SANDS, KEVIN

Blackthorn Key, Book One of the Blackthorn Key Series

Mount Vernon, New York: Aladdin, 2015. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 1481446517. Black Hardcovers, blue spine. In Very Good condition with a tight binding, writing to the front end paper, otherwise the interior is clean & unmarked. Page 179 has a crease to the upper corner. Spine end bumping. The DJ is unclipped and in Very Good++ condition. "In 1665 London, fourteen-year-old Christopher Rowe, apprentice to an apothecary, and his best friend, Tom, try to uncover the truth behind a mysterious cult, following a trail of puzzles, codes, pranks, and danger toward an unearthly secret with the power to tear the world apart." ; 9.1 X 6.6 X 1.1 inches; 384 pages. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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N° du livre: 23609

Catalogue: Children' Fiction, Historical, Europe

Mots-clés: 1481446517 Children's Fiction Historical > Europe Historical Fiction Children Europe

SCOTT SIR WALTER, MILO WINTER, ILLUSTRATOR

Ivanhoe: A Romance

Chicago, Illinois: Rand McNally & Company, 1918. Hardcover. Green textured Hardcovers with a tipped in color drawing to the front cover. A sound binding, totally unmarked with illustrated end papers. Moderate wear to the spine ends and corners. A frontispiece with 12 mostly color illustrations. Very Good++ ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 637 pages. Very Good+ .

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N° du livre: 27038

Catalogue: Historical Fiction, England, Anglo-Saxons, England, Romance

Mots-clés: Historical Fiction Anglo-Saxons Romance History England Adventure

SHIELDS, CAROL

Stone Diaries

Random House Canada, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0394223624. First Edition. Red Hardcovers in Near Fine condition. Tightly bound, bright, unmarked pages with light spine end bumping. The DJ is unclipped and in Good condition with spine end and cover edgewear. "Born in 1905, Daisy Goodwill drifts through the chapters of childhood, marriage, widowhood, remarriage, motherhood and old age. Bewildered by her inability to understand her own role, Daisy attempts to find a way to tell her own story within a novel that is itself about the limitations of autobiography." ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 361 pages. Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket .

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N° du livre: 27513

Catalogue: Domestic Fiction, Canada, Historical Fiction, Classics

Mots-clés: 0394223624 Historical Fiction Canada > Domestic Fiction Classics Fiction Canada Historical Fiction Classics

SHUTE NEVIL

Rainbow and the Rose

William Morrow & Company, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Two toned, yellow & blue, Hardcovers. Blue titles to the spine. Tightly bound with an unmarked interior. The DJ is clipped and is in Good+ condition, spine end chipping with a tear up the middle of the spine end. "When seasoned pilot Johnny Pascoe tries to rescue a sick girl from the Tasmanian outback, his plane crashes and leaves him stranded and dangerously injured. Ronnie Clarke, who was trained by Pascoe, attempts to fly a doctor in to help, but rough weather makes his mission more difficult than he imagined. " ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 310 pages. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket .

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N° du livre: 27413

Catalogue: Fiction, Australia, Historical, Classics

Mots-clés: Australia Historical Fiction Classics

STARNES, JOHN

The Cornish Hug

Balmuir Book Pub, 1985. First Edition. Paperback. ISBN: 0919511287. Trade Paperback. A sound binding with bright & unmarked pages. Light corner bumping. "This story culminates in the Battle of Penobscot Bay, an almonst forgotten sea battle that was the worst naval disaster in American history until Pearl Harbour." ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 220 pages. Very Good+ .

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N° du livre: 26652

Catalogue: Canada, Historical Fiction, War

Mots-clés: 0919511287 Canada Historical Fiction War Fiction Historical Fiction War

STEWART, MARY

Last Enchantment, the

William Morrow & Co, 1979. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0688034810. Black Hardcovers with bright red titles to the spine, Book Of The Month Club. Bright, unmarked pages, a solid binding. Maps to the end papers. The DJ is Very Good+, cover edge wear with some rubbing. "Arthur Pendragon is king! Crowned and recognized as High King, Arthur is unchallenged on the battlefield, and he melds the country together in a time of promise, as Merlin works in the shadows. But sinister powers plot to destroy Camelot, and when the witch-queen Morgause - Arthur's own half-sister - ensnares him in an incestuous liaison, a fatal web of love, betrayal, and bloody vengeance is woven." ; 8.4 X 5.8 X 1.8 inches; 439 pages. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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N° du livre: 26352

Catalogue: Fiction, Historical Ficiton,Mythology, Adventure

Mots-clés: 0688034810 Fiction > Adventure Novel Historical Fiction Mythology Fiction Historical Fiction Action & Adventure

TAYLOR, PATRICK

An Irish Country Girl Irish Country Book 4.

Forge Books, 2011. Paperback. ISBN: 0765320738. A Fine+ Trade Paperback with an uncreased spine, tighlty bound and clean pages. "Presents the story of the early life of Kinky Kincaid, once known as Maureen O'Hanlon, a farmer's daughter growing up in the hills and glens of 1920s County Cork, Ireland, who had a gift for seeing fairies, spirits, and the dreaded banshee." ; 5.57 X 18.19 X 210.82 millimeters; 320 pages. Fine+ .

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N° du livre: 26873

Catalogue: Historical Fiction, Ireland, Romance

Mots-clés: 0765320738 Historical Fiction Ireland Romance

TRAVEN B.

The Rebellion of the Hanged: No. 5 of the Jungle Novels

New York: Hill and Wang, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 080908046X. First Printing ( Numkber Line ) . Brown Hardcovers, gilt titles to the spine. In Fine condition, a tight binding with bright, unmarked pages. The DJ is unclipped and in Very Good+ condition. "The fifth of Traven's Jungle Novels, depicting a revolt by long-oppressed workers in the great mahogany plantations, and culminating in a treacherous march through the jungles at the height of the rainy season." ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 248 pages. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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N° du livre: 26678

Catalogue: Fiction, Historical Fiction, Classics

Mots-clés: 080908046x Fiction Historical Fiction Classics

UNSWORTH, BARRY

Morality Play

Nan A. Talese, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0385479530. First Edition. Gray Hardcovers, red cloth spine covering. In Fine+ condition with a sond binding, bright, unmarked pages. The DJ is unclipped and in Fine conditiion. "The author of the Book Prize-winning Sacred Hunger turns to 14th-century England with a novel of foul doings. Fearing reprisals by his bishop after he breaks his vow of chastity, a young monk joins a troupe of traveling players. But when they come to a small town in the dead of winter to stage a morality play, the group is soon caught up in a drama of a different kind--one that involves murder." ; 8.1 X 5.9 X 0.9 inches; 206 pages. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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N° du livre: 25872

Catalogue: Historical Fiction, Great Britain

Mots-clés: 0385479530 Historical Fiction Great Britain Mystery & Detective Mystery & Detective Historical Fiction England

URIS, LEON

Trinity

Bantam Books, 1977. Mass_Market. ISBN: 0553239074. An oversize Mass Market with a tight binding and clean pages. There is heavy wear to the spine hinges and cover edges. Small tears to the spine hinge ends. "The 'terrible beauty' that is Ireland comes alive in this mighty epic that re-creates that Emerald's Isle's fierce struggle for independence. Trinity is a saga of glories and defeats, triumphs and tragedies, lived by a young Catholic rebel and the beautiful and valiant Protestant girl who defied her heritage to join him." ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 815 pages. Very Good .

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N° du livre: 27209

Catalogue: Historical Fiction, Ireland, War, Classics

Mots-clés: 0553239074 Historical Fiction Ireland > War Classics

WALKER, ELLA JACOBY

Fortress North, Illustrations by the Author.

Toronto, Canada: Thomas Allen, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. Brown Hardcovers, black titles to the spine. Very Good++, a sound binding, bright, unmarked pages. Maps to the endpapers and black & white illustrations through the book. The DJ is Good, intact with some spine end chipping. "Fortress North is a series of short stories covering Edmonton from the first Fort to the heyday of the City Centre Airport in the 1940s." ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 419 pages. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .

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N° du livre: 27417

Catalogue: Historical Fiction, Canada, Alberta

Mots-clés: Canada > Alberta Historical Fiction

WESLEY, MARY

A Sensible Life

Corgi, 1995. Paperback. ISBN: 055299393X. Very Good Trade Paperback with a tightly binding, clean, unmarked pages. Light spine creasing. "Flora Trevelyan, a ten-year-old misfit, has been abandoned by her self-obsessed parents to her own devices in Dinard. Amongst the privileged, well-meaning English families holidaying there she finds some kindness and the first pangs of love for Cosmo, Hubert and Felix." ; 7.4 X 4.6 X 1.2 inches; 380 pages. Very Good+ .

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N° du livre: 26316

Catalogue: Historical Fiction, British Literature, Family & Relationships

Mots-clés: 055299393x Historical Fiction British Literature Family & Relationships Historical Fiction Family & Relationships Literature England