Search Results: Fiction from Scraps of American History

Philadelphia: The Westminster Press, 1943. First edition. Hardcover. Good +. 254 pages. The story of a young country man and his adventures in college. Orange cloth binding with black lettering on spine. Minimal edge wear and fading, corners bumped, top and bottom of spine a little bumped with slight reading crease in spine, spine a little cocked, interior pages very lightly tanned with no obvious markings and a little spotting, a few page edges miscut, former owner's name in pencil on front free end paper. Nice hard to find collectible!

New York: Republic Features Syndicate, Inc., 1957. First edition. Paperback. Good +/No jacket. 128 pages, illustrated with black and white plates with girl art. Original novel, Operation Man-on-the Run by John Kennedy, also stories The Missing Piece by William Vance and Scientific Approach by Roe Richmond. "Cloak and Dagger in Action." Illustrated wraps wtih yellow and white titles on front cover, blue and black titles on spine, 35 cent cover price. Some light edge wear to cover, small chips along edges and at corners, creases at corners, light reading crease at spine, some bumping of spine ends, interior pages lightly tanned, binding tight. Trade paperback, measures 5 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches.

Asheboro, North Carolina: Down Home Press, 1996. First edition, as stated. Hardcover. Good/good. Rickard, Tim. 125 pages, illustrated with black and white drawings. Text is bordered at leading edge with black double lines. A boy and his friend set out on a journey from their Thomasville, North Carolina, home to find a special doll for his little sister. White boards with gilt titles on spine. A little spotting of cover, minor edge wear with some bumping of corners and spine ends, small stains on end papers, signed by author in center title page, interior pages bright and clean, binding tight. Illustrated white dust jacket with gilt titles on front cover and spine has a little spotting, short tears at top of front cover jacket, light tanning, $14.95 price not clipped.

258 pages. Set in 9th century Baghdad, an elderly and honest man finds himself caught in palace intrigue as scandal and romance draw him into complicated choices between dear and powerful friends. Black boards with gilt titles on spine. Very minor edge wear, a little bumping of corners and spine ends, interior pages bright, binding tight. Illustrated dust jacket with tan titles shows minor edge wear, not price clipped.

New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1933. First edition, as stated. Hardcover. Good/poor. 491 pages. A humerous yet sensitive look at village life. Dark blue cloth binding with gilt titles on front cover and spine. Some spotting and scuffing of cover, light edge wear, corners and spine ends bumped, spine faded a bit with rubbing to gilt titles, end papers glue stained, former owner's name imprint on front free end paper and first page of text, interior pages bright and clean, part of dust jacket attached to back fixed end paper, black mark on back fixed end paper, binding tight. Measures 6 x 8 1/2 inches.

Paris: Editions Baudiniere, 1931. Paperback. Good/No jacket as issued. DeKobra. In French. Editions Baudiniere, Paris, copyright 1931. In French. Title translates to "A Hundred Thousand Smiles." Once a well-known author and former journalist, Maurice DeKobra (1885 - 1973) traveled widely and used his journalistic skills in his fiction. Illustrated wraps with red and black lettering, rough cut front edges, list of books on back cover. Some tanning of cover, some edge wear, chips and small tears at top and bottom of spine, a few light stains, corners bumped and creased, light creases in corners of interior pages and some tanning of pages, closed tear in last page before table of contents leading edge, some page edges creased. Binding seems tight but may require careful handling.

New York: The Readers' League of America, 1944. Reprint. Hardcover. Good +/No jacket. 209 pgs. Serialized in The Saturday Evening Post, this small novel places a group of strangers in war-torn Europe into a scene of danger in the snow-covered mountains. Dark green leather-look cover with orange decoration and lettering on front cover and orange lettering on spine. Corners slightly bumped, a little edge wear, titles a bit faded on spine, light spotting, glue stains on end papers, interior pages tanning but readable and some pages drilled, binding tight. Measures 5 1/4 x 7 1/2 inches.

New York: Little, Brown and Company, 1959. First edition, as stated. Hardcover. Good/good. 424 pages. A young nobleman fights for his name, his love and his fate in 16th century Genoa. Blue cloth binding with gilt titles on spine. Cover spotted, a little edge wear with fading along edges, gilt still bright, minor bumping of corners and spine ends, former owner's name "Frances Robinson" on front free end paper, interior pages tanned, binding tight. Illustrated dust jacket with yellow and white titles on front cover and spine is worn along edges, lightly creased, scrubbed on back jacket, small chips and holes along edges, not price clipped.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1978. First edition, as stated. Hardcover. Fine/good +. 499 pages. The secrets of a successful academic threaten to destroy his life when an old friend's suicide reveals his youth. Brown cloth binding with red titles on spine, tan end papers. A little shelf wear to cover with slightly bumped corners and spine ends, tiny spots on end papers, interior pages bright and clean, binding tight. Illustrated dust jacket with red and brown titles on front cover and spine shows a little edge wear, scuff at spine edge, a little spotting, mostly on back jacket cover, small tear and wrinkle at base of spine, creases in corner of back inner fold, not price clipped. Measures 6 x 8 1/2 inches.

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1919. First edition. Hardcover. Fair. 343 pages. Romantic novel set in England. Red cloth binding with white lettering and black decorations on front cover and white lettering on spine. Spine and lettering faded, cover spotted and stained, edge wear with chips along leading front edge, corners and spine ends bumped, front hinge weak, pencil notations on front end papers, interior pages lightly tanned with top of last few pages stained, back hinge broken. All pages seem tight.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1880. Early printing. Hardcover. Good/No jacket. 552 pgs. Dedication reads "To the Wife of My Youth who still abides with me"; be-became error on page 11 with 12 additional pages of publisher's advertisements. The sweeping Biblical novel that is a spiritual story of the quest for love and identity in a harsh culture. The author's careful research and depth of detail reveal as much about his own time as of the time he writes about. Brown cloth binding with gilt titles on spine, beveled edges, cream end papers. Cover worn and scrubbed, binding splitting at spine, corners and spine ends bumped, interior pages tanning with a few stains, small chips in leading edge of title page, front free end paper missing, penciled notation on front and back fixed end papers. Measures 5 x 7 inches

Chicago: Peoples Book Club, 1952. Book Club. Hardcover. Good/No jacket . Cornwell, Dean. 503 pages, illustrated with two-page color plates. A fictional retelling of the life of Jesus and his disciples. Red cloth binding with gilt titles on spine, color illustrated end papers. some spotting of cover, edge wear, especially at spine edges, wrinkles in spine, spine ends and corners bumped and a little frayed, interior pages bright and clean, binding tight.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2007. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/good. 256 pages. A young woman tries to come to terms with her difficult past and her relationship with her photographer mother. Black cloth binding with silver titles on spine. Some spotting of cover, light edge wear with a little bumping of corners and spine ends, interior pages bright, one page miscut too long and creased along edges, binding tight. Illustrated dust jacket with white titles on front cover and black titles on spine is a bit soiled along spine edges with some spotting, hole in leading edge near top, light edge wear, not price clipped. Measures 6 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches.

New York: Random House, 1951. First printing. Hardcover. Good +/fair. 305 pages. An unusual satirical novel dealing with the end of a marriage. Blue decorative cloth binding with silver decoration on front cover and silver titles on spine, blue end papers. Some spotting of cover, very light edge wear, minor bumping of corners and spine ends,end papers faded, 1937 inscription signed "Janet Leigh" on front free end paper, interior pages lightly tanned, smudges on page 8-9 but otherwise look clean, binding tight. Illustrated dust jacket is worn a bit at edges, has large chip at top of spine with tear continuing 3/4 way down spine of jacket, chips and holes along leading edges, $3.00 price not clipped.

New York: Signet Books/The New American Library, 1966. First edition thus. Vintage paperback. Fair/No jacket. 125 pages. Tough guy Rick Holman plunges into a mystery accompanied by babes, busted heads, big money and murder. Illustrated wraps with yellow, white and orange titles on front cover and black titles on spine, red page edges. Signet number D2831. Some wear to cover with chipping along edges, stains, reading crease near spine, tanning of interior pages with stains at page edges, binding tight.

221 pages. Retired sheriff Hack Bohannon can't figure out how to turn people down who come asking for his help in this collection of mystery stories. Speckled tan boards with brown cloth spine, gilt titles on spine, A little wear to gilt, light edge wear, minor bumping of corners and spine ends, a little fading at top of spine, binding tight. Illustrated dust jacket with white and tan titles shows very light edge wear, not price clipped.

London: R. A. Everett & Co., 1902. Not stated. Hardcover. Poor/No jacket. 282 pages. From the sporting novels of Nat Gould series. A novel set on the racetrack. Yellow illustrated boards with red and black titles. Advertisement for Brooke's Monkey Brand Soap on back cover. Cover is in poor condition, scrubbed, worn and bumped, part of spine cover missing, titles fairly legible, front hinge almost broken, spotting of end papers, first section of pages to page three detached and laid in, rest of binding a little loose, all pages present as far as I can determine, some tanning, small tears in some page top edges, back hinge starting. Average size, measures 5 x 7 1/2 inches.

New York: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2005. First edition thus. Paperback. Good +/No jacket . 311 pages. The story of what happens when two young people that were adopted decide to find their birth mothers and how it affects the people that surround them. Illustrated white wraps with white titles on fornt cover and spine. Some light edge wear with creasing of corners, a little spotting of covers, pencil mark on back cover, interior pages bright and clean, binding tight. Trade paperback, measures 5 1/2 x 8 3/4 inches.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1937. Second printing. Hardcover. Fair/No jacket. 493 pages. Civil War novel set in Richmond, Virginia. Tan cloth binding with red titles and star borders on front cover and spine, maps of Richmond on end papers. Cover stained, worn and soiled, edge wear corners and spine ends bumped, dings in top edges of a few pages, hinges a little weak, former owner's name "Paulina S. Winfield, Broadway, Virginia" on half title, interior pages bright with some stains and a little waved by dampness, binding tight.

New York: Benziger Brothers, 1909. Reprint. Hardcover. Good/No jacket. 558 pages. First published in 1904, one of several novels of historical fiction by a Roman Catholic priest ordained the year he produced this work. Green cloth binding with blindstamped decorations on front cover and gilt titles on front cover and spine. Dark stain on front cover, edges of cover faded, spine faded, some edge wear, scrubbing and spotting of back cover, corners and spine ends bumped and a little frayed, gilt still bright on front cover and spine, gift inscription on front free end paper, wrinkles at hinges, chip in leading edge of front free end paper, small marks on half title, interior pages lightly tanned, mostly at edges, back hinge weak showing webbing, binding otherwise tight.