Search Results: Fiction: Historical / England Historical Fiction from Bookmarc's

New York, New York, USA: Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Company, 2001. BX2 - A hard cover first Americna edition withdrawn ex-library book in very good- condition. Stated first American edition with a sequence of numbers must appear on back of the title page with the "1" present. A tight, clean, sound copy in tan paper covered boards quarter bound in textured brown paper with gold lettering on the spine with very minor overall shelf wear plus there are the usual library stamps and label on the top outside paper edges, front endpaper, and title page. The dust jacket shows very minor overall shelf wear plus there is a library label on the back plus it is still in the original library mylar sleeve. A novel set in Victorian England in which a maid, her mistress, and her master are all drawn into a fateful love triangle. By the author of "Leaving Earth." 240p.. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 5.75"x8.5". Ex-Library.

New York: Random House, 2000. E2 - An advance reader's edition paperback book SIGNED by David Liss on the title page in very good condition that has some bumped corners, light discoloration and shelf wear. Benjamin Weaver is an outsider in eighteenth-century London: a Jew among Christians; a ruffian among aristocrats; a retired pugilist who, hired by London's gentry, travels through the criminal underworld in pursuit of debtors and thieves. 9"x6", 435 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Signed by Author. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Advance Reading Copy (ARC).

New York, New York, USA: Atlantic Monthly Press/Grove Atlantic, Inc., 2000. CC6 - A tight, clean, sound copy in color wraps with very minor overall shelf wear primarily in the form of some very light soiling on the outside paper edges. A novel set in cholera-stricken Sunderland, England, circa 1831 is based on fact. The main character is a potter's assistant by day and prostitute by night. The woman has a son with his heart on the outside, a rare case of ectopia cordis. A doctor recently arrived in town makes a pact with her to help her son survive in exchange for a fresh supply of dead bodies for the doctor's dissections. 291p.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 6"x9".

London, East Sussex, United Kingdom: Mandarin, 1997. BX3 - A trade paperback book in very good condition. An unread, tight, clean, sound copy in monochrome illustrated dark brown wraps with very minor overall shelf wear plus some creasing of the front cover plus some light yellowing of the outside paper edges. A speculative fictional story in which John Milton, Cromwell's secretary, anticipating the King's return to London decides to flee England to join a Puritan settlement in New England. 277p. . Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1986. AP5 - Book has crease on the front left, some small light crease on the cover, some light residue on the back bottom, moderate discoloration mostly on the cover and page edges, and light shelf wear otehrwise good. Miss Margaret Mackenzie is thirty-five years old, unmarried, neither beautiful nor brilliant. Though.... Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York, New York, USA: Saint Martin's Press, LLC, 2001. BC1 - A tight, clean, sound copy with minor overall shelf wear plus the usual library stamps on the front endpaper and top outside paper edges plus the dust jacket endflaps are glued down to the inside surfaces of the front and back boards plus the front endpaper has been removed as part of the library's withdrawal process. The dust jacket shows only very minor overall shelf wear plus it is still in the original library mylar sleeve with the usual library label on the spine wrapping around onto the back. A novel about Bram Stocker's 1886 escape from the pressures of theater life in London to the seaside town of Whitby. During a violent storm he meets a young woman who has lost both her parents and the two begin a passionate affair. By the author of "Louisa Elliott" and "Morning's Gate." 360p.. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

Boston, Massachusetts, USA: David R. Godine Publisher, Incorporated, 1983. BC3 - A trade paperback book in very good+ condition. An unread, tight, clean, sound copy in monochrome illustrated tan wraps with very minor overall shelf wear. This is a title in the publisher's Nonpareil Books series. A novel of the life and times of Charles Dickens. By the author of "Domestic Particulars," "Manual Labor," "Breathing Trouble," "I Wanted a Year Without Fall," "Take This Man," and "Rounds." 220p.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: St. Martin's Press, 1978. BD2 - A tight, clean, sound copy with minor overall shelf wear with some tape staining on the outside surfaces of the front and back boards and the front and back free endpapers from where the dust jacket was taped to the boards plus there are the usual library stamps and pocket on the top and bottom outside paper edges, the front and back free endpapers, the title page, and the last page plus the book is lightly shelf cocked plus there is some very light soiling on the top outside paper edges plus there are three tiny very light stain spots on the right outside paper edges. An adventure novel set in Victorian England about about Captain John Hawkdale Pendragon, Queen's Agent, a member of the Queen's Intelligence Service. He faces the King's basterd anarchist half-brother and his followers as they plot to assassinate the King of Montenegro while he is on a visit to England. The agent's investigations uncover a plot that includes… Read More

Mineola, New York, U.S.A.: Dover Publications, Inc., 1985. AP4 - Book has old price label on the back bottom, discoloration (browning), and light shelf wear otherwise very good. Unabridged, unaltered Dover (1985) republication of the edition published by Williams and Norgate Ltd., London, 1948 (first published serially, in Macmillan's Magazine, May-December 1870).. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Random House, 2004. C5 - A first edition hardcover book SIGNED by David Liss in very good condition in very good dust jacket. Dust jacket and book have some bumped corners and edgewear, light discoloration and wear. Moments after his conviction for a murder he did not commit, at a trial presided over by a judge determined to find him guilty, Benjamin Weaver is accosted by a stranger who cunningly slips a lockpick and a file into his hands. In an instant he understands two things... 9.5"x6.5", 381 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Bridgend, Wales, United Kingdom: Seren/Poetry Wales Press Ltd., 1996. BH4 - A tight, clean, sound copy in textured blued paper covered boards with gold lettering on the spine with very minor overall shelf wear with the dust jacket mylar sleeve endflaps glued to the front and back fixed endpapers plus there are the usual library stamps and pocket on the top outside paper edges, the front and back free endpapers, and the title page. The dust jacket shows no visible signs of wear plus it is still in the original library mylar sleeve. A novel set in rural north Wales in the months between May and August 1945. The world war is winding down and Britain and the world are changing. The situation is explored through the story of two characters, the rector of a rural parish in north Wales and a mysterious German countess being housed under his care as a displaced person.. Hard Cover. Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.