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NEW YORK: BONANZA BOOKS, 1985 NICE LOOKING DARK BLUE COVER, SILVER PRINT SPINE, VERY NICE LOOKING PROTECTIVE JACKET WITH DETECTIVE ON THE FRONT AND AUTHORS LISTED. NO INTERNAL MARKINGS. BOOK IS IN GREAT CONDITION. WONDERFUL CONTENT. DOYLE, MAUGHAM, WOOLRICH, BARRETT, CHARTERIS, GARDNER, MACDONALD, CASSIDAY, HOCH, JAKES, O'DONNELL, GILBERT AND FLEMING. CLASSICS OF ESPIONAGE FINISHING WITH OCYOPUSSY. A GREAT BOOK FOR THE COLLECTOR. Bill Pronzini (born April 13, 1943) is an American writer of detective fiction. He is also an active anthologist, having compiled more than 100 collections, most of which focus on mystery, western, and science fiction short stories. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.

NEW YORK: A,S. BARNES & COMPANY, 1955 BLACK COVER WITH SILVER PRINT SPINE. LIGHT FADING SPINE. FORMER OWNER NAME INSIDE FRONT, IN CONTENT PAGES A FEW BALLADS HAVE A MARK TO LEFT, CLEAN AND TIGHT THROUGHOUT OTHERWISE. INTRODUCTION IS AN INTRODUCTION TO WHAT A BALLAD IS, OTHER SECTIONS INCLUDE ENGLAND SCOTLAND AMERICAN AND OTHER VARIANTS, AMERICAN BALLADS ORIGIN OR ADOPTION. GLOSSARY, BIBLIOGRAPHY, LISTING AND INDEX BACK. GREAT NUMBER OF BALLADS, FOR THE LOVER OF BALLADS, MUSIC AND VERSE. NUMEROUS BALLADS REGARDING ROBIN HOOD. BALLADS ON ALL PARTS OF LIFE ITSELF. A ballad is a form of verse, often a narrative set to music. Ballads derive from the medieval French chanson balladée or ballade, which were originally "dance songs". Ballads were particularly characteristic of the popular poetry and song of Britain and Ireland from the Late Middle Ages until the 19th century. They were widely used across Europe, and later in Australia, North Africa, North America and South America. MacEdward Leach (1892-1967)… Read More

NEW YORK: THE GROLIER SOCIETY, 1952 BEAUTIFUL CONDITION, NO INTERNAL MARKINGS, LOOKS NEW, WONDERFUL PICTURES AND HISTORY THROUGHOUT. VOLUME II, VERY NICE INDEX. HEAVY WITH THICK PAGES. 80 COLOR PLATES AND A GREAT NUMBER OF BLACK AND WHITE PICTURES. THIS VOLUME HAS DETAIL AND PICTURES ON THE BALTIC STATES AND CENTRAL EUROPE. DARK BLUE COVER, GOLD PRINT AND DESIGN SPINE, TEXTURED DESIGN FRONT WITH YELLOW AND GRAY. Grolier is an educational publishing company known for its presence in school libraries. It has a strong presence among parents of children under six years old, the target of Grolier's direct mail-to-the-home business. In June 2000 Grolier became part of Scholastic Corporation, which now maintains Grolier Online. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE HISTORY LIVES

BOSTON: LEE AND SHEPARD, 1878 BEAUTIFUL GREEN COVER, BLACK DESIGN, GOLD ON SPINE. FORMER OWNER NAME INSIDE FRONT 1879, NICE ARTWORK THROUGHOUT. The Gordon Riots of 1780 were several days of rioting in London motivated by anti-Catholic sentiment. They began with a large and orderly protest against the Papists Act 1778, which was intended to reduce official discrimination against British Catholics enacted by the Popery Act 1698. Barnaby Rudge: A Tale of the Riots of Eighty (commonly known as Barnaby Rudge) is a historical novel by British novelist Charles Dickens. Barnaby Rudge was one of two novels (the other was The Old Curiosity Shop) that Dickens published in his short-lived (1840–1841) weekly serial Master Humphrey's Clock. Barnaby Rudge is largely set during the Gordon Riots of 1780. Charles John Huffam Dickens (7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English novelist and social critic who created some of the world's best-known fictional characters, and is regarded by many as the greatest… Read More

NEW YORK: A. L. BURT COMPANY, 1921 NICE LOOKING GREEN BOOK, GOLD PRINT AND DESIGN FRONT AND SPINE, BAT WING DESIGN, ONLY MARKING IS FORMER OWNER SIGNED NAME IN FRONT, JOSEPH HORNE CO. BOOK SHOP STICKER IN BACK. MISSING BLANK PAGE VERY BACK. TIGHT, GOOD SHAPE. Arthur Henry Sarsfield Ward (15 February 1883 ¿ 1 June 1959), better known as Sax Rohmer, was a prolific English novelist. He is best remembered for his series of novels featuring the master criminal Dr. Fu Manchu. He worked as a poet, songwriter, and comedy sketch writer in Music Hall before creating the Sax Rohmer persona and pursuing a career writing weird fiction. A VERY INTERESTING SCIENCE FICTION WRITER. 1776 BOOKSTORE, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.

NEW YORK: WM. H. WISE & CO., INC., 1946 BEAUTIFUL BOOK, HEAVY WITH DETAILED EMBOSSING COVER, GOLD SOLDIER DESIGN OF ONE OF THE MOST WELL KNOWN SCENES IN WAR HISTORY. VERY LIGHT WEAR FRONT AND BACK COVER.
TOLD BY THE GREAT ADMIRALS WHO SAILED THE FLEET FROM NORFOLK TO NORMANDY AND FROM THE GOLDEN GATE TO THE INLAND SEA.
FORMER OWNERS BOOK LABEL IN FRONT, TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT. TREMENDOUS DETAIL AND PICTURES.
BINDING DESIGN USED WITH THE PERMISSION OF THE SOCIETY OF MEDALISTS.
CONTRIBUTIONS BY U,S, MARINES, COAST GUARD, ACME NEWSPICTURES, PRESS ASSOCIATION, WIDE WORLD PHOTOS, INTERNATIONAL NES PHOTOS, BRITISH COMBINE, PLANET NEWS, BRITISH INFORMATION.
NICE INDEX IN BACK.
THANKS TO THE 3,500,000 MEN AND WOMEN OF ALL SERVICESWHO MANNED BATTLE STATIONS FROM THE RHINE RIVER TO TOKYO BAY IN WORLD WAR II.
WONDERFUL BOOK DETAILING A MAJOR WAR IN HISTORY.
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PHILADELPHIA: HUBBARD BROTHERS, 1888 RARE BOOK, TERRIFIC PIECE OF HISTORY. GOOD SHAPE, WORN BUT STILL TIGHT AND VERY NICE ARTWORK. GREAT FOR THE COLLECTOR. THRILLING ADVENTURES, DARING DEEDS, HEROIC EXPLOITS, AND WONDERFUL ESCAPES OF SPIES AND SCOUTS, TOGETHERWITH THE SONGS, BALLADS, ANECDOTES, AND HUMOROUS INCIDENTS OF THE WAR. FORMER OWNERS NAME AND INSCRIPTION INSIDE FRONT. 9 ILLUSTRATIONS, NARRATIVES OF SPIES SCOUTS DETECTIVES, DARING ENTERPRISES OFFICERS AND GENTLEMEN, INCIDENTS OF ARMY LIFE AND HOSPITAL, DEEDS OF HEROIC COURAGE AND SACRIFICE. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.

NEW YORK: FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY, 1894 Maud Elizabeth Charlesworth (September 13, 1865 ¿ August 26, 1948) later changed her name to Maud Ballington Booth, was an Salvation Army leader and co-founder of the Volunteers of America. She was born in Limpsfield, near Oxted, Surrey, England, the daughter of the local Anglican rector. One of three girls, she was a sister to bestselling romance novelist, Florence L. Barclay. The work of her parents in social issues led to Maud¿s interest for social welfare and social service. TERRIFIC BOOK, GREAT SHAPE, NO MARKINGS, DARK BLUE COVER, GOLD PRINT SPINE. CLEAN AND TIGHT. FRONTISPIECE ARTWORK OF MISS BOOTH IN A PARIS CAFE. HISTORY AND WORKINGS OF THE SALVATION ARMY. GREAT BOOK. 1776 BOOKSTORE, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.

BOSTON: DEWOLFE, FISKE AND COMPANY, 1869 BEAUTIFUL RARE BOOK. THE BESSIE BOOKS BY MATTHEWS. AUTHOR OF BESSIE AT SCHOOL, BESSIE AT THE SEASIDE, BESSIE AMONG THE MOUNTAINS, BESSIE ON HER TRAVELS, BESSIE IN THE CITY, ETC. DARK BLUE COVER WITH GREEN, GOLD AND TAN DESIGN FRONT AND SPINE. VERY GOOD SHAPE. TIGHT WITH NO INTERNAL MARKINGS. THICK PAGES, FRONTISPIECE OF BESSIE AMONG THE MOUNTAINS. MOUNTAINS, HORSES, FAMILY LIFE- WONDERFUL DESCRIPTION 1ST PERSON BY THE BESSIE (CHILD) CHARACTER. REGISTERED 1869, BOOK PUBLISHED CIRCA LATE 1800'S. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.

NEW YORK: CASSELL, PETTER, GALPIN & CO., 1881 RARE BOOK WITH CHILDREN ON THE FRONT PLAYING, COLORFUL, 4 SMALL LIGHT BROWN PIECES OF TAPE ALONG EDGE OF SPINE. TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT. BEAUTIFUL ARTWORK, HEAVY PAGES. WONDERFUL BOOK FOR A NICE CHILDREN'S STORY. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.

NEW YORK: THE CHRISTIAN HERALD, 1899 LIGHT GREEN COVER, WHITE AND BLACK DESIGN FRONT AND SPINE, GOLD PRINT SPINE. FIRST EDITION, LIGHT FOXING INSIDE VERY FRONT AND BACK. TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT, NUMEROUS UNIQUE AND ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATIONS, INCLUDING FAC-SIMILE REPRODUCTIONS OF AUTHORS' MSS. INCLUDED IS INDEX TO SELLECTIONS, INDEX TO AUTHORS AND INDEX TO ILLUSTRATIONS. VERY INTERESTING LITERATURE SELECTIONS FROM FAMOUS AUTHORS, FAMOUS MEN, POLITICIANS, AND HISTORICAL FIGURES. LARGE NUMBER OF AUTHORS. FOR THE LOVER OF POPULAR LITERATURE AND HISTORY. Addison Irving Bacheller (September 26, 1859 – February 24, 1950) was an American journalist and writer. He founded the first modern newspaper syndicate in the United States. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.

NEW YORK: GROSSET & DUNLAP, 1904 NICE LOOKING GRAY COVER WITH BLACK DESIGN AND PRINT FRONT AND SPINE. WHITE SECTION FRONT COVER WITH DRAWING ARTWORK OF A LADY WITH A BONNET ON. LIGHT WEAR. BOOK INSCRIBED IN PENCIL INSIDE FRONT COVER CHRISTMAS 1909, FROM AND TO. FRONTISPIECE IS ARTWORK OF BEVERLY A CHARACTER. MADE INTO FILM 1926. TIGHT AND CLEAN THOUGHOUT. VERY NICE BOOK. ENTERTAINING AND INTERESTING. Beverly of Graustark (1904) Gutenberg text (filmed in 1926 with Marion Davies) George Barr McCutcheon (July 26, 1866 October 23, 1928) was an American popular novelist and playwright. His best known works include a series of novels set in Graustark, a fictional East European country, and the novel Brewster's Millions, which was adapted into a play and several films. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.

Philadelphia, PA: GENERAL COUNCIL PUBLICATION HOUSE, 1906 SCHMAUK WAS EDITOR OF THE LUTHERAN LESSON SERIES. THIS WAS PUT OUT AS A SIMPLE AND EASY BIBLE GEOGRAPHY IN THE LUTHERAN GRADED SYSTEM FOR INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLS. BY THE BOARD OF PUBLICATION OF THE GENERAL COUNCIL OF THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH IN NORTH AMERICA. SCHMAUK WROTE A PREFACE THAT IS INCLUDED IN THE BOOK ON NOVEMBER 10TH, 1905 FROM LEBANON, PENNSYLVANIA. VERY NICE PICTURES AND MAPS THROUGH OUT. Theodore Emanuel Schmauk, D.D., LL.D. (May 30, 1860 - March 23, 1920) was an American Lutheran minister, educator, author and Church theologian. Theodore Emanuel Schmauk was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, the son of a Lutheran minister, Rev. Benjamin W. and Wilhelmina C. (Hingel) Schmauk. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, (class of 1883) being ordained by the Ministerium of Pennsylvania in that year. In 1897, he received the degree of D.D. from Muhlenberg College and in 1910, the degree of LL.D. from Augustana College.… Read More

NEW YORK: HERAUSGEGEBEN VON UMERIFANIFCHEN, 1863 RARE BOOK, NICE LOOKING BLACK COVER, DESIGN ON FRONT, GOLD PRINT SPINE, RIBS ALONG SPINE. LIGHT WEAR AROUND EDGES. PREVIOUS OWNER HAS FADED WRITING IN FRNT. NO OTHER MARKINGS THROUGHOUT. LIGHT FOXING FRONT AND BACK FEW PAGES. HEAVY BOOK, 3.58 POUNDS. INCLUDED ARE CARDS DATING BACK TO 1909, PLACE MARKERS AND HAIR TIED WITH RIBBON. aLL WERE IN THE BIBLE. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.

CHICAGO: THOMPSON & THOMAS, 1891 Edgar Wilson "Bill" Nye (August 25, 1850 ¿ February 22, 1896) was a distinguished American journalist, who later became widely known as a humorist. He was also the founder and editor of the Laramie Boomerang. Some of his works include Bill Nye's Comic History of the United States, Baled Hay, Remarks, Bill Nye and Boomerang, Bill Nye's History of England, and Bill Nye's Red Book. Late in his career, he was briefly associated with James Whitcomb Riley with whom he wrote two books. NICE LOOKING DARK GREEN BOOK, GOLD DESIGN ON FRONT, IMPRINTED LETTERS ON SPINE. SOME WEAR WITH AGE- BUT GOOD CONDITION, ONLY MARK IS A SMALL RED CIRCLE INSIDE FRONT IN CORNER. TIGHT, CLEAN AND BEAUTIFUL ARTWORK. OVER 150 ILLUSTRATIONS, ABOUT NYES LIFE, FATHER AND JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING, QUITE HUMOROUS. LOVELY BOOK AND COLLECTOR ITEM. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.

NEW YORK: BANTOM BOOKS, 1954 GREAT HISTORICAL FICTION WESTERN. COMPLETE AND UNABRIDGED. SMALL BURN MARK FRONT COVER. PUBLISHED NOVEMBER 1954. A FULL BODIED NOVEL OF A FABULOUS YOUNG OUTLAW WHO SPLASHED THE SOUTHWEST WITH BLOOD AND VIOLENCE. GOOD PAPERBACK WITH AN INTERESTING ENTERTAINING STORY. Edwin Corle (May 7, 1906 June 11, 1956) was an American writer. His writing is noted for realistic portrayals of American Indian life in the early 20th century. After a brief stint at writing for radio, Corle began writing numerous short stories and non-fiction pieces for magazines. In 1934 his Mojave: A Book Of Stories was published. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.

NEW YORK: BONI AND LIVERIGHT, 1923 Atherton, Gertrude Franklin (Horn) , 1857-1948, American writer, b. San Francisco. She wrote a series of historical novels about California, which include The Californians (1898), Rezánov (1906), and The Ancestors (1907). Her most popular books are The Conqueror (1902), which is a fictionalized biography of Alexander Hamilton, and the sensational novel Black Oxen (1923), concerning a woman who is rejuvenated by a glandular operation and based on Atherton's own experience of glandular therapy. A GREAT AUTHOR AND EARLY WOMEN'S AUTHOR. BLACK OXEN WAS HER MOST POPULAR NOVEL. THIS BOOK IS STILL IN GOOD CONDITION WITH SOME OUTER WEAR ON THE COVER AND EDGES. MARBLING IS AROUNG PAGE EDGES AND IS A LITTLE FADED. BLACK COVER, ORANGE ON FRONT AND SPINE. SIGNED BY FORMER OWNER IN FRONT. TIGHT. GREAT COLLECTOR ITEM. PRINTED FEBRUARY 1923. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.

BOSTON: ALPHA PUBLISHING COMPANY, 1896 RARE BOOK. CHILDREN'S FICTION. DARK BROWN COVER WITH GOLD, BLACK DESIGN. LIBRARY LABEL INSIDE FRONT COVER, SCRIBBLES INSIDE BACK COVER. NICE ARTWORK THROUGHOUT.

BOSTON: HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY, 1916 LIGHT COVER WITH BLACK, GREEN AND GRAY DESIGN. LIGHT WEAR. INSCRIPTION WHERE GIVEN AS A GIFT TO PREVIOUS OWNER. PICTURES THROUGHOUT THAT HELP ADD TO SCOTTISH HISTORY. TIGHT AND CLEAN. IONA ST. MARTIN'S CROSS PICTURE FRONTISPIECE. 25 CHAPTERS, CHRONOLOGICAL FRAME WORK OF SCOTLAND HISTORY. GREAT DETAIL INCLUDED. VERY INFORMATIVE AND INTERESTING FOR THE LOVER OF SCOTLAND. William Elliot Griffis (September 17, 1843 – February 5, 1928) was an American orientalist, Congregational minister, lecturer, and prolific author. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.

GARDEN CITY, NEW YORK: DOUBLEDAY, DORAN AND COMPANY, INC., 1932 NICE LOOKING DARK BLUE COVER, GREEN DESIGN AND PRINT FRONT AND SPINE, DULL WATER STAIN LOWER RIGHT FRONT CORNER, FIRST INSIDE BLANK PAGE MISSING, NICE AND TIGHT, NO INTERNAL MARKINGS. AUSTRALIAN AUTHOR. .Helen de Guerry Simpson (1 December 1897 ¿ 14 October 1940) was an Australian novelist and British Liberal Party politician. Two of her novels have Australian content, Boomerang (1932), winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, and Under Capricorn (1937); and The Woman on the Beast (1933), a trio of fantastic novellas. It was not until Boomerang was published in 1932 that Helen Simpson came into her own. Here was a long, rambling novel in which the plot began in Paris at the end of the eighteenth century, wandered all over the world, including Australia, and ended in the trenches in France during World War I. It was awarded the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction and serialized for radio by William Power in 1937.… Read More