The Rose and the Lily
New York: Hawthorn, 1961. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good. The lives and times of St. Rose of Lima and St. Marian of Quito.
New York: Hawthorn, 1961. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good. The lives and times of St. Rose of Lima and St. Marian of Quito.
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. The book tells of three crucial years - 1753-1755 - in the life of George Washington.
London: Sinclair Stevenson, 1995. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. A fine copy of the author's first novel. Signed by the author on the title page.
London: Hutchinson, (1929). First edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Very Good. A very good copy of this exceedingly scarce World War I novel focusing on a young man's fortunes and troubles as he struggles to find himself in a post war uncertainty. The book is very tight and solid. There is moderate foxing to the early prelims and along the.....
London: Canongate, (2018). First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. Signed by the author on the title page. Two sisters, Sal and Peppa flee a sexually abusive situation at home. Sal is 13, the elder sister, had been planning this escape for over a year. She had money, camping and survival supplies and a Bear Grylls.....
London: Hutchinson, 1951. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. A lovely copy of this historical romance. Price-clipped, else fine. Cover art by Barbosa.
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1954. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / very good. A very attractive copy with just the slightest edge-wear to the jacket. Price-clipped. Map endpapers.
New York: Dial Press, 1955. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / near fine. A clean, bright and solid copy. The jacket is price-clipped, else fine.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2002. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. A fine copy in all respects. Inscribed, signed and dated by the author on the title page.
New York: London House & Maxwell, 1963. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Near Fine. A very clean, bright and pleasing copy. Signed by the author at the half-title. This is the first U.S. edition by this recently deceased Maryland author. Much scarcer than the U.K. edition. Minor foxing to the jacket.
New York: Lothrop, Lee and Shepard Co., (1963). First edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Very Good. A solid copy in a complete dust jacket which shows wear at the spine ends. Wrap-around cover art by Evaline Ness.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1953. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. A beautiful copy. Cover art by Philip Gough. A novel of the Prince Regent who later became King George IV. Ove very shallow chip to the foot of the spine, else fine.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1962. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. Price-clipped, else fine. Jacket art by Philip Gough. The story of Francois Villon.
London: William Heinemann, 1965. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good. A very clean, bright and attractive copy. The jacket is price-clipped. Cover art by Barbosa. Foxing to the fore-edge, else fine.
London: William Heinemann, 1964. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good. A very nice copy in a jacket with some minor edge-wear and a small closed tear at the bottome edge of the rear panel. Jacket art by Barbosa.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1969. First edition. Fine / fine. An extremely clean, bright and pleasing copy in an unclipped jacket. A fine copy in all respects.
London: Hamish Hamilton, (2019). First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. Signed by the author to the title page.
London: 4th Estate, (2019). First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. Signed by the author to the title page as well as a lengthy line quote and date - February, 15, 2019. The copyright page has the number 1 only.
London: Atlantic Books, (2015). First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. Signed, dated and with a line quote, all in the author's hand. A novel of Queen Anne.
London: Ivor Nicholson & Watson, 1933. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. A very clean, bright and pleasing copy. Some minor speckling along the edges, else fine. Lovely period cover art by John Austen. The jacket is not price-clipped. King Henry VIII and Katharine Howard.
London: Andrew Dakers, 1946. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near fine. An extremely clean, bright and pleasing copy of this work of historic fiction, set in ancient Egypt. Lovely jacket art by Fay Pomerance.
New York: Morrow, 1993. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. A fine fictional account of the battle at the Alamo. Illustrated endpapers.
London: Harper Collins, 2011. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / fine. As new. Unopened and unread. Signed and dated by the author on the title page with a small drawing of a flag.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2020. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. Signed by the author to a bound in page.
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1994. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. A lovely book. A novel of the Mayflower. As new. Unopened and unread.