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2006: The Boston Mills Press, 2006. 1st Edition. Paperback. New. Physical Info: 0.5" H x 7.9" L x 7.9" W (0.7 lbs) 96 pages. Features: Index , Bibliography , Illustrated , Table of Contents , Price on Product. First Printing. In this richly illustrated book, the authors explore every aspect of maple syrup. They relate Native legends surrounding its discovery and explain its importance in the pioneer diet. They cover the sugar maple's exalted status in the maple tree family, and reveal why maple sap is still one of nature's great mysteries. Also included are: Details about how sugar maples are tapped and how the sap is collected; Insights from producers who reveal their affection for a shared passion; A special maple syrup flavor wheel that describes the many colors, grades and flavor variations available; A selection of recipes, including maple salmon, maple-marinated chicken wings and maple sugar pecans. A complete and fascinating resource filled with history, romance and sweet flavors, The Maple… Read More

NJ: Noyes Development Corp, 1969. First Edition. Paperback. Collectible - Near Fine. 8 3/8"x 10.25"x.5"; 158 pages; Ashland Oil X-libris w/graphics. Advertisement in back; Blue cover w/black lettering. Foreward, Contents, Bibliography. This book presents detailed physical property data on the polymethylbenzenes (PMB's) and their derivatives, discusses the chemistry of the PMB's, and presents known as well as suggested end-uses for numerous PMB derivatives in the fiber, plastic, coatings, rubber, dye, medical, agricultrural, and other industries. The purpose of this book is to present a comprehensive compliation of technical information primarily concerning: Benzene; Toluene; Xylene; Mesitylene; Pseudocumene; Hemimellitine; Durene; Isodurene; Prehnitene; Pentamehylbenzene; and Hexamethylbenzene.

NY: Love Inspired, 2014. MassMarketPaperBack. LikeNew. Larger Print 4.13"x6.63" 280 pgs. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library, unclipped, & unmarked. Secure ship w/tracking number. DANGEROUS HOMECOMING Deputy Clay Starke has come home to Wrangler's Corner for one reason only: to solve his brother's murder. Denied the official resources that will help him unravel the case, Clay is forced to rely on his wits—and on the help of beautiful social worker Sabrina Mayfield. But Sabrina's willingness to assist him soon draws her into the troubles of Clay's past. Now both Clay and Sabrina have targets on their backs, and Clay is at risk of losing not only his heart, but also his life. Will finding his brother's killer cost him the woman he has come to love?

Mankato, MN: Crestwood House, Inc, 1980. Reprint. Hardcover_pictorial boards. VeryGood. Jack Dahl. 6"x8.5" 47 pgs. Pictorial boards w/man leaning on tree w/shotgun. Edited by Jerolyn Nentl and Dr. Howard Schroeder. Adapted from the original publication Narrow Escapes by Outdoor Life, 1960. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. X-library w/graphics, no DJ. Secure ship w/track #. While grouse hunting on a cool day in October, a 77-year-old man becomes lost in the woods of northern Michigan.

Mankato, MN: Crestwood House, Inc, 1981. Reprint. Hardcover_pictorial boards. VeryGood. Jack Dahl. 6"x8.5" 47 pgs. Pictorial boards w/man leaning on tree w/shotgun. Edited by Jerolyn Nentl and Dr. Howard Schroeder. Adapted from the original publication Narrow Escapes by Outdoor Life, 1970. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. X-library w/graphics, no DJ. Secure ship w/track #. A man's realization of his desire to meet face-to-face with a grizzly bear changes some of his previous ideas about them.

NY: Shapiro, Bernstein & Co, 1938. Loose Sheet Music. Collectible - Near Fine. 6 pages minus front and back. 3 pages of music. Moderato Piano, voice, guitar, w/lyrics. Picture of Barry Wood on front. Previous retailer stamp on front. Minor edge wear. Shipped in clear slip w/card board backing. Includes samples of: Oh! Ma-Ma! (The Butcher Boy) & Cry, Baby, Cry.

Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1978. 1st Edition. Hardcover_cloth spine. Near Fine-Collectible/Near Fine. Maxwell, John Alan. 6.5"x9.5" 496 indexed pgs. Third Printing. Hunter green cloth boards w/gilt muskets on front and gilt letters on spine. Maps for paste downs plus 24 more.. Author photo by Tad Dent. Author's Note written in Barrington, IL dated 6/22/1978. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean w/soft tone. Not x-library, unclipped w/price, & unmarked. Faint foxing to DJ panels and edges of book. Light fading to Dj spine. Secure ship w/track #. From Niagara Falls to Lake Champlain, the warriors of the mighty Iroquois ruled supreme. Not even the savagery of the French and Indian wars could cool their fury or halt their power. But by 1770 the restless white men were warring once again. Thayendanegea, the valiant Iroquois war chief, allied his fierce tribes with the one white man the Indians loved and trusted, Sir William Johnson. Once more the frontier would erupt, pitting the Indians'… Read More

Bantam, 1989. First MMPB Edition. MassMarketPaperBack. Collectible - VeryGood/no jacket. 8th Printing 4.25"x6.75"x1.5"; 828 indexed pages + 2 leaf ads; Spine straight, binding tight, pages slight tone. Not x-library, unclipped, & unmarked. Edge wear. Defiant Warriors. They had defeated the French and now the English possessed the vast North American empire. Soldiers, traders, settlers - all began the trek across the wilderness to claim the land and its riches. Against this relentless tide Indian warrriors rose up in bitter fury united behind the mighty chief Pontiac. Quickly the fonrtier exploded in the bloody battle for the conquest of the Northwest Territory.This edition contains the complete text of the original hardcover edition. Not one word has been omitted.

NY, NY: Guideposts, 2008. Hardcover_pictorial boards. Near Fine. 5.75"x8.5" 262 pgs. Cover by Lookout Design, Inc. Interior design by Cindy LaBreacht. Typeset by Nancy Tardi. #5 on ffep. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library, no DJ. Secure ship w/track #. Heather Creek Farm looks like a winter wonderland as Charlotte prepares to make a memorable Christmas for her three grandchildren. It's the kids first Christmas without their mother, but despite the difficult year they've all experienced, Charlotte hopes to find solace in this season of peace and joy, trusting in her faith to see her through. But when Sam makes plans to spend Christmas away from home, Charlotte and Bob must decide whether to let him visit his friend in California. If they let him go, will he come back? Meanwhile, Emily is drawn into battle with the pastor's daughter over the church Christmas pageant, and Christopher must face his worst fear. As they all struggle to make it through their first… Read More

NY: Houghton Mifflin, 2011. 1st. Hardcover_boards. Collectible - Fine/Good. 5.75"X8.5"X1.75". 444 pages. Black boards. Matching black spine with gilt letters. Translated from the Italian by Richard Dixon. Jacket design by Michaela Sullivan. Jocket phot by Ocean/Corbis. Author photo by Augusto Casaoli/A3/CONTRASTO/Redux. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. One small tear at bottom of spine. DJ has 3 small tears along top edge & small hole that have been repaired with archival tape. One big 3" hole in back of DJ. DJ#1348437. Not x-library, not price clipped, and no markings. Brief Description: "19th-century Europe--from Turin to Prague to Paris--abounds with the ghastly and the mysterious. Jesuits plot against Freemasons. In Italy, republicans strangle priests with their own intestines. In France, during the Paris Commune, people eat mice, plan bombings and rebellions in the streets, and celebrate Black Masses. Every nation has its own secret service, perpetrating conspiracies and… Read More

NY: Del Rey, 1987. BCE/BOMC. Hardcover_vinyl spine. Fine/Fine. Edwin Herder. 5.75"x8.5" 369 pgs. Midnight blue boards. Black buckram w/gold foil letters on spine. DJ design by Janet C. Dudar. DJ #11483. Map by Shelly Shapiro. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library, unclipped (no price), & unmarked. Two fox dots on bottom edge. Secure ship w/track #. Here, in the eagerly awaited sequel to David Eddings' bestselling The Belgariad, is the first book of The Malloreon, an epic quest across strange lands and among stranger peoples--a magnificent fantasy of men, Kings, Sorcerers, and Gods caught up in the culmination of the seven-thousand-year war between two opposing Destinies to determine the fate of all creation. Garion had slain the evil God Torak and been crowned King of Riva. The Prophecy was fulfilled--or so it seemed. While the strange child Erand was growing up in the Vale of Aldur with Plgara and Durnik, showing only occasional flashes of inexplicable knowledge and… Read More

Garden City: Nelson Doubleday. BCE/BOMC. Hardcover_vinyl spine. Fine/Fine. Daniel R. Horne, Shelly Shapiro. 5.75"x8.5" Part One: 759 pgs. Brown boards. Gold vinyl spine w/blue letters. Part Two: 626 pgs. Green boards. Khaki vinyl spine w/green letters. No publication date but DJ artwork copyright 1985. Spines straight, bindings tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library, unclipped (no price), & unmarked. Minimal edge and shelf wear. Few faint fox marks to bottom edge of Part One. Secure ship w/track #. Millions of readers have discovered the magic of David Eddings' New York Times bestselling series The Belgariad. Part One: Pawn of Prophecy, Queen of Sorcery, & Magician's Gambit. Now the first three books in this monumental epic appear in a single volume. Here, long-time fans can rediscover the wonder—and the uninitiated can embark upon a thrilling new journey of fantasy and adventure. It all begins with the theft of the Orb that for so long protected the West from an evil god. As long as the… Read More

NY: Putnam, 2000. BCE/BOMC. Hardcover_boards. Fine/Fine. 6.25"x9.25" 338 pgs. Black boards w/gold foil letters on spine. Jacket design #13576 by Marc J. Cohen. Author photo Jerry Bauer. Jacket photo Elinor Carucci. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean w/ soft tone. Not x-library, unclipped, & unmarked. Secure ship w/track #. An exceptionally talented undercover policewoman, Grace Flint nearly dies in a botched sting operation. Months later, physically healed but psychologically scarred, she gets an unexpected clue to her attacker, and disappears on a mission of revenge - unaware that she is about to pull the first string that will unravel a vastly complex web of international treachery, extortion and murder. Pursuing her, using whatever clues he can find, is Harry Cohen, the former chief legal adviser to the British Security Service, drawn back in as an impartial outsider because everybody is worried about Flint's safety - or are they? Much to his surprise, he finds himself tugging on a string… Read More

Boston: Beacon Press, 1992. 1st Edition. Hardcover_cloth spine. Fine-Collectible/Fine. 5.75"x8.75" 97 pgs. First printing. Dk. lavendar boards. Purple cloth spine w/bronze metallic letters. Purple paste downs. Jacket design by Steve Snider. Author photo by Katherine Lambert. Text design by Aimee Shifman. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean w/soft tone. Not x-library, unclipped (price), & unmarked. Secures ship w/track #. A beautiful gift edition of the number one New York Times bestseller—from the founder and president of the Children's Defense Fund. Source: Publisher.

New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, Inc, 1972. Hardcover. Used - Near Fine/VeryGood. 5.75"x8.5" 276 pp. BCE. Sky blue faux leather boards w/navy emblem on front and navy letters to spine. DJ design by Charles DGeer. Portrait of author by Jerry Bauer. DJ #5402. Tears to DJ repaired w/archival tape. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library, unclipped, & unmarked. From the first time she set eyes on Overton House and on its brilliantly handsome young master, William Overton, Beatrice Bonnington was in thrall. In fact, it was sometimes difficult for her to distinguish which one she had fallen in love with first. But though the scion of a distinguished English family might be bought, neither he nor his peers could be forced to accept the daughter of a tradesman, despite the burgeoning success of Bonnington's Emporium in the Bayswater Road, the rival -- nay, the equal -- of Selfridge's and Liberty's. Wed her he might, but love her William could not seem to do. As he pursued… Read More

Garden City, NY: Nelson Doubleday, Inc, 1957. Hardcover. Used - Near Fine/Near Fine. 5.75"x8.5" 377 pages; BCE, black boards & spine w/purple letters. DJ painting by Ben Wohlberg. DJ #3396. Spine slight slant, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library, unclipped, & unmarked. Two small tiny tears to top edge of DJ in back. Wrapped in brodart mylar. The Voice of the Dolls: In the voice of the dolls we meet tall, young and pretty Sarah Stacey who, undecided about her future after her father's death, takes a temporary job as a governess to sad little Jennie Foster. Since her mother's accidental death, Jennie has been withdrawn; she plays only with her dolls, "communicating" with them in a macabre game that resembles reality in the secretive Foster household all too accurately. Listen to Danger: Life hadn't been easy for Harriet Lacey since her husband had been killed in the same car crash that had left Flynn Palmer blinded. But recently things had been looking better. Flynn, bitter at his… Read More

NY: St. Martin's Press, 1976. Hardcover_boards. Near Fine/VeryGood. Steve Karchin. 5.5"x8.5" 187 pgs. BCE / BOMC Navy boards w/red letters to spine. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean w/soft tone. Not x-library, unclipped (no price) & unmarked. The call her Duchess, even though Viola Corbett is really an illegitimate shopgirl. But nobility is more than bloodlines, and the tall, aurburn-haired Violas has something most real duchesses lack: a stunning beauty and grace that awe the other shopgirls - and bring the gentlemen of turn-of-the-century London to her feet. Four men are in love with Duchess. But Duchess wants only one man, an aritocrat whose family will never consent to marriage. Nothing can make her more than a common shopgirl in their eyes--nothing, and certainly not her past: her splendid, heedless affair, her illegitimate child, and her scandalous trial for murder.

London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1928. 1st Edition. Hardcover_cloth spine. Collectible - VeryGood. Edmond Brock and Lady Margaret Stewart. 7"x8.5" 208 pgs. + 1 leaf of Listings and Advertisement. X-library w/graphics. Red cloth boards. Gilt broom on front with boy and girl riding it. Gilt letters to spine. Gilt top edge. Frontispiece: The Magic Ink-Pot, 16 color plates total. Library bookplate to ffep. Spine straight, binding tight, pages slightly toned. Unmarked except for library graphics. Small rubs to corners and edges. Few light soil spots. Bump to BRC.

NY: Berkley Book, 1982. 1st Edition Thus. MMPB 4.25"x6.75. Very Good-Collectible. 158 numbered pgs. Spine slanted, binding tight, pages clean w/tone. Yellow painted edges. Moderate edge & shelf wear w/rubs. Not x-library, unclipped, & unmarked. Secure ship w/track #. City street smarts do not count for much in a small town--especially in a small Texas town. Even a tough city detective like Ed Ballinger has a lot to learn. Then Dusty Fog and the Floating Outfit rode, and if Ballinger thought he had trouble before, the real trouble was just beginning. Source: Publisher.

NY: Edwards Music Co, 1944. Loose Sheet Music. Near Fine-Collectible. 9.25"x12" Each sheet music arrives in a clear cover w/cardboard backing. Tone to pages. Secure ship w/track #. Piano, vioce, guitar. Arrangement by Harold Potter.