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1905160094Boston: Little Brown and Company. Good. 1905. Hardcover. An edition in good condition with a previous owner's sticker on the front endpage. There is a small rip on the front flyleaf and the spine is becoming loose. The cover has some discoloration; After the death of her father fifteen-year-old Julia moves to a new town with her mother. There she meets a mysterious man named Mr. Sabin who seems to know a great deal about her. Julia is curious about Mr. Sabin and decides to find out more about him. She eventually discovers that Mr. Sabin is actually a fraud and that he is only pretending to know things about her. Julia is able to outwit Mr. Sabin and is able to return to her old life.; 8vo; 397 pages . Little, Brown, and Company hardcover
1921160024Boston: Little Brown and Company. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1921. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good book in Good condition dust jacket. Dust jacket has a tear on back obstructing book's title. Has since been wrapped in protective mylar. No blemishes to book itself. ; ; Black and White; 8vo; 332 pages . Little, Brown, and Company hardcover
1912160055Boston: Little Brown and Company. Very Good. 1912. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition with stamp and inking on front flyleaf. Cover has a few spots on the bottom but is in otherwise Very Good shape. ; The story follows Peter Ruff a young boy who discovers he has a special talent for solving puzzles. When the school board locks the Double-Four puzzle box in the school's attic Peter is the only one who can unlock it. With the help of his friends he must race against the clock to find the answers before the school board can find them first.; Black & White; 8vo; 424 pages . Little, Brown, and Company hardcover
1926160488London: Hodder and Stoughton. Very Good. 1926. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A first edition first printing in very good condition. The pages have some foxing but are tightly bound. The light blue cover is clean; Basis for the silent film "Monte Carlo" directed by Louis Mercanton ; 8vo; 310 pages . Hodder and Stoughton hardcover
1932160573New York: Blue Ribbon Books. Very Good. 1932. Hardcover. An edition in very good condition. There is a memorial stamp on front endpage alongside a previous owner's signature. A clean copy with some fading and rubbing to cover; The Second Oppenheim Omnibus is a compilation of three suspenseful mystery novels by E. Phillips Oppenheim. The novels are The Golden Cockerel The Cat and the Fiddle and The Tower Treasure. They are all well-written and suspenseful and will leave readers shivering and thrilling.; 8vo; 836 pages . Blue Ribbon Books hardcover
1927160476Boston: Little Brown and Company. Near Fine. 1927. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A first printing of the first edition in near fine condition. Boards are red cloth with black spine lettering. There is a small amount of shelfwear and a signature of a previous owner on the front endpaper; ; 12mo; 223 pages . Little, Brown, and Company hardcover
160478London: Hodder and Stoughton. Very Good. Hardcover. An edition in very good condition. There is some foxing to the pages throughout the novel and general shelfwear to the exterior. The spine shows some fading; As an autistic teenager Joseph P. Cray is a loner who spends his days wandering the streets of his small town. One day he stumbles upon a map that leads to an underground world of treasure and adventure. With the help of a talking monkey and a wisecracking dragon Cray sets out to find the treasure and become the greatest adventurer of all time.; 8vo; 288 pages . Hodder and Stoughton hardcover
160477London: Hodder and Stoughton. Very Good. N.D. Hardcover. An edition in very good condition. There is some foxing to the pages throughout the novel and general shelfwear to the exterior; The Adventures of Mr. Joseph P. Cray follows the titular Mr. Joseph P. Cray as he travels the world in search of the world's most elusive treasure. Spanning the globe from Egypt to India Cray is constantly pursued by those who believe he possesses the true treasure. Along the way Cray encounters all sorts of obstacles and enemies but never gives up on his quest.; 8vo; 288 pages . Hodder and Stoughton hardcover
1927160545Boston: Little Brown and Company. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1927. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A first printing of the first edition in very good condition housed in a like condition dust-jacket. There is some wear to dust-jacket but the text and illustration are still bright. It is a clean tightly bound copy. ; One of the author's pocket thrillers intended for reading on a train or for "tiresome hours of waiting" per dust-jacket flap ; 8vo; 223 pages . Little, Brown, and Company hardcover
160539London: Hodder and Stoughton. Very Good. N.D. Hardcover. An undated edition in very good condition. There is some foxing to the page edges and throughout novel and normal shelfwear to cover ; ; 8vo; 288 pages . Hodder and Stoughton hardcover
1914160527London New York Toronto And Melbourne: Cassell and Company Ltd. Very Good-. 1914. Hardcover. A very good- edition. Some foxing is present throughout the text and the cover shows normal shelfwear. The spine has faded from its original dark red and is cocked ; The Amazing Partnership tells the story of an unlikely friendship between a black man and a white woman. They meet each other while both are defendants in a court case and they become friends while they are waiting to be judged. The story follows their journey as they learn to trust each other and grow to rely on one another. The Amazing Partnership is an inspiring story of the power of friendship and the strength of the human spirit.; 8vo; 312 pages . Cassell and Company, Ltd. hardcover
1908160252Boston: Little Brown and Company. Very Good. 1908. Hardcover. An edition in very good condition. The interior is clean and tightly bound. The exterior illustration is in good shape; The Avenger is a book about a man who becomes obsessed with hunting down and killing the man who killed his family.; B&W; 8vo; 297 pages . Little, Brown, and Company hardcover
1935160483Boston: Little Brown and Company. Very Good. 1935. Hardcover. An edition in very good condition. The spine is cocked and discolored. The tanning to the pages is slight and the binding is still very good; The Battle of Basinghall Street is a novel set during the English Civil War. It tells the story of a small group of rebels who attempt to overthrow the government from the shadows.; 8vo; 314 pages . Little, Brown, and Company hardcover
1935160485Boston: Little Brown and Company. Very Good. 1935. Hardcover. An edition in very good condition. The spine and cover are speckled and discolored. There is some tanning to the pages with pencil markings on the front pastedown; The Battle of Basinghall Street is a historical novel about a street fight between the Royalists and the Parliamentarians.; 8vo; 314 pages . Little, Brown, and Company hardcover
1935160484Boston: Little Brown and Company. Very Good-. 1935. Hardcover. An edition in very good- condition. The spine and cover are speckled and discolored. There is some tanning to the pages with a previous bookseller's sticker on the front endpage; The Battle of Basinghall Street is the story of two young men Harry and Neville who are forced to fight in a duel for the love of a beautiful girl Rosalind. The battle is a close-quarters battle and it is full of adventure and suspense.; 8vo; 314 pages . Little, Brown, and Company hardcover
1935160333London: Hodder and Stoughton Limited. Very Good. 1935. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. An edition in very good condition. The spine is slightly cocked and the front endpage bears some mild discoloration; This book is about a battle between the British army and the French army.; 8vo; 314 pages . Hodder and Stoughton Limited hardcover
1904160479New York: Dood Mead and Company. Very Good. 1904. Hardcover. An edition in very good condition. The cover is brightly illustrated with slight amount of shelfwear. The binding is tight and the pages are clean. There is a signature of a previous owner on the front pastedown; When she was just a girl Gwen's sister was brutally murdered. Now a woman Gwen is a detective with the Los Angeles Police Department. Her latest case is a puzzling one: a series of anonymous letters that threaten to expose a powerful politician's dark secrets. Gwen is sure she can solve the case but the more she investigates the more she realizes that someone wants her to stop. When Gwen's mentor and friend is killed she knows she has to find the killer. But who can she trust As Gwen starts to unravel the secrets of the letter writer she realizes that the person behind the threats may be someone she thought she knew--her sister's killer.; B&W; 8vo; 333 pages . Dood, Mead and Company hardcover
191228176London: Hodder and Stoughton. Very Good. 1912. Hardcover. An edition in very good condition with faded pages and a slightly cocked spine. The fabric of the hardback is faded and the hinge is cracked connecting the pages. There is a signature on the flyleaf of a possible previous owner; ; 8vo; 260 pages . Hodder and Stoughton hardcover
160309London New York Toronto: Hodder and Stoughton. Good. N.D. Hardcover. An edition in good condition. In addition to general shelfwear page 5 is torn and a few of the back pages are loose from the binding; In the 1920s a madman known only as The Black Watcher terrorizes the small town of Covington Indiana. The townsfolk are terrified of him but they don't know what to do about it. The Black Watcher is a shadowy figure shrouded in darkness who never speaks. He only leaves his mark--dead animals burned buildings and terrified people.One day the townsfolk stumble upon a manuscript that seems to shed light on the Black Watcher's motives. The manuscript reveals that the Black Watcher is a reincarnated spirit of a vengeful Indian warrior. The townspeople are finally able to put a stop to the Black Watcher but not before he has inflicted untold misery on Covington.; 18mo; 260 pages . Hodder and Stoughton hardcover
1914160310London New York Toronto: Hodder and Stoughton. Very Good. 1914. Hardcover. An edition in very good condition. There is some tanninng to the pages and a previous owner's inscription inked on the title page ; Hodder and Stoughton's Sevenpenny Library. ; 18mo; 260 pages . Hodder and Stoughton hardcover
1919160193Boston: Little Brown and Company. Good. 1919. Hardcover. An edition in good condition. The spine is slightly cocked and there are ink and pencil markings on the front flyleaf; Frontispiece by F. Vaux Wilson. ; 8vo; 300 pages . Little, Brown, and Company hardcover
1939160492London: Hodder and Stoughton. Very Good. 1939. Hardcover. An edition in very good condition. The binding is tight with the pages free of blemishes. The cover shows wear and has marks of discoloration ; The Colossus of Arcadia is a story about a young girl who is taken to the land of the Titans by her grandfather. There she meets the Titan Atlas who is in love with her. He helps her find her way back to Earth and she returns to find that her grandfather has died. She then sets out to find the Titan who can help her find her grandfather's killer.; 8vo; 316 pages . Hodder and Stoughton hardcover
1938160474Boston: Little Brown and Company. Very Good. 1938. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A first edition first printing in very good condition. The cover and spine have marks of discoloration. The pages are tightly bound; In 1876 the wealthy and powerful industrialist John Vanderlyn commissioned the architect Thomas U. Walter to build a colossal statue of Arcadia for his estate Vanderlyn Park. The project quickly spiraled out of control however and Walter was forced to enlist the help of his friend the artist E. Phillips Oppenheim. Together they completed the statue in just nine months using a staggering 1000 tons of bronze and marble. The Colossus of Arcadia is now one of the most iconic and celebrated sculptures in the United States.; 8vo; 327 pages . Little, Brown, and Company hardcover
1938160259Boston: Little Brown and Company. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1938. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A first printing of the firt edition in near fine condition housed in a like dust-jacket. Dust-jacket is brightly illustrated and has few wrinkles. Interior is clean. There is small bookseller sticker on front flyleaf; This novel tells the story of the titanic struggle between the godlike Titans and the Olympian gods. The titans are a race of giants who have evolved beyond human size and strength. The Olympians are a race of gods who live on Mount Olympus. The titans want to overthrow the Olympians and conquer the world. The gods fight back with magic and strategy. The Colossus of Arcadia is the key to their victory.; 8vo; 327 pages . Little, Brown, and Company hardcover
1938160311London: Hodder and Stoughton. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1938. Hardcover. An edition in near fine condition with near fine dust-jacket. There is a small bookseller's stamp on the front endpage. Otherwise volume is a clean tightly bound copy; The Colossus of Arcadia is a novel about a young man who travels to the ruins of the ancient city of Arcadia in order to find a treasure. Along the way he meets a group of people who are also looking for the treasure and he must choose between loyalty to his friends and his quest for the treasure.; 8vo; 316 pages . Hodder and Stoughton hardcover