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Escape on Venus
by Burroughs, Edgar Rice
- Condition
- Used - Good-
- Published
- 1946
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Olympia, Washington, USA
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€6.16
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Cover shows chips around the edges, rounded corners and a couple of creases. The spine is creased and skewed with a small tear at the lower front corner. The pages are clean, tight and mildly yellowed. The only date in the book is the 1942 copyright date, but the introduction indicates that this copy was published sometime after 1961. Ace… Read more about this item Item Price
€6.16
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Admiral Hornblower in the West Indies
by Forester, C. S.
- Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Published
- 1958
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Olympia, Washington, USA
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€10.90
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Book shows a small amount of shelf wear along the lower edge and mild wear at the top of the spine. The deckle-edged pages are clean and tight. The dust jacket shows crimps and small tears along the upper and lower edges. Item Price
€10.90
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Admiral Hornblower in the West Indies
by Forester, C. S.
- Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Published
- 1958
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Olympia, Washington, USA
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€9.48
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No dust jacket. Small amount of wear at the corners. The deckle-edged pages are clean, tight and unmarked, with yellow dyed top edges. Owner's bookplate sticker inside the front cover. A scarce book. Item Price
€9.48
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Ice Station Zebra
by MacLean, Alistair
- Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Published
- 1963
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Olympia, Washington, USA
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€5.69
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No dust jacket. Little wear. Blue covers with lighter blue print on the spine. Bumped lower corners. The deckle-edged pages are clean, tight and unmarked, with blue dye on the top edges, matching the color of the cover. Decorated endpapers, showing diagrams of the submarine and the ice station. Somewhat rare. Item Price
€5.69
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Hound-Dog Man
by Gipson, Fred
- Condition
- Used - Good+
- Edition
- First edition, twenty-fourth printing
- Published
- 1949
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Olympia, Washington, USA
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€8.53
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By the author of Old Yeller. A book for kids, but with a caution - a little language of the 1940s may not be quite appropriate for today. No dust jacket. Orange fabric is faded over the spine and the print is almost totally gone. The wear at the corners and edges is mild, with no boards showing through. The… Read more about this item Item Price
€8.53
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The Return of Tarzan
by Burroughs, Edgar Rice
- Condition
- Used - Good-
- Published
- 1915
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Olympia, Washington, USA
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€12.56
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No dust jacket. The red fabric covered boards show many decades of wear. The fabric is worn to the boards at the corners, has been worn down at the top of the spine and is beginning to split at the rear edge of the spine (see photo #4). The interior is in much better shape, with no… Read more about this item Item Price
€12.56
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The Mystery Chest
by Evans, E. R. G. R.
- Condition
- Used - Good-
- Published
- ca. 1930
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Olympia, Washington, USA
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€16.58
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No dust jacket. Reddish-brown fabric with black print on the front and spine. Wear at the head and tail of the spine as well as along the spine hinges. Bumped corners. The deckle-edged pages are tight and unmarked, with a few small stains. A split has formed between the frontispiece and the title page, and… Read more about this item Item Price
€16.58
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They Saw the Second Coming
by Clark, Doug
- Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Published
- 1979
- ISBN
- 9780890811900
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Olympia, Washington, USA
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€4.03
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Trade paperback. LIttle wear. The spine is square and uncreased. The pages are clean, tight and age tanned. Item Price
€4.03
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Airport
by Hailey, Arthur
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1968
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Olympia, Washington, USA
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€16.58
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First edition. No dust jacket. Blue fabric covered boardds show some wear mainly at the corners, and a couple of small stains on the front cover. THe deckle-edged pages are clean, tight and unmarked. Owner's name on the front free endpaper. Item Price
€16.58
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The Last of the Mohicans
by Cooper, James Fenimore
- Condition
- Used
- Published
- ca 1920-50
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Olympia, Washington, USA
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€8.77
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No dust jacket. No date given, as is so often the case with Grosset and Dunlap. Likely published some time between 1920 and 1950. (Or not.) Probably the most famous and popular of the five Leatherstocking Tales. Set in 1757, during the French and Indian War. This edition has illustrated endpapaers, but no illustrations… Read more about this item Item Price
€8.77
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The Imposter
by Gerson, Noel B.
- Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Published
- 1954
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Olympia, Washington, USA
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€9.24
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No dust jacket. Book club edition. A rare book that follows Jeremy Stone as he assumes the identity of an English nobleman and takes an adventurous trip to the Caribbean. The book has red fabric covered boards showing some wear at the corners. The deckle-edged pages are clean, tight and unmarked, with little tanning. Item Price
€9.24
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Finger Lickin' Fifteen
by Evanovich, Janet
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Published
- 2009
- ISBN
- 9780312383282
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Olympia, Washington, USA
- Item Price
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€11.13
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First edition, first printing. Very little wear to the book or dust jacket. The pages are clean, tight and unmarked, with a few light spots on the top edge.. Number fifteen in the series that reached thirty last year. Item Price
€11.13
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Kisser
by Woods, Stuart
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 2010
- ISBN
- 9780399156113
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Olympia, Washington, USA
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€10.19
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First edition, first printing. Very little wear to book or dust jacket. The pages are clean, tight and unmarked. This is the seventeenth of sixty-five novels in the Stone Barrington series. Item Price
€10.19
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Loitering With Intent
by Woods, Stuart
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 2009
- ISBN
- 9780399155789
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Olympia, Washington, USA
- Item Price
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€10.19
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First edition, first printing. Very little wear to the book or dust jacket. The pages are clean, tight and unmarked. I'm pretty sure the book has only been read once. The sixteenth of sixty-five Stone Barrington novels. Item Price
€10.19
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Thunderbird
by McDevitt, Jack
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 2015
- ISBN
- 9780425279199
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Olympia, Washington, USA
- Item Price
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€12.08
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Stated first edition, complete number line. A stargate is discovered on a Sioux reservation. Then stuff happens, here and elsewhere. Light blue paper covered boards with black fabric over the spine. Copper print on the spine. Pages are clean, tight and unmarked. Very little wear to book or dust jacket. Item Price
€12.08
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A Desert Called Peace
by Kratman, Tom
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 2007
- ISBN
- 9781416521457
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Olympia, Washington, USA
- Item Price
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€14.92
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First edition. Very little wear in a mylar covered dust jacket, also of very little wear. Blue paper covered boards with blue fabric over the spine. Gilt print on the spine. Pages are clean, tight and unmarked. Military science fiction. Someplace far away.... This book will ship at over two pounds. Excess shipping costs are included in the… Read more about this item Item Price
€14.92
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Deccie Must Die
by McDonnell, Caimh
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Published
- 2019
- ISBN
- 9781912897391
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Olympia, Washington, USA
- Item Price
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€12.32
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Very little wear. A couple lightly bumped corners is all I have found. Pages are clean, tight and unmarked. The spine is square and uncreased. The second in the series. Item Price
€12.32
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The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay
by Hewlett, Maurice
- Condition
- Used - Fair
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1900
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Olympia, Washington, USA
- Item Price
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€8.05
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No dust jacket. The date on title page matches the date on the copyright page, so I presume this is likely to be a first edition. The green cloth covers show mild wear for its age, worn through only at the top and bottom of the rear spine hinge. The book is marred by hinge splits front and rear. The… Read more about this item Item Price
€8.05
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The Arrow of Gold
by Conrad, Joseph
- Condition
- Used - Fair
- Published
- 1929
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Olympia, Washington, USA
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€47.38
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No dust jacket. Soft leather binding feels nice, but is rather fragile. In the case of this book, that has led to damage at both ends of the spine (photos #4 and 5) and exposed boards at the corners (photo #6). Gilt stamped print and decoration on the front and spine. Hinge splits front and back, a failure of glue… Read more about this item Item Price
€47.38
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Kidnapped, Being Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour in the Year 1751
by Stevenson, Robert Louis
- Condition
- Used - Good-
- Published
- ca. 1897
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Olympia, Washington, USA
- Item Price
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€8.29
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Red fabric covered boards with black and yellow decoration on the front and spine and gilt print on the spine. A small smudge of something on the front, possibly paint. Wear at the corners and head and tail of the spine, fairly mild for the book's age. Pages are clean and yellowed. Stitching is still solid, but a split is… Read more about this item Item Price
€8.29