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Toronto: McLeod and Allen, 1913 Book. Good. Original Cloth. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original green cloth with gilt lettering on boards. No DJ. Front free endpaper missing. Previous owner's name in pencil. Light pencilling on endpapers. Maritime exploits following the Spanish-American war. 424 pp..
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The Adventures of Captain O'Shea
by Paine, Ralph D.
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The Adventures of Odysseus
by Marvin, F.S./ Mayor, R.J.G./ Stawell, F.M. (Eds.)
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London: J.M. Dent & Sons, Ltd., 1912 Book. Illus. by Mrs. Stewart. Very Good. Hardcover. Reprint. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Green cloth with floral decoration on boards. Temple English Literature for Schools. Centered on the Trojan War between Agamemnon of Mycenae, leading the Greeks, and Paris, son of Priam the Trojan king. Book is devoid of writing. Perfectly clean and sound except for light foxing shadows on free endpapers. Handy pocket size. 195 pp. plus Plan for the palace of Odysseus..
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After Bread; A Story of Polish Emigrant Life to America, bound with An Excursion to Athens
by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
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N.Y.: R.F. Fenno and Company, 1897 Book. Fair to Good. Hardcover. First ( No Additional printings). 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original green cloth decorated in green and gold on boards. Previous owner's name. Binding shaken and threatening to separate. P. 7 has thumb-sized piece of gutter margin missing, barely touching text. Translated from the Polish by Vatslaf A. Hlasko and Thomas H. Bullick. This novel seems to have appeared shortly after Quo Vadis, by which the author became world famous, leading to his reception of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1905. After Bread has 165 pp. An Excursion to Athens has 59 pp..
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After Worcester; The Story of a Royal Fugitive
by Everett-Green, E.
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London: Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1901 Book. Illus. by Uncredited. Good Plus to Very Good. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original green cloth lettered in gold on beveled boards. Brief gift note. A handsome volume describing the escape of Charles II after his drubbing by Cromwell at Worcester on 3 Sept., 1651. Gutter strains at p.336 and p.352 glued to prevent separation of this lovely book. 429 pp..
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Ainsworth's Novels; FIVE VOLS.
by Ainsworth, William Harrison
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N.Y.: Century, 1909 Book. Illus. by George Cruikshank. Very Good. Original Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original green cloth with spine label on boards, no DJs. Front. and three add. ill. in each. Volume names are Windsor Castle, Jane the Queen, Mary the Queen, The Plot, and The Discovery, in order. Two small taped tears in The Discovery. Each 400+ pp. Minor edge soil and foxing..
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Alturlie; The Same Being Some Passages in the Life of Simon Stuart of Alturlie, Etc.
by Cooke, H. Robswood
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Toronto: Musson Book Company Book. Good Plus. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original blue cloth on boards. Subtitle continues: "Sometime officer in King Louis of France his regiment of Picardy, and later major of his Britannic Majesty's Regiment of Fraser Highlanders." No date of copyright or publication. No info on author. The story is told by Simon in first person. Soiled by handling, but clean inside. 320 pp..
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Annette; The Story of a Pioneer Woman
by Nadeau-Single, Lee
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New York: Vantage Press, Inc., 1990 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition Stated. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Black cloth on boards. Unclipped DJ glossy and intact. The author draws upon her habitant background to create this historical novel. Sensible treatment of nakedness, sex, and rape make for a positive learning experience for younger readers. 138 pp..
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Antonio
by Oldmeadow, Ernest
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Toronto: Macmillan Company of Canada Ltd., 1909 Book. Illus. by Colour Frontispiece By Frank Haviland. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original blue cloth strikingly decorated with oval pastedown of lady's portrait and gold lettering on boards. A novel of Portugal after the civil war, the War of Two Brothers (1828-1834). The protagonist is a young monk whose monastery is threatened with suppression. Then he discovers Isabel. 509 pp. One tiny worm hole in front edges..
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The Arm and the Darkness
by Caldwell, Taylor
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New York: Sun Dial Press, 1944 Book. Good Plus to Very Good. Hardcover. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Red cloth on boards. First t wo leaves folded. Previous owner's initials. France in the time of Cardinal Richelieu at the height of the struggle between the Roman Catholics and Huguenots. Romantic love story of a mixed coupling. 604 pp..
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Artie Bostock, Tory
by Bostwick, Frank J. (Jr.)
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Charlottetown, P.E.I.: The Author, 1983 Book. Illus. by The Author. Near Fine. Soft cover. First. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original computer-generated soft cover. Inscribed and signed by the author. The story of a colonial boy and his family on the eve of the American Revolution. 97 pp..
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The Banner of the Bull and Other Stories of Cesare Borgia and His Times
by Sabatini, Rafael
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin Book. Fair. Original Cloth. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original black cloth, no DJ. Undated. Assumed to be the 20's, when author was most popular. Contains four stories in addition to the title story, which is in three parts. Spine ends abraded, tiny pinholes in cover cloth. Still much better that a reading copy. Closes with the words, "End of Volume VII" after The Trap, with no further information anywhere. Spine lettering unreadable. 437 pp..
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Battle for the Rock; The Story of Wolfe and Montcalm (Great Stories of Canada)
by Schull, Joseph
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Toronto: Macmillan, 1963 Book. Illus. by Lewis Parker. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original bright red cloth on boards. The clash of British troops under Wolfe with the French at Quebec under Montcalm has been called a victory for the British, although both leaders lost their lives in this pivotal battle on the Plains of Abraham in 1759. The author's name is familiar to this writer as the source of several volumes dealing with naval history. Here is history, with just enough invention to make it interesting to younger readers. Map endpapers. 158 pp..
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Beau Ideal
by Wren, Percival Christopher
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Toronto: Longmans Green, 1929 Book. Very Good. Decorative Cloth. Cheaper Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original grey blind-stamped cloth on boards. No DJ. The last of the Beau Geste Trilogy(following Beau Sabreur). Front free endpaper missing, and price blacked out, OW very good. No significant wear, marks, or damage to this fine old book ! 348 pp. plus words and music for Song of the Legion from the Paramount movie..
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Berlin and Sans Souci; Or, Frederick the Great and His Friends (An Historical Romance)
by Muhlbach, Louise (Clara Mundt)
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N.Y.: D. Appleton and Company, 1867 Book. Good Plus to Very Good. Hardcover. First ( No Additional printings). 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original green cloth on boards. Previous owner's name and date (1867). Translated from the German by Mrs. Chapman Coleman and her daughters. Sans-Souci was the Emperor's retreat near Potsdam. The last two leave are spotted with foxing. 391 pp..
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Bonnie Prince Charlie; A Tale of Fontenoy and Culloden
by Henty, G.A.
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Glasgow: Blackie & Son, Limited, 1896 Book. Illus. by Gordon Browne. Good. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original red cloth on boards. General wear to corner tips and repaired small tear at head of spine. Previous owners' names. Our protagonist, Ronald Leslie, joins the highlanders in support of Charles in his efforts to regain the English throne. Beaten at Culloden, he makes amends with King George and goes home to Scotland. 384 pp..
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The Bright Face of Danger
by Stephens, Robert Neilson
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Boston: L.C. Page & Company, 1913 Book. Illus. by H.C. Edwards. Good Minus. Hardcover. Fifth Impression. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original black cloth on boards. Covers grubby, but text easily readable. Not a translation, but a story from 17th Century France presented as though it were contemporary. A "swashbuckler" in the well-established tradition of Stanley Weyman. Internet search showed this title was used by at least a half-dozen authors. 322 pp..
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The Brother Keepers; The Great War Odyssey of Sable MacInnes and His Brothers
by MacNintch, John E. (Ted)
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Old Saybrook, CT: AquaDoc Publications, 2007 Book. Illus. by Maps and Photos. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. From minister's sons to battling brothers. Please allow for extra postage. 779 pp..
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Buckskin Baronet
by Widdemer, Margaret
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Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Co, Inc., 1960 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition Stated. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original dark blue cloth on boards. Previous owner's tiny address label. A comprehensive, quasi-historical approach to the causes, conduct, and aftermath of the Revolutionary War in America. Fast-moving. 328 pp. plus Bibliography..
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The Castle of the White Flag; A Tale of the Franco-German War
by Everett-Green, Evelyn
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London: Thomas Neson and Sons, 1904 Book. Illus. by Ernest Prater. Good. Hardcover. Tales of History Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original green cloth decorated and lettered in gilt on beveled boards. Top edges gilt. One plate missing. Mouse chewing to front joint. A more impressive binding than most, even with the faults. 384 pp..
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The Chaplet of Pearls; or The White and Black Ribaumont
by Yonge, Charlotte M.
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N.Y.: D. Appleton & Co., 1875 Book. Illus. by G.F.. Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original brown cloth on boards. Originally written in 1868. A complicated tale of religious/political controversy set in France in the 16th Century, where the massacre of the Huguenots was a central issue. Previous owner's name and date (1880). 331 pp..
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