KROETSCH, ROBERT

Man from the Creeks, the

Random House Canada, 1998. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0679309179. Brown hardcovers with gilt titles to the spine. An As New copy, tight, bright & unmarked. First Edtion and printing. The DJ is Fine, unclipped with very light cover wear. "Set against the Klondike Gold Rush of the 1890s, The Man from the Creeks is a gripping tale of three entrepreneurs desperate to strike it rich. This is a witty and ribald retelling of Robert Service’s incomparable “The Shooting of Dan McGrew. ” ; 8.50 X 5.70 X 1.30 inches; 307 pages. As New in As New dust jacket .

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N° du livre: 13906

Catalogue: Historical Fiction

Mots-clés: 0679309179 Klondike River Valley Mothers and Sons Yukon Territory Fiction Historical Fiction

LE CLéZIO, J. M. G.

Ritournelle de la Faim

GALLIMARD, 2008. Paperback. ISBN: 2070122832. A Fine Trade Paperback, a sound binding and bright, unmarked pages. "Le Clézio, J. -M. G, 1940-. Ritournelle de la faim: roman. Paris: Gallimard, 2008, Printed 13 octobre 2008 / rear cover: 08-X, 206pp, PAPERBACK, very good. "Ma mère, quand elle m'a raconté la première du Boléro, a dit son émotion, les cris, les bravos et les sifflets, le tumulte. Dans la même salle, quelque part, se trouvait un jeune homme qu'elle n'a jamais rencontré, Claude Lévi-Strauss. Comme lui, longtemps après, ma mère m'a confié que cette musique avait changé sa vie. Maintenant, je comprends pourquoi. Je sais ce que signifiait pour sa génération cette phrase répétée, serinée, imposée par le rythme et le crescendo. Le Boléro n'est pas une pièce musicale comme les autres. Il est une prophétie. Il raconte l'histoire d'une colère, d'une faim. Quand il s'achève dans la violence, le silence qui s'ensuit est terrible pour les survivants étourdis. J'ai écrit cette histoire en mémoire d'une jeune fille qui fut malgré elle une héroïne à vingt ans." ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 224 pages. Fine .

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N° du livre: 27298

Catalogue: France, Ficiton, Nobel Prize Winner, Historical Fiction

Mots-clés: 2070122832 French > Fiction Nobel Prize Winners Historical Fiction War Literature Historical Fiction War Literature French Books

MACLENNAN HUGH

Watch That Ends the Night, the

Signet Book, 1959. Mass_Market. A Very Good Paperback with a sound binding, clean & unmarked pages. Age tanning to the pages with cover edgewear and rubbing. "George and Catherine Stewart share not only the burden of Catherine's heart disease, which could cause her death at any time, but the memory of Jerome Martell, her first husband and George's closest friend. Martel, a brilliant doctor passionately concerned with social justice, is presumed to have died in a Nazi prison camp. His sudden return to Montreal precipitates the central crisis of the novel. " ; New American Library; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 350 pages. Very Good .

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N° du livre: 26853

Catalogue: Fiction, Canada, Historical Fiction, War, Politics

Mots-clés: Canada > Fiction Historical Fiction War & Military Politics

MARTEL ALPERN

Adventuras de Don Quijote

Houghton Mifflin Company, 1963. Hardcover. Green Hardcovers, yellow titles to the cover and spine. Very Good+ one name and a high school stamp to the front end paper & 2 pages with marks, otherwise an unmarked text. Tightly bound pages. Frontispiece and black & white illustrations. "Don Quixote has become so entranced by reading chivalric romances, that he determines to become a knight-errant himself. In the company of his faithful squire, Sancho Panza, his exploits blossom in all sorts of wonderful ways. While Quixote's fancy often leads him astray – he tilts at windmills, imagining them to be giants – Sancho acquires cunning and a certain sagacity." ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 244 pages. Very Good+ .

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N° du livre: 26676

Catalogue: Classics, Fiction, Literature, Historical Fiction

Mots-clés: Fiction > Classics Literature Historical Fiction Adventure Classics Literature Authors Action & Adventure

MCKENNA RICHARD

Sand Pebbles, the

Ottawa, Canada: Harper & Row, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Bright red Hardcovers with bold, gilt titles to the spine. Maps of China South to the end papers. The pages are tightly bound, clean & unmarked. Light spine end bumping. In Very Good++ condition. Book of the month Club. The DJ is Good+ with cover rubbing and edge wear, a small sticker on the spine end top flap hinge. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 597 pages. Very Good .

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N° du livre: 27193

Catalogue: Historical Fiction, Naval History, China Republic, United States

Mots-clés: Historical Fiction Naval History China Republic, 1912-1949 United States Historical Fiction War Asia United States

MI, AI

Under the Hawthorn Tree

House of Anansi Press, 2013. Paperback. ISBN: 1770893504. A Fine Trade Paperback with a sound binding, bright & unmarked pages. "Yichang municipality, Hubei province, China, early 1970s. High-school student Jingqiu is one of many educated urban youth sent to the countryside to be re-educated under a dictate from Chairman Mao. Jing's father is a political prisoner somewhere in China, and her mother, a former teacher branded as a capitalist, is now reduced to menial work to support Jing and her two younger siblings." ; 5.2 X 1.1 X 7.8 inches; 368 pages. Fine .

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N° du livre: 26818

Catalogue: China, Historical Fiction, Asia

Mots-clés: 1770893504 Asia > China Historical Fiction Chinese Literature Historical Fiction Literature Asia

MICHENER JAMES A.

Source, the

Toronto,: Random House, 1965. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Turquoise cloth covers, blue waves across the front cover and spine. Very Good++ condition with a solid binding and a prisitne text. Light spine end bumping. Front end papers show maps of 'the Locale', showing the principal places referred to in the narrative. End papers show the map of the Galilee. A book Club Edition. The DJ is in Good condition, chipping to the spine end bottom, cover edgewear and rubbing. "The story of Israel and all the Bible lands through many centuries. Into this massive canvas, James Michener has woven a constant thread, the story of man's spiritual pilgrimage amidst oppression and suffering." ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 909 pages; Sold dec, 2021. Very Good+ in Good dust jacket .

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N° du livre: 26361

Catalogue: Historical Fiction

ONDAATJE, MICHAEL

Collected Works of Billy the Kid

House of Anansi Press, 1970. Paperback. ISBN: 0887840183. A Very Good Paperback, red, brown covers. The pages are clean & unmarked. A crease to the front cover top corner. Cover edgewear and rubbing. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 105 pages. Very Good+ .

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N° du livre: 26817

Catalogue: Poetry, Westerns, Canada, Historical Fiction

Mots-clés: 0887840183 Historical Fiction Westerns, Poetry Canada > Fictions

ONDAATJE, MICHAEL

Coming Through Slaughter

Anansi, 1976. Paperback. ISBN: 0887840523. Very Good with a tight binding, the pages are unmarked. An uncreased spine with cover edgewear and rubbing. "Bringing to life the fabulous, colorful panorama of New Orleans in the first flush of the jazz era, this book tells the story of Buddy Bolden, the first of the great trumpet players--some say the originator of jazz--who was, in any case, the genius, the guiding spirit, and the king of that time and place." ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 156 pages. Very Good .

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N° du livre: 26862

Catalogue: Historical Fiction, Music, Canada

Mots-clés: 0887840523 Canada > Ficiton Historical Fiction Music > Jazz Biography Biography Music Historical Fiction

ONDAATJE, MICHAEL

Divisadero

Vintage Canada, 2008. Paperback. ISBN: 0676979157. Trade Paperback in Fine+ condition. Light crease to the front spine hinge. "In the 1970s in northern California, near Gold Rush country, a father and his teenage daughters, Anna and Claire, work their farm with the help of Coop, an enigmatic young man who makes his home with them. Theirs is a makeshift family, until it is riven by an incident of violence — of both hand and heart — that sets fire to the rest of their lives." ; 7.9 X 5.2 X 0.9 inches; 288 pages. Fine .

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N° du livre: 26353

Catalogue: Fiction, Canada, Literature, Historical Fiction

Mots-clés: 0676979157 Canada Historical Fiction Literature Canada Historical Fiction Literature

PATON, ALAN

Too Late the Phalarope

London, England: Jonathan Cape, N.D.. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. Green cloth covers, gilt titles to the spine and cover. In Near Fine condition, a solid binding with an unmarked interior. The DJ is Very Good+, cover edge wear and rubbing. ; 7.75"; 253 pages. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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N° du livre: 27156

Catalogue: Fiction, Africa, Historical Fiction, Literature

Mots-clés: Historical Fiction Africa Literature Historical Fiction Literature Africa

PENFIELD, WILDER

Torch, the

Little, Brown and Company, 1960. Hardcover. First Edition, Second Printing. Green Hardcovers with gilt illustrations to the cover and spine. Very Good+ condition, the binding is tight and the pages are unmarked. Light spine end bumping. The DJ is clipped, in Fair condition, heavy cover rubbing and spine hinge wear. A small piece of off the bottom, tape repaired. "Hippocrates life on the island of Cos. A love story." ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 370 pages. Very Good+ in Good dust jacket .

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N° du livre: 27598

Catalogue: Fiction, Historical Fiction

Mots-clés: Historical Fiction Historical Fiction

RENAULT MARY

Bull from the Sea, the

Four Square, 1964. Paperback. Mass Market Paperback in Very Good condition. The first three pages are loose, otherwise a tightly bound book. The pages are unmarked with age tanning to them. Spine creasing with cover edgewear. "The Bull From The Sea tells the story of Theseus, the ancient Greek hero who defeated the Minatour and Crete. Mary Renault has written the finest "fictionalized" autobiography. Theseus struggles to become a man, then to stay alive, then to become free, then to do his duty - the thread of his life parallels those of every person." ; 7.09 X 4.17 X 0.63 inches; 253 pages. Very Good .

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N° du livre: 18780

Catalogue: Greece, Historical Fiction

Mots-clés: Thesus, King of Athens Historical Fiction Greece / Roman

ROBERTS, CAREY & REBECCA SEELY

Tidewater Dynasty a Biographical Novel of the Lees of Stratford Hall

Mariner Books, 1983. Paperback. ISBN: 0156903369. Trade Paperback. A Very Good copy, tightly bound and unmarked with wear to the covers with scuffing and edgewear. "From Tom Lee to Robert E. Lee, who made the fateful decision to turn from the nation he loved to defend the state he loved more, the Lees of Virginia dominated both their local and our national landscape. "; 8.54 X 5.56 X 1.11 inches; 435 pages. Very Good+ .

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N° du livre: 18608

Catalogue: Historical Fiction

Mots-clés: 0156903369 Historical Fiction

ROY, GABRIELLE

Children of My Heart

Seal, 1980. Paperback. ISBN: 0770415849. A Very Good Paperback. An uncreased spine with clean & unmarked pages and a sound binding. Age tanning. A crease to the back cover top edge. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 167 pages. Very Good+ .

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N° du livre: 27204

Catalogue: Canada, Prairie Provinces, Historical Fiction

Mots-clés: 0770415849 Canada > Prairie Provinces Historical Fiction Culture Manners & Customs Canada Culture Historical Fiction