Historical Fiction from LostLoves Books

1970 reprint of the heroic fantasy. Cover art by Jeff Jones. #6 in this Tros of Samathrace series. The original stories began in the pulp magazine Adventure during the 1920s.

Very good in fair dust jacket. Movie tie-in publication featuring photo of Bette Davis on DJ and black-and-white photos from movie. Some browning of paper as typical of era, overall clean and tight in binding. DJ has top and bottom of spine missing, now protected under mylar but the picture of Davis on the front of DJ is very nice.… Read more about this item

Clean hardcover, no marks on text, unclipped DJ shows minor shelfwear on top and bottom of spine.

If you can't remember which cunning plan appeared in which episode, this is the book for you! All the Blackadder scripts collected in one volume. Impossible to read without laughing! With full color endpapers showing the Blackadder cast, black-and-white interior photos and charming period woodcut illustrations (which change as the Blackadder family continues down the social ladder through the… Read more about this item

Clean hardcover, lovely map endpapers showing Marco Polo's journey. Dust jacket unclipped. Jacket designed by James Reynolds.

By American author Charles Major written under the pseudonym, Edwin Caskoden. It was first published by the Bowen-Merrill Company (later known as Bobbs-Merrill). This edition contains a 1901 owner's name written in ink on front flyleaf. Copyright page notes this is a later edition (probably 1900 or 1901). Set during the Tudor period of English history, Mary Tudor, a younger… Read more about this item

Black and white frontispeace by Horace Taylor. Blue cloth cover, image of man rowing stamped on color in red and white, overall bright and clean. Previous owner's name neatly written on front endpaper, otherwise no marks. Eleventh printing 1911 so noted on copyright page.

Fully illustrated by H.R. Millar in black-and-white drawings, including frontispeace and 15 interior illustrations. States on title page published MCMIV (1904) and on back of title page "copyright, 1903-1904, by H. Rider Haggard; published October, 1904." Blue cloth cover, impressed with decorative motif, title and author name in gilt very worn on cover and spine. Shelfwear visible on top and… Read more about this item

Third book in the Montmaray Journals. Young adult; WWII. First American edition, first printing. DJ and hardcover in excellent condition.

Young adult novel. First American edition, first printing. In clean "as new" condition with no marks on DJ or hardcover.

Young adult novel with a lovely "I Capture the Castle" feeling about impoverished royalty at beginning of WWII. First American Edition, first printing, no marks, DJ and hardcover as new condition.

Clean as new copy with unclipped DJ

Blue cloth with title, author's name, and illustration of castle entrance printed in brown. Illustrated in black-and-white photos from R.W. Johnston Studios, Pittsburg (stet), PA. This appears to be part of Grosset & Dunlap's "Dramatized Novels" which were illustrated with photos as listed in ads in the back. Graustark was adapted as a stage play in 1908. These photos do… Read more about this item

First American edition, first printing thus. Felix Brooke's third adventure set in 19th century Spain, following GO SADDLE THE SEA and BRIDLE THE WIND. A clean tight copy in unclipped dust jacket.

First edition, first printing (1 on copyright page), clean hardcover with no marks or wear. DJ has considerable edge wear on top and bottom and some scrapes on front picture but is intact and unclipped. Please contact us if you'd like photos.

First US edition, first printing, Clean hardcover with nice dustjacket, some signs of wear along top and bottom. The author goes back in time to introduce us to a younger Nell Bray and her first murder in the heady summer of 1901.

First U.S. edition, first printing, as marked on copyright page. Minor wear along top of dust jacket, otherwise bright clean copy with no marks. In this sixth entry of this historical mystery series, Nell Bray is taking a break from being jailed for political protests to spend time in the country with her brother. But there's a murder next door… Read more about this item

First US edition, first printing, as marked on copyright page. Minor shelfwear on top and bottom of dust jacket. Nell Bray is out of jail (for once) and invited by the Prime Minister to investigate a mystery. On the line is support for votes for women and a small matter of a bomb. Another great entry in a popular historical… Read more about this item

First U.S. edition, first printing, exceptionally clean and bright hardcover, unclipped dust jacket protected in Brodart. If murder occurs at George V's coronation, can Nell Bray be far from the scene? Jailed for obstructing justice, Nell must find the real killer or her friend Simon might hang.

First US edition, first printing, as noted on copyright page. No marks on hardcover, slight shelfwear on top and bottom of dustjacket. Overall bright clean copy. Nell Bray goes climbing in the French Alps and murder follows.