3 Bestseller Paperbacks

3 BESTSELLING PAPERBACK NOVELS - THE SHELL SEEKERS, CHRISTY, HERE ON EARTH - READING COPIES Three paperback novels photographed on a dark oak table. Titles are "The Shell Seekers" by Rosamunde Pilcher (Dell mass-market, cover priced U.S. $4.95 / CAN $5.95, ISBN 0-440-20204-3, cover line "MONTH AFTER MONTH AN UNFORGETTABLE NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER," back cover marked "A TROLL BOOK CLUB MAIN SELECTION"); "Christy" by Catherine Marshall (Avon 26369, cover priced $1.75, cover line "ONE OF THE BEST-LOVED OF ALL AMERICAN NOVELS," back cover with a red starburst "OVER 3 1/2 MILLION COPIES SOLD" and marked "A LITERARY GUILD SELECTION / A READER'S DIGEST BOOK CLUB SELECTION," with an interior "The Characters" list naming Christy Rudd Huddleston, Fairlight Spencer and Dr. Neil MacNeill); and "Here on Earth" by Alice Hoffman (Berkley trade paperback with a dragonfly cover, an Oprah's Book Club seal, a gold "Readers Guide Inside" seal, and back cover marked "A SELECTION OF THE LITERARY GUILD"). All three are used reading copies. "Christy" is the roughest of the three, with heavy cover creasing and scuffing, spine wear, edge chipping and browned brittle pages; "The Shell Seekers" has spine creasing, cover rubbing and toning, plus pencil or ink writing on a front leaf; "Here on Earth" has cover soiling and scattered brown foxing spots on the back cover along with edge and corner wear. Sold as a lot of 3 books as pictured. Description Form: three paperback novels - two mass-market and one trade-size - softbound, no dust jackets Construction: glued perfect-bound paperbacks on pulp and lightweight paper, laminated pictorial covers Marks: "THE SHELL SEEKERS ... ROSAMUNDE PILCHER ... DELL ... 0-440-20204-3 ... U.S. $4.95 CAN $5.95 ... A TROLL BOOK CLUB MAIN SELECTION" Marks: "Christy ... CATHERINE MARSHALL ... author of SOMETHING MORE ... AVON 26369 $1.75 ... A LITERARY GUILD SELECTION / A READER'S DIGEST BOOK CLUB SELECTION" Marks: "ALICE HOFFMAN ... Author of Practical Magic ... Here on Earth ... Readers Guide Inside ... BERKLEY ... A SELECTION OF THE LITERARY GUILD," with an Oprah's Book Club seal on the front cover Marks: handwritten pen or pencil initials appear on a front leaf of "The Shell Seekers"; the writing is small and only partly legible in the photographs, so no reading is claimed Size: The two mass-market titles are estimated at roughly 4 1/4 by 7 inches and the Hoffman trade paperback at roughly 5 1/4 by 8 inches - estimates only, not measured At the frame edges: only the oak table surface. No other books, boxes, or paperwork are included. Attribution note "The Shell Seekers" is a 1987 novel by Rosamunde Pilcher, published in the United States by St. Martin's Press and set in London and Cornwall around the Keeling family, per Wikipedia and Kirkus Reviews; this copy is a later Dell paperback printing. "Christy" is a 1967 historical novel by Catherine Marshall set in the fictional Appalachian village of Cutter Gap, Tennessee, in 1912, per Wikipedia, and is commonly described as drawing on her mother's experience as a young mission schoolteacher; this copy is an Avon paperback. "Here on Earth" by Alice Hoffman was announced as an Oprah's Book Club selection on March 6, 1998, per Oprah.com, which matches the seal on this cover. Notes for bidders Keep dry and out of sunlight and heat; acidic pulp paper continues to tone and grow brittle in a hot garage or a sunny window, and the Avon copy is already at that stage. Do not clean the covers with water or household cleaners, as this lifts the gloss layer. Leave any ink notes and price markings alone rather than trying to remove them. Do not bend the spines backward, and shelve upright with support rather than stacked flat under weight. Only the item(s) pictured are included in this lot. Terms Sold as-is, where-is, with no warranty expressed or implied. All sales final. Please ask any questions before bidding. Buyer is responsible for pickup or shipping arrangements per auction terms.