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Dear John

Dear John

by Sparks, Nicholas

Condition
New
Jacket Condition
New
Edition
Stated First Edition
Published
2006
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780446528054
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1
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Steelton, Pennsylvania, USA
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£25.91

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New York: Warner Books, 2006. This stated First Edition from October, 2006, also includes a "number line" ending with a "1" to indicate First Printing. This volume is in New, unread condition, and includes a New, price-unclipped dust jacket. I've placed the dust jacket into an archival Brodart protective sleeve. Once again, the author of The Notebook Nicholas Sparks… Read more about this item
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Mandala: A Novel of India

Mandala: A Novel of India

by Buck, Pearl S.

Condition
Used - Fine
Jacket Condition
Fine
Published
1970
Binding
Hardcover
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Steelton, Pennsylvania, USA
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£7.73

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New York: John Day Company, 1970. In this rich novel, Pearl Buck brings to life all the mystery and exoticism of India in this tale of a maharana and his family. The book is a book club edition in Fine condition with a Fine dust jacket. I've placed the dust jacket into an archival Brodart protective sleeve. The book has… Read more about this item
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The Dream Factory

The Dream Factory

by Leigh, Janet

Condition
Used - Fine
Jacket Condition
Fine
Edition
First Edition
Published
2002
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9781551668741
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1
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Steelton, Pennsylvania, USA
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£13.92

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Ontario, Canada: MIRA Books, 2002. This Stated First Printing from February 2002 also includes the "number line" ending in a "1" that also indicates First Printing. This novel from the famous Academy Award-nominated actress deals with a seriously ailing celebrity manager whose detailed journal has the goods on just about everyone. Oh, dear! The book is in Fine condition with… Read more about this item
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The Lamb's War

The Lamb's War

by de Hartog, Jan

Condition
Used - Fine
Jacket Condition
Near Fine
Edition
Stated First Edition
Published
1980
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780060109950
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1
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Steelton, Pennsylvania, USA
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£12.37

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Harper & Row/Atheneum, 1980. This Stated First Edition (and unless it's stated, it's not) also includes a "number line" ending in a "1" to indicate First Printing. The book is bound in a cream-colored cloth with the author's initials in gilt against a red and gilt background, as well as gilt spine titles against a similar background. The book has… Read more about this item
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Rhett Butler's People

Rhett Butler's People

by McCaig, Donald

Condition
New
Jacket Condition
New
Edition
Stated First Edition
Published
2007
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780312262518
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New York: St. Martin's Press, 2007. This book is a Stated First Edition from November 1907 and includes the complete "number line" ending in a "1" to indicate First Printing. This authorized novel based on Margaret Mitchell's Gone With the Wind complements the original story by adding new characters and deeper dimensions to the original work. This time around, the… Read more about this item
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In the Palace of the King: A Love Story of Old Madrid

In the Palace of the King: A Love Story of Old Madrid

by Crawford, F. Marion

Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
No Dust Jacket
Published
1900
Binding
Hardcover
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1
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Steelton, Pennsylvania, USA
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£6.18

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New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1900. This early reprint is in Very Good condition. It is bound in an illustrated cloth with various shades of green decorating both the front panel and spine. (Click on photo.) The book shows edge rubbing and fraying at the spine tips and corners. The binding is secure and the text pages are clean with… Read more about this item
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Beyond the Blue Mountains: A Romantic Novel

Beyond the Blue Mountains: A Romantic Novel

by Plaidy, Jean (Hibbert, Eleanor)

Condition
Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition
Very Good+
Edition
First Edition
Published
1947
Binding
Hardcover
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Steelton, Pennsylvania, USA
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£10.83

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New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1947. This First Printing (as indicated by a "1" in parentheses on the final text page) is in close to Fine condition with a Very Good+ price-unclipped dust jacket. This historical romance novel is set in the time of George III and deals with three full-blooded women whose romantic trials are tied to the… Read more about this item
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Arizona Star, Breath of Life, A Job for Jenny, Star on Her Shoulder

Arizona Star, Breath of Life, A Job for Jenny, Star on Her Shoulder

by Baldwin, Faith

Condition
Used - Very Good+
Jacket Condition
No Dust Jacket
Published
1945
Binding
Hardcover
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1
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Steelton, Pennsylvania, USA
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£13.92

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New York: P.F. Collier & Son, 1945. These three volumes in uniform bindings were published by Collier in 1945 and contain three Faith Baldwin novels and one novella. These handsome books are bound in a red leatherette cloth with the author's name blindstamped on the front panel and the die-stamped gilt titles on the spines, also decorated with blindstmped design… Read more about this item
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Exit a Dictator

Exit a Dictator

by Oppenheim, E. Phillips

Condition
Used - Fine
Jacket Condition
No Dust Jacket
Published
1939
Binding
Hardcover
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New York: P.F. Collier & Son, 1939. This novel from the latter part of Oppenheim's life combines the elements of romance, espionage, luxury, and thrills that made the author such a successful storyteller. The book is in really fine condition and appears to be unread. The book is bound in a deep red cloth with the author's initials blindstamped on… Read more about this item
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Doctor Tom

Doctor Tom

by Streeter, John Williams

Condition
Used - Very Good+
Jacket Condition
No Dust Jacket
Edition
First Edition
Published
1904
Binding
Hardcover
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Steelton, Pennsylvania, USA
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£38.68

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New York: The Macmillan Company, 1904. A young coroner finds love in the midst of a post-Civil War hillbilly vendetta. This is a rare First Edition, printed September 1904, of a book that usually nowadays can only be purchased from cheap Print-On-Demand companies. The book is bound in a blue-green cloth, with a decorative front panel and spine, showing… Read more about this item
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Beyond the Rocks: Valintino Movie Tie-In

Beyond the Rocks: Valintino Movie Tie-In

by Glyn, Elinor

Condition
Used - Very Good+
Jacket Condition
No Dust Jacket
Published
1922
Binding
Hardcover
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Steelton, Pennsylvania, USA
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£15.47

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New York: Macaulay Company, 1922. Originally published in 1906, this Glyn novel was reprinted in 1922 to promote the silent film starring Rudolph Valentino and Gloria Swanson, photographs of whom are used as illustrations. There is also a frontis photo of Valentino and Elinor Glyn. A young, penniless aristocrat, Theodora (Gloria Swanson), marries a self-made millionaire grocer to help her… Read more about this item
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The Golden Dog: A Romance of the Days of Louis Quinze in Quebec (Le Chien d'Or)

The Golden Dog: A Romance of the Days of Louis Quinze in Quebec (Le Chien d'Or)

by Kirby, William

Condition
Used - Very Good+
Jacket Condition
No Dust Jacket
Edition
First Canadian Edition
Published
1897
Binding
Hardcover
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1
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Steelton, Pennsylvania, USA
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£38.68

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Montreal: The Montreal News Co., Ltd., 1897. This is the first authorised and revised edition of a novel, previously published 20 years earlier in the United States in a pirated form due to lax copyright laws of that period, as explained in the author's own prefatory note. This revised edition was also legally published in the United States by L.C.… Read more about this item
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The Story of Colette (La Neuvaine De Colette)

The Story of Colette (La Neuvaine De Colette)

by Anonymous; The Author of Straight-On (Schultz, Jeanne)

Condition
Used - Good+
Jacket Condition
No Dust Jacket
Edition
First American Edition Thus
Published
1891
Binding
Hardcover
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Steelton, Pennsylvania, USA
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£18.56

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New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1891. Although published anonymously by "the author of Straight-On," this book was later identified as having been written by Jeanne Schultz. Originally published by Appleton in 1888, this is the First Illustrated Edition, with six full-page and 20 vignette illustrations by Jean Claude. This charming story of a French teenager on the verge of… Read more about this item
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Shadow of the Moon

Shadow of the Moon

by Kaye, M.M.

Condition
Used - Very Good+
Jacket Condition
Very Good
Published
1957
Binding
Hardcover
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Steelton, Pennsylvania, USA
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£7.73

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New York: Julian Messner, 1957. Prior to M.M. Kaye's monumental success with The Far Pavilions, her historical novel, Shadow of the Moon, dealt with the Indian Sepoy Mutiny of 1857 and of a romance that blossomed during the death and destruction of that volatile period. This bce copy features a handsome dust jacket with it's original artwork created by Jules… Read more about this item
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So Well Remembered

So Well Remembered

by Hilton, James

Condition
Used - Very Good+
Jacket Condition
Very Good
Published
1946
Binding
Hardcover
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Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1946. This BCE is in Very Good+ condition with a Very Good dust jacket (click on photo). I've placed the dust jacket into an archival Brodart protective sleeve. The book deals with the turbulent marriage of George and Livia Boswell in a small manufacturing town in the Midlands, England, both before and during World War… Read more about this item
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Four Blondes

Four Blondes

by Bushnell, Candace

Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
Published
2001
Binding
Paperback
ISBN
9780802138255
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Steelton, Pennsylvania, USA
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£4.64

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New York: Grove Press, 2001. This Stated First Papeback Edition also has the required "number line" ending in a "1" to indicate First Printing. The author of Sex and the City takes us back to New York to explore the lives of -- you guessed it --- four new, beautiful women. Ah, the more things change.... The book is in… Read more about this item
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The Bridges of Madison County: The  Film

The Bridges of Madison County: The Film

by Dowling, Claudia Glenn

Condition
As New
Jacket Condition
As New
Edition
First Edition
Published
1995
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780446519977
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Steelton, Pennsylvania, USA
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£7.73

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New York: Warner Books, 1995. This lavishly produced Stated First Printing from June, 1995 (and unless it's stated, it's not) is in New, unread condition, with a New, unclipped dust jacket. The book has also the required "number line" ending in a "1" to also indicate First Printing. An ideal companion piece to both the novel by Robert James Waller… Read more about this item
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Boy Loves Girl, Girl Loves Boy: Tear-and-Send Postcards for Friends and Lovers from the Great Romance Comic Books

Boy Loves Girl, Girl Loves Boy: Tear-and-Send Postcards for Friends and Lovers from the Great Romance Comic Books

by Barson, Michael, Editor

Condition
Used - Fine
Edition
First Edition
Binding
Paperback
ISBN
9780679737070
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Steelton, Pennsylvania, USA
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£19.34

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New York: Pantheon This Stated First Edition (and unless it's stated, it's not) is in Fine, unused condition. All 23 oversized postcards or mini-posters, if your prefer, are present. They are all suitable for framing. Each postcard was taken from the cover of a classic romance comic book of the 1940s or 1950s, personally selected by collector Michael Barson.… Read more about this item
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My Immortal Highlander

My Immortal Highlander

by Howell, Hannah; Sands, Lynsay

Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
Published
2006
Binding
Paperback
ISBN
9780758212924
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Steelton, Pennsylvania, USA
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£4.64

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New York: Kensington Books, 2006. The Stated First Kensington Paperback Printing, from September 2006, is in New, unread condition. This historical romance of 16th Century Scotland is combined with the supernatural in a tale of twin brothers who share a terrible curse and the two women outside their clan who love them. The book measures 5 1/2 by 8 1/4… Read more about this item
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Sisters

Sisters

by North, Grace May

Condition
Used - Fine
Jacket Condition
Very Good+
Published
1928
Binding
Hardcover
Quantity Available
1
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Steelton, Pennsylvania, USA
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£15.00

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Akron, Ohio: Saalfield, 1928. Listed as part of Saalfield's "Girls Detective Series," Number 3632, this copy is in Fine condition with a Very Good+ dust jacket (click on photo). The story concerns two orphaned sisters, each separated at infancy, one raised in a wealthy household and the other, on a farm, with loving but common parents. The book is… Read more about this item
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£15.00