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New York:: McGraw-Hill,, (1986).. SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Near fine in near fine dust jacket (phone number on rear endpaper). First printing. Second novel by these three authors written under this pseudonym. Set in China in a period spanning 60 years from 1924 to modern times. SIGNED on the title page by Lisa See, as 1/3 of Monica Highland. Notes, 462 pp. Map endpapers. Dustjacket illustration by Paul Henry,

New York:: McGraw-Hill,, (1986).. SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Good in very good dust jacket (crinkling to the lower margins of some pages, binding slightly shaken) .. First printing. Second novel by these three authors written under this pseudonym. Set in China in a period spanning 60 years from 1924 to modern times. SIGNED on the title page by Lisa See, as 1/3 of Monica Highland. Notes, 462 pp. Map endpapers. Dustjacket illustration by Paul Henry,

New York:: Tom Doherty Associates / Forge,, 1996.. Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket (as new.). First printing. An epic novel by this highly respected popular historian - dustjacket praise from such diverse writers as James Michener, John Jakes, Rita Mae Brown, Philip Kunhardt and more. Includes a note on the sources, map endpapers. 445 pages.

San Francisco:: Chronicle Books,, (2004.). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in a very near fine dust jacket.. First printing. Novel inspired by the earthquake and fire in San Francisco in 1906. Afterword. 361 pp.

New York:: Simon & Schuster,, (1973.). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First US printing. The author's first novel, an historical epic spanning three generations in the lives of two families who are caught up in the tumultuous events of martyred Ireland, from the bitter days of starvation in the 1850s to the climactic Easter Rebellion of 1916. Glossary. 571 pp. Wraparound dust jacket art by Peter Schaumann.

New York:: Farrar & Rinehart, , (1938). Hardcover first edition -. Very good in royal blue cloth in a very good dust jacket (offsetting to the endpapers, some edgewear to the dj) .. First printing. A romantic novel of the Civil War, one based entirely on reminiscences by veterans, both North and South and by the people who lived in the area covered by the story (although some of the names were changed.) Map. 369 pp.

London:: Michael Joseph,, 1971.. Hardcover first edition -. Very good in a fine dustjacket. (spine slant.). First UK printing. Novel which opens in 1947 in post-war occupied Japan. Dustjacket design by Jeanyee Wong.

New York:: Harper & Row,, (1970). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in a good only dust jacket. (tear to front cover of dj with associated creasing, and some loss) . First printing. Novel which opens in 1947 in post-war occupied Japan (the author's father was appointed Ambassador to Japan that year, so it is a world she knew well) . 327 pp. Dustjacket design by Jeanyee Wong.

New York & Boston:: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,, (1998). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. The author's highly praised first novel, one which makes us reflect on the consequences of war - not just on the young men who are fighting it, but on everyone. Cover praise from Reynolds Price, Grace Paley and Mary Oliver who commented " With prose that is at times almost unbearably lyrical, that is dismal with grief and splendid with perseverance, she draws us into this book as into another living body. Luthie and his story are, simply, unforgettable." Review copy with publisher's material laid in. 463 pp.

New York:: Ticknor & Fields,, 1985.. Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.. First printing. A story of King David, "after" his defeat of Goliath, as seen through the eyes of Joab, his good right arm. List of characters. xi, 209 pp. Dust jacket by Louise August.

New York:: Atlantic Monthly Press,, (1989). First edition -. Very good in glossy illustrated wrappers (some wear to edges of covers).. Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) The author's first novel, set in medieval England in the 14th century, the story of Sister Ingrid, abandoned as a young child to the care of the nuns, who became famous as the infirmarian at Greyleigh Convent, for her miraculous powers of healing. When love - and disgrace - force her to flee the convent, she finds her power labeled as witchcraft. 318 pp.

New York:: Harper Collins,, (2009). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in a fine dustjacket (previous owner's name).. First US printing. A novel about one of the "most dramatic victories in British history, the battle of Agincourt on October 25, 1415 - immortalized by Shakespeare in Henry V - pitted undermanned and overwhelmed English forces against a French army determined to keep their crown out of Henry's hands." Author's historical note. Map endpapers. 451 pp.

New York:: Morrow,, (1999.). Very good+ in illustrated wrappers. . Trade paperback. A tour-de-force inspired by Melville's Moby Dick, a recreation of 19th century America. Illustrations by Christopher Wormell. 660 pp.

New York:: Morrow,, (1999.). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. (bookplate.). First printing. A tour-de-force inspired by Melville's Moby Dick, a recreation of 19th century America. Illustrations by Christopher Wormell. 668 pp.

New York:: Alfred A. Knopf,, 1994.. SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First US printing. Set in a remote Mexican copper mining town at the close of the 19th century, this novel is ""part love story, part adventure, part mystery and part hallucination, . .. a magnificent tale of conflicting passions and cultures, set in a harsh and magical landscape where Parisian boulevards have been constructed in the dust, and where desires of all sorts exceed the opportunities of fulfillment." SIGNED on the title page. 310 pp.

New York:: Norton,, (2007). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. Novel set in the fall of 1916 as "Americans debate whether to enter the European war. 'Preparedness parades' march and headlines report German spies. But in an isolated community in the Adirondacks, the danger is barely felt. At Tamarack Lake the focus is on the sick. Wealthy tubercular patients live in private cure cottages; charity patients, mainly immigrants, fill the large public sanatorium." But the well-intended gesture meaning of a newly arrived patient leads to both a to a tragic accident and a surge of anti-immigrant prejudice and vigilante sentiment. 297 pp plus a family tree.

New York:: Norton,, (2007). SIGNED first edition -. Fine in illustrated wrappers.. Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) Novel set in the fall of 1916 as "Americans debate whether to enter the European war. 'Preparedness parades' march and headlines report German spies. But in an isolated community in the Adirondacks, the danger is barely felt. At Tamarack Lake the focus is on the sick. Wealthy tubercular patients live in private cure cottages; charity patients, mainly immigrants, fill the large public sanatorium." But the well-intended gesture meaning of a newly arrived patient leads to both a to a tragic accident and a surge of anti-immigrant prejudice and vigilante sentiment. SIGNED on the title page and dated 6/2/07 - that is, before publication. 297 pp plus a family tree.

New York:: Norton,, (2007). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. Novel set in the fall of 1916 as "Americans debate whether to enter the European war. 'Preparedness parades' march and headlines report German spies. But in an isolated community in the Adirondacks, the danger is barely felt. At Tamarack Lake the focus is on the sick. Wealthy tubercular patients live in private cure cottages; charity patients, mainly immigrants, fill the large public sanatorium." But the well-intended gesture meaning of a newly arrived patient leads to both a to a tragic accident and a surge of anti-immigrant prejudice and vigilante sentiment. SIGNED on the title page. 297 pp plus a family tree.

New York:: Norton,, (2007). First edition -. Fine in illustrated wrappers.. Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) Novel set in the fall of 1916 as "Americans debate whether to enter the European war. 'Preparedness parades' march and headlines report German spies. But in an isolated community in the Adirondacks, the danger is barely felt. At Tamarack Lake the focus is on the sick. Wealthy tubercular patients live in private cure cottages; charity patients, mainly immigrants, fill the large public sanatorium." But the well-intended gesture meaning of a newly arrived patient leads to both a to a tragic accident and a surge of anti-immigrant prejudice and vigilante sentiment. 297 pp plus a family tree.

New York:: Norton,, (2007). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. Novel set in the fall of 1916 as "Americans debate whether to enter the European war. 'Preparedness parades' march and headlines report German spies. But in an isolated community in the Adirondacks, the danger is barely felt. At Tamarack Lake the focus is on the sick. Wealthy tubercular patients live in private cure cottages; charity patients, mainly immigrants, fill the large public sanatorium." But the well-intended gesture meaning of a newly arrived patient leads to both a to a tragic accident and a surge of anti-immigrant prejudice and vigilante sentiment. Review copy with publisher's material laid in. 297 pp plus a family tree.