Search Results: Historical Fiction from Books, Interesting and Odd & Sleepyside Books

New York : Harcourt Brace, 1946. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. A comic anti-war novel from Saroyan. This is a stated first printing, easily VG in a VG, unclipped jacket. Bright unfaded blue cloth boards with red/gilt on spine. Jacket has a couple of closed tears to the top front panel, and a small tear and a bit of chipping to the foot of the spine. Nice strong binding, internally clean and unmarked. In protective mylar

New York: Del Rey, 2001. Book Club (BCE/BOMC) . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. From the master of speculative alternate histories, a start to a new series concerning, at least partially, the policies of President Teddy Roosevelt after WWI, the rise of socialist presidentail candidate Upton Sinclair, and a plot to assasinate American war hero George Custer. Fine in a near fine jacket, this is a nice Book Club Edition.

New York: Globe Publishing Company, 1954. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Ex school-library, but not marked too badly. Faded call number on spine, card pocket rear paste-down, no other marks

New York : Julian Meissner, 1957. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Slight lean to spine, but a clean book in a tight binding, with attractive light blue boards. Jacket VG but with a noticeable tear to the bottom of the front panel. Book club edition, but quite scarce in dust jacket. In protective mylar

Boston: Little, Brown, 1946. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. For its age, this is quite good. Brown cloth boards have a little discoloration to top front corner, not affecting jacket. Solid binding, previous owner's name to front endpaper, otherwise no markings. VG jacket with a little overall wear and some chipping to spine ends. In protective mylar.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1991. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. Fuentes's entertaining novel of revolutionary South America. This is a stated first edition, very nearly fine (light soil to top and bottom edge of text block) in a fine jacket. A nice copy.

New York: Ecco Pr, 2003. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. Nice copy of Kalfus's novel concerning a fictional plot by Stalin before the Bolshevik Revolution. Welll formed novel drawing on Kalfus's extensive knowlege of Russian history. Near fine in like jacket (slight wear to top corner). Does have black remainder mark to bottom edge

Simon and Schuster, 1974. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. A nice copy of this historical novel (described as a "terrifying gothic"). VG in a NF, unclipped jacket. Touch of lean to the spine, with a touch of soil to the bottom edge, and a little toning to jacket flaps. First printing.

New York: St Martins Pr, 1996. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First printing of U.S. edition, noted author of young adult/intermediate fiction completes an unfinished Jane Austen novel. Fine in a NF jacket (crease to lower portion of rear flap).

New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, 2001. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. Multiple Newberry award-winning Peck's wonderful novel about three small-town children travelling to the Columbian Exposition in Chicago. Fine in a fine jacket (with exremely minor wear at top of spine). First printing.

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1959. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. Galdone, Paul. A nice copy of this book about a young man apprenticed to a naturalist in rural Tennessee. Book is near fine--pages somewhat faded. Jacket has small chip at head of spine, significant soil to rear panel. Weekly Reader Children's Book Club edition 1961.

Harcourt Brace & Company, 1999. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Spansh novelest---author of Club Dumas returns w/another intellectual page-turner. Fine copy in nf jacket--light shelf wear only.

MacMurray and Beck, 1999. First Edition . Hardcover. As New/Fine. First printing of wildly popular novel. Unread book in very nice jacket with minimal signs of wear.

Harper Collins, 1996. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition, first printing. Nearly fine book (small water stain top edge) in near fine jacket (lightly rubbed, one tiny nick in front top edge). Overall, very nice copy.

New York: Del Rey, 2000. Book Club (BCE/BOMC) . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. Decent reading copy, book club edition. The final volume in Turtledove's alternate history of WWI. Some damage to rear panel of jacket (stuck to another book), small stain to edge of text block, otherwise nice copy.

New York: Ballantine Books, 1999. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. Nice copy of this WWII mystery/thriller. Set in an American POW camp run by the Germans, a young Lieutenant and lawyer is set to defend an African American officer accused of a brutal crime. NF in a VG+ jacket with some overall shelfwear, and a bit of a bow at bottom front. First printing.

Simon and Schuster, 2000. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition, first printing with complete number line. From the author of An Instance of the Fingerpost. Fine in a nearly fine jacket--small crease to front inside flap.

New York: Schocken Books, 1998. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. Gripping tale of a Holocaust suvivor's relentless search for the Nazi officer who murdered his parents. Fine copy in protective mylar, appears unread copy. First printing.

London: Faber & Faber, 1997. First Edition . Cloth. Fine/Very Good. True (British) first. Book is fine, jacket has some wear, tiny tear at rear top corner. Not price clipped or remaindered. London Review of Books review laid in by previous owner.

New York: HarperCollins, 1990. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Astonishing transposition of the King Arthur tales onto WWII Europe from the always surprising Barthelme. Illustrations by Barry Moser. First printing, fine in a near fine, lightly shelfworn jacket.