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IMPERIAL PURPLE.
Edition: First printing.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1988. dj. Hardcover first edition - Historical novel set in Constantinople in the early Christian era - the fifth century A.D. - when it was the center of the world and barbarians were warring on the frontiers. Bradshaw's third novel in the Byzantine series. 324 pp. Map endpapers. ISBN: 0-395436354.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (light toning to the pages)
Book ID: 76344More details Price: $18.50 -
BELT OF GOLD.
Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.
New York: Ballantine, (1987). SIGNED - A novel of ancient Byzantine. SIGNED on the title page. 305 pp. ISBN: 0-345-341082.
Condition: Very good in illustrated wrappers (usual toning to the pages)
Book ID: 64721More details Price: $20.00 -
IMPRESSIONS EN ROUTE.
Edition: First edition.
Los Angeles: Saturday Night Publishing Company, 1928. Hardcover first edition - First publication in book form of the author's letters from a Mediterranean trip - a journey which took him to Madeira, Granada, Seville, Tunis, Carthage, Athens, Constantinople, Cairo, Thebes, Abydos, Luxor, Capri, and elsewhere. Full of interesting sidelights and comments - for example, Henry Timkin, the inventor of the revolutionary tapered roller bearings, and his wife were among the passengers and this leads to a digression on the need in California of faster transcontinental railroads; a brief comment "oil makes the world go round. Will oil be the cause of a future conflict?" Illustrated with 22 half-tone photographic plates by the author, with titled tissue guards. 117 pp. Map endpapers.
Condition: Very good- in quarter green cloth over grey boards, decorated in gilt. Paper label on spine is no longer legible and the title was written in ink underneath it. Sunning to the spine and tidemark along outer edges of the boards.
Book ID: 59270More details Price: $25.00 -
THE SHEEN OF SILK.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Ballantine, (2010.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The first major stand-alone novel by this author best known for her Victorian era mysteries - a novel set in the ancient Byzantine city of Constantinople in 1273. SIGNED on the title page. 515 pp plus a book list. ISBN: 9780345500656.
Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 55930More details Price: $30.00 -
FOUR FOR A BOY.
Edition: First printing.
Scottsdale, AZ: Poisoned Pen Press, (2003.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A John the Eunuch mystery, set in 6th century Constantinople. Glossary. 328 pp. ISBN: 1590580312.
Condition: Very near fine in a fine dustjacket.
Book ID: 50724More details Price: $19.50 -
NINE FOR THE DEVIL: A John the Lord Chamberlain Mystery.
Edition: First printing.
Scottsdale AZ Poisoned Pen Press (2012) dj. Hardcover first edition - The ninth book in this series, set in Constantinople, at the court of the Byzantine empire of Justinian, in the year 548 where Empress Theodora is apparently dead from disease. Includes glossary, list of characters, map, 308 pp. ISBN: 9781590589946.
Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 60700More details Price: $18.50 -
SIX FOR GOLD: A John the Lord Chamberlain Mystery.
Edition: First printing.
Scottsdale AZ Poisoned Pen Press (2005) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The sixth book in this award winning series, set in Constantinople, at the court of the Byzantine empire of Justinian, featuring Lord Chamberlain John the Eunuch. SIGNED on the title page by both authors. Includes glossary, maps. Named by the American Library Association Booklist magazine as one of the "Best Little Known Series." 308 pp. ISBN: 1-590581458.
Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 81503More details Price: $31.50 -
ONE FOR SORROW.
Edition: First printing.
Scottsdale, AZ: Poisoned Pen Press, (1999) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first John the Eunuch mystery, set in 6th century Constantinople. Map. 292 pp plus an afterword and glossary. ISBN: 1-890208191.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 88355More details Price: $18.50 -
TWO FOR JOY.
Edition: First printing.
Scottsdale, AZ: Poisoned Pen Press, (2000) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The second mystery featuring John the Eunuch, Lord Chamberlain to the Emperor Justinian, set in 6th century Constantinople. Winner of the Glyph Award. SIGNED by both authors on the title page. Map. Glossary. 345 pp. ISBN: 1-890208191.
Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 88356More details Price: $35.00 -
FOUR FOR A BOY.
Edition: First printing.
Scottsdale AZ Poisoned Pen Press (2003) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The fourth book in this award winning series, set in Constantinople in the winter of 525 A.D., at the court of the Byzantine empire of Justinian, featuring Lord Chamberlain John the Eunuch. SIGNED on the title page by both authors. Includes glossary, maps. Named by the American Library Association Booklist magazine as one of the "Best Little Known Series." 328 pp. ISBN: 1-590580311.
Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 89905More details Price: $31.50 -
FIVE FOR SILVER.
Edition: First printing.
Scottsdale AZ Poisoned Pen Press (2004) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The fourth book in this award winning series, set in Constantinople in the year 542 A.D., at the court of the Byzantine empire of Justinian, featuring Lord Chamberlain John the Eunuch. SIGNED on the title page by both authors. Includes glossary, maps. Named by the American Library Association Booklist magazine as one of the "Best Little Known Series." 259 pp. ISBN: 1-590581121.
Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 89906More details Price: $35.00 -
THREE FOR A LETTER.
Edition: First printing.
Scottsdale AZ Poisoned Pen Press (2001) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The third book in this award winning series, set in Constantinople in 539 A.D., at the court of the Byzantine empire of Justinian, featuring Lord Chamberlain John the Eunuch. SIGNED on the title page by both authors. Includes glossary, maps. Named by the American Library Association Booklist magazine as one of the "Best Little Known Series." 328 pp. ISBN: 1-890208825.
Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 89907More details Price: $31.50