Search Results: Fiction from Scraps of American History

New York: A. L. Burt Company. Not stated. Hardcover. Fair/No jacket. Phiz. 1007 pages. The entertaining story of an Irishman in the British Army during the Peninsular War written with humor but showing the darker side of war. Red cloth binding with gilt titles and borders on spine. Spine and gilt faded, small hole at top of spine, some spotting of cover, a little edge wear, corners and spine ends bumped, dark stain at top corner of back cover, hinges weak, small book plate on front fixed end paper, pencil mark on front free end paper which is split at hinge, frontispiece tissue intact, interior pages lightly tanned, binding otherwise tight.

294 pages. Strange events beset a wealth family at their remote estate on Lake Superior. Blue cloth binding with gilt titles on spine. Some tanning along edges of cover, light shelf wear, a little spotting, former owner's name, "Mrs Alvin Roberts" on front free end paper, interior pages lightly tanned, binding tight.Illustrated dust jacket with yellow and white titles is torn and creased at top edge, sows a little edge wear and chipping, a little tanning, clipped at top and bottom of inside folds.

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1970. First edition, as stated. Hardcover. Very Good/good +. 336 pages. A man find himself involved in corruption and prostitution as a PR man in big business. Black cloth binding with white titles on spine, peach colored end papers. Spine a little cocked, minor edge wear, light bumping of corners and spine ends, interior pages bright, binding tight. Black dust jacket with reclining naked woman on front cover and white titles on front cover and spine shows a little edge wear and scrubbing, small wrinkles along edges, a little tanning, old price sticker on inside front fold, $5.95 price not clipped.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1933. First edition. Hardcover. Good/No jacket. 295 pages. A novel about a man's struggle with his gambling addiction and his love for a dog. Blue cloth binding with green wrapped drawing of racing grayhounds on cover and green titles on front cover, orange titles on spine, decorative end papers. Cover scuffed and a little soiled, some edge wear, corners and spine ends bumped, spine a bit faded, former owner's name "Robert M. Kenyan, Oliveora, Illinois" on front free end paper, interior pages lightly tanned, binding tight, remains of some sort of label at top corner of back fixed end paper.

New York: The MacMillan Company, 1942. First edition. Hardcover. Good/poor. 483 pages. Set during the American Revolution, a story of life on the Pennsylvania frontier and the hardships a woman faced during the early days of the country and how the next generation came into their heritage. Gray cloth binding with gilt titles in black title blocks on spine, blindstamped emblem on front cover, illustrated end papers. Copy shows some edge wear, fading at edges of cover, spine a little tanned, corners and spine ends bumped with small hole at base of spine, some spotting of cover, interior pages browning just slightly at edges, former owner's name on front fixed end paper, a little tanning of end papers, binding tight. Illustrated dust jacket with black and red titles on front cover and white titles at spine has a long tear at front fold, tears at spine and bottom of front cover, large chip missing in back cover of dust jacket, smaller chip in top and bottom of spine, some creases, corners… Read More

New York: Mercury Publications, 1938. Reprint. Paperback. Fair/No jacket. 128 pages, abridged edition. Mercury Mystery Number 155. A witchcraft expert is murdered in a sealed apartment and magicians are the suspects. Blue-green illustrated wraps with white titles on front cover and spine. some edge wear, creases at corners and across spine, chips in cover along spine, some scrubbing and spotting, interior pages show some stains at bottom near binding, light tanning, a few pages dog-earred, binding tight. Trade paperback, measures 5 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches.

New York: Mysterious Press, 1999. First edition, as stated. Hardcover. Good/very good. 215 pages. Hamish Macbeth plunges into love and loss in this story of the death of a recovering drug addict. Blue boards with purple metallic titles on spine. Some edge wear with a little fading along edges, corners and spine ends a little bumped, interior pages a bit tanned, binding tight. Illustrated blue dust jacket with pink titles on front cover and spine shows a little edge wear, minor wrinkles in back corner near inner fold, not pirce clipped, a little tanned along inner folds.

New York: Dell, 1957. Stated First edition. Paperback. Good/No jacket as issued. 191 pages. A redheaded con artist convinces an old schoolmate to embark on a fatal adventure with crooked dice. White illustrated wraps with orange and black lettering, 25 cent cover price, Dell First Edition A146. Some tanning and soiling of cover, light edge wear, corners creased, short tear at base of spine, spine cocked, some spotting, heavy crease across front cover, interior pages tanned, binding tight.

New York: Davis Publications, Inc., 1959. First edition. Paperback. Fair/No jacket. 130 pages, illustrated with adventisements. Stories include Withers and Malone, Brain-Stormers by Stuart Palmer with Craig Rice; A Point of Law by W. Somerset Maugham; Karmesin and the Crown Jewels by Gerald Kersh; The Dive People by Avram Davidson; The Man From Red Dog by Alfred Henry Lewis; Killer in the Lilacs by Dick Ashbaugh; The Man in the Passage by G. K. Chesterton; The Instant of Truth by Wes Lupien; Louder Than Words by Jack Edwin Moseley; The Long Black Shadow by Rosemary Gibbons and The Inside Story by Cornell Woolrich. Also includes book reviews. Green wraps with small illustrations and black titles on front cover and spine. Some stains and spotting of cover, spine a bit cocked, edge wear with small chips along edges and creases at corners, tear in cover with chips at top and bottom of spine, wrinkles and creases along spine, light creases at top edge of some interior pages, interior pages lightly… Read More

New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1966. Book Club. Hardcover. Very Good/good. 277 pages. The complicated story of the fall of a Wall Street legend. Black cloth with gilt titles and borders on front cover and spine, gray end papers. Minor shelf wear with a tiny bit of spotting, corners a bit bumped, titles bright, interior pages bright, binding tight. Illustrated jacket with "Wall Street Journal" style background has red and black titles on front cover and spine. Some chipping along edges of jacket with some fading, chips in surface around spine, some soiling and spotting, no price and marked book-of-the-month on jacket back flap; book is marked first printing on copyright page.

New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1911. First edition. Hardcover. Good/No jacket. Guerin, Jules. 524 pages with glossary of foreign words and phrases, tissue protected color frontispiece. Novel set in Rome by an often controversial and satirical British author and journalist who traveled widely. Green cloth binding with gilt titles and blindstamped decorations on front cover and spine. Some staining of cover, titles faded on spine, edge wear, especially at spine edges, corners and spine ends bumped, former owner's name on front free end paper, (Etta Kerr Hicks, granddaughter of Reverdy Johnson of Maryland, Attorney General under President Zachary Taylor, 1849 -1850) end papers tanning along with half title, interior pages mostly bright with a little edge tanning and small stains on some page edges, binding tight. Measures 5 1/4 x 7 3/4 inches.

New York: Random House, 1961. First edition, as stated. Hardcover. Good +/good +. 373 pgs. An entirely fictitious magazine is the setting for a comic story about the people who produce the magazine. Blue cloth binding with gilt, blue and yellow titles in a black title box on spine, blue end papers. Slight fading at edges of cover, light spotting, minor edge wear, light bumping of corners and spine ends, former owner's name on front free end paper, interior pages bright and clean, binding tight. Blue illustrated dust jacket with white and yellow titles on front cover and spine shows slight edge wear and a little scrubbing with spotting, a few creases and wrinkles at top edge, not price clipped. Measures 6 1/4 x 8 3/4 inches.

New York: The Century Company, 1903. First edition. Original Cloth. Good/No jacket . 255 pages, illustrated with a black and white frontispiece. A collection of horse stories: "Her First Horse Show" "Isabella" "Crowninshield's Brush" "Ting-a-Ling" "The Braybrooke Baby's Godmother" "The Echo Hunt" and "The Reggie Livingstones' Country Life. Original red cloth binding with black lettering on front cover and spine and green, red and black horse illustration on front cover, gilt top edge. Some spotting and darkening of cover, light edge wear, corners and spine ends bumped, back cover a little scrubbed, some foxing of end papers, former owner's name and date on front free end paper, interior pages lightly tanned with darker edges, gilt faded, binding tight with a few page sections lightly pulled.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1910. Reprint. Hardcover. Good/No jacket. Coll, Joseph Clement. 340 pages, illustrated with tissue protected color frontispiece and black and white plates. A romantic thriller set in Morocco. Gray cloth binding with blue and black illustration on front cover and black titles on front cover and spine. Some scrubbing and spotting of cover, tanning along edges with a little edge wear, corners and spine ends a bit bumped, dark spot at bottom leading corner of pages, light crease in spine, part of front free end paper missing, gift inscription on front free end paper, interior pages spotted here and there but otherwise bright, binding tight. Measures 5 x 7 3/4 inches.

New York: The Mysterious Press, 1989. Not stated. Hardcover. Good +/good. 218 pgs. An old valise full of costume jewelry is the disturbing center of a mystery that brings Sarah Kelling and Max Bittersohn out of Boston and onto the hunt. Tan boards with black titles on spine, one small spot on back cover near bottom edge, minor edge wear, corners and spine ends a little bumped, interior pages bright, former owner's name on front free end paper, binding tight. Illustrated dust jacket with blue titles on front cover and white and orange titles on spine shows light creasing to dust jacket with small tear at bottom of front cover, chipped at spine slightly, some edge wear to jacket, spots at spine, not clipped. Measures 5 3/4 x 8 1/2 inches.

New York: the Dial Press, 1967. Not stated. Hardcover. Good/good. 468 pages. A beautiful young man in Ancient Greece struggles against slavery to succeed, only to see those that he loves suffer and die. Black binding with white titles and borders on spine. Handsome volume, light edge wear with corners and spine ends a bit bumped, titles bright, a little spotting of cover, interior pages bright with some light staining of edges, small smudge on front free end paper, binding tight. Illustrated jacket with gold and white titles shows some edge wear, particularly at folds, chip and creases in top of front cover and closed tear in back cover, back cover a bit stained. Measures 5 3/4 x 8 1/2 inches.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1952. Fifth Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/good. 403 pages. The sweet story of a poor minister's family in a small village as the children come of age. Handsome blue and orange binding with bee imprint design on front cover and gilt titles and title block on spine. Spine gilt a little scuffed, reading creases in spine, light bumping of corners and spine ends, minor spotting, interior pages clean and bright, binding tight. Mylar protected illustrated yellow jacket with black and silver lettering is faded a bit at spine, a little spotted and scuffed, spine ends a little bumped on dust jacket, small tear at upper edge of jacket with chip at upper edge at fold, small tear near leading edge at bottom edge of jacket, price clipped. Measures 6 x 81/2 inches.

McClure's Magazine and Metropolitan Magazine. Not stated. Hardcover. Fair/No jacket. 242 pages. A collection of stories featuring the title selection, From the Darkness and the Depths, Noah's Ark, The Finishing Touch, The Rock, The Argonauts, The Married Man, The Triple Alliance, Shovels and Bricks, and Extracts from Noah's Log.Red leatherette cover with blindstamped ship emblem in front cover and gilt titles on spine. Spine darkened with some holes in leatherette along spine and top edges, stains, edge wear, corners and spine ends bumped, interior pages lightly tanned, hinges a little weak, binding otherwise tight.

New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1919. First edition, as stated. Hardcover. Good/No jacket. 310 pages. An unusual story of an unusual young man, set during World War I. Black quarter cloth over brown boards, gilt titles and border on front cover, green titles on spine. Spine titles faded, spine scuffed, some spotting of cover, edge wear, corners and spine ends bumped, back cover a bit scuffed, gilt titles bright, former owner's names on front end paper and first page of text, interior pages bright, binding tight, small notation on back fixed end paper. Measures 5 1/4 x 7 3/4 inches.

London: The Standard Library Company, c. 1900. Not stated. Hardcover. Poor/No jacket. 444 pages. Originally published in 1855. British novelist Francis Edward Smedley. Green cloth binding with decorative front and back boards and white titles on front cover and spine. Cover tanned, spotted and worn, corners and spine ends bumped, bookseller's label "Densons Drapers Chester" on both front and back fixed end papers, hinges weak and showing webbing, pencil notation on front free end paper, binding badly shaken but pages are attached, interior pages tanned.