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New York: Image, 1999. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 5x0x8. Reprint. An exceptional copy. 1999 Trade Paperback. In Gift and Mystery we read 'For every priest, in every age, the greatest task is each day to discover his own priestly "today" in the "today" of Christ.' John Paul II understands that the event of the Incarnation of Jesus Christ in world history continues daily in a special way in the priestly brotherhood of those who have been chosen to follow in his footsteps--and indeed in every man and woman, all called through the gift of faith to a life of holiness. In concluding Gift and Mystery, the pope writes to his brother priests, 'Learn to see in your priesthood the Gospel treasure for which it is worth giving up everything.' Surely in the life of this pope we see an extraordinary example of someone who has treasured the gift of his priestly ministry for more than fifty years.

New York: Harper & Row, 1976. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8x5x1. First edition. Jacket edges rubbed. Page ridges foxed. 1976 Hard Cover. xiv, 303 pp. The book is divided into two sections: "The Nature of Book Collecting," and "The Mechanics of Book Collecting." Part I explores the Pleasures of Book Collecting; the History; What Makes a Book Worth Collecting?; Rearity; Condition; First Editions; Impressions, Issues and State; Early Printed Books and Printing; Private Press Books; Fine Bindings; Signed, Inscribed, and Presentation Copies; Association Copies. Part II explores a Plan for Collecting; Where to Find First Editions; How to Identify a First Edition; the Issue of Points.

Saint Cloud, Minnesota: Diverse Voices Press, 2022. Second Edition. Large Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket - Pictorial Cover. 8x0x11. Patel, Meenal. New. Second edition. An exceptional copy. 2022 Large Hardcover. Unpaginated. What Color is My Hijab' is a children's picture book inspired by a question the author's elementary-school aged niece asked her. The little girl wanted to know why there weren't girls who look like her well represented in children's literature. Now there are. This book features Muslim women who work in a number of professions: doctor, teacher, artist, politician, etc., all wearing their colorful hijabs.

New York: The Heritage Press, 1957. Reissue. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 10x8x1. Krohg, Per. Includes publisher's slipcase and Sandglass insert Number X:21. Spine toned with a few light spots, slipcase edges faded, a couple spots along slipcase edge. 1957 Hard Cover. 314 pp. 10 1/2 x 7 3/4. Translated by William and Charles Archer, illustrations by Per Krohg. "Peer Gynt is a five-act play in verse by the Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen, loosely based on the fairy tale Per Gynt. Interpreted in its day as a satire on the Norwegian personality, Peer Gynt is the story of a life based on avoidance. A first edition of 1,250 copies was published on 14 November 1867 in Copenhagen. Despite having swiftly sold out, a re-print of 2,000 copies, which followed after 14 days, did not sell well and was not exhausted until 1874. While Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson admired the play's "satire in Norwegian egotism, narrowness, and self-sufficiency" and described it as… Read More

New York: E.P. Dutton, 1945. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. No publisher date. No jacket. Rear hinge starting. xiv, 242 pp. Among the masterpieces of world literature, this early verse drama by the celebrated Norwegian playwright humorously yet profoundly explores the virtues, vices, and follies common to all humanity — as represented in the person of Peer Gynt, a charming but irresponsible young peasant. Based on Norwegian folklore and Ibsen’s own imaginative inventions, the play relates the roguish life of the world-wandering Peer, who finds wealth and fame — but never happiness — although he is redeemed by love in the end. As the play opens the young farmer attends a wedding and meets Solveig, the woman who is eventually to be his salvation. However, the rascally Peer then kidnaps the bride and later abandons her in the wilderness. This dismal performance is followed by a string of adventures (many of which do not… Read More

Self-Published, 2014. Trade Paperback. Fine. 5x0x7. Brand new from author. 2014 Trade Paperback. vi, 179 pp. 'The Candles of My Life' is the story of Helen Corrigan Iekel, an everyday twentieth century wife and mother who was also a poet. For Helen, writing poetry was life-giving. With a tenacity largely unrewarded, she wrote of the ones she loved and of the world that surrounded her. In those lines, she expressed the beauty of her life experience and often found comfort when her world seemed to collapse. The courage and heart of this wife and mother combine with the soul of a poet in an offering of simplicity that conceals the depth of her emotion and shines with brilliance.

Rochester, New York: Rick Iekel, 2022. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. Signed by author. First edition. Signed by author with inscription on front cover verso, "To Jessica from Grandpa.". 2022 Trade Paperback. xii, 306 pp. In this newly-shared tale of Rochester, New York's airport, discover why the City originally purchased Britton Field in 1921, how Charles Lindbergh's 1927 visit impacted community leaders and why Monroe County became involved in 1948. Read about some of Rochester's flying pioneers and how the center of activity relocated from Scottsville Road to Brooks Avenue in 1953. This fresh piece of Rochester's history will both inform and entertain. The reader will find “inside-the-fence” stories that will amuse and amaze. It is a trip down memory lane with the author, a 28-year veteran of work at the Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport, to a time when visiting the airport was fun, to memories of… Read More

Rick Iekel, 2017. Signed Copy. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 5x0x8. Signed by author. Signed by author on title page without inscription. A fine copy. 2017 Trade Paperback. viii, 178 pp. Stranded on a remote country road, Jessie and her Native American friend, Rose Mary, seek shelter from a storm in an old abandoned house. But, this house has a past, a spirit and a voice. After a rocky introduction, the house shares the story of its first occupants. This story is the tale of nearly every pioneer family in the rural Town of Ashford, New York. The year is 1848. With only a wagon, a few belongings, two oxen and a cow, Michael and Sarah bring their young family to the recently opened wilderness of Northern Cattaraugus County. This formerly forbidden land of the Seneca Nation was, until recent years, nearly cut off from civilization by the rugged Cattaraugus Creek to the north and the deep forests of tier upon tier of hills and valleys to the south. Follow the story of a real family in a real… Read More

Rochester, New York: Rick Iekel, 2022. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. Signed by author. First edition. Signed by author on front cover verso without inscription. A fine copy. 2022 Trade Paperback. xii, 306 pp. In this newly-shared tale of Rochester, New York's airport, discover why the City originally purchased Britton Field in 1921, how Charles Lindbergh's 1927 visit impacted community leaders and why Monroe County became involved in 1948. Read about some of Rochester's flying pioneers and how the center of activity relocated from Scottsville Road to Brooks Avenue in 1953. This fresh piece of Rochester's history will both inform and entertain. The reader will find “inside-the-fence” stories that will amuse and amaze. It is a trip down memory lane with the author, a 28-year veteran of work at the Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport, to a time when visiting the airport was fun, to memories of meeting guests at the… Read More

CreateSpace, 2017. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 84x6x128. Signed by author. First edition - a paperback original. Signed without inscription by author. 2017 Trade Paperback. 178 pp. Stranded on a remote country road, Jessie and her Native American friend, Rose Mary, seek shelter from a storm in an old abandoned house. But, this house has a past, a spirit and a voice. After a rocky introduction, the house shares the story of its first occupants. This story is the tale of nearly every pioneer family in the rural Town of Ashford, New York. The year is 1848. With only a wagon, a few belongings, two oxen and a cow, Michael and Sarah bring their young family to the recently opened wilderness of Northern Cattaraugus County. This formerly forbidden land of the Seneca Nation was, until recent years, nearly cut off from civilization by the rugged Cattaraugus Creek to the north and the deep forests of tier upon tier of hills and valleys to the south. Follow the story of a real family… Read More

London: Harper Collins, 2011. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 6x1x9. First printing. Remainder mark. 2011 Trade Paperback. 546 pp. The novels of Conn Iggulden bring the past to thrilling life, from ancient Rome to thirteenth-century Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. Now he delivers the spectacular story of the rise of Genghis Khan’s grandson, a man destined to become one of the most remarkable rulers who ever lived—the legendary Kublai Khan. A succession of ruthless leaders has seized power in the wake of the great Khan’s death—all descendants of Genghis, but none with the indomitable character that led a people to triumph. One grandson, Guyuk, decadent and vicious, seeks to consolidate his position through bribery and murder, pitting powerful factions against one another and straining the loyalties of the tribes to the breaking point. Next comes his cousin, Mongke, who eliminates all possible opposition with… Read More

New York: The Christian Herlad, 1919. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. First edition. No jacket. Covers rubbed, pencil gift note on front free endpaper, top corner of last few pages chipped. 1919 Hard Cover. 442 pp. Illustrated with black-and-white plates. Reverend Ferdinand C. Iglehart was once a pastor at the Park Avenue United Methodist Church in New York City. He was associated with Theodore Roosevelt during Roosevelt's work as Police Commissioner in closing Sunday saloons.

New York: Oxford University Press, 2013. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 9x0x6. First edition. A fine copy in a fine jacket. 2013 Hard Cover. xi, 255 pp. The Pacific of the early eighteenth century was not a single ocean but a vast and varied waterscape, a place of baffling complexity, with 25,000 islands and seemingly endless continental shorelines. But with the voyages of Captain James Cook, global attention turned to the Pacific, and European and American dreams of scientific exploration, trade, and empire grew dramatically. By the time of the California gold rush, the Pacific's many shores were fully integrated into world markets-and world consciousness. The Great Ocean draws on hundreds of documented voyages--some painstakingly recorded by participants, some only known by archeological remains or indigenous memory--as a window into the commercial, cultural, and ecological upheavals following Cook's exploits, focusing in particular on the eastern Pacific in the decades between the… Read More

Chicago: Academy Chicago Publishers, 1984. First American Edition. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 7x4x1. First American edition. A nice copy. 1984 Trade Paperback. xl, 320 pp. This is the first historical anthology of Australian science fiction. It offers a good selection of exciting recent works and also reveals a long history of science fiction in Australia, proving a comprehensive chronological sampling of the various styles, attitudes and ideas of Australian science fiction writers from 1845 to the present. The selection includes excerpts from the utopian and anti-utopoian novels of the 1800s and 1890s, social criticism from a feminist romance of 1901, and social despair from an anti-socialist novel of 1911. "Lost civilization" romances of 1847 and 1898 offer mystery, excitement and high adventure, and an account of a Japanese invasion of Sydney gives a dire warning of racial fear. Major contemporary writers represented are Damen Broderick, Frank Bryning, Peter Carey, A. Bertram Changler,… Read More

New York: Pocket Books, 1947. 1st Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. 0x0x0. First printing. Edges rubbed, half inch tear along top edge of front cover. 1947 Mass Market Paperback. 278 pp. Before the Fact is a ground-breaking psychological drama of immense power, described as 'one of the finest studies of murder ever written'. Inspiring Hitchcock's classic film Suspicion, this classic title was written in the golden age of crime fiction and remains utterly compelling to this day. When wealthy but plain Lina McLaidlaw marries feckless Johnny Aysgarth, she is certain she can change him for the better. Despite her hopes, she is soon forced to acknowledge the truth - that he is not only a compulsive liar and a crook but also a murderer. She continues to love him, while fearing she will inevitably become one of his victims. Written in the age of Agatha Christie's mysteries, this suspenseful novel turns the storytelling on its head, introducing you to the murderer early on before… Read More

New York: William Morrow, 2017. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Near Fine. 6x1x9. First edition. Faint smudge to page ridge. 2017 Hard Cover. 694 pp. "The endgame is at hand for Penn Cage, his family, and the enemies bent on destroying them in this revelatory volume in the epic trilogy set in modern-day Natchez, Mississippi—Greg Iles’s epic tale of love and honor, hatred and revenge that explores how the sins of the past continue to haunt the present. Shattered by grief and dreaming of vengeance, Penn Cage sees his family and his world collapsing around him. The woman he loves is gone, his principles have been irrevocably compromised, and his father, once a paragon of the community that Penn leads as mayor, is about to be tried for the murder of a former lover. Most terrifying of all, Dr. Cage seems bent on self-destruction. Despite Penn's experience as a prosecutor in major murder trials, his father has frozen him out of the trial… Read More

New York: Harper, 2015. 1st Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Near Fine. 5x1x8. 1st printing. An exceptional copy. 2015 Mass Market Paperback. 865 pp. "From #1 New York Times bestselling author Greg Iles comes the first novel in his Natchez Burning trilogy—which also includes The Bone Tree and the upcoming Mississippi Blood—an epic trilogy that interweaves crimes, lies, and secrets past and present in a mesmerizing thriller featuring Southern lawyer and former prosecutor Penn Cage. Raised in the southern splendor of Natchez, Mississippi, Penn Cage learned all he knows of duty from his father, Dr. Tom Cage. But now the beloved family doctor has been accused of murdering the African American nurse with whom he worked in the dark days of the 1960s. Once a crusading prosecutor, Penn is determined to save his father, but Tom, stubbornly invoking doctor-patient privilege, refuses even to speak in his own… Read More

Washington, D.C: Guild of Natural Science Illustrators, 1985. Spiral-Bound Softcover. Near Fine. 10x8x0. Wrappers faded. 1985 Spiral-Bound Softcover. 86 pp. The Guild of Natural Science Illustrators is a non-profit organization of artists who earn their living wholly or in part through the production of scientific illustrations for publication. This publication demonstrates the high level of skill that scientific illustrators attain.

New York: Picador, 2013. 6th Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 5x0x8. 6th printing. Faint edge wear. 2013 Trade Paperback. Haunted by personal demons, Detective Erlendur decides to take a short leave of absence, putting his female assistant, Elínborg, in charge while he is gone. When a disturbing case lands on her desk, Elínborg is quickly thrust into a world of violent crime. The murdered man turns out to be a serial rapist, and Elínborg must overcome her feelings of disgust for the victim if she wants to catch his killer before he strikes again.

New York: Vintage, 2010. 4th Printing. Trade Paperback. Good. 5x0x7. 4th printing. Edge wear, spine cocked. 2010 Trade Paperback. Inspector Erlunder has spent his entire career struggling to evade the ghosts of his past. But ghosts are visiting him, both in the form of a séance attended by a dead woman and also in the reemerging puzzle of two young people who went missing 30 years ago. And there's the ghost of the detective's disastrous marriage, which, despite the pleas of his drug-addled daughter, he is unwilling to confront. In addition, he's still obsessed with the disappearance of his brother, who vanished without a trace when they were boys.