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  • Aridjis, Homero.
    1492: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF JUAN CABEZON OF CASTILE.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Summit Books, 1991. dj. Hardcover first edition - Translated from the Spanish by Betty Ferber. A novel of late15th century Spain - a time of discovery and exploration, of the Inquisition and war - by one of Mexico's most acclaimed writers. ISBN: 0-671-644998.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 22868
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  • THE LORD OF THE LAST DAYS, Visions of the Year 1000 by Aridjis, Homero.
    Aridjis, Homero.
    THE LORD OF THE LAST DAYS, Visions of the Year 1000

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Morrow, 1995. dj. Hardcover first edition - Translated from the Spanish by Betty Ferber. A recreation of medieval Spain by one of Mexico's foremost poets and novelists. Laura Esquival called this "dazzling and provocative.. a dazzling rendition of period and place.". ISBN: 0-688-143423.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)

    Book ID: 4995
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  • Attanasio, A. A.
    WYVERN.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1988. First edition - Intriguing tale of a boy born in 1609, his mother a native of Borneo and his father a Dutch trader. Caught between two cultures, Jaki experiences the jungle, ocean pirate life, and eventually America.

    Condition: Very near fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 13229
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  • THE CAT AND THE KING. by Auchincloss, Louis.
    Auchincloss, Louis.
    THE CAT AND THE KING.

    Edition: First printing.

    Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1981. dj. Hardcover first edition - Historical novel set at the Versailles court of the Sun King, L:ouis XIV of France - the cat is Louis's chronicler - Louis de Rouvroy. 183 pp. Family tree endpapers. ISBN: 0-395302250.

    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket.

    Book ID: 76198
    Keywords: Historical Fiction
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  • THE DARK LADY. by Auchincloss, Louis.
    Auchincloss, Louis.
    THE DARK LADY.

    Edition: First printing.

    Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1977. dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel spanning three decades, from the 1930s to the McCarthy era of the 1950s, set in a New York where "birth and style count nearly as much as wealth" - the world that Auchincloss grew up in. 246 pp. ISBN: 0-395254027.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (small erasure spot on the front endpaper)

    Book ID: 76191
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  • THE PLAINS OF PASSAGE by Auel, Jean M.
    Auel, Jean M.
    THE PLAINS OF PASSAGE

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Crown, 1990. dj. Hardcover first edition - Fourth massive novel in the "Earth's Children series, set in Ice Age Europe. Map endpapers. 760 pp. ISBN: 0-517-580497.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 14858
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  • Auel, Jean M.
    THE MAMMOTH HUNTERS.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Crown, (1985.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Third massive novel in the "Earth's Children series, set in Ice Age Europe. 645 pp. Illustrated endpapers. ISBN: 0-517-556278.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 55939
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  • THE MAMMOTH HUNTERS. by Auel, Jean M.
    Auel, Jean M.
    THE MAMMOTH HUNTERS.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Crown, (1985.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Third massive novel in the "Earth's Children series, set in Ice Age Europe. 645 pp. Illustrated endpapers. ISBN: 0-517-556278.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 61099
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  • MR. VERTIGO. by Auster, Paul.
    Auster, Paul.
    MR. VERTIGO.

    Edition: Trade paperback.

    New York: Penguin, (1994.). Auster's eighth novel, set in 1927, the year of Babe Ruth and Lindbergh. 293 pp. ISBN: 0-14-0231900.

    Condition: Near fine.

    Book ID: 38984
    Keywords: Historical Fiction
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  • THE TEAHOUSE FIRE. by Avery, Ellis.
    Avery, Ellis.
    THE TEAHOUSE FIRE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Riverhead Books, 2007. dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, the story of two women - one an American orphan adopted by a Japanese family and the other the daughter of that family -whose lives intersect in late nineteenth century Japan. 391 pp. ISBN: 1-594489300.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 80878
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  • THE TEAHOUSE FIRE. by Avery, Ellis.
    Avery, Ellis.
    THE TEAHOUSE FIRE.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Riverhead Books, 2007. First edition - The author's first novel, the story of two women - one an American orphan adopted by a Japanese family and the other the daughter of that family -whose lives intersect in late nineteenth century Japan. 390 pp.

    Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (toning to the pages.)

    Book ID: 55555
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  • CRISPIN: THE CROSS OF LEAD. by Avi.
    Avi.
    CRISPIN: THE CROSS OF LEAD.

    Edition: Later printing.

    New York: Hyperion, (2002.) dj. SIGNED hardcover - Newbery Award-winning novel, the first book in a planned trilogy set in medieval England, and an exploration of the themes of war, religion, and family as he chronicles the adventures of Crispin and Bear. SIGNED and dated on the title page. 262 pp. ISBN: 0-786808284.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 48480
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  • CRISPIN: THE CROSS OF LEAD. by Avi.
    Avi.
    CRISPIN: THE CROSS OF LEAD.

    Edition: Later printing.

    New York: Hyperion, (2002.) dj. Hardcover - Newbery Award-winning novel, the first book in a planned trilogy set in medieval England, and an exploration of the themes of war, religion, and family as he chronicles the adventures of Crispin and Bear. 262 pp. ISBN: 0-786808284.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (Newbery medallion on dj.)

    Book ID: 42290
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  • THE HARMONY SILK FACTORY. by Aw, Tash.
    Aw, Tash.
    THE HARMONY SILK FACTORY.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Riverhead Books, (2005) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel - "The Harmony Silk Factory is the textiles store run by Johnny Lim, a Chinese peasant living in rural Malay in the first half of the twentieth century. It is the most impressive and truly amazing structure in the region, and to the inhabitants of the Kinta Valley Johnny Lim is a hero-a Communist who fought the Japanese when they invaded, ready to sacrifice his life for the welfare of his people. But to his son, Jasper, Johnny is a crook and a collaborator who betrayed the very people he pretended to serve, and the Harmony Silk Factory is merely a front for his father's…

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    New York: Riverhead Books, (2005) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel - "The Harmony Silk Factory is the textiles store run by Johnny Lim, a Chinese peasant living in rural Malay in the first half of the twentieth century. It is the most impressive and truly amazing structure in the region, and to the inhabitants of the Kinta Valley Johnny Lim is a hero-a Communist who fought the Japanese when they invaded, ready to sacrifice his life for the welfare of his people. But to his son, Jasper, Johnny is a crook and a collaborator who betrayed the very people he pretended to serve, and the Harmony Silk Factory is merely a front for his father's illegal businesses." Winner of the Whitbread award. 378 pp. ISBN: 157322300X.

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    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 76347
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  • THE HARMONY SILK FACTORY. by Aw, Tash.
    Aw, Tash.
    THE HARMONY SILK FACTORY.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Riverhead Books, (2005) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel - "The Harmony Silk Factory is the textiles store run by Johnny Lim, a Chinese peasant living in rural Malay in the first half of the twentieth century. It is the most impressive and truly amazing structure in the region, and to the inhabitants of the Kinta Valley Johnny Lim is a hero-a Communist who fought the Japanese when they invaded, ready to sacrifice his life for the welfare of his people. But to his son, Jasper, Johnny is a crook and a collaborator who betrayed the very people he pretended to serve, and the Harmony Silk Factory is merely a front for his…

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    New York: Riverhead Books, (2005) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel - "The Harmony Silk Factory is the textiles store run by Johnny Lim, a Chinese peasant living in rural Malay in the first half of the twentieth century. It is the most impressive and truly amazing structure in the region, and to the inhabitants of the Kinta Valley Johnny Lim is a hero-a Communist who fought the Japanese when they invaded, ready to sacrifice his life for the welfare of his people. But to his son, Jasper, Johnny is a crook and a collaborator who betrayed the very people he pretended to serve, and the Harmony Silk Factory is merely a front for his father's illegal businesses." SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. Winner of the Whitbread award. 378 pp. ISBN: 157322300X.

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    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 61267
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  • THE HARMONY SILK FACTORY. by Aw, Tash.
    Aw, Tash.
    THE HARMONY SILK FACTORY.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Riverhead Books, (2005) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel - "The Harmony Silk Factory is the textiles store run by Johnny Lim, a Chinese peasant living in rural Malay in the first half of the twentieth century. It is the most impressive and truly amazing structure in the region, and to the inhabitants of the Kinta Valley Johnny Lim is a hero-a Communist who fought the Japanese when they invaded, ready to sacrifice his life for the welfare of his people. But to his son, Jasper, Johnny is a crook and a collaborator who betrayed the very people he pretended to serve, and the Harmony Silk Factory is merely a front for his…

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    New York: Riverhead Books, (2005) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel - "The Harmony Silk Factory is the textiles store run by Johnny Lim, a Chinese peasant living in rural Malay in the first half of the twentieth century. It is the most impressive and truly amazing structure in the region, and to the inhabitants of the Kinta Valley Johnny Lim is a hero-a Communist who fought the Japanese when they invaded, ready to sacrifice his life for the welfare of his people. But to his son, Jasper, Johnny is a crook and a collaborator who betrayed the very people he pretended to serve, and the Harmony Silk Factory is merely a front for his father's illegal businesses." SIGNED on the title page. Winner of the Whitbread award. 378 pp. ISBN: 157322300X.

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    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 63660
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  • THE BLACK FLOWER: A Novel of the Civil War. by Bahr, Howard.
    Bahr, Howard.
    THE BLACK FLOWER: A Novel of the Civil War.

    Edition: First printing.

    Baltimore: Nautical & Aviation Publishing Company of America, (1997) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel - The story of a brief but bloody encounter on the road to Nashville, in the obscure village of Franklin, Tennessee in the waning days of the Civil War. SIGNED on the title page. ANew York Times Notable Book, and winner of the Howard D. Vursell Award. 267 pp. ISBN: 1-87785350X.

    Condition: Fine in fine first issue dust jacket.

    Book ID: 76928
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  • THE YEAR OF JUBILO: A Novel of the Civil War. by Bahr, Howard.
    Bahr, Howard.
    THE YEAR OF JUBILO: A Novel of the Civil War.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Henry Holt, (2000). SIGNED first edition - The second novel by the author of the highly praised and award-winning 'The Black Flower,' this is set in Cumberland, Mississippi, in the summer of 1865. "A reluctant soldier, Gawain Harper was goaded into joining the Confederate forces in 1862 by the rabid secessionist Judge Rhea, father of the woman Harper loves. After three years of fighting the Union, the former professor of literature is now trudging home defeated and confused. The South of his past has indeed vanished, and the town Harper returns to is now governed by the victorious (but wary) soldiers of the North and overflowing with vengeful planters, opportunistic spies, and the fear and ingrained attitudes…

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    New York: Henry Holt, (2000). SIGNED first edition - The second novel by the author of the highly praised and award-winning 'The Black Flower,' this is set in Cumberland, Mississippi, in the summer of 1865. "A reluctant soldier, Gawain Harper was goaded into joining the Confederate forces in 1862 by the rabid secessionist Judge Rhea, father of the woman Harper loves. After three years of fighting the Union, the former professor of literature is now trudging home defeated and confused. The South of his past has indeed vanished, and the town Harper returns to is now governed by the victorious (but wary) soldiers of the North and overflowing with vengeful planters, opportunistic spies, and the fear and ingrained attitudes of its vanquished citizens." SIGNED on the title page. 376 pp.

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    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 79147
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  • THE YEAR OF JUBILO: A Novel of the Civil War. by Bahr, Howard.
    Bahr, Howard.
    THE YEAR OF JUBILO: A Novel of the Civil War.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Henry Holt, (2000) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The second novel by the author of the highly praised and award-winning 'The Black Flower,' this is set in Cumberland, Mississippi, in the summer of 1865. "A reluctant soldier, Gawain Harper was goaded into joining the Confederate forces in 1862 by the rabid secessionist Judge Rhea, father of the woman Harper loves. After three years of fighting the Union, the former professor of literature is now trudging home defeated and confused. The South of his past has indeed vanished, and the town Harper returns to is now governed by the victorious (but wary) soldiers of the North and overflowing with vengeful planters, opportunistic spies, and the fear and…

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    New York: Henry Holt, (2000) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The second novel by the author of the highly praised and award-winning 'The Black Flower,' this is set in Cumberland, Mississippi, in the summer of 1865. "A reluctant soldier, Gawain Harper was goaded into joining the Confederate forces in 1862 by the rabid secessionist Judge Rhea, father of the woman Harper loves. After three years of fighting the Union, the former professor of literature is now trudging home defeated and confused. The South of his past has indeed vanished, and the town Harper returns to is now governed by the victorious (but wary) soldiers of the North and overflowing with vengeful planters, opportunistic spies, and the fear and ingrained attitudes of its vanquished citizens." SIGNED on the half title page. 376 pp. ISBN: 0-805059725.

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    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 79146
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  • Bainbridge, Beryl.
    WATSON'S APOLOGY.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: McGraw-Hill, 1984. dj. Hardcover first edition - Based on a true murder case in 19th c London in which a seemingly virtuous clergyman bludgeoned his wife to death one Sunday upon his return from church. ISBN: 0-07-0032548.

    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (corner bumped, remainder dot)

    Book ID: 27499
    Keywords: Historical Fiction
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  • MASTER GEORGIE by Bainbridge, Beryl
    Bainbridge, Beryl
    MASTER GEORGIE

    Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.

    New York: Carroll & Graf, (1999). Nominated for the Booker Prize (her 5th to be so honored) - British reviews called this historical novel set in 19th century Liverpool and on the horror-filled battlefields of the Crimean War as "entertaining..harrowing... haunting..devasting." 190 pp. ISBN: 0-7867-0697X.

    Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (remainder line, nick to upper edge of back cover, appears unread.)

    Book ID: 58272
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  • Bainbridge, Beryl.
    ACCORDING TO QUEENEY.

    Edition: First printing.

    London: Little Brown, (2001.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Witty, sometimes comical and often touching novel based on the life of Samuel Johnson - or rather on a side of Johnson not reported by Boswell, but as seen by Queeney Thrale, the oldest daughter in the family of the wealthy Southwark brewer who provided a refuge and a second home to Johnson for almost 20 years. While Bainbridge has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize an amazing 6 times, and she has been awarded other major prizes (Whitbread, Guardian Fiction) and some of her novels have been adapted for movies, she is probably still one of the most underappreciated of modern English writers, although in 2003 she received a…

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    London: Little Brown, (2001.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Witty, sometimes comical and often touching novel based on the life of Samuel Johnson - or rather on a side of Johnson not reported by Boswell, but as seen by Queeney Thrale, the oldest daughter in the family of the wealthy Southwark brewer who provided a refuge and a second home to Johnson for almost 20 years. While Bainbridge has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize an amazing 6 times, and she has been awarded other major prizes (Whitbread, Guardian Fiction) and some of her novels have been adapted for movies, she is probably still one of the most underappreciated of modern English writers, although in 2003 she received a small amount of the recognition she deserves when she was awarded the Cohen prize for lifetime achievement . ISBN: 0-316-858676.

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    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.) Ribbon bookmark bound in, an attractively produced volume.

    Book ID: 31557
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  • Bainbridge, Beryl
    MASTER GEORGIE

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Carroll & Graf, 1998. dj. Hardcover first edition - Nominated for the Booker Prize (her 5th to be so honored) - British reviews called this historical novel set in 19th century Liverpool and on the horror-filled battlefields of the Crimean War as "entertaining..harrowing... haunting..devasting.". ISBN: 0-7867-05639.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (remainder line.)

    Book ID: 19426
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  • DREAMLAND. by Baker, Kevin.
    Baker, Kevin.
    DREAMLAND.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: HarperCollins, (1999.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel of the American immigrant experience and Coney Island in New York in the early years of the 20th century (the title refers to an amusement park on Coney Island.) Illustrated endpapers. 519 pp.

    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket.

    Book ID: 40458
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  • Baker, Kevin.
    DREAMLAND.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: HarperCollins, (1999.). First edition - Novel of the American immigrant experience and Coney Island in New York in the early years of the 20th century (the title refers to an amusement park on Coney Island.)

    Condition: Near fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 19638
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  • STRIVERS ROW. by Baker, Kevin.
    Baker, Kevin.
    STRIVERS ROW.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: HarperCollins, (2006) dj. Hardcover first edition - The final novel in his 'City of Fire' trilogy begun with 'Dreamland.' This is set in 1943 Harlem and features a young Malcolm Little, the street hustler who would become the Civil Rights leader, Malcolm X. Glossary of names, words and expressions and notes on sources. 547 pp. ISBN: 9780060195830.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (remainder line)

    Book ID: 58121
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  • WHAT THE BODY REMEMBERS. by Baldwin, Shauna Singh.
    Baldwin, Shauna Singh.
    WHAT THE BODY REMEMBERS.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Doubleday, (1999) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first novel by this author who was born in Canada but grew up in India. Opening in 1937 in India, it is set "against the backdrop of changing Anglo-Indian relations; sometimes the political bleeds into the personal, as the novel juxtaposes India's struggle for independence with the smaller outrages and betrayals Satya and Roop suffer at their husband's hands--and each other's." (Sheila Bright) Winner of the Commonwealth Writers regional prize (Caribbean and Canada) for Best Book and long listed for the Orange Prize. Map frontispiece. 471 pp. ISBN: 0-385496044.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (appears unread.)

    Book ID: 88551
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  • Baldwin, William
    THE HARD TO CATCH MERCY.

    Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )

    Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin, (1993.). First edition - The author's first novel, a coming-of-age story set in 1916 in a tiny low country Carolina town. Map. Winner of the the Lillian Smith Award for Fiction. 457 pp.

    Condition: Fine in beige printed wrappers.

    Book ID: 34362
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  • THE KINDNESS OF WOMEN by Ballard, J. G.
    Ballard, J. G.
    THE KINDNESS OF WOMEN

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1991. dj. Hardcover first edition - Sequel to "The Empire of the Sun" - based on Ballard's own experiences as a boy, this follows James from the Japanese prison camps and Shanghai to England after the end of the war. 343 pp. ISBN: 0-374-181101.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 9949
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  • Bamford, Susannah (also wrote as Jude O'Neill.)
    THE GILDED CAGE

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: M.Evan & Co., 1991. dj. Hardcover first edition - "An Evans Novel of Romance" set in 1889 New York City. 424 pp. ISBN: 0-871316439.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 35548
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