Historical
The Sampo; Hero Adventures from the Finnish Kalevala
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1912. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [5], v-viii, [2], 368 pp. Pictorial green cloth with black decorations and gold lettering on the front board and spine, with a white, brown, and grey decoration on the front board. Pictorial design on the front board done by N.C...... More
Empire of the Sun
London: Victor Gollancz LTD, 1984. First printing. Hardcover. 278 pp. Price of £8.95 on front flap of jacket. In the first state dust jacket (FIRSTS, October 2010, 30). A sharp copy of Ballard's harrowing novel based on his experiences growing up during the Japanese occupation of China in the second..... More
Little Big Man
New York: Dial Press, 1964. First edition. Hardcover. 440 pp. Price of $5.95 on front flap of jacket. A nice copy of Berger's magnum opus. A Very near Fine book in a Very Good+ dust jacket with moderate fading to the spine panel and a few hints of rubbing and..... More
Eagle of Niagara; The Story of David Harper and His Indian Captivity
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1955. First printing. Hardcover. 8vo. [7], 8-253, [3] pp. Quarter black cloth over grey cloth with white lettering on the front board and spine, orange topstain. Price of $2.50 on the front flap of the dust jacket. A Near Fine book in..... More
Freedom & Necessity
New York: TOR, 1997. First printing. Hardcover. 443 pp. Price of $25.95 on front flap of dust jacket. More
The Mutual Friend
New York: Harper & Row, 1978. First printing. Hardcover. 222 pp. Price of $8.95 on front flap of jacket. A novel portraying Dickens near the end of his life. Small rather faint stray mark on front panel. More
The Alienist
New York: Random House [1994], 1994. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [12], 4-496, [6] pp. Brown paper-covered boards quarter-bound in black cloth with bronze metallic lettering on the front board and the spine. Price of $22.00 on front jacket flap. First printing of the first edition. A sharp copy of Carr's..... More
Jelly Roll Morton's Last Night at the Jungle Inn; An Imaginary Memoir
New York: Marion Boyars (1984), 1984. First printing. Hardcover. 153 pp. Price of $12.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Lacks the endpapers. Includes several black and white photographs from Morton's life. A Very Good book with no detectable flaw other than the absence of the endpapers (no..... More
Akhnaton; A Play in Three Acts
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company (1973), 1973. First printing. Hardcover. 8vo. [8], 9-157, [3] pp. Navy cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Price of $6.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Ahearn APG 139b. Henderson 205. A Near Fine book with a small abrasion from the..... More
The Last of the Mohicans; A Narrative of 1757
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1919. First edition thus. Hardcover. Large 8vo. [4], v-vi, [2], 370 pp. Black pictorial cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Illustrated with pictorial endpapers and pastedowns, a pictorial title page, and fourteen additional plates by N.C. Wyeth. The first edition with the N.C. Wyeth..... More
1356; A Novel
New York: Harper, 2013. First printing. Hardcover. 417 pp. Price of $28.99 on front flap of dust jacket. Review copy with publicity material laid in. More
The Archer's Tale
New York: HarperCollins (2001), 2001. First American edition. Hardcover. 384 pp. Tan paper-covered boards quarter bound in textured brown cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Price of $26.00 on front flap. First printing of the first American edition. A sharp copy of the first book in Cornwell's popular Grail..... More
Battle Flag; The Starbuck Chronicles Volume Three
New York: Harpercollins, 1995. First printing. Hardcover. 356 pp. Price of $20.00 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Small remainder mark to top textblock, else very near Fine in a Fine dust jacket. More
The Bloody Ground
London: Harpercollins (1996), 1996. First printing. Hardcover. 343 pp. Unpriced dust jacket (presumably an export edition). The Starbuck Chronicles Volume Four. Near Fine with age toning to the textblock in a very near Fine dust jacket. More
Copperhead; The Starbuck Chronicles Volume Two
New York: HarperCollins Publishers [1994], 1994. First printing. Hardcover. 375 pp. Price of $15.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. A Very Good book with a remainder mark on the bottom of the textblock with a small sticker ghost on the free front endpaper in a Very Good..... More
The Fort; A Novel of the Revolutionary War
New York: Harper, 2010. First printing. Hardcover. 468 pp. Price of $25.99 on front flap of dust jacket. Remainder dot on bottom textblock, else very near Fine in a Fine dust jacket. More
Sharpe's Battle; Richard Sharpe and the Battle of Fuentes De Onoro, May 1811
New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1995. First printing. Hardcover. 304 pp. Price of $20.00 on front flap of jacket. Signed by author on the title page. A few flecks of discoloration to textblock and free rear endpaper, common with this title. More
Sharpe's Devil; Richard Sharpe and the Emperor, 1820-1821
New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1992. First printing. Hardcover. 280 pp. Red paper covered boards quarter bound in blue with gold lettering on the spine. Price of $20.00 on front flap of dust jacket. Name written on front pastedown (hidden by jacket flap); small closed tear on fore-edge of jacket... More