DEFOE DANIEL

Robinson Crusoe

Random House Value Publishing / Avenel Books, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0517626322. A Fine blue Hardcover with a tight binding, bright, unmarked pages, the DJ is in Very Good++ condition, ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 394 pages. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 27551

Catalogue: Fiction, Classics, Relationships, Shipwrecks

Keywords: 0517626322 Fiction > Classics Family & Relationships Shipwrecks Action & Adventure Fiction Boats, Ships, Sailing & Boatbuilding Classics Family & Relationships Action & Adventure

DELDERFIELD, R. F.

Seven Men of Gascony

Coronet Books, 1974. Paperback. ISBN: 034017420x. Mass Market Paperback in Very Good+ condition, tightly bound with a clean interior text. Cover edgewear and scuffing with a small stain to the spine. "This stirring saga follows seven comrades and heroes through the tumult of the Napolianic Wars as they fight for their lives from Austria to Portugal, from France to Russia, until they confront their destiny at Waterloo. Drawn from stories left behind by the soldiers of the First Empire, this dramatic tale rings true in both triumph and defeat." ; 7.01 X 4.25 X 1.02 inches; 363 pages. Very Good .

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Book number: 15732

Catalogue: Fiction, Classics

Keywords: 034017420x

DICKENS, CHARLES. INTRODUCTION: DAME SYBIL THORNDIKE

Life & Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

Oxford University Press, USA, 1996. Hardcover. ISBN: 0192545086. Burgundy Hardcovers, white titles to the spine. A sound binding, other than an inscription on the front end paper, the balance of the book is bright & unmarked. The DJ is in Near Fine condition, glossy, light rubbing. Thirty-nine illustrations byPhiz. ; 5.5 X 1.75 X 7.75 inches; 864 pages. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 27441

Catalogue: Classics, Fiction,19th Century, British Literature

Keywords: 0192545086 Fiction > Classics 19th Centruy British Literature Victorian Fiction Classics Literature

DICKENS CHARLES

A Tale of Two Cities Notes & Questions by Ethel M. Sealey

Toronto, Ont.: The Copp Clark Publishing Co. Limited, 1935. Cloth. Red cloth boards with dark blue lettering on cover and spine. Spine is slightly faded with bumped edges, previous owner's name written on front paste down. This is a nice clean copy with a solid binding. ; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; 385 pages. Very Good with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 1293

Catalogue: Fiction, Classics

Keywords: 18th Century, Fiction Classics Language France England

DU MAURIER DAPHNE

King's General

Doubleday and Co, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Green cloth covers, gilt titles pannelled in black, to the spine . In Good condition. This has an unmarked text with the previous owner's name written on the front free end paper. No loose pages, the covers have some staining to them. Spine end & corner bumping with a small tear to the front cover top spine hinge. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 374 pages. Good .

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Book number: 13510

Catalogue: Fiction, Classics

Keywords: Fiction Classics

DU MAURIER DAPHNE

Parasites

Toronto, Canada: Ryerson Press, 1949. Hardcover. Green Hardcovers, gilt titles panelled black to the spine. Very Good++, November, 1949. The pages are tightly bound, minute writing on the front end paper, clean & unmarked. Small white mark to the back cover. The DJ is Good+ with spine end chipping and cover rubbing. "Maria, Niall and Celia have grown up in the shadow of their famous parents - their father, a flamboyant singer and their mother, a talented dancer. Now pursuing their own creative dreams, all three siblings feel an undeniable bond, but it is Maria and Niall who share the secret of their parents' past affairs." ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 302 pages. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 26959

Catalogue: Fiction, Classics, Historical Fiction,Mystery

Keywords: Fiction > Historical Fiction Mystery Gothic Romance Fiction Romance Mystery & Detective Historical Fiction Classics

DU MAURIER, DAPHNE (1907-1989)

Rendezvous and Other Stories

London : Gollancz, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0575028459. Bright red Hardcovers, gilt title to the spine. A sound binding, bright, unarked pages. In Fine condition. The DJ is clipped and in Very Good+ condition. "The fourteen tales included in the present volume were written over a period of many years some of them before her first novels were published, others in her thirties and forties; they reflect many human romance, disenchantment, fantasy, nostalgia, ambition, irony, the longing for adventure. Each story is based on something du Maurier observed or overheard and will provide pleasure for every mood." ; 142 X 22 X 219 millimeters. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 27002

Catalogue: Fiction, Classics, Short Stories, Mystery, British Literature

Keywords: 0575028459 Fiction > Classics Short Stories British Literature Mystery Fiction Mystery & Detective Classics Short Stories

DUCHARME, RéJEAN

Avalée Des Avalés

FOLIO, 1982. Paperback. ISBN: 2070373932. A Near Fine Paperback, a sound binding with bright, unmarked pages. An uncreased spine. ; Folio; Vol. 1393; 112 X 16 X 180 millimeters; 384 pages. Near Fine .

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Book number: 27221

Catalogue: Fiction, France, Classics

Keywords: 2070373932 Fiction France Canada Classics

DURRELL LAWRENCE

Tunc

London, Eng: Faber and Faber, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. Red cloth covers, gilt titles to the spine. In Very Good+ condition, some light marking to the front end paper top corner. The binding is tight, pages are bright & unmarked. The DJ is clipped and in Very Good condition. "The story is told by an inventor inhabited by a big dream: to create a machine capable of predicting the destiny of individuals. He ends up entering the powerful Merlin society, marries the founder's daughter and tastes for a while the power that fortune gives. But he will soon try to escape the grip of society and its Machiavellian directors." ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 316 pages. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 26697

Catalogue: Fiction, Literature, Classics

Keywords: Fiction Literature > Classics Sci-Fi Fiction Classics Literature

EDMONDS, WALTER D. & PAUL LANTZ

Matchlock Gun

Troll Communications Llc, 1991. Paperback. ISBN: 0816723672. This is a Near Fine Paperback. Tightly bound, one small black mark to the top of the title page, otherwise a bright, unmarked book. Light cover edgewear. "In 1756, during the French and Indian War in upper New York state, ten-year-old Edward is determined to protect his home and family with the ancient, and much too heavy, Spanish gun that his father had given him before leaving home to fight the enemy." ; 7.25 X 0.25 X 9.5 inches; 50 pages. Near Fine .

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Book number: 26798

Catalogue: Historical Fiction, Classics, Children's

Keywords: 0816723672 Historical Fiction Children's Fiction Classics School Education Historical Fiction Classics Children

FAULKNER WILLIAM

Mosquitoes

Liveright Publishing Corporation, 1927. Hardcover. Blue Hardcovers, gilt titles to the spine and cover. A sound binding, the pages are clean & unmarked. A 1 inch by 1half inch stain to the botom of the front cover. Spine end bumping. The DJ is in Good condition only with spine end chipping and a small piece missing of off the front cover bottom corner with a water stain on the inside of the cover. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 349 pages. Very Good in Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 27403

Catalogue: Fiction, Classics, American, Literature

Keywords: Fiction Classics United States

FLAUBERT, GUSTAVE

Dictionary of Accepted Ideas by Gustave Flaubert

New Directions, 1769. Paperback. A Very Good Trade Paperback with a sound binding and clean, unmarked pages. Ligh cover edgwer and spine hinge wear. A Bookstore sticker to the inside of the front cover. "Throughout his life Flaubert made it a game to eavesdrop for the cliché, the platitude, the borrowed and unquestioned idea with which the “right thinking” swaddle their minds. After his death his little treasury of absurdities, of half-truths and social lies, was published as a Dictionnaire des idées reçues." ; 1968; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 92 pages. Very Good .

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Book number: 27338

Catalogue: France, Humor, Literature, Philosophy, Classics

Keywords: France > Classics Literature Humor Humour & Satire Literature Philosophy France

FLAUBERT GUSTAVE, CHARLES JOAN, TRANSLATOR

Madame Bovary

Garden City , New York: International Collectors Library, N.D.. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Illustrated by Stahl Ben. No Jacket (As Issued) Burgundy leatherette binding with gilt decorations and lettering on the spine and front board. Top edge gilt. Red ribbon bookmark. Top pages have some light bumping, could be caused by dampness. A dramatisation of Flaubert's masterpiece. Emma Bovary and her reviled husband are at breakfast on the morning of Emma's last day alive. As they bicker, scenes from Emma's past are called to mind and played out with all the passion for which Flaubert's novel is famous. Y; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 281 pages. Very Good with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 1261

Catalogue: Fiction, Classics

Keywords: Adultery Fiction Classics France

FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN

Poor Richard's Almanack

Mount Vernon, New York: Peter Pauper Press, 1988. Hardcover. ISBN: 9780880889186. A Fine pictorial Hardcover, a sound binding, bright, unmarked pages. An Ex-libris name plate attached to the front paste down. The DJ is Very Good, light corner wear and a small tear to the back cover bottom edge. "A faithful reproduction of the original Peter Pauper Press edition of Poor Richard's Almanack, circa 1950, the current version contains the same colorful woodcuts and 18th century design of the original." ; Gift Editions; 6.02 X 0.79 X 9.1 inches; 80 pages. Fine in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 27326

Catalogue: Proverbs, Classics, Philosophy, Reference, Humor, Politics & Government

Keywords: 9780880889186 Reference History Philosophy Politics & Government Politics Government United States Philosophy Reference

GALSWORTHY JOHN

Forsyte Saga, the

Garden City , New York: International Collectors Library, N.D.. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Green hard boards, Louis VI replica binding, title and designs in pannelled form on spine, a matching ribbon marker. Some rubbing on the botton corner edge. Insert with book review included, also has an author biography. Comprises three voumes: The Man of Property, In Chancery, and To Let. They tell the story of the rise, flourishing and decline of a virile and proud British family of the upper middle class during the Edwardian and Victorian periods, up to the end of World War 1.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 715 pages. Very Good with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 1251

Catalogue: Fiction, Classics, Saga

Keywords: World War I, Sagas Fiction Classics Family & Relationships England