Search Results: HIstorical Fiction from Supercalifabulistic Books

Henry Holt and Company 1944, Wartime edition. VG++/noneClean tight copy, no marks, no smells, no foxing or tears. The true story of a wartime journalist who was killed in the line of duty.

Holt, Rinehart Winston 1971, RARE Copy. VG/Good+ Orange hard boards with light blue titles to black spine. First Edition, Stated Tenth Printing. In VG condition. Clean, tight edition no marks, no stickers, no PO name, etc. Corners bumped slightly , fading to edges. One page folded over at the bottom during printing - appears to be a unique printing mistake to this printing.

VG/VG
Nobel Prize winner, Heinrich Boll's magnum opus, Group Portrait With Lady, pieces together German life around WWII.

John Day, New York 1956 . No other dates. VG+/VG- Rare edition in Rare DJ. Collectible copy of hard to find book in early printing. Burnt orange hardcover in VG + condition . Slight bumping to spines. Light shelf wear to edges and corners. Tight, clean copy. A few tiny spots on first fly leaf, otherwise no marks , no book plate, no P O, no stickers, no foxing, no smells. DJ shows wear. Tears at top and bottom of spine as well corners and edges. Statement by Sterling North on the back of DJ, "In Defense of the Novel".Nobel Prize winner Pearl S. Buck recreates the life of one of the most intriquing rulers during a time of intense turbulence. Tzu Hsi - Empress of China, in youth a beautiful concubine, in middle life a brilliant strategist, in old age a goddess. Tzu Hsi was feared and hated by many in the court but adored by the people. The Empress's rise to power parallels the story of China's transition from the ancient to modern way.

Doubleday New York 1956, First NF/NF Map Endpapers. Dark green boards with gilt titles on front and spine. No marks, no names, no stickers. Tight and clean, like new. DJ has price of $6.95. Colorful, illustrated dj depicting mountains and an orange sky. The book is a colorful gallery of characters: heroes and rascals, adventurers and plodders, men who invaded and tamed or were tamed by t the geographers call the true Far West - California, Nevada, Utah, and Colorado. In the cast are Spaniards, Russians, Yankees, southerners; Sutter, whose dream of an idyllic retreat in the foothills of paradise was shattered by the Gold Rush; John C. Fremont, Mark Twain, Brigham Young, Ralston's Ring, and the Big Four; the Silver Kings, H.A. W. Tabor and Baby Doe, the Rose of Sharon and Eilley Orrum, and scores more.

True First Edition1944, same date on title pageVG/VGDoubleday Rare, Collectible First Edition with ORIGINAL Dust JacketStated in Book, "True, First Edition after the Printing of a limited printing of 750."
Price of 2.75 on dust jacket. Dedication on Valentine's Day 1944. PO's signature.
This is the story of Larry Darell, an American pilot traumatized by WWI who sets off on a search of some transcendent meaning of his life. Concerned in a large part with the search for the meaning of life with the dichotomy between spirituality and materialism.

Random House, New York 2006 stated First Trade Edition. NF/NF, Light blue and gray hard boards, gilt title to spine. Clean , tight copy, no marks, no PO sig, no stickers etc. Beautiful gift copy. DJ is like new condition illustrated with a mountain scene. Story of one man's remarkable life, spanning a century of relentless change. At the age of 12,an orphan named Will Cooper is given a horse, a key, and a map and is sent on a journey through the wilderness to the edge of the Cherokee Nation, the unchartered white space on the map.

Doubleday New York, 1954 Stated First Edition. Same date. VG green hard boards with black titles to front and spine. Edge wear to spine, corners bumped . No dj. First fly leaf torn, otherwise no damage to inside. No marks, no names, no stickers.Author Daphne du Maurier reconstructs from museum and personal notes, the life of her great great grand mother Mary Anne Clarke who lived for a year or two under the protection of H.R.H. The Duke of York Commander in Chief of the Army.