I have the following used historical and general fiction books for sale. (Because of the differing views on what constitutes "historical" fiction, it seemed easier to put these together.) Please query to see if a book is still available. Book are in good or very good condition unless specified otherwise. Prices do not include postage.
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James, Brian (editor) (illus. by Barbara Albiston). Selected Australian Stories. An Anthology. Oxford University Press, 1965, reprint. Softbound, cover worn/soiled/corners bumped, spine lined,129 pages, good condition....$8 ((gc4127)) [ORDER FORM]
James, John. Seventeen of Leyden. A Frolic through this Vale of Tears. St. Martin's Press, 1972. Ex-library hardback w/dj, dj laminated & glued, brown stain front endpaper, 289 pages, good condition.....$8.50 ((gc6976)) [ORDER FORM]
Jamieson, Guy Arthur. In the Shadow of God. R.F. Fenno & Co., 1910. Hardback w/o dj, owner ink stamp, 282 pages, pages browning slightly, book is skewed slightly, good condition....$30 ((gc4128)) [ORDER FORM]
Johnson, Diana M. Destiny's Godchild. A novel of intrigue and enchantment in Frankish Gaul. Superior Book Publishing, 1998. Soft cover, 267 pages, very good condition.....$10 ((bw771)) [ORDER FORM]
Johnson, Mary Ellen. The Lion and the Leopard. A Novel of Plantagenet England. Crown Publishers, 1985, First Edition. Ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, 305 pages, good condition.....$7 ((gc1239)) [ORDER FORM]
Johnston, Mary (illus. by N.C. Wyeth). The Long Roll. Houghton Mifflin, 1911. Hardback w/o dj, front hinge separation, 683 pages, color plates, good condition....$6.50 ((gc4126)) [ORDER FORM]
Jonas, Carol. Snowslide. Little, Brown, & Co., 1950, first edition. Ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, cardboard showing cover edges, tape foxing, folded pages, 307 pages, good condition....$8.50 ((gc4124)) [ORDER FORM]
Kelso, Irene Landry. A Passion in Winter. Trafford, 2000. Soft cover, 289 pages, cover & few pages folded, very good condition.....$30 ((ml1427)) [ORDER FORM]
Kemal, Yashar (trans. by Thilda Kemal). The Lords of Akchasaz. Part I: Murder in the Ironsmiths Market. William Morrow & Co., 1980, First US Edition. Ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, 448 pages, good condition. The author returns to the scene of many of his earlier novels: the Fertile, cotton-producing Chukurova Plain of his native Turkey. The action is focused around two powerful and noble feudal lords, or Beys, their families and dependents.....$7 ((gc4134)) [ORDER FORM]
Kerigan, Florence. Time and the Rivers. Concordia, 1960. Hardback w/dj, previous owner inscription, 211 pages, dj shows fading/shelf wear, overall very good condition. Five young men on a flatboat, a precious cargo of wheat flour, sinister river pirates, Indians on the prowl, restless, reckless keelboat men, and dangerous river travel - outline for action and high adventure.....$7 ((gc4132)) [ORDER FORM]
Kinsella, W.P. The Moccasin Telegraph and Other Indian Tales. David R. Godine, 1984. Ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, 186 pages, good condition.....$6.50 ((gc1614)) [ORDER FORM]
Klass, Sheila Solomon. Bahadur Means Hero. A novel about cultural misadventure. Gambit Incorporate, 1969. Hardback w/dj, 211 pages, very good condition.....$5 ((gc6904k)) [ORDER FORM]
Kleber, John C. The Master Spirit. Cochrane Publishing Company, 1909. Hardback w/o dj, grey cloth with black & blue pictorial cover, 340 pages, covers soiled slightly, back hinge separation, good condition. Novel....$40 ((ml1698a)) [ORDER FORM]
Klein, Charles and Arthur Hornblow (illus. by Clarence Rowe). The Third Degree. A Narrative of Metropolitan Life. Grosset & Dunlap, 1909. Hardback w/o dj, red cloth, previous owner inscription, 356 pages, very good condition....$6 ((gc4133)) [ORDER FORM]
Knox, Alexander. The Kidnapped Surgeon. St. Martin's Press, 1977. Ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, tape foxing, 214 pages, few folded pages, otherwise good condition....$5 ((gc4136)) [ORDER FORM]
Koeppen, Wolfgang (trans. by Mervyn Savill). Death in Rome. Vanguard Press, 1961. Ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, 217 pages, tape foxing, few dog-eared pages, good condition.....$15 ((ml2976)) [ORDER FORM]
Lawrence, Josephine. In the Name of Love. Harcourt, Brace & World, 1963, First Edition. Ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, front endpaper is corner clipped, back dj flap description cut, 220 pages, good condition. In the name of love, parents all over the United States are striving to send their children through college, whether or not the children themselves have any real desire for higher education or are likely to derive much benefit from it. Josephine Lawrence has written a characteristically clear-eyed and compassionate novel about a number of parents obsessed by the notion that in our contemporary society a college dgree is indispensable.....$11.75 ((cs30)) [ORDER FORM]
Lawrence, T.C. Fatal Paradise. Sandwich Island Quintet: Book One. Dark Matter Press, 1998. Soft cover, 354 pages, very good condition.....$11 ((ml2185)) [ORDER FORM]
Leaverton, Ernest. In the Garden of the Heart. J.F. Tapley, 1919. Hardback w/o dj, green cloth, 252 pages, very good condition.....$165 ((cs1404)) [ORDER FORM]
Lehmann, Rosamond. Invitation to the Waltz. A novel. Reynal & Hitchcock, 1932. Small ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, dj price clipped, front endpaper removed, 189 pages, few dog-eared pages, tape foxing, few pages show small brown stains, solid reading copy.....$5 ((gc2473d)) [ORDER FORM]
Leonard, Hugh. Parnell and the Englishwoman. Atheneum, 1991. Ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, 265 pages, good condition.....$6 ((gc1754)) [ORDER FORM]
Lever, Charles (illus. by Phiz). Jack Hinton. The Guardsman. Military Novels Charles Lever VII. Athenaeum Society, no date, circa 1890s. Hardback w/o dj, green cloth, 291 pages, very good condition.....$7.50 ((gc3029)) [ORDER FORM]
Lighton, W.R. Sons of Strength. A Romance of the Kansas Border Wars. Doubleday & McClure, 1899. Hardback w/o dj, green cloth, previous owner inscription, 242 pages, very good condition. Although I have often tried to find my way, through the wary maze of days, years and events, back to the time of my first awakening from the dream-sleep of babyhood, I have always brought up sharply at one place, as against a blank wall - a wall which may be sealed only in imagination. But imagination is at the best illusory and unsatisfying.....$25 ((cs38)) [ORDER FORM]
Lindsay, Larry. Across. 1st Books Library, 2002. Soft cover, cover folded, 279 pages, bumped corner, very good condition.....$12 ((ml1485s)) [ORDER FORM]
Lloyd, A.R. Kine. St. Martin's Press, 1982. Ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, 255 pages, good condition.....$6 ((gc1616)) [ORDER FORM]
London, Jack (edited by A. Grove Day). Stories of Hawaii. Appleton-Century, 1965. Ex-library hardback w/dj, dj laminated & glued, library binding, 282 pages, small brown stain on side, good condition.....$11.50 ((ml398i)) [ORDER FORM]
Lowry, Malcolm. Hear Us O Lord from Heaven Thy Dwelling Place. J.B. Lippincott, 1961, First Edition. Ex-library hardback w/dj, dj laminated & taped, black remainder marks, slight front hinge separation, 283 pages, good condition.....$10 ((cs716s)) [ORDER FORM]
Lytton, David. The Paradise People. A South African Chronicle. Simon and Schuster, 1962. Ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, pages browning, 191 pages, good condition.....$18 ((gc1617)) [ORDER FORM]
Lytton, Edward Bulwer. The Dramatic Works of Edward Bulwer Lytton Volume IX. The Duchess De La Valliere; The Lady of Lyons or Love, and Pride; Richeliue or the Conspiracy; Not So Bad As We Seem or, Many Side to a Character; Money; The Rightful Heir; Walope; Darnley. P.F. Collier, no date, circa 1880s. Large hardback w/o dj, brown cloth with gold decoration, lettering/decoration on spine faded, covers scuffed, 399 pages, foxing/pages yellowing, good condition.....$5 ((gc6864)) [ORDER FORM]
Lytton, Edward Bulwer. The Works of Edward Bulwer Lytton Volume V. Night and Morning; Godolphin; Eugene Aram; Leila or the Siege of Granada; Calderon, the Courtier. P.F. Collier, no date, circa 1880s. Large hardback w/o dj, brown cloth with gold decoration, lettering/decoration on spine faded, covers scuffed, 738 pages, foxing/pages yellowing, good condition.....$5 ((gc6863)) *** SOLD OUT ***
Lytton, Edward Bulwer. The Works of Edward Bulwer Lytton Volume VI. Ernest Maltravers; Alice or the Mysteries; Pausanias, the Spartan; Lucretia or the Children of the Night. P.F. Collier, no date, circa 1880s. Large hardback w/o dj, brown cloth with gold decoration, lettering/decoration on spine faded, covers scuffed, 734 pages, foxing/pages yellowing, one page unevenly cut, good condition.....$5 ((gc6904)) [ORDER FORM]
Lytton, Sir Edward Bulwer. What Will He Do With It by Pisistratus Caxton. A Novel. Library Edition in Three Volumes. Volume I Only. J.B. Lippincott, 1860. Hardback w/o dj, lavender cloth, spine cloth worn/frayed, previous owner inscriptions, 408 pages, pages yellowing, good condition.....$5 ((gc7037)) [ORDER FORM]
Lytton, Sir Edward Bulwer. What Will He Do With It by Pisistratus Caxton. A Novel. Library Edition in Three Volumes, Volume III (3) Only. J.B. Lippincott, 1860. Small hardback w/o dj, purple cloth, spine lettering faded/rubbed out, cardboard showing corners, previous owner inscription, 442 pages, back hinge separation, good condition.....$5 ((gc7135)) [ORDER FORM]
Maartens, Maarten. The Greater Glory. A Story of High Life. Second Edition. D. Appleton, 1894. Hardback w/o dj, decorative cover, front hinge separation, previous owner inscription, bumped corners, 472 pages, pages yellowing, good condition.....$15 ((gc6995)) [ORDER FORM]
MacGregor, Miriam. The Glowing Dark. Ulverscroft, 1987. Ex-library hardback w/o dj, Large Type Edition, book skewed slightly, good condition ....$12 ((gc4174)) [ORDER FORM]
Magruder, Julia. A Manifest Destiny. Harper & Brothers, 1990. Hardback w/o dj, blue decorative cloth, blank front endpaper detached, owner stamp, 226 pages, book is skewed slightly, good condition....$25 ((gc4170)) [ORDER FORM]
Malpass, Eric. The Cleopatra Boy. St. Martin's Press, 1974. Ex-library hardback w/dj, 240 pages, dj laminated & glued, good condition. The plague, which will close the theatres and drive the players out on tour, is on the point of breaking out again. William Shakespear has returned to London after his sojourn in Stratford - but Will is a changed man. The hard working, often harassed, middle-aged genius has lost his youthful swagger and with it his desire to write the comedies for which Richard Burbage craves.....$7.75 ((gc4476)) [ORDER FORM]
Malt, Carol. The Free Woman. Ethos, 2002. Soft cover, 289 pages, very good condition.....$14 ((ml1785)) [ORDER FORM]
Maltz, Albert. The Cross and the Arrow. Book Find Club, 1944. Hardback w/o dj, black cloth, cover stained slightly, back hinge separation, 449 pages, good condition....$5 ((gc4388)) [ORDER FORM]
Marks, Percy. The Plastic Age. Grosset & Dunlap, 1924. Hardback w/o dj, 332 pages, brown cloth, back hinge separation, book is slightly skewed, good condition.....$5 ((gc4655b)) [ORDER FORM]
Marshall, Archibald. Pippin. Dodd, Mead & Co., 1922. Hardback w/o dj, title label on spine is partly torn off, small water stain at the bottom of most pages, 376 pages, slight back hinge separation, solid reading copy.....$6 ((cs95)) [ORDER FORM]
Martin, George Madden. Letitia: Nursery Corps U.S.A. McClure, 1907. Hardback w/o dj, red & blue clover, front cover faded/rubbed, front & back hinge separations, detached b&w plate, 206 pages, solid reading copy.....$8 ((gc137)) [ORDER FORM]
Masefield, Richard. Chalkhill Blue. Heinemann, 1983. Ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, card holder removal marks, 282 pages, book is slightly skewed, good condition.....$12 ((gc2956)) [ORDER FORM]
Mattila, Walter. Finns and Finnicans. An Oregon Finntown Novel. walter Mattila, 1970. Hardback w/dj, dj frayed/faded/torn/stained, previous owner inscription, 236 pages, book itself is in very good condition.....$12 ((gc4721n)) [ORDER FORM]
Maxwell, Alice. The Gift of Laughter and Nineteen Other Short Stories. Fountainhead Publishers, 1975, first printing. Hardback w/dj, SIGNED by author with personal message, 240 pages, dj shows shelf wear, very good condition.....$17 ((ml956k)) [ORDER FORM]
McCabe, Eugene. Heaven Lies About Us. Stories. Bloomsbury, 2004. Hardback w/dj, dj shows shelf wear/creasing, 309 pages, very good condition.....$11.50 ((ml2133)) [ORDER FORM]
McCutchan, Philip. Beware, Beware the Bight of Benin. St. Martin's Press, 1974. Ex-library hardback w/dj, dj laminated & glued, 164 pages, good condition.....$14 ((gc1467)) [ORDER FORM]
McCutchan, Philip. Cameron and the Kaiserhof. St. Martin's Press, 1984. Ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, 188 pages, tape foxing, good condition.....$10 ((gc1460)) [ORDER FORM]
McCutchan, Philip. Cameron Comes Through. St. Martin's Press, 1980. Ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, 157 pages, good condition.....$11.50 ((gc1462)) [ORDER FORM]
McCutchan, Philip. Cameron in Command. St. Martin's Press, 1983. Ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, 163 pages, writing on page good condition.....$14 ((gc1459)) [ORDER FORM]
McCutchan, Philip. Cameron in the Gap. St. Martin's Press, 1982. Ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, 155 pages, few folded pages, good condition.....$15 ((gc1472)) [ORDER FORM]
McCutchan, Philip. Cameron's Chase. St. Martin's Press, 1986. Ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, 182 pages, good condition.....$5.50 ((gc1466)) [ORDER FORM]
McCutchan, Philip. Cameron's Raid. St. Martin's Press, 1984. Ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, 184 pages, few folded pages, good condition.....$6.50 ((gc1465)) [ORDER FORM]
McCutchan, Philip. Lieutenant Cameron RNVR. St. Martin's Press, 1981. Ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, tape foxing, slight soiling front endpapers, 159 pages, writing on page, good condition.....$6.50 ((gc1464)) [ORDER FORM]
McDonald, Kay L. The Vision Is Fulfilled. Walker & Company, 1983. Ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, 356 pages, good condition.....$5 ((gc2132)) [ORDER FORM]
McKishnie, Archie P. Love of the Wild. Desmond FitzGerald, 1910. Hardback w/o dj, green cloth, lettering on cover & spine are rubbed off, bumped corners, soiled pages, back inside cover & endpapers show brown staining, 327 pages, book is slightly skewed, solid reading copy.....$8 ((cs148)) [ORDER FORM]
McMasters, Ellie Watson. The Martin's Nest. Capper Fireside Library. Capper Press, 1993. Soft cover, 98 pages, bumped corner, very good condition.....$15 ((bw980)) [ORDER FORM]
Melville, Lewis and Reginald Hargreaves (editors). The Great English Short Stories. Blue Ribbon Books, 1930. Hardback w/dj, dj frayed/worn, water spot at top of packed pages, no water wrinkling, previous owner inscriptions, 1057 pages, good condition.....$6 ((gc2052)) [ORDER FORM]
Merrick, Leonard. Conrad in Quest of His Youth. An Extravagance of Temperament. Mitchell Kennerley, 1911. Hardback w/o dj, red cloth, bumped corner, red stamp front endpaper, 306 pages, pages yellowing, good condition.....$5 ((cs149)) [ORDER FORM]
Merrick, Leonard. The Man Who Understood Women and Other Stories. E.P. Dutton, 1919. Hardback w/o dj, brown cloth, red ink stamp front endpaper, cardboard showing cover edges, Limited Edition of 1550 copies, 419 pages, good condition.....$6 ((cs43)) [ORDER FORM]
Mikels, Rosa M.R. (editor). Short Stories for English Courses. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1920. Hardback w/o dj, blue cloth, previous owner inscription, 453 pages, very good condition.....$5 ((gc95)) [ORDER FORM]
Miller, Helen Topping. A Man Ten Feet Tall. Bobbs-Merrill, 1957. Ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, front & back hinge separations, cardboard showing cover edges, 327 pages, solid reading copy....$5 ((gc4168)) [ORDER FORM]
Montaurier, Hean. A Passage Through Fire. The Prix Catholique Novel. Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1965, First Edition. Ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, black remainder marks, 352 pages, bumped pages, good condition....$11 ((gc4391)) [ORDER FORM]
Morris, Ira J. A Kingdom for a Song. E.P. Dutton, 1963. Ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, tape foxing, back dj description clipped/cut, several pages show mild water wrinkling, 446 pages, solid reading copy.....$10 ((gc3419c)) [ORDER FORM]
Mott, Michael. Helmet and Wasps. Houghton Mifflin, 1966. Ex-library hardback w/dj, dj laminated & glued, 190 pages, good condition.....$8 ((gc1274)) [ORDER FORM]
Mrabet, Mohammed and Paul Bowles. The Boy Who Set the Fire. City Lights Books, 1989. Soft cover, 123 pages, very good condition.....$10 ((ml155a)) *** SOLD OUT ***
Muhlbach, Louise. The Works of Louise Muhlbach in Eighteen Volumes. Volume #13. Henry VIII. And His Court or Catharine Parr. P.F. Collier & Son, 1902. Hardback w/o dj, 428 pages, pages unevenly cut, green cloth, very good condition....$5 ((gc4390)) [ORDER FORM]
Nadolny, Sten (trans. by Ralph Freedman). The Discovery of Slowness. Viking, 1987. Hardback w/dj, 325 pages, dj shows shelf wear, very good condition. Historical, fictional biography of the nineteenth-century explorer Sir John Franklin....$10 ((ml1647u)) [ORDER FORM]
Newberry, Sheila. A Charm of Finches. Severn House, 1998. Ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, 216 pages, good condition.....$5.50 ((tl45)) [ORDER FORM]
Nicolas, Claire. The Death of the Orange Trees. harper & Row, 1963, First Edition. Ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, tape foxing, 183 pages, good condition.....$11.50 ((gc2038)) [ORDER FORM]
Nicole, Christopher. Black Dawn. St. Martin's Press, 1977. Ex-library hardback w/dj, dj laminated & glued, 373 pages, good condition.....$6 ((gc284)) [ORDER FORM]
Nicole, Christopher. Devil's Own. St. Martin's Press, 1975. Ex-library hardback w/dj, dj laminated & glued, book is skewed, 437 pages, good condition.....$10 ((gc283)) [ORDER FORM]
Nicole, Christopher. Old Glory. Severn House, 1986. Ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, 341 pages, good condition.....$32 ((gc285)) [ORDER FORM]
Nicole, Christopher. The Passion and the Glory. The Story of the McGann Family and the War Against Japan. Severn House, 1989. Hardback w/dj, price sticker remains on dj, 348 pages, dj shows shelf wear, very good condition, a nice copy....$27.50 ((gc4181)) [ORDER FORM]
Nisser, Peter (trans. by Naomi Walford). The Red Marten. Alfred A. Knopf, 1957. Hardback w/o dj, red cloth, 326 pages, cover scuffed, overall very good condition....$5 ((gc4477)) [ORDER FORM]
Niven, Marian. The Altar and the Crown. The University Press, 1972. Ex-library hardback w/dj, dj laminated & glued, back cover soiled, 407 pages, good condition.....$12 ((gc281)) [ORDER FORM]
Noland, Stephen C. Sam Blick's Diary. Harper & Brothers, 1922, First Edition. Hardback w/o d, 301 pages, text is clean & unmarked, very good condition.....$15 ((ml3098)) [ORDER FORM]
Nooteboom, Cees (trans. by Adrienne Dixon). A Song of Truth and Semblance. Louisiana State University Press, 1984. Ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, 83 pages, good condition. The complex, elusive vision of this novel is woven around the lives and thoughts of six characters, two of them writers engaged in an uneasy debate over the nature of their craft, and a third their publisher.....$18 ((gc1268a)) [ORDER FORM]
Norris, W.E. Marietta's Marriage. D.Appleton, 1897. Hardback w/o dj, red cloth, cover soiled, previous owner inscription, 455 pages, good condition.....$25 ((gc297)) [ORDER FORM]
Novak, Lorna. Does It Make into a Bed?. Doubleday, 1963. Hardback w/o dj, 278 pages, text is clean & unmarked, very good condition.....$40 ((ml3267)) [ORDER FORM]
O'Meara, Walter. The Duke of War. Harcourt, Brace & World, 1966, First Edition. Ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, 213 pages, tape foxing, good condition. The author of this novel has painstakingly researched the historical and legendary accounts that relate to the vivid yet shadowy figure of King Arthur. His Arthur is a Briton, the military leader of the island's Roman tradition in the fading days of the great empire.....$6 ((gc4185)) [ORDER FORM]
O'Neal, Cothburn. Hagar. Crown Publishers, 1958. Ex-library hardback w/dj, black remainder marks, dj laminated & taped, 245 pages, good condition....$20 ((gc4186)) [ORDER FORM]
O'Rorke, Torena. Always Another Dawn. SterlingHouse Publisher, 2000. Soft cover, SIGNED by the author with personal message, 218 pages, very good condition.....$7 ((gc4574t)) [ORDER FORM]
Pendleton, Margaret and David Schermerhorn Wilkins (editors). Recent Short Stories. D. Appleton, 1928. Hardback w/o dj, front hinge separation, previous owner inscription, 418 pages, good condition.....$7 ((gc96)) [ORDER FORM]
Perowne, Barry (illus. by Richard Rosenblum). Raffles Revisted. New Adventures of a Famous Gentleman Crook. Harper & Row, 1974. Ex-library hardback w/dj, dj laminated & glued, 311 pages, good condition.....$5 ((gc1268)) [ORDER FORM]
Peterson, Jame A. Hjalmar or the Immigrant's Son. K.C. Holter, 1922. Hardback w/o dj, green cloth, 273 pages, very good condition. It was in the forties of the last century. The city of Milqaukee, now one of the great lake ports of the Middle West, was a straggling village. Down by the lake stood a large, barn-like structure. At first one would take it for a lumber shed; but on closer inspection it appeared to be a passenger terminal of a line of steamboats that were plying beween Buffalo, new York, and the ports on Lake Michigan.....$32 ((gc4212)) [ORDER FORM]
Pope, V.J. (illus. by Ann Guzzo). The Achievers. A Novel. Midlan Publishing, 1970. Hardback w/dj, dj shows shelf wear/rubbing/fraying, 170 pages, very good condition.....$15 ((ml2832)) [ORDER FORM]
Porter, Eleanor H. (illus. by Helen Mason Grose). Mary Marie. Houghton Mifflin, 1920. Hardback w/o dj, front & back hinge separation, cover scuffed, previous owner inscription, 296 pages, good condition....$5 ((gc4210)) [ORDER FORM]
Porter, Rose. One of the Sweet Old Chapters. A Fragment. Fleming H. Revell, 1896. Small hardback w/o dj, cardboard showing cover edges, cloth on spine split/separated, pictorial cover, covers shows slight soiling, 48 pages, pages yellowing, solid reading copy.....$25 ((rk321)) [ORDER FORM]
Portobello, Petronella. Mother of the Deb. Houghton Mifflin, 1957, 1st printing. Ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, 192 pages, good condition....$7 ((gc4187)) [ORDER FORM]
Powell, Anthony. The Valley of Bones. Little, Brown, & Co., 1964, First Edition. Ex-library hardback w/dj, dj laminated & taped, black remainder marks, 243 pages, good condition....$5.50 ((gc4209)) [ORDER FORM]
Quigley, Martin. The Original Colored House of David. Houghton Mifflin, 1981. Hardback w/dj, previous owner inscription, 245 pages, dj frayed/taped, otherwise very good condition....$6 ((gc4211)) [ORDER FORM]
Quimby, Myrtle. White Crow. Criterion Books, 1970. Ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, 254 pages, good condition.....$7.50 ((gc2620)) [ORDER FORM]
Rapoport, Nessa. Preparing for Sabbath. A Novel. William Morrow, 1981, First Edition. Hardback w/dj, 288 pages, dj torn, otherwise very good condition.....$7 ((gc349)) [ORDER FORM]
Reformed Church Publication Board. The Young Parson. New and Revised Edition. Reformed Church Publication Board, 1885. Hardback w/o dj, black cloth, front & back hinge separated, title page is torn, few folded pages, chipped page, 384 pages, solid reading copy....$30 ((gc4231)) [ORDER FORM]
Resla, W.J. The Best of People and the Other Animals. Pasadena, 1988. Hardback w/dj, dj shows shelf wear, SIGNED by author with personal message, 198 pages, very good condition.....$15 ((gc6853)) [ORDER FORM]
Rice, Sile. The Saxon Tapestry. Aracade Publishing, 1992, first US edition. Hardback w/dj, dj shows shelf wear, black remainder mark, 397 pages, text is clean/unmarked, very good condition.....$5 ((cs422o)) [ORDER FORM]
Ritner, Ann. Seize a Nettle. J.B. Lippincott, 1961, First Edition. Ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, shelf lean, dog-eared pages, few smudged pages, 254 pages, solid reading copy.....$20 ((ml3047)) [ORDER FORM]
Robertson, Morgan. The Three Laws and the Golden Rule. McClure's Magazine, no date. Hardback w/o dj, front hinge separation, 249 pages, bumped corner, good condition....$6 ((gc4232)) [ORDER FORM]
Rockey, Howard. Paradox. Macrae-Smith, 1926. Hardback w/o dj, olive & yellow cloth, cover scuffed, front endpaper chipped, 312 pages, few brown spots on pages, good condition. A lithe, impudent roadster drifted beneath the leafy arch of proud, gnarled trees lining the quiet street. A graceful body of robin's-egg blue, and its polished nickel and glass suggested a cooling breeze. Or perhaps the impression was that of the spirit of modern youth invading the decorous precincts of a picturesque New Jersey town more than two centuries old.....$25 ((cs141)) [ORDER FORM]
Rofheart, Martha. Glendower Country. G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1973. Ex-library hardback w/dj, dj laminated & glued, book is skewed, 381 pages, good condition.....$7 ((gc282)) *** SOLD OUT ***
Rolland, Romain (trans. by Gilbert Cannan). John Christopher Volume Two: Storm and Stress. Heinemann, 1961. Ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, 412 pages, good condition.....$30 ((ml525e)) [ORDER FORM]
Ryen, Dag (illus. by Robert James Foose). This Trembling Land. Helicon, 1980, First Edition. Ex-library hardback w/o dj, clear tape along spine, 174 pages, good condition....$65 ((gc4233)) [ORDER FORM]
Sabatini, Rafael. The Black Swan. Lancer Books, 1960. Paperback, spine lined/curved, pages yellowing, 192 pages, binding tight, good condition.....$15 ((bw17)) [ORDER FORM]
Sanford, Agnes. Route 1. Logos International, 1975. Hardback w/dj, dj shows shelf wear, 314 pages, very good condition.....$35 ((rk258)) [ORDER FORM]
Saramago, Jose (trans. by Giovanni Pontiero). The History of the Siege of Lisbon. A Novel. Harcourt Brace & Company, 1996. Ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, 314 pages, good condition.....$35 ((ml886j)) [ORDER FORM]
Saturday Evening Post editors. Post True Stories of Daring and Adventure. World Publishing, 1967. Ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, 213 pages, good condition....$6 ((gc4259)) [ORDER FORM]
Savory, Teo. West to East. Tales of the Twenties and Thirties. Unicorn Press, 1989. Ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, 149 pages, good condition....$6.50 ((gc4252)) [ORDER FORM]
Schechtman, Elya (trans. by Joseph Singer). Erev. Crown, 1967. Ex-library hardback w/dj, dj laminated & glued, 268 pages, good condition....$6 ((gc4260)) [ORDER FORM]
Schoeler, William. That Man Lafayette. Vantage Press, 1957, First Edition. Hardback w/dj, dj frayed/shelf wear/rubbing, 285 pages, bumped corner, very good condition.....$30 ((bw1087)) [ORDER FORM]
Schuler, George S. (edited by Robert A. Hill). Ethiopian Stories. Northeastern University Press, 1994. Ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, 227 pages, good condition.....$18 ((ml886i)) [ORDER FORM]
Sentjurc, Igor (trans. by Eric Mosbacher). The Torrents of War. David McKay, 1962. Ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, 340 pages, tape foxing, few folded pages, good condition....$6.50 ((gc4264)) [ORDER FORM]
Seymour, Miranda. The Bride of Sforza. Houghton Mifflin, 1975. Ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, 212 pages, tape foxing, previous owner inscription, gift label, otherwise good condition....$6.50 ((gc4239)) [ORDER FORM]
Sharman, Ian C. Shakespeare's Chronicles. The Conspiracy of the Lancastrians Volume One: A Servant of Ambition (1363-1407). Dovecote-Renaissance, 2000. Paperback, 317 pages, text is clean & unmarked, very good condition.....$10 ((gc2662m)) [ORDER FORM]
Shaw, Irwin; Max Shulman; Quentin Reynolds; James A. Michener and A. Grove Day; Van Wyck Mason. Reading-for-Men #1. "Tip on a Dead Jockey" (short story); "Rally Round the Flag, Boys!" (excerpt); "They Fought for the Sky" (excerpt); "Rascals in Paradise: The Globe Mutineers" (excerpt); "The Gracious Lily Affair" (complete novel). Nelson Doubleday, 1958. Hardback w/dj, dj frayed/soiled slightly, 352 pages, very good condition....$5 ((gc4250)) [ORDER FORM]
Shipman, Natalie. Once Upon a Summer. Avalong Books, 1950. Ex-library hardback w/o dj, library rebound, 254 pages, good condition, solid reading copy....$6 ((gc4265)) [ORDER FORM]
Sienkiewicz, Henryk. After Bread. A Story of Polish Emigrant Life to America. R.F. Fenno, 1897. Small ex-library hardback w/o dj, green & gold decorative cover, front hinge has been repaired with tape, pages unevenly cut, 59 pages plus ads, good condition....$6 ((gc3927)) *** SOLD OUT ***
Sitts, Paula Elizabeth. The Glad Season. Boyhood in the Cariboo of British Columbia. E.P. Dutton & CO., 1967. Hardback w/dj, owner address stamp front endpaper, 240 pages, very good condition, a nice copy.....$5 ((gc4574v)) [ORDER FORM]
Smith, Dorothy Evelyn. My Lamp is Bright. E.P. Dutton, 1949, First Edition. Hardback w/o dj, slight soiling of covers, cardboard showing corners, previous owner inscription, good condition.....$9.50 ((rj6)) [ORDER FORM]
Smith, Vian. Genesis Down. Doubleday, 1963. Ex-library hardback w/dj, library rebound, dj laminated & glued, 223 pages, dog-eared pages, good condition.....$5 ((gc7079)) [ORDER FORM]
Smith, William Hawley. The Evolution of "Dodd". A Pedagogical Story. Rand McNally, 1884. Hardback w/o dj, previous owner inscription, number on title page, 245 pages, very good condition.....$6.75 ((gc4802)) [ORDER FORM]
Snell, George Dixon, III. The Great Adam. A Novel. Caxton Printers, 1934. Ex-library hardback w/dj, dj laminated & glued, front hinge separation, back hinge repaired/taped, 449 pages, good condition....$20 ((gc4249)) [ORDER FORM]
Sparling, E. Earl. Under the Levee. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925. Hardback w/o dj, grey cloth, pages unevenly cut, front endpaper chipped, 290 pages, very good condition. This night things came to pass in our Vieux Carre. The ancient shadows of the Quarter stood abashed at the bright rim of Tango Belt, and life moved with a lightning thrust, and there was brawling turmoil. The lights that sparkl and allure were jumping, quivering, going out. The pulsing music of the dancep laces was crowned in a shrilling whsitles and wrangling bells. The bob-haired girls were scurrying, quivering as the lights. The thin-lipped lads were vanishing. For the coppers were raiding. The coppers were raiding!....$10 ((cs142)) [ORDER FORM]
Spence, Hartzell. Bride of the Conqueror. Random House, 1954, First Printing. Hardback w/dj, 336 pages, dj frayed/faded, otherwise very good condition....$6 ((gc4246)) [ORDER FORM]
Spencer, Elizabeth. Marilee. Three stories. Includes "A Southern Landscape", "Sharon", "Indian Summer". University Press of Mississippi, 1981. Ex-library soft cover, clear tape on spine, back inside cover worn from tape removal, 63 pages, good condition.....$12 ((gc4554c)) [ORDER FORM]
Sperry, Armstrong. No Brighter Glory. Macmillan, 1942. Ex-library hardback w/o dj, library rebound, white library tape along inside hinge, 429 pages, few stained pages, solid reading copy.....$10 ((cs1140)) [ORDER FORM]
Stacton, David. People of the Book. A novel of the Thirty Years War. G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1965. Hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, dj price clipped, 381 pages, good condition....$6.75 ((gc4254)) [ORDER FORM]
Stadler, Quandra Prettyman (editor). Out of Our Lives. A Selection of Contemporary Black Fiction. Howard University Press, 1982, 3rd printing. Hardback w/dj, dj frayed/shelf wear, 298 pages, very good condition.....$11 ((ml2183)) [ORDER FORM]
Stander, Siegfried. Into the Winter. Vanguard Press, 1984. Ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, 144 pages, good condition.....$16.50 ((gc1928)) [ORDER FORM]
Stander, Siegfried. Into the Winter. Vanguard Press, 1984. Ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, 144 pages, good condition.....$16.50 ((gc1937)) [ORDER FORM]
Stevenson, D.E. Green Money. Ace Books, 1977. Paperback, spine lined, book store stamp inside cover, foxing, brown pages, 320 pages, OK as reading copy.....$10 ((rk358)) [ORDER FORM]
Steward, Davenport. Black Spice. E.P. Dutton, 1959, First Edition. Ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, cardboard showing cover edges, tape foxing, 255 pages, good condition....$10 ((gc4247)) [ORDER FORM]
Stickland, Caroline. The Standing Hills. Ulverscroft, 1987, Large Print Edition. Ex-library hardback w/o dj, pictorial cover, 427 pages, good condition....$5.50 ((gc4253)) [ORDER FORM]
Stockton, Frank R. (illus. by Bernarda Bryson). The Storyteller's Pack. A Frank R. Stockton Reader. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1968. Ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, dj price clipped, 358 pages, good condition.....$9 ((cs686)) [ORDER FORM]
Stong, Phil. Ivanhoe Keeler. Farrar & Rinehart, 1939. Hardback w/o dj, blue cloth, owner plate, 309 pages, few folded pages, some light foxing, overall very good condition....$13 ((gc4262)) [ORDER FORM]
Streatfield, Noel. On Tour: An Autobiographical Novel of the 20's. Franklin Watts, 1965, first printing. Ex-library hardback w/dj, dj laminated & glued, 168 pages, few folded pages, good condition.....$30 ((ml835f)) [ORDER FORM]
Strong, L.A.G. (frontispiece by Tirzah Garwood). The Big Man. Being No. 6 of the Furnival Books. Joiner & Steele, 1931. Tall hardback w/o dj, cover is worn/sun-faded, 45 pages, pages yellowing, good condition.....$30 ((gc7259)) [ORDER FORM]
Stubbs, Jean. An Imperfect Joy. St. Martin's Press, 1981. Ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, 415 pages, few folded pages, good condition.....$6 ((gc2622)) [ORDER FORM]
Suthern, Victor. In Perilous Seas. St. Martin's Press, 1983. Ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, 208 pages, good condition.....$11 ((gc881)) [ORDER FORM]
Teilhet, Darwin (illus. by John O'Hara Cosgrave II). Steamboat on the River. William Sloane Associates, 1952. Hardback w/o dj, brown cloth, 256 pages, back endpaper removed, otherwise very good condition....$35 ((gc4294)) [ORDER FORM]
Teilhet, Drawin. The Road to Glory. Funk & Wagnalls, 1956. Ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, 279 pages, front & back hinge separations, tape foxing, cardboard showing cover edges, solid reading copy....$5 ((gc4299)) [ORDER FORM]
Terrot, Charles. The Angel Who Pawned Her Harp. E.P. Dutton, 1954, 2nd printing. Hardback w/dj, 254 pages, previous owner inscription, dj shows shelf wear/fraying/1" tear on dj spine, very good condition.....$15 ((tl261)) [ORDER FORM]
Terrot, Charles. The Neon Rainbow. E.P. Dutton, 1956. Hardback w/dj, dj frayed/torn, 185 pages, very good condition.....$10 ((cs647)) [ORDER FORM]
Toepperwein, Herman. Rebel in Blue. A novel fo the Southwest Frontier 1861-1864. William Morrow, 1963. Ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, cardboard showing cover edges, tape foxing, back & front hinge separations, 378 pages, few folded pages, solid reading copy....$10 ((gc4296)) [ORDER FORM]
Toombs, Alfred. Raising a Riot. Peoples Book Club. Hardback w/o dj, Book Club edition, previous owner inscription, corners bumped, covers soiled slightly, 244 pages, good condition....$6 ((gc4295)) [ORDER FORM]
Tranter, Nigel. Kettle of Fish. B&W Publishing, 1995. Soft cover, 254
pages, very good condition.....$12 ((bw1491)) [ORDER
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Troyat, Henri. The Brotherhood of the Red Poppy. Simon and Schuster, 1961, 1st printing. Ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, 281 pages, good condition.....$8 ((gc975)) [ORDER FORM]
Van de Water, Frederic F. Fathers Are Funny. John Day, 1939. Hardback w/o dj, brown cloth, 163 pages, very good condition.....$9 ((cs104)) [ORDER FORM]
Veloso, Maria. Midwinter Turns to Spring. Think-Outside-the-Book, 2005, first printing. Hardback w/dj, Music CD in back, 295 pages, text is clean & unmarked, very good condition. Gift quality.....$25 ((ml2633)) [ORDER FORM]
Venner, J.G. The Three Spaniards. W. & R. chambers, 1954. Hardback w/o dj, front endpaper removed, covers soiled, pages yellowing, 271 pages, good condition.....$9 ((gc7044)) [ORDER FORM]
Vestal, Stanley (illus. by Frederick Weygold). Happy Hunting Grounds. U. of Oklahoma, 1975. Ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, front endpaper removed, red remainder dot, 219 pages, good condition ....$6 ((gc4424)) [ORDER FORM]
Villars, Elizabeth. The Rich Girl. Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, 1977. Hardback w/dj, 382 pages, very good condition....$6 ((gc4428)) [ORDER FORM]
Wahl, Betty. Rafferty & Co. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1969. Ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, 294 pages, good condition....$10 ((gc2351tc)) [ORDER FORM]
Weber, William. Josh. McGraw-Hill, 1969, First Edition. Ex-library hardback w/dj, dj laminated & glued, 244 pages, folded pages, good condition....$6.75 ((gc798c)) [ORDER FORM]
Weenolsen, Hebe. The Trial of Jenny Sykes. St. Martin's Press, 1990. Ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, front hinge separation, 372 pages, red remainder dot, good condition....$5.50 ((gc2351te)) [ORDER FORM]
Wheatley, Vera. Devices and Desires. E.P. Dutton, 1926. Hardback w/o dj, blue cloth, book plate, newspaper clipping about book glued inside, foxing, 307 pages, very good condition.....$15 ((cs7)) [ORDER FORM]
Wheelwright, Jere (illus. by Ralph Ray). Gentlemen, Hush!. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1948. Ex-library hardback w/o dj, 193 pages, good condition....$5.50 ((gc1268b)) [ORDER FORM]
White, Hilda. Wild Decembers. A Biographical Portrait of the Brontes. E.P. Dutton, 1957, First Edition. Ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, front endpapers removed, black remainder marks, back & front hinge separations, dj frayed, 319 pages, not a pretty book, but a solid reading copy....$5 ((gc2351tb)) [ORDER FORM]
Wibberley, Leonard (illus. by Lydia Rosier). The Hands of Cormac Joyce. William Morrow, 1967. Hardback w/dj, 126 pages, dj frayed/chipped, wear mark front endpaper from sticker removal, overall very good condition.....$7.75 ((gc4470h)) [ORDER FORM]
Wibberley, Leonard (illus. by Richard Bennett). The Hands of Cormac Joyce. G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1960. Ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, tape foing, 126 pages, good condition.....$75 ((gc1839)) [ORDER FORM]
Wilder, Effie Leland (illus. by Marilynn Mallory-Brandeburger). Oh, My Goodness! (More Surprised from FairAcres). Peachtree, 2001. Hardback w/dj, 180 pages, very good condition.....$10.75 ((bw1292)) [ORDER FORM]
Wills, Joan. Revenge Returned. Carlton Press, 1974. 160 pages, hard cover w/dj, SIGNED by author, few small tears dj, very good condition....$25 ((cs118)) [ORDER FORM]
Willsie, Honore. The Enchanted Canyon. A.L. Burt, 1921. Hardback w/o dj, olive green cloth, 346 pages, pages yellowing, good condition.....$9 ((gc6943)) [ORDER FORM]
Wilson, Barbara Ker. In Love and War. World, 1963, First American Edition. Ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, front hinge separation, 250 pages, back hinge repaired, tape foxing, good condition....$12 ((gc4460)) [ORDER FORM]
Wingate, Peter. Doctor Tom. William Morrow, 1958. Ex-library hardback w/dj, library rebound, dj laminated & glued, 284 pages, good condition. This novel relates the adventures - and often amusing misadventures - of an inexperienced young doctor in the jungles of East Africa.....$5 ((gc2351td)) [ORDER FORM]
Winton, Tim. The Turning. New Stories. Scribner, 2005. Hardback w/dj, dj shows shelf wear, 321 pages, bumped corner, very good condition.....$15 ((bw1247)) [ORDER FORM]
Wodehouse, P.G. A Few Quick Ones. Herbert Jenkins, 1959. Hardback w/o dj, black cloth, cover shows smudges, 207 pages, very good condition.....$25 ((bw1369)) *** SOLD OUT ***
Wodehouse, P.G. A Pelican at Blandings. Herbert Jenkins, 1969. Soft cover, spine ined, cover soiled slightly, 222 pages, good condition.....$18 ((bw1370)) [ORDER FORM]
Wodehouse, P.G. Mostly Sally. A.L. Burt Company, 1923. Hardback w/o dj, front hinge separation, 317 pages, brown stains on cover, pages yellowing with age, ink price back inside cover, good condition.....$10 ((bw1367)) [ORDER FORM]
Wright, Julia MacNair. The Cardiff Estate. A Story. American Tract Society, 1897. Hardback w/o dj, green decorative cover, title page is torn along hinge, 367 pages, very good condition....$50 ((gc4474)) [ORDER FORM]
Yamasaki, Toyoko (trans. by Harue and Travis Summersgill). Bonchi. The University Press of Hawaii, 1982. Ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, 404 pages, good condition.....$6 ((gc4584)) [ORDER FORM]
Yen, Liang. Daughter of the Khans. W.W. Norton, 1955. Ex-library hardback w/o dj, 285 pages, good condition....$7.50 ((gc4579)) [ORDER FORM]
Yerby, Frank; H.T. Webster; Thornton Wilder; John P. Marquand; Richard Joseph; James Hilton; Philip Wylie; Hanson W. Baldwin. Best-in-Books #18. "The Treasure of Pleasant Valley", "The Best of H.T. Webster" (cartoon feature), "The Bridge of San Luis Rey", "Think Fast, Mr. Moto", "Hawaii" (photo feature), "H.R.H. The Story of Philip, Duke fo Edinburgh", "The Answer", "Sea Fights and Shipwrecks" (excerpt). Nelson Doubleday, 1956. Hardback w/o dj, several pages showing brown discolouration, 540 pages, few color photos, good condition....$9 ((gc4580)) [ORDER FORM]
Zangwill, I. The Master. A Novel. Harper & Brothers, 1895. Ex-library hardback w/o dj, 523 pages, couple wrinkled pages, few pages have small tears, good condition.....$6 ((cs99)) [ORDER FORM]