Monday, September 30, 2019

Westward the Women : An Anthology of Western Stories by Women by: Piekarski, Vicki (editor)

Trade paperback. University of New Mexico Press, third printing, 1991. In very good condition. An anthology of western stories by women. Willa Cather, Mari Sandoz, Leslie Silko, and others. 12 stories.

Author Name: Piekarski, Vicki (editor)
Categories: Historical Literature,
Publisher: Albuquerque, NM, U.S.A., University of New Mexico Press: 1988
ISBN Number: 082631063X
ISBN Number 13: 9780826310637
Binding: Soft cover
Book Condition: Very Good
Type: Book
Seller ID: 005691
Price: $8.00

Sunday, September 29, 2019

Call Each River Jordan by Owen Parry

Hardcover. Wm Morrow, 2001, first edition. In near fine condition. A divided national - shattered families and broken dreams.


Author Name: Parry, Owen
Categories: Historical Literature,
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., William Morrow & Co: 2001
ISBN Number: 0060186380
ISBN Number 13: 9780060186388
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Near Fine
Type: Book
Seller ID: 015311
Price: $22.00


Saturday, September 28, 2019

Blue at the Mizzen (Aubrey-Maturin Series) by Patrick O'Brian

Hardcover. Norton, 1999. In very good+ condition. Twentieth book in the Hornblower series.

Author Name: O'Brian, Patrick
Categories: Historical Literature,
Publisher: New York, NY, U.S.A., W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated: 1999
ISBN Number: 0393048446
ISBN Number 13: 9780393048445
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Good
Type: Book
Seller ID: 009257
Keywords: CHILE FICTION GREAT BRITAIN MATURIN STEPHEN FICTITIOUS CHARACTER AUBREY JACK 
Price: $10.00

Friday, September 27, 2019

The Hundred Days by Patrick O'Brian

Hardcover. W W Norton, 1998. In very good condition. Chasing Napoleon across Europe.


Author Name: O'Brian, Patrick
Categories: Historical Literature,
Publisher: Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., W W Norton & Co Inc: 1998
ISBN Number: 0393046745
ISBN Number 13: 9780393046748
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Type: Book
Seller ID: 011197
Price: $10.00

Thursday, September 26, 2019

Indian Tales and Others by John Gneisenau Neihardt

Trade paperback. University of Nebraska Press, 1988. In very good condition. Short stories about Indians and other stories about the early frontier.

Author Name: Neihardt, John Gneisenau
Categories: Historical Literature,
Publisher: Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.A., Univ of Nebraska Pr: 1988
ISBN Number: 080328358X
ISBN Number 13: 9780803283589
Binding: Soft cover
Book Condition: Very Good
Type: Book
Seller ID: 017363
Price: $10.00 

Wednesday, September 25, 2019

Tales of the Chuck Wagon by N H Jack Thorp

Trade paperback, ex-library. N H (Jack) Thorp, 1926. In very good condition, front and back endpapers show library wear and markings as well as spine. Yarns told by cow punchers who worked at various times with the Closed-H ranch.

Author Name: N H Jack Thorp
Categories: Historical Literature,
Binding: Soft cover
Book Condition: Very Good
Type: Book
Seller ID: 014839
Price: $25.00

Tuesday, September 24, 2019

Honor & Glory by Kim Murphy

Trade paperback. Coachlight Press, 2003. In very good condition. A Civil War novel about two sisters and their choices.

Title: Honor & Glory
Author Name: Murphy, Kim
Categories: Historical Literature,
Publisher: Afton, Virginia, U.S.A., Coachlight Pr: 2003
ISBN Number: 0971679061
ISBN Number 13: 9780971679061
Binding: Soft cover
Book Condition: Very Good
Type: Book
Seller ID: 011192
Price: $10.00

Monday, September 23, 2019

She Won the West : An Anthology of Western and Frontier Stories by Women by Muller, Marcia (editor); Pronzini, Bill (editor)

Trade paperback. Morrow, 1985. In very good condition, slight cover wear. Including stories by Gertrude Atherton, Willa Cather, B M Bower, Mari Sandoz, Dorothy M Johnson, Mary Austin, Peggy Simpson Curry, Jeanne Williams and many others.

Author Name: Muller, Marcia (editor); Pronzini, Bill (editor)
Categories: Historical Literature,
Publisher: New York, NY, U.S.A., Morrow/Avon: 1985
ISBN Number: 0688047017
ISBN Number 13: 9780688047016
Binding: Soft cover
Book Condition: Very Good
Type: Book
Seller ID: 009657
Price: $10.00
 

Sunday, September 22, 2019

Stones in the Road by E B Moore

Trade paperback. Bottom of spine slightly bumped. A young Amish boy travels from Pennsylvania to California but there are stones on the way.

Author Name: Moore, E. B.
Categories: Historical Literature,
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: U.S.A., New American Library: 2015
ISBN Number: 0451469992
ISBN Number 13: 9780451469991
Binding: Soft cover
Book Condition: Near Fine
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Type: Book
Seller ID: 021944
Price: $10.00

Saturday, September 21, 2019

An Unseemly Wife by E B Moore

Trade paperback. Ruth is Amish and loves her husband, family and farm. But when the English arrive, her husband decides to move them to Idaho. It's a hard mean trip and Ruth changes on the way and survives many hardships and losses.

Author Name: Moore, E B
Categories: Historical Literature,
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: U.S.A., New American Library: 2014
ISBN Number: 0451469984
ISBN Number 13: 9780451469984
Binding: Soft cover
Book Condition: Near Fine
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Type: Book
Seller ID: 021958
Price: $10.00

Friday, September 20, 2019

Over the Gate by Miss Read

Hardcover. Near fine condition, light soiling on top of book pages, hardly noticeable. The DJ is very good, has some soiling on back panel, now in mylar. First American edition. Miss Read is back at Fairacres and Mrs. Pringle's tyranny is still in force. One episode leads into another.

Title: Over the Gate
Author Name: Miss Read
Illustrator: J S Goodall
Categories: Historical Literature,
Edition: First Thus
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin: 1965
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Near Fine
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Type: Book
Seller ID: 018380
Price: $40.00

Thursday, September 19, 2019

No Holly for Miss Quinn by Miss Read

Hardcover. Houghton Mifflin, 1976, first. Family Bookshelf edition. In very good condition, boards show wear on top and bottom, corners lightly bumped, with a good DJ, has small tears on the top and a piece missing on back top. Miss Quinn was a highly efficient secretary and planned to have a quiet Christmas without all that fluff. Then her sister-in-law falls ill and she must go take care of her brother's household - and the children!

Author Name: Miss Read
Categories: Historical Literature,
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Wilmington, Massachusetts, U.S.A., Houghton Mifflin: 1976
ISBN Number: 0395247683
ISBN Number 13: 9780395247686
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Type: Book
Seller ID: 013390
Price: $10.00

Wednesday, September 18, 2019

Princesses Behaving Badly: Real Stories from History Without the Fairy-Tale Endings by Linda Rodriguez McRobbie

Hardcover. Being a princess didn't mean it wasn't a hard job...


Author Name: McRobbie, Linda Rodriguez
Categories: Historical Literature,
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: U.S.A., Quirk Books: 2013
ISBN Number: 1594746443
ISBN Number 13: 9781594746444
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Near Fine
Jacket Condition: Near Fine
Type: Book
Seller ID: 021950
Price: $15.00

Tuesday, September 17, 2019

Matt Regan's Lady by Mary Brinker Post

Hardcover, no DJ. Doubleday & Company, 1955. In good condition, has some light water staining at bottom of some book pages, binding is split at last page. He was a lumberjack, she was a "lady", whose father wanted her to marry better. Set in Washington state, mentions Humptulips and Chehalis!

Author Name: Mary Brinker Post
Categories: Historical Literature,
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Good
Type: Book
Seller ID: 011082
Price: $10.00 

Monday, September 16, 2019

Little Miss Sure Shot: Annie Oakley's World by Jeffrey Marshall

Trade paperback. A fictional account of Oakley's life.

Author Name: Marshall, Jeffrey
Categories: Historical Literature,
Publisher: U.S.A., CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform: 2014
ISBN Number: 1495450600
ISBN Number 13: 9781495450600
Binding: Soft cover
Book Condition: Near Fine
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Type: Book
Seller ID: 021949
Price: $8.00

Sunday, September 15, 2019

Not a Cloud in the Sky by Margaret Elley Felt

Trade paperback. Near fine condition. Signed and inscribed by author on front fly leaf. A story of the Okanogan country in the Pacific Northwest.

Author Name: Margaret Elley Felt
Categories: Historical Literature,
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Maverick Publications: 1990
ISBN Number: 0892881895
ISBN Number 13: 9780892881895
Binding: Soft cover
Book Condition: Near Fine
Type: Book
Inscription: Signed by Author(s)
Seller ID: 018540
Price: $15.00 

Saturday, September 14, 2019

A Vision of Lucy (A Rocky Creek Romance) by Margaret Brownley

Trade paperback. She wants to be a newspaper photographer. But she seems to draw disaster every photo shoot...

Author Name: Margaret Brownley
Categories: Historical Literature,
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: U.S.A., Thomas Nelson: 2011
ISBN Number: 1595548114
ISBN Number 13: 9781595548115
Binding: Soft cover
Book Condition: Near Fine
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Type: Book
Seller ID: 021948
Price: $8.00

Friday, September 13, 2019

Blowdown by Maggie Felt

Trade paperback. Very good condition, top of front cover has a small chip mark, bottom of spine bumped, tiny soil mark on bottom outside book pages. Signed by the author on front flyleaf. A man becomes a logger to investigate what happened to the logging foreman of the camp. He not only learns how to become a logger, he also falls in love with foreman's wife.

Title: Blowdown
Author Name: Maggie Felt
Categories: Historical Literature,
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Maverick Publications: 1991
ISBN Number: 0892882271
ISBN Number 13: 9780892882274
Binding: Soft cover
Book Condition: Very Good
Type: Book
Inscription: Signed by Author(s)
Seller ID: 020878
Keywords: LOGGING
Price: $20.00

Thursday, September 12, 2019

The Wood's Edge (The Pathfinders) by Lori Benton

Trade paperback. An Indian family and a white family live next to the same forest. They are connected by more than where they live...


Author Name: Lori Benton
Categories: Historical Literature,
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: WaterBrook: 2015
ISBN Number: 1601427328
ISBN Number 13: 9781601427328
Binding: Soft cover
Book Condition: Near Fine
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Type: Book
Seller ID: 021945
Price: $10.00

Wednesday, September 11, 2019

Life During Wartime by Katie Rogin

Trade paperback. In near fine condition first edition. An ex-military veteran goes missing outside Los Angeles. Family and friends come looking for her...


Author Name: Katie Rogin
Categories: Historical Literature,
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: Mastodon Publishing: 2018
ISBN Number: 1936196867
ISBN Number 13: 9781936196869
Binding: Soft cover
Book Condition: Near Fine
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Type: Book
Seller ID: 022832
Price: $10.00

Tuesday, September 10, 2019

The Stories That Shape Us : Contemporary Women Write about the West by Jordan, Teresa (editor); Hepworth, James R. (editor)

Hardcover. W W Norton, 1995, first. In very good condition. Contemporary women write about the West. An anthology of stories. 13 authors represented.

Author Name: Jordan, Teresa (editor); Hepworth, James R. (editor)
Categories: Historical Literature,
Publisher: New York, NY, U.S.A., W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated: 1995
ISBN Number: 0393037231
ISBN Number 13: 9780393037234
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Type: Book
Seller ID: 007824
Price: $12.00

Monday, September 9, 2019

Western Stories: A Chronological Anthology by Jon Tuska

Hardcover. Gramercy, 1998. In very good condition. An anthology of Western stories including: War Party by Louis L'Amour, Hank's Woman by Owen Wister, and A Man Called Horse by Dorothy Johnson, as well as others.

Author Name: Jon Tuska
Categories: Historical Literature,
Publisher: U.S.A., Gramercy:
ISBN Number: 0517186594
ISBN Number 13: 9780517186596
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Type: Book
Seller ID: 013519
Price: $8.00

Sunday, September 8, 2019

The Hero of Blind Pig Island and Other Island Stories by Jimmy Olsen

Trade paperback. Anthology of island stories.
 
Author Name: Jimmy Olsen
Categories: Historical Literature,
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: Hoffman House Press: 2012
ISBN Number: 0980183561
ISBN Number 13: 9780980183566
Binding: Soft cover
Book Condition: Near Fine
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Type: Book
Inscription: Signed by Author(s)
Seller ID: 022794
Price: $10.00

Saturday, September 7, 2019

Taps for Private Tussie by Jesse Stuart

Hardcover, ex-library. World Publishing, second printing, 1970. In very good condition, minor library markings. Private Tussie is killed in the war and leaves behind a $10,000 insurance policy. You can't believe how many relatives suddenly turn up to help spend the money.

Author Name: Jesse Stuart
Categories: Historical Literature,
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Type: Book
Seller ID: 014040
Price: $10.00

Friday, September 6, 2019

The Wild Part by Jerry Craven

Trade paperback. They're lost in the wild part of Venezuela in 1952...

Author Name: Jerry, Craven
Categories: Historical Literature,
Publisher: U.S.A., Angelina River Press: 2013
ISBN Number: 0988384418
ISBN Number 13: 9780988384415
Binding: Soft cover
Book Condition: Near Fine
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Type: Book
Seller ID: 021954
Price: $15.00

Thursday, September 5, 2019

Beyond the Blue Mountains by Jean Plaidy

Hardcover. D. Appleton-Century Co., 1947. In good condition, pages yellowing, small soil mark on outside of book pages, name on front end paper, with a poor DJ, part of it missing, covered with mylar. The story of three generations of women and their loves and their losses.


Author Name: Jean Plaidy
Categories: Historical Literature,
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Good
Type: Book
Seller ID: 011087
Keywords: ROMANCE
Price: $10.00 


Wednesday, September 4, 2019

The Spanish Bridegroom by Jean Plaidy

Hardcover, bookclub edition. G P Putnam, 1971. In very good condition, light foxing on top of book pages, good DJ in mylar. Young Philip agrees to marry Mary Tudor.

Author Name: Jean Plaidy
Categories: Historical Literature,
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Type: Book
Seller ID: 011086
Keywords: ROMANCE, MARY TUDOR
Price: $10.00

Tuesday, September 3, 2019

The Goldsmith's Wife by Jean Plaidy

Hardcover, ex-library, book club. Sears Readers Club, 1950. In good condition, usual library markings. The story of lovely Jane Shore, who married a worthy merchant and ran away with a handsome king.

Author Name: Jean Plaidy
Categories: Historical Literature,
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Good
Type: Book
Seller ID: 003284
Keywords: ROMANCE
Price: $10.00 

Monday, September 2, 2019

The Bourbon Kings by J.R. Ward

Hardcover. Forbidden love and family secrets...

Author Name: J.R. Ward
Categories: Historical Literature,
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: Berkley: 2015
ISBN Number: 0451475267
ISBN Number 13: 9780451475268
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Near Fine
Jacket Condition: Near Fine
Type: Book
Seller ID: 022380
Price: $15.00

Sunday, September 1, 2019

The Angels' Share (The Bourbon Kings) by J.R. Ward

Hardcover. Maybe their father's death wasn't suicide...

Author Name: J.R. Ward
Categories: Historical Literature,
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: Berkley: 2016
ISBN Number: 0451475283
ISBN Number 13: 9780451475282
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Near Fine
Jacket Condition: Near Fine
Type: Book
Seller ID: 022379
Price: $15.00