Because I'm desperately strapped for cash this year I'm going to have to have postage for these in advance, so if you drop me a line and let me know which book(s) you want and whether you want them 1st or 2nd class, I'll write back with the weight and postage amount. I'm happy to take either stamps or cash (though it's not the best idea to send cash through the post.... get a proof of posting, please). All of these are on my swap list, but since I'm able to swap less often I thought I'd go ahead and offer them here as well. I'm also willing to swap if you'd prefer that and I can find something in your list I'd like to read.
If there's no RISI synopsis then I've tried to link to wherever there's the most information about the book itself, and if none is available, then to reviews so you can get an idea as to whether you'll like a book or not; the covers may not match the ones shown, so if it matters, ask me. Hope you find it all helpful. :-)
Barrier Island by John D. MacDonald
User's Description: Cover scuffing, edge rubbing and dings. Some graphics wear on the silver bits. 259 page paperback.
Book Condition: Acceptable Book Damage: Other damage
White Ninja (A Nicholas Linnear Novel) by Eric Van Lustbader
User's Description: Creased cover, somewhere between light and heavy. 640 page paperback.
Book Condition: Acceptable Book Damage: Other damage
Willie And Phil (Coronet Books) by Joyce Thompson
User's Description: A few scuffs, nicks, dents, edge rubbing on the cover and the pages starting to yellow. 158 page paperback. Good, light-hearted read. "When Willie and Phil became friends, they couldn't imagine anyone coming between them... and then Jeanette came into their lives."
Book Condition: Good Book Damage: Slightly creased cover
The Prometheus Operation by Mark Elder
User's Description: 'Age spots' on page edges and cover edges, a couple of nicks in the cover edge, and some dustjacket dinging. 282 page hardcover. Reviewed as 5-stars on Amazon.com. "There is no recorded instance of a German attempt to sabotage Los Alamos, but the German high command knew the Americans were building the atomic bomb. The questions facing Nazi intelligence had to be answered if Germany had any hope of winning the war."
Book Condition: Good Book Damage: Aged; yellowed pages
Synopsis: There is no recorded instance of a German attempt to sabotage Los Alamos, but the German high command knew the Americans were building the atomic bomb. The questions facing Nazi intelligence had to be answered if Germany had any hope of winning the war. Only one man could do the job and the assignment to go to New York and halt the development of America's superweapon fell upon intelligence expert Stephen Roebling. Thus begins an epic espionage thriller filled with passion, action and true-life background.
Black Blade by Eric Lustbader
User's Description: Dustcover scuffed, pages *might* be yellowing (sorry, bad lighting), age spots on page edges, price sticker on back cover. 518 page hardcover. Different cover.
Book Condition: Good Book Damage: Other damage
The Forever King by Molly Cochran, Warren Murphy
User's Description: One tiny turning of back cover corner, some edge rubbing and slight marking of the page edges. 364 page oversized paperback. Different cover.
Book Condition: Good Book Damage: Slightly creased spine
Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking A Spy Through The Maze Of Computer Espionage by Clifford Stoll
User's Description: BATTERED but readable. Cover and spine heavily creased, edge rubbing, nicks, inside covers and page edges discoloured, slight water damage. 356 page paperback. This is such a good story I can't believe that no one wants to read it.
Book Condition: Acceptable Book Damage: Aged; yellowed pages
Eat More, Weigh Less: Dr Dean Ornish's Life Choice Program For Losing Weight Safely While Eating Abundantly by Dean Ornish
User's Description: Slightly grubby dust jacket. Pages possibly yellowing, some page edges dinged and a few accidentally turned pages. About half the book is devoted to recipes and there are nutritional tables at the back. Different cover. 391 page hardcover.
Book Condition: Good Book Damage: Other marks
Corporate Bloodlines: The Future Of The Family Firm by Barbara Ballinger Buchholz, Margaret Crane
User's Description: Some scuffing to the dustjacket and a few tiny brown spots on the lower page edges. Not certain what they're from. I don't think this has ever been read. 280 page hardcover.
Book Condition: Good Book Damage: Aged; yellowed pages
Red Dragon by Thomas Harris
User's Description: Spine and cover are creased, there are a few nicks, dings, scuffing and some edge rubbing. A small tear in the back cover has been taped to prevent further damage. The pages are either yellowing or it could be the page colour itself... hard to tell in artificial lighting. 356 page paperback. Different cover to that shown here.
Book Condition: Acceptable Book Damage: Other damage
Sacred Cow (Masks) by Diamelia Eltit
User's Description: A bit of scuffing around the edges and some slight cover creasing. This book is definitely NOT for children. "Sacred Cow is an intense, erotic unveiling of the human psyche." 106 page paperback.
Book Condition: Good Book Damage: Aged; yellowed pages
Blackout by Chris Ryan
User's Description: Spine is somewhere between slightly and heavily creased... all the graphics are intact. Some slight edge rubbing, a few scuffs and a couple of dings. Page edges a bit grimy from sitting on the shelf. 426 page paperback.
Book Condition: Acceptable Book Damage: Slightly creased cover
The Watchman by Chris Ryan
User's Description: Spine slightly creased as well, otherwise it's edge-rubbing, some scuffing and a ding to the page edges at the bottom. 411 page paperback.
Book Condition: Good Book Damage: Slightly creased cover
Land Of Fire by Chris Ryan
User's Description: Only the corners of the cover are creased, and they're very small creases. No creasing to the spine, but the page edges are slightly grimy from sitting around. One page was accidentally turned, but I've straightened it, and with luck it will stay that way. 442 page paperback.
Book Condition: Good Book Damage: Slightly creased cover
The Increment by Chris Ryan
User's Description: Spine is slightly creased, but there's also a publishing wrinkle. Page edges are grimy from sitting on the shelf, but otherwise in good nick. 440 page paperback.
Book Condition: Good Book Damage: Slightly creased cover
Toll For The Brave by Jack Higgins
User's Description: Slightly creased cover as well, plus some dings, edge rubbing and the remains of a price sticker on the front. Page edges are grimy as well from sitting on the shelf. 327 page paperback.
Book Condition: Good Book Damage: Slightly creased spine
Dark Winter by Andy McNab
User's Description: Slightly creased cover, a few dings and grubby page edges from sitting on the shelf. 493 page paperback.
Book Condition: Good Book Damage: Slightly creased spine
Firewall by Andy McNab
User's Description: Slightly creased cover with some scuffing and somewhat dirty page edges from sitting on shelves. 572 page paperback.
Book Condition: Good Book Damage: Slightly creased spine
Deep Black by Andy McNab
User's Description: Some slight edge rubbing and grubbiness of the page edges, but still in excellent shape. 493 page paperback plus teaser for the novel 'Aggressor'.
Book Condition: Good Book Damage: None
Liberation Day by Andy McNab
User's Description: Slightly creased cover, some edge rubbing and page-end grubbiness. 496 page paperback.
Book Condition: Good Book Damage: Slightly creased spine
Aggressor by Andy Mcnab
User's Description: The spine and cover are only very slightly creased, but the page edges are grubby from sitting around on shelves.
Book Condition: Good Book Damage: Slightly creased spine
The Silver Hand (Song Of Albion (Westbow)) by Stephen R. Lawhead
User's Description: Other than some slight shelf-sitting dirtiness and a bit of edge-rubbing on the spine, this book is still new. Book 2 in the Song of Albion series. 399 page oversized paperback. Different cover.
Book Condition: Good Book Damage: Aged; yellowed pages
Bad Company by Jack Higgins
User's Description: Some edge rubbing and a few dings, and page edges are a bit grimy, probably from sitting on the shelf. 374 page paperback.
Book Condition: Good Book Damage: Slightly creased spine
East Of Desolation by Jack Higgins
User's Description: Some edge rubbing and page edges are a bit grimy, probably from sitting on the shelf. 327 page paperback.
Book Condition: Good Book Damage: Slightly creased spine
First Prize by Edward Cline
User's Description: Cover creased, remnant of price sticker on front, scuffing & dings. Inside front cover UPC code marked thru & appears as a yellow mark on front of book. 216 page paperback. Synopsis: Chris Hanrahan, ex-cop and private eye, is asked to accept a missing persons case by a literary foundation. This year's winner has vanished, and Chris must find out who wants the young writer gone.
Book Condition: Acceptable Book Damage: Aged; yellowed pages
3rd Degree by James Patterson
User's Description: A few dings, but that's about it. Hasn't been read. 356 page paperback with a teaser at the back for 'Honeymoon'.
Book Condition: Good Book Damage: None
The Firemaker by Peter May
User's Description: Slight creasing to cover, heavier creasing to spine, some taping inside the cover, price in pencil inside front, some initials in ink inside the back cover, a bit of light scuffing. 419 page paperback.
Book Condition: Acceptable Book Damage: Aged; yellowed pages
Sundog by Jim Harrison
User's Description: Slightly curled/creased corners on the front cover, dinging, edge rubbing, graphics worn slightly where cover meets spine, page edges have a few dings. 241 page paperback. Different cover.
Book Condition: Acceptable Book Damage: Aged; yellowed pages
Point Of Origin by Patricia Cornwell
User's Description: Slightly to heavily creased spine. Some scuffing to cover, front cover edges curled very slightly, price sticker on front. Page edges have some creasing and it looks like someone might have read it in the bath... there's some slight water warping toward the back pages of the book, but not bad. 440 page paperback. A Kay Scarpetta novel.
Book Condition: Good Book Damage: Slightly creased spine
Winter In Eden by Harry Harrison
User's Description: Heavily creased spine, cover not too bad outside though heavily discoloured inside, with red bookseller's stamp, price sticker on front, dinging, graphics wear at spine/cover edges. Pages: one turned-down page, edges have a stamp across top edges, doesn't affect reading. 406 page paperback plus Yilane-English dictionary and animal glossary at back. Different cover.
Book Condition: Acceptable Book Damage: Aged; yellowed pages
The Rebel Angels (King Penguin) by Robertson Davies
User's Description: Over 20 years old, but not in too bad shape. Slightly creased spine, graphics wear at spine/cover edge, dinging, edge rubbing, front bottom cover corner has a crease. Inside covers heavily discoloured. 332 page paperback. Synopsis: Two professors--one a goodhearted priest, the other a dabbler in the darker arts--becomes involved with graduate student Maria Theotoki, who knows the gospel of the angels who betrayed heaven's secrets.
Book Condition: Acceptable Book Damage: Aged; yellowed pages
Synopsis: Two professors--one a goodhearted priest, the other a dabbler in the darker arts--becomes involved with graduate student Maria Theotoki, who knows the gospel of the angels who betrayed heaven's secrets.
The Tin Man by Dale Brown
User's Description: A bit of edge rubbing, one small nick near the spine and page edges look a bit grimy. 434 page paperback.
Book Condition: Good Book Damage: Slightly creased spine
Never Go Back by Robert Goddard
User's Description: Page edges a bit grimy. 459 page paperback. A bit Manchurian Candidate.
Book Condition: Good Book Damage: Slightly creased spine
Confess, Fletch by Gregory McDonald
User's Description: BATTERED but readable. Heavily creased spine, lots of edge rubbing, cover graphics worn in several places. Bookseller's stamp on inside front cover, lots of scuffing and dings, though very little creasing to the cover. Very old copy (1976). 270 page paperback. Different cover.
Book Condition: Acceptable Book Damage: Aged; yellowed pages
The Thorn Birds (Troubadour Books) by Colleen McCullough
User's Description: Slightly creased spine, only a couple of cover creases but they're heavy. Edge rubbing, nicks and dings, silver is partially worn away on tree, cover is sun-faded. Page edges discoloured, price in pencil on first page. 591 page paperback.
Book Condition: Acceptable Book Damage: Aged; yellowed pages
In The Hall Of The Dragon King (Dragon King Trilogy) by Stephen Lawhead
User's Description: Creased cover and spine (between light and heavy for both), cover has a few dings as well. Ex-library with stamps and markings. Some edge rubbing at corners. 351 page paperback.
Book Condition: Good Book Damage: Aged; yellowed pages
Looking For Mr. Goodbar (Coronet Books) by Judith Rossner
User's Description: Slight creasing to cover, none to spine though there is some edge-graphics wear. General edge-rubbing, one turned page, price in pencil on first page, name in ink on inside cover, page edges discoloured. Very old edition (1978)... has that lovely soft feel old books get. 287 page paperback. Slightly different cover.
Book Condition: Acceptable Book Damage: Aged; yellowed pages
Synopsis: Based on an actual murder, here is the story of Theresa Dunn, a convent-educated schoolteacher with a respectable family and a decent fiance, who haunts the singles bars of New York. Theresa arrives alone, but she picks up a take-home man. The author also wrote "His Little Women".
Moment Of Truth by Lisa Scottoline
User's Description: I think this is publisher faults. There's what looks like a crease on the spine, but it's only in one small area so I think it's a wrinkle rather than a reading crease. Practically unnoticeable creases to the cover, slight edge-rubbing. I don't think it's ever been read. 362 page paperback.
Book Condition: Good Book Damage: Other damage
Cold Kill (Dan Shepherd Mysteries) by Stephen Leather
User's Description: Slightly creased cover and some scuffing. Page edges look a bit grimy. 516 page paperback.
Book Condition: Good Book Damage: Slightly creased spine
Are You Afraid Of The Dark? by Sidney Sheldon
User's Description: Very slight spine and cover creasing, slight edge-rubbing and scuffing. 401 page paperback.
Book Condition: Good Book Damage: Slightly creased spine
Voices In The Wind by Danielle Thomas
User's Description: Spine and cover creased, sticker on front cover, library sticker and stamps inside. Front page has been removed because it was torn to bits, but it was only a review and doesn't affect readability or information for the book. 383 page paperback.
Book Condition: Acceptable Book Damage: Aged; yellowed pages
Gates Of Paradise (Casteel Family 4) by Virginia Andrews
User's Description: A few dings and some edge rubbing. Never read, as I don't like Virginia Andrews (known as V.C. Andrews in the USA). 493 page paperback. Different cover.
Book Condition: Good Book Damage: Slightly creased cover
Prozac Nation: Young And Depressed In America - A Memoir by Elizabeth Wurtzel
User's Description: Creased cover and spine as well as dings, scuffing and edge rubbing. Some highlighted text toward end of book, but very good selections to read to people who don't/can't understand depression. 294 page paperback plus epilogue, afterward and acknowledgements.
Book Condition: Acceptable Book Damage: Highlighted sections of text
John Paul II: Una Biografia Ilustrada by McGraw-Hill (Publisher)
User's Description: Some dinging and scuffing to the cover. WRITTEN IN ITALIAN. Bought in Italy while visiting the Vatican in the early 90s. Heavily illustrated biography of Pope John Paul II. Proper title is Juan Pablo II: Una Biografia Ilustrada. 125 page oversized paperback.
Book Condition: Good Book Damage: Aged; yellowed pages
The Witching Hour: V. 1 by Anne Rice
User's Description: Creased cover and spine, edge rubbing. A bit of dirt on the bottom page edges but not visible when you're reading. 1,207 page paperback.
Book Condition: Acceptable Book Damage: Aged; yellowed pages -- VERY HEAVY
A Darkness At Sethanon (The Riftwar Saga) by Raymond E. Feist
User's Description: BATTERED but readable. Quite a bit of creasing and a bit scuffed with yellowing pages. Small price sticker on the back cover where the bar code is. 527 page paperback.
Book Condition: Acceptable Book Damage: Heavily creased spine
Journeys Of Recovery: Stories Of Hope & Recovery From Long-Term Mental Health Problems by Scottish Recovery Network
User's Description: This was a free book put out during Mental Health Week. The 12 stories are good... encouraging for those who have to deal with someone who has a mental illness, or has one themselves, in whatever form. 64 page paperback.
Book Condition: Good Book Damage: None