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Boston:: Little Brown,, (2010). First edition -. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (as new) A very attractive presentation, this is still in the original blue net bag, with a blue ribbon gathering at top. Includes a letter from the publisher and a promotional brochure. . Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) A psychological thriller about an obsessed… Read more about this item

New York:: Gallery Books / Simon & Schuster,, (2023). SIGNED first edition -. Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (upper corner of rear cover and a few leaves creased).. Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) Novel set against the backdrop of World War II. SIGNED on the title page with the word "Enjoy!" Author's note. 372 pp.… Read more about this item

New York:: Doubleday,, (2009). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First US printing. A thriller by this award winning writer, set in 1914 in a world on the brink of war, one in which "he brings to life the schemes and double-dealings of Western nations grappling for a foothold in Mesopotamia (now Iraq) in… Read more about this item

Boston & London:: Shambhala,, 1996,. Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket (appears unread.). First printing. Part history, part fiction, a "fantasy of a Venetian cartographer speculates on geography as a construct of the human consciousness, with tales of explorations into an imaginary world. Through the purported journals of Fra Mauro, a cloistered monk who… Read more about this item

San Bernadino, CA:: RHF Press,, (2013). SIGNED first edition -. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.. First printing, a trade paperback original. The author's first novel, inspired by a true story. "They called themselves the 'Nancy Hart Militia', forty-six privileged and proper southern women who weren't looking for trouble, but were trained and ready should trouble come looking for… Read more about this item

New York:: Morrow (imprint of Harper Collins),, (2016). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. Historical novel which explores the relationship between Thomas Jefferson and his devoted daughter Martha Jefferson Randolph. Author's note. 355 pp.

New York:: Dial Press,, 1962.. Hardcover first edition -. Very good in very good dust jacket (toning to the pages, some edgewear to the dj). First printing. A novel by the author Mandingo. The acerbic Kirkus review from 1962 is too good to not quote here: "Drum is the story of three generations of Negro slaves. Beginning… Read more about this item

New York:: Kensington,, (2009). First edition -. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.. Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) Historical romance novel issued as a trade paperback. Set in France in 1680 at Louis XIV's, the Sun King, court of Versailles. Jeanne Yvette Mas Du Bois was secretly taught fencing by her uncle. When two… Read more about this item

Naperville:: Sourcebooks Landmark,, (2023). First edition -. Fine in illustrated wrappers.. Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) Novel based on the lives of the six Mitford sisters in the years between the World Wars - each more beautiful, eccentric and brilliant than the next - but when Diana divorces her wealthy husband to marry a fascist… Read more about this item

Toronto:: Harper Collins,, (2012). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.. First Canadian printing. The second part in her planned trilogy charting the rise and fall of Thomas Cromwell, the powerful minister in the court of King Henry VIII, this focuses on the downfall of Anne Boleyn. Sequel to the Man Booker award-winning… Read more about this item

Boston:: Little Brown,, (2010). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a near fine dustjacket.. First printing. The author's second novel, a psychological thriller about an obsessed artist, set in both the modern world and in late 19th France - "A haunting novel of art and obsession. A mystery spanning continents and centuries. A love… Read more about this item

New York:: Atlantic Monthly Press,, (1989). First edition -. Very good in glossy illustrated wrappers (some wear to edges of covers).. Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) The author's first novel, set in medieval England in the 14th century, the story of Sister Ingrid, abandoned as a young child to the care of the nuns,… Read more about this item

New York:: Ives Washburn,, (1963). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Near fine in blue cloth with gilt lettering on the spine (a bit of fading to the edges of the boards) in a very good dust jacket with one short closed tear, light edgewear. Original price of 4.95 still present on dj flap. . First printing. Novel… Read more about this item

New York:: Pocket Books,, (1987). First edition -. Very good in glossy illustrated wrappers (remainder mark).. First printing, a trade paperback original. A romantic historical novel set in the Wyoming territory. 375 pp.

New York:: Simon & Schuster,, (2020). SIGNED first edition -. Near fine in illustrated wrappers. . First thus - a signed trade paperback edition. "In 1941, during humanity's darkest hour, three unforgettable young women must act with courage and love to survive. . . In Berlin, at the time when the world changed, Hanni Kohn knows… Read more about this item

Boston:: Little Brown,, (1965). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in tan boards in a near fine dust jacket with some rubbing and minor wear (bookplate on front pastedown). First printing. The author's first novel - an historical novel that "provides an authentic and vivid portrait of Greece during World War II." Occupied by the Nazis, there… Read more about this item

New York:: Harcourt, Inc.,, (2007). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.. First US printing. The author's second novel, set in 1718 where 16-year-old Eliza Tally arrives in a London rebuilt after the Great Fire of 1666 as an apothecary's maid, "a position hastily arranged to shield the father of her… Read more about this item

Toronto:: Hamish Hamilton,, (2013). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. Novel by this award-winning Canadian writer, set in the seventeenth century, where a Jesuit missionary ventures into the wilderness in search of converts. "A Huron warrior and elder named Bird soon takes him prisoner, along with a young Iroquois girl, Snow Falls,… Read more about this item

New York:: Alfred A. Knopf,, 2007.. Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.. First printing. Historical novel inspired by the life of Nani Keala (aka Nancy Callahan), a California woman, half Indian, half Hawaiian, who became consort and confidante to the last king of Hawaii. 337 pp.

New York:: Grove Press,, (1999). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket (some toning and minor foxing to edges of textblock). First US printing. Irish author's award winning first book (the Irish Times Literature Prize for Fiction for 1999). This interweaves the lives of three characters: Arthur Cravan, art critic, bon vivant, amateur… Read more about this item