Search Results: Historical Fiction from Lippincott Books

Chicago: Follett Publishing, 1962. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. Reg Massie. 186 pp. Orange cloth, front board and spine title stamped in black; lovely wood engraved illustrations spread across two pages at beginning of each chapter. Inscribed by John Wrooman, and Louise H. Vrooman". "From the days when the Great Council Fire of the League of the Iroquois Indians first blazed on the shores of Lake Onondaga, through colonial times and the Revolutionary War, these stories cover a fascinating period of early American History." VG+ in VG+ dust jacket with price of $3.95 on front flap

New York: Richard R Smith, 1949. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 440 pp with bibliography. Red cloth with gilt lettering, pictorial endpapers. Clean and tight, VG in chipped, price-clipped dustwrapper, Good.

New York: Longman's, Green and Co, 1928. First Edition, Thus . Hardcover. Very Good/Good-. Richard A. Holberg. xi, 303, [1] pp. New edition, editied by Bertha L. Gunterman with 8 plates by R. Holberg. Romanticized tale of Saxon England, "with the historical events true to fact." The dry facts of history indicate that Abbot Dunstan of Glastonbury seems to have rebuked then King Edred's nephew Edwy for his scandalous lifestyle. In 955, Edwy succeeded Edred on the throne, and took his revenge on Dunstan by confiscating his property and sending him into exile. VG/G-

New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1937. First American Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/GVG. [x], 374 pp. Orange cloth, titles and decorative emblem stamped in blue, map endpapers. Price-intact dustjacket has a little edge wear, soiling on rear panel. "Napoleon at the beginning of his course to supreme power.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1976. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. Ben F. Stahl. 209 pp. Tan cloth, title and illustration on front board stamped in brown, green endpapers. Inscribed by the author on half-title: "3/8/83 For Mimi & Russell - but especially for Mimi who, by enquiring after Freelon at this late date, has cheered me enormously! Richard" Price-intact dustjacket has a little wear at extremities.

Johnstown, New York: The Baronet Litho Company, 1954. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. John Watrous. xii, 268 pp. Orange cloth, titles and decorative front board gilt, map endpapers, illustrations throughout. Dustjacket has a 1/8"x1/2" chip at head edge of spine and one small closed tear. Inscribed by the author's wife on half title page. "In this book is represented the artistry of the novelist, the poignancy of the poet, and the accuracy and understanding of the historian...an experience which clarifies a whole forgotten chapter of our history." NF/VG+

New York: London House & Maxwell, 1959. First American Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 256 pp. A historical novel of Pharoah Ikhnaton and his queen, Nefertiti; the striking dust jacket includes images of both. "Mr. Stacton has imposed a unique imagination on an historical period and written a modern novel which reveals great insight into the minds, hearts and motivations of human beings." Leaves toned, edges lightly sunned. VG, with price-intact dustjacket with light soiling, light edge wear.

New York: Doubleday Doran, 1939. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. [x], 307 pp. Green cloth, spine title gilt, 'HW' embossed on front board, green top edges, Near Fine. Price-clipped dustjacket has edge wear, previous owner's stamp on front pastedown, VG.

New York: G P Putnam's Sons, 1960. First American Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/GVG. 332 pp. With bibliography. Blue cloth, decorative spine and titles stamped in white and red. A little thumb soil, leaves slightly age darkened. Price-intact dustjacket has edge wear.