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NEW YORK: THOMAS Y. CROWELL & CO., 1882 NICE LEATHER PADDED HARD COVER, WEAR AROUND EDGES, GOLD PRINT AND DESIGN FRONT. NO INTERNAL MARKINGS, HEAVY PAGES, GOLD TRIM OMN PAGE EDGES. TIGHT. BOOK MADE INTO A MOVIE IN 1900'S. CIRCA 1880, NO DATE LISTED. FIRST PUBLISH DATE 1882. Ludovic Halévy (1 January 1834 ¿ 7 May 1908) was a French author and playwright. M. Halévy's peculiar qualities are even more visible in the simple and striking scenes of the Invasion, published soon after the conclusion of the Franco-German War, in Criquette (1883) and L'Abbé Constantin (1882), two novels, the latter of which went through innumerable editions. Émile Zola had presented to the public an almost exclusive combination of bad men and women; in L'Abbé Constantin all are kind and good, and the change was eagerly welcomed by the public. Some enthusiasts robustly maintain that the Abbé will rank permanently in literature by the side of the equally… Read More

USA: THE JOHN C. WINSTON COMPANY, 1909 NICE LOOKING GREEN COVER WITH DETECTIVE ON FRONT, GREEN PRINT AND DESIGN SPINE. CLEAN AND TIGHT THROUGHOUT, 15 STORIES, 12 ILLUSTRATIONS.
GREAT STORIES BY GEORGE BARTON. AS YOU SEE FROM THE PREFACE BARTON TAKES TRUE FACTS OF TOP DETECTIVES AND AND STORIES AND MAKES THEM INTO VERY ENTERTAINING STORIES
CHIEF WILKIE AND THE GOLD CERTIFICATES, VIDOCQ AND THE LOCKSMITHS DAUGHTER, COLONEL FRASER AND THE RAILWAY MYSTERY, GENERAL TREPOFF AND THE RUSSIAN STUDENTS, INSPECTOR BYRNES AND THE HANIER MURDER, ROBERT PINKERTON AND THE GREAT SAFE ROBBERY, CHIEF KELLY AND THE DESERTED HOUSE, CHIEF BROOKS AND THE MAN WITH THE LAZY EYES, INSPECTOR SWEENEY AND THE STOLEN GEMS, CAPTAIN LINDEN AND THE MOUNTAIN MYSTERY, CAPTAIN DONAGHY AND THE WHITE CASE, SUPERINTENDENT FOREST AND THE VERSATILE ROGUE, THE HEADQUARTERS MAN AND THE BURGLARY THAT FAILED, CAPTAIN OBRIEN AND THE MYSTERY OF THE HALLWAY, CHEF KELLY AND THE OPIUM SMUGGLERS.
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NEW YORK: ALFRED A. KNOPF, 1969 Frances Sanger Mossiker is an American author best known for her historical novels. Her works include, Pocahontas: The Life and the Legend, The Queen's Necklace, and Madame de Sevigne. NICE LOOKING DARK BLUE BOOK, TIGHT, GOLD DESIGN AND PRINT ON SPINE, INSCRIBED AS GIFT IN FRONT OF BOOK, 26 PAGES OF ARTWORK AND PICTURES. The Affair of the Poisons (L'affaire des poisons) was a major murder scandal in France which took place in 1677¿1682, during the reign of King Louis XIV. During it, a number of prominent members of the aristocracy were implicated and sentenced on charges of poisoning and witchcraft. The scandal reached into the inner circle of the king. It led to execution of 36 people. Louis XIV, King of France (1638-1715). Louis, the greatest king of France's grand siècle, was only a small boy when he succeeded his father in 1643. Because of his youth, real power passed to his mother Anne of Austria as regent and to the Italian-born first… Read More

PHILADELPHIA: THE PENN PUBLISHING COMPANY, 1908 VERY NICE LOOKING GREEN COVER, DARK GREEN DESIGN, WHITE PRINT FRONT AND SPINE, PROTECTIVE JACKET INTACT, SAME DESIGN AS BOOK COVER, WORN AND DISCOLORED. FORMER OWNERS NAME INSIDE FRONT. TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT. BOOK INCLUDES, INTRODUCTION, ON THE SPEECH AND SPEECH MAKER, THEN TO BUSINESS, AFTER DINNER STORIES, TOASTS. STORIES FOR AFTER DINNER SPEAKING, TOASTS INCLUDED. GREAT BOOK FOR THE LOVER OF SHORT STORIES AND SPEAKER. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.

New York: THE HERITAGE PRESS, 1958 VERY NICE LOOKING GREEN COVER WITH DESIGN FRONT AND SPINE, GOLD PRINT SPINE. GOLD SLIP COVER WITH WEAR EDGES. EDGE OF PAGES SPECKLED DESIGN. ART OF ATLAS FRONTISPIECE. INTRODUCTORY ESSAY BY DUDLEY FITTS. COPYRIGHT BY GEORGE MACY COMPANY. NO INTERNAL MARKINGS. TIGHT, ART THROUGHOUT, PROVERBIAL EXPRESSIONS AND INDEX BACK. APOLLO, CUPID, BEOWOLF, HERCULES, PYGMALION, THE TROJAN WAR, ORIGIN OF MYTHOLOGY AND MANY OTHERS. Thomas Bulfinch (July 15, 1796 ¿ May 27, 1867 was an American writer born in Newton, Massachusetts. Bulfinch belonged to a well-educated Bostonian merchant family of modest means. Bulfinch's Mythology is a classic work of popularized mythology, still in print 150 years after the first work, Age of Fable, was published in 1855. TERRIFIC INTERESTING BOOK. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.

PHILADELPHIA: HENRY T. COATES & CO., 1875 BEAUTIFUL BOOK, NICE LOOKING LIGHT BROWN COVER, DESIGN FRONT AND SPINE IN WHITE, BLACK AND GREEN. GOLD PRINT SPINE. BEAUTIFUL ARTWORK INSIDE FRONT AND BACK, FRONTISPIECE PICTURE CALLED THE PRAIRIE ON FIRE WITH HORSES AND 2 MEN. PREFACE CREATED 1858, NO PUBLISH DATE PRINTED, CIRCA LATE 1800S. TIGHT AND CLEAN INSIDE WITH NO MARKINGS. WONDERFUL STORY OF THE OLD WEST. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.

Argentina: Espaza-Calpe, 1944 Nice looking paperback in Spanish laguage, prologue by Juan Valera, Colleccion Austral, Buenos Aires-Mexico, Dustcover is paper and fair condition- inner front flap loose and in good shape, all pages of book tight, light brown with age, former owners name front, a few notes are in pencil inside front cover and on a few pages translating to English.
Azul is a collection of short stories and poetry by Nicaraguan poet Rubén Darío. It was published in 1888 as Darío's first major work and a major work of the Modernismo literary movement.[1][2] He is commonly considered the initiator of literary modernism, a thesis that has been supported by personalities such as Octavio Paz, Ángel Rama or Darío himself. Félix Rubén García Sarmiento (January 18, 1867 ¿ February 6, 1916), known as Rubén Darío, was a Nicaraguan poet who initiated the Spanish-American literary movement known as modernismo (modernism)… Read More

Indianapolis: The Bowen-Merrill Co., 1894 Poems by Riley with several pages of his works in the back. BOOK IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION. TIGHT AND NICE LOOKING. INSCRIPTION IN FRONT DATED 1894. CLEAN AND TIGHT. Riley, James Whitcomb (1849-1916), American poet. During his lifetime, Riley enjoyed enormous popularity. Known as ¿The Hoosier Poet¿ or ¿the people's poet¿, he drew material from Midwestern literature, fairy tales, and speech patterns. His verses, written in folk dialect, expressed the myth of rural America, with phrases such as ¿When the frost is on the punkin¿ and ¿the old swimin'¿hole¿. 1776 BOOKSTORE, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.

NEW YORK: BONANZA BOOKS, 1985 NICE LOOKING DARK BLUE COVER, SILVER PRINT SPINE, VERY NICE LOOKING PROTECTIVE JACKET WITH DETECTIVE ON THE FRONT AND AUTHORS LISTED. NO INTERNAL MARKINGS. BOOK IS IN GREAT CONDITION. WONDERFUL CONTENT. DOYLE, MAUGHAM, WOOLRICH, BARRETT, CHARTERIS, GARDNER, MACDONALD, CASSIDAY, HOCH, JAKES, O'DONNELL, GILBERT AND FLEMING. CLASSICS OF ESPIONAGE FINISHING WITH OCYOPUSSY. A GREAT BOOK FOR THE COLLECTOR. Bill Pronzini (born April 13, 1943) is an American writer of detective fiction. He is also an active anthologist, having compiled more than 100 collections, most of which focus on mystery, western, and science fiction short stories. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.

BOSTON: LEE AND SHEPARD, 1878 BEAUTIFUL GREEN COVER, BLACK DESIGN, GOLD ON SPINE. FORMER OWNER NAME INSIDE FRONT 1879, NICE ARTWORK THROUGHOUT. The Gordon Riots of 1780 were several days of rioting in London motivated by anti-Catholic sentiment. They began with a large and orderly protest against the Papists Act 1778, which was intended to reduce official discrimination against British Catholics enacted by the Popery Act 1698. Barnaby Rudge: A Tale of the Riots of Eighty (commonly known as Barnaby Rudge) is a historical novel by British novelist Charles Dickens. Barnaby Rudge was one of two novels (the other was The Old Curiosity Shop) that Dickens published in his short-lived (1840–1841) weekly serial Master Humphrey's Clock. Barnaby Rudge is largely set during the Gordon Riots of 1780. Charles John Huffam Dickens (7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English novelist and social critic who created some of the world's best-known fictional characters, and is regarded by many as the greatest… Read More

NEW YORK: A. L. BURT COMPANY, 1921 NICE LOOKING GREEN BOOK, GOLD PRINT AND DESIGN FRONT AND SPINE, BAT WING DESIGN, ONLY MARKING IS FORMER OWNER SIGNED NAME IN FRONT, JOSEPH HORNE CO. BOOK SHOP STICKER IN BACK. MISSING BLANK PAGE VERY BACK. TIGHT, GOOD SHAPE. Arthur Henry Sarsfield Ward (15 February 1883 ¿ 1 June 1959), better known as Sax Rohmer, was a prolific English novelist. He is best remembered for his series of novels featuring the master criminal Dr. Fu Manchu. He worked as a poet, songwriter, and comedy sketch writer in Music Hall before creating the Sax Rohmer persona and pursuing a career writing weird fiction. A VERY INTERESTING SCIENCE FICTION WRITER. 1776 BOOKSTORE, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.

BOSTON: DEWOLFE, FISKE AND COMPANY, 1869 BEAUTIFUL RARE BOOK. THE BESSIE BOOKS BY MATTHEWS. AUTHOR OF BESSIE AT SCHOOL, BESSIE AT THE SEASIDE, BESSIE AMONG THE MOUNTAINS, BESSIE ON HER TRAVELS, BESSIE IN THE CITY, ETC. DARK BLUE COVER WITH GREEN, GOLD AND TAN DESIGN FRONT AND SPINE. VERY GOOD SHAPE. TIGHT WITH NO INTERNAL MARKINGS. THICK PAGES, FRONTISPIECE OF BESSIE AMONG THE MOUNTAINS. MOUNTAINS, HORSES, FAMILY LIFE- WONDERFUL DESCRIPTION 1ST PERSON BY THE BESSIE (CHILD) CHARACTER. REGISTERED 1869, BOOK PUBLISHED CIRCA LATE 1800'S. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.

NEW YORK: CASSELL, PETTER, GALPIN & CO., 1881 RARE BOOK WITH CHILDREN ON THE FRONT PLAYING, COLORFUL, 4 SMALL LIGHT BROWN PIECES OF TAPE ALONG EDGE OF SPINE. TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT. BEAUTIFUL ARTWORK, HEAVY PAGES. WONDERFUL BOOK FOR A NICE CHILDREN'S STORY. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.

NEW YORK: GROSSET & DUNLAP, 1904 NICE LOOKING GRAY COVER WITH BLACK DESIGN AND PRINT FRONT AND SPINE. WHITE SECTION FRONT COVER WITH DRAWING ARTWORK OF A LADY WITH A BONNET ON. LIGHT WEAR. BOOK INSCRIBED IN PENCIL INSIDE FRONT COVER CHRISTMAS 1909, FROM AND TO. FRONTISPIECE IS ARTWORK OF BEVERLY A CHARACTER. MADE INTO FILM 1926. TIGHT AND CLEAN THOUGHOUT. VERY NICE BOOK. ENTERTAINING AND INTERESTING. Beverly of Graustark (1904) Gutenberg text (filmed in 1926 with Marion Davies) George Barr McCutcheon (July 26, 1866 October 23, 1928) was an American popular novelist and playwright. His best known works include a series of novels set in Graustark, a fictional East European country, and the novel Brewster's Millions, which was adapted into a play and several films. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.

NEW YORK: BANTOM BOOKS, 1954 GREAT HISTORICAL FICTION WESTERN. COMPLETE AND UNABRIDGED. SMALL BURN MARK FRONT COVER. PUBLISHED NOVEMBER 1954. A FULL BODIED NOVEL OF A FABULOUS YOUNG OUTLAW WHO SPLASHED THE SOUTHWEST WITH BLOOD AND VIOLENCE. GOOD PAPERBACK WITH AN INTERESTING ENTERTAINING STORY. Edwin Corle (May 7, 1906 June 11, 1956) was an American writer. His writing is noted for realistic portrayals of American Indian life in the early 20th century. After a brief stint at writing for radio, Corle began writing numerous short stories and non-fiction pieces for magazines. In 1934 his Mojave: A Book Of Stories was published. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.

NEW YORK: BONI AND LIVERIGHT, 1923 Atherton, Gertrude Franklin (Horn) , 1857-1948, American writer, b. San Francisco. She wrote a series of historical novels about California, which include The Californians (1898), Rezánov (1906), and The Ancestors (1907). Her most popular books are The Conqueror (1902), which is a fictionalized biography of Alexander Hamilton, and the sensational novel Black Oxen (1923), concerning a woman who is rejuvenated by a glandular operation and based on Atherton's own experience of glandular therapy. A GREAT AUTHOR AND EARLY WOMEN'S AUTHOR. BLACK OXEN WAS HER MOST POPULAR NOVEL. THIS BOOK IS STILL IN GOOD CONDITION WITH SOME OUTER WEAR ON THE COVER AND EDGES. MARBLING IS AROUNG PAGE EDGES AND IS A LITTLE FADED. BLACK COVER, ORANGE ON FRONT AND SPINE. SIGNED BY FORMER OWNER IN FRONT. TIGHT. GREAT COLLECTOR ITEM. PRINTED FEBRUARY 1923. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.

BOSTON: ALPHA PUBLISHING COMPANY, 1896 RARE BOOK. CHILDREN'S FICTION. DARK BROWN COVER WITH GOLD, BLACK DESIGN. LIBRARY LABEL INSIDE FRONT COVER, SCRIBBLES INSIDE BACK COVER. NICE ARTWORK THROUGHOUT.

GARDEN CITY, NEW YORK: DOUBLEDAY, DORAN AND COMPANY, INC., 1932 NICE LOOKING DARK BLUE COVER, GREEN DESIGN AND PRINT FRONT AND SPINE, DULL WATER STAIN LOWER RIGHT FRONT CORNER, FIRST INSIDE BLANK PAGE MISSING, NICE AND TIGHT, NO INTERNAL MARKINGS. AUSTRALIAN AUTHOR. .Helen de Guerry Simpson (1 December 1897 ¿ 14 October 1940) was an Australian novelist and British Liberal Party politician. Two of her novels have Australian content, Boomerang (1932), winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, and Under Capricorn (1937); and The Woman on the Beast (1933), a trio of fantastic novellas. It was not until Boomerang was published in 1932 that Helen Simpson came into her own. Here was a long, rambling novel in which the plot began in Paris at the end of the eighteenth century, wandered all over the world, including Australia, and ended in the trenches in France during World War I. It was awarded the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction and serialized for radio by William Power in 1937.… Read More

NEW YORK: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1886 Amelia Edith Barr (Huddleston) (born March 29, 1831) in Ulverston, Lancashire, England, died March 10, 1919) was a British American novelist. In 1850 she married William Barr, and four years later they immigrated to the United States and settled in Galveston, Texas where her husband and three of their six children died of yellow fever in 1867. By 1891, when she achieved greater success, she and her daughters moved up the Hudson River to Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York, where they renovated a house on the slopes of Storm King Mountain and named it Cherry Croft. NICE LOOKING GREEN COVER, SIZE OF A POCKET BOOK, SWORD DESIGN FRONT, SILVER LETTERS FRONT AND SPINE, SLIGHT WEAR SPINE, TIGHT, SIGNED BY PREVIOUS OWNER FRONT, NO OTHER MARKINGS, ARTWORK FRONTISPIECE, RED AND BLACK INK TITLE PAGE. NICE COLLECTOR ITEM. 1776 BOOKSTORE, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.

NEW YORK: D. APPLETON- CENTURY COMPANY, 1937 TERRIFIC LOOKING BOOK IN VERY GOOD CONDITION, VANILLA COVER, BLUE DESIGN FRONT AND SPINE, BLACK PRINT FRONT AND SPINE. FORMER OWNER LIBRARY LABEL INSIDE FRONT. NO OTHER MARKINGS. TIGHT, VERY NICE CONDITION. WRITTEN IN MEMORY OF WARREN JUDSON BRIER (1850- 1928). FOR THE LOVER OF THE CIVIL WAR, FICTION LOVER OR COLLECTOR OF NICE AGED BOOKS. 1776 BOOKSTORE, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.