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  • GIRL NEXT DOOR. by Brooks, Anne Tedlock.
    Brooks, Anne Tedlock.
    GIRL NEXT DOOR.

    Edition: First edition.

    New York: Arcadia House, 1944. dj. Hardcover first edition - Uncommon young adult romance about nursing in a small town hospital - in addition to the romantic story, this depicts the devastation of polio at that time, and Kit, the young nurse, goes to Minneapolis to be trained in the Kenney method of treatment. 256 pp.

    Condition: Ex-library, in sturdy library binding of light green buckram with white lettering, no dj.

    Book ID: 64827
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  • Caldwell, Taylor.
    MELISSA.

    Edition: Early printing.

    New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1948. dj. Hardcover - A romantic novel with a strong dose of psychological suspense by this prolific, but always captivativing writer. 384 pp.

    Condition: Very good in a good dust jacket - small piece clipped from front endpaper, but otherwise a clean tight copy; dj has great period cover art, minor edgewear, chipping to the top of the spine, original price of 3.00 still present.

    Book ID: 35575
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  • IOLE. by Chambers, Robert W. (1965-1933)
    Chambers, Robert W. (1965-1933)
    IOLE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Appleton, 1905. Hardcover first edition - A romantic novel by the writer perhaps best known for his early supernatural fiction "The King in Yellow." Lovecraft described Chambers as "equipped with the right brains and education but wholly out of the habit of using them" but these later novels did give him one of the most successful literary careers of the period. A handsomely produced book with four full page color illustrations, two each by J.C. Leyendecker and Karl Anderson and numerous art noveau textural illustrations by Arthur C. Becker. xii, 142 pp. Publisher's green patterened cloth with color illustration on front cover. A very nice copy of a very handsome book. 142 p

    Condition: Very good in light green ribbed cloth with a pasted on illustration on the front cover, lettering in gilt (cocked spine, bookplate.)

    Book ID: 57597
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  • THE MALLEN GIRL. by Cookson, Catherine.
    Cookson, Catherine.
    THE MALLEN GIRL.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Dutton, 1973. dj. Hardcover first edition - The second book in the Mallen trilogy, focusing on Barbara, the illegimate daughter of Squire Thomas Mallon - a beautiful young woman, but a true Mallon in her wilfulness and hot temper. As her beauty grew, so did the affliction which shadowed her: now, the impoverished ward of her former governess, she was becoming more and more deaf. Uncommon in the first US trade edition. 282 pp. ISBN: 0-525150722.

    Condition: Very near fine in a very good dustjacket (tear and associated creasing to bottom edge of rear cover of dj).

    Book ID: 86281
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  • Drake, Shannon
    COME THE MORNING

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Kensington, (1999.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Historical romance set in 12th century Scotland of King David, a country not yet unified, and beset by both the Norman English and marauding Vikings. 378 pp. ISBN: 1-57566383X.

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

    Book ID: 36417
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  • THE MASTER OF WARLOCK. A Virginia War Story. by Eggleston, George Cary (1839 1911)
    Eggleston, George Cary (1839 1911)
    THE MASTER OF WARLOCK. A Virginia War Story.

    Edition: First edition.

    Boston: Lothrup Publishing Company, 1903. Hardcover first edition - Romantic novel set in the years before, during and after the Civil War. Although he was born in Indiana, Eggleston served as a Confederate soldier. Illustrated with a frontispiece with a tissue guard and five internal glossy plates by C. D. Williams 433 pp plus 2pp ads.

    Condition: Good overall in burgundy cloth with gilt lettering and decorations and a small illustration inset on the front cover - previous owner's name dated 1903, spine slant and rubbing and wear to the covers, a few scattered spots of foxing.

    Book ID: 84664
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  • THE LYNMARA LEGACY. by Gaskin, Catherine.
    Gaskin, Catherine.
    THE LYNMARA LEGACY.

    Edition: First US printing.

    Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1976. dj. Hardcover first edition - A romantic family saga by this author who was born in Australia but living in Ireland when this was published. "From the day she turned sixteen and discovered the secret of her mother's past, Nicole Rainard's life was to be inextricably tied to a country and a house. The country was England. The house was Lynmara . . . life seems to draw Nicole there: from her poverty in Bedford-Stuyvesant in the thirties, to an education in Paris, through the glamour and excitement of London society before the war. . . and an inescapable love for a man that finally brings Nicole back to serve England during the war…

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    Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1976. dj. Hardcover first edition - A romantic family saga by this author who was born in Australia but living in Ireland when this was published. "From the day she turned sixteen and discovered the secret of her mother's past, Nicole Rainard's life was to be inextricably tied to a country and a house. The country was England. The house was Lynmara . . . life seems to draw Nicole there: from her poverty in Bedford-Stuyvesant in the thirties, to an education in Paris, through the glamour and excitement of London society before the war. . . and an inescapable love for a man that finally brings Nicole back to serve England during the war years and ultimately to claim the heritage that was always hers." Very uncommon as a hardcover first edition. 398 pp. Dust jacket illustration by William Maugham. ISBN: 0-405114044.

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    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (original price of 8.95 on dj flap)

    Book ID: 85228
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  • ON MYSTIC LAKE. by Hannah, Kristin.
    Hannah, Kristin.
    ON MYSTIC LAKE.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Crown, 1999. SIGNED first edition - After her husband of 20 years leaves her for a younger woman, Annie, "lonely and afraid, retreats to Mystic, the small Washington town where she grew up, hoping that there she can reclaim the woman she once was." SIGNED on the title page. With a reported first printing of 100,000 copies, this advance issue is much more uncommon than the trade edition - and it is especially scarce signed. 323 pp.

    Condition: Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers with self-flaps (slight toning).

    Book ID: 87154
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  • Hill, Grace Livingston.
    DUSKIN.

    Edition: Reprint.

    New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (ca 1948, c 1929.) dj. Hardcover - When her employer is injured a young secretary takes his place in investigating delays that could cause the business to fail. A novel of romance and intrigue by this very popular and prolific writer. Dust jacket art is the same as the original edition. 304 pp.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (some minor chipping to the edges of the dj.)

    Book ID: 56483
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  • THE DESERT HEALER. by Hull, E, M. (Edith Maud Hull, 1880-1947)
    Hull, E, M. (Edith Maud Hull, 1880-1947)
    THE DESERT HEALER.

    Edition: First US printing.

    Boston: Small, Maynard and Co,. (1923). Hardcover first edition - Romantic novel by this British author, set in the deserts of North Africa and published just a few years after her novel, The Sheik, which was not only a huge bestseller, but the basis of the 1923 film of the same title starring Rudolf Valentino. This novel was the basis for the 1926 film "Old Loves and New" starring Walter Pidgeon. 302 pp

    Condition: Fair condition only in charcoal cloth with red lettering - some rubbing and fading to the spine, spine slant, previous owner's name,

    Book ID: 81971
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  • KATRINE. by Lane, Elinor Macartney (1864 - 1909)
    Lane, Elinor Macartney (1864 - 1909)
    KATRINE.

    Edition: First edition.

    New York: Harper & Brothers, 1909. Hardcover first edition - A romantic novel, the author's third and final novel published in the same month as her death. While Lane is almost forgotten now, this novel was the second best-selling novel in the US for 1909. Frontispiece with tissue guard. 315 pp.

    Condition: Good only in red cloth (some water damage and bleeding to the back cover, contents are very good)

    Book ID: 64196
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  • Miln, Louise Jordan.
    IN A YUN-NAN COURTYARD.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1927. dj. Hardcover first edition - "A man in Vienna was fondling his fiddle; a girl in Poughkeepsie was gathering violets; an old missionary in a far part of far China - the only white man for many an accessible mile - sat in his sunny courtyard reading a time-yellowed silk of Chang Ts'ai-Pin's. A bandit in Sze-ch'uen was sharpening his knife, none of them could have believed how soon their lives were to tangle. Unless, perhaps, the missionary might - for he was old; life and thirty odd years in China had taught him much; and he knew that on earth anything may happen, especially in China." Romantic novel set in the…

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    New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1927. dj. Hardcover first edition - "A man in Vienna was fondling his fiddle; a girl in Poughkeepsie was gathering violets; an old missionary in a far part of far China - the only white man for many an accessible mile - sat in his sunny courtyard reading a time-yellowed silk of Chang Ts'ai-Pin's. A bandit in Sze-ch'uen was sharpening his knife, none of them could have believed how soon their lives were to tangle. Unless, perhaps, the missionary might - for he was old; life and thirty odd years in China had taught him much; and he knew that on earth anything may happen, especially in China." Romantic novel set in the Yun-nan province, with So Wing, a 'veritable Chinese Robin Hood.. . moves gallantly through the story.' Glossary. 371 pp.

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    Condition: Good in a good dust jacket (slight spine slant, some rubbing to the boards, and overall wear to the dj - now protected by an archival cover.) Uncommon in the first edition in dustjacket.

    Book ID: 32620
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  • PASSION FLOWER. by Norris, Kathleen.
    Norris, Kathleen.
    PASSION FLOWER.

    Edition: First thus- a hardcover reprint.

    Philadelphia: Blakiston / Triangle Books, (1944) dj. Hardcover - Set in California's Napa Valley, this is the story of a woman who sacrificed her position and family for a man she loved, only to be repaid with deceit and infidelity, as she learned that other women -including the woman she thought was her best friend - consider a man free if his wife can't hold him. Basis for the MGM film of the same name feauturing Kay Francis, Kay Johnson and Charles Bickford. 312 pp.

    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (usual rather severe toning to the pages, corner torn from rear flap of dj, tears at ends of spine of dj)

    Book ID: 68960
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  • THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL. by Orczy, Baroness (1865-1947)
    Orczy, Baroness (1865-1947)
    THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL.

    Edition: Reprint.

    Pleasantville, New York: Impress Mystery, (2007.). Hardcover - Classic novel of espionage, bravery and romance set in 1792 during the French Revolution and originally published in 1905. A title in the Best Mysteries of All Time series. 277 pp. Brochure laid in.

    Condition: Fine in red boards with silver lettering on spine and front cover.

    Book ID: 79722
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  • THE ROAD TO UNDERSTANDING. by Porter, Eleanor H. (1868 - 1920)
    Porter, Eleanor H. (1868 - 1920)
    THE ROAD TO UNDERSTANDING.

    Edition: Reprint.

    New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (c 1917). Hardcover - A romantic novel by this very popular author, who is now best-known for her Pollyanna books; this title was fourth on the bestseller list in 1917. Illustrated with a color frontispiece and one internal color plate by Mary Greene Blumenschein. 373 pp plus 2 pp publisher's ads.

    Condition: Good overall in red boards with black lettering and decorations (slight spine slant), no dust jacket.

    Book ID: 83904
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  • THE WOMAN OF THE TWILIGHT. by Ryan, Marah Ellis (1860/1866 -1934), illustrated by Booth Hanson.
    Ryan, Marah Ellis (1860/1866 -1934), illustrated by Booth Hanson.
    THE WOMAN OF THE TWILIGHT.

    Edition: First Canadian edition.

    Toronto / Chicago: McClelland and Goodchild / A. C. McClurg & Co., n.d. [1913]. Hardcover first edition - A romantic novel of old California by this popular author, actress and Indian activist who went to live among the Hopi Indians in 1909. Illustrated with a sepia toned frontispiece and three inserted plates by Hanson Booth. This very uncommon Canadian edition is published from the US sheets, in the same binding, but has McClelland and Goodchild added to the title page and stamped on the base of the spine. 424 pp.

    Condition: Very good in pale gray cloth with cream lettering and small silver swastika emblems (previous owner's name dated in 1913, a tear in the margin of one leaf.)

    Book ID: 56284
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  • SWORD PLAY. by Stilson, Charles B (1880-1932)
    Stilson, Charles B (1880-1932)
    SWORD PLAY.

    Edition: Reprint.

    New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1926) dj. Hardcover - Described on the front cover of the dust jacket as a "romantic masterpiece" this is a swash buckling novel set in the early 17th century, by a US journalist and editor, probably best known for his Edgar Rice Burroughs-inspired science fiction
    f/fantasy trilogy, "Polaris of the Snows." 301 pp plus 14 pp of publisher's ads.

    Condition: Very good in magenta cloth with gold lettering in a fair only dust jacket with several chips, tear to back cover.

    Book ID: 83043
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  • THE EARL'S COMEUPPANCE. by Warady, Phylis Ann
    Warady, Phylis Ann
    THE EARL'S COMEUPPANCE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Walker, (1991) dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's second book, a Regency romance. 158 pp. ISBN: 0-802711863.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 71718
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  • Wesley, Valerie Wilson,
    ALWAYS TRUE TO YOU IN MY FASHION.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Morrow, (2002.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Romantic novel by this African American mystery writer. ISBN: 0-06-0188839.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 32266
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  • HER FIRST SIN. by Woodford, Jack (Josiah Pitts Woolfolk, 1894-1971)
    Woodford, Jack (Josiah Pitts Woolfolk, 1894-1971)
    HER FIRST SIN.

    Edition: Vintage hardcover.

    New York: Phoenix Press, (1944). Hardcover - A novel by this prolific author of pulp fiction, set against the backdrop of World War II. Clara had been too ill most of her life to think about being loving a man, but now that she has been cured, her blossoming is the more flamboyent for being delayed - but she is in danger of being burnt. 253 pp.

    Condition: Good overall in red boards - wear to the corners and ends of the spine, but an easily readable copy, clean contents. Rather hard to find in hardcover.

    Book ID: 88809
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