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  • MAXIE IN THE JUNGLE or The Temple of the Incas (Maxie # 6) by Gardner, Elise Bell (1895-1994) (pseudonym Janet Jamieson)
    Gardner, Elise Bell (1895-1994) (pseudonym Janet Jamieson)
    MAXIE IN THE JUNGLE or The Temple of the Incas (Maxie # 6)

    Edition: First edition.

    New York: Cupples & Leon Company, (1937). Hardcover first edition - Set in Venezuela, this is the 6th book in this series of adventures set in Caribbean and Latin America, featuring Maxie, a young American girl who "has the ability of turning every event in her life into the most absorbing and astounding adventures, and when she is sent to visit her only other Uncle in the British West Indies, it proves to be the beginning of not only an entirely new mode of living, but a series of tremendously thrilling adventures and stirring deeds that every girl will thoroughly enjoy." The author, a war bride who came to Canada after World War I, had spent part of her…

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    New York: Cupples & Leon Company, (1937). Hardcover first edition - Set in Venezuela, this is the 6th book in this series of adventures set in Caribbean and Latin America, featuring Maxie, a young American girl who "has the ability of turning every event in her life into the most absorbing and astounding adventures, and when she is sent to visit her only other Uncle in the British West Indies, it proves to be the beginning of not only an entirely new mode of living, but a series of tremendously thrilling adventures and stirring deeds that every girl will thoroughly enjoy." The author, a war bride who came to Canada after World War I, had spent part of her childhood in Trinidad, and also travelled to the West Indies again and so she knew the area well. Glossy frontispiece by Russell Tandy. Lists to self both at the front of the book and in the ads at the rear. 209 pp plus 3 pp publisher's ads.

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    Condition: Very good overall in blue cloth with black lettering and illustration on front cover (slight spine slant, some wear to edges of boards, prev owner's name and usual toning to the pages)

    Book ID: 64555
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  • THE DEADLY ACKEE. by Hadley, Joan (aka Joan Hess)
    Hadley, Joan (aka Joan Hess)
    THE DEADLY ACKEE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: St Martin's, (1988.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Second mystery featuring Theo Bloomer, a mild-mannered, retired florist with a penchant for categorizing people in botanical terms, set in Jamaica. Hadley is best known for her mysteries written under the pseudonym Joan Hess. 186 pp. ISBN: 0-312-014163.

    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (remainder mark)

    Book ID: 55418
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  • DEADLY SLIPPER: A Novel of Death in the Dordogne. by Wan, Michelle.
    Wan, Michelle.
    DEADLY SLIPPER: A Novel of Death in the Dordogne.

    Edition: Trade paperback.

    New York: Vintage Crime / Black Lizard, (2006). The author's first novel - a "literary mystery about a womans search for her long-missing sister [which] takes readers to the ruggedly beautiful Dordogne region of Franceand into the exotic world of orchid-hunting, where the discovery of a new species can be deadly." 301 pp. ISBN: 1400079527.

    Condition: Very near fine.

    Book ID: 67586
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