Saturday, August 31, 2019

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.
 
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

Friday, August 30, 2019

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.

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

Thursday, August 29, 2019

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.

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

Wednesday, August 28, 2019

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.

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

Tuesday, August 27, 2019

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.

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
Price: $10.00

Monday, August 26, 2019

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!

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

Sunday, August 25, 2019

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.

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

Saturday, August 24, 2019

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...

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
 

Friday, August 23, 2019

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.

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

Thursday, August 22, 2019

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.


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

Wednesday, August 21, 2019

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.

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

Tuesday, August 20, 2019

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.

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

Monday, August 19, 2019

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.

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
 

Sunday, August 18, 2019

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.

Author Name: Betty Carney Taussig
Categories: Historical Literature,
Binding: Soft cover
Book Condition: Near Fine
Type: Book
Seller ID: 015798
Price: $20.00

Saturday, August 17, 2019

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.
 
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

Friday, August 16, 2019

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.


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

Thursday, August 15, 2019

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!

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
 

Wednesday, August 14, 2019

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!

Author Name: Wharton, William
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
Price: $10.00

Tuesday, August 13, 2019

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.

Author Name: Vincent Serventy
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Type: Book
Seller ID: 006214
Keywords: AUSTRALIA
Price: $12.00

Monday, August 12, 2019

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.

Author Name: Tutu, Desmond
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
 

Sunday, August 11, 2019

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.

Author Name: Susan Jane Gilman
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

Saturday, August 10, 2019

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
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
Price: $10.00

Friday, August 9, 2019

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!

Author Name: Rathe, Gustave
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
Price: $15.00

Thursday, August 8, 2019

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.

Author Name: R B Robertson
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Good
Type: Book
Seller ID: 007338
Keywords: WHALING
Price: $10.00

Wednesday, August 7, 2019

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!

Author Name: Paulsen, Gary
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
Price: $10.00
 

Tuesday, August 6, 2019

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.

Author Name: Parr, Peggy
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
Price: $8.00

Monday, August 5, 2019

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.

Author Name: Michael Benanav
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

Sunday, August 4, 2019

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.


Author Name: Lowman, Margaret D.
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
Price: $10.00

Saturday, August 3, 2019

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!

Author Name: Lee, Robert Earl
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
Price: $8.00

Friday, August 2, 2019

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

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

Author Name: Jim Burroughs
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

Thursday, August 1, 2019

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.

Author Name: Jennings, Christian
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
Price: $15.00