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New York: Julian Messner, Inc., 1967. 190 pages with several black and white maps and illustrations From book: "James Marshall's discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill in California in 1848, was a clarion call that rang throughout the nation, inspiring dreams of fabulous wealth in men from every walk of life. The result was a virtual stampede to the gold fields, nearly two hundred thousand men in two years. They battled every hardship known to man, dug fortunes from the earth, built cities overnight, performed heroic acts and infamous crimes, and changed forever the frontier life of that remote land." Ex-library with typical treatments; discolored areas to inside covers. We noted underlining on four pages in the back of the book, marginalia on one of the illustrated pages; bumped and worn corners and a name written on outside pages. Two page corners are creased and two pages have quarter inch tears in the bottom margin. Thanks for shopping with us! 100% of your purchase benefits… Read More

New York: Duell Sloane and Pearce, 1959. Stated First Edition 8vo size green clothbound hardcover with pictorial illustration. This is likely a unique professional library rebound with heavier cloth. 185 pages. There is what appears to be a clipping from the original dust jacket (which is not present) fixed to a blank page after the half title page. From this clipping: "Colonel Red Reeder... tells of the adventures of a young officer at a frontier outpost in the Old Northwest just before the war of 1812. Fresh from West Point, Lt. Andrew Raeburn knew that Army life on the frontier was going to be different... He certainly wasn't prepared for the pistol-shot reception his commanding officer gave him... Life at the fort was indeed different... But disaster threatened him when, faced with a mutiny, Andrew struck a soldier and was arrested and court-martialed... Reaching its climax with the Indian attack on lonely little Fort Lookout, this story is authentic in every detail."… Read More

New York: Doubleday, 1992. Signed and inscribed on title page Stated First Edition 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket; 466 pages. Endpapers are maps. From jacket: "In his first novel, Robert MacNeil, the distinguished co-anchor of PBS's MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour...opens the wounds of history to trace three lives caught in the worldwind of World War I. The setting is Halifax, Nova Scotia, whose inhabitants are introduces firsthand to the horror of the war when a freighter ship carrying TNT explores in the harbor, leveling an entire district. In the wake of this disaster, Peter Wentworth, a young minister who typifies the upper-class Halifax, finds, misplaced amid clothes donated to aid those made homeless by the blast, a diary containing the sexually frank confessions of a young woman. Peter is shocked, intrigued, and finally obsessed by what he has read..." Gift sticker on half title page. Edgewear, bumped top corners and bumped heel of spine. Quotes are for illustrative purposes… Read More

Bloomington, IN: Author House, 2013. Edge of Empire Series, Revolutionary War Historical Fiction First Edition 8vo size trade paperback; 353 pages Set in 1773. From back: "Jason loves the sea and the freedom it brings. As a merchant seaman ... He arrives in Boston town on a gray December day, just as the mob is preparing to throw crates of tea worth a king's fortune, into the Harbor. Oona has her own ideas and questions on the nature of freedom. For over nine years she has been a servant in a grand merchant house. Now, her long indenture nears its end. At a tavern near the tea meetings, she helps men with feathers, soot and bootblack... But the events of that cold, damp night begin the unraveling of a mighty empire and se the world in motion in ways no one could foresee. What will they mean for Oona and Jason?" We have multiple copies of this new book available. Thanks for shopping with us! 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and lifelong learning..… Read More

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1910. Illustrated Theatre Edition 8vo size red clothbound hardcover with elaborate white titles on front cover; 367 pages. Black and white photograph frontispiece on glossy stock of actress Bertha Galland in the title role of the play, other black and white photographs throughout the text. Historical fiction set in 16th century England about Dorothy Vernon. Sunned spine has a small spot near the bottom, bumped and frayed head and heel of spine, half inch tear to top of spine, bumped top, front corner, name written inside front cover. Several pages have creased corners and we noted two pages that were not properly cut and were torn at inside edge. The photograph opposite page 90 is separated at about two inches up from bottom. . Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: William Morrow, 1992. 412 bright, white pages to this glossy, softcover bound Advance Copy. Publication date in black marker on title page, pencilled booksellers price. Little shelf soil to bottom and light crease to back corner. From back: "A rich panoramic saga of America at the turn of the century. Told against the backdrop of hte 1893 Chicago World's Fair...tells the story of two remarkable women. Hannah Chernick is the beautiful daughter of Russian Jewish immigrants living in a ghetto, who, disgraced by the first love of her life, relies on her courage and wits to fashion a successful career. Isabelle Chadwick Woodruff..." Quotes are for illustrative purposes only and remain the property of their copyright holders. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. Advanced Reading Copy ARC. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Advanced Reading Copy (ARC).

Boston: Little Brown, 1936. First Edition. Blue cloth cover is quite sunned on spine. Gilt decorations on front cover with embossed titles. Thin band of soil across front cover. 591 rough cut toned pages. Color illustrated endpapers. Thanks for shopping with us! 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and lifelong learning.. First. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Boston: Little Brown, 1939. Blue cloth cover with orange titles spine and titles and decoration on cover. Endpapers are maps. 592 deckle edged toned pages. Lightly sunned and bumped head and heel of spine. Inscription on half title page. Thanks for shopping with us! 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and lifelong learning.. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Boston: Verndale Publishing Co., 1955. A Story of the Last Years of the Kingdom of Israel 8vo sized red clothbound hardcover with illustrated dust jacket; 232 pages From jacket: "Farewell to Samaria is a beautiful and absorbing story depicting the downfall of the Kingdom of Israel. The author recreates the period in authentic details - the coronation in the magnificent Temple of Ishtar, the bacchanalian orgies in the colorful Court of King Hoshea, the wedding ceremony in David's vineyard, the final battle for Samaria, and the breath-taking duel between the rival commanders on the stairs of the temple. Interwoven with the economic, religions and political events of the times is the tender love episode of Asa and Miriam." Jacket has edgewear, slight wear and light soil and tanned spine. Book has a nick to cover underneath jacket, edgewear and bumped head and heel of spine. Hebrew school presentation bookplate inside front cover. The top corner of page 76 has a light dust mark.… Read More

Cincinnati: St. Padraic Press, 2003. with an introduction by Irish-American artist Edmund Sullivan Stated First Edition Signed and inscribed by author on title page 8vo size trade paperback; 235 pages From back: "This collection of writings by author Cathal Liam melds a rich stew of imaginative stories, political commentary and original poems. His affirmations and remembrances portray a changing Ireland in the 20th century. Form the bookend events of the 1916 Easter Rebellion to the 1998 Good Friday Peace Accord. Ireland's people, politics and culture have been in flux. Incontrovertibly Irish in tone and intent, this book recalls an Ireland of yesterday while critically probing the political machinations of today." Curl to covers; the first three pages have a depression in the margin. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. Signed by Author. First. Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾"… Read More

New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, 1971. 8vo size clothbound pictorial hardcover with matching dust jacket; 96 pages with many full color black and white illustrations. The last page contains biographies of both the author and artist. From jacket: "When (Jeff's father) learns that the owner of the North Carolina plantation plans to sell him to a planter in Georgia, he and Jeff's mother are forced to escape immediately with the help of the Underground Railroad, leaving Jeff to follow. The journey north is long and dangerous, for slave catchers lie in wait for the runaways... freedom and reunion with his family are the most important things for him now." Ex-library with typical treatments; jacket is covered with mylar. Tape transfer marks on endpapers, several creased page corners. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. Pictorial Cover. Good/Good. Illus. by Johnson, Bonnie. 8vo - over… Read More

J.B. Lippincott and Co., 1944. Some wear to cover, gilt titles and illustration are faded, bumped corners. 239 pages with black and white illustrations and section of notes. World War II wartime published book specifically stated. First Edition specifically stated. Slight fading of red top and light soil to orange endpapers. Author Eric P. Kelly wrote many books on Polish history and folklore. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. First. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Lee, Manning De V.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Boston: Lothrop Publishing Company, 1902. 8vo sized green cloth hardcover with bright gilt decorations on cover and spine; 404 lightly toned deckle edged pages. Color frontispiece, black and white illustrations. First American edition, there was also a British edition published in 1902. Bumped and lightly worn head and heel of spine and lightly worn corners. Mark (looks like color loss) on spine, tiny spot on front cover and some light soil to front cover. . First American. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Varian, George. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Random House, 1948. First printing. 341 cream pages. Tan cloth with brown title block on spine and front cover. Set in 1907 on a stagecoach ride Montana and the founding of the town of Trembles and its first citizens. Please note that some of the language used to refer to the Chinese charactors in the book may be considered offensive. Gilt titles are faded. Some soil on covers and a few tiny spots to outside pages. Bumped corners and head and heel of spine. Bottom of spine is worn. Inscription on fep. We noted one creased page corner and small spots on at least three pages. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. First. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Denver: Alan Swallow, 1965. 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket; 378 pages From back: "The third novel in the three Cases of Circumstantial Evidence...Its scope includes a contrast between the majesty of the court of Louis XIV and the bloodthirsty passions of Paris at that time. Here the bestial is more in evidence and because of the publication of a pamphlet the fury could result only in one spectacle - the execution of an innocent man. Ex-library with typical treatments, jacket covered with mylar. Mylar has some wear and light soil; edgewear, bumped head and heel of spine, cocked spine, dusty top. . Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

New York: William Morrow, 2008. Signed and inscribed on title page Stated First Edition will full numberline 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket; 704 deckle edged pages. Endpapers are illustrated with map of Boston. From jacket: "Set in Boston at the end of the First World War...(this) novel unflinchingly capture the pollical and social unrest of a nation caught at the crossroads between past and future. Filled with a cast of unforgettable characters... (including) some of the most influential figures of the era - Babe Ruth, Eugene O'Neill; leftist activist Jack Reed; NAACP founder W.E.B. Dubois; Mitchell Palmer, Woodrow Wilson's ruthless Red-chasing attorney general; cunning Massachusetts governor Calvin Coolidge; and an ambitious young Department of Justice lawyer named John Hoover." Edgewear to jacket; bumped head and heel of spine; crease to fep and blank following page; small abrasion on ffep, perhaps from the removable of a sticker; small tacky area on jacket spine where… Read More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1974. Stated First Edition 8vo sized hardcover with dust jacket; 519 pages. From jacket: "Maria - the young daughter of a fifth-rate Norman baron who is hardly better than a robber chief. Her father is powerless...the young knight Richard who marries her is unscrupulous... From the start their tumultuous feelings for each other match the dangerous, exciting, violent world they inhabit and hope to dominate..." Ex-library with typical treatments, many blacked out; jacket covered with mylar. Tape transfer marks on endpapers, stain on inside jacket flap and spot of shelfsoil to bottom. No additional shipping charges if sent via US Media Mail. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning. . First. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

North Charleston, South Carolina: CreateSpace, 2017. Private Press; 2017 8vo size trade paperback; 301 pages From back: "Sister Mona Sullivan wants to be a Catholic priest. If she chooses this path she must renounce her vows as a nun and leave the Church. Sandra Miller, one of the first women rabbis, and Elizabeth Adams, one of the first women Presbyterian pastors, must choose between their lovers and their careers. When the three women attend a gala dinner to receive an award for their professional accomplishments, each recalls 50 years of her life an struggle to forge a pathbreaking career and find her own voice. As the evening draws to a close, each makes the decision that will forever change her life." Edgewear, curled page tips for first few and last few pages, and some soil on bottom of book and near head and heel of outside pages. . Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Private Press.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1926. 8vo size blue clothbound hardcover with full page color illustration laid on top cover. Illustrated endpapers. 300 pages plus full color frontispiece and three additional color illustrations all on glossy stock. From Preface: "Two Mexican children were really captured some years since on the other side of the Rio Grande by the Indians, and carried off to the Llanos Estacados. After four years spent in captivity, they made their escape, and safely accomplished the almost impossible and truly incredible feat of walking three hundred miles... to bring them first to the frontier of Texas, and then restore then to their mother in Mexico." Bumped head and heel of spine, edgewear, some rubbing to illustration on cover. Titles on spine are faded. Owner's and bookseller's labels inside front cover. Binding is cracked at title page and spine is cocked. There is a large bookplate on the blank page after the title page which has caused some transfer to… Read More

New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing Co., 1959. "Washington Irving intended his History to evoke for New York an aura of "imaginative and whimsical associations" like the traditions of Old World cities that so captivate visitors abroad....In droll, delightful fashion Irving's History brings to life old New Amsterdam and its gallant Peter Stuyvesant. This attractive shortened version makes a favorite work more enjoyable than ever." 427 pages with illustrations by James Daugherty. Edited by Anne Carroll Moore. Ex-library with typical treatments, many blacked out; jacket covered with mylar. Corner of rear endpage was previously folded, tape transfer marks. No extra shipping charges if sent via US Media Mail. Quotes are for illustrative purposes and remain the property of their copyright holders. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity.. Cloth. Good/Good. Illus. by Daugherty, James. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.