The Sobs of Autumn's Violins: A Novel of War and Love
Coral Springs, FL: Llumina Press, 2005. Trade paperback. More
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Doubloons: The Story of Buried Treasure
New York: Pennant Books, 1954. First Pennant Books Edition. Paperback. Pennant Books no. P40 Collection of 9 stories. "Captain Kidd buried golden, jeweled loot, and so did Henry Morgan, Lafitte added his share in the Louisiana swamps. Then there are the drowned galleons, holding the salty, coral-grown treasures..... More
The Marrow of Tradition
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2012. Werner Sollors (ed.). First Edition. Paperback. The Norton Critical Edition of this hugely influential novel gives readers the fullest possible sense of its historical background and critical assessment. Inspired by the 1898 Wilmington Riot and the eyewitness accounts of Charles W. Chesnutt’s..... More
Arch of Triumph
New York: Fawcett Columbine, 1998. Paperback. Translated from the German by Walter Sorell and Denver Lindley. More
The Runaway Soul
London: Jonathan Cape, 1991. First U.K. Edition. Hardcover. Harold Brodkey’s acclaimed novel is a mesmerizing work of literary genius, exploring the momentous events in the life of a family in twentieth-century St. Louis, and a writer still haunted by a childhood tragedy. First published in 1991, The Runaway Soul..... More
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2019. Frances Smith Foster, Richard Yarborough (eds.). Second Edition. Paperback. “Accompanied by historical photographs, public statements, and correspondence, and by a well-selected sampling of modern criticism, this Norton Critical Edition will stimulate many classroom discussions in years to come.” —Werner Sollors, Harvard University... More
Pierre: Or, The Ambiguities
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2017. Robert S. Levine, Cindy Weinstein (eds.). First Edition. Paperback. When Pierre was published one year after Moby-Dick, expectations were high. Readers expected—and Melville delivered—adventure, humor, and brilliance. Magnificent and strange, Pierre is a richly allusive novel mirroring both antebellum America and Melville’s own..... More
Anthony Adverse in America
New York: Dell Publishing, 1949. Umberto Romano (cover). Paperback. Dell Mapback no. 285 Adaptation of the original novel Anthony Adverse published by Rinehart & Company. More
April Morning
New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1963. William Plummer (jacket painting). First Edition, Eighth Printing. Hardcover. More
Centennial
New York: Random House, 1974. First Edition. Ninth Printing. Hardcover. More
The Man From Greek and Roman
New York: Random House, 1974. Paul Bacon (jacket design). Book Club Edition. Hardcover. More
The 42nd Parallel: First in the Trilogy U.S.A.
New York: Signet Classics, 1969. Reginald Marsh (illustrations). Reprint. Mass-market Paperback. With an introduction by Alfred Kazin. With his U.S.A. trilogy, comprising THE 42nd PARALLEL, 1919, and THE BIG MONEY, John Dos Passos is said by many to have written the great American novel. While Fitzgerald and Hemingway were..... More
Castle Rackrent
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2015. Ryan Twomey (ed.). First Edition. Paperback. The only edition of this 1800 novel—widely regarded as the first historical novel—to include supporting materials on both the importance of Maria Edgeworth as a writer and the influence of contemporary history on this novel. Castle..... More
The Adventurer
New York: Pocket Books, 1965. Fourth Printing. Paperback. Very rare. No. 75070 Translated by Naomi Walford. More
The Green-Eyed Lama (Ногоон нуден лам)
Paris: Editions Grasset, 2008. Dorj Tsedevdamba (cover painting). First English Edition. Trade Paperback. "The Green-Eyed Lama" (2008) is an award-winning and best-selling novel written by Oyungerel Tsedevdamba and Jeff Falt. Originally published in Mongolian, the book chronicles the romance between Sendmaa, a young belle in the countryside, and Baasan, a...... More
Field Grey: A Bernie Gunther Thriller
London: Quercus, 2010. First Trade Paperback Edition. Softcover. More
The Shadow in the North: A Sally Lockhart Mystery
London: Puffin Books, 1993. Reprint. Paperback. WHEN ONE OF Sally’s clients loses a large sum of money in the unexpected collapse of a British shipping firm, Sally sets out to investigate. But as she delves deeper into the identity of a wealthy and elusive industrialist, she uncovers a plot so..... More
Maharajah: A Novel in Modern India
New York: Popular Library, 1952. Paperback. More
The Courtesan: A Novel
New York: Ballantine Books, 2005. Paperback. More
Captain Gentleman
Toronto: Harlequin Edition, 1954. Paul Anna Soik (cover art). First Edition. Paperback. Harlequin book no. 303. More
Edge of the World: Tales of the "Hopi Victory" and Her People
New York: Ballantine Books, 1953. Paperback. More
Desert God: A Novel of Ancient Egypt
New York: William Morrow, 2014. First Edition (stated). Hardcover. Signed by author on title page. New York Times bestselling author Wilbur Smith—hailed by Stephen King as the “best historical novelist” and one of the world’s biggest-selling authors—returns to Ancient Egypt in this breathtaking epic that conjures the magic, mystery, romance..... More
The Rise of Silas Lapham
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2018. Paul R. Petrie (ed.). First Edition. Paperback. “I love teaching The Rise of Silas Lapham because it is a rich opportunity to examine humor, American Dream ideology, and realism (and sentimentalism) in American literature. It’s always worked well in my classes as a...... More
Zane Grey's The Spirit of the Border
Racine: Whitman Publishing Company, 1954. Earl Sherwan (illus). 'Authorized' Second Edition. Hardcover. More
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