Historical Fiction from F&SF Books

Nothing Like the Sun by Anthony Burgess, Ballantine U5034, 1965, first printing. Book is bright, square and tight; light spine and reading creases.

Queen Cleopatra by Talbot Mundy, Ace K-149, 1962, first printing. Bright, square and tight; almost new; light corner crease to the rear.

Sir Scoundrel by Jay Scotland, Ace F-146, 1962, paperback original. Cover art by Tossey. Bright, square and tight; like new.

Strike the Black Flag by Jay Scotland, Ace D-523, 1961, paperback original. Cover art by C Smith. Bright, square and tight; light thumb crease to the rear; sharp copy.

Hannibal: Scourge of Imperial Rome by Mary Dolan, Avon T-151, 1958, second printing. Uncredited cover art. Bright, square and tight. Almost new.

The Dragon of Ishtar Gate by L Sprague De Camp, Lancer 75-045, 1968, first printing. Cover art by Roy G Krenkel. Bright, square and tight; Spine is lightly creased. Scarce!

The March of Muscovy by Harold Lamb, Bantam H3158, 1956, first printing. Square copy with a light readers crease; edge wear and a crease to upper right corner.

The Questing Sword by Jefferson Cooper (Gardner F Fox), Perma M-4113, 1958, paperback original. Cover art by Jerry Allison. Nice square copy with faint, thin readers crease and corner crease to lower rear cover.

Rasputin: Mad Monk by Stuart Friedman, Monarch 241, 1962, paperback original with cover art by Robert Maguire. Bright, clean, attractive copy. One crease to rear cover.

Sword of Casanova By James Kendricks (Gardner F Fox), Monarch 111, 1959, paperback original. Bright, clean, attractive copy.

The Way of All Flesh by Samuel Butler, Royal Giant 29, 1954, first paperback printing with uncredited cover art. Book is square with some cover and edge wear; not bad. Large size 4.75" x 7.875". Royal Giants are rarely found in nice condition. While there are probably pristine copies out there somewhere, I've never seen one.

The Lion's Skin by Rafael Sabatini, Bart House 30, 1946, first printing with uncredited cover art. Bright, clean, colorful copy of a scarce mystery novel. Binding is tight and covers uncreased. Spine is flat and uncreased. Unusual this nice. Lamination is mostly intact.

M.I.A. Hunter: Hanoi Deathgrip by Jack Buchanan (Joe R Lansdale), Jove 08228, 1985, paperback original. Third in a series of adventure novels with Mark Stone, MIA Hunter. Lansdale wrote 3 of these under the Jack Buchanan pseudonym. Scarce! This copy is bright, glossy, square and tight; small corner crease to rear.

His Majesty's Yankees by Thomas H Raddall, Harlequin 196, 1952, paperback original. A rare historical novel published before Harlequin became the purveyor of romance novels that it is today. Bright, glossy, square and tight; light but long diagonal crese on the rear cover. Quite scarce, especially in this condition!

The Borgia Blade by Gardner F Fox, Belmont 227, 1961, first printing. Historical fiction. Book is almost new. Bright, glossy, square and tight.

The March of Muscovy by Harold Lamb, Bantam H3158, 1966, first printing, cover art by Bob Abbett. Novel of the growth of the Russian Empire from 1400-1648. Nice square tight copy without creases.

Theodora and the Emperor by Harold Lamb, Bantam F2667, 1963, first printing. Tale of the Byzantine emperor Justinian and Theodora. Book is still square with a few stress creases to both covers.

Omar Khayyam by Harold Lamb, Bantam A1545, 1956, first printing, cover art by Barye Phillips. Bright, square and tight; with only minor edge wear.

Alexander of Macedon by Harold Lamb, Bantam A1353, 1955, first printing. A nice bright copy, square and tight. Appears almost new and unread.

Tamerlane by Harold Lamb, Bantam A1291, 1955, first printing. A nice bright copy, square and tight. Appears new and unread.