Category: Historical Fiction

An AFB 4-book historical fiction multi-pack: Anthony Adverse in Africa, Wild is the River, The Courts of the Lion, Fair Wind to Java

By: Allen, Hervey, Louis Bromfield, Robert W. Krepps, Garland Roark

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, New York, New York, Garden City, Dell 283, Bantam A910, Bantam A894, Perma P127

Seller ID: 018647

Condition: Good

A collection of four historical novels, some of which you may have heard of, others of which may be new to you, but all of which once had their day in the sun, and are looking for another brief moment in the light before the next time-travel historical sensation pushes them even further into the shadows. Or words to that effect. In the Allen title (a Dell map-back), Adverse looks to Cuba "for relief from the vague restlessness which assails him." The Bromfield story is a "turbulent novel of 1862 -- and the Yankee seizure of New Orleans." Krepps offers "A Historical Novel of Barbaric Africa in ...
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An AFB 5-book historical fiction multi-pack: Bedford Village, Sun in Their Eyes, The Last Frontier, A Breath of Scandal, The Secret Road

By: Allen, Hervey, Monte Barrett, Howard Fast, Bonnie Golightly, Bruce Lancaster

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Dell D128, Popular Library 224, White Circle CD 458, Avon T-474, Perma M-3016

Seller ID: 018330

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Good or better

All five titles are in G (occasionally better) condition, with no loose or missing pages, and are offered for those who just wish to read a variety of historical fiction novels, some of which may have been forgotten (or never discovered) by today's readers, or consigned to the back shelf of the literary closet. Sorry, but no substitutions of titles.
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Land for Their Inheritance

By: Bennett, E.M. Granger

Price: $14.00

Publisher: Toronto, Ryerson Press : 1955

Seller ID: 012536

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Tells of a man's struggle to found a settlement in New France while dealing with uncertainty and violence. Grey cloth, 317 pages. Bumped spine ends, light corner wear, gift inscription on front pastedown, light tanning, in edgeworn dust jacket w/chipping to corners/spine ends, 1" semi-circular tear to bottom edge of front panel, other shorter edge tears, general wear. Dust jacket now in protective mylar sleeve.
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Riders of the Flood

By: Blackhurst, W.E.

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Parsons, McClain Printing Company : 1968

Seller ID: 014417

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

The second printing of this title (the first by Vantage Press in 1954), telling the story of a playboy who, after being sent into the woods to work with a group of rough-and-ready lumbermen, learns to be a man. The book is "based on a great lumbering operation that took place in West Virginia between 1884 and 1900." Beige cloth w/brown spine lettering, 199 pages, illustrated w/7 photographs authentic to the period. Mildly cocked, foxed top edge, internally tight and clean, in lightly edgeworn dust jacket w/light rubbing, a hint of sunning to spine. Jacket in protective mylar sleeve.
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The Day of the Fifth Moon

By: Brome, Vincent

Price: $15.00

Publisher: London, Victor Gollancz Ltd. : 1984

Seller ID: 015881

ISBN-13: 9780575034945

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

"A novel of the besieged in Peking during the Boxer Rebellion." Red cloth w/gilt spine lettering, 248 pages. Light general wear, in rubbed dust jacket w/shallow impressions, light edgewear.
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An AFB 5-book histoical fiction multi-pack: Khartoum, The Devil in Velvet, God's Angry Man, The Fortunes of Captain Blood, Caroline Coquette

By: Caillou, Alan, John Dickson Carr, God's Angry Man, The Fortunes of Captain Blood, Caroline Coquette

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Signet P2941, Bantam F2052, Cardinal C-128, Popular Library 241, Dell D133

Seller ID: 018856

Binding: Paperbacks

Condition: Good

Five historical novels, the first taking place in Khartoum and a tie-in for the movie of the same name (cover painting depicts stars Charlton Heston and Laurence Olivier); the second being "A novel of deception and slumbering evil in degenerate, brawling London -- 1675"; the third "based on the life of John Brown, who fought to abolish slavery"; the fourth giving us the story of "the elegant surgeon-buccaneer [who] was ever a jump ahead of his foes"; and the final title a sequel that tells the continuing story of Lady Caroline de Bievre, this one finding her "enmeshed in the violent passions o...
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THE REDSKINS; or, Indian and Injun. Being the Conclusion of The Littlepage Manuscripts

By: Cooper, J. (James) Fenimore

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, George Munro's Sons, Publishers

Seller ID: 018591

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

No date (circa 1870). An uncommon edition of the third volume of Cooper's Littlepage Manuscripts (following 'Satanstoe' and 'The Chainbearer'), which dealt with the 1839-45 revolt of New York land tenants, during which they proclaimed independence from something called the manor system, ultimately achieving significant land reform. Brown pebbled buckram, gilt decoration/spine lettering, 328 pages. Some spotting/soil to covers, moderate wear to corners/spine ends, thin, difficult-to-see 2" slit to middle of right spine edge (see arrows on first scan), hinges mainly split (but still holding pret...
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Foxlight

By: Cummins, Mary

Price: $12.50

Publisher: London & Toronto, Robert Hale Limited/Nelson Foster & Scott/General : 1980

Seller ID: 012530

ISBN-13: 9780919324428

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

From the front flap: "When Ellice Menteith arrives in Upper Canada to find her hitherto unknown relatives, she is in a poor state of health after the long voyage from Liverpool. She has been brought up in Scotland by a foster mother, Martha Bruce, and in order to save her foster sister, Nesta, from rape she attacks the man with dressmaking scissors. He is the son of the local squire and Ellice in the twilight, or foxlight, is sure that she has been seen by a tall stranger." Black cloth, 192 pages. A bit cocked, light general wear, in rubbed dust jacket w/diagonal crease to front flap.
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Captain of the Sands

By: Dewhurst, Keith

Price: $25.00

Publisher: London, Jonathan Cape : 1982

Seller ID: 019181

ISBN-13: 9780224016193

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

When the parents of a 12-year-old boy die on the Yorkshire moors in 1747, his only option is working for his seafaring uncle, who turns out to be a slave trader. Dewhurst's first novel. Walnut cloth w/gilt spine lettering, 391 pages. Tanned pages in dust jacket w/light surface wear, small nick to bottom right spine edge.
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Captain Desmond, V.C.

By: Diver, Maud

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Edinburgh & London, William Blackwood & Sons : 1921

Seller ID: 010441

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair to Good Reading Copy

Historical fiction. A romance set in India. Originally published in 1907. This edition contains three chapters substituted for the original final scene, the additional material thought in 1907 to make the work too long. Beige boards w/black lettering/medal illustration, 346 pages.
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The Queen's Necklace

By: Dumas, Alexandre

Price: $35.00

Publisher: London, Alexandra Publishing Company

Seller ID: 012147

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

No date. An uncommon edition of a classic of French literature. Blue cloth w/blind-stamped decoration/rule to front cover and spine, gilt lettering to same, 392 pages. A bit cocked, wear to corners/spine ends, tanned/dust-soiled edges, previous owner's first name to front free end paper, impressions to top right corner of same, tanning to cheap paper, moderate general wear.
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The Private Life Of Helen Of Troy

By: Erskine, John

Price: $5.00

Publisher: New York, Sun Dial Press/Center Books : 1943

Seller ID: fic.00230

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

"What kind of woman was the beautiful and unfaithful Greek wife whose face launched a thousand ships and destroyed a nation?" (well, let's see--she was unfaithful, lustful and responsible for a war--hey, she's *my* kinda broad!). Water stain to front cover, light edgewear, minor cream-coloured soil mark to top of first end paper. Dust jacket w/edgewear, 1" jagged tear to bottom right spine edge, 1/2" jagged tear to top right spine edge, 1/2" tear to bottom left spine edge, chipping to spine ends, small soil marks to rear panel, light chipping to corners, water stain from front cover transferre...
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Beyond Recall

By: Fontane, Theodor

Price: $10.00

Publisher: London, Oxford University Press (OUP) : 1964

Seller ID: 018541

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

No. 602 in the publisher's World Classics series. A "fluent, idiomatic translation" by Douglas Parmee of Fontane's 'Unwiederbringlich,' which was first published in 1891 in German (what?--someone thought Unwiederbringlich' was Gaelic?) Blue cloth w/OUP colophon in blind to front cover, gilt spine lettering, 299 pages. Gently bumped bottom corners, lightly worn corners/spine ends, lightly spotted top edge, in lightly worn dust jacket w/light rubbing, 3/8" tear to top edge of rear panel. A nice little copy.
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An AFB 4-book histoical fiction multi-pack: The Borgia Blade; Two Riders of the Storm; Judas; Mistress Wilding

By: Fox, Gardner F., Jean Giono, Eric Linklater, Rafael Sabatine

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, London, London, New York, Belmont 227, Panther 02820X, Panther 850, Avon nn

Seller ID: 018675

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Good Reading Copies

A collection of four historical novels showcasing the usual features of historical novels, among them violence, cruelty, swordplay, betrayal, duplicity, hatred, infidelity, lusty protagonists, and losers who have just enough time to realize that they're screwed before the Hand of Doom smites them into oblivion. Or words to that effect. The Fox title takes place during the Renaissance, and is a "blazing story of violence and revenge in the most corrupt court in Europe," while Giono tells his readers about a pair of brothers in Southern France in the late 18th century "bound together with ties s...
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Slave Queen

By: Gant, Norman

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Dell 8059 : 1970

Seller ID: 008208

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

Paperback original. A 13-year-old African princess captured by slavers and transported across the ocean to New Orleans becomes a beautiful woman who uses her body to rule her master, and becomes "queen of a savage voodoo empire of desire." A terrific copy, unread, internally tight and clean.
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The Sugar Mouse

By: Gibbs, Mary Ann

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Beagle 26556 : 1974

Seller ID: 013296

ISBN-13: 9780345265562

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

Canadian printing. An Edwardian romance set in 1906, telling the story of a young woman whose chance for a happy future depends on her ancestry. 181 pages. Cocked, reading crease to left edge of front cover, handling wear. Internally clean and fairly tight.
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THE LOST COLUMN, A Story of the Boxer Rebellion in China

By: Gilson, Captain Charles

Price: $50.00

Publisher: London, Henry Frowde / Hodder & Stoughton / H&S : 1910

Seller ID: 017031

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: About Very Good

A scarce title set in the time of the Boxer Rebellion, telling the story "Of the Siege of Tientsin and Admiral Seymour's attempt to relieve the Peking Legations, comprising the Adventures of Gerald Wood, and minor passages in the lives of Mr. Wang and Jugatai the Tartar." Red cloth w/tipped-on colour illustration in gilt border to front cover, tipped-on colour illustration to spine, gilt lettering to front cover/spine, 379 pages, illustrated w/eight full-colour illustrations and one map. Moderately worn corners/spine ends, some edgewear, soil to back cover, previous owner's name to front end p...
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Final Innocence

By: Honig, Donald

Price: $25.00

Publisher: London, Chatto & Windus : 1961

Seller ID: 015535

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

"Set in Capstone, Long Island, and the border country of Maryland and Virginia during the American Civil War," this is the story of two 16-year-old boys who, when the sister of one of them is found to be pregnant, set off in search of the respected older man who is the father, and who has disappeared "on one of his periodic trips to 'the war", ostensibly on secret business for the Northern Army. Grey cloth w/gilt spine lettering, 223 pages. Dusty/lightly soiled edges, mild offsetting to end papers, light general wear, in dust jacket w/light edgewear, mild chipping to corners/spine ends, a hint...
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ON FOREIGN SERVICE, Or, The Santa Cruz Revolution

By: Jeans, Surgeon Rear-Admiral T.T.

Price: $18.00

Publisher: London & Glasgow, Blackie & Son

Seller ID: 008840

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

No date (circa 1930). Historical fiction originally published in 1911 When the policies of a Central American dictator threaten British interests, two armoured cruisers of the Royal Navy arrive to ensure that the politician who replaces the curmudgeon looks favourably on the Brits. Illustrated cloth, 381 pages. Some rubbing, mild wear to corners/spine ends, dusty/tanned/lightly soiled edges, some spine sunning, moderate general wear.
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The Green Madonna (signed)

By: L'Ami, C.E.

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, The Westminster Press : 1952

Seller ID: 016095

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good to Very Good

Winner of the Westminster Award for Fiction. From the front flap: "This is a story of fifteenth century England, in an era of adventure and intrigue, when many a lord and prelate ruled his manor by whim and fancy rather than by right and God- - when the common man's slaving earned him nothing, and serfs met in secret to plot and to plan." Olive cloth w/green decoration to front cover, green spine lettering, 302 pages, dust jacket illustration by Nathan Berman. Mildly cocked, moderately worn corners/spine ends, dusty/tanned/lightly soiled top edge, in price-clipped dust jacket w/chipping, tears...
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Lotus Blossom

By: Lancing, George (pseudonym of Bluebell M. Hunter)

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, Lee Furman : 1939

Seller ID: 013559

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair to Good

Set in China, and telling in fictional form the story of the Empress Dowager. The story of a beautiful young woman named Orchid who, on her way to Pekin to meet her betrothed, meets "the handsome young son of a country cobbler." An unusual relationship is subsequently formed between the girl who has grown up "with the feeling that she was one day destined to be the Empress of China," and the young man whose service as palace attendant in the Imperial Court requires that he first be castrated (that is one *hell* of a job-description requirement). Red cloth w/black spine lettering, 362 pages (in...
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Adventure Novel Classic: RIVERMEN DIE BROKE

By: Lemay, Alan

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Adventure Novel Classic/ANC #14

Seller ID: wes.00033

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Good

No date. Originally published under the title 'Old Father of Waters,' Creases to lower right section of front cover, some light soil, a bit cocked, nicks to spine ends, edgewear, and small red dot to bottom page edges.
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The Knight of Gwynne (2 volumes)

By: Lever, Charles

Price: $45.00

Publisher: New York, George Routledge and Sons

Seller ID: 018506

Binding: Hard Covers

Condition: Good

No date. First published in 1847, this is a story of the union between Ireland and Great Britain. Both volumes in pine cloth w/gilt facsimile signature to front covers, gilt spine lettering, 397 and 412 pages respectively, two pages of advertisements for other Routledge titles (in Volume I), illustrated. Both volumes cocked w/moderate edgewear, bumped/worn corners/spine ends, a bit of cover soil, previous owner's signature, previous owner's stamp to front end paper of Volume II, tanning, some foxing here and there, lightly shaken signatures throughout. A well-read but still serviceable set.
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The Dream

By: Lodi, Maria

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Mayflower 11905 : 1971

Seller ID: 009291

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

Originally published in French in 1965 before being published in translation by William Heinemann in 1969. This first Mayflower edition follows the Heinemann translation by Anne Carter. This is the second volume of Lodi's historical trilogy that began with 'Charlotte Morel.' In 1869 Paris a man fights for his nation's future and the love of the only woman he believes capable of bringing him happiness (apparently he doesn't get out much, and when he does, he doesn't do much). Light rubbing, mild spine roll, thin spine creases, creases to bottom left corner of back cover, tanning.
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THE ENGLISH AGENT, A Tale of the Peninsular War

By: Lucas, F.L.

Price: $35.00

Publisher: London, Cassell and Company : 1969

Seller ID: 018436

ISBN-13: 9780304934454

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

"A quest for military information through the ravaged interior of Spain" in 1808 leads an English ship's captain into "a love affair blossoming briefly and improbably amid the devastation and atrocities of war." Orange cloth w/gilt spine lettering, 217 pages. Bumped/crinkled bottom spine, a bit of tanning, in dust jacket w/mild wear to corners/spine ends, a hint of sunning to spine. A fairly nice copy.
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A Wish For Nicholas (inscribed & signed)

By: Manning, Jackie

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Harlequin Historicals 28998 : 1998

Seller ID: 015869

ISBN-13: 9780373289981

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Historical romance featuring a knighted sailor (that would be the hero) and a landlubber (that would be the heroine) who, naturally, start off on a rocky road but eventually find themselves just plain stupid over each other. 297 pages. Moderate handling wear. Internally tight and clean.
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The Sleeping Car Porter

By: Mayr, Suzette

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Toronto, Coach House Books : 2022

Seller ID: 019180

ISBN-13: 9781552454589

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: New

Winner of the 2022 Giller Prize, telling the story of a queer Black immigrant to Canada whose work as a railway porter in 1929 is funding his dream of an education. Naturally, things go awry. 224 pages. A pristine, unread copy.
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Prelude to Jesting

By: Mitchell, Mary

Price: $25.00

Publisher: London, Methuen & Co. Ltd. : 1950

Seller ID: 018325

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

The story of Hugo, a dwarf spurned by his 16th-century Flemish relations, and who ends up as "a jester at the Court of King Philip of Spain," where he falls in love with a woman "who is repelled by his grotesque appearance." Blue cloth w/white spine lettering, 245 pages. Gently bumped/lightly worn corners, light sunning to spine ends, tanned/lightly soiled/some foxing to edges, date in ink to bottom of front end paper, in dust jacket w/chipped corners/spine ends, moderately sunned spine, foxing/light soil to rear panel, 3/8" tear to top left of front panel, uneven 1" tear to top of rear fold.
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HENRY'S QUEST, Early Life in Rural Nova Scotia

By: Monnon, Mary Ann

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Halifax, Oxford Street Press : 1996

Seller ID: 012649

ISBN-13: 9780969112754

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good

Historical fiction for juveniles, set in the late 1700s when a group of Loyalists flee South Carolina and arrive in Nova Scotia to face deprivation and hard times. Winner of the Lilla Stirling Award from the Nova Scotia branch of the Canadian Authors Association. 83 pages. Rubbing, impressions, scratches, moderate general wear. Internally tight and clean.
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A Measure of Light (signed)

By: Powning, Beth

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Toronto, Penguin / Random House / Knopf Canada : 2015

Seller ID: 018095

ISBN-13: 9780345808479

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: As New

A "seventeenth-century Puritan who flees persecution in England" discovers the colony of Massachusetts Bay is as restrictive as the country she fled, and after becoming one of America's first Quakers, realizes that "she must follow her convictions in order to bring an end to the brutal repression of the Quakers in Massachusetts, for whom death by hanging is the ultimate punishment." Brown boards w/gilt spine lettering, 324 pages. An unread copy.
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Category: Historical Fiction