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  • THE SCHOOL OF NIGHT. by Bayard, Louis.
    Bayard, Louis.
    THE SCHOOL OF NIGHT.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Henry Holt, (2011) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A thriller spanning four centuries - "In the late sixteenth century, five scholars gather under the cloak of darkness to discuss God, politics, astronomy, and the black arts. Known as the School of Night, they meet in secret to avoid the wrath of Queen Elizabeth. But one of the men, Thomas Harriot, has secrets of his own, secrets he shares with one person only. . In modern-day Washington, D.C., disgraced Elizabethan scholar Henry Cavendish has been hired by the ruthless antiquities collector Bernard Styles to find a missing letter. The letter dates from the 1600s and was stolen by Henry's close friend, Alonzo Wax. Now Wax is dead…

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    New York: Henry Holt, (2011) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A thriller spanning four centuries - "In the late sixteenth century, five scholars gather under the cloak of darkness to discuss God, politics, astronomy, and the black arts. Known as the School of Night, they meet in secret to avoid the wrath of Queen Elizabeth. But one of the men, Thomas Harriot, has secrets of his own, secrets he shares with one person only. . In modern-day Washington, D.C., disgraced Elizabethan scholar Henry Cavendish has been hired by the ruthless antiquities collector Bernard Styles to find a missing letter. The letter dates from the 1600s and was stolen by Henry's close friend, Alonzo Wax. Now Wax is dead and Styles wants the letter back." SIGNED on the title page. 338 pp. ISBN: 978-0805090697.

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    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 82931
    Keywords: elizabethan england, Mystery - Suspense & Detective Fiction
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  • THE SCHOOL OF NIGHT. by Bayard, Louis.
    Bayard, Louis.
    THE SCHOOL OF NIGHT.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Henry Holt, (2011) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A thriller spanning four centuries - "In the late sixteenth century, five scholars gather under the cloak of darkness to discuss God, politics, astronomy, and the black arts. Known as the School of Night, they meet in secret to avoid the wrath of Queen Elizabeth. But one of the men, Thomas Harriot, has secrets of his own, secrets he shares with one person only. . In modern-day Washington, D.C., disgraced Elizabethan scholar Henry Cavendish has been hired by the ruthless antiquities collector Bernard Styles to find a missing letter. The letter dates from the 1600s and was stolen by Henry's close friend, Alonzo Wax. Now Wax is dead…

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    New York: Henry Holt, (2011) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A thriller spanning four centuries - "In the late sixteenth century, five scholars gather under the cloak of darkness to discuss God, politics, astronomy, and the black arts. Known as the School of Night, they meet in secret to avoid the wrath of Queen Elizabeth. But one of the men, Thomas Harriot, has secrets of his own, secrets he shares with one person only. . In modern-day Washington, D.C., disgraced Elizabethan scholar Henry Cavendish has been hired by the ruthless antiquities collector Bernard Styles to find a missing letter. The letter dates from the 1600s and was stolen by Henry's close friend, Alonzo Wax. Now Wax is dead and Styles wants the letter back." SIGNED on the title page. Review copy with publisher's material laid in. 338 pp. ISBN: 978-0805090697.

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    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 82932
    Keywords: elizabethan england, Mystery - Suspense & Detective Fiction
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  • TO RUIN A QUEEN: An Ursula Blanchard Mystery at Queen Elizabeth I's Court. by Buckley, Fiona (pseudonym of Valerie Anand)
    Buckley, Fiona (pseudonym of Valerie Anand)
    TO RUIN A QUEEN: An Ursula Blanchard Mystery at Queen Elizabeth I's Court.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Scribner, (2000) dj. Hardcover first edition - The fourth in the author's highly praised mystery series set in Tudor England and featuring Ursula Blanchard, waiting woman and 'secret agent' for Elizabeth I. 287 pp. ISBN: 0-684862689.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 83054
    Keywords: elizabethan england, historical fiction, Mysteries: historical, tudor england, wales
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  • THE DOUBLET AFFAIR. by Buckley, Fiona (pseudonym of Valerie Anand)
    Buckley, Fiona (pseudonym of Valerie Anand)
    THE DOUBLET AFFAIR.

    Edition: First printing.

    London: Orion, (1998) dj. Hardcover first edition - The second in the author's highly praised mystery series set in Tudor England and featuring Ursula Blanchard, waiting woman and 'secret agent' for Elizabeth I. In this she finds her torn between loyalty to the Queen and to her husband, who is an ardent Catholic. 294 pp. ISBN: 0-752807277.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 83940
    Keywords: elizabethan england, historical fiction, Mysteries: historical, tudor england, wales
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  • UNICORN'S BLOOD. by Finney, Patricia
    Finney, Patricia
    UNICORN'S BLOOD.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Picador, 1998. dj. Hardcover first edition - Historical novel set in Elizabethan England in the mid 1580's - a time when England was torn by religious strife and civil unrest. ISBN: 0-312-182015.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 24487
    Keywords: elizabethan england, Historical Fiction
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  • Finney, Patricia
    GLORIANA'S TORCH.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: St Martin's, (2003.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The third book in the highly acclaimed trilogy set during the time of Elizabeth I and featurning David Becket and Simon Ames: "1587 and the Spanish are preparing to launch the Armada, their Holy Enterprise of England, to rescue the English from heresy and Elizabeth, their Witch-Queen." Includes a foreword, Dramatis Personae, and historical note. 452 pp. ISBN: 0-312312857.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 37118
    Keywords: armada, elizabethan england, Historical Fiction, spain
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  • Nye, Robert.
    THE VOYAGE OF THE DESTINY.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Putnam, (1982.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel based on the life of Sir Walter Raleigh, and told in his self-critical, urgent and truthful voice, spanning the years from 1618 to 1660. 387 pp. Dust jacket art by Craig Dodd. ISBN: 0-399-127607.

    Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket (a couple of small nicks to dj edges).

    Book ID: 37125
    Keywords: elizabethan england, exploration, Historical Fiction, sir walter raleigh
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  • [Shakespeare] Fairchild, Arthur H.R.
    SHAKESPEARE AND THE ARTS OF DESIGN: (Architecture, Sculpture, and Painting): The University of Missouri Studies, Volume XII, Number 1, January 1937.

    Edition: First printing.

    Columbia: The University of Missouri, 1937. First edition - Original publication of this scholarly and wide-ranging survey. Index. 198 pp. Slightly oversized format measuring 10 1/2 by 7 1/2 inches.

    Condition: Very good in the original printed wrappers (some wear and discoloration to the covers, contents near fine.) Uncommon in this format.

    Book ID: 24668
    Keywords: elizabethan england, Literary criticism and theory
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