Historical Fiction from LostLoves Books

Clean hardcover, lovely map endpapers showing Marco Polo's journey. Dust jacket unclipped. Jacket designed by James Reynolds.

By American author Charles Major written under the pseudonym, Edwin Caskoden. It was first published by the Bowen-Merrill Company (later known as Bobbs-Merrill). This edition contains a 1901 owner's name written in ink on front flyleaf. Copyright page notes this is a later edition (probably 1900 or 1901). Set during the Tudor period of English history, Mary Tudor, a younger… Read more about this item

Black and white frontispeace by Horace Taylor. Blue cloth cover, image of man rowing stamped on color in red and white, overall bright and clean. Previous owner's name neatly written on front endpaper, otherwise no marks. Eleventh printing 1911 so noted on copyright page.

Fully illustrated by H.R. Millar in black-and-white drawings, including frontispeace and 15 interior illustrations. States on title page published MCMIV (1904) and on back of title page "copyright, 1903-1904, by H. Rider Haggard; published October, 1904." Blue cloth cover, impressed with decorative motif, title and author name in gilt very worn on cover and spine. Shelfwear visible on top and… Read more about this item

Third book in the Montmaray Journals. Young adult; WWII. First American edition, first printing. DJ and hardcover in excellent condition.

Young adult novel. First American edition, first printing. In clean "as new" condition with no marks on DJ or hardcover.

Young adult novel with a lovely "I Capture the Castle" feeling about impoverished royalty at beginning of WWII. First American Edition, first printing, no marks, DJ and hardcover as new condition.

Clean as new copy with unclipped DJ

Blue cloth with title, author's name, and illustration of castle entrance printed in brown. Illustrated in black-and-white photos from R.W. Johnston Studios, Pittsburg (stet), PA. This appears to be part of Grosset & Dunlap's "Dramatized Novels" which were illustrated with photos as listed in ads in the back. Graustark was adapted as a stage play in 1908. These photos do… Read more about this item

First American edition, first printing thus. Felix Brooke's third adventure set in 19th century Spain, following GO SADDLE THE SEA and BRIDLE THE WIND. A clean tight copy in unclipped dust jacket.

First edition, first printing (1 on copyright page), clean hardcover with no marks or wear. DJ has considerable edge wear on top and bottom and some scrapes on front picture but is intact and unclipped. Please contact us if you'd like photos.

First US edition, first printing, Clean hardcover with nice dustjacket, some signs of wear along top and bottom. The author goes back in time to introduce us to a younger Nell Bray and her first murder in the heady summer of 1901.

First U.S. edition, first printing, as marked on copyright page. Minor wear along top of dust jacket, otherwise bright clean copy with no marks. In this sixth entry of this historical mystery series, Nell Bray is taking a break from being jailed for political protests to spend time in the country with her brother. But there's a murder next door… Read more about this item

First US edition, first printing, as marked on copyright page. Minor shelfwear on top and bottom of dust jacket. Nell Bray is out of jail (for once) and invited by the Prime Minister to investigate a mystery. On the line is support for votes for women and a small matter of a bomb. Another great entry in a popular historical… Read more about this item

First U.S. edition, first printing, exceptionally clean and bright hardcover, unclipped dust jacket protected in Brodart. If murder occurs at George V's coronation, can Nell Bray be far from the scene? Jailed for obstructing justice, Nell must find the real killer or her friend Simon might hang.

First US edition, first printing, as noted on copyright page. No marks on hardcover, slight shelfwear on top and bottom of dustjacket. Overall bright clean copy. Nell Bray goes climbing in the French Alps and murder follows.

First US Edition, first printing. Unmarked hardcover in very good dust jacket. Nell Bray and George Bernard Shaw are mixed up in murder and more in this entertaining entry to an award-winning historical mystery series.

First U.S. edition, first printing, so marked on copyright page. Exceptionally clean hardcover with unclipped dust jacket. Suffragette Nell Bray finds murder strikes close to home when her cousin is found hanging in a boathouse.

Nell Bray has been released from Holloway, where she was serving time for protesting in support of the vote for women, when Emmeline Pankhurst arrives and asks her to investigate a murder. So starts this marvelous historical mystery series featuring Bray and host of characters drawn from early 20th century history. Clean US first edition with unclipped dj protected by… Read more about this item

New York, NY: Knopf Publishing Group, 2008. Hard cover. Very good in very good dust jacket. From the author of Flashman and the scriptwriter for Three Musketeers.