Search Results: Literary fiction from Astro Trader Books

[HARPER LEE]. GO SET A WATCHMAN. HarperCollins, New York, 2015. First Edition, First printing. True First Edition with full number line. Condition: Fine. Appears unread and mint, pages are clean and binding tight. Dust jacket is unclipped and about fine. In original publisher's black boards and type in silver gilt, blue endpapers and publishers blue ribbon bookmark. Cover art by Jarrod Taylor. Sequel to modern first Americana classic To Kill A Mockingbird, collectible. 278 pgs. 8vo.

[VICTOR HUGO]. HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME. Volume 1. Pocket Books, New York, 1939. PB #31. First Edition, First printing. Condition: Good plus. With original red endpapers, moderate edge wear, micro-chips to edge extremities, mild creases to covers, minor rubbing on edges of spine, scuffs to rear cover typical of pulp fiction books of this age, otherwise barely read, pages are clean, bright, unmarked and binding tight. Neat inscription on half title. A sound copy of uncommon first edition Pocket Book. Volume II is not included here. Classic 19th Century French Gothic, first edition Pocket Book, uncommon collectible. 323 pgs. 16mo

[HUGH WALPOLE]. KATHERINE CHRISTINE. Doubleday, Doran and Company, New York, 1943. First Edition. Condition: Near Fine / Very Good. Appears unread, in original royal blue cloth, boards are near pristine, previous owners inscription in erasable pencil on first endpaper with neat notations also in erasable pencil on bibliography page opposite the title page, all other pages appear unmarked, clean, bright, and binding tight. Dust jacket is unclipped with the $2.50 price on first inner flap, micro-chips to extremities of jacket, protected plastic protector sleeve. This the sixth and final book of the "Herries" series. Modern first from a major author, uncommon collectible. 313 pgs. 8vo.

[RUDYARD KIPLING]. KIPLING'S INDIAN TALES. Dodge Publishing Company, New York, 1899 (1910). Early Reprint. Fine / Near Fine. Appears unread, title on front cover and top edge pages in gilt, portrait frontispiece with tissue guard, light shelf wear with trivial soiling to covers, pages are clean, bright, unmarked and binding tight. Overall a about fine copy, uncommon in this fine condition. Lacking only the very scarce original dust jacket and box. With 16 illustrated plates by L.J. Bridgman. Rudyard Kipling wrote the Jungle Book, Captain Courageous, The Man Who Would Be King and many more classic titles. Classic 19th Century literature, collectible. 750 pgs. 8vo.

[WINIFRED HOLTBY]. MANDOA, MANDOA! Macmillan Company, New York, 1933. First U.S. Edition. Book Condition: Fine / Near Fine. In publisher's original mint green cloth boards and original grey top-stained page edges, stamped in dark brown leaf design on spine and type of cover. Appears barely read, pages are clean and binding tight. Dust Jacket condition: Good / Fair. Intact with original price of $2.50, chips to extremities, slightly sunned spine with one inch chip to lower spine, two by one inch chip to rear cover, one inch chip to edge on front cover, neat tape behind jacket to first flap, scarce DJ in any condition. DJ in professional collector Brodart mylar sleeve. Comedy about a fictional resort in remote Africa, from the same author of the 1936 novel South Riding. With dedication page to writer, feminist, nurse and journalist, Vera Mary Brittain. Beautiful Art Deco illustrations on dust jacket, cast of characters on front inner flap and reviewer blurbs on rear inner flap. Classic 1930's comedy… Read More

[SILAS WEIR MITCHELL]. THE RED CITY. A HISTORICAL NOVEL OF THE SECOND ADMINISTRATION OF PRESIDENT WASHINGTON. The Century Co., New York, 1908. First Edition. Book Condition: Near Fine / Very Good. Appears gently read, in original black lettering and illustration on gold cloth with color illustration of harbor town on front cover, original 2 half titles, original 9 plates and frontispiece. Mild shelf wear, light bumping to headband and endband, one centimeter tear near head of spine near back cover, tape to ffep and pastedown, hinges are excellent with no splitting, all pages intact, pages are overall clean with scattered foxing mostly to the first few pages, no tears to pages, binding is tight and solid. Neat owners name stamped on ffep. Overall a Very Good plus copy. Illustrations by Arthur I. Keller. A wonderful book of President George Washington's second term in office, scarce in any condition. 421 pgs. 8vo.

[MARIETTA HOLLEY]. SAMANTHA AT SARATOGA OR, RACIN' AFTER FASHION. Hubbard Publishing Co., Philadelphia, PA, 1887. First Edition. Condition: Near Fine. Appears unread, cream colored cloth boards with plastic archival protector, pages are clean, bright and binding is tight, mild soiling to covers. Illustrated by Frederick Opper with illustrated pages through out. 32mo.

[THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL]. CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE (EDITOR). HISTORICAL WESTERN. STAGE HELD UP IN NEW MEXICO. THE HIGH FIVES GANG SAN ANTONIO - WHITE OAKS STAGECOACH ROBBERIES OF 1896. DEATH CLAIMS A MAN OF GENIUS. FRONT PAGE OBITUARY OF AUTHOR GEORGE DU MAURIER ON OCTOBER 8, 1896. Newspaper. Volume 80, No. 131. October 9, 1896. First Edition. Condition: Very Good +. Appears gently read, some light foxing, creases, chips to extremities, complete, folds at quarter-fold typical of newspapers otherwise excellent. The San Francisco Call newspaper (named the Morning Call from 1856-1895) one time featured articles from Mark Twain and later stories from numerous writers with ties to early turn of the century San Francisco theatre. Scarce original article of the High Fives Gang October 7, 1896 stagecoach robbery enroute to White Oaks between Mountain Station Ranch and Wash Hale near the Oscura Mountains, New Mexico. The High Fives gang confessed to stagecoach driver John Whickwire it was they who attempted to… Read More

[VASCO PRATOLINI]. A TALE OF POOR LOVERS. Signet, New York, 1950. Signet #797. First Edition. Condition: Good -. A well read book, extensive rubbing to spine, reading crease, creases to covers, chips to extremities else pages are clean and binding tight. Hand signed by legendary pulp artist James Avati on the front cover. Avati read every book he created cover art for and this one shows in spades. A Italian Neorealism novel and winner of two international literary prizes. Classic literary fiction, signed collectible. 16mo.

ERSKINE CALDWELL. TOBACCO ROAD. Penguin Books Inc., New York, 1947. First Edition, Second Printing. Penguin # 627. First Edition from this publisher. Condition: Good-. With micro chips , mild creases, minor rubbing on spine and cover, light soiling typical of pulp fiction books of this age, otherwise barely read, pages are clean and binding good. Cover art by Robert Jonas. Numerous interior illustrations by David Fredenthal. One of the earliest paperback editions from the late 1940's of one of the author's most famous novels.

MAZO DE LA ROCHE. WHITEOAKS OF JALNA. Pocket Books, New York, 1946. First Edition in paperback. Pocket Book #375. Condition: Very Good / Good. Red endpapers. With micro chips to edge extremities on covers, one centimeter closed tear and mildly sunned at the crown of spine, wraps unglued due to age from joint but intact, slightly water stained near page edges to about the first 50 pages and mild creases typical of pulp fiction books of this age, otherwise barely read, pages are clean, bright and binding tight. Wraps still have much of original gloss. First paperback ever of the Whitoaks family 100 year saga novels from the bestselling Canadian author . Vintage paperback and scarce collectible.