A first printing hardcover book in very good condition that has some bumped corners, light discoloration and shelf wear with no dust jacket. 11.25"x8.75", 135 pages. 
This book was used by the Crestwood Garden Club and held at the public library for only their use.

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Alabama

Fascinated with Flowers 

Ralph M. Kovel

Terry H. Kovel

This 786 page, 1990 issue of Kovels' Antiques & Collectibles is a good reference. Includes a colored Fisher-Price toy section. 
I've included in pictures notes written and underlined in red.

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

AVA Academia’sBasics Textile Designtitles are designed to provide visual arts students with a theoretical and practical exploration of each of the fundamental topics within the discipline of textile design. Packed with examples from students and professionals and fully illustrated with clear diagrams and inspiring imagery, they offer an essential exploration of the subject.

An understanding of research methods and techniques for textile design is fundamental in order to produce inspirational textile outcomes. Research is the keystone on which all design begins and the depth and quality of your research will be an essential factor in the overall success of your design work. It is where your creative journey starts and it informs the decisions you make throughout the design process.Basics Textile Design: Sourcing Ideas will introduce you to the core concepts and techniques in order to help you achieve the most from your designs.

Kovels' Antiques and Collectibles Price List 1990

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Kyle Husfloen

This 1989 edition has 907 pages and is in very good condition. It has some color fading on the spine but otherwise looks good. 
One note on red was written on the title page. I have included a picture of note.
The back cover was bent / creased and I've included in pictures.
Known as the "Bible" of the antiques and collectibles hobby.

The Antique Trader Antiques and Collectibles Price Guide

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Lauraine Snelling

The A Secret Refuge book series by Lauraine Snelling & Robin Pilcher includes books Daughter of Twin Oaks, Will the Wounded Soldier She Rescues From Certain Death be Able to Break Down the Walls of Bitterness That Surround Her Heart?
Seeking to fulfill the promise she made to her dying father, eighteen-year-old Jesselynn Highwood determines to take her little brother and the family's remaining Thoroughbreds from Twin Oaks plantation in Kentucky to her uncle's farm in Missouri, where they will be safe for the remainder of the Civil War.
Jesselynn is also fleeing a cruel man in Confederate uniform who has pledged to take revenge against her for refusing his hand in marriage. No longer safe at Twin Oaks, she embarks on a perilous journey, taking on the momentous responsibility for the lives and welfare of all who go with her.
Sisters of the Confederacy (A Secret Refuge Series #2), Unforgettable Courage and Romance From Lauraine Snelling
Warming countless hearts and bringing history to life, Lauraine Snelling's Sisters of the Confederacy is an exciting tale of courage, adventure, and romance.
After finding her expected safe haven destroyed, Jesselyn Highwood must decide where to turn next. With no place left to go, Jesselyn decides to head west on the Oregon Trail. Here she encounters hardship, danger on the journey--and love.Meanwhile, her sister, Louisa, smuggles desperately needed supplies for the hospital in Richmond where she helps care for wounded soldiers. As both sisters face the ravages of war, one remains strong in her faith while the other struggles to understand a God who allows such atrocities to continue.
The Long Way Home (A Secret Refuge Series #3)Will the War's End Bring the Highwood Family Together Again?When a disastrous decision by the new wagon master forces Jesselynn Highwood and her companions to separate from the wagon train, she races back to Fort Laramie to find a guide to take them to Oregon. But the guide has a far different plan, and following her heart, Jesselyn agrees to join him, her rag-tag band in tow. The ensuing journey is fraught with hardship and danger. Is hope for the future sill a prospect? Back in the East, Louisa Highwood and brother Zachary are captured by Union soldiers for smuggling medical supplies into Richmond. Can Louisa find a way to obtain her brother's freedom before it's too late?

Three Novels in One Volume 

Daughter of Twin Oaks, Sisters of the Confederacy, The Long Way Home.

A Secret Refuge

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Margaret Weis

Tracy Hickman

Abarrach, the Realm of stone. Here, on a barren  world of underground caverns built around a core of  molten lava, the lesser races -- humans, elves,  and dwarves -- seem to have all died off. Here, too,  what may well be the last remnants of the once  powerful Sartan still struggle to survive. For Haplo  and Alfred -- enemies by heritage, traveling  companions by necessity -- Abarrach may reveal more than  either dares to discover about the history of  Sartan... and the future of all their descendants.

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

The Death Gate Cycle, Volume 3

Henry is generally well-behaved, but he is occasionally arrogant and vain. Henry is at heart a hard worker, but his frequent bouts of illness hinder his work.

Fire Sea

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On steamy Pryan, never-ending sunlight and plentiful rain have created a jungle so vast that humans and elves dwell high in the trees and only dwarves live anywhere near the ground. From the treetops the aristocratic elves sell weapons to the other races, whose incessant warfare sends a steady steam of profits and essential resources skyward. Now, generations of dissent and race hatred will not heal -- not even under the threat of annihilation at the hands of legendary Titans. Armed with little more than their wits and prophecy, an elf, a human, and a dwarf must unite to try to save the world from destruction.

Volume 2

On steamy Pryan, never-ending sunlight and plentiful rain have created a jungle so vast that humans and elves dwell high in the trees and only dwarves live anywhere near the ground. From the treetops the aristocratic elves sell weapons to the other races, whose incessant warfare sends a steady steam of profits and essential resources skyward. Now, generations of dissent and race hatred will not heal -- not even under the threat of annihilation at the hands of legendary Titans. Armed with little more than their wits and prophecy, an elf, a human, and a dwarf must unite to try to save the world from destruction. From the Paperback edition.

Elven Star

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Patricia Cornwell

The mysterious death of Ted Eddings, an investigative reporter, and the murder of a morgue assistant driving her car lead medical examiner Kay Scarpetta, her niece, and police captain Pete Marino on the trail of a deadly supremacist group.

The mysterious death of diver Ted Eddings, an investigative reporter, and the murder of a morgue assistant driving her car lead medical examiner Kay Scarpetta, her niece, and police captain Pete Marino on the trail of a deadly supremacist group

Cause of Death

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Brandilyn Collins

The murder was ugly. The killer was sure no one saw him. Someone did. In a horrifying vision, Chelsea Adams has relived the victim's last moments. But who will believe her? Certainly not the police, who must rely on hard evidence. Nor her husband, who barely tolerates Chelsea's newfound Christian faith. Besides, he's about to hire the man who Chelsea is certain is the killer to be a vice president in his company....

Best Selling Aithor of Web of Lies 

Chelsea Adams has a vision in which she sees the death of a young woman. When she comes back to consciousness after that vision, she looks into the eyes of a dinner guest and experiences a terrifying moment of recognition. She's certain that he is the murderer of the young woman in her vision. Plenty of twists and turns of plot right up until the end of this edge-of-your-seat thriller.

Eyes of Elisha

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Sandra Brown

From #1 New York Times bestselling author and “masterful storyteller” (USA TODAY) Sandra Brown—a sexy, sultry, family-based thriller set in a small southern town.

When her younger brother, Danny, commits suicide, Sayre Lynch breaks her vow never to return to her Louisiana hometown, and gets drawn back into her tyrannical father’s web. He and her older brother—who control the town’s sole industry, an iron foundry—are as corrupt as ever. Worse, they have hired a shrewd and disarming new lawyer, Beck Merchant…a man with his own agenda. When the police determine that Danny’s suicide was actually a homicide, Sayre must battle her family—and her passionate feelings for Beck—as she confronts a powder keg of old hatreds, past crimes, and a surprising plan of revenge.

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Returning to her Louisiana hometown after the suicide of her younger brother, Danny, Sayre Lynch examines the turbulent relationship between Danny and their favored older brother and begins to suspect that Danny was murdered.

White Hot

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Peadar Ó Guilín

STOPMOUTH AND HIS family know of no other life than the daily battle to survive. To live, they must hunt rival species, or negotiate flesh-trade with those who crave meat of the freshest human kind. It is a savage, desperate existence. And for Stopmouth, considered slowwitted hunt-fodder by his tribe, the future looks especially bleak. But then, on the day he is callously betrayed by his brother, a strange and beautiful woman falls from the sky. It is a moment that will change his destiny, and that of all humanity, forever. With echoes of Tarzan, Conan the Barbarian, and The Truman Show, Peadar Ó Guilín’s debut is an action—and idea-packed—blockbuster that will challenge your perceptions of humanity and leave you hungry for more.

There is but one law: Eat or Be Eaten 

STOPMOUTH AND HIS family know of no other life than the daily battle to survive. To live, they must hunt rival species, or negotiate flesh-trade with those who crave meat of the freshest human kind. It is a savage, desperate existence. And for Stopmouth, considered slowwitted hunt-fodder by his tribe, the future looks especially bleak. But then, on the day he is callously betrayed by his brother, a strange and beautiful woman falls from the sky. It is a moment that will change his destiny, and that of all humanity, forever. With echoes of Tarzan, Conan the Barbarian, and The Truman Show, Peadar O Guilin's debut is an action--and idea-packed--blockbuster that will challenge your perceptions of humanity and leave you hungry for more.

The Inferior

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Galen M. Beckett

Galen Beckett weaves a dazzling spell of adventure and suspense in an evocative world of high magick and genteel society–a world where one young woman discovers that her modest life is far more extraordinary than she ever imagined.

Of the three Lockwell sisters–romantic Lily, prophetic Rose, and studious, book-loving Ivy–it’s Ivy, the eldest, who’s held the family together after their father’s silent retreat to the library upstairs. Everyone blames Mr. Lockwell’s malady on his magickal studies, but Ivy still believes–both in magick and in its power to bring her father back.

Yet it is not until Ivy takes a job with the reclusive Mr. Quent that she discovers the fate she shares with a secret society of highwaymen, revolutionaries, illusionists, and spies who populate the island nation of Altania. It’s a fate that will determine whether Altania faces a new dawn–or an everlasting night.

In a unique new fantasy series, newcomer Beckett introduces readers to a world of magic and revolution, where secrets lurk under the rigid conventions of high society.

The Magicians and Mrs. Quent

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Silver Secrets, Level 10 (World of Reading) by Silver Burdett Ginn- Sterling Edition.

Please see pictures!



Level 10 (World of Reading)

Silver Secrets, Level 10 (World of Reading) Sterling Edition.

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John Bierman

Frederick Davidson

This book has been loved hard. Used in classroom. 
Great resource! Traveling through Africa.
Just how fleeting fame can be is handily revealed in John Bierman's autobiography of one of history's first media superstars: John Rowlands AKA Henry Morton Stanley. Today, if he's thought of at all, Stanley is chiefly remembered as the author of comically droll inquiry, "Doctor Livingstone, I presume?"

In "Dark Safari: The Life Behind the Legend of Henry Morton Stanley," we're introduced to an almost stereotypical celebrity. A man who substitutes the spotlight for the affection and love he never received as a child. In this regard you could replace Stanley's name with that of almost any current pop star.

Stanley rose from grinding poverty, abandoned by his mother and then, literally and serially, by every other member of his family. From these unpromising roots, Stanley became the quintessential "self-made-man" reaching the apex of his fame by being knighted by Queen Victoria.

In between these two extremes we are treated to a well researched and lively narrative that illuminates as much about the Victorian era as it does Stanley's life. The story is told chronologically, naturally following Stanley's personal evolution. Seeking to escape the destitution of his native Wales, Stanley wangles working passage on a ship to America where he finds opportunity to match his ambitions. Though having no strong feelings about slavery one way or the other, he enlisted and fought as a Confederate infantryman during the Civil War. He is injured early on and captured. Taking advantage of a amnesty program for those who would swear allegiance to the Union, he joins the Federal navy, survives the war, and following the popular tide, becomes a reporter during the western expansion.

It's in the wilds of the west that Stanley comes into his own displaying his legendary toughness and freedom of thought to buck authority (while craving its approval.) Despite the prejudices of the day, Stanley sympathizes with the plight of Native Americans, writing:

"We know that if the redman could have been enslaved he would have been before this... [A]ll evidence which can be furnished shows plainly that the Indian has ever been the wronged party..."

Stanley considered his experience during the Indian Wars as "a kind of apprenticeship to the longer and more difficult one I was to continue into Unknown Africa."

The life behind the legend of Henry Morton Stanley 

Dark Safari (First Edition)

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Bob Sorge

Glue on spine has separated in several places. I included pictures. No missing pages. Great study. Great resource!

Are you waiting for your prayers to be answered?

If you are waiting for your prayers to be answered, this book will rekindle your hope and feed your faith. Written from the crucible of the author's own personal crisis of delayed answers, this book gives insight into God's purposes for using the season of delay to produce Christlikeness and greater fruitfulness within us. According to author Joy Dawson, "A classic...I have found this book to be encouraging, confirming and enlightening, and has my highest recommendation."

The Fire of Delayed Answers

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213 pages of familiar Mother Goose Rhymes and many not so popular!  I've photographed samples. This is an awesome collection.
Vintage 1946 First Print 

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Books Inc.

Mother Goose vintage 1946 (First Print)

Richard Mintzer

Provides information on baseball skills, the history of the sport, notable players, the Hall of Fame, baseball fields, the World Series, statistics and records, scorekeeping, baseball cards, and related topics.

Everything you need to know about baseball.

Kids' Everything Baseball

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Southern Living 1987 Annual Recipes Oxmoor House Hardcover 8 1/2 inches by 11 inches 342 pages.
No writing, tears or highlighting.
Wonderful fully indexed collection of recipes from Southern Living magazine along with articles, color photographs, cooking tips and more.
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Southern Living 1987 Annual Recipes

First printing. 
1914
No dust cover
"A writers' and students' introduction to the technique and practical composition of short stories, including an adaptation of the principles of the stage plot to short story writing". 269 pp. including index, plus 30 pp. of exercises. The boards are scuffed in spots. The leaves are lightly tanned. Otherwise fine: Unmarked and in a square, tight binding with hinges intact. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

Short Stories in the Making (First Edition 1914)

Original print 1958
No dust cover
Parrish is the 1958 debut novel by Mildred Savage. The novel was originally published in hardback by Simon & Schuster in 1958. The novel is a bildungsroman of a young man, the titular Parrish Maclean, as he works his way out of the grueling work in Connecticut River Valley tobacco fields during the 1940s and 1950s.

Parrish (First Edition 1958)

William Matthews

Review
"The work of a lifetime of one of our finest poets."
Copywrite 2004
About the Author
William Matthews won the National Book Critics Circle Award in 1995 and the Ruth Lilly Award of the Modern Poetry Association in 1997. Born in Cincinnati in 1942, he was educated at Yale University and the University of North Carolina. At the time of his death in 1997, he was a professor of English and director of the writing program at the City University of New York.

Collected Poems

When William Matthews died of a heart attack in 1997, the day after his fifty-fifth birthday, America lost one of its most important poets, one whose humor and wit were balanced by deep emotion, whose off-the-cuff inventiveness belied the acuity of his verse. With Search Party, his son Sebastian and his friend and fellow poet Stanley Plumly have brought together a collection drawing from all of Matthews's previously published work as well as twenty-three never-before-published poems. Here are meditations on relationships, work, family life, and, of course, jazz: "I love the smoky libidinal murmur / of a jazz crowd . . . / I like to slouch back / with that I'll-be-here-awhile tilt." Pleasure is abundant in these poems: music, wine, love, and language are, for Matthews, the necessary consolations for life's suffering. Full of as much wisdom and song as heartbreak and loss, Search Party will bring a wider reading audience to this "poet of experience" and his benedictions of everyday life.

Search Party

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New York 1962, Random House. Blue cloth, 810p., end paper maps, appendix, no dust jacket,  clean, bright copy, 16 x 23.4 cm. BILL POWELL BOOK PLATE COPY. Second printing of the FIRST AMERICAN EDITION *** *** *** . . AN EXCELLENT PRIMARY SOURCE . . BASED ON HIS VISIT IN COMMUNIST CHINA . . ONE OF THE BEST CONTEMPORARY BOOKS ABOUT CHINA . . * The author is the only American writer accredited by the U. S. State Department and the Peking government to travel throughout Communist China. . Part One -Rediscovering China Part Two -Where the Waves Beat Part Three -Socialist Construction Part Four -The Democratic Dictatorship Part Five -Northwest: Old Cradle of New China Part Six -Shanghai and Beyond Part Seven -The Long March Ahead. . 

Red China Today

The Other Side of the River (First Printing)

Uncommon mystery 
Pages are agef wirh some soiled spots
jacket worn 


Title: MY OLD MAN'S BADGE

Publisher: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, New York

Publication Date: 1950

Binding: Hardcover

Illustrator: James C. McCrea Jr. (jacket)

Condition: Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Good

Edition: Second Printing



My Old Man's Badge 1950 

Ian Irvine

There is a dark full moon on midwinter's day. The foretelling has come to pass. Rulke the Charon is unstoppable now. Karan is held captive in desolate Carcharon tower. Rulke plans to use her to find the Way between the Worlds. On the mountainside below, the allies await their fate. Karan's lover, Llian, is in chains, falsely accused of betraying her to the enemy. As the dark moon rises, Rulke begins to open the Way. If he succeeds, the world will be overwhelmed by the dread armies of the void. There is only one solution. Karan must be the sacrifice...

The alliance has failed. There is a dark full moon on mid-winter's day - sign that the foretelling has come to pass. Karan is held captive in desolate Carcharon tower. Karan's lover, Llian, is in chains, falsely accused of betraying her to the enemy. Rulke the Charon is unstoppable now, and plans to open the Way between the Worlds. If he succeeds the world will be overwhelmed by the dread armies of the void and an endless night will fall... For more information on this or any other Orbit title, visit the Orbit website at www.orbitbooks.co.uk

The Way Between the Worlds

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Cindy Gerard

The book pages have aged but the book is good reading custom. Good read!
 The daughter of a wealthy businessman, Jillian Kincaid grew up with bodyguards shadowing her every move-and she hated it. Now a TV anchorwoman, she refuses to let another hired thug follow her around. Not even when she begins to receive terrifying death threats. Not even when the bodyguard is the darkly seductive Nolan Garrett... Trained in Special Ops, bodyguard Nolan Garrett has been hired by Jillian's father to keep her out of danger. 

The daughter of a wealthy businessman, Jillian Kincaid grew up with bodyguards shadowing her every move-and she hated it. Now a TV anchorwoman, she refuses to let another hired thug follow her around. Not even when she begins to receive terrifying death threats. Not even when the bodyguard is the darkly seductive Nolan Garrett...

Trained in Special Ops, bodyguard Nolan Garrett has been hired by Jillian's father to keep her out of danger. But it's clear from the start that Jillian isn't going to make his job easy. Far from the spoiled princess he expected, Jillian is tough, independent, and totally sexy. And she's fighting him every step of the way.

As Jillian's stalker raises the stakes, Nolan must keep her close if he wants to keep her alive. But being so close can only turn up the heat that's been simmering between them-a heat that could explode into passion at any moment...


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