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New York: Ballantine Books. Fine. 2005. Trade Paperback. 5 maps; Genealogical table (fictional?) . 1126 pages. Now in paperback, a sweeping fictional history of a great city spans two thousand years and the lives of members of seven extraordinary families, chronicling the evolution of London from its primitive beginnings, through Roman occupation and the Elizabethan period, to the present day. .

New York: Penquin. Fine. 2005. Trade Paperback. Appears unread; no spine crease. . 280 pages .

New York: Fawcett Columbine. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Tiny bump to lower front corner. . Protected in a removable archival cover. Maps on endpapers. Full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. Deckle-edged pages. . 709 pages .

New York: Random House. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. Gold boards with author's initials in decorative motif with maroon spine imprinted with title and author in gold, Map of Mexico on endpapers. Random House number line beginning with 2 . 625 pages. In the tradition of Alaska, Texas, and Poland, a stirring, epic novel that brings to life 1,500 turbulent years of Mexican history, as seen through the eyes of an American journalist with Mexican ancestors .

New York: Harper Collins Publishers. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. Remainder mark on bottom of text block. Protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. Black boards with black spine imprinted in gold with title and author. . 376 pages. William Dietrich's books have been hailed for their vivid imagery, evocative atmospheres, impeccable historical accuracy, and ambitious plots. Now, in the breakout novel of his career, he delivers an enthralling story of intrigue, greed, and danger. Ethan Gage, assistant to Ben Franklin and expatriate American in post-revolutionary France, wins an ancient—and possibly cursed—medallion in a card game one night. It turns out that the medallion, covered in seemingly indecipherable symbols, may be linked to a Masonic mystery. That same night, however, Ethan is framed for a prostitute's murder and barely escapes France with his life. Faced with either prison or death, Gage is offered a third choice: to… Leer más

New York: Forge Books. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Full number line.. 352 pages. <i>"As I lay dying, I see Daddy Walter sitting on the porch reading a Bible sold to him by a man wearing spats."</i> Thus begins the novel of Charles Arthur Floyd, best known to depression-era America as Pretty Boy Floyd. <i>"I was the dreamer, the seeker of all things beyond my reach, the dandy, the dancer, the lover of countless woman, the bank robber, the husband, the father, the son, the brother. I was the most wanted man in America."</i> Rising out of the harvests and oil fields of the Oklahoma dustbowl that John Steinbeck so poignantly captured in <i>The Grapes of Wrath</i>, Pretty Boy Floyd became the most wanted man in America by the newly formed FBI-and the woman who loved him.<br><br>And while Bonnie and Clyde were tearing up the country, robbing and shooting their way across the Southwest-Charley knew… Leer más

New York: Regan Books. Very Good+. 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Edgewear; remainder mark at bottom of text block. Genealogical table (fictional). Full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. Deckle-edged pages. 250 pages. <I>Primrose Past</I> recreates, with rare authenticity and engaging spirit, the diary of a young girl growing up in Victorian England -- a time of simple manners and values, when life was lived slowly and morals were passed on from generation to generation through homilies and by example. The young lady of the story -- fifteen years of age in 1848, the year of the journal -- narrates in a fresh and endearing voice a year in the life of a Victorian family, offering a window into the lifestyle of the time; along the way she even includes recipes for dishes she learns from the family cook over the course of the year (authentic 19th-century recipes the author discovered in the course of her research). But the story, deceptively simple at first, soon takes on an… Leer más

New York: Harper. Fine. 2009. First Paperback Edition. Mass Market Paperback. No spine crease. 384 pages. An Ethan Gage Adventure, No. 2. American adventurer Ethan Gage barely escaped with his life from murderous thieves, survived a nerve-racking sea voyage and the deadly Egyptian sands when attached to Napoleon's army, and solved a five-thousand-year-old riddle with the help of a mysterious medallion. But that was child's play . . . The year is 1799. As Bonaparte's army descends upon Israel, intent upon conquest, Ethan Gage finds himself embroiled in an ancient mystery in the Holy Land, searching for a legendary Egyptian scroll imbued with awesome powers. The courageous and resourceful Gage must keep the mysterious document from his enemy, Napoleon—or, failing that, wrest it from him, even if it means pursuing his vengeful adversary back to France. And the wisdom of his great mentor, Benjamin Franklin, will offer Gage no solace should Bonaparte succeed in unlocking the… Leer más

New York: Harcourt. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. Protected in a removable Brodart cover. Stated First U. S. Edition with full letter line.. 1.41 x 9.32 x 6.48 Inches. 448 pages. 1941. Klaus Felsen, forced out of his Berlin factory into the SS, arrives in a luminous Lisbon, where Nazis and Allies, refugees and entrepreneurs, dance to the strains of opportunism and despair. Felsen's assignment takes him to the bleak mountains of the north where a devious and brutal battle is being fought for an element vital to Hitler's bliztkrieg. There he meets the man who plants the first seed of greed and revenge that will grow into a thick vine in the landscape of post-war Portugal. Late 1990s. Investigating the murder of a young girl with a disturbing sexual past, Inspector Ze Coelho overturns the dark soil of history and unearths old bones from Portugal's fascist past. This small death in Lisbon is horrific compensation for an even older crime, and… Leer más

Austin, TX: Nortex Press. Near Fine. 2004. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Inscribed " To Sharon", dated (year only) and SIGNED by the AUTHOR . 139 pages. Signed by Author. "By an act of Congress in 1991, permission was granted to fly a period United States flag at half-staff in perpetuity at the Treue Der Union monument in Comfort, Texas. It is the only monument to the Union outside of National Cemeteries in what was Confederate territory during the Civil War. Son of Defiance is a fictinal story that is based upon what this monument honors and how the lives of families are changed and affected by man's constant determination to fight for greedom. This novel is from a fictional teenager's point of vie. His name is Emil Schellhase. .

New York: Dutton. As New in As New dust jacket. 2013. First Edition. Hardcover. Protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. Light tan boards quarter-bound in dark red with gold title and author on spine. Parchment end papers. Full number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2. 354 pages. Synopsis: Born to slave-holding aristocracy in Richmond, Virginia, and educated by Northern Quakers, Elizabeth Van Lew was a paradox of her time. When her native state seceded in April 1861, Van Lew’s convictions compelled her to defy the new Confederate regime. Pledging her loyalty to the Lincoln White House, her courage would never waver, even as her wartime actions threatened not only her reputation, but also her life. Van Lew’s skills in gathering military intelligence were unparalleled. She helped to construct the Richmond Underground and orchestrated escapes from the infamous Confederate Libby Prison under the guise of humanitarian aid. Her spy ring’s reach was vast, from clerks in the… Leer más

Chapel Hill: Algonquin Books. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1991. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. 184 pages. In the seventeenth-century records of what is now Exeter, New Hampshire, is the account of an unsolved murder. A woman's body, brutally mangled, was found in the Piscataqua River. Robert J. Begiebing happened upon the mystery, began reading everything he could find about it, and became fascinated with what might have happened and with what his research revealed about that long-ago time. The more he read, the less valid seemed the customary stereotypes of iron, austere men and dour, straitlaced women that have come down to us as the people of Puritan New England. So he wrote a novel in which a young Englishman sets out to find the murderer and uncovers not only witchcraft, religion, suspicion, and evil but excitement, warmth, full-blooded passion, and human desire. .

Denver, CO: Outskirts Press, Inc.. Fine. 2008. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Inscribed "To ____ and ____ _____ Our very Good friends and true daughter & son of the South May God bless you" SIGNED by the AUTHOR. 285 pages. Signed by Author. A fast-moving, vivid and intriguing tale of a young man caught up in a mind-rupturing, soul-searing swirl of bizarre events that thrusts him into a world he has never imagined. Totally unprepared, he must cope with this strange new world of yesteryear. .

New York: Soho Press. Near Fine. 2006. Trade Paperback. 295 pages .

New York: Washington Square Press. Near Fine. 2007. Trade Paperback. No spine crease. Includes a Readers Club Guide. . 432 pages. Sometimes, when you open the door to the past, what you confront is your destiny. Reclusive author Vida Winter, famous for her collection of twelve enchanting stories, has spent the past six decades penning a series of alternate lives for herself. Now old and ailing, she is ready to reveal the truth about her extraordinary existence and the violent and tragic past she has kept secret for so long. Calling on Margaret Lea, a young biographer troubled by her own painful history, Vida disinters the life she meant to bury for good. Margaret is mesmerized by the author's tale of gothic strangeness -- featuring the beautiful and willful Isabelle, the feral twins Adeline and Emmeline, a ghost, a governess,a topiary garden and a devastating fire. Together, Margaret and Vida confront the ghosts that have haunted them while becoming, finally, transformed by the truth… Leer más

Milwaukee, WI: Crickhollow Books / Great Lakes Literary. Fine. 2010. Paperback Original. Trade Paperback. Inscribed "Enjoy" and SIGNED by the AUTHOR . 275 pages. Signed by Author .

Milwaukee, WI: Crickhollow Books / Great Lakes Literary. Fine. 2010. Paperback Original. Trade Paperback. Inscribed "Enjoy Bea's story" and SIGNED by the AUTHOR . 275 pages. Signed by Author .

Marietta, GA: Longstreet Press. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Dated and SIGNED by the AUTHOR on the title page. Protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. Black boards with title and author on spine in gold. Gold endpapers. . 366 pages. Signed by Author. From bestselling author Janice Woods Windle comes a compelling historical novel based on the life of her own grandfather. The protagonist is Will Bergfeld, a brash young man of German descent who is accused of treason and stands trial for his life in 1917, in the midst of the anti-German sentiment that ran rampant in small-town Texas during World War I. .

Mustang, OK: Tate Publishing & Enterprises. Fine. 2011. Trade Paperback. Inscribed and SIGNED by Betty Byron, one of the AUTHORs . 372 pages. Signed by One Author .