Fiction - Historical

Sinclair-Stevenson. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. 1856196968 . Sinclair-Stevenson 1st edition. HC/DJ - fine/near fine. Very nice condition. Hardcover is clean and unmarked. Jacket has light scuffing and a little wear at upper corners, not clipped. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 288 pages; When Peter Ackroyd, one of Britain's undisputed literary masters, writes a new novel, it is a literary event. With his last novel, The Trial of Elizabeth Cree, "as gripping and ingenious a murder mystery as you could hope to come across," in the words of the San Francisco Chronicle, he reached a whole new level of critical and popular success. Now, with his trademark blending of historical fact and fictive fancy, Ackroyd has placed the towering poet of Paradise Lost in the new Eden that is colonial America. John Milton, aging, blind, fleeing the restoration of English monarchy and all the vain trappings that go with it ("misrule" in his estimation) , comes to New England, where he is adopted by a community of fellow puritans as their leader. With his enormous powers of intellect, his command of language, and the awe the townspeople hold him in, Milton takes on absolute power. Insisting on strict and merciless application of puritan justice, he soon becomes, in his attempt at regaining paradise, as much a tyrant as the despots from whom he and his comrades have sought refuge, more brutal than the "savage" native Americans. As always, Ackroyd has crafted a thoroughly enjoyable novel that entertains while raising provocative questions--this time about America's founding myths. With a resurgence of interest in the puritans (in the movie adaptations of The Scarlet Letter and the forthcoming The Crucible) , Milton in America is particularly relevant. It is also entirely absorbing--in short, vintage Ackroyd. [450-noto] . more information

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St. Martin's. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1991. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0312058845 . Only light wear overall. Light edgewear, light soiling outer edge of pages, interior clean & tight, no markings, not price clipped. Publishers Weekly: "Once again Aiken ( Mansfield Revisited ) playfully recreates the fictional world of Jane Austen by appropriating her characters: Jane Fairfax is the friend and rival of the heroine of Emma . Here, headstrong, self-important Emma Woodhouse is pushed from center stage as the limelight falls on the childhood and maturation of her foil. Orphaned Jane is brought up by her shabby-genteel aunt and grandmother in Highbury, near the Woodhouse family estate. Jane joins Emma in her music lessons, where Jane's talent and diligence invite a jealousy in Emma, which is partly overcome after the death of her mother leaves a disconsolate Emma receptive to too-good-to-be-true Jane's sympathy. Then an old family friend whisks Jane off to London in order to educate her alongside his daughters, so that she might eventually support herself as a governess. A grown-up Jane returns to Highbury secretly engaged to Frank Churchill, whose aunt refuses to die and leave him the money and freedom to marry as he chooses. While Aiken lacks Austen's incomparable style and wit, her light, diverting novel captures the flavor, if not the substance, of Austen's milieu. " (*shipping will be reduced to most locations); 8vo . more information

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Lothrop, Lee & Shepard. Good in Good dust jacket. 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Scarce title. Ex-library, with outside stamp, a few inside stamps & partially removed back pocket. Light edge wear, light soiling outer edge of pages and some scuffing/scratching of plastic jacket cover. One chip from rear has been repaired with white paper. Interior pages tight, tape marks inside cover and pocket residue inside back cover. Light soiling within book & several earmarks. 242 pages. A good tight copy, albeit with a few stains. Young adult reading. Everyone wondered what young Rory was doing on the Yukon trail. He wasn't hunting nuggets or gold dust - that was sure. Or any kind of "pay dirt". His was a more important quest. His adventures took him through fierce fighting, over mountain passes and shooting the rapids in a homemade boat. By the time the ice broke the following spring, Rory earned the right to be called a "sourdough", a real '98er, instead of that jeering tenderfoot name "Cheechako".....; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall . more information

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New York: Clarion/Seabury Press. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Scarce Title. First edition of the author's first novel. 150 pages. ISBN: 0816431507. Ex-library with usual stamps, stickers & back pocket, DJ attached to book. Light edgewear/cornerwear to HC, tape residue a inside covers. DJ is mylar covered and lightly scuffed/lightly soiled. Outside edge of pages has light soiling. Interior pages are clean & tight, other than lib markings. "Summary: A young girl living in nineteenth century New Orleans struggles between her growing familiarity with voodoo and the precepts of the church". (*shipping will be reduced to some locations) ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall . more information

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London: The Folio Society. Fine+ in Fine dust jacket. 2003. Hardcover. Like new hardcover, with brown slipcase. Hardcover is clean & tight, and appears unread. Brown slipcase has slight scuffing, otherwise fine. A New translation by Frederic Raphael. Colour & b/w illustrations by Neil Packer. Seven full-page colour plates, including frontispiece. Description: Encolpius, a soldier of fortune, despiser of pedantry, lecherous and contrary, and the beautiful Giton, who lives off his charms, are invited to a gargantuan banquet hosted by the prodigal, pompous, newly rich Trimalchio. When the feast turns into a riot, the two, joined by the down-on-his-luck poet Eumolpus, leave town quickly to avoid trouble. So begins the Satyrica, a bizarre odyssey through the carnivalesque landscape of Nero's empire. (*Note: Due to heavy weight, there will be addt'l shipping charges to some locations) ; 4to 11" - 13" tall . more information

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London: J. M. Dent. Very Good. 1911. Fourth Printing. Hardcover. First issued in 1906. Small orange cloth hardcover, with gold lettering is very nice for its age. It has very light edge & corner wear, light soiling to cover and page edges. Light age tanning to pages. Previous owner's name stamped on endpages. Interior pages clean & tight, no other markings. 380 pages. Contains chapters on: - The function of criticism at the present time- The literary influence of academies- Maurice de Guerin- Eugenie de Guerin- Heinrich Heine- Pagan & Christian religious sentimentand several others... (*shipping will be reduced to most locations) ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall . more information

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G. P. Putnam's Sons. Near Fine in Good dust jacket. 1934. Hardcover. Hardcover has very little edgewear but has light corner & spine bumping and slight bumping to edges, nice & clean, one small crease mark on front. Interior pages are clean & tight, a small section has tiny crease marks at one corner, very light soiling to outside edge of pages. DJ has edgewear, chips & tears, age yellowing. Not price clipped but all 4 corners have are clipped on an angle, light fading to spine edge. 899 pages."One rarely comes across a book to which one can with conviction apply the epithet "great", but if greatness in fiction implies the creation of vital, pulsating, lifelike characters in surroundings as vivid as those of our normal life, but much more unforgettable, then one can have no hesitation in applying it to this stupendous novel. On a gigantic canvas the author has depicted the environment and mental reactions of a people encrusted in that mass of corruption, tyranny, and spurious glitter thatwas Czarist Russia...."; 000993; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall . more information

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Africa World Press. New. 1991. First Edition. Softcover. 0865432635 . New & unread, no markings. This is a tale told in poetry and prose. It is a haunting tale of slavery, the forced journey of the African to the New World and his subsequent return to the native land. Like Awoonor's first novel, This Earth My Brother, Comes the Voyager is a work of mythic and consciousness, an affirmation of the life forces of love and humanity in the face of the devastating forces of destruction of historical racism that oppressed and continues to oppress Black people both on the continent and in the diaspora. (*shipping will be reduced to most locations) ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . more information

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Doubleday Anchor. Very Good+. 1972. First Edition. Softcover. 0435901087 . Doubleday Anchor edition. 1972, paperback. 12mo (7 in. Tall). Light edge/corner wear, light creases along spine, age tanning & light soiling to rear. Interior pages clean & unmarked except for name written on title pages. A few tiny corner creases, light age tanning of pages. 188 pages. Set in Ghana, this "novel" deals with a young lawyer, Amamu, who suffers a nervous breakdown and ultimately death, with the parallel degeneration of his society..." ; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall; In the face of dismal realities confronting not only Africa but the whole world, Awoonor clings to the necessity of a unifying vision. He envisages his function as a bearer of terrible truth. Using the language of history and of poetry, This Earth My Brother....represents one of the most significant attempts in any literature today to reconcile man with himself. " (*lower shipping avail to most locations) [180-osl] . more information

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Toronto: Viking Press. Very Good. 1996. First Edition. Softcover. Signed by author on title page. Trade SC with French flaps wraps. Light wear to corners & edges, moreso to bottom spine end , a little sticker residue on front, light soiling outer edge of pages, light scuffing to cover, pages untrimmed, 266 pages.. Interior clean & tight. A Beautiful and brilliant portrait of two generations of women. Set in India’s railway colonies, this is the story of Kamini and her mother Saroja, nicknamed Tamarind Mem due to her sour tongue. While in Canada beginning her graduate studies, Kamini receives a postcard from her mother saying she has sold their home and is travelling through India. Both are forced into the past to confront their dreams and losses and to explore the love that binds mothers and daughters everywhere. (*Shipping will be reduced to most locations). ; 8vo; Signed by Author . more information

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Carroll & Graf Publishers. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket;. 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. 0786703490 . Excellent, near new condition, only very light wear overall. Interior clean & tight, except for a gift plate attached to half title page. 224 pages. From Publishers Weekly: Bainbridge, whose The Birthday Boys was an unforgettable rendition of Scott's fatal Antarctic expedition, has turned to another Edwardian tragedy for her new novel: the sinking of the Titanic. As Bainbridge admirers might expect, it is not the kind of version that would make a spectacular movie; rather, it is a meticulously observed account that almost offhandedly convinces the reader that this is exactly what it must have been like aboard the doomed liner.... ; 8vo . more information

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Harcourt Brace. Near Fine. 2004. First Edition. Softcover. 0151009325 . Light wear to cover, one corner crease, light soiling to rear, interior pages clean & tight. 278 pages. Translated from the German by Margot Bettauer Dembo. From Publishers Weekly: In this poignant story of loss and longing, first-time novelist Bánk sensitively portrays the barren world of 1950s Hungary through a child's eyes.... (*Shipping will be reduced after checkout to most locations) ; 8vo . more information

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Doubleday. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1958. Hardcover. Book club edition. DJ has light edgewear & a few small tears, very minor soiling, a little tanning. Hardcover next to no wear, pages clean & tight. Date written on first endpage. 322 pages. "Whether little Valerie Rivard actually had a vision of the Virgin Mary that summer's day on Ile-aux-Erables remained a mystery; but her experience touched the lives of many in the Canadian community on the narrow island in the St. Lawrence River - for, in the years that followed, young Antoine Masson gained a courage he had not known; Celeste Drolet found in this event yet another shattered dream; and Andre Drolet came to know what it was like to love a girl who seemed so far above him........" (*shipping will be reduced to some locations) ; 8vo . more information

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Bard/Avon. Very Good. 1983. First Edition. Softcover. 0380631318 . Light edge/corner wear, creasing to spine, small tear on rear. Internal pages clean, tight and unmarked. "...Imagine the elation of having your dead son brought back to life. That is what Michael Sumner's parents experience when, one year after he's reported killed in action in Vietnam, they are told their son is alive and has escaped from a cadre of Viet Cong. But reunited with his family in their new Florida home, Michael has become a stranger to them, and soon living with him becomes more difficult than having him dead. Attempting to break into his suffering and get him back, fearful he may turn to violence, his parents suspect the worst when a young woman who has befriended Michael abruptly disappears. " (*lower shipping avail to U. S. & Int'l locations) [130-noto]; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall . more information

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Faber & Faber. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. 0571171303 . Hardcover fine other than a couple of bumps/indents to front cover. Two very small stains on front cover. Dustjacket has minimal edgewear and slight wrinkling on wrap edges. Pages are clean and tight, feels unread. 393 pages. Author's first novel. "From the disturbing goings-on in a South London mental hospital, the narrator of this daring and ambitious fist novel hurtles back through the past, to the character of Kit, Isaac Newton's niece. What unfolds is a story of conflicting male and female universes at the beginning of the eighteenth century, a time when Newton and others were claiming the meaning of the world for themselves....." ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall . more information

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London: Pan Books. Very Good+. 1978. First Edition. Softcover. 0330252437 . Pan Books 1978 edition. Clean, tight copy. Light wear to edges & corners, interior clean & tight, light age tanning to pages and covers. 285 pages. Marianne is sent on a mission to the court of the Sultana of the Ottoman Empire to help secure the Sultana's aid for the day that the grand army marches on Moscow. Her mission is at the request of none other than Napoleon himself and takes Marianne through palaces and prisons, from Constantinople to the shores of Russia itself... ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; (*lower shipping avail to most locations) [180-osl? ] . more information

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White Wolf Publishing. Near Fine. 1996. Softcover. 156504942X . Excellent condition - only light wear overall, clean, no markings. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; Picking up where Child of the Light left off, Child of the Journey begins as the Nazi tides sweeps to power in Germany. Jewish visionary Solomon Freund desperately seeks to rejoin his bloved Miriam. His quest leads him from the precarious refuge of Holland back into the deathtrap of Berlin to the horrors of Sachenhausen concentration camp, and finally to Madagascar. .. (250-noto) . more information

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London: Heinemann. Near Fine in Good dust jacket. 1967. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Early novel for this well loved author. HC is clean, has minimal edgewear, slight soiling to edges & outer edge of pages. Interior clean & tight. DJ has edgewear and several small tears/chips, as as a larger tear to front corner, which has been repaired with tape. This area is also quite wrinked, light creasing to upper jacket, light soiling/scuffing, small peel where sticker was removed, not price clipped. 8vo, 214 pages. An overladen car grinds up a rutted lane in low gear, a luggage rack on top, boxes tied here and there and a cat looking out of the window. Harriet Cooper has arrived at Uplands to take possession of the converted bus left to her by her wealthy aunt Esther....Elizabeth Berridge's ear for dialogue and her eye for detail are unerring, and the it is the sureness of her touch which makes the reading of her novels such a rewarding and satisfying experience. (*shipping will be reduced to some locations) ; 8vo . more information

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NC: Algonquin Books. Very Good+. 1999. First Edition. Softcover. 156512104X . Pages clean, tight and unmarked. Cover has very light wear to corners, small peeled area on front where sticker was removed, slight soiling. "Born near the turn of the century, cousins Sunny DeLony and Gill Dailey were good friends as youngsters and something closer as they became teens. But admonitions from their mothers of sin and incest could keep them apart only so long. In her fourth novel of the DeLony family of McDade, TX, Bonner (The Passion of Dellie O'Barr, LJ 1/96) takes on the next generation, featuring Sunny (the beloved daughter of Dane DeLony) , her first cousin on her mother's side, and their love that wouldn't die...." [400-noto]; 8vo; 336 pages . more information

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London: Hutchinson. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Ex-library book in very good condition - mylar cover and a few stamps & stickers. Only lib marking to outside of book is a green dot on spine. Jacket is attached to book and there is a front pocket on endpage with several library stamps. Some tape markings inside covers and light soiling to outer edge of pages. A little light soiling was seen in the interior pages but they are clean & tight for the most part. An exciting historical novel set in Paris at the time of Napoleonic wars, with spies, agent-provocateurs, and the legendary French Detective, Vidocq. Peter Bourne is the pseudonym of Graham Montague Jeffries. (*Shipping will be reduced to most locations). ; 8vo . more information

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Toronto: Macmillan. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. 0770513166 . Clean HC, some soiling/spotting to outer edge of pages, spine and corner bumping, interior pages are clean & tight. Jacket has moderate edgewear and several small tears/chips, & one longer tear to rear (about 2.5") , light soiling, light scuffing, age tanning to edges. Written after his very successful "The Great Canadian Novel", Harry Boyle returns to the rural setting that made his earlier books about the fictional village of Clover so popular. The Luck of the Irish is a warm, humorous story told in the traditional round-about style that always has time to explore an interesting side issue. And in the Irish-Canadian farming community where this book is set there are enough remarkable characters per acre to provide plenty of hilarious side trips. (*Shipping will be reduced to some locations); 8vo . more information

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G. P. Putnam's Sons. Near Fine in Good dust jacket. 1969. Hardcover. Edition not stated. DJ has moderate edgewear and small tears, light scuffing & yellowing, price clipped. Hardcover is near fine with clean & tight pages, slight edge/corner bumping. Name and price on second endpage. "Rage in Silence is the towering story of a man whose fiery passions were matched by the turbulence of the times in which he lived. Out of the agony of his native Spain, Francisco Goya created a phantasmagoric world of horror that opened new frontiers for the world of art. Spanish history is inseparable from his life, and while his own dramatic rebirth after the age of fifty, as both man and artist, forms the heart of this blazing novel, the sad chronicle of a once proud national ruled by the lover of a nymphomaniac queen and torn by the Napoleonic invasion provides it's unforgettable setting...."; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . more information

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Penguin. Good. 1985. Softcover. 0140039783 . Moderate wear to cover and edges, upper edge of pages has pen marks, light soiling. Several pages have creased corners. 249 pages. Mackay Brown, who died in 1996, lived most of his life on the Orkneys. His first novel is set among an isolated community on the islands. Greenvoe, the community on the Orkney Island of Hellya, has existed unchanged for generations.... (*shipping will be reduced to all locations) ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . more information

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Victoria, B. C.: Trafford On-Demand Publication. Near Fine. 2001. First Edition. Softcover. 1552125858 . Excellent condition. Slight edge/corner wear, one corner crease seen. Interior clean and unmarked. ; 8vo; The book is historical fiction leading up to a fairy tale, although it is so well leavened with helpings of historical and archeological facts, that all may end up to be factual after all. What he calls the Celtic Domain is traced from its first appearance in the Middle Europe, follows the migration trail across Western Europe into Britain and Ireland, then deals with the apparently unstoppable spread of the Roman Empire into Celtic territory and covers the major battles that resulted. Arthur and Camelot fill the final section with a new interpretation that intrigues as it develops, and ends with an Epilogue that highlights the reasons why the Celts, known-world conquerors before the Romans, could not compete with the political and military sophistication of the Roman Empire. The Appendix, with its numbered sections referred to in the text, contains tidbits of little-known information and history that add to the enjoyment of the read. [295-osl] . more information

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Albany, NY: New College and University Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1970. Not First Edition. Softcover. Light edge & corner wear, light wrinkling and a very light stain to back cover. Internal pages are clean & tight, however there are a few earmarks and approx. 7-8 with a small amount of writing. 272 pages. Written in epistolary form and drawn from actual events, The Power of Sympathy (1789) and The Coquette (1797) were two of the earliest novels published in America. From the Masterworks of Literature Series...Edited for modern readers by William S. Osborne...(*Shipping will be reduced to all locations) . ; 8vo . more information

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University of New England. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. 0874518814 . Ex-library book but still in excellent condition - usual ex-lib type markings. Pages clean and unmarked, light scuffing to covers. 291 pages. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; "Third installment in the Dawn Land trilogy (after Dawn Land and Long River) refers to Lake Champlain, and those waters are decidedly troubled as Native American storyteller Bruchac again follows the adventures of Young Hunter, an Abenaki brave, and his family at the end of the last ice age. Young Hunter and his faithful dog, Agwedjiman, discover a Loch Ness-like monster living in the lake. Cut off from a key source of food by the serpent's presence, the Only People (the Abenaki) are threatened..." [499] . more information

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London: Harwood-Smart. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. 0904507084 . Scarce title. Hardcover & jacket very good plus, ex-library with mylar cover and usual markings. DJ attached to book. Interior clean & tight, very light edgewear to book. Introducing England's first private detective in a dashing new historical series. From the grandeur of Stukeley Hall to the squalid underworld of Georgian London, the gallant Captain Nash pursues the clues in his first case. Blackmail, black magic and horrible murders spike the rakehell trail tha leads to the vast Wroth inheritance. 156 pages. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall . more information

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Signet Books. Good. 1953. First Edition; Fourth Printing. Softcover. Moderate edge & corner wear, several crease and rubbing to all edges, light soiling. Internal pages are tight and unmarked, age tanning to pages. "Blowsy, warm-blooded Molly Bowser was determined that her daughter Lily would make a safe, respectable marriage before she was overtaken by the same fate that Molly's good looks and lusty animal spirits had attracted. So she outlined a relentless campaign to get a man for Lily, and when it showed signs of bogging down, she fortified herself with vitamin shots and red wine, and started all over again!" (*Shipping will be reduced on this lighter book) ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall . more information

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Vintage Canada. Good. 2002. Softcover. 0679311270 . Moderate edgewear and corner curling, small tears to spine ends. Interior pages clean, tight & unmarked. 368 pages. Book Description: I lost my own father at 12 yr. Of age and know what it is to be raised on lies and silences my dear daughter you are presently too young to understand a word I write but this history is for you and will contain no single lie may I burn in Hell if I speak false. In True History of the Kelly Gang, the legendary Ned Kelly speaks for himself, scribbling his narrative on errant scraps of paper in semiliterate but magically descriptive prose as he flees from the police.... (*shipping will be reduced to most locations) ; 8vo . more information

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London: Peter Davies. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. 043202073X . Scarce Title. HC is clean & tight, edgewear minimal, one crease along spine edge. DJ has slight soiling, slight edgewear, not price clipped. An excellent copy. 8vo. 239 pages. SUMMARY: Hounded by the Russian Imperial secret Chancellery, Henryk Barinski is forced to flee thecourt of the Grand Duchess Catherine and is again separated from his beloved Kasia Radienska, cousin of the last king of Poland. On his way to England, Henryk is pressganged into service on the lower deck of HMS Huntress.... ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall . more information

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Ballantine Books. Near Fine. 2005. First Edition. Softcover. 0345437977 . Excellent condition, only very light wear, no markings. "Skilled in passion, artful in deception, and driven by betrayal, she is the glittering center of the royal court but the most desired woman of Renaissance France will draw the wrath of a dangerous adversary. Paris, 1575. The consort of some of Europe's most influential men, Gabrielle Cheney is determined to secure her future by winning the heart of Henry, the Huguenot king of Navarre. As his mistress, Gabrielle hopes she might one day become the power behind the French throne. But her plans are jeopardized by Captain Nicolas Rémy, a devoted warrior whose love Gabrielle desires and fears above all. She will also incur the malevolence of the Dark Queen, Catherine de Medici, whose spies and witch-hunters are legion... (*shipping will be reduced to some locations) ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 534 pages . more information

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Columbia University Press. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. 0231112025 . Translated by Howard Goldblatt. Ex-library, with usual type markings, but still in very nice condition! Clean & tight, only light wear overall. Two library stamps on top edge of pages have been marked out with black marker, leeched a bit to very top edge of a few pages. Wang's ribald, satirical novel, first published in Taipei in 1984. A Taiwanese village loses all perspective - and common sense - at the prospect of fleecing a shipload of lusty and lonely American soldiers. Novel from one of Taiwan's best-known writers. (photo shown is a sample) ; 8vo . more information

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Toronto: Ryerson Press. Very Good in Fair dust jacket. 1943. First Edition. Hardcover. Winner of The All Canada Fiction Award. Hardcover clean, minor edgewear, light soiling outside edge of pages, pages clean & tight other than 2nd to endpage binding can be seen 1/4". Name & small booksellers plate on inside cover. DJ has chips, tears, edgewear, tear up the spine & minor soiling on back. It is still intact but a little fragile. Not price clipped, no price on jacket."The story of this magnificent novel centres in the city of Tuom, Germany. But it might be any city. It is the story of a great love in a world that want only to hate. It is the story of what happens to simple people trapped and enslaved, body and soul, by their masters, the Great Planners, Leaders, Overseers, Directors-General.Man wants so little - a bit of bread, a little love. Here is the story of a young man and a girl, who have faith in life, who have no great plans for the world, do not want to rule or dominate anybody, who desire only to live and love and hand on life to another generation!..." ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall . more information

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Peking: Foreign Languages Press. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1978. Third Edition. Hardcover. Originally published in 1958. Near fine hardcover with light edgewear & corner bumping, very clean, light soiling outer edge of pages. Interior pages clean & tight, beautiful illustrations by Liu Tan-Chai. DJ has minor edgewear & scuffing, light soiling, a few tiny tears & one longer tear (about 2 1/2") on front. Not clipped, no price on jacket. "This famous autobiographical novel exercised a most striking influence on China's youth after it first appeared in 1931. It is a searing exposure of a large disintegrating feudal household in China's turbulent 1920's; of love affairs and broken marriages; of stupid cruelties and hyprcritical conventions. , and of an awakening younger generation that fights back, breaking away from the old and decadent. " ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall . more information

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Doubleday Anchor. Near Fine. 1972. First Edition. Softcover. 0385057873 . Very nice clean, tight condition - light corner wear to covers, a little age tanning to spine. Internal pages unmarked. 329 pages. Originally published in 1958. "This famous autobiographical novel..a searing exposure of a large disintegrating feudal household in China's turbulent twenties.... (190-noto) ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall . more information

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Rosedog Books. Fine. 2005. First Edition. Softcover. 0805997148 . Excellent condition, slight wear to corners and spine ends, light scuffing of cover. Clean, unmarked. ; 8vo; Can one accident, even as a teenager, affect the rest of your life? Doug Fader is just seventeen when his parents give him his first car. One day, a carload of joyriding friends sees Phillip delivering newspapers on his bike. The son of Polish immigrants, Phillip is often the object of ridicule at school. A passenger causes the car to swerve, seriously injuring Phillip, but Doug is left with the responsibility. After months of devastating trials and insurance claims, Doug leaves home and travels the globe for years. He even serves time in a Chinese labor camp. Will he ever be able to return home and come to terms with the past he tried to leave behind? .... (*Lower shipping avail to most locations) [200-osl] . more information

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Manitoba: Friesens Printers. Fine. 2001. First Edition. Softcover. 0968751512 . Very Scarce. Signed by authors on title page. Excellent, like new condition other than a little scuffing of cover. Clean and unmarked. B/w illus. 287 pages. From the Rear Cover: "We have enjoyed putting out 'The Coyote Laffed' in 1999 and 'Gopher Gold' in 2000, and here are more of the same....A collection of short stories for your reading pleasure. We hope you'll like them. Keywords: Pioneers of Canada, Western Anecdotes, Pioneer & Frontier life, Western Canada. (*Shipping will be reduced to most locations) ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by All Authors . more information

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Leicester: Ulverscroft Large Print. Good. 1971. Hardcover. Ex-library with usual stamps/sticker, mylar cover, back pocket and front checklist. Moderate wear overall, a bit bare on bottom edge & outer corners of hardcover. Soiling to outer edge of pages & light soiling to covers & occasional page. , 386 pages plus booklists. "If you like intricate and complex plots, lots of red herrings, characters who are not who they say they are, murders disguised as suicides and accidents, this could be your favorite Christie...."; 8vo . more information

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Vista Publishing. Very Good. 1994. First Edition. Softcover. 1880254190 . Ex-library with sturdy laminated cover & usual type markings. Light edgewear & scuffing to cover, a little soiling outer edge of pages. Internal pages clean. . "A powerful novel based on historical fact set in the age of witch hunts. A strong & daring young woman, Ventura & her family, move across two continents as they struggle against the evils of 17th century Seville & Salem. " (*shipping will be reduced to some locations) ; 8vo . more information

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Charles Scribner's. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Ex-library with mylar cover and usual stamps & stickers - light edge/corner wear, light soiling. Interior pages clean & tight other than a few earmarks and light wrinkling to a few pages.The pursuit of an English gunrunner by an Indian political agent through the high mountain ranges behind Kashmire provides the framework for this sensitive and unusual portrayal of an Anglo-Indian from youth to manhood. Through the long journey over the mountains, through storm & snow, we learn the strange story of their pasts - the pursuer and the pursued....; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall . more information

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Ivy Books. Very Good. 1995. First Edition. Softcover. 0804114323 . Light wear to extremities, light soiling, sticker residue on front, light creasing. Interior clean & unmarked. 404 pages. Description: At a Catholic Mission in Yambuku, an oasis of peace and efficiency in northern Congo's vast jungle forests, Mabalo Lokela, a teacher, receives an anti-malarial shot for a raging fever and headache. Sister Lucie, a Flemish nursing sister, swishes out a syringe with a weak disinfectant. The next patients are injected with the same syringe and the sick man's virus spreads. Lokela was the first Congolese victim of a new African hemorrhagic disease that became known as Ebola fever. When Sister Lucie dies a few days later, panic erupts and hospitalized patients flee into the forest. With the convent connected to the outside world by a single primitive radio, the mission nuns can only pray and wonder if anyone will act on their cries for help. Dr. Close was part of the team helping define and contain the first outbreak of Ebola in 1976. He tells this story of death and heroism through the eyes of the people who died and survived this time of agony and terror.... (*lower shipping avail to int'l locations) [205-noto]; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall . more information

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Little, Brown & Company. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Cover is clean, light soiling to outer edge of pages, very light edge/corner wear, interior clean & tight, name written on title page. DJ has light edgewear and a few tiny tears/chips, light fading to spine, light soiling/scuffing to rear, not price clipped. 316 pages. "They had come to Capetown in the early years of the 19th century from the Netherlands, to escape the rule of the French. And now the British had occupied the old Dutch settlements to keep the Colony from the clutches of Napoleon. History has no more inspiring tale to tell than the saga of these town-bred Dutch people who left their homes and businesses to escape the unwelcome British administration and trekked up into the Interior of South Africa to become backveld Boers, or farmers..." ; 8vo . more information

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Pyramid Books. Good. 1964. Softcover. Interior pages tight and unmarked, age tanning. Cover has moderate edgewear, small tear across spine, two small peeled areas on rear & spotting/soiling to rear & spine. " The black republic...thousands of square miles carved out of the middle west, a new nation for America's negroes, repayment for 250 years of slavery...That was Elmo Baines' drea..." (*shipping will be reduced to all locations) [osl-137] . more information

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London: Penguin. Near Fine. 1986. Softcover. 0140180974 . Clean, tight condition - only light wear overall, a few pages have a corner crease, light soiling to rear, no internal markings. 157 pages. ; 8vo; In many ways an autobiographical narrative, written at the start of the Great War when his son was at the Western Front, this is Conrad`s supreme effort to open humanity`s eyes to the meaning of war. It is the story of a young and inexperienced sea captain whose first command finds him with a ship becalmed in tropical seas and a crew smitten with fever.... (*lower shipping avail to all locations) [180-osl) . more information

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Macmillan. Very Good+ in Good dust jacket. 1969. Third Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover has light wear & rubbing to edges & corners, very clean. Interior clean & unmarked other than about 4 pages with a crease. Jacket has heavy edgewear and numerous small tears and chips, light soiling, rubbing to edges, not clipped. Juvenile/Young Adult reading. Synopsis: This is the story of young Deborah Cartwright and her brother David, and the part they played helping William Lyon Mackenzie escape afer the failure of the Rebellion of 1837 in what is now Ontario. ; 8vo . more information

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Doubleday & Company. Very Good+ in Good dust jacket. 1959. Hardcover. B002LSYBOK . Pseudonym of George Alexander Graber. HC/DJ - very good/fair. Hardcover is clean and unmarked, with light wear at corners, corner bumping and a little rubbing along spine. Jacket has numerous edge chips and tears, soiling to rear, age tanning, price clipped. The story of a family of good intent, but ill fortune who slaved for the owners of the iron-smelting furnaces of a historical Welsh village. [480 ]; 8vo . more information

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St. Martin's Griffin. New. 2002. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. 0312284640 . Signed by author. Large softcover is new and unread, autograph sticker on front & spine, small remainder marking across top edge of pages. 436 pages. "To a small group of Confederate veterans, the building of the Brooklyn Bridge is symbolic of everything they lost in the Civil WarDtheir rights, dreams, and way of life. Led by their fanatical captain, this vengeful group plans to destroy the bridge in the spring of 1883. The discovery of a body behind a tavern near the bridge sets Detective Tom Braddock on an investigation, leading him to their plot. Braddock is not your average corrupt police officer. Oh, he knows how to play the dirty game of advancement that runs rampant in the force, but he yearns for a more ethical life. His simultaneous battles to get out of the racket and track down the conspirators nearly cost him his life. First novelist Crabbe is a thoughtful writer who provides wonderful detail, and his suspenseful, well-researched historical will have Caleb Carr fans asking for more. Comparisons to The Alienist are well earned. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author . more information

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William Morrow. Very Good+ in Good dust jacket. 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover has very light edge and cornerwear, slight soiling. Interior pages slightly yellowed, clean & tight (the occasional tiny spot) , name written in pen on title page. 249 pages. DJ has moderate edgewear, cornerwear, light scuffing, back has light soiling and larger chip (2" x 1") out of bottom corner, not price clipped. Author's first novel and a poignant story of the modern South and a young Virginia girl who falls in love for the first time - with a Jew. A first novel as spontaneous and heady as spring. (*Shipping will be reduced to some locations). ; 8vo . more information

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London: Chatto & Windus. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1974. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0701120355 . HC is clean & tight, with only very minimal wear. Jacket has slight edgewear, slight soiling, price clipped. 207 pages. 8vo (8 1/2" tall) "Solomon Grimaud is a Jewish millionaire living in late nineteenth-century Alexandria, Egypt. His white villa overlooks the Mediterranean and from it he can observe and admire the passage of his fleet of cotton ships. Yet he has paid a high price for success....." (*shipping will be reduced to some locations); 8vo . more information

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Middlesex: Kestrel Books. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. 0722653042 . Ex-library book, but still in very nice condition, only light wear overall.. Light soiling outer edge of pages and a blue ink dot from a book sale on top edge which has seeped into top edge of pages a small amount. Interior pages clean & tight, back pocket. Set in 1787 Bristol, this is the story of Midnight, a brutalised, runaway slave, who takes refuge with a young woman, Jess, who herself is trapped in her own form of captivity. The couple become friends and lovers and seek their own independence from their keepers. (400-noto) ; 8vo . more information

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