A Man of the People
London: Heinemann Educational Books, 1973. Soft cover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. African Writers Series. Soft cover. 167 pp. Rubbing to covers. Some ink underlining and marginalia. Very good overall. More
Historical Fiction
Things Fall Apart
Toronto: Anchor Canada, 2009. Soft cover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 50th Anniversary Edition. Soft cover. 209 pp. Fine. More
Mansfield Revisited: A Sequel to Jane Austen's Mansfield Park
Garden City, N.Y. Doubleday, 1985. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Quarter maroon cloth, teal paper boards. 188 pp. Bookplate to front pastedown. Dust jacket is price clipped, spine sunned, edges bumped. Only Joan Aiken possesses the talent, style, and requisite temerity to attempt the ambitious task of writing a sequel to..... More
Old St. Paul's
London & Glasgow: Collins Clear-Type Press. Finnemore, J. Hardcover. 18mo. N.d., [ca. 1930s?]. Full burgundy cloth. x, 637 pp. [6] duotone plates, incl. frontis. Spine sunned, some very slight rubbing to extremities. A fictionalized account of the Great Plague of 1665 and the London fire of 1666. More
Old-Fashioned Girl
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1915. Hardcover. 16mo. Orig. brown publisher's cloth with gilt titles and black floral stamping. 371 pp. [4] B&W plates, incl. frontis. Cloth is damp stained to head of front cover and a few spots to rear board. Spine sunned. Light soiling to edges of text..... More
Death of a Hero
London: Sphere, 1968. Soft cover. 4" x 7" Paperback. 376 pp. Rubbing to covers, sticker ghost to rear. Orange sticker of McMaster bookstore inside front cover. Interior age toned. More
The Forty-Seven Ronin Story
Rutland, Vermont: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1984. Soft cover. 4.5" x 7" Soft cover. 240 pp. Fine condition. The classic Japanese story of Lord Asano of Ako and one of the bloodiest vendettas in Japan's feudal history. More
The Great Houdini Broadcasts
Calgary: Micky Hades International, 1981. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 8" x 11" In original orange wrappers with sketch of Houdini and a large microphone on front cover. [1] 30 p.p. Spine ends bruised and frayed. Light sunning to covers. Rear corner creased. Interior clean, A near fine copy. Includes two..... More
Blind Lust: Being a True Account of the Adventures of M. De Vycabre and other French Celebrities
New York: Grove Press, 1985. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Quarter black cloth, tan paper boards. 140 pp. Dust jacket is age toned, else fine overall. A shocking portrayal of the lust, seduction, and raw exploits of an outwardly respectable Victorian lady, Blind Lust, a...... More
Montreal Adventure
Montreal: The University Press Montreal, 1952. 1st English Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. First edition stated, first edition in English. Full blue cloth, gold lettering to spine. 234 pp. Light rubbing to extremities and bumping to spine ends. Dust jacket is age toned, chipped at spine ends and corners,. A few short..... More
The Commandos
New York: Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 1942. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Full tan cloth. 300 pp. Very slight tanning to cloth at spine. Light age toning to edges of pages. Dust jacket is chipped at spine ends, lightly worn and rubbed at extremities, spot of wear to spine, a few..... More
American Family
New York: P.F. Collier & Son Corporation, 1935. Hardcover. 8vo. xi, 388 p.p. Red pebbled cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine and blind stamping to front. Light bumping and rubbing to psine ends, else fine. Small damp stains to fore edge, creasing to edges of some pages. Hinge cracked..... More
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Deep Down. A Tale of the Cornish Mines. [Ballantyne Series]
London: Thomas Nelson and Sons. Hardcover. [n.d.] Original jacket. 458 p.p., plus 6 p.p. ads. [4] full page colour illustrations incl. frontispiece. Ownership inscription on front fly leaf. Jacket soiled with large tears and losses to head and bottom front cover, as well as head and tail of spine affecting..... More
Lawrence and his Desert Raiders
London: Max Parrish, 1965. Hardcover. Famous Events Series. Blue cloth, 96pp. Illustrations by Elma Cameron. About Fine. More
The Well of the Silent Harp: A Novel of the Life and Loves of Robert Burns
London: Collins, 1954. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 16mo. Orig. red cloth. B&W map endpapers. 351 pp. Dust jacket is age toned, lightly foxed, bumped at spine ends with one short tear to foot of front joint. The Well of the Silent Harp concludes the memorable series of novels in which James..... More
Abrege du Voyage du Jeune Anacharsis en Grece, Dans le Milieu du Quatrieme Siecle avant l'Ere Chretien de L'Abbe Barthelemy, a L'Usage de la Jeunesse. Avec la Vie d'Auteur, par M. Le Duc de Niver Nois [2 vols]
a la Haye: I. van Cleef, 1801. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. 12mo (small). Second edition. Quarter contemporary calf leather title and number labels to spine, paper boards. clx, 124; 250 pp. Fold-out map at rear. Light staining to boards, light wear to corners. Some light staining and yellowing to fore edges..... More
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005. Hardcover. 12mo (tall). Everyman's Library #288. Full red cloth, black spine label. Gold ribbon marker. xxxiii, 246 pp. Light soiling to rear of dust jacket, else fine. Bassani's novel of unrequited love and the plight of Italian Jews on the brink of World War..... More
Uncle Tom's Cabin
New York: J.H. Sears & Company, Inc. Hardcover. 18mo. N.d., [ca. 1920s per gift inscription dated Xmas 1924]. Full red cloth, gilt stamped titles and decorations to boards. Illustrated endpapers. iv, 244 pp. Fading to gilt, spine tilted, some light rubbing to extremities. Slight cracking to hinges. 0. More
Uncle Tom's Cabin, or, Life Among the Lowly
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1896. Hardcover. 12mo. Illustrated library edition. Orig. green publisher's cloth. T.E.G. lxxxv, 529 pp. With 106 illustrations. Spine tilted and sunned. Bumping to upper corner of rear board. Ink gift inscription, and bookseller ticket of Chas. E. Lauriat & Co. to ffep. Cracking to front..... More
The Red and the Black
Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1980. Busoni, Rafaello. Hardcover. 8vo (super). [xvii] 450 p.p. Collector's edition, bound in full genuine red leather with floral gilt tooling and titling. Yellow moire endpapers. A.E.G. Minor scuffs and rubbing to edges. Colour illustrations throughout. Ribbon marker. More
The Red and Black
New York: The Modern Library, 1953. Hardcover. 12mo (small). Green cloth, black leather label on spine and upper front cover, 350pp, ads, pages lightly yellowed. Fine in a near fine, clipped d/w at front inner flap, faded with gently sunned jacket spine. Complete and Unabridged. The classic historical novel of..... More
Courtship By Command: A Story Of Napoleon at Play
London: Hutchinson & Co., 1895. Hardcover. 12mo. Blue publisher's cloth with Cupid vignette to front board. Floral endpapers. vii, 255 pp., ads. [7] B&W plates, incl. frontis. Spine tilted. Cloth is lightly soiled, corners bumped, spine darkned, extremities rubbed. Ink gift inscription to ffep. More
The Unicorn: An Historical Fantasy
Baltimore: American Literary Press, 2005. Boos, Tony. Soft cover. 8vo. SIGNED by author to title page. Soft cover. 124 p.p. Fine condition. In this little book - an historical fantasy using real facts as a foundation, together with a sprinkling from great works of Faith - the unicorn is seen..... More
The Land Seekers
London: Andre Deutsch, 1964. Hilary Abrahams. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Orig. orange cloth, 144pp. Illustrated. Corners bumped, o/w very good in a lightly dampstained d/w. A novel of adventure set among ninth century Norse history. More