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New York: Forge Books. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2010. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0765322609 . As new; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; Aztec; 9.2 X 6.5 X 1.6 inches; 448 pages; "In the arid canyonlands of Mexico the race is on for the ultimate end-of-the-world codex—the final 1000-year-old prophesy of the god-king, Quetzalcoatl, who ruled Mexico 1000 years ago. Rita Critchlow and Cooper Jones hunt for that sacred codex in those scorching desert canyons, while 500 years ago, Pacal, a young slave-scholar, sets out on the same deadly quest. He too must find those apocalyptic writings, knowing that his era—the Age of the Aztecs—may well come to an end if he does not find them. " .

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1970. First English Edition. Hardcover. Light discoloration and wear of glossy dust jacket, only slight wear, slight soil of page edges ; A bright, solid book dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. Wraparound jacket art ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 268 pages; "Works by the contemporary German novelist portray Nazi soldiers facing defeat and certain death in Hungary and at the Polish Front" .

London: Doubleday. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2004. 1st UK. Hardcover. 0385607709 . light edge wear, slight soil bottom page edges ; DJ in protective Mylar sleeve, unclipped. A bright, solid book ; 1.42 x 9.13 x 6.3 Inches; 346 pages; "Presented as Alexander's confessions (and lessons) to his brother-in-law, Itanes, as the Macedonian commander and his increasingly reluctant armies try to figure out how to cross "this river of India" to engage in yet another battle, the novel tells of Alexander's father's last victory (the defeat of the Greeks at Chaeronea) before his assassination; of how, over his father's corpse, Alexander cements his plans for future campaigns; of his struggle with his "daimon," which would call him to glory; of his burning of Thebes; of his march east and his slaughter throughout Asia; of his murder of his friend Cleitus ("I felt his spine shear"). Alexander's voice swoops from high-minded rhetoric to… Read More

Boston: Little, Brown & Co.. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1958. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. DJ and boards show light shelf wear, DJ has short tears on back and spine. ; A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 291 pages; "From the perspective of Paul Bäumer, a young German soldier in World War I, comes an unsettling tale of the mundanity and misery of trench warfare on the Western Front. When Paul and his comrades volunteer for the Imperial German Army, pressured into this act of patriotism by idealistic parents and a steely schoolmaster, they quickly learn that the authorities they trusted to shape their minds and guide their growth were condemning them to unimaginable danger and squalor, in the name of duty to an old world in its death throes." More than 100 years after 'the war to end all wars', Remarque's representation of the soldier's experience still speaks to us. .

New York: Random House. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2006. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 140006306X . Trace of previous owner's stamp on front free end paper ; A bright, solid book, DJ in protective Mylar sleeve, unclipped. ; Charles Edgemont series Vol 2; 9.30 X 6.30 X 1.10 inches; 288 pages; "Worrall brings dashing British naval Capt. Charles Edgemont back in this clever sequel to Sails on the Horizon. This time out, Edgemont joins rear admiral Horatio Nelson's squadron in the Mediterranean to search for a French fleet up to no good. When a storm scatters the squadron, Edgemont sails his frigate, Louisa, in search of Nelson—a search that becomes even more crucial when he learns the location of the French fleet at Alexandria, Egypt, from an English spy. After a series of adventures and misadventures, Edgemont finally stumbles on Nelson, and the squadron sails to Alexandria where it engages the French fleet in one of history's great naval… Read More

Sarasota, Florida: Pineapple Press. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2002. First Edition; Fourth Printing. Hardcover. 1561642525 . Light wear to extremities.; DJ in protective Mylar sleeve, unclipped. A bright, solid book.; The Honor Series; 8.96 X 6.60 X 1.05 inches; 278 pages; "The year is 1863. The Civil War is leaving its bloody trail across the nation as Peter Wake, born and bred in the North, joins the U.S. Navy and arrives in Florida for duty with the East Gulf Blockading Squadron. Assigned to the Rosalie, a tiny, armed sloop, Captain Wake commands a group of seasoned seamen on a series of voyages to seek and arrest Confederate blockade-runners and sympathizers, first in Florida's coastal waters, then in a dirty and corrupt Havana, and finally near the remote out-islands of the Bahamas. Wake learns he must make the ugly decisions of war even in a beautiful, tropical paradise--decisions that take him up to the edge of honor." .

London UK: Hutchinson. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. 0091504708 . Remainder mark bottom page edges, top fore corners lightly bumped, mild tanning of pages as is common in British books of this era, light wear to dustjacket. ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; Blackwood series - Vol 1; 8.6 X 5.8 X 1.4 inches; 366 pages; "Captain Philip Blackwood of the Royal Marines rejoins his ship, HMS Audacious, in the August of 1850, anxious to get back into action. Per Mare - Per Terram is the Marines' motto.In the torturous heat of Africa, where they are sent to stamp out the remaining strongholds of slavery, and later, in the bitter war of the Crimea, Philip Blackwood and his men learn to obey it without question. The first novel in an enthralling and colourful saga, spanning 150 years in the history of a great seafaring family and the tradition in which they served, Badge of Glory is a stunning new departure for one of Britain's… Read More

London: Methuen & Co. Ltd.. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1894. Tenth Edition. Hardcover. Black cloth boards show some shelf wear, corners lightly bumped. Previous owner's name in ink on FFEP. Front and back hinges started but still solid. ; A tight solid book. Fore edges untrimmed. Dark green cloth covered boards with silver stamped design on front and back boards and gilt stamped titles front and spine. ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 465 pages; A religious novel involving Christ's crucifixion. .

Belleville ON: Essence Publishing. Very Good+. 2010. First Edition. Softcover. 1554525063 . Signed by Author; Card covers show very light shelf wear, corner curl.; A bright, solid book. Signed by the author on the half-title page. ; The Michmash Chronicles #1; 9.1 X 5.9 X 1.0 inches; 508 pages; Wardroper brings light to the Dark Ages of Roman Britain in fictional form. .

London: John Murray. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1952. Reprint. Hardcover. Price clipped DJ heavily chipped with a few tears with creasing, some loss head & tail of spine, faint name stamp on front free end paper. Small clip top fore edge of FFEP, front hinge intact, back hinge started but solid. ; Yellow paper covered boards shows light wear bottom edge, brown stamped titles front and spine. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 348 pages; This is the 3rd in a series of French Foreign Legion novels starting with Beau Geste and Beau Sabreur. .

London: The Bodley Head. Very Good in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1964. Omnibus. Hardcover. DJ and boards show light shelf wear, 1/4" section missing from back top of DJ. Glue and sticker damage on FFEP after previous removal of card pocket, library stamp inside front board. ; A tight solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; Ex-Library; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 454 pages; Includes: John Barleycorn, The Cruise of the Dazzler and The Road .

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2006. Thirteenth Printing. Hardcover. 0375831002 . A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. Silver award medallion on front panel of dustjacket ; 8.5 X 5.8 X 1.7 inches; 552 pages; "It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier, and will become busier still. Liesel Meminger is a foster girl living outside of Munich, who scratches out a meager existence for herself by stealing when she encounters something she can’t resist–books. With the help of her accordion-playing foster father, she learns to read and shares her stolen books with her neighbors during bombing raids as well as with the Jewish man hidden in her basement. " .

Toronto: The Ryerson Press. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1939. First Canadian Edition. Hardcover. Boards show light shelf wear, DJ shows heavier wear with short tears, chipping and light soiling. 1/2" section missing from DJ at top of spine. Pages lightly tanned except for the half title and final page of text which are heavily tanned. Bookplate on front pastedown ; A tight solid book, hinges intact. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. Undated but probably released at the same time as the British publication ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 264 pages; A WWII novel. .

Toronto: Musson Book Company. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1947. Reprint. Hardcover. Red cloth covered boards, bumped corners, a little faded spine. Some water damage top page edges. ; A tight solid book, hinges intact; Venture Book for Boys; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 256 pages; A Canadian reprint of a pirate novel originally published in the 1920s. .

Toronto: Stoddart. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1985. First Canadian Edition. Hardcover. 077372043X . DJ and boards show light shelf wear. Remainder dot on bottom page edges. Some yellowing of pages as is common, a light lean . ; A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; Courtneys of Africa #1; 9.3 X 6.2 X 1.8 inches; 435 pages; "One of the greatest fighter pilots of the Great War, Michael Courtney is saved by the French noblewoman Centaine de Thiry when he crashes near her home. Soon after, Centaine finds herself alone and carrying Michael's child and must travel across the ocean to join his family in South Africa. But no journey is ever simple, and a pregnant Centaine finds herself shipwrecked in shark-infested waters off Africa's notorious Skeleton Coast, a deadly swim away from the sun-bleached desert that will see her defenceless and alone. When hope arrives, she has no way of knowing if she will be saved - or left in greater danger than ever… Read More

New York: HarperCollins Publishers. Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket. 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. 0060888741 . Remainder dot on bottom page edges. Only slight wear ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. ; Saxon Tales #5; 9.50 X 6.40 X 1.50 inches; 336 pages; "At the end of the ninth century, King Alfred of Wessex is in ill health; his heir, an untested youth. His enemy, the Danes, having failed to conquer Wessex, now see their chance for victory. Led by the sword of savage warrior Harald Bloodhair, the Viking hordes attack. But Uhtred, Alfred’s reluctant warlord, proves his worth, outwitting Harald and handing the Vikings one of their greatest defeats.For Uhtred, the sweetness of victory is soon overshadowed by tragedy. Breaking with Alfred, he joins the Vikings, swearing never again to serve the Saxon king. Instead, he will reclaim his ancestral fortress on the Northumbrian coast. Allied with his old friend Ragnar-and his old foe Haesten-he aims to… Read More

London: Macdonald & Co. (Publishers) Ltd.. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. 0356200523 . Light wear to book, short tear bottom fore edge, some creasing ; A bright, solid book dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. Attractive gilt stamped decoration on front cover of book, satin bookmark bound in. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 392 pages; "Introduced by Ellis Peters, an elegantly bound, richly illustrated reference guide to the world of Peters's very popular medieval sleuth, Brother Cadfael, covers all of the characters, settings, and trivia of the mystery series." .

Sydney, AU: Angus & Robertson. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1991. Reprint; Sixth Printing. Hardcover. 0207133166 . Short tear top spine, light edge wear. ; This is a reprint of the 1938 Australian classic, rereleased in 1971 as a part of the Australian Classics series. A bright, solid book. DJ in protective Mylar sleeve, unclipped. ; Australian classics; 1.57 x 8.43 x 5.43 Inches; 510 pages; "A saga of life in the Northern Territories and the clash of white and Aborigine cultures -- an inspiration for Baz Luhrmann's lavish film 'AUSTRALIA'. Capricornia has been described as one of Australia's 'great novels', a sharply observed chronicle about life in the Northern Territory of Australia and the inhumane treatment suffered by Aborigines at the hands of white men. The story is immense and rambling, laced with humour that is often as bitter and as harsh as the terrain in which it is set, and follows with irony the fortunes (and otherwise) of a range of… Read More

Boston: Little Brown. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. 1940. 1st. Hardcover. Small mark on front board, only light wear and bumping. Dustjacket shows some wear, chipping and short tears. ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. Red cloth covered boards, gilt design on front with gilt and black titles and design on spine. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 548 pages; In 'Chad Hanna' he tells a story of the year 1836, a story of the (Erie) Canal country. Chad Hanna is a young orphan who rus away to find his fortune. He works various different jobs until he discovers the excitement of a traveling circus. His travels take him through all the little villages along The Erie Canal. .

London: Chatto & Windus. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1910. Hardcover. Purple cloth covered boards with gilt titles show some edge wear, corners lightly bumped, spine faded, a tear head and tail of spine. light foxing. Ads at end of book badly browned, previous owner's name on front pastedown ; A tight solid book. ; 447 pages .