Home for Christmas: Stories for Young and Old by Henry Van Dyke; Pearl S. Buck; Beatrice Joy Chute; Ruth Sawyer; Elizabeth Goudge; Selma Lagerlöf; Rebecca Caudill; Madeleine L'Engle

Trade paperback. Twenty stories all about Christmas, many classic tales.
 

Title: Home for Christmas: Stories for Young and Old

Author Name: Henry Van Dyke; Pearl S. Buck; Beatrice Joy Chute; Ruth Sawyer; Elizabeth Goudge; Selma Lagerlöf; Rebecca Caudill; Madeleine L'Engle

Categories: Historical Literature,

Edition: 4th Edition

Publisher: Plough Publishing House: 2014

ISBN Number: 0874869242

ISBN Number 13: 9780874869248

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: Near Fine

Jacket Condition: No Jacket

Type: Book

Seller ID: 022177
Price: $12.00

Best Mounted Police Stories by Dick Harrison

Trade paperback. University of Alberta Press, 1996, sixth edition. In near fine condition. Fictional recounts of mounted police activities, from the early days through the twentieth century.

Title: Best Mounted Police Stories

Author Name: Harrison, Dick

Categories: Historical Literature,

Publisher: Georgetown, Ontario, Canada, Univ of Alberta Pr: 1996

ISBN Number: 0888640544

ISBN Number 13: 9780888640543

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: Near Fine

Type: Book

Seller ID: 017437

Keywords: MOUNTED POLICE, 

Price: $10.00

Whispering Smith by Frank H Spearman

Hardcover. Inner front hinge is cracked, pages are toning, and top and bottom of spine has been bumped. Book plate on back of front cover, name and date on front endpaper. Still very readable and the illustrations are realistic.

Title: Whispering Smith

Author Name: Frank H Spearman

Illustrator: N C Wyeth

Categories: Historical Literature,

Edition: 1st Edition

Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons: 1908

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Good

Jacket Condition: No Jacket

Type: Book

Seller ID: 022587

Price: $15.00

Whispering Smith by Frank H Spearman

Hardcover, no DJ. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1909, second printing. In very good condition, board wear, pages yellowing. A classic western.

Title: Whispering Smith

Author Name: Frank H Spearman

Illustrator: N C Wyeth

Categories: Historical Literature,

Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons:

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Very Good

Type: Book

Seller ID: 013591

Keywords: WESTERN, 

Price: $15.00

Hornblower and the Hotspur (Hornblower Ser., No. 3) by C. S. Forester

Trade paperback. Little, Brown & Co, 1998. In very good condition. Third in the Hornblower series.

Title: Hornblower and the Hotspur (Hornblower Ser., No. 3)

Author Name: Forester, C. S.

Categories: Historical Literature,

Publisher: New York, NY, U.S.A., Little Brown & Company: 1998

ISBN Number: 0316290467

ISBN Number 13: 9780316290463

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: Very Good

Type: Book

Seller ID: 009256

Keywords: FICTION ACTION ADVENTURE GREAT BRITAIN HORNBLOWER HORATIO FICTITIOUS CHARACTER PENINSULAR WAR 1807 1814 HISTORICAL, 

Price: $10.00

Hot Biscuits: Eighteen Stories by Women and Men of the Ranching West by Max Evans, Candy Moulton

Hardcover. University of New Mexico Press, 2002, stated first edition. In very good condition. An anthology of Western stories. Most stories have biscuits in them because it was a cowboy staple!

Title: Hot Biscuits: Eighteen Stories by Women and Men of the Ranching West

Author Name: Evans, Max; Moulton, Candy

Categories: Historical Literature,

Edition: First Edition

Publisher: Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.A., Univ of New Mexico Pr: 2002

ISBN Number: 082632889X

ISBN Number 13: 9780826328892

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Very Good

Type: Book

Seller ID: 013796

Keywords: FICTION WESTERNS, 

Price: $12.00

Wide as the Wind by Edward Stanton

Trade paperback. The story of a boy, a girl, their island, and how they saved it. Easter Island.

Title: Wide as the Wind

Author Name: Edward Stanton

Categories: Historical Literature,

Publisher: Open Books Press: 2016

ISBN Number: 1941799388

ISBN Number 13: 9781941799383

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: Near Fine

Jacket Condition: No Jacket

Type: Book

Seller ID: 023010
Price: $15.00

The Story of Edgar Sawtelle: A Novel by: David Wroblewski

Hardcover. DJ is a bit wavy from water damage. Book is in very good condition. He thinks his uncle killed his father...

Title: The Story of Edgar Sawtelle: A Novel

Author Name: David Wroblewski

Categories: Historical Literature,

Publisher: Ecco: 2008

ISBN Number: 0061374229

ISBN Number 13: 9780061374227

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Very Good

Jacket Condition: Good

Type: Book

Seller ID: 023037
Price: $12.00
 

In a Far Country - Jack London's Tales of the West by Dale L. Walker

Trade paperback. Jameson Books, first, 1987. In good condition. light stain on outside of book pages. An anthology of his best tales of the West. Includes To Build a Fire.

Title: In a Far Country - Jack London's Tales of the West

Author Name: Dale L. Walker

Categories: Historical Literature,

Edition: First Edition

ISBN Number: 0915463369

ISBN Number 13: 9780915463367

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: Good

Type: Book

Seller ID: 011042
Price: $8.00

Victoria: A novel of a young queen by the Creator/Writer of the Masterpiece Presentation on PBS by Daisy Goodwin

Hardcover. Historical fiction about Victoria's life. Fascinating.

Title: Victoria: A novel of a young queen by the Creator/Writer of the Masterpiece Presentation on PBS

Author Name: Daisy Goodwin

Categories: Historical Literature,

Edition: 1st Edition

Publisher: St. Martin's Press: 2016

ISBN Number: 1250045460

ISBN Number 13: 9781250045461

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Near Fine

Jacket Condition: Near Fine

Type: Book

Seller ID: 021942
Price: $18.00

Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life: Stories by Roald Dahl

Small hardcover. Alfred A Knopf, first American edition, 1990. In near fine condition, with a mylar cover. Stories of an English village in the years after WWII.

Title: Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life : Stories

Author Name: Dahl, Roald

Illustrator: Lawrence, John (illustrator)

Categories: Historical Literature,

Publisher: New York, NY, U.S.A., Alfred A. Knopf Incorporated: 1990

ISBN Number: 0394582659

ISBN Number 13: 9780394582658

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Near Fine

Type: Book

Seller ID: 008926
Keywords: ENGLISH LITERATURE
Price: $10.00

Sally Dows and Other Stories by Bret Harte

Hardcover. Name on back of front cover, outside page edges darkening. Interior is good. Includes The Conspiracy of Mrs. Bunker, Transformation of Buckeye Camp, Their Uncle from California as well as Sally Dows.

Title: Sally Dows and Other Stories

Author Name: Bret Harte

Categories: Historical Literature,

Publisher: The Regent Press: 1893

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Good

Jacket Condition: No Jacket

Type: Book

Seller ID: 022588
Price: $15.00

Gene Autry and the Thief River Outlaws by Bob Hamilton

Hardcover. Pages are all browning from age and quality of paper but it's still readable. The DJ is missing pieces and shows wear. Someone is trying to stop the construction of a railway bridge.

Title: Gene Autry and the Thief River Outlaws

Author Name: Bob Hamilton

Illustrator: Dan Muller

Categories: Historical Literature,

Publisher: Whitman Publishing Company: 1944

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Good

Jacket Condition: Fair

Type: Book

Seller ID: 022589
Price: $10.00
 

Windfall of Inherited Treasures by Betty Carney Taussig

Large softcover. Windfall Publishing, 1983. In near fine condition. Water color illustrations.An old Southern Maryland family as they lived American history.

Title: Windfall of Inherited Treasures

Author Name: Betty Carney Taussig

Categories: Historical Literature,

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: Near Fine

Type: Book

Seller ID: 015798
Price: $20.00

Ventures West Book One Sun and Shadow Ventures by Bert Murphy

A hip-pocket book to fit your riding britches. Very good condition. Signed by author on title page. A fictional account of James Houston Slack and his lifetime of adventures in the American Southwest.
 

Title: Ventures West Book One Sun and Shadow Ventures

Author Name: Bert Murphy

Categories: Historical Literature,

Publisher: Roswell, NM, Mbar Publishing: 1996

ISBN Number: 0965029816

ISBN Number 13: 9780965029810

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: Very Good

Type: Book

Inscription: Signed by Author(s)

Seller ID: 018761
Keywords: JAMES HOUSTON SLACK, AMERICAN
Price: $8.00

Far from Here by Nicole Baart

Trade paperback. Danica's husband vanishes on a flight in Alaska. Is he dead? Did he leave her and start a new life up there? She's going to find out.

Title: Far from Here: A Novel

Author Name: Baart, Nicole

Categories: Historical Literature,

Edition: 1st Edition

Publisher: U.S.A., Howard Books: 2012

ISBN Number: 1439197334

ISBN Number 13: 9781439197332

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: Near Fine

Jacket Condition: No Jacket

Type: Book

Seller ID: 021947
Price: $8.00

Guns on the High Mesa by Arthur Henry Gooden

Hardcover, no DJ. Grosset & Dunlap, 1943. In very good condition, boards have wear on corners and some color missing, looks like DJ may have been glued to end papers, some leftover brown paper there, slight spine twist, pages yellowing. An old fashioned Western tale with guns, a girl, and lots of danger!

Title: Guns on the High Mesa

Author Name: Arthur Henry Gooden

Categories: Historical Literature,

Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap:

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Very Good

Type: Book

Seller ID: 013533

Keywords: WESTERN, 

Price: $10.00

 

Houseboat on the Seine: A Memoir by William Wharton

Hardcover. Newmarket Press, 1996, first. In near fine condition. Learn what it's like to live on a houseboat!

Title: Houseboat on the Seine : A Memoir

Author Name: Wharton, William

Categories: Biographies - Adventurers,

Publisher: New York, NY, U.S.A., Newmarket Press: 1996

ISBN Number: 1557042721

ISBN Number 13: 9781557042729

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Near Fine

Type: Book

Seller ID: 008989

Keywords: FRANCE DESCRIPTION TRAVEL HOUSE BOATS AMERICANS FOREIGN COUNTRIES SOCIAL S CIENCE GENERAL SPORTS RECREATION BOATING EUROPE, 

Price: $10.00

Nature Walkabout by Vincent Serventy

Hardcover. A H & A W Reed, 1969. In very good condition. They were moving from Perth to Sydney, and it took them six months and 15,000 miles to get there.

Title: Nature Walkabout

Author Name: Vincent Serventy

Categories: Biographies - Adventurers,

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Very Good

Type: Book

Seller ID: 006214

Keywords: AUSTRALIA, 

Price: $12.00

The Rainbow People of God: The Making of a Peaceful Revolution by Desmond Tutu

Hardcover. Very good condition, light edgewear. DJ has minor scuffing. Desmond Tutu's decades-long struggle as spokesman for the anti-apartheid movement.

Title: The Rainbow People of God: The Making of a Peaceful Revolution

Author Name: Tutu, Desmond

Categories: Biographies - Adventurers,

Edition: First Edition

Publisher: New York, New York, U.S.A., Doubleday: 1994

ISBN Number: 0385475462

ISBN Number 13: 9780385475464

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Very Good

Type: Book

Seller ID: 020975

Keywords: SOUTH AFRICA HISTORY, 

Price: $20.00

 

Undress Me in the Temple of Heaven by Susan Jane Gilman

Trade paperback. Near fine condition. In 1986, Susan Jane Gilman and a classmate embarked on a bold trek around the globe starting in the People's Republic of China. They very quickly found themselves in over their heads.

Title: Undress Me in the Temple of Heaven

Author Name: Susan Jane Gilman

Categories: Biographies - Adventurers,

Edition: First Edition

Publisher: Grand Central: 2010

ISBN Number: 0446696935

ISBN Number 13: 9780446696937

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: Near Fine

Type: Book

Seller ID: 020639
Keywords: MEMOIR CHINA TRAVEL
Price: $10.00

The Summer of My Greek Taverna : A Memoir by Tom Stone

Trade paperback. Simon & Schuster, 2002, first. In near fine condition. The story of a man in love with a place, a woman, and a dream.

Title: The Summer of My Greek Taverna : A Memoir

Author Name: Stone, Tom

Categories: Biographies - Adventurers,

Publisher: New York, NY, U.S.A., Simon & Schuster: 2002

ISBN Number: 0743205413

ISBN Number 13: 9780743205412

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: Near Fine

Type: Book

Seller ID: 008456

Keywords: COOKERY GREEK GREECE DESCRIPTION TRAVEL COOKING REGIONAL ETHNIC EUROPE, 

Price: $10.00

The Wreck of the Barque Stefano Off the North West Cape of Australia in 1875 by Gustave Rathe

Hardcover. Farrar Straus & Giroux, first American edition, 1992. In near fine condition. He's 16 when he's shipwrecked and although ten men survive, after three months only two remain alive!

Title: The Wreck of the Barque Stefano Off the North West Cape of Australia in 1875

Author Name: Rathe, Gustave

Categories: Biographies - Adventurers,

Edition: First Thus

Publisher: Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.A., Farrar Straus & Giroux: 1992

ISBN Number: 0374385858

ISBN Number 13: 9780374385859

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Near Fine

Type: Book

Seller ID: 015782

Keywords: SHIPWRECKS SURVIVAL AFTER

Price: $15.00

Of Whales and Men by R B Robertson

Hardcover, bookclub edition. Alfred A. Knopf, 1954. In good condition, front fly leaf torn out, DJ is poor, pieces missing. An Antarctic whaling expedition! Learn about harvesting whales in the early 1950's.

Title: Of Whales and Men

Author Name: R B Robertson

Categories: Biographies - Adventurers,

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Good

Type: Book

Seller ID: 007338

Keywords: WHALING, 

Price: $10.00

Pilgrimage on a Steel Ride: A Memoir About Men and Motorcycles by Gary Paulsen

Hardcover. Harcourt Brace, first, 1997. In near fine condition. He had heart disease and was discontent - so he took off on a LONG bike ride!

Title: Pilgrimage on a Steel Ride: A Memoir About Men and Motorcycles

Author Name: Paulsen, Gary

Categories: Biographies - Adventurers,

Edition: First Edition

Publisher: Orlando, Florida, U.S.A., Harcourt Brace & World: 1997

ISBN Number: 0151930937

ISBN Number 13: 9780151930937

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Near Fine

Type: Book

Seller ID: 013447

Keywords: MOTORCYCLES MOTORCYCLING TRANSPORTATION, 

Price: $10.00

 

Mountain High, Mountain Rescue by Peggy Parr

Hardcover, ex-library. Fulcrum, 1987. In very good condition, usual library markings. Peggy is a 63 year old field leader for a Colorado Springs-based search and rescue group - follow her up the mountain.

Title: Mountain High, Mountain Rescue

Author Name: Parr, Peggy

Categories: Biographies - Adventurers,

Publisher: Golden, CO, U.S.A., Fulcrum Publishing: 1986

ISBN Number: 155591005X

ISBN Number 13: 9781555910051

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Very Good

Type: Book

Seller ID: 005422

Keywords: MOUNTAINEERING SPORTS RECREATION, 

Price: $8.00

Men of Salt: Crossing the Sahara on the Caravan of White Gold by Michael Benanav

Hardcover. Using camels to search for salt in the Sahara.

Title: Men of Salt: Crossing the Sahara on the Caravan of White Gold

Author Name: Michael Benanav

Categories: Biographies - Adventurers,

Edition: 1st Edition

Publisher: The Lyons Press: 2006

ISBN Number: 1592287727

ISBN Number 13: 9781592287727

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Near Fine

Jacket Condition: Near Fine

Type: Book

Seller ID: 023047
Price: $20.00

Life in the Treetops : Adventures of a Woman in Field Biology by Margaret D. Lowman

Trade paperback. Yale University Press, 1999, first. In near fine condition. Adventures of a woman in field biology.

Title: Life in the Treetops : Adventures of a Woman in Field Biology

Author Name: Lowman, Margaret D.

Categories: Biographies - Adventurers,

Publisher: New Haven, CT, U.S.A., Yale University Press: 1999

ISBN Number: 0300084641

ISBN Number 13: 9780300084641

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: Near Fine

Type: Book

Seller ID: 005712

Keywords: ECOLOGISTS RAIN FOREST ECOLOGY WOMEN SCIENTISTS AUSTRALIA BIOGRAPHY AUTOBI OGRAPHY GENERAL NATURE SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY, 

Price: $10.00

Blackbeard the Pirate: A Reappraisal of His Life and Times by Robert Earl Lee

Trade paperback. John F Blair, c. 1974, thirteenth printing, 2004. In very good condition, some cover wear. Read about the famous buccaneer!

Title: Blackbeard the Pirate: A Reappraisal of His Life and Times

Author Name: Lee, Robert Earl

Categories: Biographies - Adventurers,

Publisher: Winston Salem, North Carolina, U.S.A., John F Blair Pub: 1974

ISBN Number: 0895870320

ISBN Number 13: 9780895870322

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: Very Good

Type: Book

Seller ID: 015783

Keywords: TEACH EDWARD D 1718 BIOGRAPHY, 

Price: $8.00

Blood on the Lens: A Filmmaker's Quest for Truth in Afghanistan by Jim Burroughs

Hardcover. As new. 18 trips to Afghanistan since 1986.

Title: Blood on the Lens A Filmmaker's Quest for Truth in Afghanistan

Author Name: Jim Burroughs

Categories: Biographies - Adventurers,

Edition: First Edition

Publisher: Potomac Books: 2007

ISBN Number: 1597971243

ISBN Number 13: 9781597971249

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: As New

Type: Book

Seller ID: 020974

Keywords: AFGHANISTAN, 

Price: $20.00

Mouthful of Rocks: Modern Adventures in the French Foreign Legion by Christian Jennings

Hardcover, ex-library. Atlantic Monthly Press, 1989, first printing. In very good condition, usual library markings. Whatever you do, do not join the Foreign Legion.

Title: Mouthful of Rocks: Modern Adventures in the French Foreign Legion

Author Name: Jennings, Christian

Categories: Biographies - Adventurers,

Edition: First Thus

Publisher: New York, New York, U.S.A., Atlantic Monthly Pr: 1989

ISBN Number: 0871133407

ISBN Number 13: 9780871133403

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition: Very Good

Type: Book

Seller ID: 010747

Keywords: FRANCE ARMY FOREIGN LEGION HISTORY, 

Price: $15.00