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River's Rim

By: Abbott, Jane

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Philadelphia/New York, J. B. Lippincott: 1950

Edition: First

Seller ID: 011804

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Clean orange-brown cloth boards with black title box on spine. Very light surface wear to corners and spine edges, no fraying or wear-through. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Neatly penned previous owner name at top edge of front free endpaper. 254 pgs. Dustjacket is clean, not price clipped, has slight fading to spine, 1/16" loss at top and bottom of spine, very short closed edge tears & slight edge wear. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. 8vo. Historical Novel.
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The Seigneurs of La Saulaye

By: Abbott, Johnston

Price: $6.00

Publisher: New York, MacMillan: 1928

Edition: First

Seller ID: 015531

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Very clean red cloth boards with gold lettering and decorative title box on cover and spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean. Clean endpapers, with tiny previous owner name and date on front free endpaper. 379 pgs. Clean dustjacket with price intact ($2.50 on front inside flap), some corner clipping to front flap, slight wear to paper at top edge of spine. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. An historical French adventure story.
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Canal Town

By: Adams, Samuel Hopkins

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Random House: 1944

Edition: First

Seller ID: 005036

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

Clean blue-gray cloth boards with darker blue and gold lettering on cover and spine. Very little wear. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are bright and clean. No names or bookplates inside. 466 pgs.
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Canal Town

By: Adams, Samuel Hopkins

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Random House: 1944

Edition: First

Seller ID: 026626

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

Third printing in clean illustrated dust jacket. Very nice copy. Light blue cloth boards with gold and dark blue lettering on cover and spine. No fraying or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with previous owner name on front free endpaper. 466 pages. Clean illustrated dust jacket designed by William Sharp is not price clipped (2.75 on front inside flap), has very slight edge wear. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A romantic novel about a young doctor coming to Palmyra, New York and set against the buildi...
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The Sun of Quebec - A Story of a Great Crisis

By: Altsheler, Joseph A.

Price: $325.00

Publisher: New York / London, D. Appleton and Co.: 1919

Edition: First

Seller ID: 018661

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

First Edition, First Printing, with (1) on last page, in original unchipped jacket. Very clean unfaded brown cloth boards with bright gold stamped lettering on cover and spine, clean paste-on illustration on cover which is unchipped but has two tiny surface abrasions (each about the size of a grain of rice). Two corner tips have slight bumping. No fraying or wear to cloth. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. Four color plate illustrations (including frontispiece) by Charles L. Wrenn. 334 pgs. Clean dustjacket ...
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The Voyage of the Narwhal

By: Andrea Barrett

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, W W Norton & Co Inc: 1998

Edition: First

Seller ID: 023485

ISBN: 039304632X

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

First Edition, first printing, in clean unclipped dust jacket. Blue boards with darker blue spine, silver lettering on cover and spine. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean, with clean map-illustrated endpapers. No names, writing or bookplates. 397 pages. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped (24.95/34.99 on front inside flap). Enclosed in removable mylar cover.
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A Kidnapped Colony

By: Andrews, Mary Raymond Shipman

Price: $6.00

Publisher: New York/London, Harper & Brothers: 1903

Edition: First

Seller ID: 003527

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

First Edition. Light green cloth decorated boards with gilt lettering on cover and spine. Very light soiling. Binding is tight with slight lean. Nicely illustrated throughout by E. M. Ashe, frontis illustration with tissue guard. Pages are clean and bright. Previous owner name neatly penned at top edge of front free endpaper. 176 pgs.
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Burning Gold

By: Andrews, Robert Hardy

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Garden City, Doubleday Doran: 1945

Edition: First

Seller ID: 025595

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

Stated First Edition in original unclipped dust jacket. Clean dark blue cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. No fraying or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages are clean, with clean decorated endpapers. No names, writing or bookplates. 403 pages. Illustrated jacket is not price clipped (3.00 on front inside flap), unchipped, light foxing to rear panel, tinyblue ink drop to front panel. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Historical novel presents a lifelike picture of the violent days at the start of the eighteenth century when piracy tried men's souls.
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A Ring has No End

By: Armstrong, Thomas

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, William Sloane Associates: 1958

Edition: First

Seller ID: 013672

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Blue cloth boards with silver lettering on spine. No bumping or wear, slight fading to board edges. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Clean endpapers; tiny previous owner name on front fixed endpaper along spine edge. 477 pgs. Clean color illustrated dustjacket (by John Alan Maxwell) is not price clipped, has slight edge wear and short closed edge tears. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. War, love and violence in this chronicle of a noble Russian family--from the Crimean War through decades of imperial luxury and licentiousness to the shatter...
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A Ring Has No End

By: Armstrong, Thomas

Price: $12.00

Publisher: New York, William Sloane Associates: 1958

Edition: First

Seller ID: 010923

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Clean blue cloth boards with silver lettering on spine. No bumping or fraying. Binding is tight & square, pages are clean. No names, writing or bookplates. 477 pgs. Clean dustjacket is not price clipped, has small edge chips, slight edgewear and some closed edge tears. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. "Here are war and peace, love and violence, in the chronicle of a noble Russian family--a thunderous cavalcade--from the Crimean War through decades of imperial luxury and licentiousness to the shattering aftermath of the revolution." 8vo. Fiction.
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The Swan of Usk

By: Ashton, Helen

Price: $50.00

Publisher: New York, MacMillan: 1940

Edition: First

Seller ID: 015046

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

Clean green cloth boards with black lettering on spine. Nice sharp corners, no fraying. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Previous owner name and address written on front fixed endpaper. 320 pgs. Clean unfaded dustjacket with price intact, slight wear at top and bottom spine edge, a few very short closed edge tears. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. Historical novel about the life of Henry Vaughan, Welsh Royalit soldier, country physician, mystic and poet. 8vo. Fiction.
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In the Days of Poor Richard

By: Bacheller, Irving

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Grosset & Dunlap: 1922

Edition: Reprint

Seller ID: 027427

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Grosset & Dunlap edition in original dust jacket. Red cloth boards with black lettering on cover and spine, blind-stamped hour-glass decoration on cover. A couple of small faint water spots to cover. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean with previous owner name neatly ink-stamped on front free endpaper. Illustrated by John Wolcott Adams. 414 pages. Illustrated dust jacket has edge chipping and short closed edge tears, a few tiny nicks/scratches. Photo of author on rear panel with list of some of his books. Enclosed i...
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In Hampton Roads

By: Banks, Charles Eugene & George Cram Cook

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Chicago/New York, Rand McNally: 1899

Edition: First

Seller ID: 008965

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Clean green cloth boards with stamped white lettering on cover and spine (spine lettering has faded). Very tiny bit of wear to corners. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Neatly penned previous owner name & address on front free endpaper. 288 pgs. A novel set during the Civil War.
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The Thief Taker: Memoirs of a Bow Street Runner

By: Banks, T. F.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Delacorte Press: 2001

Edition: First

Seller ID: 013703

ISBN: 0-385-33571-7

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

Clean maroon boards with maroon cloth spine, gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 276 pgs. Clean bright dustjacket is unchipped, no wear, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. 8vo. Mystery.
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The Engine and the Gun

By: Barbary, James

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Meredith Press: 1963

Edition: First

Seller ID: 009378

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Very clean charcoal boards with white cloth spine, black title box with bright gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright. No names, writing or bookplates. Clean red endpapers. 159 pgs. Clean bright dustjacket is not price clipped, slight wear at top of spine. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. 8vo. Historical Fiction.
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The Voyage of the Narwahl

By: Barrett, Andrea

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, W. W. Norton: 1998

Edition: First

Seller ID: 013452

ISBN: 0-393-04632-X

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Clean blue boards with dark blue spine, silver lettering on spine. Tiny bump to one corner tip. Binding is tight & crisp, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers, illustrated with maps. No names, writing or marks. 399 pgs. Illustrated. Clean bright dustjacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. Part adventure narrative, part love story, this extraordinary chronicle captures a crucial moment in the history of eploration, the mid-nineteenth-century romance with the mystery of the Arctic. 8vo. Historical Fiction.
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Smoke Up the Valley: An Historical Novel of Texas in the '70's

By: Barrett, Monte

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Indianapolis/New York, Bobbs Merrill: 1949

Edition: First

Seller ID: 016023

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Stated First Edition. Blue cloth boards with gold lettering on cover and spine. Slight wear to corners, hint of light soiling. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Endpapers illustrated with maps (small bookstore name & address ink-stamped on front fixed endpaper). Cracking to paper at rear hinge has been expertly repaired. 344 pgs. 8vo. Historical Fiction.
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The Thunderer

By: Barrington, E.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, Grosset & Dunlap: 1927

Edition: Reprint

Seller ID: 021457

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

Grosset & Dunlap "Novels of Distinction" edition in clean original jacket. Clean blue cloth boards with decorative title box on cover and spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright, with clean endpapers. No names, writing or marks. 333 pages. Clean dustjacket is unchipped, hint of very light rubbing, a few tiny closed edge tears. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Historical novel about the life of Napoleon. Grosset & Dunlap's "Novels of Distinction" is a series of the best literature pro...
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Moccasin Flower

By: Bell, John

Price: $35.00

Publisher: St. Paul, MN, The Book Masters: 1935

Edition: Third printing

Seller ID: 017932

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

Copyright 1935, Published October, 1935 - Third Printing. Very clean unfaded burgundy red cloth boards with stamped gold lettering on cover and spine. No bumping, fraying or fading. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 255 pgs. Clean dustjacket is not price clipped (1.00 on front inside flap), has shallow chipping at top and bottom spine edges, very slight edge wear, small faint sticker mark. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. The story of a young Frenchwoman living in Minnesota in the 1860'...
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The Power and the Glory

By: Bentley, Phyllis

Price: $40.00

Publisher: New York, MacMillan: 1940

Edition: First

Seller ID: 011456

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near FIne

Very clean deep red cloth boards with black title box, gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, pages are clean. No names, writing or marks. 475 pgs. Dustjacket has small corner clips to front flap but price is still intact, mere hint of edgewear. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. Solid copy in collectible condition.
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Keyword:historical novel