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Abbott, Karen Sin in the Second City: Madams, Ministers, Playboys, and the Battle for America's Soul
Hardcover: 2007 Random House First edition (stated) 1400065305 / 9781400065301
Book: Very good. DJ: Very good. AUTHOR SIGNED on title page with inscription. 3rd party gift dedication on front flyleaf. Slight stretching and chipping alopng edges of DJ. Shipping Weight 715 (grams).
Step into the perfumed parlors of the Everleigh Club, the most famous brothel in American history–and the catalyst for a culture war that rocked the nation. Operating in Chicago’s notorious Levee district at the dawn of the last century, the Club’s proprietors, two aristocratic sisters named Minna and Ada Everleigh, welcomed moguls and actors, senators and athletes, foreign dignitaries and literary icons, into their stately double mansion, where thirty stunning Everleigh “butterflies” awaited their arrival. Whereas lesser madams pocketed most of a harlot’s earnings and kept a “whipper” on staff to mete out discipline, the Everleighs made sure their girls dined on gourmet food, were examined by an honest physician, and even tutored in the literature of Balzac. Not everyone appreciated the sisters’ attempts to elevate the industry. Rival Levee madams hatched numerous schemes to ruin the Everleighs, including an attempt to frame them for the death of department store heir Marshall Field, Jr. But the sisters’ most daunting foes were the Progressive Era reformers, who sent the entire country into a frenzy with lurid tales of “white slavery”——the allegedly rampant practice of kidnapping young girls and forcing them into brothels. This furor shaped America’s sexual culture and had repercussions all the way to the White House, including the formation of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. 'Sin in the Second City' is Karen Abbott’s colorful, nuanced portrait of the iconic Everleigh sisters, their world-famous Club, and the perennial clash between our nation’s hedonistic impulses and Puritanical roots. Culminating in a dramatic last stand between brothel keepers and crusading reformers, it offers a vivid snapshot of America’s journey from Victorian-era propriety to twentieth-century modernity.
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Bailey, Temple Silver Slippers
Hardcover: 1943 Grosset & Dunlap, NYC First thus
Book: Very Good. DJ: Good-Fine. A 'Madison Square' book. Published by arrangement with the Penn Publishing Co., NY and copyright 1928. A wartime reprint of a popular romance novel. 360 pages with last page beginning to separate at spine. Pages uniformly yellowed. Plain white backcover, 4-color front cover and spine with watercolor illustration of couple dancing among very big trees. Chipping of DJ especially at top of spine and along edges of flap folds. Now protected in Brodart plastic. Blue cloth cover embossed with turquoise lettering. Original owner inscription in pencil on flyleaf dates December 1943. Shipping weight 455 (grams).
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Burke, James Lee Black Cherry Blues
Hardcover: 1989 Little Brown, Boston, MA 1st ed. 0316116998 / 9780316116992
Book: Fine. DJ: Fine. Slight tear at seam on front of DJ repaired. Black marker slash across page tops indicates remaindered book. Shipping weight 730 (grams).
Dave Robicheaux series - 3. Ex-cop Dave Robicheaux: His wife had been murdered ... Now they're after his little girl... From the Louisiana bayou to Montana's tribal lands,he's running front the bottle, a homicide rap, aprofessional killer ... and the demons of his past.
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Canada - coins 1867-1992 125th Anniversary of Confederation 12x25¢ set
Coins: 1999 Royal Canadian Mint Circulating coins
Set of 25¢ coins issued one a month over the year 1992 to commemorate the 125th anniversary of Canada Confederation. The designs were chosen by the Royal Canadian Mint to symbolize the nature of each of the 10 provinces and 2 territories at that time. These are circulation coins (business strikes) some removed from the original Mint rolls grading MS60+and some retrieved from circulation and grading AU55+. Mintage approximately 13 million/month. Shipping weight 105 (grams).
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Canada - coins 1999 Millennium 12x25¢ set
Coins: 1999 Royal Canadian Mint Circulating coins
Set of 25¢ coins issued one a month over the year 1999. The designs were chosen by the Royal Canadian Mint as the result of a contest to encapsulate images suggestive of Canada's past. These are circulation coins (business strikes) removed from the original Mint rolls and grading MS60+. Mintage changed in steady increments from January (~12 million) through December (~43 million). Shipping weight 110 (grams).
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Canada - coins 2000 Millennium 12x25¢ set
Coins: 2000 Royal Canadian Mint Circulating coins
Set of 25¢ coins issued one a month over the year 2000. The designs were chosen by the Royal Canadian Mint as the result of a contest to encapsulate images suggestive of Canada's future. These are circulation coins (business strikes) removed from the original Mint rolls and grading MS60+. Mintage approximately 35 million/month. Shipping weight 110 (grams).
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Canada Post Mint items collection 1997 to the present
I have just about everything Canada Post issued over the past dozen years in original format: mint sheets, panes, souvenir sheets, booklets, Official First Day Cover envelopes and even some postcards Scott #1630+. Special theme packages are being offered separately on this site and I prefer to keep them intact. I also have some older mint materials and a good deal of used material available. Contact me with your ‘want’ list, we will establish availability and negotiate a pricing formula and go from there. Do not attempt to place an order on this item without contacting me first.
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Canada Post “Chinese New Year” postage stamp collection 1997-2008
Complete collection of the first 12-year zodiac from 1997 ‘Ox’ through 2008 ‘Rat’. Each year set includes a mint sheet of 25 stamps plus the Official First Day Cover envelope at domestic first-class rate, a souvenir sheet (value varies over time)and OFDC-SS envelope, and the special descriptive theme package containing the mint set of individual stamps of Chinese New Year issues for Canada and China and Hong Kong (various denominations) in the original shrink-wrap packaging. Total of 60 items. Scott #s: 1630+a, 1708+a, 1767-68, 1836-37, 1883-84, 1933-34, 1969-70, 2015-16, 2083-84, 2140-41, 2201-02 and 2257-58. Shipping is included in the price.
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Crabbe, Richard Edward The Empire of Shadows
Hardcover: 2003 St. Martin's Minotaur, NYC 1st ed. 0312206143 / 9780312206147
Book: Very Fine. DJ: Very Fine. Signed by Author. Black felt pen remainder dot on bottom page edges. Shipping weight 720(grams).
It is August 1889. A man lies dead in a darkened construction site near Madison Square Park. The murderer, Jim Tupper, a Mohawk of the Iroquois nation, flees back to the vast Adirondack wilderness. But he has left a trail of death behind, pointing north, straight to where Tom Braddock and his family are vacationing.
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Czajkowski, Chris Lonesome: Memoirs of a Wilderness Dog
Trade Paperback: 2004 HORSDAL & SCHUBERT First edition (stated) 1894898249 / 9781894898249
Book: Very good+. No DJ. AUTHOR inscription on title page. Shipping weight 330 (grams).
Named for her first home, remote Lonesome Lake in British Columbia’s Tweedsmuir Park, Lonesome was a first-rate companion: obedient, mannerly, brave, and occasionally cynical. She did not share her human’s love of the wilderness, and wore a martyred expression for most of her life. She would have much preferred a life in the suburbs, 'with nice safe walks in the park and a cozy bed inside the house.' 'Any dog worth her milk bones,' Lonesome writes, 'must accept her lot in life—fording rivers, swimming lakes, camping out in bitter weather and, worst of all, bears. Yes, bears. It’s a wonder I am still around to tell this tale.' Lonesome’s memoirs paint a vivid picture of her life with Chris, but 'I am not a vindictive creature and this book will remain family reading.' She focuses on events not already recounted in Chris’s books and, as she loftily points out in her introduction, on sharing her unique dog’s perspective on their day-to-day life in the wilds.
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Fusilli, Jim Hard Hard City
Hardcover: 2004 Putnam, NYC 1st ed. 0399152172 / 9780399152177
Book: Fine. DJ: Good-Fine. Signed by author on title page. Black marker slash on bottom page edges indicates remaindered book. 2 small tears to top rear of DJ repaired with tape. Shipping weight 520 (grams).
Terry Orr series -- 4. In the latest installment of Fusilli's critically acclaimed series, enigmatic hero and occasional private eye Terry Orr searches for a missing gifted student at his daughter's request. But he gets more than he bargained for when the trail leads to murder, as his own life hangs in the balance.
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George, Elizabeth Missing Joseph
Hardcover: 1993 Bantam First printing 0553092537 / 9780553092530
Book: Good+. DJ: Good+. The outside cover at top shows evidence of water damage being cleaned up. AUTHOR SIGNED and inscribed '8 July 1993'. Shipping weight 905 (grams).
Thomas Lynley + Barbara Havers series - 6. When the vicar who has given her so much support is found dead, Deborah St. James begins a journey of personal discovery in order to find out who is responsible.
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Harris, Thomas Red Dragon
Hardcover: 1981 Putnam First edition 039912442X / 9780399124426
Book: Fine. DJ: Fine. Pristine copy. Shipping weight 720 (grams).
Hannibal Lecter series - 1. Will Graham stands in a silent, empty house communing with a killer. An FBI instructor with a gift for hunting madmen, Graham knows what his murderer looks like, how he thinks, and what he did to his victims after they died. Now Graham must try to catch him. But to do it, he must feel the heat of a killer's brain, draw on the macabre advice of a dangerous mental patient, Dr. Hannibal Lecter, and follow a trail of microscopic clues to the place where another family has already been chosen to die--and where an innocent woman has found the Dragon first.
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Hecht, Ben & Maxwell Bodenheim Cutie: a Warm Mamma
Hardcover: 1952 Boar's Head Books, NYC First thus
Book: Fine. DJ: Good-Fine. Portions published in the Chicago Literary Times during 1924 in tabloid form. 77 pages with 11 fine illustrations. Grey cloth cover with blue lettering along spine. White dust jacket with red lettering and illustration, browning along spine and with some chipping along edges. Now protected in Brodart plastic. Shipping weight 310 (grams).
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Iglauer, Edith The Strangers Next Door
Hardcover: 1991 Harbour Publishing, Madeira Park, BC, Canada 1st ed. 0889710546 / 9780889710542
Book: Very Fine. DJ: Very Fine. Signed & inscribed by author with date and place and sketch drawing of face. Shipping weight 675 (grams).
Edith Iglauer has been a journalist for four decades, working for 'The New Yorker,' 'Harper's,' 'The Atlantic Monthly' and other publications. This book is a lively retrospective of her writings, from the 1940s when she covered Eleanor Roosevelt's press conferences, through the 1960s when she was present at the founding of Canada's first Inuit co-operative society, through the 1970s and 1980s when she fell in love with a west coast Canadian fishermen and made her new home in his part of the world. The collection is a tribute to an internationally respected journalist who approaches each new subject, a 'stranger next door,' with intelligence, humour and a rampant curiosity.
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Kinsella, W.P. Dance Me Outside
Trade Paper: 1977 Oberon Press, Ottawa, ON, Canada 0887502245 / 9780887502248
Book: Fine. No Jacket. Author inscribed as visiting gift, signed on front flyleaf. Shipping weight 265 (grams).
Short stories.
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Mauldin, Bill Back Home
Hardcover: 1947 Willam Sloane Associates, NYC 1st ed. 119943308X / 9781199433084
Book: Fine. DJ: Good. 315 pages with 200+ illustrations. Black cloth cover with white lettering along spine. Dust jacket patched and reinforced. Now in Brodart plastic. Shipping weight 545 (grams).
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Morley, Christopher Kitty Foyle
Hardcover: 1940 Grosset & Dunlap, NYC First thus 1121395198 / 9781121395190
Book: Fine. DJ: Good-Fine. 12mo - over 6¾' - 7¾' tall. A 'Madison Square' book. Copyright 1939. Published by arrangement with JB Lippincott Co., NY with notice that it is produced under wartime restrictions on materials--so it may be a first popular edition rather than a true first. Bright red cover with black lettering. Pages uniformly yellowing. Some spotting along outside page edges. Original owner's name inscribed in black ink on copyright page in copperplate handwriting. Dust jacket is somewhat dirty and chipped at corners of flap folds. Now protected in Brodart plastic. Plain white backcover and 2-color front and spine with lemon yellow background and cobalt blue type and illustration. Shipping weight 340 (grams).
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Perry, Thomas The Face-Changers
Hardcover: 1998 Random House, NYC 1st ed. 0679453032 / 9780679453031
Book: Very Good. DJ: Fine. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on frontispiece. Some page edges have slight staining. Top boards have some shelving dents. Shipping weight 740 (grams).
Jane Whitefield series - 4. Jane Whitefield, legendary half-Indian shadow guide who spirits hunted people away from certain death, has never had a client like Dr. Richard Dahlman. A famous plastic surgeon who has dedicated his life to healing, the good doctor hasn't a clue why stalkers are out for his blood. But he knows Jane Whitefield's name--and that she is his only hope. Once again Jane performs her magic, leading Dahlman in a nightmare flight across America, only a heartbeat ahead of pursuers whose leader is a dead ringer for Jane: a raven-haired beauty who has stolen her name, reputation, and techniques--not to save lives, but to destroy them.
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Reichs, Kathy Deja Dead
Hardcover: 1997 Scribner, NYC 1st printing 0684841177 / 9780684841175
Book: Very Fine. DJ: Fine. Signed by Author. 2nd copy not signed and may not be of equal condition. Shipping weight 785 (grams).
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Rudland, Lenore Fort Fraser (Where the Hell's that?)
Hardcover: 1988 self published First thus 0889258864 / 9780889258860
Book: Fine. No DJ. Photo illustrated boards. AUTHOR inscription on front flyleaf. Shipping weight 725 (grams).
History of the community of Fort Fraser on the Nechako River at the head of Fraser Lake west of Vanderhoof in British Columbia's northern Interior. A thorough delineation of the various individuals and family groups settled there from the days of the original fur-trading post to the mid-1980s. The book was a local production and the type throughout is a Courier font with typewriter spacing. Maps, illustrations and B&W photos are included. A Table of Contents was added later, glued into the final pages.
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Russell, Andy The Canadian Cowboy: Stories of Cows, Cowboys and Cayuses
Hardcover: 1993 McClelland & Stewart First printing 0771078803 / 9780771078804
Book: Very good. DJ: Very good. AUTHOR SIGNED on half-title page. Third-party gift inscription on flyleaf. Some spotting on book cover. Shipping weight 620 (grams).
Andy Russell's colorful narrative takes us from the earliest days of the Spanish vaqueros, the ranches of Old Mexico and the great cattle drives across Texas. Along the way meet historical and legendary characters, including Howard Eaton, Charlie Russell, Pat Burns and John Ware -- men who helped shape the West and our perceptions of it.
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Schwegel, Theresa Officer Down
Hardcover: 2005 St. Martin's Minotaur First edition stated 0312343140 / 9780312343149
Book: Fine. DJ: Fine. AUTHOR SIGNED on title page. Remainder dot on page tops. Shipping weight 475 (grams).
Chicago police officer Samantha Mack's gun killed her partner. But who pulled the trigger?
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Slade, Michael (aka John Banks, Jay & Lee Clarke) Ghoul
Hardcover: 1988 William Morrow & Co 1st US edition 0688075509 / 9780688075507
Book: Very good. DJ: Very good. AUTHOR INSCRIBED: 'Best wishes, Michael Slade' on the half-title page. Shipping weight 790 (grams).
The Ghoul crawls from the London sewers to kill. In Vancouver, the horror-rock group Ghoul cavort onstage, their act a bizarre and violent front. But for what? The answer could lie in the dark obsessions and trwisted fantasies of an old New England family whose tainted past will not lie quiet in its grave.
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Steber, Rick Wild Horse Rider
Trade Paper: 1984 Bonanza Publishing, Prineville, OR First thus 0945134967 / 9780945134961
Book: Good-Fine. No Jacket. Signed by Author on flyleaf. Well-read copy. Small crease at bottom of front cover. Orange felt slash on bottom of pages. Shipping weight 335 (grams).
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Van Herk, Aritha Judith
Hardcover: 1978 McClelland & Stewart, Toronto, ON, Canada 1st ed. 0771087004 / 9780771087004
Book: Very Fine. DJ: Fine. Winner of SEAL First Novel Award. Signed by author on title page. Shipping weight 435 (grams).
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Whyte, Jack The Skystone
Mass Market Paperback: 1993 Viking/Penguin, Toronto, ON, Canada First thus 0140170502 / 9780140170504
Book: Very Fine. No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾' - 7¾' tall. Remainder mark on botoom. Author signed on front flyleaf. Shipping weight 340 (grams).
Camulod Chronicles series - 1. How do you find a new way to approach a story as familiar as any in the English language? If you're Jack Whyte, you begin your retelling of the Arthurian saga by taking one giant step backward to the latter days of the Roman Empire in Britain, sometime between the first breaching of Hadrian's Wall and the legendary days of King Arthur. Publius Varrus is the last legionnaire in Britain, and 'The Skystone' is in many ways his story. He is a common man with aristocratic friends, and successful both as a soldier and an ironsmith. As the Roman world slowly crumbles around them, and Publius becomes involved in a political and personal vendetta, he and his friends seek to establish a refuge, a valley where the old Roman virtues will be kept alive and the empire's many faults be avoided. A finely crafted historical novel, 'The Skystone' pays close attention to the details of everyday life in fourth-century Britain. As the first book in Whyte's Camulod Chronicles, it makes few allusions to the usual details of the Arthurian legends until Publius comes into contact with a sword, a stone, a lake, and a Celtic tribe who name themselves Pendragon.
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