This is a mass market paperback book. The book is in Very Good- condition. The book covers have some light rubbing, wear, and edge wear to the spine ends, corners and book edges. There is one small chip to the rear foredge. The text pages are clean and bright. "Her pen name is derived from the name of St. Anthony of Padua, patron saint of lost things. Her writing career began with short stories that she submitted to women's magazines after the second world war. Anthony's first historical novel, Rebel Princess (1953) , focused on Catherine the Great. Other Anthony historical novels depicted Ann... View More...
This is a mass market paperback book. The book is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. The spine has a couple of slight creases. The text pages are clean and bright. View More...
This is a Review Copy. This book is in Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a beginning hint of toning to the edges of the endpapers. The dust jacket has some noticeable toning to the spine and spine joints. "In this her latest magical evocation of the past, she takes the reader into sixth-century Britain, to Cornwall, the Scillys, Ireland, and Wales. Young Ruan, nephew of the Druid high priest, is destined and prepared for the priesthood. Turbulent, avid for adventure, and restle... View More...
Cover Art; This book is in Fine condition and has a Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. Cover art on the dust jacket is illustrated by Chris Moore. "It is the end of the Napoleonic Wars, and England has just fought its last victorious battle against the French. As Rider Sandman and the other heroes of Waterloo begin to make their way back to England, they find a country where corruption, poverty, and social unrest run rampant, and where - justice - is most often delivered at... View More...
Cover Art; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is a slight slant to the spine of the book. The text pages are clean and bright. The top edge of the text block has some beginning toning. The dust jacket is clean and crisp with the exception of some light wear and beginning rolling to the bottom front edge by the flap joint. "Rebel is a dramatic story in the tradition of the bestselling historical narratives of John Jakes of the Civil War's first great battle, First Bull Run / Manassas, and how Nate ... View More...
The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. Signed edition. This is a mass market paperback book. The book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. This book is in mostly clean, bright condition. There is some light rubbing to the top and bottom edges of the front cover. This copy has been signed, with a short inscription on the front inside cover, by the author. This is the author's first published novel. "When Coulter finished writing her novel she sent it to an editor at Signet. Three days later Signet offered her a three-book contract. That first novel... View More...
This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is mostly clean and bright, but does have spots of ground-in dirt, especially to the front panel. "Duggan's novels are known for being based on meticulous historical research. He also wrote popular histories of Ancient Rome and the Middle Ages. Knight with Armour was his first novel, written in 1946. He visited practically every place and battlefie... View More...
B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ to Near Fine- condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. All edges of the text block have some light to medium toning and spotting / foxing. The dust jacket has some light edge wear and nicking to the spine ends and corners along with a couple of small edge tears to the bottom spine ends. "...is a historical chronicle of colonial America from its earliest settlement to the early eighteenth century. The focus of this vast undertaking is the protracted, co... View More...
This is a mass market paperback book. Stated First Edition with complete number line. The book is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine of the book has a couple of light spots of discoloration and some beginning rubbing and wear. The text pages are clean and bright. The front endpaper has two inked initials on the top corner. "Lynn Erickson is the American joint pseudonym used by the writing team formed by Molly Swanton and Carla Peltonen. Since 1980, they have written over 50 historical/romant... View More...
B&W Illustrations; Two Volume Set. Limited Edition. Both volumes are in Very Good condition and possibly issued without dust jackets. Volume two is in slightly better condition. Together, The books and their contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine of both volumes have some sunning / fading, while volume one has several small edge tears to the top spine end. The text pages are clean and bright. The text is uncut and untrimmed. There is an inked former owner's name and date (1899) on the front endpaper of volume one and again on the half title page of volume two. Volume one ... View More...
This is a mass market paperback book. The book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The spine ends, spine joints and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing, along with a small nick to the bottom front spine corner. The text pages are clean and bright. View More...
The dust jacket art is by Barbosa. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is some beginning toning to the endpapers and the edges of the text block. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has several small edge tears, nicks and some wrinkling to the spine ends. The dust jacket illustration is by Barbosa. "My aunt said in future I should be called Charity, -said Cherry Steane pathetically, - to keep me in mind of the fact that that is what I am - a charity girl. - Lord Desford's chivalro... View More...
Cover Art; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. There is some beginning bumping and rubbing to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. There is one tiny spot of ground-in dirt to the front endpaper. The dust jacket has two noticeable tears to the front top edge of the dust jacket, along with some related bumping, edge wear and creasing. There are several small chips to the top edge of the dust jacket spine. "My Lord John is an unfinished historical f... View More...
This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. " Douglas Edward Reeman (15 October 1924 ? 23 January 2017) , who also used the pseudonym Alexander Kent, was a British author who wote many historical novels about the Royal Navy, mainly set during either World War II or the Napoleonic Wars. He wrote a total of 68 novels, selling 34 million copies in twenty languages. Reeman was born in Thames Ditton, Surrey, son of Charles "Percy" and Ada Reeman. At ... View More...
B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. There are several spots of fading or discoloration to the front and rear covers. The text pages are clean and bright. There are spots of foxing on all there edges of the text block. View More...
This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is some very light bumping to the spine ends of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "Kathe Koja (born 1960) is an American writer. She was initially known for her intense speculative fiction for adults, but has written young adult novels, the historical fiction Under the Poppy trilogy, and a fictional biography of Christopher Marlowe. Koja is also a prolific author of short stories, including many in collabora... View More...
B&W and Color Illustrations; This copy has been signed by the Illustrator Cathy Hill on the title page. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "In a Lamb story, honor and loyalty to one's comrades-in-arms were more important than cultural identity, although often his protagonists ended up risking their lives to protect the cultures that had spurned them. Those holding positions of authority are almost universally depicted as being corr... View More...
Cover Art; This book is in Fine condition and has a Very Good+ to Near Fine - dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is mostly clean and bright, but does have some ground-in dirt and toning to the rear panel, along with some beginning rubbing to the top rear edge. "Here is that rarity, a historical novel that brings real figures back from the royal tombs and the scrolls of history, renders them utterly human and important to us, and yet remains wholly faithful to the known record. It is the story of the three ... View More...
Cover Art; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. There is some light toning to the front endpapers. The dust jacket has one medium sized tear to the front panel and some edge wear, rubbing and nicking to the spine ends and corners. "Heir to the earldoms of Gloucester and Hertford, Richard de Clare is but a boy when his father dies while fighting the king's battles in France. Too great a prize to be left in the keeping of his pretty mother, herself soon to be the object... View More...
This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a scratch to the top edge of the text block that has dinged several pages slightly. The dust jacket has several edge tears, some rubbing, edge wear and chipping (especially to the spine ends). There is a noticeable crease / wrinkle to the front dust jacket cover by the top spine joint which appears to be a publishing error. The rear cover of the dust jacket has some light toning / darkening. "To Kitty Kennedy, lusciously b... View More...
This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends of the book covers have some beginning bumping. The text pages are clean, though the pages have some generalized light toning, as do the edges of the text block. The dust jacket is mostly clean and bright, with some very beginning bumping to the spine ends. "Eleanor Alice Burford, Mrs. George Percival Hibbert, was one of the preeminent English authors of historical fiction for most of the twentieth century. She used eight pennames during her c... View More...
This book is in Fine condition and has a Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "The twelve-year marriage of Henry and Katharine has declined from an idyllic union into an uneasy stalemate. The king's love for his aging queen has grown cold, and he is angry with her failure to give him the heir to the throne he desperately wants." "In 1945, she chose the pseudonym Jean Plaidy for her new novel Together They Ride at the request of her agent. The name was inspired by Plaidy Beach near th... View More...
This book is in Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has some minor wear to the spine ends and corners with some beginning fading to the spine. "1849 - Gold fever has begun its epidemic spread throughout the United States and the rush to California is on. In quest of instant riches, thousands leave the security of their homes to search for precious yellow metal." "The California Gold Rush (1848?1855) began on January 24, 1848, when gold was found by James W. Marshall at Sut... View More...
This book is in Very Good+ condition. This is an early German printing (circa 1915). There is full size pictorial pastedown illustration on the front cover with silver and gilt decorations. The covers have some beginning bumping and fraying to the spine ends and corners. There is a tiny slit to the rear spine joint. The text pages are clean and bright, but do have some toning due to the acid content of the paper. "In 1843, Wallace began writing his first novel, The Fair God, but it was not published until 1873. The popular historical novel, with Cortez's conquest of Mexico as its central theme... View More...
SIGNED EDITION. The spine ends and corners of the book cover have a bit of very light bumping and rubbing. The front spine joint has some beginning biopredation (bug nibblings -- in this case, with some beginning loss of color to the cloth -- and NO damage to the stability of the book itself. Mostly it looks like the cloth was colored unevenly). The text pages are clean and bright. Endpapers are fully illustrated with maps. This copy has been signed by the author, with a short inscription, on the half title page. The spine ends and corners of the dust jacket have a bit of very light bumping an... View More...
