Search Results: Historical Fiction from Walnut Valley Books/Books by White

New York, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1989 Doubleday & Company, New York. 1989. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Fine. DJ: Fine; NOT Price Clipped ($16.95). Light green boards with white cloth overlay on spine with bright lavender lettering on the spine. 399 pp. 8vo. This spirited, engaging, and warmly romantic novel reveals President Teddy Roosevelt and his two beloved wives as never before seen. The author paints intriguing portraits of these two dissimilar women whose love would shape the life and career on TR. A clean very presentable copy.

Nashville, TN: Broadman and Holman Publishers, 2005 Broadman and Holman Publishers, Nashville, TN. 2005. Hardcover. First Printing by line number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: VG+; small scuff to the lower front board. DJ: Near Fine; slight edge bumping. REd boards with black overlay on spine with bright gilt lettering on spine. Victorian flowered endpapers. 156 pp 12 mo. A work of fiction about a WWII veteran of the Battle of the Bulge who swears an angel saved his life on Christmas in Bastogne. His son goes out to find our about this angel by interviewing survivors in his unit and discovers something that would make a true believer out of anyone. A clean and very presentable copy.

Bloomington, IN: Author House, 2008 Author House, Bloomington, IN. 2008. Softcover/Trade Wraps. Stated First Published 7/17/2008. Inscribed by the author on the first blank page. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; slight edge and tip bumps. No DJ. Printed card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split; Text is secure in binding. 338 pp 8vo. This is a piece of historical fiction based on the Great Depression. The Swinson family is forced to move in with his parents in Ardis Heights near Lubbock and find other family members already living there too. The problems of 13 people under one roof surface but the family learns to live with loss, fear, betrayal, and finally acceptance, hope, and forgiveness. This story is an excavation of the human spirit and its ability to survive. A clean very presentable copy.

Stockholm, Sweden/London, UK: Zephyr Books/The Continental Book Company, 1947 Zephyr Books/The Continental Book Company, Stockholm, Sweden/London, UK. 1947. Softcover with a stiff paper jacket. Book states not to be introduced into the British Empire of the USA. Reprint edition. #158 in a list of books published by Zephyr. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for former owner pen signature on the half title page. Book Condition; Very Good; light edge bumping; age toning. DJ: Very Good; light wear to edges; slight chipping on top edge. Red paper jacket with yellow lettering; off-white text with black lettering on spine and front page. 151 pp 12mo. This is one of Henry James' most engaging tales. It is the story of a quest, pursued with a fidelity and devotion possible only for a knight in search of the Holy Grail- or a Victorian gentleman on the trail of a lost literary masterpiece. A clean presentable copy.

New York, NY: Stein and Day, 1974 Stein and Day, New York. 1974. Hardcover. Stated First Published in the United States in 1974. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; bumped tail. DJ: Very Good +; NOT Price Clipped ($6.95) light bumping to tail and tips; scant edge bumping. Red boards with blue cloth overlay on the spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. 224 pp 8vo. This novel is a historical thriller novel by the British writer Derek Lambert (Richard Falkirk). It is the third in a series of six novels featuring Edmund Blackstone, a member of the Bow Street Runners in the pre-Victorian era England. Blackstone goes undercover amongst a gang of navvies working on a new railway, and is called on for plans to thwart the first Great Train Robbery. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.

New York, NY: Scholastic Book Services, 1976 Scholastic Book Services, New York. 1976. Softcover/Mass Market Paperback. Special Arrow Edition. First Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good +; small scuff on front wrap; slight edge and tip bumps. No DJ. Pictorial card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split; text is secure in binding. 200 pp 12mo. Becky Golden, a seventy grader in 1938, is the middle girl in a poor but loving Jewish American family that is deeply disturbed about events in Europe--but, as Papa says, thankful to be alive. There is a horse in Becky's head, part of a dream she's had since getting to ride one year ago, and when at last she wins a real one for 25 words or less about Bixies cereal, it happens that Papa needs the money to bring their little cousin (a refugee from Austria) to America--so she swallows her dream and chooses the cash instead. Domestic warmth and period texture. A clean very… Read More

Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 1984 Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale, IL. 1984. Hardcover. First Printing by line number. Book is tight, square and unmarked. Book Condition: Fine. DJ: Near Fine; slight bumping to cover at head and tail and tip covers; small closed tear on bottom of front cover. Blue cloth boards and spine with bright gold lettering on spine. 199 pp. A contributor to the pulp magazines of the wild west, Overholser wrote more than 100 novels and 400 stories. His study of the west gave his stories a historical background and the characters a historical reality. A collection of 16 stories in which he puts real people in a historical setting and gives them the courage to stand up with only principle for protection. A clean pristine edition.

New York, NY: Vantage Press, 1984 Vantage Press, New York. 1984. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. Inscribed by the author on the FFFP. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good; bumping to lower tips; slight wear on tips, head, and tail. DJ: Very Good; closed tear on front panel top; light chipping at tips, head, and tail. Black buckram boards and spine with bright silver lettering on the spine. 186 pp 8vo. The Antebellum South comes alive in this novel of plantation life as the daily activities of these great agricultural estates are vividly depicted. This is the story of a man torn out of Africa and thrust into the turbulent world of the pre-Civil War South and how he grows from youthfulness to stud slave, and then becomes an avenger and leader of his people. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.

Bend, OR: Maverick Publications, 1994 Maverick Publications, Bend, OR. 1994. Softcover/Trade Wraps. First Edition thus. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; slight edge bumps. No DJ. Printed Wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split; text is secure in binding. 60 pp 8vo. The book was written to provide insight into seeing how some of the generalized ways of looking at people with visual and physical impairments have roots in how such conditions were explained in tales told centuries ago mostly from Bohemia (Czech Republic). A clean very presentable copy.

Garden City, NY: Heaven Sent/Crossings Book Club, 2004 Crossings Book Club, Garden City, NY. 2004. Hardcover. Book Club Edition. Four Complete Romances in One Volume. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; small stain on textblock bottom; smidge of wear to head. No DJ. Pictorial laminate boards and spine with white and black lettering on the spine and front board. 597 pp 8vo. This is a set of four historical novels created just for this book by four different authors. All four stories show women with challenges in their lives from their partners that stretch them to the limits but make the effort worth it in the end. A clean very presentable copy.

New York, NY: Simon and Schuster , 1986 Simon and Schuster, New York. 1986. Hardcover. 2nd Printing by Line Number. Inscribed by the author on the FFFP dated May 3, 1986. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; scant soiling to fore edge. DJ: Near Fine; NOT Price Clipped ($17.95); small closed tear at head; scattered top edge bumps. orange boards with dark brown cloth overlay on the spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine; blindstamped signature on the front board. 303 pp 8vo. This sweeping saga of life on the Kansas prairie is the first in a trilogy about the growth of Kansas from plains country to the billion-dollar center of agribusiness it is today. At its heart is the powerful and dramatic conflict between the homesteaders hewing a perilous existence from the stubborn sod and the ambitious and often unscrupulous town builders with their secret ties to the burgeoning railroads. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.

New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1976 Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. 1976. Hardcover. 3rd Printing. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; slight bumping of upper and lower board edges from shelving. DJ: VG: closed tears on cover at top and bottom; chipping to top of cover. Tan cloth boards and spine with dark brown lettering on spine. 291 pp. Suppose General Custer did not die at the Little Bighorn; say he was found close to death at the scene of the defeat and brought back to trial for his actions. This book is a graphic narrative of a battle, of a trial, and of the devastation wrought by war on those who die and on those who survive. A clean and very presentable copy in Brodart mylar.

New York, NY: Forge/Tom Doherty Associates, 2001 Forge/Tom Doherty Associates, New York. 2001. Hardcover. Stated First Edition/First Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for small remainder mark on the textblock top and sale stamp on the FFFP. Book Condition: Near Fine; light bumping to head and tail. DJ: Near Fine; NOT Price Clipped ($24.95); light bumping to head and tail, light edge bumping. Blue boards and spine with bright blue lettering on the spine. 303 pp 8vo. From the master of military fiction here is a novel of apocalyptic impact about a world that waits on edge as Mother Nature triggers a relic from the Cold War, the Dead Hand, an nuclear weapon that can strike back even if all the people in Russia are dead. A clean very presentable copy.

Harrisburg, PA: The Minter Company , 1910 The Minter Company, Harrisburg, PA. 1910. Hardcover. First Edition. Sold By Subscription Only. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for F/O inked out name stamps on the front and rear pastedowns. Book Condition: Good; wear with wear through fabric at head, tail, and tips; dustsoiling to textblock top; paint splash on rear board at bottom; moisture stains to tops of all pages for less than 1" without warpage; moisture stain to tail with no penetration to pages. No DJ. Red cloth boards and spine with black lettering on the spine and front board; figures in black on spine and front board. Clean internals; Internal hinges are sound and not split. 303 pp 8vo. A present day arrangement of Formalism and Doubt in the Church and Society, in the Light of the Hold Scriptures. Given in the form of a pleasing story. The story is dedicated to those who believe the prophets and also to those who have given these great subjects of prophecy no thought. The author… Read More

Copenhagen, Denmark. : Gyldendal, 1952 Gyldendal, Copenhagen, Denmark. 1952. Hardcover. In Danish. Edition not stated. Inscribed by the author on the half title page. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good; light wear and nicks to leather head, tail, and tips; small chips out of paper wrap on the front board. No DJ. 3/4 brown leather binding; four bands; tweed and brown overlay on the boards; gilt lettering and emblems on spine; marbled endpapers; sprinkled textblock edges. Sound internal hinges without splits or breaks. 422 pp 8vo. Fourteen-year-old Desiree, a merchant’s daughter living at the time of the French Revolution, meets a dashing young military officer, Napoleon Bonaparte. They become engaged and, though they part, the emotional bond between them never completely breaks.The novel is written in the form of Desiree’s diary from 1794 to 1829. The author paints a vivid picture of France during the later years of the Revolution as well as Napoleon’s… Read More

New York, NY: Delacorte Press, 1990 Delacorte Press, New York. 1990. Hardcover. Stated First U.S.A. Printing/First Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; light bumping to head and tail. DJ: Very Good; NOT Price Clipped ($18.95); lithe shelfwear to head, tail, and upper tips; light rubbing to flap folds and spine. Blue paper over boards with black cloth overlay on the spine; gray lettering on the spine. NY Times newspapers as endpapers. 306 pp 8vo. This book is a novel about Ethel Rosenberg, the convicted and sentenced to death, Russian spy. This fictional account is based on what she might have written or thought while in prison awaiting her death. The author digs in to the letters between she and her husband, Julius, spoke to their son, and visited her psychiatrist to arrive at and answer as to why she did what she did. Through fiction, Ethel's own hard life, her love for her family, and of a world even more frightened can one begin to see the… Read More

Scotts Valley, CA: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2012 CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, Scotts Valley, CA. 2012. Hardcover. Edition not stated. Inscribed by the author on the half title page. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Fine. DJ: Fine. Blue cloth boards and spine with no titling. 203 pp 8vo. Historical fiction of Pink Walker and his family on the rugged frontier of North Texas and the untamed land of Indian Territory in the 1880s and 1890s. Based on stories her grandfather told her as a child she blends fact and fiction to bring the Walker family to life. A clean pristine copy.

St. Louis, MO: The Book Tree, 1988 The Book Tree, St. Louis, MO. 1988. Softcover/Trade Wraps. 12th printing. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; book suntanning outline on rear wrap. No DJ. Printed pictorial wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split. 79 pp 8vo. Had the complexity of today's bureaucratic government existed when the War of INdependence began, this is how it might have been, with one exception ...we probably would not have won. A clean very presentable copy.

Lawton, OK: Self Published by the Author, 1973 Self Published by the Author, Lawton, OK. 1973. Hardcover. First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; slight foxing to textblock edges. DJ: Good +; NOT Price Clipped ($$5.95); chipping to head and upper tips; closed tear on top front cover; missing small pieces to DJ edges. Orange buckram boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on spine. Maps as endpapers on orange paper. 224 pp 8vo. A historical novel about the wild Plains Indians. A Comanche War Chief woos a beautiful Mexican girl captive in a true-to-history tale of the Plains Indians. This book tells the story of the last great battles of the Plains Indians and of a Mexican boy and girl who were captured in Old Mexico at the ages of nine and ten and brought as captives to Palo Duro Canyon. A clean very presentable copy in Brodart mylar jacket.

Lawton, OK: Self Published by the Author, 1973 Self Published by the Author, Lawton, OK. 1973. Hardcover. First Edition. Signed by the author on the half title verso. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Fine. DJ: Very Good+; NOT Price Clipped ($$5.95); closed tear on top front cover; small moisture spot on front cover, slight chipping to cover at head. Orange buckram boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on spine. Maps as endpapers on orange paper. 224 pp 8vo. A historical novel about the wild Plains Indians. A Comanche War Chief woos a beautiful Mexican girl captive in a true-to-history tale of the Plains Indians. This book tells the story of the last great battles of the Plains Indians and of a Mexican boy and girl who were captured in Old Mexico at the ages of nine and ten and brought as captives to Palo Duro Canyon. A clean very presentable copy in Brodart mylar jacket.