Romance Fiction from Grimalkin Books

New York: Warner Books, 2006. This stated First Edition from October, 2006, also includes a "number line" ending with a "1" to indicate First Printing. This volume is in New, unread condition, and includes a New, price-unclipped dust jacket. I've placed the dust jacket into an archival Brodart protective sleeve. Once again, the author of The Notebook Nicholas Sparks… Read more about this item

New York: John Day Company, 1970. In this rich novel, Pearl Buck brings to life all the mystery and exoticism of India in this tale of a maharana and his family. The book is a book club edition in Fine condition with a Fine dust jacket. I've placed the dust jacket into an archival Brodart protective sleeve. The book has… Read more about this item

Ontario, Canada: MIRA Books, 2002. This Stated First Printing from February 2002 also includes the "number line" ending in a "1" that also indicates First Printing. This novel from the famous Academy Award-nominated actress deals with a seriously ailing celebrity manager whose detailed journal has the goods on just about everyone. Oh, dear! The book is in Fine condition with… Read more about this item

Harper & Row/Atheneum, 1980. This Stated First Edition (and unless it's stated, it's not) also includes a "number line" ending in a "1" to indicate First Printing. The book is bound in a cream-colored cloth with the author's initials in gilt against a red and gilt background, as well as gilt spine titles against a similar background. The book has… Read more about this item

New York: St. Martin's Press, 2007. This book is a Stated First Edition from November 1907 and includes the complete "number line" ending in a "1" to indicate First Printing. This authorized novel based on Margaret Mitchell's Gone With the Wind complements the original story by adding new characters and deeper dimensions to the original work. This time around, the… Read more about this item

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1900. This early reprint is in Very Good condition. It is bound in an illustrated cloth with various shades of green decorating both the front panel and spine. (Click on photo.) The book shows edge rubbing and fraying at the spine tips and corners. The binding is secure and the text pages are clean with… Read more about this item

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1947. This First Printing (as indicated by a "1" in parentheses on the final text page) is in close to Fine condition with a Very Good+ price-unclipped dust jacket. This historical romance novel is set in the time of George III and deals with three full-blooded women whose romantic trials are tied to the… Read more about this item

New York: P.F. Collier & Son, 1945. These three volumes in uniform bindings were published by Collier in 1945 and contain three Faith Baldwin novels and one novella. These handsome books are bound in a red leatherette cloth with the author's name blindstamped on the front panel and the die-stamped gilt titles on the spines, also decorated with blindstmped design… Read more about this item

New York: P.F. Collier & Son, 1939. This novel from the latter part of Oppenheim's life combines the elements of romance, espionage, luxury, and thrills that made the author such a successful storyteller. The book is in really fine condition and appears to be unread. The book is bound in a deep red cloth with the author's initials blindstamped on… Read more about this item

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1904. A young coroner finds love in the midst of a post-Civil War hillbilly vendetta. This is a rare First Edition, printed September 1904, of a book that usually nowadays can only be purchased from cheap Print-On-Demand companies. The book is bound in a blue-green cloth, with a decorative front panel and spine, showing… Read more about this item

New York: Macaulay Company, 1922. Originally published in 1906, this Glyn novel was reprinted in 1922 to promote the silent film starring Rudolph Valentino and Gloria Swanson, photographs of whom are used as illustrations. There is also a frontis photo of Valentino and Elinor Glyn. A young, penniless aristocrat, Theodora (Gloria Swanson), marries a self-made millionaire grocer to help her… Read more about this item

Montreal: The Montreal News Co., Ltd., 1897. This is the first authorised and revised edition of a novel, previously published 20 years earlier in the United States in a pirated form due to lax copyright laws of that period, as explained in the author's own prefatory note. This revised edition was also legally published in the United States by L.C.… Read more about this item

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1891. Although published anonymously by "the author of Straight-On," this book was later identified as having been written by Jeanne Schultz. Originally published by Appleton in 1888, this is the First Illustrated Edition, with six full-page and 20 vignette illustrations by Jean Claude. This charming story of a French teenager on the verge of… Read more about this item

New York: Julian Messner, 1957. Prior to M.M. Kaye's monumental success with The Far Pavilions, her historical novel, Shadow of the Moon, dealt with the Indian Sepoy Mutiny of 1857 and of a romance that blossomed during the death and destruction of that volatile period. This bce copy features a handsome dust jacket with it's original artwork created by Jules… Read more about this item

Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1946. This BCE is in Very Good+ condition with a Very Good dust jacket (click on photo). I've placed the dust jacket into an archival Brodart protective sleeve. The book deals with the turbulent marriage of George and Livia Boswell in a small manufacturing town in the Midlands, England, both before and during World War… Read more about this item

New York: Grove Press, 2001. This Stated First Papeback Edition also has the required "number line" ending in a "1" to indicate First Printing. The author of Sex and the City takes us back to New York to explore the lives of -- you guessed it --- four new, beautiful women. Ah, the more things change.... The book is in… Read more about this item

New York: Warner Books, 1995. This lavishly produced Stated First Printing from June, 1995 (and unless it's stated, it's not) is in New, unread condition, with a New, unclipped dust jacket. The book has also the required "number line" ending in a "1" to also indicate First Printing. An ideal companion piece to both the novel by Robert James Waller… Read more about this item

New York: Pantheon This Stated First Edition (and unless it's stated, it's not) is in Fine, unused condition. All 23 oversized postcards or mini-posters, if your prefer, are present. They are all suitable for framing. Each postcard was taken from the cover of a classic romance comic book of the 1940s or 1950s, personally selected by collector Michael Barson.… Read more about this item

New York: Kensington Books, 2006. The Stated First Kensington Paperback Printing, from September 2006, is in New, unread condition. This historical romance of 16th Century Scotland is combined with the supernatural in a tale of twin brothers who share a terrible curse and the two women outside their clan who love them. The book measures 5 1/2 by 8 1/4… Read more about this item

Akron, Ohio: Saalfield, 1928. Listed as part of Saalfield's "Girls Detective Series," Number 3632, this copy is in Fine condition with a Very Good+ dust jacket (click on photo). The story concerns two orphaned sisters, each separated at infancy, one raised in a wealthy household and the other, on a farm, with loving but common parents. The book is… Read more about this item