Books of Historical Fiction
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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

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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

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

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

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

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

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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

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

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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: 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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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

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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

Fast, Howard: Citizen Tom Paine. New York: Duell, Sloane & Pearce, 1943. Early reprint. Near fine in blue cloth covered boards. In a very good+ dust jacket with shallow 1/8" chipping at the ends of the spine area and around the edges of the front and rear panels. The author's sixth book which is an historical novel on the life of Tom Paine.
TB12091 $10.00

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Fender, J. E.: The Private Revolution of Geoffrey Frost. Hanover: University Press of New England, 2002. First Edition. Fine in 1/4 royal blue cloth and gray paper covered boards with gilt text stamping and decorations on the spine and front board. An octavo of 8 1/2 by 5 1/2 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 297 pages of text followed by several pages of an historical note. The first volume in the Geoffrey Frost, Mariner, of Portsmouth, series.
TB33216 $18.00

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Forester, C. S.: The Gun. Chester Springs, Penn.: Dufour Editiions, Inc., (1969). Fourth Printing. Fine in bright red-orange cloth covered boards with bold, gilt text stamping on the spine. A 12mo of 7 1/4 by 4 3/4 inches. In a near fine, price clipped dust jacket with only minor rubbing to the extreme edges of the spine area. Printed and produced by The Bodley Head of London and sent to Dufour Editions for their use and publication. Dufour only placed a pasted green label on the title page about The Bodley Head name. 189 pages of text. Originally published in 1933 in the US by Little Brown and Company. Extremely scarce in first edition.
TB31873 $20.00

Gerson, Noel B.: Clear For Action!. Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1970. First Edition, First printing. Fine in light blue cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine with a crossed out price on the first free end paper. In a very good+ dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap with light rubbing on the ends of the spine area and on the folds. "A bibliogrphical novel about David Farragut, America's greatest Naval Hero since John Paul Jones." 254 pages of text.
TB13068 $10.00

Graves, Robert: Sergeant Lamb's America. New York: Random House, 1940. First Edition, First printing. Very good+ in red cloth covered boards with paper labels on the spine and on the front board with map end sheets. The spine is slightly creased down its middle and the front hinge is slightly shaken. Faintly stamped on the top edge of the text block is the notation "Blue Bird Book Nook" and there is a prior owner's book plate on the verso of the first free end page. In a very good- unclipped dust jacket with 1/4" deep chipping across the upper edge of the spine area and with moderate wear to the lower edge of the spine area and nicks to the fore corners. Based on the letters of Sergeant Roger Lamb of the Royal Welch Fusiliers, Graves created a magnificent historical novel of the American Revolutionary War. 380 pages of text.
TB21663 $55.00

Gurganus, Allan: Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1989. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 cloth and paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. In a fine dust jacket. The author's third book which was made into a movie of the same name.
TB06338 $38.50

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Harr, John Ensor: Dark Eagle A Novel of Benedict Arnold and the American Revolution. New York: Viking, 1999. First Edition, First printing. Fine in paper covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine. In a fine unclipped dust jacket. A meticulously researched historical fiction novel of Arnold's spectacular rise and fall during the American Revolution. 522 pages. The author's first novel.
TB20123 $25.00

Hill, Ralph Nading: The Voyages of Brian Sea-Worthy An Historical Adventure on Lake Champlain. Montpelier: Vermont Life Magazine, 1971. First Edition, First printing. Fine in light blue cloth covered boards with black text on the spine. In a very near fine dust jacket with a price clipped flap and very light rubbing at the top of the spine area & the upper corner of the front panel. Signed by the author on the title page. Illustrated by Robert A. Boyajian with 37 drawings. The author presents in admirable fashion the story of a young man who tries to make his way on Lake Champlain ferry boats in the 1870's.
TB11738 $24.50

Houston, James: Running West. New York: Crown Publishing, 1989. First Edition, First printing. Near fine with gift inscription on FEP. In a near fine dust jacket but price clipped and with the ends of the spine area wrinkled. This Canadian author and artist has been celebrated for his efforts to develop Native American art in both the US and in Canada.
TB03456 $17.50

Jensen, Michael: Frontiers. New York: Pocket Books, 1999. First Edition, First printing. Fine in paper covered boards. In a fine jacket with the price intact on the flap. An advance reading copy with the publisher's material laid-in and with a 4" x 6" black and white photograph of the author. The author's first book and one which takes place in 1797 in the frontier of America.
TB11036 $14.00

Johnson, Terry C.: One-Eyed Dream. Ottawa, Ill.: Jameson Books, Inc., 1988. First Edition. Fine in 1/4 red cloth and paper covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine. In a near fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. Warmly inscribed, signed and dated in the year of publication by the author on the fly-title page. The final volume in the trilogy which was preceed by Borderlords and Carry the Wind.
TB17074 $65.00

Johnson, Terry C.: Lay The Mountains Low. New York: St. Martin's Press, 2000. First Edition. Near fine in black paper covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. Inscribed, signed and dated in the year of publication by the author on the fly-title page. An historical novel which details "the fight of the Nez Perce from Idaho and the Battle of the Big Hole, August 9-10, 1877."
TB17077 $50.00

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Johnston, Terry C.: Death Rattle. New York: Bantam Book, 1999. First Edition, First printing. Fine in deep maroon paper covered boards with copper colored text stamping on the spine. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. A continuation of the saga of Titus Bass where Bass joins a band of men who steal horses and mulse from Spanish Mexico to drive them east across the Mohave Desert. 429 pages of text.
TB32028 $25.00

Johnston, Terry C.: Lay the Mountains Low. New York: St. Martin's Press, 2000. First Edition, First printing. Fine in black paper covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. An historical fiction novel of the western frontier dealing with the tragedy of the Nez Perce Wars.
TB11149 $20.00

Johnston, Terry C.: Winter Rain. New York: Bantam Books, 1994. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in blue cloth and paper covered boards with copper colored text stamping on the spine with a faint stain to the top edge. In a near fine dust jacket with a very small 1/4" closed tear to the upper rear corner at the fold to the flap and light wear to the lower edge of the spine area. The second in a trilogy of Jonah Hook a frontiersmen in the south-west between 1869 to 1875.
TB05956 $17.50

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Jones, Douglas C.: Winding Stair. New York: Holt Rinehart & Wins, 1979. First Edition. Near fine in 1/4 light blue cloth and blind stamped, light brown paper covered boards with metallic red text stamped on the spine. An octavo of 9 by 6 inches with a green remainder mark on the top edge of the text block. In a near fine, unclipped dust jacket, Signed by the author on the title page. 277 pages of text. A novel dealing with the Winding Stair massacre.
TB29866 $30.00

Jones, Douglas C.: Gone the Dreams and Dancing. New York: Holt Rinehart & Wins, 1984. First Edition, First printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
TB02855 $21.00

Jones, Douglas C.: Season of Yellow Leaf. New York: Holt Rinehart & Wins, 1983. First Edition, First printing. Fine, In a fine dust jacket.
TB02986 $17.50

Jones, Douglas C.: Elkhorn Tavern. New York: Holt Rinehart & Wins, 1980. First Edition, First printing. Near fine with a light 1 inch stain on the first free end paper. In a very good+ dust jacket with a 1/2 inch closed tear on the rear panel and a small nick to the corner of the fornt panel. A novel set in the time of the Civil War during 1862 in Arkansas.
TB06580 $8.40

Mason, F. Van Wyck: Trumpets Sound No More. Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1975. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in red cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and with a prior owner's name on the first free end paper. In a very good+ dust jacket with very modest wear and rubbing to the spine ends. An historical novel which deals with the years following Appomattox in the south's efforts to return to normal amid the devastation and gangs of wandering, pillaging ex-soldiers.
TB07802 $12.60

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Nevin, David: 1812. New York: Tom Doherty Assoc., 1996. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 blue cloth and paper covered boards with bold gilt text stamping on the spine. In a near fine unclipped dust jacket with only a hint of rubbing to the upper edge of the spine area. Warmly inscribed to a prior owner by the author and dated in the year of publication on the title page. Author of the bestseller, Dream West. The jacket contains very favorable reviews by John Jakes, James Michener, Thomas Fleming, Philip B. Kunhardt and Edmund S. Muskie.
TB23320 $35.00

Nevin, David: 1812. New York: Tom Doherty Assoc., 1996. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 blue cloth and paper covered boards. In a near fine dust jacket with just a hint of rubbing at the ends of the spine area. Author of the bestseller, Dream West. The jacket contains very favorable reviews by John Jakes, James Michener, Thomas Fleming, Philip B. Kunhardt and Edmund S. Muskie.
TB10465 $21.00

Nevin, David: Eagle's Cry. New York: Tom Doherty Assoc., 2000. First Edition, First printing. Fine in black paper covered boards with copper colored text stamping on the spine. In a near fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap and with. modest rubbing to the fold to the front flap. An historical fiction novel dealing with the Louisiana Purchase.
TB13286 $17.50

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O'Neill, Charles: Morning Time. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1949. First Edition, First printing. Very good in 1/4 red cloth and gray paper covered boards with gilt text on the spine and a facsimile of the author's gilt signature on the front board. The cloth at the head and heel of the spine is very slightly tanned and the end pages are tanned from newspaper articles having been laid-in. In a very good- unclipped dust jacket with three small 1/8" deep chips from the upper edge of the spine area, 1/8" chips from the lower corners of the spine area which is faded and 1/4" deep chip at the lower edge of the front panel. Warmly signed and inscribed by the author on the first free end page and dated in the year of publication. Also, laid-in are 1) A newspaper review of this book title with a photograph of the author. 2) "A tribute to Charles O'Neill's Morning Time" by the publisher with a photograph. 3) A handwritten letter, signed by the author dated Oct. 17, 1949 which refers to a speaking engagement at a local bookstore and a monograph on the origins of the name "Nutmeg State". 3) A typed, signed letter from the author dated January 16, 1950 referring to the positive reviews from his book Morning Time. 392 pages of text followed by a one page commentary about the author. An historical fiction novel taking place just after the close of the Revolutionary War and culminates in the still struggling territory of Kentucky.
TB22428 $125.00

Pesci, David: Amistad. New York: Marlowe & Company, 1997. First Edition, First printing. Fine, In a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page. Although a novel, it is based on the actual events surrounding the uprising of 53 slaves on the Spanish slaver Amistad in 1839. A movie of the same name was created by Steven Spielberg.
TB04161 $30.00

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Roberts, Kenneth: Arundel. Garden City: Doubleday Doran, 1930. First Edition, First Printing. Very good+ in dark blue cloth covered boards with orange text and decorations on the spine and on the front board. A small octavo measuring 7 1/2 by 5 1/8 inches with rubbing and wear to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine. With only the front panel of the first issue dust jacket done by Stafford Good under a clear acetate dust jacket protector. As noted above this copy has only a portion of the Stafford Good first state dust jacket which was originally used to cover the initial copies of the first edition. Roberts complained so bitterly about this jacket that the publisher (Doubleday) had to remove the book from the market to have a new jacket designed and painted by N.C. Wyeth. Any collector of Roberts' books aspires to have a first edition copy of this title in the first state dust jacket.
TB32230 $1000.00

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Roberts, Kenneth L.: Why Europe Leaves Home. New York: Bobbs-Merrill, 1922. First Edition. Very good in dark red cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. The cloth at the head and heel of the spine is very slightly rubbed. In a very good dust jacket chips at top of spine & small chip at bottom. Signed and inscribed by the author to Frederick S. Bigelow of the Saturday Evening Post and dated in the year of publication (April 20, 1922.) Reportedly only 2,011 copies of this book were published making it an extremely rare find and particularly so in a collectible jacket and inscribed by the author.
TB00569 $900.00

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Roberts, Kenneth: Concentrated New England. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1924. First Edition. Near fine in bright red cloth covered boards with black text stamped on the front board. A small octavo measuring 7 3/4" by 5" with a prior owner's name neatly written on the first free end page. In a very good- dust jacket with the upper 3/8" of jacket missing from the front panel and spine area. An extremely scarce copy in dust jacket. The jacket in this case shows the small, black and white photographic reproduction of Coolidge on the front panel. (58) pages of text.
TB01478 $500.00

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Roberts, Kenneth: The Lively Lady. Garden City: Doubleday, Doran, 1931. First Edition. Very near fine in black cloth covered boards with light green text and decorations on the spine and on the front board. A small octavo measuring 7 1/2 by 5 1/4 inches with map end sheets with the cloth at the head and heel of the spine lightly rubbed and the ghost of what may have been a book plate on the front paste down. In a very good+, unclipped first state dust jacket with rubbing to the fold to the front flap and several vary short closed tears around the edges of the panels. Signed and inscribed to A. P. Tedesco by the author on the title page. This copy is covered by the first state dust jacket which reads "A Chronicle of Certain Men of Arundel" while the second state dust jacket reads: "A Chronicle of Arundel". Only 5,560 of the first printing were sold. A scarce title in this condition in a very collectible and very uncommon dust jacket.
TB32233 $450.00

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Roberts, Kenneth: Sun Hunting. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1922. First Edition, First state. Near fine in dark green cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and on the front board. A 12mo measuring 7 1/4" by 5" with a prior owner's book plate on the front paste down behind the dust jacket flap. In a very good+, unclipped dust jacket with 1/8" deep chips at the upper and lower edges of the spine area, rubbing and light wear to the folds to the panels and with several short closed tears to the upper edge of the spine area with related creasing. Signed by the author on a Kenneth Roberts' book plate. A total of 4,790 copies of this title were sold by the publisher. Quite uncommon when signed.
TB01739 $400.00

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Roberts, Kenneth: Black Magic. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Co., 1924. First Edition. Very good in black cloth covered boards with faded gilt text stamping on the spine and on the front board. An octavo measuring 8 1/2" by 5 1/2" with a 1/8" hole in the cloth at the head of the spine and with fading of the cloth on the spine. Without a dust jacket. Signed and inscribed by the author on a Kenneth Roberts' book plate and signed a second time with "Best wishes" over his signature on the second free end paper. 250 pages illustrated with a black and white photographic frontispiece. A fairly scarce title and one seldom seen signed.
TB01445 $350.00

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Roberts, Kenneth: Oliver Wiswell (Limited Edition). New York: Doubleday, Doran Co., 1940. First Edition, Limited Edition. Both volumes of this two volume set are in near fine condition specially bound in full, red leather covered boards with five raised bands on each spine with gilt text in two of the compartments and gilt tooling in the others. The top edge of the text blocks are gilt, the end sheets are marbled paper and the leather turn-ins are decorated with gilt dentelles. This binding was most probably ordered by Roberts to be gifted to his friend, Doubleday, Doran publishing executive, Malcolm Johnson, who's name is listed in the collection of names who provided "generous assistance" in the creation and publication of this title. Both volumes are small quartos of 9 1/4 by 6 1/4 inches. There is a faint dampness stain to the extreme lower, inside edge to the first 70 pages of volume I. That stain does not impact on any of the text as it is limited to the lower margin. The lower quarter of the front joint to volume I shows a slight weakness. The hinges and joints for both volumes are otherwise fine. The trade version of this set was sold with glassine jackets and a paper covered slipcase. It is doubtful that a slipcase was made for this specially bound set. The binding was produced by The French Binders of Garden City, New York as evidenced by their gilt stamp on the front paste downs. This set is signed by Roberts and numbered 182 out of only 1,050 copies printed and sold. Volume I contains 411 pages of text and illustrated with a frontispiece portrait by Grant Wood and two, double page maps. Volume II contains pages 415 to 849 including a bibliography and text and is illustrated with two, two page maps. This title was a best selling novel for Roberts. It provides an insightful look at the American Revolution from a Loyalist's point-of-view. After reading it one is astounded that the war was even won by the American forces.
TB33418 $350.00

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Roberts, Kenneth: Rabble in Arms (1939 Ticonderoga Edition). Garden City: Doubleday Doran, 1939. Ticonderoga Edition of 1939. Very near fine in dark blue, patterned cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and a gilt decoration on the front board. A small octavo of 7 1/2 by 5 1/8 inches with minor crimping of the cloth at the head and heel of the spine. In a very good unclipped dust jacket with several 1/4 inch deep chips at the upper edge of the spine area, several very shallow chips at the lower edge of the spine area a closed tear at the upper edge of the front panel with related creasing. Signed by the author on a specially tipped-in Fort Ticonderoga page just before the fly title page. Reportedly, there were only 150 copies of this edition published making it extremely uncommon. Overall a very handsome and collectable copy of one of Kenneth Roberts' most memorable works historical fiction novels dealing with the early years of the American Revolution. The book picks-up following the loss at Quebec and where Robert's earlier book, Arundel, leaves off. It traces the escape of the American Army, under the command of Benedict Arnold, down Lake Champlain to the southern end of the lake to construct a small fleet of vessels to meet and oppose the British fleet on the northern end of the lake. The ensuing battle took place at Valcour Island on October 11, 1776. Although the Battle of Valcour Island was considered a loss to the American forces its outcome was significant enough to delay the British advance down the lake and was a major reason for the ultimate victory at Saratoga a year later.
TB31209 $300.00

Roberts, Kenneth: Sun Hunting. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Comp., 1922. First Edt. 1st state. Near fine in green cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and the front board. In a good+ dust jacket with damp staining on the spine and front panel and 1/4" chips on the front panel and spine ends. A total of 4,790 copies of this title were sold by the publisher. Extremely uncommon in a dust jacket.
TB05593 $250.00

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Roberts, Kenneth: Arundel (300th Anniversary Edition). Garden City: Doubleday Doran, 1953. Reprint of May 1953. Fine in navy blue cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and front board with map end sheets. A small octavo of 7 1/2 by 5 1/8 inches In a very good+, unclipped dust jacket with two 1/4 inch long closed tears to the upper edge of the spine area and a small chip from the rear upper fore corner of the rear board over the tip of the board. This is the very scarce 300th Anniversary Edition which has a specially tipped-in page in advance of th title page bearing the signature of the author. 652 pages of text followed by a number of pages of ads for other titles by Roberts. Reportedly there were only 701 copies of this edition celebrating the 300th anniversary of the founding of the town of Arundel, Maine. The special tipped-in page is signed by Kenneth Roberts. An extremely handsome and clean copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
TB32231 $250.00

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Roberts, Kenneth: Northwest Passage. Garden City: Doubleday Doran, 1937. First Edition, First Printing. Near fine in decorated dark green cloth covered boards with map end papers with the hinge areas of the end papers showing very faint foxing due to a reaction with the glue employed in binding as is often found with this printing. In a very good+, unclipped dust jacket with very minor rubbing and wear to the ends of the spine area. Signed "With all the good wishes of | Kenneth Roberts" by the author on the title page. 709 pages of text. This was one of Robert's most popular books dealing with Major Robert Rogers, of Roger's Rangers and the French and Indian War. Very uncommon in such nice condition and signed without a personal inscription.
TB32328 $225.00

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Roberts, Kenneth: Europe's Morning After. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1921. First Edition. Very good in light green cloth covered boards with faded gilt text stamping on the spine and the same on the front board. A small octavo measuring 8" by 5 1/2". Without a dust jacket. The author's first book and extremely scarce as only 1,300 copies of the title were sold. 410 pages of text.
TB01501 $200.00

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Roberts, Kenneth: Sun Hunting. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1922. First Edition, First State. Very good+ in dark green cloth covered boards with faded gilt text on the spine and bold gilt text stamped on the front board. A 12mo measuring 7 1/4" by 5". Without a dust jacket. Signed, warmly inscribed and dated Oct. 17th, 1928 by the author to Helen Bess Finch on the first free end page. 198 pages of text illustrated with black and white photographs. A total of 4,790 copies of this title were sold.
TB01648 $200.00

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Roberts, Kenneth: I Wanted To Write. Garden Cty: Doubleday & Company, 1949. First Edition. Near fine in tan, linen covered boards with a gilt on read text block on the spine with decorated map end papers with the spine slightly tanned and at bump to the upper corner of the spine. In a fine jacket with the price intact but a later issue jacket with a price of $5.95 on the flap. Signed on a Kenneth Roberts book plate and tipped on to the second free end page. 471 pages including an index followed by several pages of ads for Roberts' books. The closest thing to Roberts' autobiography.
TB13925 $200.00

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Roberts, Kenneth: Lydia Bailey (Limited Edition). New York: Doubleday & Company, 1947. First Limited Edition. Fine in white cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and a gilt top edge. The cloth on the spine is very slightly tanned. The book is contained within a very good+ original, paper covered slipcase with minor wear at the corners. Signed by the author and numbered 191 out of 1,050 copies. What makes this limited edition particularly unique is that laid-in at its front is a page from Robert's, typewritten working manuscript complete with his penciled annotations and corrections. This particular page is quite unique. The typewritten side is completed crossed-out in pencil and the verso side of the page is entirely in pencil by the author which is quite unusual! An extremely attractive copy with a very unusual page from his manuscript.
TB24345 $200.00

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Roberts, Kenneth L.: Why Europe Leaves Home. New York: Bobbs-Merrill, 1922. First Edition, First printing. Very good in light brown cloth covered boards with black text on the spine and with black borders on the front board. A small octavo measuring 8" by 5 1/4" with mild age tanning to the recto and verso of the frontispiece and to the title page and with a crease to the cloth down the middle of the spine. This is one of several binding variants for this title. Without its issued dust jacket. 356 pages of text. This is Roberts' second book which is quite difficult to locate as reportedly only 2,011 copies of the first edition were published. 356 pages of text and illustrated with a few black and white photographs. The title page carries a long subtitle reading: "A true account of the reasons which cause Central Europeans to overrun America which lead Russians to rush to Constantinople and other fascinating and unpleasant places which coax Greek royalty and commoners into strange byways and hedges and which induce Englishmen and Scotchmen to go out at night."
TB24415 $200.00

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Roberts, Kenneth: Captain Caution. Garden City: Doubleday Doran, 1934. First Edition, First Printing. Very near fine in blue cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and with a pattern to the cloth and a gilt eagle on the front board. A 12mo of 7 7/16 by 5 1/8 with the cloth at the head and heel of the spine is very lightly rubbed. In a very good, unclipped dust jacket with 1/4 inch deep chips at the upper and lower edges of the spine area and two closed tears at the lower fore edge of the front panel. Signed and inscribed by the author on the title page with "With Best Wishes | Kenneth Roberts". An historical fiction novel which takes place during the War of 1812. 310 pages of text followed by ads from the publisher.
TB31422 $200.00

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Roberts, Kenneth: Northwest Passage . Sydney: Angus & Robertson Limited, 1941. First Australian Edition. Near fine in bright green cloth covered boards with gilt text and parallel gilt rules on the spine and a blind embossed decoration on the front board. An octavo of 8 3/8 by 5 3/8 inches with only hints of rubbing to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine. In a pictorial, unclipped dust jacket with numerous small illustrations from from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's 1940 film of the same title which starred Spencer Tracy, Robert Young, Ruth Hussey and Nat Pendleton. The jacket is chipped across the top edge of the spine area to a depth of 1/3 of an inch and there are small chips at the fore corners of the panels over the tips of the boards. 673 pages of text illustrated with map end sheets. This was one of Robert's most popular books dealing with Major Robert Rogers, of Roger's Rangers and the French and Indian War. Very uncommon in this movie-tie-in dust jacket.
TB32226 $200.00

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Roberts, Kenneth: Cowpens: The Great Morale-Builder. Hanover: Westholm Publishing, 1957. First Edition, Limited Edition.. Near fine in illustrated paper covered boards with black text on the spine. Without a dust jacket as issued. One of only 400 limited edition copies printed this copy being identified as number 354 as noted at the rear of the book. 35 pages of text and one map frontispiece. The text of the book is the same as the text within the trade edition of The Battle of Cowpens.
TB13924 $175.00

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Roberts, Kenneth: Rabble In Arms. New York: Doubleday, Doran, c1933, 1938. Reprint of 1938. Fine in its original dark blue decorated cloth covered boards with bright gilt text on the spine and a gilt eagle on the front board with map end sheets. A small quarto of 7 1/2 by 5 1/4 inches. In a near fine, unclipped dust jacket with art by N. C. Wyeth. This is a splendid copy with only a tiny amount of rubbing to the upper fore corner of the front panel. Signed by the author on the title page without an inscription or date. 870 pages of text followed by four pages of ads by the publisher for other Kenneth Roberts' titles. A beautiful, tight clean copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
TB32228 $175.00

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Roberts, Kenneth: March to Quebec. Garden City: Doubleday Doran, 1938, 1940. Third Edition. Fine in light green buckram cloth covered boards with a gilt on black title block on the spine and map end sheets. A small octavo measuring 7 3/4 by 5 1/2 inches with light foxing to the hinge areas of the rear paste down due to a reaction with the glues used in binding. In a very good+,unclipped, dust jacket with several short closed tears to the upper edge of the spine area. This is the third edition of the book with the addition of the John Pierce Journal. 722 pages including an index. Following his writing of Arundel, Roberts compiled the journals of the members of Arnold's expedition to attack Quebec through the wilds of what is now the Maine woods north into Canada in the dead of winter. As Roberts uncovered additional material he continued to add those journals and records to later publications of this title.
TB32235 $125.00

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Roberts, Kenneth: Kenneth Roberts an American Novelist. New York: Doubleday Doran & Co,, 1938. Probable first edition. Near fine in printed, heavy blue paper wraps over a stapled binding with very light rubbing to the spine edge of the cover and with two handwritten, marginal notations on pages 5, 22 and 23. Doubleday Doran normally uses the statement "First Edition" in their books; however, this lacks that typical slug and in 25 years of specializing in Roberts' books we have yet to see a copy with that statement. Signed and inscribed by the Roberts to "Jesse E. Walker | with best wishes" on the title page and dated "1952". A tribute to Roberts by his publisher, Doubleday Doran with several articles by individuals reviewing his work. 40 pages. Accompanying this signed and inscribed copy is a signed, typed letter from Roberts to Jesse E. Walker containing a brief discussion of the last edition of March To Quebec and the fact that as of that date (Nov. 22, 1952) there had been no further changes to that title. The letter goes on to note that this copy of Kenneth Roberts an American Novelist is enclosed which contains "the automobile routes that mark, as nearly as possible, the marches in some of my books." Also included is the original envelope from Roberts to Walker.
TB29952 $85.00

Roberts, Kenneth: Sun Hunting. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Comp., 1922. First Edition first state. Very good+ in dark green cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping which has darkened with age on the spine with very light rubbing at the edges and with a prior owner's name on the first free end paper. Without the issued dust jacket but signed by the author on a tipped in page placed in advance of the frontispiece. This is the first state of the book. Only 4,790 copies of this state were printed by the publisher.
TB14326 $80.00

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Roberts, Kenneth: Don't Say That about Maine!. Waterville: Colby College Press, 1951. First Edition. Fine in heavy, printed brick red paper wraps over a stapled binding. A 12mo measuring 7 1/4 by 4 3/4 inches. A reprint of one of Kenneth Roberts' articles from the November 6, 1948 issue of the Saturday Evening Post. 31 pages of text. Illustrated with a black and white photographic frontispiece.
TB13927 $65.00

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Roberts, Kenneth: The Lively Lady. n.p. (Garden City, New York): Edtions for the Armed Forces, n.d.. Armed Services Edition. Very good+ in heavy paper printed wraps with light rubbing to the edges of the panels. Without a dust jacket as issued. A small paperback edition containing the complete text.
TB01460 $60.00

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Roberts, Kenneth: Captain Caution. New York: Editions for the Armed Services, Inc., 1934. Armed Forces Overseas Edition. Very good+ in printed, heavy paper wraps over a stapled binding. An oblong 32mo of 4 1/2 by 6 1/2 inches with light rubbing to the edges of the front cover and a stamp of the "Army War College Washington, D." stamped on the front cover and the second to last page of the text. An historical fiction novel which takes place during the War of 1812. 285 pages followed by a page of acknowledgments by the author and a list of other volumes in the Armed Services Editions.
TB30869 $35.00

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Roberts, Kenneth: Boon Island. Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1956. First Trade Edition. Near fine in tan cloth covered boards with a gilt on black title block on the spine and a gilt anchor on the front board and with map end sheets. An octavo measuring 8 1/4 by 5 1/2 inches with map end sheets. In a very good+ unclipped dust jacket with minor light wear and rubbing to the ends of the spine area and a 1/4 inch closed tear at the upper edge of the front panel. 275 pages of text followed by eight pages of notes on other books by Roberts. A novel based on the facts of an actual shipwreck on this Maine island in 1710 and the fight for survival by the ship's crew even though they were within sight of the mainland.
TB32157 $30.00

Roberts, Kenneth: It Must Be Your Tonsils. New York: Doubleday, Doran, 1936. First Edition, First printing. Near Fine Without a dust jacket.
TB01475 $21.00

Roberts, Kenneth: Lydia Bailey. Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1947. First Edition, First printing. Very good in decorated black cloth covered boards with bright gilt text stampings on the spine and front board with map end papers. The outer margins of many of the pages show a dampness stain that fortunately does not impact on the printing on the pages. In a good+ unclipped dust jacket with heavy wear to the ends of the spine area. An historical fiction novel which takes place in 1800 during America's Quasi-War with France and extends on to the slave rebellion in Haiti and then moves on to Tripoli to witness the U.S. war with the pirates from the Barbary States.
TB22970 $20.00

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Roberts, Kenneth: Rabble In Arms. Camden, Maine: Down East Books, (1996). Fifth Printing. Fine in heavy, printed paper wraps over an adhesive binding. An octavo of 8 1/4 by 5 3/8 inches. Without a dust jacket as issued. An historical fiction novel which centers around the early years of the American Revolution and the American retreat from Canada 586 pages of text.
TB31878 $15.00

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Sabatini, Rafael: The Life of Cesare Borgia. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1924, 1930. First revised edition. Very good in black cloth covered boards with red-orange text stamping on the spine with a short closed tear to the upper edge of the spine. In a good dust jacket with the original $1.00 price intact but with the upper 1.25" of the spine area missing as well as a 1.5" chip in the center of the spine area and rubbed at the folds. Sabatini was a prolific author and brilliant linguist (6 languages). This was his last of 31 novels. His most famous were Scaramouche (1921), Captain Blood (1922), and The Sea Hawk (1915).
TB13573 $31.50

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Sabatini, Rafael: The Historical Nights' Entertainment First Series. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1924. First Edition, First printing. Very good+ in red cloth covered boards with faded gilt text stamping on the spine and with a gilt embossed decoration on the front board. A small octavo measuring 8" by 5" with rubbing and wear to the cloth at the head of the spine. Without its issued dust jacket. 387 pages of text illustrated with reproductions of earlier works of art. A collection of thirteen short stories.
TB24677 $30.00

Shaara, Jeff: Gods and Generals. New York: Ballantine Books, 1996. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 cloth and paper covered boards with very slight crimping to cloth at the heel of the spine. In a fine unclipped dust jacket. This author is the son of Michael Sahara who wrote the Pulitzer Prize winning novel The Killer Angels. And, the son writes a moving and accurate account of the years which preceded Gettysburg. 498 pages.
TB20098 $40.00

Suthren, Victor: Admiral of Fear. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1991. First Edition, First printing. Fine in blue paper covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. The sequel to Royal Yankeee and The Golden Galleon. This volume takes place in 1742 with Edward Mainwaring again facing his old nemesis in the Mediterranean at Toulon Harbor.
TB14007 $20.00

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Taylor, Robert L.: The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters. Franklin Center: Franklin Press, 1979. Franklin Edition. Fine in decorated full red-brown leather covered boards with two raised bands on the spine and with gilt text and decorations stamped in the compartments and on the front and rear boards. The end papers are silk there is a matching silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine and all edges of the text block are gilt. A Pulitzer Prize winning novel of 1959 and one of the volumes in the Franklin Press' series of books of Pulitzer Prize winners. A fascinating novel of a father and son's cross country trip to the California gold fields in 1849. 478 pages of text with illustrations by Charles Hamrick.
TB26739 $80.00

Wallace, Willard M.: The Raiders. Boston: Little Brown, 1970. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in 1/4 blue cloth and paper covered boards with some dust staining to the top edge. In a very good- dust jacket with some speckeling to the spine area and light wear to the spine ends. A novel of the Civil War at sea by the same author who wrote: Traitorous Hero: A Biography of Benedict Arnold.
TB07971 $17.50

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