Search Results: Fiction, Historical from Bytown Bookery

William Morrow & Co. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1996. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 0688141234 . White hard boards / white cloth spine / black lettering on spine. This is a wonderful First Edition copy of this book. Only fault on the book is an ink R on the front paste down. The DJ is unclipped with light edgewear & scuffing. "An epistolary novel that tells the story of Abigail, who in the mid 1800s travels from Virginia to the Southwest on a wagon train with her husband, writing back home to her sister of their triumphs and trials." ; 1 x 8 x 6.2 Inches; 306 pages .

Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. Very Good. 1992. Paperback. 0151157936 . Trade Paperback in very good condition. Tightly bound, unmarked with a crease to the spine, edgewear and light cover rubbing. "Tells of the bizarre adventures of an 18th-century watchmaker and mechanical wizard - Claude Page. Maimed by surgery at the age of 12, his manual dexterity destines him to become one of Europe's most gifted inventors when he acquires the skills of the enamelist and watchmaker." ; 0.8 x 8.8 x 5.8 Inches; 358 pages .

London, England: PAN. Good with no dust jacket. 1992. Paperback. 0330322419 . Mass Market Paperback in good condition. Wear to the cover and spine edges, scuffing to the covers. There is a stain to part of the bottom edge. Well-bound & squared with an unmarked interior. "When an SIS agent investigating a paramilitary organization in Bordeaux is strangled it can only spell trouble for Tweed and Paula Grey. Tweed faces imminent catastrophe as one murder follows another, and savage riots break out in France, the mob active in Lorraine. "; Tweed and Co. ; 1.5 x 7.01 x 4.02 Inches; 552 pages .

Harper Perennial. Very Good+. 2000. Paperback. 0006485464 . Trade Paperback in Very Good condition. A tightlu bound book with clean & unmarked pages. Light age tanning to the pages with an uncreased spine and light cover edgewear. "Standing beside the charismatic Napoleon, Josephine's own importance and fascinating history have often been overshadowed. In a fictionalized account of Josephine's diaries and her correspondence, author Sandra Gulland has shed light on Josephine's pre-Napoleon life. This, the first of three books about Josephine, covers her childhood in Martinique, her first marriage, the birth of her children, her life during the revolution, and her marriage to Napoleon." ; Josephine B. ; Vol. 1; 8.10 X 5.30 X 1 inches; 464 pages .

Vintage. As New with no dust jacket. 2002. Paperback. 0375701311 . A Trade paperback in As New condition. Very light wear to the back top corner, tight, bright & unmarked. "From the desolate wharves of London to the wild stretches of the New World, master storyteller McGrath maps out a vast saga of revolt and renewal--the story of one sublime heroine, but also of the birth of America. "; 1 x 8 x 5.2 Inches; 384 pages .

Knopf Canada. Very Good. 2004. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 067697600X . A First Edition, First Printing (Number Line) . Blue hardcovers/gilt titles to the spine. Very Good++ with a bright, unmarked interior and a solid binding. Light spine end bumping. The DJ is unclipped and in Near Fine condition. "From the acclaimed author of The River Midnight comes the story two emigrant women who change each other’s lives and, despite following separate paths, are united in their love of a child." ; 9.06 X 6.22 X 1.18 inches; 321 pages .

New York: The Dial Press. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2001. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. 038533527X . White boards with grey spine / gold lettering on spine. The interior is bright & clean and the book has a solidily bound spine. The DJ is unclipped with some light over all scuffing and edgewear. "This fictionalization of the story of the Reverend Charles Dodgson (Lewis Carroll) and the young girl, Alice Liddell, who became Alice in Wonderland, stresses Dodgson's sexual repression, which finds release in his adoration of little Alice. Katie Roiphe includes Dodgson's actual diary entries along with her own fictional musings to tell the tale." ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 228 pages .

New York: Random House. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1951. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Book Club Edition. Previous owner's name neatly written on half title page. Blue buckram , decorative gilt and red asiatic edge. Free-endpapers are maps, deckled fore-edge. Clean and tight copy. DJ is intact but has chipping on the spine and flap hinges, also a coffee ring on front cover. From the cover" At first-hand an acknowledged authority examines & evaluates in human terms the changed outlook of the asiatic world toward the West." ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 245 pages .

Penguin Books Canada, Limited. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1982. Mass Market Paperback. 0140059725 . Mass market Paperback with cover scuffing and edgewear, one crease on the front top right hand corner. A clean, unmarked interior, squared copy. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 310 pages .

London, England: Ernest Bennlondon,. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1974. 0510199046 . Black textured hard boards with silver titles to the spine. Near Fine with light spine end bumping. The DJ is unclipped, very good++ with lgiht cover and edgewear. " This is a very striking and curious story, founded on fact, of the West Indies of the early nineteenth century. Robert Rutherford is sent to the islands to learn the planter's business from the bottom. He becomes an overseer at Rosehall, the property of a young widow, Mrs Palmer, whose three husbands have all died in suspicious circumstances." ; 0.9 x 7.3 x 5.1 Inches; 255 pages .