Historical Fiction from Dale Steffey Books, ABAA

Garden City: Doubleday & Co., 1947. Limited and Numbered, Signed 1st Edition, #676 of 1050 copies SIGNED BY AUTHOR at Limitation Page. Bound in original cloth, top edge gilt, map end pages, with page from original working manuscript tipped in, Near Fine, spine a bit darkened, no glassine jacket, in Very Good slipcase, light soiling and minor paper loss… Read more about this item

Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1937. Copy #469 of 1050 copies in the First Edition SIGNED BY AUTHOR at Limitation Page, Two volume set in original red cloth, top edge gilt, map end pages Vol. I, tissue-guarded lithograph of Major Robert Rogers Vol. II, Both volumes Near Fine, spines sunned, lacking the dust jackets and slipcase, toning… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1943. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on half-title page - "Sincerely, August Derleth". Near Fine, 2" closed tear bottom edge of half-title page, in a Very Good dust jacket, several small chips to edges. Originally published in 1938. Map end pages. . SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Later Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾"… Read more about this item

New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1930. Near Fine, small shelf rub bottom edge, in a Near Fine dust jacket, light wear at spine ends. Frontispiece by Manning deV. Lee, illustrated end pages. "A magnificent, swashbuckling yarn for men and boys, for all those, indeed, who 'would go adventuring'.". First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾"… Read more about this item

Boulder, Colorado: Johnson Publishing Co., 1958. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front end page - "To William & Lillian In sincere appreciation of good friends - Harold M. Dunning Loveland, Colo. Sept. 9. 1962" . Near Fine, small rubs to cloth at tips, in a Near fine dust jacket, light soiling. Map end pages, black and white photographs. A… Read more about this item

New York: Little Brown & Co, 1953. SCARCE, the true first edition of C. S Forester's fifth Horatio Hornblower novel, precedes the Michael Joseph London edition, and RARE in such handsome condition. Near Fine, top edge foxed, hints of toning to end pages, in an ever-so-close to Fine dust jacket, minute rubs at the flap tips .A superb dust jacket… Read more about this item

New York: Doubleday, 1975. A Novel of the American Civil War. Uncommon in such lovely condition. Near Fine, separation at head of spine, in a Near fine dust jacket, 2 tiny tears top edge front panel. Map end pages. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Wm Collins & Sons & Co, 1982. Very Good Plus, prior owner name top edge front end page, PO blindstamp half-title page, spine slight lean, in a Very Good Plus dust wrapper, front flap bottom corner clipped, with publisher's price label attached (pounds 7.95), slight toning to edges of flaps. Map end pages. . First British Edition. Cloth. Very… Read more about this item

New York: Crown, 1980. First Printing, with complete number row 10-1. Filmed. Near Fine, tiny bottom corner bump, prior owner name stamp half-title page, some darkening to front board, in Near Fine dust jacket, light edge wear bottom edge of spine.. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1977. First Printing, with complete number row 1-20. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on front end page. Fine in a Near Fine, lightly soiled dust wrapper. His 3rd book. . SIGNED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1976. First Edition, First Printing, with complete number line. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on front endpage. Near Fine, top edge light soiling, in a Near Fine dustjacket, tiny crease at head of spine. His 2nd book. . SIGNED BY AUTHOR. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine.

New York: Robert M. McBride and Company, 1938. Near Fine, small spot fore edge of page block, in a Very Good, rather SCARCE, dustjacket, front flap top corner price-clipped, chipped along top edge and at spine tips. . First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good.

London: HarperCollins, 2001. First Printing, with complete number line. SIGNED BY AUTHORon title page. Fine in a Near Fine, ever-s-lightly rubbed dustjacket. The 18th novel featuring Richard Sharpe. . SIGNED BY AUTHOR. First British Edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine.

Hollywood, CA: 20th Century-Fox Film Corp, 1972. #72/88 original folded movie poster. Starring Gary Grimes, Billy "Green" Bush, and Luke Askew, directed by Dick Richards, who also wrote the story, produced by Paul A Helmick, and screenplay by Eric Bercovici and Gregory Prentiss. Near Fine, 1 small tear at center fold. . First Printing. Folded One Sheet Movie Poster. Near… Read more about this item

Hollywood, CA: United Artists, 1971. Very Good, 2 small tears at center folds, 1" closed tear right margin, 8" closed tear left margin. Based on the novel by Elmore Leonard and thought by some to be his best work. Screenplay by Roland Kibbee and David Rayfiel, directed by Edwin Sherin and produced by Ira Steiner. Starring Burt Lancaster and Susan… Read more about this item

Boston: Little Brown & Company, 1952. Near Fine, top edge of page block barely starting to separate from cloth, and prior owner name and address stamp and handwritten dates of book publication and setting on front endpage. The Near Fine dustjacket is lightly faded at the spine, Else Fine. The 7th novel in the Hornblower saga.. First Edition. Cloth. Near… Read more about this item

Boston: Little Brown & Company, 1946. Near Fine, prior owner name and address stamp, handwritten title, number 8, date of book's setting, and year published front endpage. . Very Good Plus dustjacket is bright and lovely, with a few small chips at spine tips and corners of flap folds. The fifth Hornblower novel, which concludes his private war with Napoleon..… Read more about this item

New York: Atheneum, 1981. The 2nd Colby Goff novel. Very Fine in like dustjacket.. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

Boston: Little Brown & Company, 1967. The last Horatio Hornblower novel, published after the author's death. Also includes 2 stories- "Hornblower's Temptation" and "The Last Encounter". Near Fine, prior owner name and address stamp front endpage. Prior owner has also written years of novel's setting, publication year, and number 4 on front endpage. Top edge of page block unevenly cut… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott. Co., 1866. The U.S. 1st edition combines Vols. I and II, which were printed separately in England. A rare example of one of the "Sensation Novels" of Victorian literature, this story is "virtually a guidebook to the problems of a woman who takes up rescue work". Grey cloth boards are uniformly faded, page block is clean,… Read more about this item