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Crown, 1989. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. SILVER PIGS - the first book in the Marcus Didius Falco series. Marcus Didius Falco, a Roman 'informer' in 70AD, is standing in the Forum one very hot day, aiming to become a classic gumshoe in the Ancient World genre of mystery fiction. At this early point in his career, he has not only to make his way in the snobbish and dangerous milieu of Vespasian's Rome, but to overcome the prejudice amongst publishers, booksellers and readers who are wary of historical novels and off-beat settings. Our hero takes himself to Britain; there the weather is filthy, the natives are restless, the women are angry, and his mission turns into a nightmare from which he only narrowly escapes alive. Along the way he meets brutes, traitors, his mother, sellers of seedy snacks, a blonde young lady who thinks he's wonderful, the Emperor - and Helena Justina, whom the author had intended to be the… Leer más

G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2013. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. THE STRIKER - An Isaac Bell Adventure - by Clive Cussler and Justin Scott It is 1902, and a bright, inexperienced young man named Isaac Bell, only two years out of his apprenticeship at the Van Dorn Detective Agency, has an urgent message for his boss. Hired to hunt for radical unionist saboteurs in the coal mines, he is witness to a terrible accident that makes him think that something else is going on, that provocateurs are at work and bigger stakes are in play. Little does he know just how big they are. Given exactly one week to prove his case, Bell quickly finds himself pitted against two of the most ruthless opponents he has ever known, men of staggering ambition and cold-bloodedness . . . who are not about to let some wet-behind-the-ears detective stand in their way. CONDITION: Front top corner is bumped. Light toning to bottom edge. Otherwise excellent. Dust jacket is fine,… Leer más

New York: Harper Collins, 1993. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A novel about the battle of Bull Run, the civil war's first great battle. No markings. Copy is bright and unmarked. Dust jacket is not clipped, and shows the original $20.00 price. Book's top edge has numerous small spots - see photo. Like new dust jacket.

New York: The Times Book Club, 1995. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. BLACK OUT - a thriller by John Lawton. It is his debut novel. The first of the Inspector Troy novels, Black Out singularly captures the realities of wartime London, weaving them into a riveting drama that encapsulates the uncertainty of Europe at the dawn of the postwar era. London, 1944. While the Luftwaffe makes its final assault on the already battered British capital, Londoners rush through the streets, seeking underground shelter in the midst of the city's black out. When the panic subsides, other things begin to surface along with London's war-worn citizens . . . A severed arm is discovered by a group of children playing at an East End bomb site, and when Scotland Yard's Det. Sgt. Frederick Troy arrives at the scene, it becomes apparent that the dismembered body is not the work of a V-1 rocket. After Troy manages to link the severed arm to the… Leer más

New York: Crown, 1991. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The third novel in the series about Marco Didius Falco, an investigator in imperial Rome. This is the first American edition. A book in fine condition without markings or defects. A fine dust jacket, not price clipped.

New York: Viking, 1988. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A story of ambition and loyalty set in colonial America at the time of the Revolution. First American edition. A book in near fine condition, without markings. The rear pastedown is wrinkled, an artifact of manufacture. The dust jacket is price-clipped, but otherwise very good condition.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2010. 1st Edition . Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The story of a child sold into slavery who eventually becomes the captain of a pirate ship. A like new book in a like new dust jacket. Signed by the author, and dated 4/2/2010 - the date of publication.

New York: The Viking Press, 1980. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. This 1980 Viking Press first edition of the "Frankenstein Diaries" was translated from the original German by Reverend Hubert Venables. It purports to be a record of the experiments of Dr. Frankenstein. Illustrations throughout, some of which are not for the squeamish. It's alive! Binding is a dark green leatherette with a gilt embossed Teutonic eagle. This book is clean & tight, in fine condition. The dust jacket is clean and covered in protective Mylar, with the original price unclipped. Marbelized endpapers. There are no bookplates or markings. A very nice copy.

Knopf, 1986. 1st American Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. FLASHMAN AND THE DRAGON by George MacDonald Fraser, published in 1986 by Knopf. First American edition. The eighth volume of Harry Flashman memoirs, in which the anti-hero departs Hong Kong for China where he encounters leaders of the Taiping Rebellion and members of the Qing Dynasty. A near fine book in a near fine jacket. Corners are not bumped. Not ex. library, no remainder mark, not a book club edition. No bookplate. Spine & hinges are sound. Very light shelf ware to bottom edge.Dust jacket is crisp and bright, and is not price clipped. A barcode label seen on back is affixed to mylar cover, not to DJ. See photos.

Whittingham, 1818. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket, as issued. 32mo - over 4 - 5" tall. POEMS BY THE LATE WILLIAM COWPER, ESQ, OF THE INNER TEMPLE published in 1818. Volumes I and II. Size 4 7/8" Free front endpaper bears former owner's inscription dated 1897, and gift inscription dated 1823. Half green calf over marbled boards. All edges marbled. Hinges are sound. Textblock is tight. Occasional light foxing. Corners rubbed and worn. Spine heads rubbed. Volume II back cover edge is dented. Small open tear at top corner in Volume II pages 13-16. No markings internally, just those on front endpapers. Overall condition very good.

Dutton, 2007. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. José Narro. WORLD WITHOUT END - Ken Follett's masterful epic The Pillars of the Earth enchanted millions of readers with its compelling drama of war, passion and family conflict set around the building of a cathedral. WORLD WITHOUT END takes readers back to medieval Kingsbridge two centuries later, as the men, women and children of the city once again grapple with the devastating sweep of historical change. On the day after Halloween, in the year 1327, four children slip away from the cathedral city of Kingsbridge. They are a thief, a bully, a boy genius and a girl who wants to be a doctor. In the forest they see two men killed. CONDITION: Book is as new, with tight spine & text block. No markings, no bookplate. Dust jacket is fine - very slight bend at front bottom, & top of spine. DJ is not price clipped..

Birmingham, Alabama: Notable Trials Library, 1990. Reprint 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover octavo (9" x 6") in one-quarter leather with all edges gilt, with red silk ribbon page marker. Spine with five compartments and four raised bands. Numerous black & white photographs. All pages are clean & tight with no markings. An attractive book in near fine condition.

London: Humphreys, 1905. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket, as issued. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. BEACONSFIELD'S MAXIMS by Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield (1804-1881) published by Humphreys in 1905 in London. Disraeli was a British statesman, Conservative politician and writer. He served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice, and made the Conservatives the party most identified with the British Empire and military action to expand it. Three-quarter leather with gilt rules to covers, five raised bands and gilt title to spine. Green marbled pastedown and endpapers, green ribbon page marker, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed. Corners lightly rubbed. With Hatchard's bookshop mark and light pencil number on free front endpaper, 6 ¼" high, 179 pp. No other markings, no bookplates. Pages are clean and bright, binding is tight. A handsome copy.

Casa Editrice "Alpes, 1923. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. I DISCORSI DELLA RIVOLUZIONI (The Speeches of the Revolutions) by Benito Mussolini. Forward by Italo Balbo. The 1922 speeches of Benito Mussolini. Cover of half faux vellum (see photos). There is a bookplate of a previous owner on the inside front cover. Paper toned, otherwise in very good condition. Contents: Prefazione (Preface) Il Discorso di Udine (The Udine Speech) Il Discorso di Cremona (The Speech of Cremona) Il Discorso alla "Sciesa" de Milano (The Speech to the "Sciesa" of Milan) Il Discorso de Napoli (The Speech of Naples) Il Primo Discorso del Presidente Mussolini(The First Speech by President Mussolini)

Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: Franklin Library, 1981. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. José Narro. all edges gilt acid-free paper brown boards with gilt decorations & gilt title light pencil mark by prior bookseller on FFEP, no other markings translated by G. H. McWilliam Printed on archival paper with gilded edges. Decorated endpapers. All edges gilt. Hubbed spine. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall spine in three compartments separated by raised bands, gilt lettering in two compartments, gilt tooling in remaining compartment, gilt borders and intricate gilt foliate tooling on covers pages are tight and unmarked Hardcover. First Edition Thus Woodcuts by Jose Narro. Original binding.

Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 1979. 1st Thus . Hardcover. As New/No Jacket, as issued. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Leonard Baskin. Full leather, deep green, with gilt ornaments on front & back cover, gilt title & ornaments to spine, with 4 raised bands, cream ribbon page marker and cream moire endpapers. Quarto, 9 ¾" tall. Smyth sewn binding, all edges gilt, no markings or bookplates. Pages are bright and fresh, textblock is tight. No markings or bookplates. A handsome book in As New condition. Collector's edition. Suitable as a gift. This book is from the Easton Press'"The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written" collection. First thus. "Politics" is Aristotle's essay on political philosophy. "Poetics" is his essay on dramatic theory.

Biblioteca de Propaganda e Cultura Fascista, 1921. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. DISCORSI POLITICI (Political Speeches) by Benito Mussolini. Preface by Michele Terzaghi. Cover of half faux vellum (see photos). There is a bookplate of a previous owner on the inside front cover. Paper is toned. There is a tear in the title page and on page 24, and a small hole in the paper on page 169. Contents: Prefazione - L'Eloquenza de Benito Mussolini (Preface - The Eloquence of Benito Mussolini) L'Espulsione Dal Partito Socialista (Expulsion from the Socialist Party) Passione e Fede (Passion and Faith) Premesse e Postulati Fascisti (Premises and Fascist Postulates) I Compiti e i Fini del Fascismo (The Tasks and the Ends of Fascism) La Politica Estera del Fascismo (The Foreign Policy of Fascism) La Politica Fascista del Lavoro (The Fascist Labor Policy) Celebrazioni (Celebrations)

New York: Knopf, 1995. 1st American Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. FLASHMAN AND THE ANGEL OF THE LORD by George MacDonald Fraser, published by Knopf. This is the 10th book in the Flashman series. A near fine book in a fine jacket. Corners are not bumped. Not ex. library, no remainder mark, not a book club edition. No bookplate. Prior booksellers price in pencil on free front endpaper, otherwise no markings. Spine & hinges are sound. Deckled fore edge. Dust jacket is not price clipped and is crisp and bright. In which we find Captain Harry Flashman of Her Majesty's Secret Service in the antebellum South, where the irrepressible, globe-trotting Victorian becomes the target of blackmailing beauties. Evading danger, bedding women, and profiting from every opportunity, Flashman once again weasels his way into history, this time in John Brown's raid of Harper's Ferry, just before the Civil War.

New York: Knopf, 1972. 1st American Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. ROYAL FLASH! by George MacDonald Fraser. First American Edition. Book 3 in the Flashman series of Harry Flashman, coward, scoundrel, lover and cheat. A fine book in a fine dust jacket. Spine & hinges sound. Maroon cloth, title stamped in gilt on spine, deckled edges to text block. Corners not bumped. Not ex. library, no remainder mark, not price clipped, not a book club edition. A game of cards leads Flashman from the jungle death-house of Dahomey to the slave state of Mississippi as he dabbles in the slave trade in Volume III of the "Flashman Papers". When Flashman was inveigled into a game of pontoon with Disraeli and Lord George Bentinck, he was making an unconscious choice about his own future - would it lie in the House of Commons or the West African slave trade? Was there, for that matter, very much difference? Once again Flashman's charm, cowardice, treachery,… Leer más

Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 1976. 1st Thus . Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Robin Jacques. Full green leather with gilt clover ornaments on front & back cover, gilt title & ornaments to spine, with 5 raised bands, pumpkin-colored ribbon page marker and pumpkin moire endpapers. Smyth sewn binding, all edges gilt, no markings or bookplates. Pages are bright and fresh, textblock is tight. Tiny scuff to top right corner of cover. A handsome book in Fine condition. Suitable as gift. William Butler Yeats was an Irish poet and dramatist. He was awarded the 1923 Pulitzer Prize in Literature. This book is from the Easton Press'"The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written" collection. First thus.