Historical Fiction

Jonathan Cape, London, (1993), Ist edition.. 325 pp, large 8vo, hard cover in dust jacket. Cassandra, having lived quietly on a farm for twenty years, begins to write her reminiscences of the past. It is a "tragic story, taken from one of the oldest and most famous tales ever told - the war . between the Greeks and the Trojans. It begins with Helen's flight, with Paris of Troy, from her husband. It tells of how a Greek army crossed the sea to attack Troy and bring back Helen, of the fall of Troy and its terrible aftermath. In this won. derfully vivid historical novel the author imagines Cassandra, the Trojan prophetess, did not die as in the legend, but lived on in hiding for many years. As she begins to write, Cassandra believes she is free to tell her story, but it is not s. o - there are still secrets to be uncovered and her own tale has not ended...This marvellous and moving novel tells of the eternal forces of human life - about war and its consequences for men and women, about courage, feud(s), revenge and fated l. ov e ." Light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine. Dust jacket has light edge wrinkling, light rubbing. VG+/VG. more information

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Collins, London, 1953, 1st edition.. 320 pp, small 8vo (7 15/16" H), hard cover in dust jacket. Map endpapers. "....gives a vivid picture of Robert Burns at the height of his creative powers, acclaimed as Scotland's national bard and yet bitterly aware of the empty glory of that fame. so far as any worth-while improvement in his immediate prospects are concerned. He has left the scene of his brief triumph in the Edinburgh drawing-rooms. He is a farmer again, trying to wrest a living from the grudging soil of Ellisland...He h. a s very much on his mind the cares of a wife and family, for whom he is determined to make a home. Through these pages the sterling worth of Jean Armour shines like a star. Bonnie Jean has hitherto had scant justice paid to her by biographers. . He re her character is limned with admiration and affection. One understands the strength of the bond between her and Burns, and how it could withstand the devastating impact of Burns's infatuation for Anna Park, the golden-haired Hebe of the Glob. e T ave rn in Dumfries....But the story is concerned too with Burns's intellectual development, not only as a poet but as a thinker peculiarly sensitive to the fresh political breezes that are blowing in so strongly from France....The book ends with. the aba ndonment of the farm and of the life he had known since boyhood, the never-ending struggle with the land; already the shadow of his last tragic years in Dumfies lies darkly across his path...." Four very small ink check marks on verso of . dedic ation page, previous owner's name on free front endpaper, one very small corner crease, light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine, very light browning to edges of textblock, light fading to color at bottom edges and on spine - slight fading at t. op edg es, bo ok slightly cocked. Dust jacket has small chips/tears/creases - mainly at top/bottom of spine and flap-folds, 1" piece missing at bottom of rear panel, two small areas of surface paper loss on rear panel, light rubbing and soiling - m. ainly o n rear panel. Good+/Good-. more information

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Pocket, New York, (1953).. 324 pp, mass market paperback. "...a vigorous novel of the notorious 1820's when slave-kidnappers were raiding the plantations from their brawling headquarter on Maryland's Eastern Shore. It is the story of cavaliers who loved a good fight and a m. ighty fighter, and who were ready even to become hunted men in order to smash an illegal empire built by ruthless slavers. But above all, it is the story of a beautiful woman, Jeanne Gervaise, who behind her mask of soft, sensual compliance was . d r i ven by a willful, ruthless greed..." Interior - pages browning lightly, inside front hinge slightly cracked, otherwise clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - light edge wear, spine flat and uncreased. VG-. more information

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Porcupine's Quill, (Erin, Ontario, 1982).. 155 pp, 8vo (8 3/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0889840768 B&w wood engravings. "Pioneer life in Upper Canada in 1830 comes alive: we can feel the texture of the log cabin, enjoy the sights and smells of harvest, experience the raw cold o. f outdoor chores at dawn, and understand the formula for survival under harsh and sometimes hostile conditions. Emma Anderson is 13 and along with her younger brother, recently orphaned. Sheltered by kindly neighbours, Emma comes to terms with s. h o ck and grief, and makes her contribution to farm and housework as the family and tiny community eke a bare living out of the land..." Previous owner's name in ink on free front endpaper, small publisher's label on rear pastedown. Dust jacket . ha s light wrinkling along top edge, slight fading to color on spine and flap-folds. Very Good+/Very Good. more information

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McClelland and Stewart, Toronto, 1961.. 319 pp, mass market paperback. First published in 1769. "Set in Quebec City immediately after Wolfe's conquest, this charming love story depicts in intimate detail the life of that city's early English inhabitants. It is a comedy of manners playe. d against a backdrop of the rugged scenery of the New World, a world in which wit and elegance are combined with 'much hospitality, scandal, dancing, and good chear (sic)'. The dramatic strength of this novel springs from the author's very person. a l and lively portrayal of the social life of the times, into which the intricate and often amusing involvements of three pairs of lovers are delightfully interwoven." Interior - light browning to pages, otherwise clean and tight with no previous. o wn ership marks. Exterior - book is lightly cocked, has light browning on covers, moderate browning on spine and to edges of textblock, small soft crease on rear cover, one tiny corner crease. Good reading copy.. more information

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Orion, (London, 1998).. 390 pp, large 8vo, soft cover. "Imagine a civil war that left 150 million people dead. A war waged ruthlessly by the Emperor against his own helpless people. A war continued against all the odds by a rebel leader who thought himself the brother o. f Jesus Christ - and British, Americans and French who saw it only as a good business opportunity. In a war like this, who are the real barbarians?" Set in 1860s China. Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior . - v e r y minor edgewear/rubbing, spine flat with one faint crease. VG+. more information

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Penguin, (Harmondsworth, Middlesex, 1984).. 209 pp, paperback. "In 1879 Frank Thompson set foot in a land of golden opportunity. The Zulu were about to face their final defeat at Ulundi, flinging themselves against the steel regiments of the English Queen. Thompson took his chances, and wi. th the discovery of gold he rose to become one of the great landlords. Humanitarian and frontiersman, he came to love the land and lore of the poeple who had brought him riches. In 1959 his grandson arrives to inherit the Thompson lands and esc. a p e the frenetic delights of cosmopolitan life. But his grandfather's ideals have been betrayed, and young James's love for the people, and one woman in particular, will end in tragedy..." Interior - pages browning lightly, a few dog-ears, othe. rw is e clean a nd tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - remainder mark at bottom of textblock, light edgewear, light bump to top of spine, spine flat and uncreased. VG-. more information

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Macmillan Company of Canada, Toronto, 1944, reprint.. 362 pp, 8vo (8 5/8" H), hard cover in dust jacket. Map endpapers, b&w frontispiece. Concludes with Notes and Bibliography. "....an exciting action story of that dramatic period in North American history when the British and French vied with each . other and with the native Indians for control of this rich land; a struggle that culminated in the American Revolutionary War which raged up and down the beautiful Mohawk valley for several years and culminated in the defeat of the British by the re. bels and the departure of the decimated Indians westward. It is the story of Joseph Brant, Mohawk chief, who led the People of the Longhouse, the Six Nations' Indians, through fateful years of triumph and disaster, when excitement ran high and da. n g er lurked round every bend of trail or river. Realizing that to survive, the Indians must have gunpowder, Joseph bargained with the white men, and when the Indians decided to fight with the British, gunpowder was the deciding factor. How brill. ia nt was Joseph's leadership, and how nearly the Indians came to winning the war for the British, is now told for the first time in this dramatic and colourful novel. The battle strategy which Brant devised would, if followed by the British, have. wo n t he war for them. 170 years later it has formed the basis of British commando tactics. It is also the story of Joseph's love for Catherine Crogan, the beautiful half-breed Indian whose brilliant spying for the British won this tribute from . Colo nel Butler: 'How else could two hundred Rangers and a handful of Indians have lived off the enemy and kept a frontier in flames for four years?'." Previous owner's name/date on verso of frontispiece, slight waviness at top edge of preliminarie. s and fir st four pages, tiny stain on top of textblock, tiny foxing mark on fore-edge of textblock, very small area of shelf soiling on bottom of textblock, light browning on edges of textblock, light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine, slight fadin. g and wear at board edges, slight fading on spine near bottom. Dust jacket has very small chips and tears at top/bottom of spine/flap-folds, light edge wear - moderate at top/bottom of spine, slight darkening to spine. Very Good-/Good. more information

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Harlequin, Toronto, (1954).. 192 pp, mass market paperback. "...Against irresistible numbers, (Louis Riel) led his followers in the unequal but heroic struggle for supremacy. No more virile fighter and lover has come to life in the pages of modern fiction. Riel combined all . the gallantry of his French blood, with the ferocity and cunning of his Indian forebears, and like many another brave man, his chivalry to women helped to undo him." Interior - light browning to pages, otherwise clean and tight with no previous own. ership marks. Exterior - light to moderate edge wear - mainly on spine and rear cover, rear cover has light rubbing, light waviness, small corner crease (migrates into last few pages) and light staining at bottom section, small water stains to b. o t t om of textblock, small letter 'S" written in ink on front cover. Good.. more information

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Macmillan, London, 1959, first edition.. 298 pp, small 8vo (7 5/8" H), hard cover in dust jacket. "In the second year B.C. the Emperor Augustus decided to call a conference for world peace, 'Pax Mundana', and despatched a young sea tribune, Titus to collect and escort to Rome the three gr. eat Kings from Africa, Asia and the Baltic. This, in the first place, is the story of how Titus carried out his unusual assignment, the hazards and dangers of his voyages and his difficulties, both practical and diplomatic, with his noble charge. s . But no less important than the sea tribune is Quadrantus, the Master of the squaresailer in which he travelled. It is soon apparent that this is no ordinary ship and Quadrantus is no ordinary master: a giant of a man, he runs his dumb crew wi. th u n canny precision and his navigation and seamanship verge on the miraculous. After the fruitless conference, Titus and Quadrantus escort the three Kings on what seems a hopeless mission to King Herod. Guided by a strange star, the Kings are . lan ded n ear Philippi, and the half-whispered stories of the phenomena which heralded the Birth of Christ and the legend of a fourth King who set off for Bethlehem with his fellows yet failed to arrive, are given an unexpected twist when seen thro. ugh the mir ror of Norbert Coulehan's narrative." Tiny foxing specks on the top and fore-edge of the textblock, light to moderate edge wear, small bump at top of spine, light wrinkling at bottom of spine. Dust jacket is price clipped, has light to. mod erat e ed ge wear/wrinkling, very small chips and tears at top/bottom of spine and flap-folds, light rubbing, light browning on flap-folds. Very Good-/Good. more information

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Collins, London, n.d. (Collins' Clear-Type Press.). 363 pp, 16mo (6 3/16" H), hard cover (burgundy cloth with gold lettering and decoration on spine), in pictorial dust jacket (with ad for Waterman's Ideal Fountain Pen on rear, 2/- price, portrait of Dumas and series number 326 on spine). Burgundy e. ndpapers, sepiatone plates, including frontispiece, decorated title page. An historical romance set in Reformation France. Very light browning to edges of textblock, very light edge wear. Dust jacket has light edge wear/wrinkling, a few very sm. a l l closed tears - one with creases, a few tiny chips, light rubbing/soiling, slight darkening to spine and flap-folds. Very Good/Very Good-. more information

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Collins, London, n.d. (Collins' Clear-Type Press.). 378 pp, 16mo (6 1/8" H), hard cover (burgundy cloth with gold lettering and decoration on spine), in pictorial dust jacket (with ad for Waterman's Pens on rear, 2/- price, portrait of Dumas and series number 214 on spine). Burgundy endpapers, sepia. tone plates, including frontispiece, decorated title page. The last novel in 'The Marie Antoinette Romances' series. Very light browning to edges of textblock, minor edge wear, light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine. Dust jacket has very light . e d ge wear/wrinkling, small chip at bottom of spine - a few tiyn chips/tears elsewhere, very light rubbing/soiling, light browning to spine and flap-folds. Very Good/Very Good-. more information

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Collins, London, n.d. (Collins' Clear-Type Press.). 444 pp, 16mo (6 1/8" H), hard cover (burgundy cloth with gold lettering and decoration on spine), in pictorial dust jacket (with ad for Waterman's Pens on rear, 2/- price, colour illustration and series number 256 on spine). Burgundy endpapers, sep. iatone plates, including frontispiece, decorated title page. One of 'The (French) Regency Romances'. Light browning to edges of textblock, very light edge wear, very small bump/tiny tear at top edge of rear board. Dust jacket has light edge wea. r / wrinkling, two very small closed tears light rubbing/soiling, slight darkening to spine and flap-folds. Very Good/Very Good-. more information

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Collins, London, n.d. (Collins' Clear-Type Press.). 438 pp, 16mo (6 1/8" H), hard cover (burgundy cloth with gold lettering and decoration on spine), in pictorial dust jacket (with ad for Waterman's Pens on rear, 2/- price, colour illustration and series number 289 on spine). Burgundy endpapers, sep. iatone plates, including frontispiece, decorated title page. The second novel in 'The Marie Antoinette Romances' series. Light browning to edges of textblock, very light edge wear, very light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine, book slightly stres. s e d at gutters of free rear endpaper and at half-title page. Dust jacket has light to moderate edge wear/wrinkling, a few very small closed tears, a few tiny/very small chips, light rubbing/soiling, slight darkening to spine and flap-folds. Very. G oo d/Very Good-. more information

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St Martin's, New York, 2006, first edition.. 326 pp, large 8vo (9 1/5" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0312352182 "Courageous, attractive, romantic, intelligent, Catherine Parr became the sixth wife of Henry VIII. Her story, as Carolly Erickson re-creates it, is page-turning drama: from. the splendors of the Field of the Cloth of Gold to the gory last years of the outsize King Henry, when heads rolled and England trembled, Catherine bestrode her destiny and survived to marry her true love. Catherine Parr attracted the king's lus. t and, though much in love with the handsome Thomas Seymour, was thrown into the intrigue-filled snake pit of the royal court. While victims of the king's wrath suffered torture and execution, Catherine persevered until, at last, she came within t. he orbit of the royal fury. King Henry toyed with her, first ordering her arrested, then granting her clemency. She managed to avoid execution, but she knew that the king had his wandering eye fixed on wife number seven. She was spared by his de. ath and married the attractive but dangeously unbalanced Seymour. Her triumph was shadowed by rivalry with the young Princess Elizabeth, whose lands and influence the lecherous Seymour coveted. Catherine won the contest, but a great cost...." Du. st j a cket has very minor edge wrinkling. Fine/Near Fine. more information

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Goose Lane, (Fredericton, New Brunswick, 2003), Ist edition.. 205 pp, 8vo (8 7/16" H), soft cover with self-flaps. Promotional bookmark tipped-in at front. "...a lusty, subversive riff on the discovery of the New World, the moment of first contact. Based on a true story, 'Elle' chronicles the ordeals and ad. ventures of a young French woman marooned on the desolate Isle of Demons during Jacques Cartier's ill-fated third and last attempt to colonize Canada." Interior - small soft crease at bottom edge of front flap and first 28 pages, otherwise clean. a n d tight with no other ownership marks. Exterior - minor rubbing, bottom edge of rear cover has 2" x 1/8" area of delamination, spine flat and uncreased. VG. more information

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Avon, New York, (1999), Ist PB printing.. 566 pp, mass market paperback. "Normans and Saxons fight and die for control of the destiny of a future empire, and Harold of Wessex...is thrust into the vortex of a battle royal for the English throne. To wear the crown, however, he must forsake . his peacful life with his adored, handfasted wife, Lady Edith of Nazeing, the only woman he will ever truly love. But throughout his reluctant ascendence to supreme leadership of an embattled kingdom - and the concurrent rise of old-friend-turned-a. dversary William of Normandy, soon to be called 'the Conqueror' - Harold will not betray his heart or his lady, though war be their legacy and tragedy their fate..." Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - very l. i g h t edge wear. VG+. more information

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Faber and Faber, London, 1995, first edition.. 165 pp, 8vo (8 5/8" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0571175260 "An aged prophetess at Delphi, the most sacred oracle in ancient Greece, looks back over her strange life as the Pythia, the First Lady and voice of the god Apollo. As a young vir. gin with disturbing psychic powers, Arieka was handed over to the service of the shrine by her parents. She has now spent sixty years as the very medium, the torn mouthpiece, of equivocal mantic utterances from the bronze tripod in the sanctuary. b e neath the temple. Over a lifetime at the mercy of god and priest and people she has watched the decay of Delphi's fortunes and its influence in the world. Her reflections on the mysteries of the oracle, which her own weird gifts have embodied. , a re matched by her feminine insight into the human frailties of the High Priest himself, a true Athenian, whose intriguing against the Romans brings about humiliation and disaster. This extraordinary short novel, left in draft at the author's. s udd en death in 1993, is a psychological and historical triumph. An absolutely convincing portrait of a woman's experience, something rare in Golding's oeuvre, Arieka the Pythia is one of his finest creations." Small bump to top corner of boath. bo ards . Dust jacket has very minor edge wear, wrinkling at top of flap-folds - very light edge wear elsewhere, minor rubbing. Very Good/Very Good. more information

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Doubleday, Garden City, New York, 1968.. 348 pp, 8vo (8 3/8" H), hard cover in dust jacket. Map endpapers. "In the old Danish Virgin Islands, around the turn of the Eighteenth Century, the gulf between white plantation owner and black slave was wide and deep. Brutality on the part of th. e one engendered hatred and fear in the other - and finally, a burning desire for vengeance. The night of Prince's birth, in a slave hut at Fortuna plantation, a terrible hope and a prophecy were born with him. As this exciting historical novel . u n folds, the fulfillment of those auguries touched many lives in many different ways. Based in part on actual people and events, 'Muscavado' is steeped in the lore and romance of the Virgin Islands of Denmark. It is a tale of forbidden love betw. ee n the daughter of a white planation owner and a mulatto slave, where discovery meant death for both. It is the story of a desperate struggle for freedom and its savage consequences. Above all, it is the story of the workings of a sinister voodo. o p ro phecy and its legacy of passion, violence, terror, and despair. Today, Fortuna plantation, where Prince toiled in the cane fields, is a crumbled ruin, overgrown with thornbush. The gravestone of the woman he loved is eroding away, and time . has tra nsformed the violent past into an unforgettable legend. Here is a first-rate historical romance, carefully researched, giving a memorable picture of a vanished way of life." One page with dog-ear crease, light browning to edges of textbloc. k, t iny stain on top of textblock, minor edge wear, slight wrinkling at top/bottom of spine. Dust jacket has been price clipped, has light to moderate edge wear/wrinkling, slight fading to spine color, light browning to inside of spine and flap-fo. lds/e dges , faint waterstain at bottom inside of spine. Very Good/Good+. more information

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Mountain Press, Missoula, Montana, 1995 - Tumbleweed Series.. 242 pp, large 8vo, hard cover in dust jacket. B&w illustrations by Will James. "Welcome to 'Cow Country' and the world of Will James - a place where 'there's not a fence as far as you can see, nothin' but blue grass ripplin' in the sun.' First pu. blished in 1927, these stories and drawings showcase Will James's great talent for capturing the essence of cowboy life on the open range." Minor wrinkling at bottom of spine. Dust jacket has very light edge wrinkling, slight fading to upper p. a r t of spine, minor rubbing. VG+/VG. more information

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Forge, New York, (1995), Ist edition.. 381 pp, 8vo, hard cover in dust jacket. B&w map. "To the rigid society of the 1880s, Kate Hewitt's upbringing was bound to make her an outcast: She was raised among her missionary father's congregants - the Haida tribe of the Queen Charlotte Islan. ds. She spoke Haida as well as she spoke English, and valued the natives' culture. To top it all off, she practiced a most unladylike hobby - photography. Finally, the Reverend Hewitt sent his daughter to civilized Victoria, British Columbia -. a n d before Kate could protest her banishment, the minister was murdered. Luke Brennan seems a godsend to the still-grieving Kate. Luke, on an artifact-buying expedition for a museum, is in desperate need of a translator and photographer. Kate . f it s the bill perfectly, save for her sex, and at last Luke agrees to take her with him, provided they are properly chaperoned. Facing harsh autumn storms, difficult sea-passages from island to island, and hostility from both the Haida and rival . ar tif ac t collectors, Kate finds herself strongly drawn to Luke, whose silence masks an old heartache. Still, Kate knows that until her father's killer has been brought to justice - and until Luke sees her as an equal, not a frail female in need . of prot ect ion - true happiness cannot be hers." Dust jacket has light rubbing. NF/VG. more information

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Penguin, (Toronto, 1999), Ist PB printing.. 559 pp, PB. First book of the Sarantine Mosaic."Sarantium is the golden city: holy to the faithful, exalted by the poets, jewel of the world and heart of an empire. Artisan Caius Crispus receives a mysterious summons from the emperor, and sets of. f on a journey toward the sparkling city. But before Crispin can reach Sarantium, with its taverns and gilded sanctuaries, chariot races and palaces, he must pass through a land of pagan ritual and mysterious danger." Interior - clean and ti. g h t w i th no previous ownership marks. Exterior - light edgewear, spine creased but still very legible. VG. more information

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Collins, London, 1986), Ist edition.. 352 pp, large 8vo, hard cover in dust jacket. Cover art by John Hancock. This is the export edition (without price on dust jacket flap) which preceded the first domestic edition. "Coat of Arms is a story of a great aristocratic family steeped in . history and tradition, facing an uncertain future in a world that is rapidly changing - and where old emnities flourish as never before..." Pages light browned, light wrinkle at bottom of spine, a few light finger marks to boards. Dust jacket has . minor edge wrinkling, light rubbing. VG/VG. more information

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Carleton University Press, Ottawa, 1989.. 274 pp, 8vo, soft cover. "Rosanna Leprohon (1829-79), a native of Montreal, was a popular author whose fiction and poetry frequently appeared in the periodical presses in Canada and the United States in the middle decades of the nineteenth century.. Her most important novel, 'Antoinette De Mirecourt', set in Montreal in the 1760s, is an 'essentially Canadian' story that reflects the author's deep knowledge of the bilingual and bicultural society in which she lived." Interior - barcode/pr. i c e label on inside of rear cover, otherwise clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - minor edge wear, minor rubbing, spine flat and uncreased. VG+. more information

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Howard Baker, London, 1970, reprint.. 256 pp, small 8vo (7 1/2" H), hard cover in dust jacket. "In the thin draught, the candles quaver. Their flames shrink, then dart high. The shadows flitter across the bloated body in the royal bed. Henry the Eighth of England is dying, and as - . diseased, no longer handsome - he twists from side to side there come crowding in relentlessly upon him - more real than the attendants at his bedside - the ghosts of his dead wives to give the lie to his cruel condemnation of them. Few writers can. weave so absorbing a story out of the fabric of history as Philip Lindsay, and this is one of his finest works. Here, laid bare, tortured and terrible, is indeed, the Heart of a King." One tiny corner bump. Dust jacket has moderate rubbing, lig. h t fading on spine, light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine and flap-folds, slight color offset at inside bottom of spine. Very Good/Good. more information

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Dell, New York, c1947, reprint.. 288 pp, mass market paperback. "The adventures of Jason Starbuck from the harbors of Salem to the harems of Tartary...." Interior - moderate browning to pages, otherwise clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - minor edge wear. to covers, light edge wear on spine, book is lightly cocked. Very Good-. more information

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(Orion, London, 1995).. 229 pp, PB. Fiction. "The first in a new series of adventures spanning the sixty year career of an officer in Queen Victoria's merchant navy. - A tough life full of incident awaits Tom Chatto when, at the age of seventeen, he embarks upon his firs. t voyage under sail. Queen Victoria's empire is growing fast and the good ship Pass of Drumochter is bound for the seaven seas to trade the empire's good. But the glamour soon falls fromTom's eyes when he finds himself the unwitting eye witn. e s s t o a foul murder. Earning his master's ticket is going to be as much about learning to cope with the terrifying ne'er to wells on board ship as it is about sails and navigation." A new, undread copy. Very minor edgewear. NF. more information

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Orion, (London, 1996), Ist PB printing.. 231 pp, PB. "As the twentieth century dawns the time of the great steamships is firmly under way. Newly in possession of his Master's Certificate, Tom Chatto secures a glamorous berth as second officer on a liner of the Pacific Steam Navigation Co. mpany - there he encounters a hostile face from the past..." Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - very faint edgewear, spine flat and uncreased. This is a new, unread book. NF. more information

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Chatto and Windus, London, 1948, first edition.. 400 pp, 8vo (8 1/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. Genalogical trees and chronological table. "The story opens just after the coronation of Edward the Confessor, and takes us up to the Norman Invasion. Who was to succeed King Edward? From the we. lter of political cross-currents, rivalries, violence and intrigue set up by this question, the two dominating figures of the novel emerge - Earl Harold and Duke William of Normandy. The issue was decided at the Battle of Hastings. With her stir. r i ng account of the battle and of the invasion threat which preceded it, Miss Muntz brings her book to a magnificently thrilling climax." Very light browning to endpapers, light browning to edges of textblock, minor wrinkling at top/bottom of spi. ne , one tiny edge dint and one very small corner bump. Dust jacket has moderate edge wear/wrinkling, small edge tears (one with creases) and very small chips - mainly at top/bottom of spine and flap-folds, light rubbing and a few tiny scuffs, ligh. t c ol or fading on hinges and at top of front panel. Very Good/Fair. more information

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Macmillan of Canada, Toronto, 1978.. 220 pp, 8vo (8 1/2" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0770517013 "A thousand years before Marco Polo, a young woman from Rome makes the journey along the Silk Road to China: her name is Mariana, and she is a skilled jeweller who also posseses th. e gift of healing. It is this gift, given by the god Apollo, that moves the Chinese ambassador to kidnap her. The despairing Mariana finds herself taken by ship, horse, camel and foot across a vast area of the ancient world: from the sophisticat. e d Rome of Marcus Aurelius, across northern Mesopotamia to the haunted ruins of Babylon; through Samarkand, the Tarim Basin, to the Taklamakan desert, and at last, after many dangerous encounters, to a China threatened by civil war, and a prince o. nl y Mariana can save....(this book) evokes a long-vanished society in fascinating detail and against this brilliant background, exquisitely described, (Nichols) as written a striking tale that speaks from the ancient civilizations in a voice that i. s u tt erly contemporary." Book slightly cocked, faint watermark at bottom of both boards and spine, tiny bump at bottom of rear hinge. Dust jacket has minor edge wear/wrinkling - tiny piece of laminate missing at top of spine. Very Good-/Very Go. od. more information

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Collins, London, 1939.. 541 pp, 8vo (8 1/8" H), hard cover in dust jacket. Map endpapers. "Everyone knows of the sufferings of the Covenanters, but fewer of their intolerance in power, their grudging reception of the young King Charles after his father's execution at Whi. tehall, and the galling discipline which made him, after his accession to the English throne, unwilling ever to visit Scotland or to tolerate Presbyterianism again. Against this background, Miss Oliver tells the story of three generations of a gr. e a t Scottish family, the Humes of Polwarth, rising to play their part in the nation's affairs. Lady Polwarth, resolute Episcopalian, was broken by her diastrous passion for her young second husband, Lord Jedburgh. Her son Sir Patrick Hume defied. h er to become a Covenanter, but was happier in his lifelong love for his brave, plain wife, who followed him into exile, and came back in triumph with Dutch William after his not quite bloodless revolution. Violent, too, was the career of his fa. mou s d aughter, Grisel, whose romantic marriage to George Baillie, son of the Covenanting martyr, brings to a sunlit close her family's part in a century's struggle for freedom of speech and thought and worship." Dust soiling to top of textblock, . ligh t wr inkling at top/bottom of spine, slight waviness to cloth on boards. Dust jacket has small tears and chips, browning to spine and some edges, light rubbing, moderate edge wrinkling, now in a mylar sleeve. Very Good-/Good. more information

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Hodder & Stoughton, London, (1940), Ist edition.. 286 pp, small 8vo, (7 1/2" H), hard cover - no dust jacket. Light browning to endpapers, pages evenly and very lightly toned, several pages have a small very faint blue smudge in margin, several pages have a small faint smudge/mark in margin, page. 63 has a 1" faint line indentation in margin, a few pages have faint tiny foxing marks, small book store stamp at bottom of free front endpaper. Exterior - light edge wear to boards/spine and very light surface wear to boards/spine, tiny darker . b l ue mark on front board, very small scuff on rear board, minor wrinkling to top/bottom of spine, spine lettering dark and clear. Very Good. more information

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Little, Brown, Boston, (1960), 2nd printing.. 370 pp, 8vo, hard cover in dust jacket. B&w maps. "Wilder Penfield, one of the most outstanding neurosurgeons in the world, has utilized his love and knowledge of medicine, his sense of history and his perception of people to re-create the ancient. world of Cos, the island home to which Hippocrates returns in 432 B.C., after achieving great success at the luxurious court in Macedonia, where he was physician to the king. It was at Cost that his father had founded his school of medicine and. t o Cos th a t Hippocrates returns, after his death to become its master..." Minor edge wear to boards, light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine, small light scuff to top edge of front cover, top edge of textbock lightly browned. Dust jacket is wo. r n an d price clipped (otherwise complete), with small chips/tears/rubbing, small perforation, light browning/soiling. VG/G-. more information

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Alfaguara, (Col. del Valle, Mexico, 2000), primera edicion en Mexico.. 267 pp, large 8vo (9 3/8" H), soft cover with self-flaps. TEXT IN SPANISH. B&w illustrations. "Sevilla, 1626. A su regreso de Flandes, donde han participado en el asedio y rendicion de Breda, el capitan Alatriste y el joven mochilero Inigo Balb. oa reciben el encargo de reclutar a un pintoresco grupo de bravos y espadachines para una peligrosa mision, relacionada con el contrabando del oro que los galeones espanoles traen de las Indias. Los bajos fondos de la turbulenta ciudad andaluza,. e l corral de los Naranjos, la carcel real, las tabernas de Triana, los arenales del Guadalquivir, son los escenarios de esta nueva aventura, donde los protagonistas reencontraran traiciones, lances y estocadas, en compania de viejos amigos y de v. i ej os enemigos." Interior - previous owners name/info. on first page, otherwise clean and tight with no other ownership marks. Exterior - small bump to top rear corner with light migration into last few pages, spine flat and uncreased, very min. or ed ge wear and rubbing. VG. more information

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Nimbus, (Halifax, N.S., 1992).. 421 pp, mass market paperback. Set around Halifax, Nova Scotia at the time of the Napoleonic Wars, this book "evokes the scene as it was: the lusty, bustling life of a peaceful place soon to be invaded with unexpected force by the grim realities of. war. And a few miles away on Melville Island, thousands of French prisoners of war live out despairing, close-packed lives, with no hope for tomorrow. One of those prisoners daily faces the agonizing question: what would be his fate if the Bri. t i s h discovered that he had shot and killed Lord Nelson at Tragalgar?..." Interior - previous owners blacked out on first page. Exterior - small pink liquid mark on fore-edge of textblock - migrates into page margins slightly, one very small co. rn er c rease, bright covers. VG-. more information

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Kensington, (New York, 1999), Ist Kensington printing.. 372 pp, large 8vo, hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 1575664755 Great wraparound cover art by Yvonne Gilbert. "Lady Marian of Ravenskeep, her honor proving stronger than her desire, has forsaken a wedding to Robert of Locksley, since she fears she . can never bear his child. It is with this knowledge that she makes an irrevocable choice - to flee into the depths of Sherwood Forest, where, amid wild tangled woods, she will be transformed from lady to warrior, as Robin Hood's partner in steali. ng (King) John's gold, and as the woman who has captured his heart. Yet all who breathe know that the penalty of such a theft is hanging. Pursued by the Sheriff's army, the hour soon approaches when Robin Hood, Marian, and their band of follow. e r s will wage a desperate fight for liberty and country..." Minor wrinkle at bottom of spine, small shallow bump at op of front hinge area, tiny bump to bottom corners of boards, thin faint rub line across fore edge of textblock. Dust jacket h. as v er y minor edgewear, small wrinkle at top of rear flap fold. VG+/VG+. more information

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Perfect Pages of Burlington, Burlington, Ontario, (1989).. 424 pp, 8vo, soft cover. B&w drawings, maps. "...a story of Orkneymen and Scots, men and women of the early 19th century who came from the Northern Isles to live on the bleak shores of Hudson's Bay or to settle in the wilderness that was Upper Can. ada. This is an intriguing narrative, well-illustrated, and a highly readable mixture of fact and fiction that captures the imagination." Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - very light edge wear, spine flat. a n d uncreased. VG+. more information

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McClelland and Stewart, Toronto, (1935), first Canadian edition.. 292 pp, small 8vo (7 3/4" H), hard cover (black cloth with red lettering on spine and front board) - no dust jacket. High adventure in Italy. Light browning to endpapers, small stains in margins and gutter of pages 48/49, light browning to edges o. f textblock, light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine. VG-. more information

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McClelland and Stewart, Toronto, (1937), first Canadian edition.. 379 pp, 8vo (8 3/8" H), hard cover (black cloth with red lettering on spine and front board) - no dust jacket. An adventure story of revolutionary France. Very light browning to pages, very light rubbing to top of textblock, light browning to fore. -edge and bottom of textblock, very light edge wear, light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine. VG. more information

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McClelland & Stewart, Toronto, (1927), Ist edition.. 343 pp, 8vo, HC (no dust jacket), green cloth boards with gild titles and decorations. Pictorial endpapers. A story of Viking exploration and settlement of Vinland. Interior - gift inscription on first blank page, pages browning very lightly, fai. nt ghost sticker mark at bottom of ffep near spine. Exterior - light edgewear to boards, light wrinkling to top/bottom of spine, slight bumping to top corners, some fading to gold lettering on spine but still legible, small area of shelfwear . a t b o t tom of and a few tiny light foxing marks to fore edge of textblock. Overall a sound, attractive copy. VG-. more information

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Signet, (Toronto, 1966), first printing - D3051.. 125 pp, mass market paperback. "Roman aristocrat Marcius Longinus is ruled by a passion that will write the epitaph of an empire. Beautiful Judean queen Berenice is first to know the prophecy of the High Priest of Isis - and will see Marcius Longi. nus dead before accepting her fate. Exotic slave girl Selene has been chosen mistress of the gods. Her marriage bed will be the deathbed of a civilization. The triumph of her love will bring about 'The Last Nights of Pompeii'." Interior - lig. h t browning to pages, otherwise clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - light browning to spine and on rear cover, very minor edge wear, book slightly cocked. VG-. more information

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Rodale, Emmaus, Pa., (1938), 2nd edition.. 356 pp, 8vo (8" H), hard cover (dark green cloth with gold lettering on spine) - no dust jacket. INSCRIBED ON FRONT PASTEDOWN - "AUTOGRAPH COPY, LAUNCELOT CRESSY SERVOS." Interior - very light browning to endpapers - darker in gutters, otherwise c. lean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - very light edge wear, wrinkling at bottom of spine, browning to edges of textblock, small faint watermark on top of textblock. VG-. more information

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Pan, (London, 1997, 2000).. 774 pp, 949 pp, paperbacks - 2 volumes. Map endpaper, cover art by Syd Brak. 1. It is 1667 and the mighty naval war between the Dutch and the English still rages. Sir Francis Courtney and his son Hal, in their fighting caravel, are on patrol off . Southern Africa, lying in wait for a galleon of the Dutch East India Company returning from the Orient laden with spices, timber and gold... 2. It is the dawn of the eighteenth century. At the farthest edges of the known world, the might East Indi. a Trading Company suffers catastrophic losses from pirates on the high seas. After four years away from service, master mariner Sir Hal Courtney prepares for his latest and most dangerous voyage - a death or glory mission in the name of Empire . a n d the Crown..." Interiors - previous owners name and bookplate stamp on first page of vol. 2, otherwise clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exteriors - light edgewear, two tiny pin pricks to front cover of vol. 1, spines flat wi. th f ai n t creases. VG. more information

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Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1985, first edition.. 368 pp, 8vo (8 3/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0340337222 "To be King of Scots was never the passport to peace or joy, and for young James the Fifth the throne made an uncomfortable seat indeed. As a boy he had been deliberately corrupte. d by step-father, the Red Douglas, Earl of Angus, so that he might get both king and kingdom into his power. Even when James escaped from Angus's clutches, he still had that most rebellious and powerful house to cope with. Not to mention the Hami. l tons, whose chief, the Earl of Arran, was next in line to the crown. So he did not have his troubles to seek. Add to this, James himself was impetuous, hot-blooded, handsome, with no great interest in matters of state, but an enormous interest i. n women. While to the south, his uncle Henry the Eighth of England watched every move north of the border, poised to invade...In this second of his trilogy of love and hatred, folly and statesmanship, poetry and martyrdom, Nigel Tranter paints a vi. vi d picture of a turbulent period, a strange friendship, and of James Stewart, by God's grace King - but only just." Tiny mark in margin of pages 366 & 377. Dust jacket has minor edge wear/wrinkling, light browning at top edge, minor rubbing, tin. y r emainder mark on bottom of text block. Very Good+/Very Good. more information

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Chatto & Windus, London, 1999, first edition.. 454 pp, large 8vo (9 7/16" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 186056027X SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON TITLE PAGE. Winner of the Whitbread Novel Award. "In the year 1629, a young English lutenist named Peter Claire arrives at the Danish Court to join Ki. ng Christian IV's Royal Orchestra. From the moment when he realizes that the musicians perform in a freezing cellar underneath the royal apartments, Peter Clair understands that he's come to a place where the opposing states of light and dark, go. o d and evil, are waging war to the death. Designated the King's 'Angel' because of his good looks, he finds himself falling in love with the young woman who is the companion of the King's adulterous and estranged wife Kirsten. With his loyalties. f at ally divided between duty and passion, how can Peter Claire find the path that will realise his hopes and save his soul?...." Minor wrinkling at top of spine. Dust jacket has minor wrinkling at top/bottom of spine and flap-folds, two small a. rea s o f tiny scuffs/dints on rear panel. Near fine/Very Good. more information

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Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1983, Ist edition.. 443 pp, 8vo, hard cover in dust jacket. "Constantinople, May 1908. City of the Golden Horn and the Sublime Porte; city of endless bazaars and sequestered palaces, glittering mosques and foreign compounds; ancient capital of an immense feudal autoc. racy teeming with different races and caught in the crosscurrents of European power struggles...(here, Englishman Robert Markham who stood by helplessly as his Armenian fiance was raped and murdered twelve years before) sets out on his personal. m i s sion of redemption (as) the Turkish Third Army is on the verge of revolt, and throughout the Empire Armenians, Jews, Bulgarians, Greeks, and Turks are uniting to confront the existing regime...takes us into the heart of Moslem culture and on . t he e qu ally perilous journey to the dark side of one man's soul..." Dust jacket has two small closed tears and light edge wrinkling at top edge and light wrinkling at bottom of spine. NF/VG. more information

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