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New York, R.H. Russell, 1902.. Hard Cover. 4 p.l., 289 p. illus. 20 cm. "Carolyn Wells wrote a total of more than 170 books. During the first ten years of her career, she concentrated on poetry, humor, and children's books." A contemporary critic said that this would appeal to someone with an "abnormal sense of humor." Sounds good to me. Stock# 44,739. Vg, marbled paper boards / no dj.
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Abeniki Caldwell; a burlesque historical novel, by Carolyn Wells, illustrated with numerous engravings
by Wells, Carolyn, 1862- 1942.
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Across the River and Into the Trees.
by Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961.
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N.Y., Scribner, [c1950, 1965].. Hard Cover. [8], 308 p.; 21.5 cm. Novel set in Venice after World War II. The protagonist is an American Army officer but his tough-guy persona doesn't convince. Hanneman 23a. Stock# 42,532. Vg / good+/
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Admiral Hornblower in the West Indies
by Forester, C. S. (Cecil Scott, 1899-1966)
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Boston, Little, Brown [1986]. Soft Cover. 329 p.; 19.5 cm. 'This tenth tale [actually the eleventh] of naval adventure in C. S. Forester's Hornblower series finds Horatio Hornblower an admiral struggling to impose order in the chaotic aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars. As commander-in-chief of His Majesty's ships and vessels in the West Indies, he must take on pirates, revolutionaries, and a blistering hurricane. The war is over, but peaceful it is not.' Stock # 29,725. Vg/ color pictorial paper wrappers (painting by Wendell Minor). English literature, fiction; British naval historical fiction.
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Alice of old Vincennes
by Thompson, Maurice, 1844-1901
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Vincennes, Ind., Vincennes University Press, 1961. "Set against the backdrop of the American Revolution, Alice of Old Vincennes is the story of the orphan girl Alice Roussillon. In 1778 the French outpost of Vincennes, Indiana, revolts against the British and swears allegiance to the American cause." First published by The Bowen-Merrill Company, 1900. Soft Cover. 332 pages, 22.5 cm. Vg / soft cover. Stock#44213.
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Alice of Old Vincennes By Maurice Thompson Illustrations by F.C. Yohn
by Thompson, Maurice, 1844-1901
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Indianapolis, The Bowen-Merrill company [c1900]. Hard Cover. 4 p.l., 419, [1] p., 19.5 cm. First printing; first edition with [12] pages of publisher's adverts. The perennial favorite novel of Fort Vincennes in Indiana during the Revolution/ BAL 20052; Wright III: 5445. NS. Stock#39,743. Vg/ no dj.
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American Beauty, by Edna Ferber; woodcut decorations by Rudolph Ruzicka
by Ferber, Edna, 1887-1968
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Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, Doran & Company, inc., 1931. Hard Cover. viii p., 1 L., 313 p. illus. 21 cm. Illustrated t.-p. A novel set in the Housatonic Valley of Connecticut. On the social upheavals from 1700 to 1930. Stock# 38,565. Vg/ no dj.
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The Autocracy of Mr. Parham. His Remarkable Adventures in this Changing World
by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946
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Garden City, NY, Doubleday, Doran, 1930. Hard Cover. 328 p., [20] leaves of plates, illus.; 20 cm. "by H.G. Wells. Assisted Pictorially by David Low" i.e., four inserted double-page plates with illustrations by David Low. A satirical view of English right-wing politics. Spine sunned; good+. Stock#47446.
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Band of Angels [Novel]
by Warren, Robert Penn, 1905-1989
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NY, Random House [1955]. Hard Cover. NY, Random House [1955]. Book club edition. 314 p.; 21.5 cm. Novel of the Civil War period of a daughter of a Kentucy planter raised as well-born white seized into slavery for her father's debts. Stock# 30,487. Good+/dj chipped, good+. American literature.
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Ben-Hur.
by Wallace, Lew (Lewis), 1827-1905. Wright, Robin S., editor.
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New York Graphic Society [c1972]. Hard Cover. "This edition has been edited, annotated and abridged by Robin S. Wright." "Contents: The Story of Ben-Hur; Maps of Jerusalem and his Travels in the Mediterranean; Plan of a Circus; Racing Chariots; Diagrams of Many Fighting Galleys; Merchant Ships; Coins; The Roman Army; Description of Roman and Early Christian Life." 120 p., illus., maps & plates (some folding), 27.5 cm.; small closed tears in dj at top of spine & front corner; VG+. 33705.
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Boon Island
by Roberts, Kenneth, 1885-1957
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Garden City, Doubleday, 1956. Hard Cover. 275 p.21.5 cm. End-paper maps. Novel of an Island of the coast of Maine during the early eighteenth century. First printing. Stock #29,454. Vg/ no dj.
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The Bull from the Sea
by Renault, Mary (Mary Challans), 1905-1983
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Pantheon [c1962]. Second Printing. Hard Cover. 343 p., endpaper map; 22 cm. "It was dolphin weather, when I sailed into Piraeus with my comrades of the Cretan bull ring. Knossos had fallen, which time out of mind had ruled the seas. The smoke of the burning Labyrinth still clung to our clothes and hair." "Although not a classicist by training, Renault was admired in her day for her scrupulous recreations of the Greek world. ... her novels about Theseus rely on the controversial theories of Robert Graves... a vivid portrait of life in ancient Greece." Color pictorial dj clipped, darkened, now in mylar; small ink owner name inside front cover; good. stock#44999.
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The Camp Followers Translated from the Italian by Archibald Colquhoun
by Pirro, Ugo, 1920-
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N.Y., Dutton, 1958.. Hard Cover. 127 p., 19 cm. Novel based on his experience with the Italian army in Greece. 'A lieutentant in the Italian Army of occupation is ordered to escort fifteen Greek girls from Athens to Italian army brothels.' Stock# 40,211. Vg/ dj slightly soiled. Italian Literature World War II.
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Claudius the God and his Wife Messalina. The Rroublesome Reign of Tiberius Claudius Caesar, Emperor...
by Graves, Robert, 1895-1985
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NY, H. Smith & R. Haas, 1935. First Edition. Hard Cover. 583 p., illus. (map), fold. geneal. tables; 22 cm. Title continues: "of the Romans (born B.C. 10, died A.D. 54), as described by himself: also his murder at the hands of the notorious Agrippina (mother of the Emperor Nero) and his subsequent deification, as described by others." Stock#45225. Good, well read / no dj.
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Claudius, The God and his wife Messalina
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New York, Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, 1935. Hard Cover. 583 p. illus. (map) fold. geneal. tables. 22 cm. Novel, a sequel to I, Claudius, told in the first person by Claudius, Emperor of Rome, 10 B.C.-54 A.D. Stock# 39,833x. Good+, spine faded no dj.
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Cleopatra. Translated by M. F. Poindexter.
by Ferval, Claude. Poindexter, M. F., translator. [Cleopatra]
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Garden City, NY, Garden City Pub. Co. Inc., 1927. The Star Series. Hard Cover. vii, [1], 321 p., 21 cm. First pub. 1924. Chapters: Julius Caesar; Alexandria; Mark Antony; Cleopatra; The Inimitables; Antony's Wives; The Marriage at Antioch; The Two Rivals; Actium; The Death. Black cloth stamped in gold; spine faded, no dj; VG. stock#34932 {ns}.
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The Commodore. [#17 in Aubrey-Maturin series]
by O'Brian, Patrick, 1914-2000.
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W. W. Norton [c1994]. 'First American Edition 1995'. Hard Cover. 282 p.; 21.5 cm. "Aubrey and Maturin are sent on a bizarre decoy mission to the fever-ridden lagoons of the Gulf of Guinea to suppress the slave trade, but their ultimate destination is Ireland. There the French are mounting an invasion that will test Aubrey's seamanship and Maturin's resourcefulness as a secret intelligence agent, and the climax of the story is one of those grand and thrilling fleet actions on which the supremacy of the British Navy was founded." Color pictorial dj with white spine; VG, gift quality. stock#44653.
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The Confessions of Nat Turner: A Novel
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NY, Random House [1967]. Hard Cover. 428, [1] p.; 21.5 cm. Written at the height of the Civil Rights movement in the U.S., this novel tells of an actual 1830's slave rebellion from the leader's point of view. Stock# 33,369. Vg, book club/ dj vg. American literature
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Conjuror's Journal : Excerpts from the Journal of Joshua Medley, conjuror, juggler, ventriloquist, and sometime
by Shine, Frances.
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New York, Dodd, Mead, c1978.. Hard Cover. viii, 236 p., 21.5 cm. Title continues: balloonist : a novel / by Frances L. Shine. A fictional diary of an extravagant mulatto magician character. Stock# 39,879. Vg/ dj good+, small tear lower front.
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The Diary of a Young Lady of Fashion in the Year 1764-1765 Edited by her Kinsman Alexander Blacker Kerr
by Knox, Cleone [pseud. for Magdalen King-Hall, 1904- ]
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N.Y., Appleton, 1926. Hard Cover. vii, 249 p.21 cm. First pub., London, 1925. Published as an actual diary of a man-hungrary Irish girl of a well-off family, always on the verge of eloping, this was hailed as the work of a female Pepys. It was revealed to be the work of a nineteen yearold girl. Stock# 31,080. Vg, spine darkened/ no dj.
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The Edwardians / Vita Sackville-West ; new introduction by Victoria Glendinning
by Sackville-West, Vita (Victoria), 1892-1962
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London, Virago, 1987, c1930.. Soft Cover. xvi, [9]-349 p., 20 cm. Series: Virago modern classics. Vita Sackville-West's novel about the social world of the upper class during the reign of Edward VII, 1901-1910, the world of her youth. First published in 1930 while her memory was fresh. PA. Stock# 37,023.Vg /paper. -- Fiction
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