Books of Fiction Authors A to E
Arranged alphabetically by author.


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    Abbey, Edward:  Good News.  New York: E. P. Dutton, 1980. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in 1/4 black and paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. An octavo of 8 1/4 by 5 3/8 inches with the typical tanning to the outer edges of the pages. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 242 pages of text.
    TB29937  $125.00




  • Abbey, Edward:  The Fool's Progress.  New York: Henry Holt & Co, 1988. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 black cloth and yellow paper covered boards with bold gilt text on the spine. A small quarto measuring 9" by 6" with very faint dust staining to the top edge of the text block. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 485 pages of text.
    TB00866  $25.00



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    Adams, Richard:  The Ship's Cat.  New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1977. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in glossy, illustrated paper covered boards. A small quarto measuring 10 3/4" by 8 1/2". In a fine dust jacket which duplicates the illustrated paper cover on the boards with the price intact on the front flap. 36 pages of text and "fantasticl pictures by Mr. Alan Aldridge". A clean, handsome and tight copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB26868  $35.00




  • Adams, Frank Davis:  The Life & Times of Buckshot South.  New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., 1959. First Edition, First printing. Fine in red paper covered boards. In a very good+ dust jacket with light wear and curling at the ends of ends of the spine area. A humorous novel of the west during the closing of the frontier era.
    TB09858  $17.50



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    Alcott, Louisa M.:  Little Men: Life At Plumfield With Jo's Boys.  Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1871. First Edition, First Printing. In good+ condition in the publisher's original green cloth covered boards with a gilt seal on the spine and on the front board and with coated, brown end papers. A 16mo measuring 6 1/2" tall by 4 1/4" deep containing 376 pages without a signature mark on the first page of text. There are several short closed tears to the cloth (1/32 inch) at the head and heel of the spine with light rubbing and wear as is the cloth over the tips of the boards. The text is preceded by four pages of ads from the publisher the last of which states that Pink and White Tyranny is "nearly ready". Illustrated with a frontispiece and three full line drawing plates. A very clean and handsome copy with no ownership markings. (BAL, 167; Ullom, 68)
    TB31273  $300.00




  • Aldiss, Brian:  Hothouse.  Norwalk, Conn.: The Easton Press, 1987. Collector's Edition. Fine in full bright red leather covered boards with three raised bands on the spine with gilt text and decorations stamped in the compartments and with gilt tool work on both covers. The end sheets are printed paper with a silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. All three edges of the text block are in gilt. An octavo measuring 9" by 6" containing 253 pages of text With the publisher's two page collector's notes laid-in. Illustrated with drawings by Patricia Davis and with an introduction by Marshal B. Tymn. One of the volumes in The Easton Press' collection of The Masterpieces of Science Fiction. A handsome, tight and clean copy with no prior owner's names, dates, notations or book plates.
    TB23751  $60.00




  • Alexie, Sherman:  Indian Killer.  New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1996. First Edition, First printing. Fine, In a fine dust jacket.
    TB04244  $24.50



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    Allen, Ralph B. (Translator):  The Saga Of Gisli Son Of Sour.  New York: Harcourt, Brace And Company, (1936). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in off white cloth covered boards with black text on the spine and black images on the front board. A small quarto measuring 9 1/4 by 6 1/4 inches with the cloth on the spine very slightly tanned. Without a dust jacket. 148 pages of text. Illustrated with engravings by Rockwell Kent.
    TB29133  $35.00




  • Allen, Hervey:  Bedford Village.  New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1944. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in decorated tan cloth covered boards with a gift inscription on the first free end paper. In a very good- dust jacket due to a price clipped front flap, a lightly faded spine area and shallow chipping at the ends of the spine area. The jacket art and frontispiece are by Andrew Wyeth. The second volume in The Disienherited series. This is an unusual variant as it lacks the pasted missing last line of text on page 298 which is pasted in on most 1st editions.
    TB11176  $28.00




  • Allen, Hervey:  Action at Aquila.  New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1938. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in blue cloth covered boards with gilt text block on the spine and embossed likeness of author's signature on the front board. In a very good dust jacket with 1/2" x 1" chip at the top of the spine and 1" chip at the base of the front panel. A novel of the Civil War written with the historical accuracy for which Hervey Allen was noted. A nice collectable copy despite the noted flaws.
    TB05216  $25.00




  • Allen, Hervey:  Toward the Morning.  New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1948. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in decorated tan cloth covered boards. In a very good- dust jacket due to 1/3" chips across the upper edge of the spine area & wear at the panel edges but with the price intact. The jacket art and frontispiece are by Andrew Wyeth. The third book in the series of historical novels of the early American frontier called The Disinherited.
    TB11175  $24.50




  • Andersen, Kurt:  Heyday.  New York: Random House, 2007. First Edition, First printing. Fine in black paper covered boards with gilt text on the spine. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 622 pages of text.
    TB21894  $25.00



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    Anonymous:  East Of The Sun And West Of The Moon Old Tales From The North.  New York: George H. Doran Company, n.d. [ca 1920]. First Edition. Good+ in its original yellow cloth covered boards with red text on the spine and front board. An octavo of 8 7/8 by 6 inches with the text block shaken within its binding with the front hinge going allowing the first free end page and the frontispiece to be a bit loose, the cloth on the spine is tanned and the boards are soiled. Without a dust jacket We note here that the incredibly detailed, color plates by Kay Nielsen show dates between 1913 and 1914 suggesting that they may have been part of an earlier printing of this title. 204 pages of text and illustrated with a color frontispiece tipped-in and 24 color plates tipped-in from paintings by Kay Nielsen and wood block vignettes also by Kay Nielsen. A collection of Norwegian fairy tales beautifully illustrated by Kay Nielsen.
    TB32296  $500.00




  • Anonymous:  The Arabian Night's Entertainments.  New York: Harper & Brothers, 1925. Reprint of May, 1925. Very good in black cloth covered boards with the gilt text nearly completely faded on the spine and with a color printed label on the front board which shows only light rubbing at its edges and a few minor light scratches to its surface. An octavo measuring 8 7/8" by 6". There is a gift inscription with the prior owner's name and date of "Jan. 2, 1928" on the first free end page. Without its very scarce issued dust jacket. [430] pages followed by two pages of ads by the publisher. "With over one hundred illustrations and decorations by Louis Rhead". A very worthy copy of an uncommon children's classic. The hinges, joints and binding are all tight and there are no loose pages or errant marks such as scribbling.
    TB23387  $75.00



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    Atwood, Margaret:  Life Before Man.  London: Jonathan Cape, (1980). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text stamped on the spine. An octavo of 8 1/2 by 5 3/8 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 317 pages of text.
    TB32208  $30.00



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    Auchincloss, Louis:  The Rector of Justin.  Franklin Center: The Franklin Library, 1977. Special Signed Limited Edition. Fine in highly gilt decorated dark brown leather covered boards with four raised bands on the spine and gilt edges to the text block with a silk placement ribbon bound-in. An octavo measuring 8 1/4" by 5 1/4". Signed by the author on the third free end paper. Laid-in at the front of the book is the publisher's 22 page notes from the editors. 417 pages of text and illustrations by Uldis Klavins. A tight and clean volume with no names, dates or prior owner's book plates.
    TB25468  $50.00



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    Auel, Jean:  The Clan of the Cave Bear, The Valley Of Horses, The Mammoth Hunters & The Plains of Passage.  New York: Crown Publishers, 1980, 1982, 1985 & 1990. First Editions, all first printings. All four volumes of this four volume set are in fine condition. All are small quartos measuring 9 1/4" by 6" with printed map end sheets. All are in fine to near fine, unclipped dust jackets. The lower edge of the spine area to The Clan of The Cave Bear is rubbed and worn and the is a narrow printed area to the upper edge of the front panel of The Valley of Horses which is flecked off the underlying paper. clipped and the jacket on The Valley Of Horses has a 1/3" chip from the upper fore edge of the rear panel at the fold to the flap. The four make up the authors first four books and the first four in her series of Earth's Children. All volumes are crisp and clean and with no prior owner's markings, dates or book plates.
    TB25379  $150.00




  • Auel, Jean M.:  The Mammoth Hunters.  New York: Crown Publishers, 1985. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 linen and decorated paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. In a near fine dust jacket with modest curling at the upper edge of the spine area. The author's third novel and the third book in the Earth's Children series.
    TB08299  $8.82



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    Bahr, Howard:  Home for Christmas.  Baltimore: The Nautical & Aviation Publishing Company, (1997). First Edition. Fine in full illustrated paper covered boards. Without a dust jacket as issued. The author's first novel, The Black Flower, was a bestseller and quickly sold out. This is a short novela about two children orphaned during the Civil War. 49 pages of text.
    TB08255  $40.00




  • Bailey, Anthony:  Major Andre.  New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1987. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in 1/4 cloth and paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine with a prior owner's name on the front paste down and first free end page. In a fine unclipped dust jacket. The author, a long-time contributor to The New Yorker, provides this fictionalized account of Major John Andre who was hanged as a spy by the American forces in Tappan, New York in 1780.
    TB23528  $12.00




  • Bangs, John Kendrick:  The Pursuit of The House Boat.  New York: Harper & Brothers, 1897. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in very attractive decorated cloth covered boards with black text stamping on the front board with minor spotting. Without a dust jacket. Subtitled: "Being some further account of the divers doing of the association shades, under the leadership of Sherlock Holmes, Esq." 204 pages with four pages of ads following. Black and white frontispiece with 23 additional illustrations by Peter Newell. With a warm dedication to A. Conan Doyle.
    TB06618  $30.00




  • Barich, Bill:  Carson Valley.  New York: Pantheon Books, 1997. First Edition, First printing. Fine in decorated paper covered boards. In a fine dust jacket. Bill Barich's fifth book which takes place in the wine region of northern California.
    TB06008  $14.00




  • Barich, Bill:  Hard to Be Good.  New York: Farrar, Straus & Gir, 1987. First Edition, First printing. Fine In a fine dust jacket.
    TB01378  $10.50



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    Barrie, J. M.:  Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens.  London: Hodder & Stoughton, (1912). First Edition. Very good in its original, gilt decorated light green cloth covered boards with gilt text and designs on the spine and the same on the front board. A quarto of 11 by 8 1/4 inches with the upper 1/2 inch of the spineback worn away and the lower edge of the spine worn down to the edge of the text block, the cloth over the tips of the boards is worn through. The hinges and joints remain strong and tight. The contents are bright and strong in their binding and there is no foxing or tanning of the pages. 127 pages of text illustrated with a tipped-in color frontispiece by Arthur Rackham and all 49 tipped-in color plates each accompanied by printed tissue guards as called for as well as 7 full page black and white line drawings and vignettes all by Rackham for a total of 50 illustrations. (Derek Hudson, Arthur Rackham His Life and Work, p.168) A worthy copy containing one of Rackham's most endearing set of illustrations. The gilt text and illustrations on the front board remain bright and clean.
    TB32911  $450.00



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    Bass, Rick:  The Sky, The Stars, The Wilderness.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1997. First Edition. Near fine in 1/4 maroon cloth and paper covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine with light dust staining to the top edge of the text block. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. A limited first edition which is numbered 31 out of only 100 copies and signed by the author on a tipped-in page prior to the fly title page. A collection of three novellas by Bass. Picked by Amazon books as one of the best books of nature/natural history for 1997 and winner of the 1998 Mountains & Plains Booksellers award.
    TB05706  $75.00




  • Bass, Rick:  Platte River.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1994. First Edition, First printing. Fine, In a fine dust jacket. A collection of three short stories.
    TB01835  $21.00




  • Bass, Rick:  The Sky, The Stars, The Wilderness.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1997. First Edition. Fine in 1/4 maroon cloth and paper covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine with 1st FEP creased at lower corner. In a fine dust jacket. A collection of three novellas by Bass. Picked by Amazon books as one of the best books of nature/natural history for 1997 and winner of the 1998 Mountains & Plains Booksellers award.
    TB05701  $20.00



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    Bass, Rick:  The Watch.  New York: W. W. Norton, 1989. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/2 green cloth and decorated paper covered boards with silver colored text stamping. In a fine dust jacket. The author's third book which is a collection of ten short stories which comprise his first publication of fiction.
    TB10528  $10.00




  • Batchelor, John Calvin:  American Falls.  New York: W. W. Norton & Co., 1985. First Edition. Near fine in 1/4 green cloth and paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine with modest rubbing at the spine ends. In a near fine unclipped dust jacket with very light wear to the upper edge of the spine area. A novel of the Civil War in which the Confederate Secret Service, based in Canada, is in a battle with their counterparts from the U.S. Secret Service. Based on actual events which took place during the last year of the conflict.
    TB19908  $25.00



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    Baum, L. Frank:  The Road To Oz.  Chicago: The Reilly & Britton Co., (1909). First Edition, First Printing, Binding B. Very good in light green cloth covered boards with black text on the spine and the outline of an animal character on the spine. The front board is decorated in dark green, light brown and red and has red text spelling out the title. An octavo of 9 by 6 5/8 inches with printed end sheets in black, white and red and conforming to Binding B with large and small capital letters in the spelling of the publisher on the spine (as noted in Paul Bienvenue's The Book Collector's Guide to L. Frank Baum p.42). There are two 1/8 inch holes in the cloth at the head and heel the spine and with light rubbing with the entire backstrip slightly tanned, both hinges have cracked, but has been professionally reinforced with clear, archival tape. The ownership page has a dated (1916) gift inscription. Coinciding with the first printing, binding B the pages of the text block tinted light blue, salmon, and tan. The words "Toto on" appearing on page 34, line 4 shows worn type as is page number 121 and the complete absence of a page number and caption on page 129. Without its issued dust jacket. 261 pages followed by a blank verso and two pages of ads from the publisher. Illustrated throughout from black and white engravings by John R. Neill. There are no color plates with this title. A very attractive and clean copy of this first edition. (Bienvenue, p.41)
    TB32358  $1000.00



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    Baum, L. Frank:  The Patchwork Girl Of Oz.  Chicago: The Reilly & Britton Co., (1913). First Edition, First Printing, First State. Very good in light green cloth covered boards with dark green text on the spine and the outline of Woozy character embellished in red on the spine. The front board is decorated in dark green and red with red and green text spelling out the title and author's name. An octavo of 9 by 6 3/4 inches with printed, color end sheets conforming to Binding A as defined in Paul Bienvenue's The Book Collector's Guide to L. Frank Baum p.52. The cloth and the head and heel of the spine is a bit rubbed and the backstrip is tanned. Both boards are slightly soiled. There is a 1/2 inch long area at the fore edge of the front board which has been chewed exposing the underlying board. Both hinges are holding, but starting. The ownership page has a dated (1916) gift inscription. This copy is a first state of the first edition as evidenced by the large red "C" in chapter on page 35 overlying the text on the page and the first page of ads on page [343] begins: "You will be glad to know...". Without its issued dust jacket. 341 pages followed by a blank verso and six pages of ads from the publisher describing early Oz titles. Illustrated throughout from black and white engravings by John R. Neill many of which are in color. A very attractive and clean copy of this first state of the first edition. (Bienvenue, p.50)
    TB32359  $525.00



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    Baum, L. Frank:  The Sea Fairies.  Chicago: The Reilly & Britton Co., (1911). First Edition, First Printing. Very near fine in light green cloth covered boards with dark green text on the spine and the design of a character in orange on the spine. The front board is covered with a color printed, paper label with very light scuffing and wear. An octavo of 9 by 6 3/4 inches with printed, color end sheets conforming to Binding A as defined in Paul Bienvenue's The Book Collector's Guide to L. Frank Baum p.244. The cloth and the head and heel of the spine is a bit rubbed. The ownership page is blank. Without its issued dust jacket. This was Baum's first book in the Trot series which was a departure from the Oz series of books. (240) pages followed by a blank verso. Illustrated with 12 color plates from engravings by John R. Neill and a number of vignettes. . A very attractive and clean copy of this first edition with no prior ownership markings of any kind. (Bienvenue, p.243)
    TB32487  $460.00



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    Baum, L. Frank:  Sky Island.  Chicago: Reilly & Lee, (1920). Later printing of First Edition by Reilly & Lee. Very good+ in green cloth covered boards with black text on the spine and the image of a folded umbrella and on the front board is a very bright printed, color paste-on. A small quarto of 9 by 6 3/4 inches with a 1/4 inch hole eaten through the cloth by some small monster at the lower end of the spine and with the cloth worn down to the edge of the text block. The ownership page is filled in with a dated (1927) signature in pencil and the top margin of the title page is lightly soiled. (288) pages of text. Illustrated throughout with engravings from illustrations by John R. Neill with 12 full color inserts all of which are present and in undamaged condition. This copy is the 1920 printing by Reilly & Lee conforming to Paul Bienvenue's The Book Collector's Guide to L. Frank Baum p.248). (Bienvenue, p.248)
    TB32363  $150.00



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    Baum, L. Frank:  Dorothy And The Wizard In Oz.  Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co., circa 1940. Later reprint. Near fine in blue cloth covered boards with black text on the spine and with a color printed, paper label on the front boards with no wear of any kind. An octavo of 8 7/8 by 6 1/2 inches. In a very good unclipped dust jacket with a 5 inch long closed tear on the front panel, wear and tiny chipping from the corners of the front panel over the tips of the boards and small shallow chips from the lower edge of the spine area and two tiny closed tears to the upper edge of the spine area and a 1/4 inch closed tear to the lower edge of the rear panel. 226 pages of text. Illustrated with numerous black and white illustrations by John R. Neill. An extremely clean and tight copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind. (Bienvenue, p.38)
    TB32488  $45.00



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    Baum, L. Frank:  The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.  New York: William Morrow and Company, c1987. Sixth Printing. Fine in printed with wrap around art, light yellow cloth covered boards with green white and red text on the spine and green and red text on the front board with an illustration of a lion. An octavo of 8 1/4 by 6 1/4 inches. In a fine, unclipped (no price) dust jacket. One of the volumes in the publisher's "Books of Wonder Series". 267 pages of text and illustrated throughout with 24 color plates and 130, two-color vignettes from drawings by W. W. Denslow.
    TB32495  $35.00



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    Baum [Ruth Plumly Thompson], L. Frank:  The Royal Book Of Oz.  Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co., (1921). First Edition, First Printing. Very good in light tan-green cloth covered boards with black text on the spine and with a printed, color, paper label on the front board. An octavo of 9 by 6 1/2 inches with light rubbing and minor losses to the color label on the front board, rubbing and wear to the cloth at the heel of the spine and with page 243/244 torn completely through, but professionally repaired with archival tape on its verso side. The front hinge has started and has been reinforced and the rear hinge has been repaired with book tape. The "This Book belongs to" page has been filled in with pencil by a young prior owner with a date of "January 1, 1922". Without its issued dust jacket. 312 pages of text. Illustrated with a color frontispiece and with 11 color plates and numerous black and white vignettes by John R. Neill. The caption below the plate facing page 255 contains the typo of "Scarecorw's" as called for in the first and only printing of the first edition of this title. (Bienvenue, p.102)
    TB32442  $125.00



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    Bear, Greg:  Vitals.  Norwalk, Conn.: The Easton Press, 2002. Collector's Edition. Fine in full decorated red leather covered boards with five raised bands on the spine with gilt text and decorations stamped in the compartments and with gilt tool work on both covers. The end sheets are silk and there is a matching silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. All three edges of the text block are in gilt. A small quarto measuring 9 3/4" by 6 1/2" containing 206 pages of text. Limited to only 1,150 copies with this copy identified as number 654 and signed by the author on the special limitation page. With the publisher's one page note laid-in at the front of the book. Illustrated with a frontispiece by Adrian Chesterman. One of the volumes in The Easton Press' collection of Signed, First Editions of Science Fiction. A handsome, tight, clean copy with no prior owner's names, dates, notations or book plates.
    TB25930  $60.00



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    Beardsley, Aubrey:  The Story of Venus and Tannhauser.  New York: , 1927. Limited Edition. Near fine in 1/4 gold and black cloth covered boards with black text stamped on the spine with rough cut edging. The text block is composed of hand made paper from France. Without a dust jacket but contained within a fair, paper covered slip case which has started to part at its lower edges. This copy is identified on the colophon as number 423 of only 750 copies printed and issued privately for subscribers only. 93 numbered pages of text with six full page illustrations and ten headpieces designed by Bertram R. Elliott.
    TB21633  $175.00



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    Beauclerk, Helen:  The Green Lacquer Pavilion.  New York: George H. Doran Company, (1926). First Edition, First Printing. Very good+ in its original dark tan cloth covered boards with a green and yellow title block on the spine and the image of a Chinese structure in green on the front board. A small octavo of 7 5/8 by 5 1/4 inches with light rubbing to the cloth at the corners of the spine and over the tips of the boards. In a good+ unclipped dust jacket with 1/4 inch deep chips across the upper edge of the spine area which is well tanned and with small shallow chips from the lower edge of the same and small chips from over the tips of the boards. With illustrations by Edmund Dulac. 319 pages of text illustrated with a frontispiece and nine images from wood cuts by Edmund Dulac.
    TB32183  $80.00



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    Benet, Stephen Vincent:  John Brown's Body.  Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc., 1928. First Edition, Limited Edition. Fine in 1/4 light brown morocco leather with light brown linen covered boards with five raised bands on the spine and a gilt stamped title label on red-brown leather in one of the compartments. A small quarto of 9 1/4 by 6 1/4 inches with a prior owner's book plate on the front paste down. Without a dust jacket. One of only 201 large paper copies numbered and signed by the author on the limitation page. This copy is identified as number 153. 377 pages of text. A narrative of the Civil War. This copy was rebound in it present state in 1992 as evidenced by a laid-in book seller's description in the rear of this copy.
    TB31461  $400.00



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    Benford, Gregory:  Timescape.  Norwalk, Conn.: The Easton Press, 1989. Collector's Edition. Near fine in full black leather covered boards with three raised bands on the spine with gilt text and decorations stamped in the compartments and with gilt tool work on both covers. The gilt in some of the embossed areas on the boards is missing. The end sheets are printed paper with a silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. All three edges of the text block are in gilt. An octavo measuring 9" by 6" containing 412 pages of text. With the publisher's two page collector's notes laid-in. Illustrated with drawings by Bob Eggleton and with an introduction by David G. Harftwell. One of the volumes in The Easton Press' collection of The Masterpieces of Science Fiction. A very tight and clean copy with no prior owner's names, dates, notations or book plates.
    TB23589  $50.00




  • Boswell, Robert:  Crooked Hearts.  New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1987. First Edition, First printing. Fine in illustrated heavy paper wraps. A paperback book issued without a dust jacket. 340 pages. An advance reader's copy.
    TB16581  $10.50




  • Boswell, Robert:  Mystery Ride.  New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1993. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 cloth and paper covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the front board and spine. In a fine dust jacket. This, the author's fourth book, is now in at least its 5th printing.
    TB04517  $7.35




  • Bottoms, David:  Any Cold Jordan.  Atlanta: Peachtree Publishers, 1987. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 blue cloth and paper covered boards with the text block beginning to tan due to the high acid content of the paper used. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. The author's first novel.
    TB15062  $10.00




  • Boyd, James:  Drums.  New York: Charles Scribner's, 1925. First Edition, First printing. Very good- in green cloth covered boards with the upper third of the first free end paper torn away, the spine is slightly tanned and the gilt text stamping on the spine is tarnished. Missing its issued dust jacket as the jacket for this title is seldom seen. The author's first book which was reprinted in the now well known illustrated edition by N. C. Wyeth. A novel of the American Revolution.
    TB06630  $20.00




  • Brandon, Jay:  Executive Privilege.  New York: Tom Doherty Associates, 2001. First Edition, First printing. Fine in black paper covered boards with metallic red text stamping on the spine. In a fine dust jacket.
    TB15705  $14.00




  • Brandon, Jay:  AfterImage.  New York: Tom Doherty Associates, 2000. First Edition, First printing. Fine in red paper covered boards. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. The author's second novel dealing with San Antonio District Attorney Chris Sinclair and psychiatrist Anne Greenwald.
    TB12069  $4.90




  • Brinkley, William:  The Ninety and Nine.  Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1966. First Edition, First printing. Very good with a 1 inch tear to the top of the spine and a 1/2 inch closed tear to the title page and a lower corner missing from the next page. In a very good dust jacket with two 1" tears at the top of the spine area. A novel about the US Navy during World War II by the author of Don't Go Near the Water.
    TB06178  $5.00



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    Brooks, Geraldine:  Horse.  New York: Viking, (2022_. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in 1/4 red and orange paper covered boards with black text stamped on the spine. An octavo of 9 by 6 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. Signed by the author on the second free end page without a date or inscription. 401 pages of text.
    TB32650  $95.00



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    Brooks, Geraldine:  Caleb's Crossing.  New York: Viking, 2011. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in light gray paper covered boards with copper colored text stamping on the spine and with the author's initials stamped on the front board. An octavo measuring 8 7/8 by 5 7/8 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 306 pages of text. Although a novel it is based on the few facts surrounding the life of Caleb Cheeeshahteaumauk a native American of Martha's Vineyard who was the first native American to graduate from Harvard College in 1665.
    TB29142  $20.00



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    Brooks, Geraldine:  The Secret Chord.  New York: Viking, (2015). First Edition, First Printing. Near fine in brown paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. an octavo of 9 by 5 7/8 inches with upper 1/16 inch of the front, rear board and spine sun faded with what may be a very small, red remainder dot on the lower edge of the text block. In a near fine unclipped dust jacket with spine area faded and the upper portion of the rear panel faded. 302 pages of text. Illustrated with map end sheets.
    TB31894  $15.00



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    Burnett, Frances Hodgson:  Little Lord Fauntleroy.  New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1886. First Edition. Very near fine in its original decorated, cloth covered boards with gilt text with red, silver and tan designs on the spine and with black text and gilt and red designs on the front board. An octavo of 8 1/4 by 6 1/2 inches very shallow closed tears to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine and with rubbing to the cloth over the tips of the boards. The front and rear hinges have started, but remain holding as the joints are strong and tight. The contents are extremely clean and bright with no tanning or foxing. This copy is contained within beautiful, felt-lined chemise which slips into a slipcase of 1/2 red morocco and red cloth covered boards. The spine end of the slipcase has five raised bands with gilt text in three of the compartments. 209 pages of text followed by 12 pages of illustrated ads by the publisher. The book is illustrated with a frontispiece from an engraving by Reginald Birch and numerous plates from engravings and vignettes. First Issue with DeVinne Press imprint on page 210.
    TB32468  $300.00



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    Burroughs, Edgar Rice:  Tarzan And The Ant Men.  Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1924. First Edition. Very good in its original brown cloth covered boards with dark brown text on the spine and on the front board. A 12mo of 7 3/8 by 4 3/4 inches with rubbing to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine and with the cloth worn through over the tips of the boards. Without its issued dust jacket. The contents are clean, tight and free of foxing, tanning or any previous ownership markings. This copy is in a first state binding with "A C McCLURG & CO." at the base of the spine in two lines. 346 pages of text followed by an un-numbered leaf titled "How Burroughs Wrote the Tarzan Tales" by Robert H. Davis the last two pages of which are missing. Illustrated with a frontispiece from a painting by J. Allen St. John.
    TB32185  $200.00



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    Burroughs, Edgar Rice:  Tarzan And The Foreign Legion.  Tarzana, Calif.: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., (1947). First Edition. Fine in blue cloth covered boards with red-orange text on the spine and front board. A small octavo of 7 1/2 by 5 1/8 inches with the top edge of the text block stained red.. In a very near fine unclipped (no price) dust jacket with only a hint of rubbing to the ends of the spine area and three tiny nicks to the lower edge of the front panel. 314 pages of text and illustrated with a frontispiece and four plates from paintings by John Coleman Burroughs. An extremely fine copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB32211  $175.00



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    Burroughs, Edgar Rice:  Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar.  Chicago: A. C. McClurg, 1918. First Edition. Very good in its original green cloth covered boards with tarnished gilt text on the spine and with bright gilt text on the front board. A 12mo of 7 1/4 by 5 inches with the cloth worn through over the tips of the boards and a very slight concave appearance to the spine.. Without its issued dust jacket. 350 pages of text followed by two leaves of ads for other Burroughs titles. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 7 plates from paintings by J. Allan St. John. The contents are clean, tight and free of foxing, tanning or any prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB32186  $125.00



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    Burroughs, Edgar Rice:  Tarzan At The Earth's Core.  Tarzana, Calif.: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. Publishers, [1948]. First Edition by Burroughs Publishers. Very near fine in tan cloth covered boards with dark blue text on the spine and front board. A small octavo of 7 1/2 by 5 inches. In a very good+, unclipped (no price) dust jacket with two very small chips at the upper corners of the spine area and nicks to the upper and lower fore corners of the panels over the tips of the boards. 301 pages of text. Illustrated with a frontispiece from a painting by J. Allen St. John. A very nice, collectible copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB32214  $75.00



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    Burroughs, Edgar Rice:  The Return of Tarzan.  New York: A. L. Burt Company, Publishers, c1915, [1916}. Reprint. Very good+ in light green cloth covered boards with black text on the spine and front board. A 12mo of 7 3/8 by 5 inches with the top and fore edge of the text block soiled and light spots of rubbing to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine. In a good machine clipped dust jacket (no price) with 3/4" deep chips across the upper edge of the spine area and heavy rubbing to the folds. This jacket appears about 1/4" taller than the height of the book. It could be a "married" jacket from another copy. 365 pages of text. Illustrated with chapter headings by J. Allen St. John. The dust jacket was illustrated by N. C. Wyeth. The first edition of this title was published by A. C. McClurg in March of 1915. (Bergen, p. 24)
    TB32216  $75.00




  • Byatt, A. S.:  Angels & Insects.  New York: Random House, 1992. First Edition, First printing. Fine in black cloth and paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and gilt decorative design on the front board. In a fine dust jacket. Two novellas by this Booker Winning author of Possession.
    TB04628  $15.00



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    Byrd, Max:  Shooting The Sun.  New York: Bantam Books, (2004). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in 1/4 brown cloth and cream colored paper covered boards with copper colored text on the spine. An octavo of 8 3/16 by 5 1/2 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 306 pages of text.
    TB30028  $15.00




  • Cabell, James Branch:  There Were Two Pirates A Comedy of Division.  New York: Farrar, Straus & Co., 1946. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in 1/4 black cloth and decorated paper covered boards with a 1/4" snag to the head of the spine. In a very good+ dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap but with a 1/2" wide by 1/4" deep chip from the upper edge of the spine area and rubbing to the folds. A love novel set in St. Augustine, Florida in which one of the two main characters turns to murder and piracy. With illustrations by John O'Hara Cosgrave, II.
    TB14230  $20.00



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    Caldwell, Ian, and Dustin Thomason:  The Rule Of Four.  New York: The Dial Press, 2004. First Edition. Fine in 1/4 cream cloth and off white paper covered boards with metallic red text stamping on the spine. In a fine unclipped dust jacket. Signed by both authors on the title page. A bibliomystery and the authors' first book. 372 pages of text.
    TB22189  $18.00



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    Capote, Truman:  In Cold Blood.  New York: Random House, 1965. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in maroon cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and with the author's initials stamped on the front board. An octavo measuring 8 3/8 by 5 5/8 inches with slight fading of the cloth near the head of the spine corresponding to the chip loss from the dust jacket. In a good, price clipped dust jacket with a large deep chip from the upper edge of the spine area, heavy rubbing to the folds and two long closed tears. 343 pages of text. A first edition copy with all of the issue points for the book and its first issue dust jacket. There are no prior owner's names, dates or book plates.
    TB28867  $75.00




  • Carr, Caleb:  The Angel of Darkness.  New York: Random House, 1997. First Edition, First printing. Fine in black paper covered boards with a gilt embossing on the front board. In a fine jacket and the dust jacket lacks a price, indicating that it is perhaps from a book club copy. The author's fifth book and the second to deal with the crime solving exploits of Dr. Laszlo Kreizler.
    TB07414  $6.30



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    Carroll, Lewis:  Through The Looking-Glass And What Alice Found There.  New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1902. First Edition Thus. Near fine in original vellum covered boards with gilt text on the spine and a raised, gilt image of Alice and gilt text on the front board and the top edge of the text block is gilt. An octavo of 8 3/4 by 5 5/8 inches with a 1/4" closed tear at the head of the spine which is also slightly tanned. Pasted to the front paste down is a book plate from The Pantasote Co., of New York indicating that this copy was presented as an award for the 1908 Limerick Contest. Pasted to the first free end page is the typed letter from The Pantasote Company awarding this copy to the winner of the prize. Also pasted to this page is that award winner's book plate. The book is contained within three quarters of its original, stiff dust jacket; unfortunately, the spine area of the jacket is missing, but the front panel is decorated with a raised image of Alice and the same gilt text that appear on the front board of the book. 211 pages of text with each page surrounded with numerous varied marginal decorations by Robert Murray Wright and further illustrated with 40 plates by Peter Newell. Also, laid-in at the front of the book is an undated newspaper (Times Wide World Photos) photo of Alice (Mrs. Reginald Hargreaves) for whom Lewis Carroll wrote The Adventures of Alice in Wonderland.
    TB30197  $275.00




  • Carroll, James:  Fault Lines.  Boston: Little Brown & Co., 1980. First Edition, First printing. Fine in green 1/4 cloth and paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. In a fine dust jacket. A review copy with the publisher's materials laid-in. The author's third book which deals with the protagonist coming to terms with having gone to Sweden to avoid being drafted to go to Viet Nam while his younger brother goes and is killed there.
    TB04912  $20.00




  • Carter, Jimmy:  The Hornet's Nest.  New York: Simon & Schuster, 2003. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 blank and dark blue-green paper covered boards with gilt text on the spine. In a fine unclipped dust jacket. 465 pages of text. A novel of the American Revolution which takes place in the south.
    TB22320  $20.00



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    Cather, Willa:  O'Pioneers!.  n.p.: Westvaco, 2000. Limited Edition. Fine in dark green cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and with illustrated end papers and a dark blue placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. Without a dust jacket; but, contained in a fine illustrated paper covered slip case. Both the book and its slip case are within the publisher's original shipping carton. The 2000 edition of the Westvaco American Classic Series making it the 43rd volume in their series. Originally published in 1913. 262 pages of text.
    TB25665  $40.00



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    Cather, Willa:  One of Ours.  No place listed.: No publisher listed, No date. Unstated Edition. Fine in heavy paper, printed wraps over an adhesive binding. A quarto of 11 by 8 1/2 inches. Without a dust jacket as issued. This title won the 1922 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. Unpaginated containing 19 chapters.
    TB31428  $25.00




  • Charyn, Jerome:  The Tar Baby.  New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1973. First Edition, First printing. Fine in tan cloth covered boards with black text and decorations on the spine and front board with a faint set of numbers stamped on the first free end paper possibly indicating a review copy. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. sticker on the front panel.
    TB15605  $10.00




  • Chatwin, Bruce:  Utz.  New York: Viking Press, 1989. First Edition, First printing. Near fine, In a near fine dust jacket.
    TB01831  $17.15



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    Cheever, John:  The Day The Pig Fell Into The Well.  Northridge, Calif.: Lord John Press, 1978. Signed, limited first edition. Near fine in 1/4 gold cloth and printed paper covered boards with a narrow paper label on the spine and tan end sheets. A small quarto measuring 9 3/4" by 6 3/8" with the remnants of a prior owner's book plate on the first free end page. Signed by the author and identified as copy number 134 out of only 275 signed and numbered copies on the last page of text. 23 pages of text.
    TB23769  $100.00




  • Cheever, Benjamin:  The Partisan.  New York: Atheneum, 1993. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 tan cloth and decorated tan paper covered boards with red text stamped on the spine. In a fine dust jacket wiht the price intact on the front flap. Signed and inscribed by the author on the title page. The author's second novel.
    TB15931  $17.50



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    Clancy, Tom:  The Hunt For Red October.  Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1984. First Edition, First Printing. Very near fine in red cloth covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine and with a blind embossed design on the front board. An octavo measuring 9" tall by 6" deep with mild bumps to the lower fore corners of the boards. In a near fine unclipped dust jacket (no price) with a hint of wear to the upper corners of the spine area and to the upper fore corner of the rear panel over the tip of the rear board. The front flap has a crease down its entire length at its inboard edge. The hinges and joints are tight and strong and the contents are without damage or makrings. A first issue copy to include the 18-line copyright page, showing no additional printings,the six-blurb rear jacket panel with Clive Cussler as the third blurb and with the hammer and sickle blind stamped on the front board. 387 pages of text. The basis for the exciting 1990 movie of the same name starring Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin, Scott Glenn and James Earl Jones A very bright clean and tight copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB32242  $1000.00




  • Clark, Robert:  In The Deep Midwinter.  New York: Picador USA, 1997. First Edition, First printing. Fine, In a fine dust jacket. Well reviewed by Time magazine. The author's first book of fiction. His previous books include James Beard: A Biography and River of the West.
    TB04067  $45.00




  • Clark, Robert:  River of the West.  New York: HarperCollins West, 1995. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/2 cloth and paper covered boards. In a near fine dust jacket with a small narrow stain at the base of the spine area. The author's second book which deals with the history and culture of the Columbia River as told through numerous short stories. The author's second book.
    TB05243  $17.50



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    Clement, Hal:  Mission Of Gravity.  Norwalk, Conn.: The Easton Press, 1987. Collector's Edition. Fine in full dark blue leather covered boards with three raised bands on the spine with gilt text and decorations stamped in the compartments and with gilt tool work on both covers. An octavo measuring 9" by 6". The end sheets are printed paper with a silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. All three edges of the text block are in gilt. Containing 224 pages of text. With the publisher's two page collector's notes laid-in. Illustrated with a frontispiece by Vincent DiFate and with an introduction by C. J. Cherryh. One of the volumes in The Easton Press' collection of The Masterpieces of Science Fiction. A very handsome, tight, clean copy with no prior owner's names, dates, notations or book plates.
    TB25934  $50.00



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    Cockrill, John A.:  The Major In Washington City A Series of Timely Letters from a Strict Southern Standpoint.  New York: Morning Advertiser, 1893. First Edition. Good+ in 3/4 green morocco and marbled paper covered boards with four raised bands on the spine and gilt tool work and gilt text in the compartments and gilt borders to outline the leather from the marbled paper. A 12mo measuring 7 1/4 by 4 3/4 inches with the leather worn, rubbed and chipped at the tips of the boards and rubbed at the joints. The front hinge is weak and there is a prior owner's name in pencil on the second free end page. The Introductory page is signed by the author John A. Cockrill and dated "Nov. 20th 1892". 236 pages of text illustrated with an engraved title page and with occasional line drawings within the text. For years this title has been erroneously attributed to "Major Randolph Gore Hampton" as that name appears beneath the portrait of this fictitious character on the title page. We also note that the copyright for this title is in the name of John A. Cockrill.
    TB28964  $150.00




  • Coke, John Byrne:  South of the Border.  Toronto: Bantam Books, 1989. . Fine in 1/4 black cloth and paper covered boards. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. A western fiction novel which involves the return of Butch Cassidy.
    TB14567  $5.00



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    Colton, Arthur:  The Belted Seas.  New York: Henry Holt And Company, 1905. First Edition. Very good in ribbed, green cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and decorations and gilt text on the front board. A 12mo of 7 3/8 by 5 inches with a 1/16 inch closed tear to the cloth with rubbing and wear at the head of the spine and with rubbing and light wear to the cloth at the heel of the spine and with both hinges cracked and a prior owner's name on the first free end page. Without a dust jacket. 312 pages of text. The simple, gilt art neauvo cover design is by Bertha Stuart.
    TB31329  $45.00




  • Combs, Harry:  Brules.  Novato: Lyford Books, 1992. First Edition, First printing. Fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with bright gilt text stamping on the spine with a gift inscription on the first free end paper. In a very good+, unclipped, dust jacket with minor nicks to the color at the ends of the spine area and at the corners of the panels but with no chipping or tears. This award winning author published a sequel to this book entitled The Scout. This is the true first edition of this title. It was republished in 1994 by the Delacorte Press.
    TB16178  $80.00




  • Conley, Robert J.:  Mountain Windsong.  Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992. First Edition, First printing. Fine in tan cloth covered boards with silver colored text on the spine. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 218 pages of text. A novel of the Trail of Tears.
    TB03326  $25.00




  • Connery, Tom:  Honour Redeemed.  London: Orion Books Ltd., 1997. First Edition, First printing. Fine in medium blue paper covered boards with silver colored text stamping. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. Signed by the author on the title page. Tom Connery is the pseudonym of David Donachie. Under his Tom Connery nom de plume this is his second book in the series dealing with Lieutenant George Markham. It takes place during the battle of Corsica with the French.
    TB13582  $25.00




  • Connery, Tom:  Honour Be Damned.  London: Orion Books Ltd., 1998. First Edition, First printing. Fine in forest green paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. Tom Connery is the pseudonym of David Donachie. Under his Tom Connery nom de plume this is his third book in the series dealing with Lieutenant George Markham. It takes place during the early days of the French Revolution.
    TB16042  $17.50




  • Connery, Tom:  A Shred of Honour.  Washington: Regnery Publishing, Inc, 1999. First Edition, First printing. Fine in light gray paper covered boards. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. Tom Connery is the pseudonym of David Donachie. Under his Tom Connery nom de plume this is his first book in his series dealing with Marine Lieutenant George Markham. It takes place during the French Revolution and the battle for Toulon in 1793.
    TB13955  $12.50



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    Conrad, Joseph:  The Rescue A Romance of the Shallows.  London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1920. First Edition. Very good+ in green cloth covered boards with tarnished gilt text on the spine and deeply embossed borders around the edges of the boards together with a blind embossed seal on the front board. The rear hinge is cracked, but the joint remains tight. There are three small stains to the fore edge of the text block which are not of any consequence. In a good, unclipped (the price appears on the spine area) dust jacket with 1/3" chips across the upper edge of the spine area which is also heavily tanned. There is a 1 1/4" curved closed tear at the upper inside corner of the front panel and both panels are lightly soiled around their edges. 416 pages of text. The contents are clean and free of any damage or prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB29442  $80.00



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    Conrad, Joseph:  The Rover.  Garden City: , 1923. First Edition. Very good+ in dark blue cloth covered boards with faded gilt text and decorations on the spine and bright gilt text on the front board. A small octavo of 7 3/4 by 5 inches with a small chip to the cloth at the head of the spine, curling of the cloth at the heel of the spine and the cloth is worn through over two of the tips of the boards; otherwise, a clean and handsome copy of Conrad's first American edition. Without a dust jacket. 286 pages of text. The story of a French sailor who is pressed into deceiving the British Navy in the 1780's. Points of issue include: Page 10, third line from bottom: dot missing on the i in the word 'give'; Page 221, second line: the 'g' is missing in "go'; Page 285, twelfth line: no hyphen in 'continued'; and, Page 307 top line: a double strike in the book's title.
    TB31230  $50.00



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    Conroy, Pat:  The Lords of Discipline.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1980. First Edition. Fine in 1/4 black cloth and blue paper covered boards with gilt text on the spine. .An octavo of 9 by 6 inches with minor rubbing to the lower edges of the boards. In a very near fine, unclipped, first state dust jacket with a tiny chip to the upper edge of the spine area and a 1/8 inch closed tear to the upper edge of the front flap and a small spot of soiling to the front panel over the gutter. Signed and inscribed by the author on the title page. 499 pages of text. A very neat, clean and handsome copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB32180  $325.00



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    Conroy, Pat:  The Prince of Tides.  London: Bantam Press, (1987). First Edition, First printing. Fine in green cloth covered boards with bold gilt stamping on the spine. A small quarto measuring 9 3/16 by 5 7/8 inches with a prior owner's name and "London, April '87" at the upper corner of the first free end page. The author's fifth novel which was adapted to a movie of the same name. 567 pages of text with a binder's error on page 315/316 leaving the lower corner of the page uncut correctly which did not effect the text.
    TB29259  $30.00



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    Cooper, James Fenimore:  The Last of the Mohicans.  New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1919. First Edition. Very good+ in black cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine. A small quarto of 9 1/4 by 7 inches with only slight rubbing to the head and heel of the spine, a 1/8 inch nick to the cloth on the rear joint and the cloth over the tips of the boards is worn through. The end sheets are illustrated by N. C. Wyeth and the pictorial paper label on the front board is in excellent condition with only three small areas of rubbing. Without its issued dust jacket. 370 pages of text with 14 color plates by N. C. Wyeth. Both hinges have been professionally reinforced.
    TB33075  $150.00



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    Cooper, James Fenimore:  The Leatherstocking Saga.  New York: Pantheon Books, c.1954. First Edition. Fine in 1/4 green and brick red cloth covered boards with gilt on black title blocks on the spine with gilt rules and a black line art sketch of an Indian on horseback on the front board. An small quarto measuring 9 1/4 by 6 1/4 inches with light foxing on the edges of the text block. Without a dust jacket; however, the book is contained within a very good+, paper covered slipcase with moderate wear to the opening edges. From the title page: "Being those parts of The Deerslayer, The Last Of The Mohicans, The Pathfinder, The Pioneers, and The Prairie which specially pertain to Natty Bumpo otherwise known as Pathfinder, Deerslayer or Hawkeye; the whole arranges in chronological order from Hawkeye's youth on the new York frontier in King George's War until his death on the Western prairies in Jefferson's Administration." Edited by Allan Nevins and illustrated with line drawings by Reginald Marsh. 833 pages of text. 833 pages of text. A very clean and tight copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB26447  $35.00



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    Cornwell, Bernard:  Sharpe's Fortress.  London: HarperCollins Pub., 1999. First Edition. Fine in red paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. Signed by the author on the title page. The 16th volume in the Sharpe's series which occurs in India starting in December, 1803 and follows Sharpe's Triumph.
    TB25310  $115.00



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    Cornwell, Bernard:  Sharpe's Escape.  London: HarperCollins Pub., 2004. First Edition. Fine in red paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine with small spots of foxing to the top edge of the text block. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. Signed by the author on the title page. The 20th volume in the Sharpe's series which occurs in Portugal during the Bussaco Champaign of 1810. 351 pages of text illustrated with a map.
    TB25312  $100.00



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    Cornwell, Bernard:  Sharpe's Trafalgar Richard Sharpe and the Battle of Trafalgar, 21 October 1805.  London: HarperCollins, 2000. First Edition. Fine in dark blue paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine with a cut-away drawing of a Third Rate on the end papers. In a fine unclipped dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page. The seventeenth volume in the Richard Sharpe series. This takes place in 1805 while he is returning to England from India and he becomes embroiled in the Battle of Trafalgar.
    TB25311  $75.00




  • Cornwell, Bernard:  Rebel.  New York: HarperCollins, 1993. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 red cloth and paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. Volume I of The Starbuck Chronicles. This novel ends with the Battle of Bull Run.
    TB19911  $25.00




  • Cornwell, Bernard:  Sharpe's Trafalgar.  London: HarperCollins, 2000. First Edition, First printing. Fine in dark blue paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine with a cut-away drawing of a Third Rate on the end papers. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. The seventeenth volume in the Richard Sharpe series. This takes place in 1805 while he is returning to England from India and he becomes embroiled in the Battle of Trafalgar.
    TB10627  $20.00



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    Cornwell, Bernard:  Sharpe's Havoc.  New York: HarperCollins, 2002. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in black paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. Another volume in the Richard Sharpe series which takes place in 1809 while Sharpe is in the Iberian Peninsula. 306 pages. A fine bright copy with no prior owner's markings or book plates.
    TB26370  $20.00



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    Cornwell, Bernard:  Wildtrack.  London: Michael Joseph, (1988). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in blue paper covered boards with bold, copper colored, text stamping on the spine. A small quarto of 9 1/4 by 6 inches with map end sheets. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 330 pages of text.
    TB32894  $20.00



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    Cornwell, Bernard:  The Fort A Novel of the Revolutionary War.  New York: Harper, (2010). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in black paper covered boards with bold gilt text stamped on the spine. An octavo of 8 by 6 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 468 pages of text. A novel taking place in what is now Penobscot, Maine in a battle between a British force and a 1,000 man rebel army from Boston sent to eject the British from their outpost.
    TB33111  $20.00



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    Cornwell, Bernard:  Sharpe's Trafalgar Richard Sharpe and the Battle of Trafalgar, 21 October 1805.  London: HarperCollins, 2000. First Edition. Fine in dark blue paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine with a cut-away drawing of a Third Rate on the end papers. In a fine unclipped dust jacket. The seventeenth volume in the Richard Sharpe series. This takes place in 1805 while he is returning to England from India and he becomes embroiled in the Battle of Trafalgar.
    TB31020  $15.00



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    Cottrell, Dorothy:  Tharlane.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1930. First Edition, First printing. Very good+ in brick red cloth covered boards with orange text on the spine and front board. A 12mo measuring 7 3/8" by 5" with first free end page removed. In a very good unclipped dust jacket with 1/4" deep chipping across the upper edge of the spine area and the first 2" of the top edge of the front panel and with 1/8" deep chipping across the lower edge of the spine area. 358 pages of text. This novel is of the efforts of one man to tame a wild part of the Australian outback. Published outside of the US under the title of Earth Battle at a later date. Exceptionally uncommon in its issued dust jacket.
    TB24750  $65.00




  • Cowley, Malcolm:  Think Back On Us...A Contemporary Chronicle of the 1930s.  Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1967. First Edition, First printing. Fine in blue-green cloth covered boards with copper colored text on the spine. In a near fine dust jacket with a price clipped front flap with several areas of light rubbing at the folds. Edited with an introduction by Henry Dan Piper.
    TB15059  $15.00




  • Cowley, Malcolm:  The Dream of the Golden Mountains Remembering the 1930s.  New York: The Viking Press, 1980. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 black cloth and paper covered boards. In a near fine dust jacket with the price intact with a hint of rubbing at the ends of the spine area.
    TB15060  $15.00




  • Coyle, Harold:  God's Children.  New York: Tom Doherty Assoc., 2000. First Edition, First printing. Fine in black paper covered boards. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. A story which takes place in the near future in war torn Eastern Europe.
    TB12061  $7.35



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    Crane, Stephen:  Maggie A Girl Of The Streets A Story of New York.  Avon, Conn.: The Limited Editions Club, 1974. First thus. Fine in 1/2 black leather and stripped buckram cloth covered boards with gilt text and rules on the spine. A small quarto measuring 10 1/2" by 7 1/2" with a prior owner's address label on the rear paste down. Without its issued glassine dust jacket; however, the book is contained within a fine paper covered slipcase showing no rubbing, wear, dents, dings, cracks in the joints or wear. One of only 2,000 copies printed with this copy identified as number 969 and signed by the illustrator, Simon Abeles, on the colophon. 105 pages of text illustrated with copper etchings. A beautiful edition of the author's first novel the first edition of which he published himself under a pseudonym. A very fine, tight and clean copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB28101  $75.00



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    Crane, Stephen:  The Red Badge of Courage.  Franklin Center: Franklin Library, 1976. Franklin Library Limited Edition. Near fine in gilt decorated full red leather covered boards with three raised bands on the spine, gilt edges to the text block, silk end papers and a silk placement ribbon sew-in at the head of the spine and with gilt edging to the text block. A small octavo of 7 7/8 by 5 1/2 inches. Much of the gilt edging on the top and bottom of the text block has flaked off. Without a dust jacket as issued. 245 pages of text with illustrations by Roland Descombes. One of the volumes from the Franklin Library's collection of The 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature. A fine, clean and tight volume with a prior owner's book plate on the second free end page.
    TB32562  $50.00



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    Creasey, John:  The Masters of Bow Street.  New York: Simon and Schuster, (1974). First Edition, First Printing. Near fine in blue-gray cloth covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine. A small quarto of 9 3/16 by 6 inches with a remainder stripe on the bottom edge of the text block and a prior owner's book plate on the front paste down. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 507 pages of text. An historical fiction novel initially set in London in 1739, but one which constitutes a family legacy of justice, law and order and the eventual creation of Scotland Yard.
    TB30903  $20.00




  • Crockett, S. R.:  The Stickit Minister And Some Common Men.  New York: Macmillan and Co., 1895. . Very good+ in light brown buckram cloth covered boards with black text and decorations on the spine and front board. A 12mo measuring 7" by 4 3/4" with two early prior owner's names on the first free end page. Without a dust jacket. A collection of 24 short stories of Scotland preceded by a poem by Robert Louis Stevenson. 290 pages including a glossary, text and followed by eight pages of ads by the publisher. Illustrated with drawings and engravings.
    TB24160  $10.00




  • Crumley, James:  One to Count Cadence.  New York: Random House, 1969. First Edition. Near fine in light brown cloth covered boards with a slight roll to the spine & a 1" red stamp (a circled H) on the front free end paper. In a very good+ dust jacket with very modest wear to the spine ends and a 1 1/2" closed tear on the rear panel. Otherwise a very attractive jacket with no faults to the front panel. Additionally, there is an inked number ("189") on the FFEP. The author's first book which deals with US soldiers on their way to Viet Nam during the early 1960's.
    TB06535  $250.00



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    Dahl, Roald:  The Roald Dahl Treasury.  New York: Viking, (1997). First Editiion. Fine in illustrated, paper covered boards with red and blue text on the spine. A small quarto of 10 by 7 5/8 inches. Without its issued dust jacket. 444 pages of text and illustrated throughout with color drawings by a number of different artists.
    TB31521  $45.00



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    De Bernieres, Louis:  Corelli's Mandolin.  New York: Pantheon Books, (1994). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in 1/4 black cloth and black paper covered boards with gold text stamping on the spine. An octavo of 8 3/4 by 5 3/4 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 437 pages of text. In 1995 it won the Commonwealth Writers Prize. This title was adapted into a movie in 1994 where it was set on the Greek island of Cephalonia during the Italian, Nazi and Communist occupation during the Second World War. It starred Nicolas Cage, John Hurt and Penélope Cruz.
    TB30935  $35.00



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    Deighton, Len:  An Expensive Place To Die.  London: Jonathan Cape, 1967. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in black cloth covered boards with bright gilt text stamping on the spine with a blind, embossed prior owner's stamp on the title page. In a very near fine but price clipped dust jacket with mild fading to the spine area and with hints of rubbing to the edges of the panels. 254 pages of text without the secret dossier which was laid-in.
    TB20051  $100.00



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    Delehanty, Elizabeth:  Arise From Sleep.  New York: The Viking Press, 1942. First Edition, First Printing. Near fine in red-orange cloth covered boards with bold black text on the spine. A small octavo of 8 by 5 1/2 inches with a prior owner's name at the upper edge of the first free end page and with mild foxing near the hinge areas of the fixed end sheets which is a reaction to the glues used in binding. In a very good+, unclipped (no price) dust jacket with a 1/2 chip from the upper corner of the rear panel extending on to the upper corner of the spine area. The author's first novel. 216 pages of text.
    TB31542  $40.00



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    DeMille, Nelson:  Night Fall.  New York: Warner Books, (2004). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in 1/4 dark blue paper and medium blue paper covered boards with bold silver colored text stamping on the spine with map end sheets. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 488 pages of text.
    TB26364  $10.00



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    DePaola, Tomie:  26 Fairmount Avenue.  New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, (1999). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in illustrated, paper covered boards with red and black text on the spine. An octavo of 8 3/8 by 5 7/8 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. Signed and inscribed to "For Briana" and dated in 2001 by the author on the title page. (58) pages of text. Illustrated throughout with silhouetts and drawings by the author.
    TB33087  $45.00




  • Dexter, Pete:  Paris Trout.  New York: Random House, 1988. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 black cloth and decorated paper covered boards. In a fine dust jacket. Winner of the National Book Award for 1988 and a nominee for the National Book Critics Circle Award.
    TB05285  $31.50



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    Dickens, Charles:  A Tale Of Two Cities.  London: Chapman & Hall, 1859. First Edition, First Issue. Professionally re-backed preserving much of the original back strip and the blind embossed, red cloth covered boards with new end sheets. An octavo of 8 3/4 by 5 1/2 inches. Overall in very good plus condition with slight foxing to the engraved title pages. Page 243/244 has a 1 1/2" closed tear at the lower edge which has been repaired. The plate facing page 72 has been professionally reattached; however, its extreme lower edge is soiled. The top edge of the text block is soiled. 254 pages of text followed by the publisher's Catalogue of Books 32 pages dated November, 1859. With 14 plates and the frontispiece and the vignette titlepage by H. K. Browne ['Phiz']. The list of plates shows the signature letter "b", the page number error on 213 is present as is the misspelling of "affectionately" on page 134, line 12, all of which evidence this copy as a first issue. (Eckel p.86, Podeschi, A143; Smith 13)
    TB29375  $5000.00



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    Dickens, Charles:  Master Humphrey's Clock.  London: Chapman and Hall, 1840 and 1841. First Editions. This complete set of three volumes are all in very good+ conditions and bound in their original, ribbed, brown cloth, blind stamped bindings with gilt text and elaborate gilt designs on the spine and with a gilt decorations on each of the front boards in the form of clocks with the hands on each volume pointing to the appropriate volume number. Each volume is a small quarto of 10 1/8 by 6 1/2 inches with light rubbing to the cloth and the heads and heels of the spines and with the cloth worn through on the tips of the boards. Volume II has a small 1/8 by a 1 inch long chip to the cloth at the rear edge of the spine in the title block which barely impacts on the gilt title. The title pages for each volume show a small, oval 1.5 inch wide auctioneer's stamp to the right of the author's name. Save for a few printer's ink stains in the margins and minor foxing to the preliminaries the contents are quite clean and free of much tanning or foxing. The hinges and joints remain tight and storng. None of the three volumes are in dust jackets and presumably as issued. Volume I contains 306 pages of text and is illustrated with a frontispiece and vignettes throughout from wood engravings by George Cattermiole and Hablot Browne ("Phiz"). Volume II is dated 1841 as called for and contains 306 pages and is illustrated as above. Volume III is also dated 1841 and contains 426 pages and is illustrated as above. (Smith: Charles Dickesn in the Original Cloth, 6; Gimbel/Podeschi, A51; Eckel p.69)
    TB32243  $1000.00




  • Dillard, Annie:  Encounters with Chinese Writers.  Middletown: Wesleyan University Press, 1984. First Edition, First printing. Fine in decorated blue cloth covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine and front board. In a near fine dust jacket due to a price clipped jacket flap and a tiny nick at the upper corner of the front panel. This Pulitzer Prize winner for her earlier book: Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, writes of many strange encounters between Chinese writers and American writers in both the US and in China.
    TB07279  $25.00




  • Dillard, Annie:  The Annie Dillard Reader.  New York: HarperCollins, 1994. First Edition, First printing. Near fine, remaineder mark on bottom egdes, else fine. In a fine dust jacket.
    TB02541  $9.80



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    Disney, Walt, and Jean Ayer:  Donald Duck And HIs Friends.  Boston: D. C. Heath And Company, (1939). First Edition. Very good+ in printed tan cloth covered boards with black text on the spine and colored illustrations on the front and rear board with printed end sheets. An octavo of 8 3/16 by 6 inches with the cloth at the head and heel of the spine turned inward, the front and rear boards are lightly scuffed and the spine is lightly soiled. Without a dust jacket. 102 pages of text "told by Jean Ayer" and illustrated throughout with color images created by The Walt Disney Studio. One of the Walt Disney Story Books. A very clean and collectible copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB32536  $80.00




  • Doctorow, E. L.:  The Waterworks.  New York: Random House, 1994. First Edition, First printing. Fine, In a fine dust jacket.
    TB03745  $7.35



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    Doerr, Anthony:  Cloud Cuckoo Land.  New York: Scribner, (2021). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in 1/4 black cloth and blue paper covered boards with bold silver colored text stamping on the spine. An octavo of 9 by 6 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page without an inscription or a date. 626 pages of text. The author's third novel. The author of All The Light We Cannot See which was the Pulitzer Prize winner of 2015 for fiction.
    TB32075  $55.00



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    Doig, Ivan:  English Creek (Uncorrected Proof Copy).  New York: Atheneum, 1984. Uncorrected Proof. Fine in heavy, printed, orange paper wraps over an adhesive binding. A small quarto of 9 1/4 by 5 1/2 inches. Without a dust jacket as issued. Laid-in at the front of the book is a letter from the publisher to the late Charles Kuralt which promotes Doig as a great western writer and urges Kuralt to read this "galley" and write a review. The first of a trilogy written which deals with the early settlers of the Montana frontier. Reading this trilogy one should start with Doig's Dancing At The Rascal Fair. 301 pages numbered in hand in the margins. A very handsome and clean copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind. Uncommon.
    TB29314  $125.00



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    Doig, Ivan:  The Sea Runners.  New York: Atheneum, 1982. First Edition. Fine in 1/4 maroon cloth and paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine with a yellow stained top edge. The fore and bottom edges of the text block show spots of minor foxing a result of acid in the paper oxidizing. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. Ivan Doig's scarcest book. A novel set in the mid-1800's when four Scandinavian indentured servants escape from what is now Sitka and their Russian masters to travel 1,200 miles down the raw Pacific coast to what is now the coast of Oregon. 279 pages of text illustrated with a frontispiece map.
    TB13587  $75.00




  • Doig, Ivan:  Bucking the Sun (Signed).  New York: Simon & Schuster, 1996. First Edition. Fine, In a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page. A novel set in Montana during the Great Depression.
    TB03273  $45.00




  • Doig, Ivan:  Ride with Me, Mariah Montana.  New York: Atheneum, 1990. First Edition. Fine, In a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page.
    TB01888  $40.00




  • Doig, Ivan:  Bucking the Sun.  New York: Simon & Schuster, 1996. First Edition, First printing. Fine, In a fine dust jacket. Set in Montana during the Great Depression.
    TB03244  $24.50




  • Doig, Ivan:  Heart Earth.  New York: Atheneum, 1993. First Edition. Fine, Fine, With Heart Earth Ivan Doig continues his memoir of This House of Sky tracing his family's move from Arizona to Montana.
    TB01672  $20.00




  • Doig, Ivan:  Bucking the Sun (Advance Reading Copy).  New York: Simon and Schuster, 1996. ARC. Near fine with two tiny nicks a the ends of the spine area. An advance reading copy issued in wraps without a dust jacket. An advance reading copy. A novel set in Montana during the Great Depression.
    TB03868  $20.00




  • Doig, Ivan:  Ride with Me, Mariah Montana.  New York: Atheneum, 1990. First Edition, First printing. Fine, In a fine dust jacket.
    TB01989  $12.25




  • Donachie, David:  On A Making Tide.  London: Orion Publishing Group, 2000. First Edition. Fine in bright blue paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. Historical fiction which is an "epic novel of Horatio Nelson and Emma" Hamilton that follows their lives from 1771 to the battle of the Nile in 1798 when Nelson and Emma's affair ignites. Vol. 2 will continue the narrative. Only 1,500 copies of the 1st printed.
    TB13679  $32.50




  • Donleavy, J. P.:  The Ginger Man.  Franklin Center, Penn.: The Franklin Library, 1978. Signed Limited Edition. Fine in full dark green leather covered boards with four raised bands on the spine with gilt text and decorations stamped in the compartments and with gilt tool work on both the front and rear boards. The end papers are marbled with a matching silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. All three edges of the text block are in gilt. A small quarto measuring 9 1/4" by 5 1/4" containing 386 pages of text. Signed by the author on the specially tipped-in second free end page. Laid-in is a brochure from the publisher containing the notes from the editors. One of The Franklin Library's volumes in their collection of Signed Limited Editions. A beautiful, tight, clean copy with no names, dates, notations or former owner's book plates.
    TB23906  $65.00




  • Du Bois, William Pene:  Gentleman Bear.  New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1985. First Edition, First printing. Fine, In a very near fine dust jacket very light wear at edges & on flap hinge.
    TB02514  $21.00




  • Dunning, John:  Two O'Clock Eastern Wartime.  New York: Scribner, 2001. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in black and light blue paper covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine which has a slight roll. In a near fine, unclipped dust jacket with inconsequential wrinkling at the upper edge of the rear panel near the fold to the spine area.
    TB20407  $10.00



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    Eckert, Allan W.:  The Wilderness War.  Boston: Little Brown & Co, 1978. Second Printing. Fine in dark green cloth covered boards with gilt decorations. A small quarto of 9 3/16 by 6 with minor dust staining to the top edge of the text block. In a near fine unclipped dust jacket with the spine slightly faded and light rubbing to the folds. The 4th volume in The Winning of America series. 496 pages including an index, chapter notes and text. One of the more difficult volumes in this series to locate. A very crisp, clean and tight volume with no names, dates or notations.
    TB30452  $65.00



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    Edmonds, Walter:  Erie Water.  Boston: Little, Brown, And Company, 1933. First Edition, Presentation Edition. Fine in 3/4 dark blue leather and blue-gray cloth covered boards with five raised bands on the spine with gilt text and tool work on the compartments and gilt rules on either side of the raised bands. An octavo of 8 1/8 by 5 3/8 with the top edge of the text block gilt and with marbled end sheets. Without a dust jacket as issued. A specially bound, signed and numbered presentation copy with this copy identified as number 23 of only 25 copies printed. The limitation page is signed by the author without an inscription or date. 506 pages of text. Historical fiction that focuses on the construction of the Erie Canal during the first quarter of the 19th century.
    TB32281  $450.00




  • Edmonds, Walter D.:  Autographed Letter Signed (ALS) by Walter Edmonds.  dated at Concord, Mass.: , Dated 4/12/89. . Autographed letter signed by Waltert D. Edmonds (1903-1998). A one page handwritten letter on wove personal stationery by the by the famous historical fiction author of Drums Along the Mohawk. The letter is dated April 12, 1989 at the author's address in Concord, Mass. The letter responds to a collector's request for a photograph and an autograph and contains a long post script on the verso side of the letter.
    TB16562  $65.00



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    Edmonds, Walter:  Young Ames.  Boston: Little Brown & Co., 1942. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in light gray cloth covered boards with a gilt on red title block on the spine. A small octavo measuring 8 1/8 by 5 3/8 inches with a hand written number written at the lower edge of the rear board which probably identified a book read by a previous owner. In a very near fine, unclipped dust jacket with a 1" closed tear to the lower edge of the front panel and with a nearly rectangular 1 by 1/2 inch piece cut from the lower edge of the rear panel to expose the handwritten number at the lower edge of the rear board noted above. The author's seventh novel of historical fiction taking place in the early 1830's in New York City 350 pages of text. A very handsome, clean, crisp and neat copy with no prior ownership names or bookplates.
    TB28497  $60.00




  • Edmonds, Walter D.:  Chad Hanna.  Boston: Little Brown & Co., 1940. First Edition, First printing. Near fine, In a very good+ dust jacket w/ 1/16" flecking across top and bottom of spine ends. By the author of Drums Along the Mohawk. A story about the Erie Canal in the year 1836.
    TB03481  $35.00




  • Edmonds, Walter D.:  Seven American Stories.  Boston: Little Brown & Co., 1970. First Edition, First printing. Near fine with a tiny worm (?) hole in the gutter area of the binding & a crease to the upper corner of the first free end paper, else fine In a very good+ dust jacket with a price clipped flap, the spine area lightly faded and short closed tears to the front panel. A collection of stories including: The Matchlock Gun, Wilderness Clearing, Two Logs Crossing, Tom Whipple, Cadmus Henry Water Never Hurt a Man and Uncle Ben's Whale. With illustrations by William Sauts Bock.
    TB06770  $35.00




  • Edmonds, Walter D.:  Beaver Valley.  Boston: Little Brown & Co., 1971. First Edition, First printing. Very good+ with a small dampness stain (not effecting text block) to the lower 1" of the spine & the ivory colored boards lightly soiled. In a very good+ dust jacket with an inked out price and the spine area tanned. With a prior owner's name & date behind the front flap. A book for children about the work of beaver who construct their dams without regard to the impact on their surroundings. Written with an obvious double meaning. With illustrations by Lelsie Morrill.
    TB06771  $35.00




  • Edmonds, Walter D.:  Tom Whipple.  New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1942. First Edition, First printing. Very good although an x-Library copy with the typical cancelation marks, pocket and other defacings. Without its issued dust jacket. With illustrations by Paul Lantz. One of the more difficult to locate titles by Edmonds.
    TB11919  $20.00




  • Edmonds, Walter D.:  The Boyds of Black River.  New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1953. Book Club Edition. Very good but missing the first free end paper. In a very good dust jacket.
    TB07770  $5.88




  • Ehrlich, Gretel:  Heart Mountain.  New York: Viking Press, 1988. First Edition, First printing. Fine, with a minor scuff mark at the base of the front cover. In a fine dust jacket. The author's second book and first novel which deals with Heart Mountain Relocation Camp for Japanese Americans during World War II.
    TB03319  $28.00




  • Ehrlich, Gretel:  Heart Mountain.  New York: Viking Press, 1988. First Edition, First printing. Fine, with a minor scuff mark at the base of the front cover. In a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author on the fly title page. The author's second book and first novel which deals with Heart Mountain Relocation Camp for Japanese Americans during World War II.
    TB07059  $24.50




  • Ehrlich, Gretel:  Heart Mountain.  New York: Viking Press, 1988. First Edition, First printing. Fine, In a fine dust jacket. The author's second book and first novel which deals with the Heart Mountain relocation camp for Japanese Americans during World War II.
    TB03203  $19.60



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    Elizabeth, Charlotte:  Judah's Lion.  New York: M. W. Dodd, 1847. Ninth Edition. Good in its original blue-green, decorated cloth covered boards with gilt text and gilt designs on the spine and elaborated, blind embossing to the boards. A 16mo of 6 1/16 by 3 3/4 inches with a pronounced lean to the spine, several short closed tears to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine, three small and shallow chips from the cloth at the heel of the spine, the cloth is worn through at the tips of the boards, and an early ("1848") prior owner's name and date on the first free end page. The hinges and joints are tight, the text block is tight, there are no loose pages, some pages suffer from age tanning and occasional spots of foxing. The end pages show foxing and particularly the rear end sheets. 406 pages of text followed by 18 pages of ads by the publisher. Illustrated with an engraved title page. The author, Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna (1790-1846), was British publishing books under "Charlotte Elizabeth". This title was first published in book form in 1843, but was preceded by a serialized version which appeared in The Christian Lady's Magazine. (Wandering Jude blog) It is considered to be one of the earliest novels of Jewish conversion to Christianity.
    TB31588  $200.00



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    Ellison, Ralph:  Juneteenth.  New York: Random House, (1999). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in 1/4 black and dark green paper covered boards with bold copper colored text on the spine. A small quarto of 9 1/4 by 6 1/4 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 368 pages of text.
    TB31487  $35.00




  • Enfield, Alexander:  Sea Captains' Tales.  London: Century Publishing, 1986. First Edition, First printing. Fine in light brown paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. In a near fine dust jacket with a price clipped front flap, else fine. With an introduction by Douglas Reeman. A collection of twenty short stories of sea captains.
    TB14542  $7.00




  • Erdrich, Louise:  The Crown of Columbus.  New York: Harper Collins, 1991. First. Fine, In a near fine dust jacket with some slight rubbing at the lower edge of the spine area. Signed by the author on the title page. co-authored by Michael Dorris
    TB01738  $17.15




  • Evans, Alan:  Thunder at Dawn.  Garden City: Doubleday and Company, 1979. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 blue cloth and paper covered boards. In a near fine dust jacket with a 1/2" closed tear at the upper edge of the front panel and very light rubbing at the corners of the panels. A novel of nautical fiction which takes place in 1917 when a "renegade Englishman", David Smith, finds himself in command of H.M.S. Thunder in the Pacific off the coast of South America.
    TB12088  $5.00




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