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  • SONS OF THE CITY. by Flander, Scott.
    Flander, Scott.
    SONS OF THE CITY.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Morrow, (1999.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's first novel, a look at the gritty underside of life on the streets of Philadelphia, a world of the Mafia, of cops who oppose them, and of racial unrest. 308 pp. ISBN: 0-688-164293.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 48489
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  • HOSTILE WITNESS. by Lashner, William.
    Lashner, William.
    HOSTILE WITNESS.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Regan / Harper Collins, (1995) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - His first thriller, featuring Victor Carl, Philadephia lawyer struggling to keep the firm afloat, deep in debt and surviving on collecting debts - when he is offered a chance to work with the top lawyer in the city on a murder case involving a legendary city councilman. All he has to do is follow the lead of the other attorney - until he realizes that this dream offer is a Faustian nightmare. INSCRIBED on the title page to the noted collector Larry Owens. 501 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0391472.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 84614
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  • VERITAS. by Lashner, William.
    Lashner, William.
    VERITAS.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Regan / Harper Collins, (1997). First edition - His second thriller, featuring Victor Carl, Philadephia lawyer and loser, who comes to Belize to chase his fortune and learn the truth about the death of a heiress. 488 pp.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 82885
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  • VERITAS. by Lashner, William.
    Lashner, William.
    VERITAS.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Regan / Harper Collins, (1997) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - His second thriller, featuring Victor Carl, Philadephia lawyer and loser, who comes to Belize to chase his fortune and learn the truth about the death of a heiress. INSCRIBED on the title page to the noted collector Larry Owens. Laid in is a brief typed and SIGNED letter to Owens in which Lashner notes that this book was already in its 4th printing. 454 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0391472.

    Condition: Near fine in a fine dust jacket (as new, but with some light toning to the pages.)

    Book ID: 82884
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  • COPPER BEECHES. by Lewis, Arthur H.
    Lewis, Arthur H.
    COPPER BEECHES.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Trident Press, (1971.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The Philadelphia branch ("The Sons of the Copper Beeches") of the Baker Street Irregulars engage in a competition when one of their members has the temerity to suggest that Sherlock Holmes was only able to solve his crimes because of all the clues Arthur Conan Doyle provided. At stake is a suberb collection of Sherlockiana, but this good-natured chase soon becomes deadly. 317 pp. ISBN: 0-671-270834.

    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (foxing to the fore-edge of the texblock, and the folds of the dj, creasing to flaps of dj.)

    Book ID: 56390
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  • Lipman, Eugene J. and Albert Vorspan, editors.
    A TALE OF TEN CITIES: The Triple Ghetto in American Religious Life.

    Edition: 2nd printing.

    New York: Union of American Hebrew Congregations. (1962.) dj. Hardcover - A look at "the ways in which Protestants, Catholics, and Jews are relating to one another (or failing to relate) in ten American cities" - including Boston (conflict on the Charles), Nashville (Athens with an Achilles heel), Cleveland (city without Jews), Philadelphia, Minneapolis and St Paul, Plainview on Long Island, Los Angeles, New York City and Muncie. 344 pp.

    Condition: Fine in very good+ dust jacket. (1 closed tear to dj.)

    Book ID: 36661
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  • Lipman, Eugene J. and Albert Vorspan, editors.
    A TALE OF TEN CITIES: The Triple Ghetto in American Religious Life.

    Edition: 2nd printing.

    New York: Union of American Hebrew Congregations. (1962.). Hardcover - A look at "the ways in which Protestants, Catholics, and Jews are relating to one another (or failing to relate) in ten American cities" - including Boston (conflict on the Charles), Nashville (Athens with an Achilles heel), Cleveland (city without Jews), Philadelphia, Minneapolis and St Paul, Plainview on Long Island, Los Angeles, New York City and Muncie. 344 pp.

    Condition: Very near fine in cream and sage green cloth, lacking the dj.

    Book ID: 38671
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  • HOW TO MURDER A MILLIONAIRE. by Martin, Nancy.
    Martin, Nancy.
    HOW TO MURDER A MILLIONAIRE.

    Edition: Book club edition.

    New York: Signet, (2002.) dj. Hardcover - First mystery featuring the three Blackbird sisters (and especially Nora) of Philadelphia. 254 pp. ISBN: 0-7394-31617.

    Condition: Near fine in a fine dust jacket (prev owner's sticker on front endpaper.)

    Book ID: 53933
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  • THE TWELVE TRIBES OF HATTIE. by Mathis, Ayana.
    Mathis, Ayana.
    THE TWELVE TRIBES OF HATTIE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2012. dj. Hardcover first edition - African American author's very highly praised first novel, the story of the children of the Great Migration in the 1920s. 243 pp. ISBN: 9780385350280.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (first issue dj without the Oprah sticker, crease to corner of flap of dj)

    Book ID: 63272
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  • LAZARETTO. by McKinney-Whetstone, Diane.
    McKinney-Whetstone, Diane.
    LAZARETTO.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Harper Collins, (2016). First edition - A novel set in nineteenth century Philadelphia, in the aftermath of Lincoln's assassination, and centered on the black staff who worked at the Lazaretto quarantine hospital, the first stop for immigrants entering the United States. 334 pp.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 67954
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  • AN AMERICAN PLAGUE: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793. by Murphy, Jim.
    Murphy, Jim.
    AN AMERICAN PLAGUE: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793.

    Edition: 2nd printing.

    New York: Clarion Books / Houghton Mifflin, (2003). Hardcover - A book for older children which "describes the illness known as yellow fever and the toll it took on Philadephia's residents, relating the epidemic to the major social and political events of the day and to 18th-century medical beliefs and practices. . . [He] spotlights the heroic role of Philadelphia's free blacks in combating the disease, and the Constitutional crisis that President Washington faced when he was forced to leave the cityand all his paperswhile escaping the deadly contagion. A Newbery Honor Book and nominated National Book Award Illustrated with fascinating archival prints. Map, sources, index. Slightly over-sized format. 165 pp. ISBN: 0-395776082.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 78411
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  • REMINISCENCES FROM LAMPLIGHT TO SATELLITE. by Pease, Mae Townsend,
    Pease, Mae Townsend,
    REMINISCENCES FROM LAMPLIGHT TO SATELLITE.

    Edition: First printing.

    Philadelphia: Dorrance & Company, (1960) dj. Hardcover first edition - A memoir written by a woman who was almost 80 at the time - a task undertaken, as she notes in the foreword, only because a sprained ankle kept her from her usual activities. While much of it deals with her childhood growing up in Philadelphia (including sheep and other livestock driven thru the streets to the slaughterhouse in the very early hours of the morning), her life remained adventurous and full. On a leisure trip to Africa in 1953, there was a shipwreck off the coast of South Africa; and was involved in a plane crash on a trip to Kashmir. The final trip mentioned in this book…

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    Philadelphia: Dorrance & Company, (1960) dj. Hardcover first edition - A memoir written by a woman who was almost 80 at the time - a task undertaken, as she notes in the foreword, only because a sprained ankle kept her from her usual activities. While much of it deals with her childhood growing up in Philadelphia (including sheep and other livestock driven thru the streets to the slaughterhouse in the very early hours of the morning), her life remained adventurous and full. On a leisure trip to Africa in 1953, there was a shipwreck off the coast of South Africa; and was involved in a plane crash on a trip to Kashmir. The final trip mentioned in this book was in 1959 to Angkor Wat in Cambodia, Cairo, Sydney in Australia and more. Illustrated with photographs. x, 136 pp

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    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (prev owner's name, some overall edgewear to dj) Laid in is a newspaper article about the author.

    Book ID: 87366
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  • THROUGH THE LIGHT CONTINENT; OR, THE UNITED STATES IN 1877-8. by Saunders, William.
    Saunders, William.
    THROUGH THE LIGHT CONTINENT; OR, THE UNITED STATES IN 1877-8.

    Edition: Facsimile Reprint.

    New York: Arno Press, 1974. Hardcover - Originally published in 1879. The author, an Englishman, travelled to California and back and gives his impressions of the American scene. A title in the Foreign Travelers in America, 1810-1935 series. 409 pp plus 3 pp of charts from the census. ISBN: 0-405-054726.

    Condition: Ex-library with missing front endpaper, relatively few markings and overall tight and clean in gold cloth with burgundy lettering.

    Book ID: 57387
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  • LADY KILLER. by Scottoline, Lisa.
    Scottoline, Lisa.
    LADY KILLER.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: HarperCollins, (2008.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Legal thriller featuring lawyer Mary DiNunzio by this Edgar award winning author who was herself an attorney in Philadelphia. 336 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0833149.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 76597
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  • MY IMPRESSIONS OF AMERICA. by Wagner, Charles.
    Wagner, Charles.
    MY IMPRESSIONS OF AMERICA.

    Edition: Facsimile Reprint.

    New York: Arno Press, 1974. Hardcover - Originally published in 1906. Translated From The French by Mary Louise Hendee. A title in the Foreign Travelers in America, 1810-1935 series. 301 pp. ISBN: 0-405-054777.

    Condition: Ex-library with the usual markings and overall tight and clean in gold cloth with burgundy lettering.

    Book ID: 57386
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  • ECHOES IN THE DARKNESS. by Wambaugh, Joseph.
    Wambaugh, Joseph.
    ECHOES IN THE DARKNESS.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Morrow, (1979.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An account of the bizarre 1979 murder, which occurred just west of Philadelphia, that became known as the Main Line Murder Case. Basis for the television miniseries starring Peter Coyote and Gary Cole. SIGNED on the title page. 415 pp plus epilogue. ISBN: 0-688068898.

    Condition: Fine in a near fine dust jacket (crease to back cover of dj)

    Book ID: 52603
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  • ECHOES IN THE DARKNESS. by Wambaugh, Joseph.
    Wambaugh, Joseph.
    ECHOES IN THE DARKNESS.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Morrow, (1979.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An account of the bizarre 1979 murder, which occurred just west of Philadelphia, that became known as the Main Line Murder Case. Basis for the television miniseries starring Peter Coyote and Gary Cole. 415 pp plus epilogue. ISBN: 0-688068898.

    Condition: SIGNED on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket (some splashes to the outside of the text block, but overall a tight clean copy.)

    Book ID: 47199
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  • Watson, Bernard C., Ph.D.
    COLORED, NEGRO, BLACK: Chasing the American Dream.

    Edition: 2nd printing, a trade paperback.

    Philadelphia: JDC Books, (199). SIGNED - Biography of growing up in a segregated America by this educator, foundation head and activist. Illustrated with photographs. 265 pp,

    Condition: SIGNED on the title page. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 33736
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