Historical
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
Navy Blue and Gold; A Story of the Naval Academy
New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers [1936], 1936. Later printing. Hardcover. 8vo. [6], 7-311, [7] pp. Blue cloth with green decorations on the front board and spine. A story of three male students enrolled at the U.S. Naval Academy, a story of their love of football and their school pride..... 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
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
Sharpe's Devil; Richard Sharpe and the Emperor, 1820-1821
London: HarperCollins Publishers (1992), 1992. First printing. Hardcover. 286 pp. Blue textured paper over boards with gold lettering on the spine. Very Good with slight lean and a remainder mark to the bottom textblock in a Very Good price-clipped dust jacket. More