2013, ISBN: a3fd2206c16ad1c69f08767b0d236fc2

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Hurst & Blackett, 1959. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1959. First Edition. 188 pages. This is an ex-Library book. Pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Expected library inserts,… More...

Hurst & Blackett, 1959. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1959. First Edition. 188 pages. This is an ex-Library book. Pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Expected library inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout with thumb marking present. Plate stuck to front pastedown. Boards are presumed clean as jacket is taped down. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears and creasing., Hurst & Blackett, 1959, 2.5, Collins, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. 160 pages. No dust jacket. Pictorial boards. Text bound upside down. Title page is missing. Pages are moderately tanned with noticeable foxing throughout. Label remnants to front endpaper. Thumb-marking present throughout. Boards have slight edge wear with corner bumping. Mild tanning to spine and edges with some crushing to spine ends. Book is slightly bowed and forward leaning., Collins, 2.5, Penguin Books, 1960. Paperback. Acceptable. 1960. No Edition Stated. 288 pages. Paperback book. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and sunning., Penguin Books, 1960, 2.5, Fontana Books, 1968. Paperback. Acceptable. 1968. Nineteenth Impression. 542 pages. Pictorial paper cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning. Heavier to endpapers,paste downs& text block edges. Thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and sunning. Creasing to spine., Fontana Books, 1968, 2.5, Henry Frowde, 1905. Hardcover. Good. 1905. Second Impression. 379 pages. Fully bound in red leather with gilt lettering to spine. Gilded illustration to front board. Gilded coat of arms illustration to front board. Prize plate stuck to front pastedown. Gilt top text block edge. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Heavier tanning to endpapers & paste downs. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Visible sunning to spine and edges with crushing & peeling to spine ends. Gilt motif is bright and clear to front board., Henry Frowde, 1905, 2.5, Corgi, Transworld, 1968. Paperback. Good. 1968. 120 pages. Paperback book. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and sunning., Corgi, Transworld, 1968, 2.5, Pan Books Ltd, 1959. Paperback. Acceptable. 1959. Reprinted. 185 pages. Pictorial paper cover. Contains black and white photographic plates. Pages and plates are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Occasional thumb-marking present. Binding remains firm. Paper cover has mild edge wear with scuffing to edges and creasing. Mild rubbing to surfaces with curling to corners. Heavy tear down rear spine joint., Pan Books Ltd, 1959, 2.5, Penguin, 1961. Paperback. Good. 1961. Published in Penguin Books. 288 pages. Paperback. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paperback with mild edge wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and sunning., Penguin, 1961, 2.5, Fontana. Good. 111 x 178mm. Paperback. 1989. 480 pages. Cover worn. <br>It's 1940 and Linda Voss, legal secret ary extraordinaire, has a secret. She's head over heels in love w ith her boss, John Berringer, the pride of the Ivy League. Not th at she even has a chance--he'd never take a second look at a Germ an-Jewish girl from Queens who spends her time taking care of her faded beauty of a mother and following bulletins on the war in E urope. For Linda, though, the war will soon become all too real. Engulfing her nation and her life, it will offer opportunities sh e's never dreamed of. A chance to win the man she wants...a chanc e to find the love she deserves. Made into the movie of the same name starring Melanie Griffith, Michael Douglas, and Liam Neeson , Shining Through is a novel of honor, sacrifice, passion, and hu mor. This is vintage Susan Isaacs, a tale of a spirited woman who wisecracks her way into heroism and history--and into your heart . Editorial Reviews Review Linda Voss is an irrestistible heroi ne...She's exactly the bright and resourceful heroine we all feel we could be.San Francisco ChronicleTotally captivating.Chicago S un-TimesAs close to a 1940s movie as a book can get. It's like th e kind of big, exciting movie we liked best then, in which someon e pretty much like us takes incredible risks for unimpeachable mo tives and wins just what we wanted.The New York Times Book Review --This text refers to the mass_market edition. From Publishers Weekly A truly compulsive read, Isaacs's fourth novel (after Almo st Paradise) is a smooth blend of romantic fiction and spy thrill er. Again demonstrating her unbeatable flair for down-to-earth di alogue, sassy, outspoken heroines and social nuances that convey character and period, Isaacs tells a Cinderella story with a cont emporary twist. Linda Voss is a 31-year-old secretary to the drea miest looking man on Wall Street, international lawyer John Berri nger, with whom she is secretly and hopelessly in love: she is a poor girl from Queens, and he boasts an Ivy League background alo ng with his perfect profile. When circumstances lead to their unl ikely marriage, however, sexual fireworks keep them together. As World War II engulfs Europe, the Berringers move to Washington, w here both become involved in undercover work for the COI, soon to become the OSS. Heartbreak, plus a feeling of kinship for the vi ctims of Nazism, leads Linda, whose childhood was spent in a Germ an-speaking household, to volunteer for a dangerous mission in Be rlin. There, events tumble her into heroic action. Isaacs's depic tion of daily life in wartime Germany rings with accurate detail, as does her picture of the American espionage organization and o f the psychological orientation of the people who made up its ran ks. She has hit her stride here with a book that has all the mark s of a runaway bestseller. 300,000 copy first printing; $300,000 ad/promo; movie rights to Columbia; paperback rights to Ballantin e; Literary Guild and Doubleday Book Club dual main selections. Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the mass_market edition. From the Publisher As a publisher, one of the things I hate the most is when big screen movies and m ade-for-TV movies take really well written, interesting stores an d make horrible movies out of them And in doing so turn thousands of people away from a truly enjoyable reading experiences. Sadly , such is the case for both ALMOST PARADISE and SHINING THROUGH. Do yourself a big favor and beware the screen. Both of these boo ks are marvelous romances, and it took me a long time to get arou nd to reading them, for I was a snob, and didn't 'read romances'. The joke was on me however, where these two novels are concerned , for they have great characters and such stories of love! SHININ G THROUGH is also a W.W.II thriller, with the heroine infiltratin g the house of a Nazi official. The love of nation and of freedom is also accented. In ALMOST PARADISE, the romance of Jane and Ni cky begins before they were born, and the book takes us through t heir lifetimes... It made me laugh out loud on one page then had me in tears a few pages later. You will need several kleenex to g et through the last few pages, trust me. The trick in both books is that Susan Isaacs makes us care passionately about her charact ers. Both books are equally hard to put down once you start, bu t what do you care? It's not like you have a movie to watch. -Al ice Kesterson, Regional Sales Manager --This text refers to the m ass_market edition. From the Inside Flap with heartbreak, drama and thrills...Marvelously readable. THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER It' s 1940 and Linda Voss, secretary extraordinaire, has a secret: sh e's in love with her boss, John Berringer, the pride of the Ivy L eage. Not that he'd take a second look at her, a German-Jewish gi rl from Queens who spends her time caring for her faded beauty of a mother, and following the news of the war that is engulfing Eu rope. How Linda wins and loses her man, puts her life on the lin e for her beliefs, and finally gets the man she deserved all alon g is the story that only Susan Isaacs, author of the accalimed be stseller MAGIC HOUR, can tell. --This text refers to the mass_mar ket edition. About the Author Susan Isaacs is the bestselling a uthor of eleven novels, two screenplays, and one work of nonficti on. She lives on Long Island. --This text refers to the mass_mark et edition. Excerpt. ? Reprinted by permission. All rights reser ved. Chapter One In 1940, when I was thirty-one and an old maid , while the whole world waited for war, I fell in love with John Berringer. An office crush. Big deal. Since the invention of the steno pad, a day hasn't gone by without some secretary glancing up from her Pitman squiggles and suddenly realizing that the man who was mumbling ...and therefore, pursuant to the above... was t he one man in her life who could ever bring her joy. So there I was, a cliche with a number 2 yellow pencil: a working girl from Queens who'd lost her heart to the pride of the Ivy League. And to make matters worse, John Berringer bore absolutely no resembla nce to the typical Wall Street international lawyer, the kind who se gray face was two shades paler than his suit. Sure, a girl cou ld wind up losing her heart to one of those dreary men. There's n othing quieter than an old maid's bedroom, and in that black stil lness it's so easy to create magic: A lawyer with the profile of a toad--Abracadabra!--is transformed into an Adonis, pulsating wi th passion under his pinstripes. But John didn't need any of tha t midnight magic to turn him gorgeous. The big joke in the law fi rm was how could I not have a mad crush on him. You've got to be made of iron, Linda, one of the girls said at lunch, not to go nu ts for those blue eyes. They're blue like- Someone at the far end of the table called out, Twilight! And someone else chimed in, N o, like a clear lake ... but with a funny kind of depth, like on a cloudy day. John Berringer made poets out of stenographers. Som eone else piped up, Come on...blue like pansies, and Gladys Slade , my best friend, called out from the head of the lunch table, Ho w can anybody even think of the word 'pansy' in the same sentence with 'Mr. Berringer' in it? Everyone giggled. In private, Glady s said, Listen, Linda, don't kid a kidder. I'm the first person t o understand your not wanting to make a public announcement, but even if you didn't care about looks, think about brains. I mean, you're always reading the papers and wanting to talk about--oh, G od, you know English naval power. Or French politics. So aren't y ou attracted to someone brilliant like him? I bet he loves all th at boring stuff. It's not boring. Three quarters of the world is -- He's so charming, she cut me off. Like a blond Cary Grant. G ladys, I explained, when you sit across the desk from this guy da y in and day out, you realize he's always charming. It kind of wa fts up from him, like B.O. Don't you get it? It doesn't mean anyt hing. And his looks...Yeah, he's handsome, but what's behind it? That's for you to find out, Gladys ho-ho-hoed. I've got to tell you, I said, there's something deepdown unappealing about a man who knows he's stunning and uses it. You know, like it's six-fift een and you're so tired all you want to do is suck your thumb, bu t he has fortyseven letters he still wants to dictate. So he flas hes that five-thousand-watt smile and that's supposed to brighten up your life and make you want to go on. But see, a guy who pull s that sort of thing isn't... Isn't what? Isn't masculine. Oh, come off it! I'm serious, Gladys. And he's much too blond. Girl s are fair. Guys should be dark. And with those big blue eyes. It 's like some artist made him up to illustrate 'Cinderella.' Can't you just see him, with green stockings and those bubble shorts, holding a glass slipper? I can see him with green stockings...an d without green stockings. This was a very racy remark for Gladys , whose idea of wild sex was Fred Astaire loosening his tie. He' s Prince Charming, I said. Who needs it? I've got to stay late wh en he asks me, even if he looked like a pile of you-know-what. It 's my job. But he thinks: Ha! I've charmed her. I've got her wher e I've got all the girls, in the palm of my hand. I looked Gladys straight in the eye. You know why he doesn't do a thing for me? Because he's a woman's man. Not a real man. Naturally, I was lyi ng through my teeth. But I kept my secret love a secret. I would not let myself (as his secretary) be honorary president of the Jo hn Berringer Fan Club. What I felt for John wasn't meant to be sh ared with the girls. It was precious, and different. Because eve n way back then, I felt I was different. But was I (am I?) reall y different in any way from all the women from Brooklyn and Queen s and the Bronx who trekked up the stairs from the subway every m orning and got lost in the dark canyons, the gloomy buildings tha t loomed over Wall Street? Well, I'm not in Queens anymore. I'm c ertainly not a secretary. I'm not the girl I was. But how did I get all the way here from there? Because when America finally di d go to war, the other subway secretaries fought Hitler by saving their bacon grease in fin cans and putting makeup on their legs instead of silk stockings. My fight, though, was different--peril ous, real. I wound up in the middle of the Nazi hellhole. Me, Lin da Voss. --This text refers to the mass_market edition. ., Fontana, 1989, 2.5, Heinemann, 1958. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1958. First Published. 150 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Black and white and colour illustrations throughout. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Unclipped jacket has light edge-wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking., Heinemann, 1958, 2.5, Macmillan, 1966. Hardcover. Good. 1966. 428 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and tanning., Macmillan, 1966, 2.5, Macmillan, 1906. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1906. 207 pages. No dust jacket. Blue boards. Binding is firm. Light tanning, staining, foxing and thumb marking throughout. Foxing is heavier to paste downs and endpapers. Tanning is heavier to page edges with some heavy scuffing. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing, scuffing and corner bumping. Some light marking and staining. Book haws a slight forward lean., Macmillan, 1906, 2.5, #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Includes Lee Child's short story "Not a Drill" and an excerpt from Make Me!"The indomitable Reacher burns up the pages."USA TodayFour people in a car, hoping to make Chicago by morning. One man driving, another telling stories that don't add up. A woman in the back, silent and worried. And a hitchhiker with a broken nose. An hour behind them, the FBI descends on an old pumping station where a man was stabbed to deaththe knife work professional, the killers nowhere to be seen.All Jack Reacher wanted was a ride to Virginia. All he did was stick out his thumb. But he soon discovers he has hitched more than a ride. He has tied himself to a massive conspiracy, in which nothing is what it seems, and nobody is telling the truth."Furious action . . . [Lee] Child keeps the pacing swift and the surprises rolling. . . . [A] feverishly thrilling series."The Miami Herald"Smart, breathless . . . [with] one of the best female characters in the whole Reacher series."The New York Times"Subtle and nuanced [with] seductive writing and irresistible plot twists."Newsweek, Random House Publishing Group, 2013-05-28, 2.5, Young World Productions, 1111. Paperback. Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 112 pages. Illustrated paper cover. Contains colour illustrations. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and sunning. Minor split to spine., Young World Productions, 2.5, New English Library, 1972. Paperback. Good. 1972. First Edition Thus. 174 pages. Pictorial paper cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and sunning., New English Library, 1972, 2.5, Penguin Books, 1961. Paperback. Good. 1961. Reprinted. 288 pages. Orange striped penguin cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and sunning., Penguin Books, 1961, 2.5, A Four Square Book, 1964. Paperback. Good. 1964. First Four Square Edition. 271 pages. Paperback book with illustrated cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and sunning., A Four Square Book, 1964, 2.5, Penguin Books, 1960. Paperback. Good. 1960. No edition remarks. 288 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and sunning., Penguin Books, 1960, 2.5, K-H Services Limited, 1948. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1948. First Published. 204 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over orange cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards are presumed clean as jacket is taped down. Unclipped jacket. Panels have light edge wear with tears and creasing., K-H Services Limited, 1948, 2.5, Marvel, 2012. Paperback. Good. 2012. Direct Edition. Unpaginated. Pictorial paper cover. Contains colour illustrations. Long Way Down, Part 5. No. 520. Sept 2012. Pages are in good condition with minimal tanning and foxing. Occasional thumb-marking present. Staple binding remains in good condition. Paper cover has light edge wear with minimal scuffing to edges and creasing. Light rubbing to surfaces with slight curling to corners., Marvel, 2012, 2.5, NEL Signet, 1968. Paperback. Acceptable. 1968. No Edition Remarks. 271 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Book is in better condition than most examples of this age. Neat, clean, well bound pages with very minimal foxing, tanning and thumbing. Small inscriptions and neat labels may be present. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and sunning. Book is slightly curled., NEL Signet, 1968, 2.5<

1964, ISBN: a3fd2206c16ad1c69f08767b0d236fc2

A Four Square Book, 1964. Paperback. Good. 1964. First Four Square Edition. 271 pages. Paperback book with illustrated cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Mi… More...

A Four Square Book, 1964. Paperback. Good. 1964. First Four Square Edition. 271 pages. Paperback book with illustrated cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and sunning., A Four Square Book, 1964, 2.5<

1968, ISBN: a3fd2206c16ad1c69f08767b0d236fc2

Gebraucht, [SC: 5.54], [PU: NEL Signet], 1968. No Edition Remarks. 271 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Book is in better condition than most examples of this age. Neat, clean,… More...

Gebraucht, [SC: 5.54], [PU: NEL Signet], 1968. No Edition Remarks. 271 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Book is in better condition than most examples of this age. Neat, clean, well bound pages with very minimal foxing, tanning and thumbing. Small inscriptions and neat labels may be present. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and sunning. Book is slightly curled.<

1964, ISBN: a3fd2206c16ad1c69f08767b0d236fc2

Four Square, 1964. 1064. vg++. 1st Four Square 1064 1964 edition paperback fine In stock shipped from our UK warehouse, Four Square, 1964, 3

1964, ISBN: a3fd2206c16ad1c69f08767b0d236fc2

Vg++, [PU: Four Square]