmation on all US orders.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good+. Illustrated by Stuart, Neil [cover] (illustrator). Reprint Edition. Minor edgewear/bumping. A bright, attractive copy. "When Priscilla Pringle, a well-known writer of clerical murder mysteries, learns that the last rector of a West Country village died under questionable circumstances, she decides to see if there's material for a new book. In addition, Priscilla's curiosity is piqued by Captain Bulkington, a peculiar resident of the village who is seeking her advice on an ingenious murder device for a novel he may be writing. As the maniacal plot twist accumulate and Miss Pringle becomes aware of the deadly reality, Sir John Appleby, retired Commissioner of Metropolitan Police, tries to help unravel the lethal puzzle."; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Reprint. 526 pp in wraps. Light toning to page edges. Size: Mass Market Paperback. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 171+[4 ad] pages with diagrams. Small octavo (7 1/4" x 4 1/2") bound in original publisher's pictorial wrappers. First published in 1973. There are diagrams from actual chess games here, followed by hints on what to play, and solutions at the back. Then at the last chapter you rate yourself whether you are an ordinary or a good club player. Condition: Edge wear, corners bumped, rubbed and creased, some foxing else very good.

Paperback. Condition: Good. 245 pages, illustrations; 21 cm. Good+. Tight, clean copy. One leaf dogeared. Browning. A good reading copy for the thrifty scholar. Another copy available. *** "The chief art critic for The New York Times writes on the creative impulse that emerges in all of us when we realize that the art of making art starts with the art of living. This wide-ranging book explores art as life's great passion, revealing what we can learn of life through works of art and the people who make them. It assures us that art--points of contact with the exceptional that are linked straight to the heart--can be found almost anywhere if only our eyes are opened enough to recognize it. Kimmelman regards art, like all serious human endeavors, as a passage through which a larger view of life may come more clearly into focus. His book carries the message that many of us may not yet have learned how to recognize the art in our own lives." - Publisher. *** CONTENTS: The art of making a world; The art of being artless; The art of having a lofty perspective; The art of making art without lifting a finger; The art of collecting lightbulbs; The art of maximizing your time; The art of finding yourself when you're lost; The art of staring productively at naked bodies; The art of the pilgrimage; The art of gum-ball machines, and other simple pleasures. Size: 8vo.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good+. Spine/covers slightly creased. Minor shelf wear. "Sir John Appleby, retired Chief Commissioner of Metropolitan Police, thinks Martyn Ashmore, the lord of a neighboring manor, is suffering from senile delusions. Ashmore has accused Sir John of wanting to kill him. However, afrter a large stone block falls from a roof and the two men narrowly escape death, Sir John decides to look further. He discovers that Ashmore lives with a terrible guilt -- his cracking under Nazi torture led to the massacre of many Resistance fighters -- and with a terrible threat -- each year on the anniversary of the massacre an attempt has been made on his life. When a murder does take place, Sir John is joined by his engaging undergraduate son Bobby in the investigation, which is set forth by Michael Innes with all his customary surprises and high spirits."; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Paperback. Condition: Good. 527 pages, illustrations; 21 cm. Good+. Tight, clean text. Moderate shelfwear to wraps, age toning. A good reading copy for the thrifty scholar. Another copy available. Size: 8vo.

Paperback. Condition: Good. 221 pages, illustrations; 20 cm. A few scattered pencil marks. Browning. A good reading copy for the thrifty scholar. *** Arguably the best introductory survey on Neo-Classicism. Size: 8vo.

Paperback. Condition: Good. 340 pages, illustrations; 23 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Moderate edgewear to wraps. Age toning. Remainder mark/tail edge. A good reading copy for the thrifty scholar. *** Architecture critic of the New York Times. *** CONTENTS: Architecture and dogma; Cities: urbanism and the skyline; Public places; Places to live; The struggle for the past; The decent object; Ways of seeing. Size: 8vo.

Paperback. Condition: Good. xxiii, 161 pages, illustrations, 1 map; 20 cm. Good+. Tight, clean copy. Light shelfwear to wraps, age toning. A good reading copy for the thrifty scholar. *** "In Tilt, author Nicholas Shrady reveals how the campanile, or bell tower, in Pisa's Campo dei Miracoli became the iconic Tower of Pisa. Even standing straight and true, the tower's marble and lime fa ade would be instantly recognizable the world over. Yet its distinctive tilt, which measured 1.6 degrees from vertical when construction was completed in 1370, has long been a mystery. Was it the result of shoddy workmanship or the brainchild of a hunchback maestro who skewed the tower to avenge his own condition? Nearly a millennium since its construction, the tower still stands (more than 4 meters -- or 5 degrees -- askew) in defiance of logic, gravity, and soaring odds -- a mute witness to history as it has unfolded. Envisioned as a display of wealth and power in Pisa's medieval heyday, the tower was revolutionary in its design. Architectural sleight of hand lent the campanile the appearance of weightlessness even as it supported seven colossal bronze bells. Technical achievements and rare beauty aside, it is the tower's glaring folly that has attracted legions of admirers and would-be saviors -- even as it alarmed engineers. In addition to having defied the known laws of physics, the tower's cylindrical masonry has concealed a storied past. Galileo was said to have launched his experiments on the velocity of falling bodies from atop its heights. Lord Byron, the Shelleys, and their Romantics frolicked in its listing shadow. Benito Mussolini tried to right the tower by ordering that cement be injected into its foundation. During World War II, the "Tiltin' Hilton" was a suspected enemy hideout and narrowly escaped being bombed. Following a $30 million stabilization and restoration effort lasting more than a decade and into the twenty-first century, Pisa's Leaning Tower has been preserved for the ages as an architectural marvel and a paragon of modern tourism. Tilt encapsulates the tower's singular history in a hugely entertaining and informative narrative, by turns learned and whimsical, reverent and surprising. Here is a 'biography' that, like its subject, is all the more delightful for its thorough improbability. It is a celebration of inspired vision and human machinations, of supreme ambition and spiritual enlightenment, of science and superstition, of faith and miracles. / Nicholas Shrady is the author of Sacred Roads: Adventures from the Pilgrimage Trail. His articles have appeared in Architectural Digest, The New York Times Book Review, Travel & Leisure, Forbes, and Town & Country. Since 1986, he has made his home in Barcelona. His wife, Eva Ortega, and his sons divide their time between Barcelona and their olive grove in the hills above the Ebro Delta." - Publisher. Size: 8vo.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 224 pages, illustrations, facsimiles, map, plans, portrait; 23 cm. Tight, clean copy. Browning. *** "This text discusses the mummification processes used in ancient Egypt and their relevance and importance to the religious beliefs and elaborate funeral rites of the Egyptians." - Publisher. *** CONTENTS: The background; Mummification; Funerary equipment; Funerals and tombs; Tomb robbers; Amarna, Tutankhamun, and Tanis; The mummies and Europe. Size: 8vo.