ULITSKAYA, LUDMILA & POLLY GANNON (TRANSLATOR)

Jacob's Ladder a Novel

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2019. First American Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0374293651. Front board has small bump on bottom edge, DJ is near-fine.; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; 6.44 X 44.96 X 235.2 millimeters; 546 pages; "Jumping between the diaries and letters of Jacob Ossetsky in Kiev in the early 1900s and the experiences of his granddaughter Nora in the theatrical world of Moscow in the 1970s and beyond, Jacob’s Ladder guides the reader through some of the most turbulent times in the history of Russia and Ukraine, and draws suggestive parallels between historical events of the early twentieth century and those of more recent memory. Spanning the seeming promise of the prerevolutionary years, to the dark Stalinist era, to the corruption and confusion of the present day, Jacob’s Ladder is a pageant of romance, betrayal, and memory. With a scale worthy of Tolstoy, it asks how much control any of us have over our lives-and how much is in fact determined by history, by chance, or indeed by the genes passed down by the generations that have preceded us into the world.". Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket .

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N° du livre: 20853

Catalogue: Fiction::Historical

Mots-clés: 0374293651 Russia Fiction stalinist Fiction::Historical

WALDO, ANNA LEE

Circle of Stones: A Novel

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1999. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0312198434. Illustrated by Kinuko Y. Craft jacket art. Only slight wear ; A near-fine volume in a near-fine DJ, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 432 pages; The story is "- that of a Welsh explorer named Madoc, who traveled across the world and settled with the Native Americans three centuries before Columbus's famed journey of 1492 -- beginning with the extraordinary story of his mother, Brenda. ". Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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N° du livre: 21825

Catalogue: Fiction::Historical

Mots-clés: 0312198434 Wales madoc

WARDROPER, JAMES H.

Bearers of the Light

Belleville ON: Essence Publishing, 2010. First Edition. Softcover. ISBN: 1554525063. Signed by Author; Card covers show very light shelf wear, corner curl.; A bright, solid book. Signed by the author on the half-title page. ; The Michmash Chronicles #1; 9.1 X 5.9 X 1.0 inches; 508 pages; Wardroper brings light to the Dark Ages of Roman Britain in fictional form.. Very Good+ .

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N° du livre: 19424

Catalogue: Fiction::Historical

Mots-clés: 1554525063 Britain Michmash Dark ages

WAYNE, KYRA PETROVSKAYA

Quest for Empire: The Sage of Russian America

Surrey, BC: Hancock House Publishers Ltd, 1986. First Paperback Edition. Paperback. ISBN: 0888391919. Card covers show very light shelf wear, bottom front corner creased on back cover and spine. ; A bright, solid book.; Trade PB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 415 pages; "Love and loyalty, slavery and freedom, adventure and survival are the themes running through this historical novel of the Russians' epic struggle to establish permanent New World colony" (blurb). Very Good+ .

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N° du livre: 21476

Catalogue: Fiction::Historical

Mots-clés: 0888391919 RUSSIA Alaska sitka FICTION Fiction::Historical

WERSTEIN, IRVING

The Long Escape

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1964. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. Price-clipped DJ has some shelf wear with short tears and light chipping. Bottom fore corners lightly bumped. Bottom of front flap clipped but price on top ; A tight solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; 7.80 X 5.60 X 1 inches; 191 pages; The story, based on fact, takes place during 1940 in the European Lowlands with Hitler's armies advancing. The director of a rest home feels she must move her young charges to safety and with help she leads them on a long journey - Ostend, Nieuport, Dunkerque and England.. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket .

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N° du livre: 18578

Catalogue: Fiction::Historical

Mots-clés: WWII belgium FICTION

WEST, SIDNEY GEORGE

The Westering Sun

North Battleford, Sask: Turner-Warwick Publications, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0919899013. DJ chipped with short tears, scuffing, faint remnants of previous owner's name on FFEP, GIFT stamp on FFEP; DJ in Mylar, tight solid book. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 378 pages; "The Westering Sun" is a fact based novel based on the historic background of the Barr Colonists of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. It starts after the Boer War and continues though WWI and WWII. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket .

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N° du livre: 12211

Catalogue: Fiction::Historical

Mots-clés: 0919899013 WWI Fiction Canada Barr colonists Saskatchewan Saskatoon WWII Fiction::Canadian

WHEATLEY, DENNIS

Desperate Measures

London: The Book Club, 1974. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0091197201. Bottom fore corners bumped only light wear else; A bright, solid book, DJ in Mylar. Attractive wraparound jacket art. ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 411 pages; "This Roger Brook story begins in 1814, after Napoleon's first abdication. Roger, now the Earl of Kildonan, accompanies Castlereagh to the Congress of Vienna. Thence he is sent to Elba, to assess the likelihood of the exiled the Emperor planning to return. He arrives in his false identity as Colonel Comte de Breuc, Commander of the Legion of Honour. There he is caught up in Napoleon's bid to regain his throne, accompanies him during his amazing march to Paris, his last campaign and defeat.". Very Good in Very Good dust jacket .

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N° du livre: 14004

Catalogue: Fiction::Historical

Mots-clés: 0091197201 Napoleonic wars British Fiction

WHITAKER, HERMAN

The Planter a Novel.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1909. First Edition. Hardcover. Green cloth boards show shelf wear, some soiling. Previous owner's name on FFEP, corners bumped. Back board hinge has split but is still solid. A few pages show spotting. ; Illustrated front board and spine, B&W frontispiece with tissue guard. A tight solid book. ; 7.40 X 5.10 X 1.40 inches; 536 pages. Very Good- with no dust jacket .

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N° du livre: 18238

Catalogue: Fiction::Historical

Mots-clés: Fiction::Historical

WHYTE, JACK

The Eagle

Toronto: Viking Canada, 2005. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0670867640. Only slight wear; A bright, solid book, DJ in protective Mylar sleeve, unclipped. ; The Camulod Chronicles, Book 9; 2.3 x 9.1 x 6.1 Inches; 691 pages; Whyte concludes his nine-volume retelling of the Arthurian legend with a rousing final chapter in the saga of Arthur, Lancelot, and Guinevere. With the threat of a Saxon invasion looming, Arthur attempts to cobble together a united Britain but is thwarted by jealous rivals. Meanwhile, Clothar (Lancelot), a romantic young nobleman, pledges his loyalty to Arthur and the ideals of Camulod (Camelot). As the two men work feverishly to turn their vision of Camulod into a reality, the stage is set for the ultimate clash between Arthur and his enemies. As one might expect, the doomed love triangle of Arthur, Lancelot, and Guinevere plays a pivotal role in this epic reworking of this classic literary staple.. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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N° du livre: 15491

Catalogue: Fiction::Historical

Mots-clés: 0670867640 King Arthur camulod Camelot Fiction::Historical

WHYTE, JACK

The Forest Laird: A Tale of William Wallace

Toronto: Viking Canada, 2010. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0670068462. Only light wear ; A bright, solid book, DJ in protective Mylar sleeve, unclipped. ; The Guardians #1; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 720 pages; In the pre-dawn hours of August 24, 1305 a.d, in London's Smithfield Prison, the outlaw William Wallace, who is to be executed at dawn, is visited by a Scottish priest who has come to hear his last Confession. So begins The Forest Laird, the first book in Jack Whyte’s masterful new trilogy. Wallace's story leads us through his many lives—as an outlaw and a fugitive, a hero and a patriot, a rebel and a kingmaker. He is the first heroic figure from the Scottish Wars of Independence brought blazingly to life in Jack Whyte's new trilogy, the Guardians, and will be followed by his two compatriots Robert the Bruce, King of Scots; and Sir James Douglas, known as The Black Douglas. Their exploits and escapades, desperate struggles and medieval savagery, high ideals and fierce patriotism are the stuff of legends, and the soul and substance of these epic novels.. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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N° du livre: 15556

Catalogue: Fiction::Historical

Mots-clés: 0670068462 scotland William Wallace braveheart Fiction::Historical

WHYTE, JACK

The Guardian a Tale of Andrew Murray

Toronto: Viking, 2014. First Canadian Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0670068489. Some water damage to back of dustjacket ; A bright, solid book dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; The Guardians #3; 9.06 X 5.98 X 1.81 inches; 546 pages; "From Jack Whyte, the master of the sweeping historical epic, comes the continuing story of two heroes who reshaped and reconfigured the entire destiny of the kingdom of Scotland by defying the might and power of Edward Plantagenet, the king of England, who called himself the Hammer of the Scots. Wallace the Braveheart would become the only legendary, heroic commoner in medieval British history and the undying champion of the common man. The other, Robert Bruce, earl of Carrick, would perfect the techniques of guerrilla warfare developed by Wallace and use them to create his own place in history as the greatest king of Scots who ever lived. In the spring of 1297, the two men meet in Ayr, in the south of Scotland, each having recently lost a young wife, one in childbirth and the other by murder. Each is heartbroken but determined in his grief to defy the ambitions of England and its malignant king, whose lust to conquer and consume the realm of Scotland is blatant and unyielding. Their combined anger at the injustices of the invading English is about to unleash a storm in Scotland that will last for sixteen years—and destroy England’s military power for decades—before giving rise to a new nation of free men.". Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .

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N° du livre: 18555

Catalogue: Fiction::Historical::Series

Mots-clés: 0670068489 scotland Robert Bruce Edward Plantagenet Fiction::Historical

WHYTE, JACK

Knights of the Black and White

Toronto: Viking Canada, 2006. 1st; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0670045136. Slight edge wear to DJ and book ; DJ in protective Mylar sleeve, unclipped. Number line 1-10, bright, solid book ; Templar Trilogy Book One; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 548 pages; "Readers of Whyte's Camulod series (eight novels set during the Arthurian period) will be very excited to jump into this, the first of a projected trilogy chronicling the birth of the Knights Templar. The novel begins in 1088, as Hugh St. Clair, a French nobleman, joins a mysterious society known as the Order. Soon Hugh is hip deep in the blood and gore of the First Crusade, which so scars him that he dedicates the rest of his life to serving God. But things don't go exactly according to plan, and soon Hugh is part of an elite band of monks whose religious devotion is matched by their skill at hand-to-hand combat. Whyte, a master at painting pictures on an epic-sized canvas, pulls the reader into the story with his usual deft combination of historical drama and old--fashioned adventure.". Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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N° du livre: 17367

Catalogue: Fiction::Historical::Series

Mots-clés: 0670045136 Knights Templar Holy Land

WHYTE, JACK

Standard of Honor

Toronto: Viking Canada, 2007. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0670045144. DJ in protective Mylar sleeve, unclipped. A bright, solid book ; Templar Trilogy Book Two ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 614 pages; As the deadly Crusades rage on, Christian forces are easily destroyed by the armies of Saladin, Sultan of Egypt, Syria, & Mesopotamia. Among the Knights Templar are two cousins; André St. Clair, a young man forced to escape his homeland when he is wrongfully accused of a crime, & Scottish knight Alexander Sinclair, a spy for the ancient Brotherhood of Sion. Along with his father, Henry, André is offered the chance to escape injustice by joining the Third Crusade and fighting with the armies of Richard of Aquitaine, soon to become King of England. Sinclair's war is almost over before it begins when he is taken captive by one of Saladin's captains. Learning from his captor that Saladin believes the Knights Templar to be the most dangerous of all the enemies of Islam & that he is determined to kill them all, Sinclair fears for his friends' lives. But perhaps the biggest threat to the St. Clair family is the new king, Richard the Lionheart, whose duplicitous ways & fierce temper lead to his shocking and vicious betrayal of one of his best men.. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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N° du livre: 13946

Catalogue: Fiction::Historical

Mots-clés: 0670045144 Templars Middle East jerusalem Knights Templar

WREN, PERCIVAL CHRISTOPHER

Beau Ideal

London: John Murray, 1952. Reprint. Hardcover. Price clipped DJ heavily chipped with a few tears with creasing, some loss head & tail of spine, faint name stamp on front free end paper. Small clip top fore edge of FFEP, front hinge intact, back hinge started but solid. ; Yellow paper covered boards shows light wear bottom edge, brown stamped titles front and spine. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 348 pages; This is the 3rd in a series of French Foreign Legion novels starting with Beau Geste and Beau Sabreur.. Very Good in Good dust jacket .

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N° du livre: 14736

Catalogue: Fiction::Historical

Mots-clés: French foreign legion sabreur beau geste Fiction::Historical

WREN, P. C.

The Mammon of Righteousness the Story of Coxe and the Box

Toronto: Longmans, Green & Co, 1930. First Canadian Edition. Hardcover. Cloth boards show shelf wear and some soiling, short tears in the cloth at the head of the spine. Previous owner's names on FFEP. This volume was previously in the collection of the Nakusp Library, and the library stamp is present inside back board and has been whited out inside front board and on FFEP. ; Beige cloth covered boards with black print front and spine, hinges intact. No other printing mentioned ; Ex-Library; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 379 pages. Very Good with no dust jacket .

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N° du livre: 17645

Catalogue: Fiction::Historical

Mots-clés: British Fiction Fiction::Historical