Has creases on cover, back cover, and binding, this is a well-read, well loved book from my childhood that was also my sons. Please see photos

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Utah

The One and Only Ivan

Amanda Skenandore

New, never been read, no issues, comes from non smoking home

From acclaimed author and registered nurse Amanda Skenandore, The Alienist meets The Light of Luna Park in a fascinating historical novel based on the little-known story of America's first nursing school, as a young female grifter in 1880s New York evades the police by conning her way into Bellevue Hospital's training school for nurses...

In the slums of 1880s New York, Una Kelly has grown up to be a rough-and-tumble grifter, able to filch a pocketbook in five seconds flat. But when another con-woman pins her for a murder she didn't commit, Una is forced to flee. Running from the police, Una lies her way into an unlikely refuge: the nursing school at Bellevue Hospital.
 
Based on Florence Nightingale's nursing principles, Bellevue is the first school of its kind in the country. Where once nurses were assumed to be ignorant and unskilled, Bellevue prizes discipline, intellect, and moral character, and only young women of good breeding need apply. At first, Una balks at her prim classmates and the doctors' endless commands. Yet life on the streets has prepared her for the horrors of injury and disease found on the wards, and she slowly gains friendship and self-respect. 
 
Just as she finds her footing, Una's suspicions about a patient's death put her at risk of exposure, and will force her to choose between her instinct for self-preservation, and exposing her identity in order to save others.
 
Amanda Skenandore brings her medical expertise to a page-turning story that explores the evolution of modern nursing--including the grisly realities of nineteenth-century medicine--as seen through the eyes of an intriguing and dynamic heroine.

The Nurse's Secret

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Jane Austen

A small crease on page 57 (see photo) was sent to me that way, never been read, beautiful cover, non smoking home

Austen's "most wicked tale," Lady Susan is a short epistolary novel by Jane Austen, possibly written in 1794 but not published until 1871. Lady Susan is a selfish, attractive woman, who tries to trap the best possible husband while maintaining a relationship with a married man. She subverts all the standards of the romantic novel; she has an active role, she's not only beautiful but intelligent and witty, and her suitors are significantly younger than she is.

Lady Susan

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Michael Cash

Sticker on front has raised spot (see photos), never been read, non smoking home

A Haunting on Long Island

Paul Russo's wife just died. While trying to get his family's life back in order, Paul is being tormented by a demon who is holding his wife's spirit hostage on the other side. His fate is intertwined with an old haunted mansion on the north shore of Long Island called Stillwell Manor. Paul must find clues dating back hundreds of years to set his wife's soul free.

Stillwell

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Grace Lin

Brand new, never been read, no creases, no markings, non smoking home

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

An innkeeper's chore boy discovers that a visitor's stories hold the key to returning the moon to the Starry River of the Sky.

Starry River of the Sky

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Bridget Hodder

A few minor scuffs on the dust jacket otherwise brand new just has been on my shelf, no other issues, comes from non smoking home

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

The Rat Prince by Bridget Hodder is a funny and magical retelling of the Cinderella story from the point of view of one of her footmen, a rat!

Before Cinderella's stepmother and stepsisters moved into Lancastyr Manor, Cinderella was known as the Lady Rose de Lancastyr. Then her stepmother forced her to become a kitchen maid and renamed her. At first the rats of the manor figure Cinderella for a lack-wit and take pity on her by bringing her food and a special family heirloom. But when Cinderella's stepmother finds a way to prevent her from attending the ball, the rats join forces to help her. The night of the ball is filled with magic and secrets--not least of all who Lady Rose will choose to be her Prince Charming.

A Margaret Ferguson Book

The Rat Prince

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Nancy Farmer

Minor nics from shelf use (please see photos), never been read, no markings, non smoking home

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

In a future where humans despise clones, Matt enjoys special status as the young clone of El Patrón, the 142-year-old leader of a corrupt drug empire nestled between Mexico and the United States. A Newbery Honor book. Reader's Guide available. Reprint.

The House of the Scorpion

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Just some basic shelf wear otherwise no binding creases, no markings, non smoking home

Pokergeist

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Dust jacket binding has a few scratches,  dust jacket at bottom is a little creased, special edition

Special Edition 

The Maze Runner

Allie Esiri

No issues, never been read, comes from non smoking home

Within the pages of Allie Esiri's gorgeous collection, A Poem for Every Spring Day, you will find verse that will transport you to vivid spring-time scenes, taking you from the first sighting of blossoms to Easter. The poems are selected from Allie Esiri's bestselling poetry anthologies A Poem for Every Day of the Year and A Poem for Every Night of the Year.Perfect for reading aloud and sharing with all the family, this book dazzles with an array of familiar favourites and remarkable new discoveries. These seasonal poems - together with introductory paragraphs - have a link to the date on which they appear.Includes poems by William Wordsworth, Christina Rossetti, John Donne and Emily Dickinson who sit alongside Ted Hughes, John Agard, Maya Angelou, Wendy Cope, John Cooper Clarke and Carol Ann Duffy. This soul-enhancing book will keep you company for every day of your life.

A Poem for Every Spring Day

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Anthony Burgess

Minor shelf wear, small crease on fron upper right cover. Small damage by right side front cover (see photos), comes from non smoking home

Presents Burgess' satire of the present inhumanity of man to man through a futuristic culture where teenagers rule with violence, and includes the final chapter deleted from the first American edition.

A Clockwork Orange

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Carolyn Keene

Sara Paretsky

This has a few minor condition issues, please see photos for them, comes from non smoking home, vintage book, no markings

Nancy Drew's keen mind is tested when she searches for a missing will.

The Secret of the Old Clock

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Frances Hill

Some pages have been dogearred or creased, no big damage, binding has crease from reading, no markings inside, comes from non smoking home

History

The Full Story of the Salem Witch Trials

This acclaimed history illuminates the horrifying episode of Salem with visceral clarity, from those who fanned the crisis to satisfy personal vendettas to the four-year-old "witch" chained to a dank prison wall in darkness till she went mad. Antonia Fraser called it "a grisly read and an engrossing one."

A Delusion of Satan

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This is a collector's edition, leatherbound, bump on back (indent), slight scuff on front cover side (please see photos), otherwise everything else is like new, no markings, no creases, beautiful edition, comes from non smoking home

The Agatha Christie Mystery Collection (leatherbound)

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

Roger Lancelyn Green

John Boyne

Binding crease from reading once but otherwise no creases or markings, comes from non smoking home

Recounts the life and adventures of Robin Hood, who, with his band of followers, lived as an outlaw in Sherwood Forest dedicated to fighting tyranny.

The Adventures of Robin Hood

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Henry David Thoreau

W. S. Merwin

William Howarth

New, never been read, no issues, cones from non smoking home

Presents "Walden," in which Thoreau describes his two-year residence at Walden Pond in a small house of his own construction, and "Civil Disobedience," a protest against governmental interference with individual rights and liberty.

Walden and Civil Disobedience

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Cornelia Funke

Anthea Bell

Has yellowing pages and binding creases, no writings or markings inside, this is a well read well loved book from my childhood, older book, comes from non smoking home

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Twelve-year-old Meggie learns that her father, who repairs and binds books for a living, can "read" fictional characters to life when one of those characters abducts them and tries to force him into service.

Inkheart

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David Morrell

Crease from reading, older book so wavy pages with a bit of yellowing, no marking, no binding issues, comes from non smoking home

A Thomas and Emily de Quincey

Murder As a Fine Art

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Read twice (I loved this book, part of a trilogy), has damage (see photo) on first 3 pages after that fine, no markings, non smoking home, binding crease from reading

The year is 1855. The Crimean War is raging. The British government has fallen. The Empire seems to be hanging from a thread. Then the murders start. members of London's elite are found dead with names of assassin's who have failed to kill Queen Victoria. Based on actual attempts to kill Queen Victoria, Inspector of the dead brilliantly merges fact with fiction to bring a violent era of Victorian England to life.

Inspector of the Dead

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Jeanne DuPrau

Please see all photos for condition, no binding issues, this is a well loved well read book from my childhood, only selling for cost of mailer to go to good home, non smoking home, no markings or writing inside 

In the year 241, twelve-year-old Lina trades jobs on Assignment Day to be a Messenger to run to new places in her decaying but beloved city, perhaps even to glimpse Unknown Regions.

The City of Ember

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Denise Alvarado

Smal crease on back cover in upper left corner and bottom left corner from shelf wear, brand new, never been read, comes from non smoking home, no markings 

A Guide to Magical New Orleans

"New Orleans has long been America's most magical city, inhabited by a fascinating visible and invisible world, full of mysteries, known for its decadence and haunted by its spirits. If Salem is famous for its persecution of witches, New Orleans is celebrated for its embrace of the magical, mystical, and paranormal. New Orleans is the historical stronghold of traditional African religions, spirituality, and voudou in the US. There is a mysterious spiritual underbelly hiding in plain sight in New Orleans, and this book shows us where it is, who the characters are, where they come from, and how they persist and manifest today"--

Witch Queens, Voodoo Spirits, and Hoodoo Saints

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Edith Warton

Janet Beer

Never been read, shelf wear (see photos), little wavy by binding (sent to me that way), no markings, non smoking home

Introduction and Notes by Janet Beer, Manchester Metropolitan University.

The House of Mirth tells the story of Lily Bart, aged 29, beautiful, impoverished and in need of a rich husband to safeguard her place in the social elite, and to support her expensive habits - her clothes, her charities and her gambling. Unwilling to marry without both love and money, Lily becomes vulnerable to the kind of gossip and slander which attach to a girl who has been on the marriage market for too long.

Wharton charts the course of Lily's life, providing, along the way, a wider picture of a society in transition, a rapidly changing New York where the old certainties of manners, morals and family have disappeared and the individual has become an expendable commodity.

The House of Mirth was published in October 1905 to widespread critical acclaim. It became an instant bestseller and is regarded today as one of Edith Wharton's most accomplished and compelling social satires.

The House of Mirth

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Oscar. Wilde

Has bend from reading once, small mark on top of pages where binding is, small crease on front cover in upper right corner (see photos), no markings inside, non smoking home

With an Introduction, Notes and Bibliography by Anne Varty, Royal Holloway, University of London.

WILDE, GLAMOROUS AND NOTORIUS, more famous as a playwright or prisoner than as a poet, invites readers of his verse to meet an unknown and intimate figure. The poetry of his formative years includes the haunting elegy to his young sister and the grieving lyric at the death of his father. The religious drama of his romance with Rome is captured here, as well as its resolution in his renewed love of ancient Greece.

He explores forbidden sexual desires, pays homage to the great theatre stars and poets of his day, observes cityscapes with impressionist intensity. His final masterpiece, The Ballad of Reading Gaol, tells the painful story of his own prison experience and calls for universal compassion.

 

This edition of Wilde's verse presents the full range of his achievement as a poet.

Collected Poems of Oscar Wilde

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Mary Shelley

Pamela Bickley

Keith Carabine

Really no issues, except the black cover looks dirty even though it's not (please see photos), shelf wear, never been read, non smoking home

Presents an apocalyptic fantasy of the end of human civilisation. Set in the late twenty-first century, this novel unfolds a sombre and pessimistic vision of mankind confronting inevitable destruction. Interwoven with a futuristic theme, it incorporates portraits of Shelley and Byron, yet rejects Romanticism, and its faith in art and nature.

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