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HF001.        Adams, Samuel Hopkins.   CANAL TOWN.   World, 1945.  BCED.   5.5" x 8.5", 471. pp.  A young doctor settles in Palmyra, New York, then the farther outpost of the Erie Canal.   Book is VG+ in dj.  Wartime paper has aged somewhat.   $9.  cwq0401.

HF002.        Adams, Samuel Hopkins. SUNRISE TO SUN/SET. Random House, 1950. bced. Cotton mills and factories in upper New York State in the 1830s. VG with remainder mark in some worn dj. $11. wepp

HF003.        Adicks, Richard.  A COURT FOR OWLS.  Pineapple Pr, 1989.  8vo, 269 pp, enscribed by the author.   Novel of a young soldier's rule in the Lincoln assassination.  F in dj.   $15.  9ptb8

HF004.       Alderman, Clifford Lindsey.   THE ARCH OF STARS.   Appleton, 1950.  BCED.  HC 5.5" x 8", 410 pp.  Young man from the New Hampshire Grants joins Ethan Allen during the early days of the Revolution.  Book is EXCELLENT in dj.  No writing or marking to endpapers or text. Tight binding and hinges.  $14.  bcv0401.

HF005.        Alderman, Clifford Linsey. TO FAME UNKNOWN. Appleton, 1954. bced. In French and Indian War, farm boy from the Connecticut River Valley flees shameful past to join Colonial army in Nova Scotia where he witnesses persecution of Acadians. VG in dj. $11 prdy.

HF006.        Allen, Hervey. ACTION AT AQUILA. Farrar, Rinehart, 1938. First . Romance of a Union calvary officer and a Confederate femme in the Shenandoah Valley. VG in better dj. $24. dkyx.

HF007.        Allen, Hervey. ANTHONY ADVERSE. Farrar, Rinehart, 1933. First, first state. The Epic Novel, set in the 18th century, that takes its hero around Europe, Africa, the West Indies, ending in the South Western U.S. The largest selling American novel before GONE WITH THE WIND. NF, w/some darkened front endpapers (from news clipping?), with four indentations in rear boards where book was set on something?, in dj. $45. dgrt.

HF011.        Allen, Hervey. BEDFORD VILLAGE. Farrar, Rinehart, 1944.  HC 6" x 8.5", 305 pp.  Later edition. Second of author's novels of the Pennsylvania frontier during the French-Indian wars (THE FOREST AND THE FORT, TOWARD THE MORNING, CITY IN THE DAWN). Frontispiece and dj by Andrew Wyeth.   Previous owner's name at fly, numbers at pastedown, else VERY GOOD in worn dj.  Tight binding and hinges; no writing or marking to text. $13.    aqw0501.

HF012.        Allen, Hervey. CITY IN THE DAWN. Rinehart, 1943. bced.  HC 8vo, 696 pp.  Trilogy of author's novels of the Pennsylvania frontier during the French-Indian wars (THE FOREST AND THE FORT, BEDFORD VILLAGE, TOWARD THE MORNING), plus first appearance of beginnings of unfinished fourth novel in series, CITY IN THE DAWN, published posthumously.  Dj art by Andrew Wyeth.   Front hinge starting, else VG+ in worn dj. $21 ctr1000.

HF013.        Allen, Hervey. THE FOREST AND THE FORT. Farrar, Rinehart, 1943. First edition. First of four volume saga of the Pennsylvania frontier during the French-Indian wars (BEDFORD VILLAGE, TOWARD THE MORNING, CITY IN THE DAWN). Frontispiece, dj by Andrew Wyeth. NF w/light shelf dust along top of front board.  Dj light wear along edges. $40. vwae. 

HF014.        Allen, Hervey. THE FOREST AND THE FORT. Farrar, Rinehart, 1943. First edition. First of four volume saga of the Pennsylvania frontier during the French-Indian wars (BEDFORD VILLAGE, TOWARD THE MORNING, CITY IN THE DAWN). Frontispiece, dj by Andrew Wyeth. NF w/light shelf dust along top of front board. Light foxing bottom edge, 3 faint spots fnt slot. Dj light wear along edges, int repair to small closed tear fnt panel.   A very nice copy.  $45. 9qawf8.

HF016.        Allen, Hervey. TOWARD THE MORNING. Farrar, Rinehart, 1948. First. Third of author's novels of the Pennsylvania frontier during the French-Indian wars (THE FOREST AND THE FORT, BEDFORD VILLAGE, CITY IN THE DAWN). Frontispiece, dj by Andrew Wyeth. Book review from the "N.Y. Harold Tribune" of August 29, 1948 as loose insert. NF in dj with some spine fading. $42. pate. 

HF017.        Allen, Hervey. TOWARD THE MORNING. Farrar, Rinehart, 1948. n/f Third of author's novels of the Pennsylvania frontier during the French-Indian wars (THE FOREST AND THE FORT, BEDFORD VILLAGE, CITY IN THE DAWN).  DJ by Andrew Wyeth.  Dust top edge, else NF in dj with some spine fading. $15. 9kkbj8. 

HF021.        Allen, T.D.  TROUBLED BORDER.   Harper, 1954.  First edition.  HC 8vo, 275 pp.  "Novel of the pioneers who won the Pacific Northwest for America."   Owner's address label at fly, early darkening of publisher's glue, spine fade, else EXCELLENT in bright price-clipped dj with chip bottom front panel.  $17.  ajq1000%.

HF022.        Allis, Marguerite.  TO KEEP US FREE.  Put, 1953.  1st edition.  Novel of New Englanders and the Ohio River settlements, 1797 to 1815.  o/n, else F in nice dj w/tiny chips, sm wrinkle to spine top.   $24.  wwdy .

HF022a.       Altsheler, Joseph A.   APACHE GOLD - A STORY OF THE STRANGE SOUTHWEST.  Aeonian Pr. no date (cir. 1999).  First thus.  Facimilie reprint of the 1913 D. Appleton edition.   ISBN 0-88411-941-6.  HC 5.75" x 8.75", 383 pp., dark brown linen boards with gilt tiles, decorations, illus.  One of only 300 copies printed of this edition.  This copy is MINT with tight binding and hinges and no writing or marking of any kind to endpapers or text.   w/o dj as issued.   A beautiful addition to your collection or for a gift.  xbd%c2  $44.

HF023a.      Altsheler, Joseph A.  BEFORE THE DAWN - A STORY OF THE FALL OF RICHMOND. Amereon House, no date (cir. 1995).  First thus.  ISBN 0848812336.  HC 5.75" x 8.75", 373 pp., rich red cloth boards with gilt titles.  Wonderfully crafted facsimile reprint of earlier edition.   Acid-free paper.  One of only 80 copies printed of this edition.   A lively tale of the Civil War told by the Kentucky born author (1862-1919) and master writer of man & boy books.   This copy is MINT with tight binding and hinges and no writing or marking of any kind to endpapers or text.   w/o dj as issued.   A beautiful addition to your collection.  xbg%s2  $43.

HF023b.      Altsheler, Joseph A.   BORDER WATCH - A STORY OF THE GREAT CHIEF'S LAST STAND.  Amereon House, no date (cir. 1995).  First thus.  HC 5.75" x 8.75", 371 pp., dark blue cloth boards with gilt titles.   Wonderfully crafted facsimile reprint of the 1940 printing.  Acid-free paper.  One of only 80 copies printed of this edition.   Eighth and final volume in The Young Trailers Series, by the Kentucky born author (1862-1919) and master writer of man & boy books.  Recounts the adventures of Henry Ware and Paul Cotter and their pals guide Tom Ross, and hunters Sol Hyde and Jim Hart, all of whom we see in the other books in the series, in historically related adventures in Kentucky and in the Ohio valley.  This copy is MINT with tight binding and hinges and no writing or marking of any kind to endpapers or text.   w/o dj as issued.  A beautiful addition to your collection.  xca%s2   $53.    SOLD !!

HF023c.      Altsheler, Joseph A.  IN CIRCLING CAMPS - A ROMANCE OF THE CIVIL WAR.  Amereon House, no date (cir. 1995).   First thus.  HC 5.75" x 8.75", 419 pp., dark blue cloth boards with gilt titles.   Wonderfully crafted facsimile reprint of earlier edition.  Acid-free paper.   One of only 250 copies printed of this edition.  Historically related romance centered around the Battle of Gettysburg by the Kentucky born author (1862-1919) and master writer of man & boy books.  This copy is MINT with tight binding and hinges and no writing or marking of any kind to endpapers or text.   w/o dj as issued.  A beautiful addition to your collection.  xbg%s2   $37.  

HF023d.      Altsheler, Joseph A.  THE EYES OF THE WOODS.   Amereon House.  No date.  Reprint of the edition by D. Appleton & Co.  ISBN 0848812352.  HC 5.75" x 8.75", 319 pp.  Dark blue cloth boards, gilt titles, on acid-free paper.  The fourth volume of Altsheler's The Young Trailers Series, preceded by THE YOUNG TRAILERS, THE FOREST RUNNERS, THE KEEPERS OF THE TRAIL, by the Kentucky born author (1862-1919) and master writer of man & boy books.   Recounts the adventures of Henry Ware and Paul Cotter and their pals guide Tom Ross, and hunters Sol Hyde and Jim Hart, all of whom we see in the other books in the series.  This copy is new (unread), and one of only 80 copies printed.     Without dust jacket as issued.  bqd%4    $37.      SOLD !

HF023c.       Altsheler, Joseph A.  THE FOREST RUNNERS - A STORY OF THE GREAT WAR TRAIL IN EARLY KENTUCKY.   Amereon House.  No date (Cir.1999).  Reprint of the 1908 edition by D. Appleton & Co.  ISBN 0848812360.  HC 5.75" x 8.75", 363 pp.   Shiny marbled covers.  The story, while independent in itself, continues the fortunes of the two boys who were the central characters of THE YOUNG TRAILERS and is volume 2 of The Young Trailers Series.  By the Kentucky born author (1862-1919).  Recounts the adventures of Henry Ware and Paul Cotter and their pals guide Tom Ross, and hunters Sol Hyde and Jim Hart, all of whom we see in the other books in the series.  This copy is MINT with tight binding and hinges and no writing or marking of any kind to endpapers or text.   w/o dj as issued.  A beautiful addition to your collection or a wonderful gift.  xbd%s2   $37.   SOLD !

HF023a       Altsheler, Joseph A.  THE FREE RANGERS.   Amereon House, 1976.  First thus.  Reprint of   edition by D. Appleton & Co.  ISBN 0848812379.  HC 5.75" x 8.75", 365 pp., dark brown cloth boards with gilt titles, illustration.  One of only 80 copies of this edition, on acid-free paper.  Volume five in The Young Trailers Series, by the Kentucky born author (1862-1919).  Recounts the adventures of Henry Ware and Paul Cotter and their pals guide Tom Ross, and hunters Sol Hyde and Jim Hart, all of whom we see in the other books in the series:  THE YOUNG TRAILERS, THE FOREST RUNNERS, THE KEEPERS OF THE TRAIL, and THE EYES OF THE WOODS.   In the present story, the team fights a Spanish-Indian alliance intended to destroy the frontier settlements in Kentucky, while the Colonies' attention and resources are diverted by the American Revolution.  This copy: NEW (mint), w/o dj as issued.  bd%3.  $37.     SOLD !

HF023b.      Altsheler, Joseph A.  THE GREAT SIOUX TRAIL.  Aeonian Press, no date (cir. 1995).    Facsimile reprint of earlier edition.  First thus.  HC 5.75" x 8.75", 332 pp.,   tan with gilt titles.   Wonderfully crafted facsimile reprint.  Acid-free paper.   One of only 300 copies printed of this edition.   The first volume of the GREAT WEST SERIES, of which THE LOST HUNTERS was the second, by the Kentucky born author (1862-1919) and master writer of man & boy books.  This copy is MINT with tight binding and hinges and no writing or marking of any kind to endpapers or text.   w/o dj as issued.  A beautiful addition to your collection.  xbd%s2   $37.

HF024.        Altsheler, Joseph A.  THE GUNS OF BULL RUN - A Story of the Civil War's Eve.  Appleton-Century, 1914.   1942 pntg.  HC 12mo, 348 pp.  1st  vol. in Civil War series, this one told from view of Southern boy, Harry Kenton, who follows lead of his father, a West Point graduate.  Action opens in Kentucky, then on to Charleston.  Book is EXCELLENT plus, in gray cloth bds, in a nice price clipped dj with two small chips at spine, light wear at extremes.  Sound binding, hinges; no writing in book.   $21.  bjx0900%.  SOLD !!

HF024a.      Altsheler, Joseph A.  THE GUNS OF BULL RUN - A STORY OF THE CIVIL WAR'S EVE.  Aeonian Press, 1976.   Reprint of the 1942 edition by D. Appleton & Co.  ISBN 0884119424.   HC 5.75" x 8.75", 338 pp.  Beautiful red cloth boards with gilt titles and decorations.  1st  vol. in Altsheler's The Civil War Series, this one told from view of Southern boy, Harry Kenton, who follows the lead of his father, a West Point graduate.  Action opens in Kentucky, then on to Charleston.  This copy is MINT with tight binding and hinges and no writing or marking of any kind to endpapers or text.   w/o dj as issued.  A beautiful addition to your collection or as a gift.  xbd%2c.   $39.

HF024b.      Altsheler, Joseph A.  THE GUNS OF EUROPE.  Amereon House, no date (cir. 1999).  First thus.  HC 5.75" x 8.75", 320 pp., dark blue linen boards with gilt titles.   ISBN 0848818601.  Wonderfully crafted facsimile reprint of the 1915 edition by D. Appleton.  Acid-free paper.  One of only 80 copies printed of this edition.   First volume of the three-volume World War Series, by the Kentucky born author (1862-1919) and master writer of man & boy books.  Recounts the adventures of an American young man serving with the French army in Europe during World War I.  This copy is MINT with tight binding and hinges and no writing or marking of any kind to endpapers or text.   w/o dj as issued.   A beautiful addition to your collection or for a gift.  xbg%2c   $37. SOLD !

HF025.        Altsheler, Joseph A.  THE GUNS OF SHILOH - A Story of the Great Western Campaign.  Appleton-Century, 1914.   1942 ed.  HC 5.5" x 8", 336 pp. Gray cloth boards.  Second volume of eight in Altsheler's The Civil War Series, this one told from view of Northern boy, Dick Mason.   Dj has bright  battle scene.  Ex lib, with some of the typical library footprints.   Rubs to board bottom edge, corners.  Some darkening at text perimeters.  Firm hinges and binding in exceptionally nice dj.    pcc%3.  $37.  SOLD !!

HF026c.      Altsheler, Joseph A.  THE HORSEMEN OF THE PLAINS - A STORY OF THE GREAT CHEYENNE WAR.  Macmillan, 1964.   21st printing.  HC 5" x 7.5", 390 pp., beige cloth boards.   Frontispiece by Charles Livingston Bull.  Historically related tale of a boy's adventures with fur traders and Cheyenne in the late 1860's, including the 1868 fight at the Washita, by the Kentucky born author (1862-1919) and master writer of man & boy books.   This copy in VERY GOOD condition, with rubs to corners, spine ends, light soiling to boards.  Church stamp to pastedown, but no other writing or marking to boards, endpapers, or text, save "30" at spine tail.  Sound binding and hinges, very clean and bright endpapers and text.  In a bright dj with "30" at front flap.  yba%s2.  $27.  SOLD !!

HF027.        Altsheler, Joseph A.  IN HOSTILE RED.   Doubleday Page & Co., 1905.  Crowned Masterpieces of Modern Fiction Special Subscription Edition.  HC 5.25" x 8.75", 340 pp.   Tan cloth boards with green decorations, gilt title.  The New Jersey campaign of the American Revolution ending with the Battle of Monmouth, which was badly handled by General Charles Lee, is recounted by the master author of books for men and boys.     Library bookplate and stamps, else no marking or writing to endpapers or text.  Faint call letter "j" at spine, else boards in excellent condition, tight binding and hinges.  Overall a very nice copy of this classic tale, w/o dj.  bdx%s2.  $29.

HF027a.      Altsheler, Joseph A.  IN HOSTILE RED - A ROMANCE OF THE MONMOUTH CAMPAIGN.   Amereon House, no date (cir. 1995).  First thus.  HC 5.75" x 8.75", 340 pp., rich red cloth boards with gilt titles.  Wonderfully crafted facsimile reprint, originally pub. by Lippincott in 1897.  Acid-free paper.  One of only 80 copies printed of this edition.   The New Jersey campaign of the American Revolution ending with the Battle of Monmouth, which was badly handled by General Charles Lee, is recounted by the Kentucky born author (1862-1919) and master writer of man & boy books.   This copy is MINT with tight binding and hinges and no writing or marking of any kind to endpapers or text.   w/o dj as issued.   A beautiful addition to your collection.  xcg%s2   $38. 

HF027c.      Altsheler, Joseph A.  THE HUNTERS OF THE HILLS - A STORY OF THE GREAT FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR.   Amereon House, no date (cir. 1999).  First thus.  HC 5.75" x 8.75", 360 pp., rich dark blue cloth boards with gilt titles.  ISBN 0848809041.  Wonderfully crafted facsimile reprint, originally published in 1944.  Acid-free paper.  One of only 80 copies printed of this edition.    The first volume of Altsheler's French and Indian War Series, followed by THE SHADOW OF THE NORTH, THE RULERS OF THE LAKES, THE MASTERS OF THE PEAKS. THE LORDS OF THE WILD, and THE SUN OF QUEBEC.  Told by the Kentucky born author (1862-1919) and master writer of man & boy books.   This copy is MINT with tight binding and hinges and no writing or marking of any kind to endpapers or text.   w/o dj as issued.   A beautiful addition to your collection or as a gift.  xbe%s2  $37.  

HF029f.      Altsheler, Joseph A.  THE LOST HUNTERS  - A STORY OF WILD MAN AND GREAT BEASTS.  Amereon House, no date (cir. 1999).    Facsimile reprint of the 1946 edition.  First thus.  HC 5.75" x 8.75", 342 pp.,  gray-blue cloth boards with gilt titles.   ISBN 0884119491.  Wonderfully crafted facsimile reprint.  Acid-free paper.   One of only 300 copies printed of this edition.   The second volume of the GREAT WEST SERIES, of which THE GREAT SIOUX TRAIL was the first, by the Kentucky born author (1862-1919) and master writer of man & boy books.  This copy is MINT with tight binding and hinges and no writing or marking of any kind to endpapers or text.   w/o dj as issued.  A beautiful addition to your collection or gift.  xbd%s2   $37.   

HF029g.      Altsheler, Joseph A.  THE MASTERS OF THE PEAKS - A STORY OF THE GREAT NORTH WOODS.  Amereon House.  No date (Cir. 1999).  Reprint of the 1946 edition by D. Appleton & Co.  HC 5.75" x 8.75", 311 pp.  Green linen boards on acid-free paper, gilt titles and decoration.  ISBN 0884119386.  The fourth volume of Altsheler's French and Indian War Series, preceded by THE HUNTERS OF THE HILLS, THE SHADOW OF THE NORTH, THE RULERS OF THE LAKES, and followed by THE LORDS OF THE WILD and SUN OF QUEBEC,  by the Kentucky born author (1862-1919) and master writer of man & boy books.  This copy is NEW (unread), and one of only 300 copies printed.    Without dust jacket as issued.  A beautiful addition to your collection or gift.  qbd%4    $42.

HF029j.      Altsheler, Joseph A.  THE SHADES OF THE WILDERNESS - A STORY OF LEE'S GREAT STAND.  Aeonian Press, no date (cir. 1999).    Facsimile reprint of the 1944 edition of D. Appleton & Co.  First thus.  HC 5.75" x 8.75", 312 pp., charcoal gray cloth boards with gilt titles.   ISBN 0884119408.  Wonderfully crafted facsimile reprint.  Acid-free paper.   One of only 300 copies printed of this edition.  Historically related adventure centered around the Civil War Battle of the Wilderness, by the Kentucky born author (1862-1919) and master writer of man & boy books.  This copy is MINT with tight binding and hinges and no writing or marking of any kind to endpapers or text.  w/o dj as issued.   A beautiful addition to your collection or gift.  xbd%s2   $37.  

HF029k.       Altsheler, Joseph A.  THE SHADES OF THE WILDERNESS - A STORY OF LEE'S GREAT STAND.    Appleton-Century-Crofts 1916.  Edition of 1944.   HC 5.5" x 8", 312 pp., in light tan/gray cloth boards.   Historically related adventure centered around the Civil War Battle of the Wilderness, by the Kentucky born author (1862-1919) and master writer of man & boy books.   Nice clean copy with tight binding and hinges and no writing or marking of any kind to endpapers or text.   Light rubs to spine ends, corners.  Nice pictorial dj, with just minor chips, rubs.  Overall a very nice copy of an older edition of this work.  qce%.   $37

HF029h.      Altsheler, Joseph A.  THE SHADOW OF THE NORTH  - A STORY OF OLD NEW YORK AND A LOST CAMPAIGN.  Amereon House.  No date (Cir. 1999).  Reprint of the 1917 edition by D. Appleton & Co.  HC 5.75" x 8.75", 358 pp.  ISBN 0884119440.  Charcoal gray linen boards on acid-free paper, gilt titles.  The second volume of Altsheler's French and Indian War Series, preceded by THE HUNTERS OF THE HILLS, and followed by THE SHADOW OF THE NORTH, THE RULERS OF THE LAKES,  THE LORDS OF THE WILD, and SUN OF QUEBEC,  by the Kentucky born author (1862-1919) and master writer of man & boy books.  This copy is NEW (unread).    Without dust jacket as issued.  A beautiful addition to your collection or gift.  qbd%1    $37. 

HF029c.       Altsheler, Joseph A.  A SOLDIER OF MANHATTAN.  Amereon House.  No date (Cir. 1999).  Reprint of the 1897 Academy Edition of International Authors.  HC 5.75" x 8.75", 316 pp.  Deep blue linen boards on acid-free paper, gilt titles and decorations.  Wonderfully crafted facsimile reprint.  ISBN 0848818636.  Lively tale of the French and Indian War immediately preceding the Conquest of Quebec.  By the Kentucky born author (1862-1919) and master writer of man & boy books.  Although set in same era as Altsheler's French and Indian War Series, this book is not part of that series.  This copy is NEW (unread), and one of only 80 copies printed.    Without dust jacket as issued.  A beautiful addition to your collection or gift. qbg%1    $44. 

HF030.        Altsheler, Joseph A.  THE STAR OF GETTYSBURG - A Story of Southern High Tide.  Appleton-Century, 1915.   Not a first ed.  HC 12mo, 371 pp.  5th vol. in Civil War series, this one told from view of Southern boy, Harry Kenton.   This is a tired and repaired ex library, reading copy, that does have a dj.  $13.  bjx0900%.  SOLD !!

HF030a.      Altsheler, Joseph A.  THE SUN OF QUEBEC - A STORY OF A GREAT CRISIS.  Amereon House, no date (cir. 1999).  First thus.  HC 5.75" x 8.75", 334 pp., rich deep green-black linen boards with gilt titles.  Wonderfully crafted facsimile reprint, originally published in 1947.   Acid-free paper.  ISBN 0848809076.  One of only 80 copies printed of this edition.     The sixth and closing book in Altsheler's French and Indian War Series, preceded by THE HUNTERS OF THE HILLS, THE SHADOW OF THE NORTH, THE RULERS OF THE LAKES, THE MASTERS OF THE PEAKS, and THE LORDS OF THE WILD.  Told by the Kentucky born author (1862-1919) and master writer of man & boy books.   This copy is MINT with tight binding and hinges and no writing or marking of any kind to endpapers or text.   w/o dj as issued.   A beautiful addition to your collection or gift.  xbd%s2  $37.    

HF031.        Altsheler, Joseph A.    SUN OF SARATOGA.  Tempo paperback, 1971.  First thus.  218 pp.   "A thrilling story of espionage, gallantry and romance during the crucial days of the American Revolution" and the 1777 battles in upstate New York.  NEAR FINE in wraps.  $4.75.  gwq0900%.  SOLD !!

HF031g.      Altsheler, Joseph A.  THE TREE OF APPOMATTOX.  Appleton, Century, Crofts, 1944.  The final volume in the series of connected romance adventures dealing with the Civil War, following THE GUNS OF BULL RUN, THE GUNS OF SHILOH, THE SCOUTS OF STONEWALL, THE SWORD OF ANTIENAM, THE STAR OF GETTYSBURG, THE ROCK OF CHICKAMAUGA, THE SHADES OF THE WILDERNESS.   This copy:   an especially nice older copy with rich gray linen boards, dark blue titles.   No writing to endpapers or text, tight binding and hinges.  Gift quality.   Without dj.  $51.

HF031a.      Altsheler, Joseph A.  THE WILDERNESS ROAD - A ROMANCE OF ST. CLAIR'S DEFEAT AND WAYNE'S VICTORY.  Amereon House, no date (cir. 1999).   Wonderfully crafted facsimile reprint of the 1901 printing.  First thus.  HC 5.75" x 8.75", 379 pp., dark gray cloth boards with gilt titles. ISBN 0848818628.   Acid-free paper.  One of only 80 copies printed of this edition.   Historically related tale of the Indian Wars with the Northwestern Confederacy in the Ohio Territory.   By the Kentucky born author (1862-1919) and master writer of man & boy books.  This copy is MINT with tight binding and hinges and no writing or marking of any kind to endpapers or text.   w/o dj as issued.  A beautiful addition to your collection or gift.  xbc%s2   $37.    

HF031b.      Altsheler, Joseph A.  THE YOUNG TRAILERS - A STORY OF EARLY KENTUCKY.  D. Appleton-Century, 1907.  1934 edition.   5.25" x 8.5", 331 pp.   Dark blue cloth boards with pictorial cover, titles in orange.  First in series of eight novels for boys known as The Young Trailers Series, by the Kentucky born author (1862-1919).  Recounts the adventures of Henry Ware and Paul Cotter and their pals guide Tom Ross, and hunters Sol Hyde and Jim Hart, all of whom we see in the other books in the series.   The present story is of the Ware family who settle in Kain-tuck-ee, heart of the Shawnee and Wyandot hunting grounds, at the time of the American Revolution.   This copy firm binding and hinges.  No writing or marking to endpapers or text, which is very clean.  Light rubs, soiling to boards, text edges.     Nice copy of this title.  w/o dj.  qcc%s2.   $35.  SOLD !!

HF032.        Anderson, Joan. 1787. Harcourt, Brace, 1987. First. Novel of that hot summer in Philadelphia. Illustrated by Alexander Farquharson. F in same dj. Review copy. $22. dtyr.

HF034.        Bailey, Anthony. MAJOR ANDRE. Doubleday, 1987. First. Review copy with announcements as loose inserts. Novel of September 1780 and the last days of John Andre, British agent and collaborator with Benedict Arnold. AN in dj. $15. dkuy.

HF035.        Bailey, Hilary. ALL THE DAYS OF MY LIFE. Random House, 1984. First. Novel of girl from the London slums, from her evacuation in 1941 to avoid the Blitz, to the 1980s. VG+ in dj. $11. dkuy.

HF036.        Barker, Shirley. FIRE AND HAMMER. Crown, 1953. First. Novel of Quakers at the beginning of the Revolution in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. NF in near so dj. $25. ydur

HF037.        Barker, Shirley. RIVERS PARTING. Crown, 1950. First. Novel of Portsmouth, New Hampshire in the early 17th century. NF in bright, some worn dj. $28. dtyr

HF038.        Barry, Jane.   THE LONG MARCH.  Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1955.  HC 14.5 x 20.5, 316 pp.   First edition.   "Dan Morgan, dramatic leader of the Virginia Riflars, in an exciting novel of the Revolution" set in 1779.  This copy:   lacks fly, else excellent condition with no writing to endpapers or text, tight binding and hinges, in very nice dj with light wear.  [a-%11a]  $7.

HF041.        Barry, Jane. A TIME IN THE SUN. Doubleday, 1962. bced. Epic novel of the Apaches and the struggle for Arizona. NF in dj w/price clip. $14. prdy.

HF043.        Batchelor, John Calvin. AMERICAN FALLS. Norton, 1985. First. Battle of the Secret Services on the eve of the elections of 1864. Book sound but with water damage at spine bottom, in some used dj. $11. tbyr.

HF044.        Bellamann, Henry.    FLOODS OF SPRING.   Simon & Schuster, 1942.   First edition.  HC 5.5" x 8.5", 374 pp.   At the close of the Civil War, a young man heads for the majestic hills along the Missouri River.  Previous owners' names at endpapers, rub at spine bottom, else EXCELLENT in dj with sizable chip at spine bottom.    No other writing or marking to endpapers or text. Tight binding and hinges.   $14.  qbw0401

HF048.        Bellamann, Henry.    KINGS ROW.   Simon & Schuster, 1941.   Apparent first edition.  HC 5.5" x 8", 674 pp., red cloth boards.   Somewhat dark story of two decades in the life of a fictional Midwestern town, beginning in the 1890s.   Name at fly, very early darkening of endpapers, else EXCELLENT+.   Dj has moderate chips at spine ends, else about GOOD.  Tight binding and hinges.  No other writing, markings, or bookplates to endpapers or text.  $15.   bwq0701%  SOLD !!

HF045.        Benet, Stephen Vincent. WESTERN STAR. Farrar, 1943. First. Narrative poem of America’s beginnings. VG+ w/ o/n in clean dj with dime-sized chip at spine bottom, lesser chips at top. $22. wxya.

HF046.        Benner, J. A. LONE STAR REBEL. Winston-Salem, Blair, 1971. First edition. Novel of a youth and Col. Lawrence Sullivan Ross, commander of the Sixth Texas Cavalry. Woodcuts by R. B. Dance. NF in near so dj w/price clip. $25. dryp.

AUD007      Bennett, Arnold.   ANNA OF THE FIVE TOWNS, Peter Jeffrey reads from.  Argo 418 150-4, 1987.  Running time:  2 hours, 48 minutes on two audiocassettes.  Abridged.    Bennett's novel, originally published in 1902, vividly portrays English industrial life at the close of the nineteenth century, in Stoke-on-Trent.  FINE in orig. boxes and pkg. (tapes may not have been played).  $9.  0900pza.

HF052.        Best, Herbert. NOT WITHOUT DANGER.   Viking, 1951.  First edition.  HC 8vo, 286 pp.  Green cloth boards with Caribbean scene stamped on front board, pictorial endpapers.  Illustrated by Erick Berry.   Novel set in pre-Revolutionary Jamaica.  Book is near FINE in bright but some worn dj with chips at spine ends, but with price intact.  $31.   gvr1000%.

HF053.       Best, Herbert. YOUNG'UN. Macmillan, 1944. rpnt. The frontier of upstate New York, post Revolution. Book VG, with some fade at spine. Dj very bright with dime-sized chip at crease, front panel. $11. wxya.

HF054.        Beverly-Giddings, A.R. THE RIVAL SHORES. William Morrow, 1956. First, inscribed by author. On the eve of the Revolution, Loyalists take refuge from mobs in a swamp in Somerset County on Maryland's Eastern Shore. NF in dj with small chip. $45. dvmk

HF055.        Bigelow, Louis:  COLONEL TIMOTHY BIGELOW.   Meador, 1941.  1st edition.  12mo, 432 pp, blue cl bds, gilt titles.   Novel of officer in Revolution who was with Arnold on the march to Quebec.  F in dj.  $40.  9aqj8

HF055a.      Blond, Georges.  THE PLUNDERERS.   Macmillan, 1951.  First U.S. edition.  HC 14 x 21 cm, 243 pp., map at title page.  Trans. by Frances Frenaye.  Tale of an 18th century Russian emissary of Catherine the Great and his search for seals in the Gulf of Alaska.   This copy:  ex-library but with fewer that usual scars of that experience, the most notable being scuff at fly (from removal of pocket?), and residue of tape on endpapers where dj has been taped.  Dj itself moderately worn, with author's name on tape at spine.  No writing to endpapers or text.  Binding and hinges are firm.   [c-%11a]  $9.

HF056.        Bok, Curtis.  MARIA - A TALE OF THE NORTHEAST COAST AND OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC.   Knopf, 1962.  First edition.  HC 12mo, 246 pp.   Searing story of crime and punishment, part fiction, part case history, part legal philosophy.   Cataloging ? infomation in pencil on dj front panel.  Else, near FINE in dj.  Tight binding and hinges; no writing or marking to endpapers or text.  $17.  pya201%

HF057.        Bowman, Peter.  BEACH RED.  Random House, 1945.   BCED.  HC 12mo, 122 pp.  "An impressive talent is revealed in this short novel by Cpl. Peter Bowman...[a] military history of a single hour in a soldier's life in a Pacific island invasion.  It is written as prose and should be read as such.  The typographical arrangement of lines and sections... [represents] the rigid timing by which each step of such an action is governed. "  John P Marquand said the "book may well set a new fashion in the future literature of this war."   Book is excellent with light rubs at spine ends in lightly warn dj that retains bright color of front panel illustration.    Tight binding and firm hinges. $27  wert%

HF061.        Boyce, Burke. THE PERILOUS NIGHT. Viking, 1942. Second printing. Novel of the Revolution centered along the Hudson River Highlands. VG in dj w/darkening spine. $24. pdrt.

HF062.        Boyd, James. LONG HUNT. Scribners, 1930. First edition.  HC 5" x 7.5", 376 pp.  In the early 1800s, rugged frontiersman is on the move to the Mississippi and beyond.   Near FINE.  Boards pristine, in near so dj w/ some fade to spine, light wear at edges.    Tight binding and hinges; no writing or marking to endpapers or text.   $38. wbhw.

HF062a       Boyd, James. LONG HUNT. Scribners, 1930. First. Early 1800s.  HC 5" x 7.5", 376 pp.  A rugged frontiersman on the move to the Mississippi and beyond.     EXCELLENT w/o dj.   Bookplate, previoius owner's signature, else tight binding and sound hinges; no writing or marking to endpapers or text.  $14.  qfp0501.

HF062b.      Boyd, James.  ROLL RIVER.   Grosset & Dunlap, 1934?.  HC 14.5 x 21 cm, 603 pp. in dj.  This copy: previous owner's name at fly, else no writing to endpapers or text; firm binding and hinges; dj light to moderate wear.  Overall very good plus condition.  [e-%11a]   $7.

HF063.        Boyne, Walter J. & Thompson, Steven L. THE WILD BLUE. N.Y. Crown, 1986. First edition. Epic novel of the U.S. Air Force. NF in dj. $16. wdzz.

HF064.        Brace, Gerald Warner. THE WAYWARD PILGRIMS. Putnam's Sons, 1938. First. Stratton Mountain, Vermont during the 1930s. Book VG with some foxing in grooves. Dj misses major chip at spine bottom, else VG. $16. eyzy.

HF065.        Brady, Cyrus Townsend. THE SOUTHERNERS. Scribners, 1903. First edition richly inscribed by the author and dated. Color illustrations by George Wright. VG+ copy lacking usual foxing and browning, though boards show it has been read. Binding tight. Lacking dj. $65. wdyt.

HF066.        Brandt, Jane Lewis.  LA CHINGADA.  McGraw-Hill, 1979.  First edition.  Tale of Amerind of high birth, the daughter of a cacique, who helped Cortes in the conquest of Mexico.  8vo, 465 pp, maps at endpapers.  E with very light soiling to text edges, in E dj with lightest wear at edges.  $12.   traq.

HF067.        Bransford, Stephen.  RIDERS OF THE LONG ROAD.   Doubleday, 1984.  HC 12mo, 304 pp, in dj.  Novel of the American Circuit Riders, itinerant preachers and exhorters, in 1784 Kentucky.   AS NEW in dj.   $9.  traq%

HF071.        Breslin, Howard. A HUNDRED HILLS. Crowell, 1960. First, lib. Novel of the siege of Vicksburg. Book clean, very tight with minimal library footprints (stamp on endpaper, top edges) in very bright dj glued to endpapers. $14. prdy.

HF072.        Breslin, Howard.  SHAD RUN.   Crowell, 1955.  BCED.  HC 5.5" x 8.5", 276 pp.  Set in the Hudson River valley near Poughkeepsie during the summer of 1788 that ended in New York's ratification of the Constitution.   Near FINE in dj.  $12.  qcr0401

HF073.        Breslin, Howard. THE SILVER OAR. Thomas Y. Crowell, 1954. First edition. Boston in 1689. An accused pirate and papist recalls his adventurous life as he mulls his fate. Book and dj NF. $28. wzzd.

HF074.        Breslin, Howard. THE TAMARACK TREE. McGraw-Hill, 1947. Second printing before publication. Whig Convention of July 1840. Daniel Webster spends 3 days at Stratton, Vermont. Book NF, dj VG, with light chipping at edges, small chips back panel. $16. xeww.

HF075.        Brick, John. JUBILEE.  Doubleday, 1956.  BCED.   HC 8vo, 320 pp.  Maps at endpapers.  Novel of the Civil War -- of the burning of Atlanta and of Sherman's March to the Sea.  Book is Very Good w/light wear to spine ends, some spine fade, offset from dj flaps at endpapers, in nice dj with light wear at extremes.  Tight binding and firm hinges.  $14.  qwat%

HF076.        Brick, John. THE RICHMOND RAID. Doubleday, 1963. bced. A Union calvary raid in February 1864 to free prisoners from the Belle Isle and Libby prisons and capture Jefferson Davis. NF in dj w/ light shelf wear. $11. dypp.

HF077.        Brick, John. THE RIFLEMAN. Doubleday, 1953. bced. Story of Tim Murphy of Morgan's company in the battle of Saratoga. VG w/ small chip at crown, in very bright dj also with small chip at crown. $11. SOLD !!

HF082.        Brill, E.C. SOUTH FROM HUDSON BAY.   Macrae-Smith, 1929.  First edition.  HC 5" x 7.5", 319 pp.   Boys' adventure novel set in the upper Mid West in the 17th Century.    Settlers from France and Switzerland come to the wilderness of the prairie country and the Red River district.   Inside front hinge partially separated, else VERY GOOD without dj.  No writing or marking to endpapers or text.  Tight binding and rear hinge.  $15.  ewq0401

HF083.        Bristow, Gwen. JUBILEE TRAIL. Crowell, 1950. bced. A young couple in Mexican ruled California in the 1840s. VG in dj. $11. dzty.  SOLD !!

HF084.        Brod, Max. UNAMBO.  Jewish Pub. society of America (Farrar, Straus, Young), 1952.  First U.S. edition.  HC 12mo, 309 pp.   Translated by Ludwig Lewisohn.  Novel of the War in Israel.  Book is FINE with sound hinges, binding, in a bright dj with light wear at extremes.  $19   dwt1000%.

HF085.        Bromfield, Louis. COLORADO. Harper, 1947. First edition. Cattle and mining in early Silver City. NF in dj w/price clip. $25. pdpt

HF086.        Bromfield, Louis. WILD IS THE RIVER. N.Y. Harper Bros, 1941. First edition. Novel set in occupied New Orleans during the Civil War. Light foxing at end papers, some fade spine, else clean, tight. Dj mostly there, with bright colors, but beaucoup wrinkles, small chips, small tears. $25. pdpt.

HF087.        Brown, Dee. BURY MY HEART AT WOUNDED KNEE. Holt, Rinehart, Winston, 1970. Second printing, 1971. An Indian history of the American West. G+ w/o dj, edges soiled, free endpaper clipped, small spot on spine. $13. wdzz.

HF091.        Brown, Dee. CONSPIRACY OF KNAVES. Henry Holt, 1985. First. Confederates and Copperheads conspire to free Rebel soldiers from captivity in Chicago and split the Northwest Territories from the Union. Book and dj AN. $12. vtep.

HF092.        Brown, Dee. CREEK MARY'S BLOOD. Holt Rinehart Winston, 1980. bced. Indian family forced to migrate to west of the Mississippi. Set in Revolutionary War period in Georgia and the Carolinas, to the Great Plains in the second half of the nineteenth century. NF in dj. $12. rrby.

HF093.        Brown, Dee.  KILLDEER MOUNTAIN.   Holt, Rinehart, 1983.  First edition.  HC 8vo, 279 pp.    Missouri, 1866.  Tale of Charles Rawley, Civil War hero and Indian fighter, and the battle at Killdeer Mountain.  Book is FINE in dj with price not clipped.   $17.  etr1000%.

HF095.        Brown, Joe David. THE FREEHOLDER. Morrow, 1949. First. Novel of indentured servant in South Carolina, 1800 - 1861. NF in bright dj that shows some wear at bottom of back panel. $32. wwwd.

HF096.        Burns, Ron. THE MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF MERIWETHER LEWIS. St Martins, 1993. First. Explorer/governor's death in frontier Nashville in 1809. AN in dj. $19. pxaj.

HF097.        Byrne, Donn.  FIELD OF HONOR.   Century, 1929.  First printing.  HC 5.5" v 8", 435 pp.   Author's last book.  Novel of the Napoleonic wars.  Two bitter foes -- Napoleon and Castlereagh, British minister for war.  An Irishman leaves Derrymore to join the fight.   Book is near FINE in nice dj with a few small chips; price intact.  $19.  ajq0401.

HF101.        Caffrey, Kate. THE MAYFLOWER. Stein, Day, 1974. First edition. History of the Mayflower voyage. Maps at endpapers plus index, illustrations, appendices. Coffee(?) spatters on bottom edges else VG, in better dj. $24. rrrd.

HF102.        Caldwell, Erskine. ALL NIGHT LONG. Book League of America, 1942. bced. Novel of Russian guerrillas battling the German Army on the Central Front. Would be VG but for previous adhesions of title page to fly, in dj with nickel-sized chip at crown. $14. pbky.

HF103.        Canton, Ralph. LEE ON THE LEVEE. Savran House, 1940. First edition. Novel of young engineer’s attempts to tame the Mississippi at St. Louis woven with the early history of Robert E. Lee, through the Civil War. Maps. NF in dj. Copy of Francis Pendleton Gains, bearing his bookplate, signature. $45. rtzd.

HF104.        Carmer, Carl. GENESEE FEVER. Literary Guild, 1941. rpnt. Novel of an upstate New York school teacher in the 1790s. E in dj with chip at spine top, back panel. $12. dkuy

HF105.        Caroll, Gerry. NORTH STAR. Pocket, 1991. First. Novel of Navy combat pilots in Vietnam. Book, dj AN. $17. vcvv

HF106.        Carroll, James. SUPPLY OF HEROES. Dutton, 1986. First edition. 1915, 1916, and the twin upheavals of the Irish revolution and WW I. NF in dj. $15. dkuy.

HF107.        Carse, Robert. THE BECKONING WATERS. Scribners, 1953. First edition. Novel of the Great Lakes, 1876 to 1932. NF in dj. $24. ydpm.

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HF111.        Case, Josephine Young. WRITTEN IN SAND. Houghton, Mifflin, 1945. Apparent rpnt. Novelette of General William Eaton's march on Tripoli in 1805. 12mo 161 pp. Color panorama maps at dj, endpapers. VG+ in dj. $16. prdy

HF113.        Chambers, Robert W.  WAR PAINT AND ROUGE.   Appleton, 1931.  First.  French and Indian Wars.  Very clean, bright copy w/o/n, small chip spine top of dj, else NF.  $62.  xcsb

HF114.        Chase, Mary Ellen. SILAS CROCKETT. Macmillan, 1935. First edition. Story of four generations of a Maine seafaring family, 1830-1933. NF w/o dj, light soiling of edges. $22. pdpt.

HF115.        Chase-Riboud, Barbara.  SALLY HEMINGS.  Vik, 1979 2nd, Novel of Thomas Jefferson's purported mistress.  NF in dj.  $18.   dkvy.  SOLD !!

HF116.        Churchill, Winston (American). CONISTON. Macmillan, 1906. First edition w/o dj. Illustrated by Florence Scovel Shinn.    In the 1830s, Jacksonian Democracy arrived in  a small town in the North Country of New England,  and life there was never the same.  Author's nineteenth century prose - at times reminiscent of Mark Twain - reads remarkably well today.  Maroon boards, gilt title cover and spine, gilt border on cover. Light rubs spine ends, corners. VG, with front hinge showing a slight tad loose. $13. pctr.

HF117.        Churchill, Winston (American). RICHARD CARVEL. Macmillan, 1914. New edition with preface. Novel of Annapolis, Maryland during the Revolution. Green embossed boards undamaged and original shine; gilt title spine and cover. Somewhat loose hinges. Text very clean but for bleed of frontispiece tissue cover. Dedication in pencil on fly to original owner, who apparently was serving in France/England in 1917. Dj intact English version ("Six Shillings" bottom of spine), brown print over green patterned beige paper, w/rubs and small chips and much darkened spine. $18 yctp

HF121.        Churchill, Winston (American). THE CROSSING. Macmillan, 1904. First edition. Color illustrations by Sidney Adamson and Lilian Bayless. Westward expansion from the Carolinas across the Blue Ridge Mountains. Maroon boards, gilt title cover and spine, gilt border on cover. VG w/ light rubs at edges, corners, w/o dj. $18. pavb.

HF122.        Clagett, John.  PAPA TANGO.  Crown, 1982.   First edition.  HC 8vo, 279 pp.  "A novel of war, romance, and the passage, Papa Tango is the story of Charles Noble, former commander of PT boat 97 during the hard-fought Guadalcanal campaign."  Previous owner's name stamp at fly, else Excellent in dj.  Tight binding and firm hinges.   $14.  %rwla

HF123.        Clements, Bruce. THE FACE OF ABRAHAM CANDLE. Farrah, Straus, 1969. bced. Novel of Silverton, Colorado in the 1890s. NF in dj. $14. erty.

HF124.        Coker, Elizabeth B. BLOOD RED ROSES. Dutton, 1977. First. 1860 and the War -- Albermarle County, Virginia, to South Carolina. Near FINE with previous owner's name at fly, in dj. $13. kdkr.

HF125.        Colver, Anne. MR LINCOLN'S WIFE. Farrar, Rinehart, 1943. bced. Novel of Mary Todd Lincoln. VG in repaired dj. $14. dkuy.

HF127.        Coonts, Stephen. FLIGHT OF THE INTRUDER. Navel Institute Press, 1986. First edition. Great novel of naval A-6 Intruder pilots at war over Vietnam. F in dj. $18. dkuy.

HF131.        Cooper, Courtney Ryley. THE PIONEERS. Little, Brown, 1938. First edition. Kit Carson leads a wagon train to Oregon Territory. Book very clean, tight w/light foxing to boards, o/n, in bright dj (art by George E. Giguere) with chips at edges, price clip. $24. ydpm.

HF132.        Cornwell, Bernard. REBEL. Harper collins, 1993. First edition. Novel of First Bull Run. AN in dj. $14. prdy.

HF133.        Costain, Thomas B. SON OF A HUNDRED KINGS. Doubleday, 1950. First edition. Novel of the 1890s. Nice copy w/ o/n in ink on free endpaper in VG dj, bright with chipping at edges. $12. dkuy.

HF134.        Coyle, Harold.  UNTIL THE END.  Simon & Schuster, 1996.  First edition.  HC 8vo, 462 pp, in dj.  Novel of the Civil War.  Sequel to LOOK AWAY.  Tale of two brothers, one in either army continues - post Gettysburg thru the Petersburg campaign.  Condition of book is AS NEW in dj;   no writing or markings.  $15.  ytta%

HF135.        Crabb, Alfred Crabb. PEACE AT BOWLING GREEN. Bobbs-Merrill, 1955. Apparent rpnt. Six decades of a Kentucky community beginning in 1803. Maps at endpapers. Fine in dj. $14. prdy.  SOLD!!

HF136.        Crane, Stephen. ACTIVE SERVICE. Frederick A. Stokes, 1899. 1901 edition in first edition dress, w/o dj. A newspaper reporter and a college educational tour end up in the middle of a Greco-Turkish war. VG copy w/some spine darkening of this hard to find little book. $18. hwxz

HF137.        D'Aoust, Susan Saxton. LONG SHADOWS. Dutton, 1988. First edition. A Scottish/Eskimo woman in the Territory of Alaska on the eve of WW II. NF in dj. $14. dkuy.

HF141.        Davidson, Louis B. & Doherty, Eddie. CAPTAIN MAROONER. Crowell, 1952. First edition. Brutal life on a whaling vessel in 1822. NF, in dj w/price clip, some fade spine w/small chips at crown. $15. prdy

HF142.        Davis, Burke. THE RAGGED ONES. Rinehart, 1951. First, signed by author. 1781 campaigns of Revolutionary War generals Greene and Morgan, in the Carolinas leading up to Yorktown. VG+ with small finger pull at spine top, in dj with light shelf wear. $42. tyip.

HF143.        Davis, Burke. YORKTOWN. Rinehart, 1952. First limited edition, signed by author.   HC 5.5" x 8.5" 306 pp.   During the Revoultion, an American escapee from the British prison ship, New Jersey, joins his old outfit in the Pennsylvania Line under Mad Anthony Wayne, through the Rising and the march south for the final battle. Jacket art by Edwin Schmidt. near FINE with owner's name at fly, else no writing, markings, bookplates to endpapers or text.   Offsetting to rear free endpaper, else endpapers bright and clean, as is text.  Tight binding and hinges.    Stains to back panel of dj, else very nice with bright colors, no chips, price intact.  $23.  avj0701%

HF144.        Davis, Maggie. THE FAR SIDE OF HOME. Macmillan, 1963. First edition. Novel of Confederate soldier in the battle of Jonesboro, Georgia, August 31 - September 1, 1864. Maps at endpapers. Fine w/o/n in lightly worn dj. $30. rrtd.

HF145.        Davis, William C. THE ORPHAN BRIGADE. Doubleday, 1980. rpnt. History of the Confederate First Kentucky Brigade, the unit that couldn’t go home. Maps at endpapers by Palacios, photographs and illustrations, notes, index. NF in dj. $18. brup.

HF146.        Davis, William Stearns. GILMAN OF REDFORD. Macmillan, 1927. First edition. Novel of Boston and Harvard College on the eve of the Revolution. Very good copy. Chip fore edge front cover. Owner's name in pencil, small bookplate at endpapers. w/o dj. $18. bryz

HF147.        De La Roche, Mazo. THE BUILDING OF JALNA. Little, brown, 1944. Third printing. Novel set on the north shore of Lake Ontario in the 1850s. NF in bright dj w/small chip at crown, some rubs. $22. dytr.

HF151.        Deighton, Len. BOMBER. Harper & Row, 1970. First U.S. Novel of the last flight of an RAF bomber over Germany in June, 1943. Near VG w/o dj. $18. ppta.

L046.           Deschamps, Fanny.  THE KINGS GARDEN.   Harmony Books, 1982.  First edition.  8vo, 671 pp.   NEAR FINE in bright dj w/some shelf ware, small closed tear internally repaired.   Novel set in the court of Louis XV.  $11.  yyta%

HF152.        Denny, Robert.  ACES.  Donald I. Fine, 1990.   First edition.  HC 8vo, 294 pp.  Novel of B-17 bombing  over Germany during later stages of WW II.  Remainder mark bottom edges, else condition is AS NEW, in dj.   No other markings or writing.  $15.  ppta

HF153.        Derleth, August. BRIGHT JOURNEY. Scribners, 1940. Early edition, signed by the author. Novel of Michigan and Wisconsin beginning with the capture of Fort Mackinac by the British in 1812. $36. rttd.

HF154.        Devon, John Anthony. O WESTERN WIND. Putnam, 1957. First edition. The "May Flower" Pilgrims settle in Plymouth. NF in dj. $30. ppdt.

HF155.        Dillard, Annie. THE LIVING. Harper, Collins, 1992. First. Set in the town of Whatcom, Washington, in the 1850s. Small chip at front pastedown, very small split top of hinge, else VG+ in dj w/ minor wrinkle front flap. $15. payz.

HF156.        Divine, David. THE KING OF FASSARAI. Macmillan, 1950. Second printing. WW II U.S. Navy doctor sent to help Pacific islanders. Book and dj NF. $16. manx.

HF157.        Doctorow, E. L. LOON LAKE. Random House, 1980. First trade edition. Novel set in the Great Depression, as a young man from New Jersey finds himself in the Adirondacks. By the author of RAGTIME. AN in dj. $12. dkyu

HF161.        DuMaurier, Daphne. MARY ANNE. Doubleday, 1954. First. Novel of author’s ancestor, Mary Anne Thompson Clarke (1776 - 1852), courtesan-entrepreneur whose intrigues triggered a scandal in the House of Commons. VG+ w/ o/n in lightly worn dj. $25. ppta.

HF161a.      Eastman, E.R.  THE DESTROYERS.  American Agriculturist, 1946.  First edition.  HC 5.5" x 8.5", 250 pp., maps at endpapers.  Dark gray cloth boards, gilt titles, design.   Novel of the punitive Clinton-Sullivan Expedition against the Iroquois in 1779, following the Indian massacres in Pennsylvania and New York during the summer and fall of 1778.  This copy very nice with tight binding and hinges.  Old bookseller (?) stamp (faint) at fly, else no writing to endpapers or text.  Light soiling at text edges.  Dj intact and quite bright with small closed tear and small chips at extremities.  [qqc%]  $12.   SOLD ! 

HF162.        Eckert, Allan W. THE COURT-MARTIAL OF DANIEL BOONE. Little, Brown, 1973. First edition. Daniel is charged with treason in novel based on historical fact. Endpaper maps by Sam Bryant. Dj art by John Allan Maxwell. NF in nice dj w/wrinkle at crown. $30. ppdt.

HF164.        Edison, Tom. ST. AGNES' STAND. Putnam, 1994. First. Fugitive from the law and a band of nuns struggle to save orphans from Apache ambush in New Mexico Territory. AN in dj. $14. vbyw.

HF165.        Edmonds, Walter D. THREE STALWARTS. Little Brown, 1962. First thus. Three complete novels of the Mohawk Valley -- DRUMS ALONG THE MOHAWK, ERIE WATER, ROME HAUL -- in one volume. Book VG, with small tear at top of rear crease, light soiling at edges, number in ink front paste down. Dj retains good color with chips at crown carrying to beginning rear panel. $12. pryd.

HF166.        Edmonds, Walter. CHAD HANNA. Little, Brown, 1940. First. Story of orphan boy set along the Erie Canal in 1836. Jacket art by Forest Orr. NF in dj w/ early darkening of dj spine. $42. wacm.

HF167.        Edmonds, Walter.  DRUMS ALONG THE MOHAWK.  Little Brown, 1936.  Second printing.  HC 8vo, 592 pp.  Blue cloth boards, gilt design, blind stamp on cover.  Maps in color at endpapers.   Classic tale of the American Revolution in the Mohawk River Valley as people on the frontier deal with the British, Indians, and themselves.  Spine sun-fade, else EXCELLENT with sound hinges, tight binding.  A very nice copy of the first edition.   No dj.  $17.  dwrt1000%.

HF168.        Edmonds, Walter D. [Brewer, Hope]   DRUMS ALONG THE MOHAWK.  Globe Book Co., 1954 (educational edition).  HC 5.75" x 8", 542 pp., maps at endpapers, illus. with photos from the movie, with reading questions and activities for students.  This copy:   Boards much handled but heavy duty binding still firm.  School stamp at front pastedown, but no writing or marks to text.  Short closed tear to rear fly.   cr%1b.  $14.

HF171.        Edmonds, Walter D. ERIE WATER. Little, Brown, 1933. rpnt. The building of the Erie Canal, 1817. Book NF, dj nearly so with light edge wear. $11. wwpa.

HF172.        Edmonds, Walter D. IN THE HANDS OF THE SENECAS. Little, Brown, 1947. rpnt. Stories of captives from the Hudson River Valley in 1778. Endpaper maps by R. Lenz. Book VG, w/o dj. General darkening of boards. o/n. $11. yyer.

HF173.        Edmonds, Walter D.   SOUTH AFRICAN QUIRT. Little, Brown, 1985. First.  HC 5.75" X 9", 186 pp. ISBN: 0316211532.  A 12-year old boy lives with an ogre of a father on a farm in upstate New York, 1915.    Autobiographical novel by the author of DRUMS ALONG THE MOHAWK.  Author paints a softer picture of his father ten years later in TALES MY FATHER NEVER TOLD.   This copy as new in nice dj with light rubs at extremes.   No writing or marks to endpapers or text.   weq%   $9.

HF174.        Edmonds, Walter D.  THE WEDDING JOURNEY.  Little, Brown, 1947. 1st edition.  HC 5.5" x 8", 119 pp.  Illus. by Alan Tompkins.  Novel of four-day wedding trip on the Erie Canal by packet boat from Schenectady to Buffalo, in 1835.  Near FINE in dj w/wear to extremes.  [prc%]  $7. 

HF174a.      Edmonds, Walter D.  TALES MY FATHER NEVER TOLD.  Syracuse U. Press, 1995.  First edition.  HC 5.75" x 9", 204 pages.  ISBN: 081560307x.  Autobiographical look at Edmonds', author of DRUGS ALONG THE MOHAWK and other historical novels set it upstate New York,  boyhood in upstate New York and New York City, with emphasis on his relationship with his father.    This copy as new in nice dj with light rubs at extremes.   No writing or marks to endpapers or text.   weq%   $9.

HF175.        Ehle, John.  THE JOURNEY OF AUGUST KING.  Harper & Row, 1971.  First edition.  HC 8vo, 218 pp.  Moving tale of a beautiful young Negro slave's trek to freedom with the aid of a North Carolina mountain man, by author of epic historical novels of North Carolina.  Book is FINE in near so dj with price not clipped.  Tight binding and firm hinges.  $29  brwt%  SOLD !!

HF176.        Eliot, George Fielding. CALEB PETTEGILL U.S.N. Messner, 1956. bced. Union Navy Captain from New England enforces the blockade. Maps at endpapers. NF in dj. $12 vlpd

HF177.        Ellsberg, Edward. CAPTAIN PAUL. Dodd, Mead, 1941. First edition. Novel of Paul Jones told through the eyes of a Natucketer. NF in dj w/tiny chip back panel. $30. rrtd.

HF181.        Ethridge, Willie Snow.  SUMMER THUNDER.   Coward-McCann, 1958.  Third printing.  HC 8vo, 319 pp.  Maps at endpapers.  Novel of Oglethorp and the founding of Georgia.  Book is FINE in near so price-clipped dj.  $18.  gtr1000%.

HF183.        Fall, Thomas.  THE ORDEAL OF RUNNING STANDING.  McCall, 1970.  First edition.  HC 8vo, 312 pp.  In 1896 a Kiowa from Oklahoma and his Cheyenne wife take different paths.  Book is FINE, save a darkened area at rear endpaper, in a FINE dj.  $12.  dyt1000%. 

HF185.        Fast, Howard. SELECTED WORK OF TOM PAINE AND CITIZEN TOM PAINE. Modern Library (G 68), nd. Historical novel of the original American spokesman, with his selected writings. NF w/ a few small stain drops at fore-edge, in near so dj. $15. grtp.

HF186.        Fast, Howard. THE LAST FRONTIER. Duell, Slone, 1941. First edition. Novel of the Plains Country in the 1870's. Near fine w/o/n in some worn, bright dj. $30. rrtd.

HF187.        Fast, Howard. THE UNVANQUISHED. Book League of America, 1942. rpnt. Novel of George Washington's campaigns in New York and New Jersey during the Revolution. Book NF, dj slightly darkened. $14. pipz.

HF191.        Faulkner, George. H. GENTLEMEN AND REBELS. Little, Brown, 1954. First edition. Sketches of 10 leaders of the American Revolution. Illustrations by Harve Stein. Fine in dj. $11. dwty.

HF192.        Faulkner, Nancy. JOURNEY INTO DANGER. Doubleday, 1966. First edition. A Patriot in Philadelphia in 1777. NF in light worn dj. $14. wdzz.

HF193.        Faulkner, Nancy. REBEL DRUMS. Doubleday, 1952. First, signed by author. Juvenile. Colonial Virginia, Indian raids, Nathaniel Bacon and his rebellion, 1665. VG+, early foxing at endpapers, in dj w/ wrinkle front endpaper. $18. wapb.

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HF195.        Finkel, George. THE LOYAL VIRGINIAN. Viking, 1968. First U.S. edition. An American tobacco shipper attempts to rescue King Charles from the Roundheads, 1646. NF w/o/n in dj w/price clip. $18. wdzz.

HF196.        Fisher, Vardis. CHILDREN OF GOD. Harper Bros, 1939. First edition. lib. Story of Joseph Smith, Brigham Young, and the Mormons' migration across the Western plains. Near VG in about G dj, flaps glued to pastedowns. $18. kkpd

HF197.        Fisher, Vardis. TALE OF VALOR. Doubleday, 1958. First. Novel of the Lewis and Clark expedition. Near VG, lightly soiled boards w/o dj. $16. pgty.

HF201.        Flannagan, Roy. AMBER SATYR. Doubleday, 1932. First edition. Novel of a Negro/American Indian inhabitant of the marge of a Southern swamp. Author's first book. Owner's name and address front free endpaper. NF in dj w/some chips and along edges. A nice copy of this scarce title. $55. wdpu.

HF203.        Fleming, Thomas. OVER THERE. Harper Collins, 1992. First. Pacifists and medicos from New York City go to the Marne during WW I. AN in dj. $16. pdmy.

HF204.        Fletcher, Inglis. LUSTY WIND FOR CAROLINA. Blakiston, no date. Book club edition. The now classic story of Robert Fountain's settlement on the Cape Fear River.   Crease to front board, else tight binding and hinges with no writing or marking to endpapers or text.   In lightly worn, bright dj with small chip at spine head. $13. byxy

HF206.        Flexner, James Thomas. THE TRAITOR AND THE SPY. Harcourt, Brace, 1953. First edition. Account of John Andre and Benedict Arnold. Frontispiece illustrations, index, notes. NF w/o dj. $14. dkuy.

HF207.        Flogstad, Kjartan.   DOLLAR ROAD.  Louisiana State U. Pr., 1989.  First edition.  HC 8vo, 203 pp.  Translated by Nadia Christensen.   Novel covering the political and social forces shaping Norway from the late 1930s through the 1970s.  FINE in dj. with intact price.  Tight binding and hinges; no writing or marking to endpapers or text.  $17.  pyt201%

HF211.        Follett, Ken.  LIE DOWN WITH LIONS.  WM, 1986.   First.  Novel of 1981 guerrilla war in Afghanistan against the Russians.   lib, but not too badly wounded in the process; lib pocket remains rear enpr.    But for lib, E in dj.  $11.  pawn.

HF212.        Ford, Charles. DEATH SAILS WITH MAGELLAN. Random House, 1937. Early rpnt edition. The Portuguese explorer's bloody expedition to circumnavigate the globe. VG+ in nice dj with light wear at edges and creases, tiny chip, some darkening at spine. $30. ypud.

HF214.        Forester, C.S.   THE BARBARY PIRATES.  Random House, 1953.   HC 6" x 8.5", 187 pp., index, illustrated by Charles J. Mazoujian.   Written for older children, describes the activities of pirates operating out of North Africa during the 17th and 18th centuries.   Book in EXCELLENT condition w/o dj.  Tight binding and hinges; no writing or marking to endpapers or text.   $12.   qwa0501.

HF215.        Fowler, Robert H. JIM MUNDY. Harper & Row, 1977. First edition. A Confederate volunteer in the Civil War. NF in dj w/price clip. $25. ppdt.

HF216.        Frank, Pat. HOLD BACK THE NIGHT. Lippincott, 1951. bced. A Marine company masterfully conducts retreat from the Changjin Reservoir to Hungnam during the Korean War. NF in dj. $18. prdy.

HF217.        Fraser, David.   BLITZ. Doubleday, 1979. bced. London and the Battle of Britain, autumn 1940. NF in dj w/ some wear at edges. $14. klam.

HF221.        Fuller, Iola.  THE LOON FEATHER.  Har, 1940.   1st ed.   12mo, 419 pp, maps at enprs.  Story of the daughter of Tecumsch, and granddaughter of the chief of the loon tribe of the Ojibways.  Set at Machinac Island, Michigan, in the early 1800s.  F in dj.  $35.  9abw8.

HF222.        Furnas, J.C.  THE DEVIL'S RAINBOW.  Har, 1962.   1st edition.  A novel about Joseph Smith and the Mormons by the author of GOODBYE TO UNCLE TOM and ROAD TO HARPER'S FERRY.  E in some worn dj.  $22.   xdrr

HF223.        Gabriel, Gilbert W.   I, JAMES LEWIS - A NOVEL OF A DREAM OF EMPIRE.   Doubleday, 1935.  HC 8vo 334 pp.  Novel of historical   character who left New York in 1807 and sailed "around Cape Horn to fulfill the famous Astor's greedy dream of a great fur-trading empire on the Oregon coast."   Book is near Excellent in black cloth boards with previous owner's name on rear pastedown crossed out with black pen, in much worn but intact dj.  Tight binding and firm hinges.  $17.  crtw%

HF224.        Gaggin, E. R. DOWN RYTON WATER. Viking, 1941. First edition. Story of a Dutch family that arrives in Plymouth Bay aboard the "Speedwell." NF in dj. $35. kmpd.

HF226.        Galloway, David. TAMSEN. Harcourt, Brace, 1983. First. Novel of the Donner party and an heroic woman, from its beginnings at Springfield, Illinois to the Pass. NF in dj $16. tdyp.

HF231.        Gann, Ernest K. THE TROUBLE WITH LAZY ETHEL. Hodder and Stoughton, 1958. rpnt. Hurricane strikes Pacific atoll, temporarily easing tensions related to Atomic Bomb testing. NF w/ o/n, small label of Cape Town bookseller, in dj. $12. cryt.

HF233.        Garland, Hamlin. TRAIL-MAKERS OF THE MIDDLE BORDER. Grosset & Dunlop. rpnt. Pioneer life in the Wisconsin wilderness of 1864. Cover art and illustrations by Constance Garland. VG+ in dj. $16. dtyr.

HF234.        Garshin, V.  THE SCARLET FLOWER.  Foreign Languages Pub House, Moscow, nd.  12mo, 279 pp, 1 plate.  Pictorial dj.   Trans from Russian by Bernard Isaacs.  Written in 1887, based on author's experiences in the Russo-Turkish War of 1877.  E in dj.  $18.  9ytf9

HF235.        Garth, David. GRAY CANAAN. Putnam, 1947. bced. Novel of Confederate secret agents in 1862. NF in dj. $11. dtyr.

HF236.        Gaskin, Catherine. THE CHARMED CIRCLE. Scribners, 1988. First edition. Novel set in Britain in WW II. NF in dj. $12. dkyu.

HF237.        Gebler, Ernest. THE PLYMOUTH ADVENTURE. Doubleday, 1950. rpnt. Chronicle novel of the voyage of the Mayflower. NF w/o/n in lightly used dj. $14. dkyu.

HF241.        Gerson, Noel B. DAUGHTER OF EVE. Doubleday, 1958. rpnt Novel of Jamestown colony and Pocahontas. Maps at endpapers. NF in same dj. $9. dtyr.

HF242.        Giles, Janet Holt. JOHNNY OSAGE. Houghton, Mifflin, 1960. bced. Novel of Osage country in present day Oklahoma, in 1821. NF in dj, light use. $10 crpy

HF243.        Giles, Janice Holt. SAVANNA. Houghton, Mifflin, 1961. bced. Novel set in the Arkansas Territory, in what is now Oklahoma -- Sam Houston, Auguste Chouteau, Fort Gibson, and the U.S. Seventh Cavalry Regiment. NF in dj. $12. tdyp

HF243a       Giles, Janice Holt.   HANNAH FOWLER.  Houghton Mifflin, 1956.  Later edition.  HC 5.5" x 8.5", 219 pp.  A strong woman pioneers in Kentucky during the American Revolution.  Book has scuff to spine head, else is VERY GOOD w/o dj.   Tight binding and hinges; previous owner's name at fly, else no writing or marking to endpapers or text.  $12.  yya0501.

HF244.        Giles, Janice Holt.  THE LAND BEYOND THE MOUNTAINS.   HM, 1958.  1st ed.  12mo, 308 pp.  Jacket art by Samuel H. Bryant.   The story of the Spanish Conspiracy and General Wilkinson's attempt to detatch Kentucky from the U.S. and make it the necleus of a western empire, thru eyes of fellow military officer.  NF in dj with wear at extremes.  $38.  9adr8.

HF245.        Giles, Janice Holt.  THE KENTUCKIANS.  HM, 1953.  1st.  12mo, 272 pp, maps at enprs.  Early settlements in Kentucky during the Revolution and the conflicts between the Transylvania Company settlers and those from Virginia.  NF in light worn dj.  $49.  9bjy8.

HF245a.      Gill, Frances.  CHLOE DUSTS HER MANTEL.  Press of the Pioneers, 1935.  First trade edition.  HC 6.25" x 9.25", 88 pp.  Novel set in Oregon in the 1870s.  This copy:   firm binding and hinges, no writing to endpapers or text, boards sunned at spine, extremes.  Rub at spine top.  NOT AN EX-LIBRARY COPY.  w/o dj.  hw%1b.   $8.

HF246.        Goddard, Robert.   IN PALE BATTALIONS.   Poseidon Press, 1988.  Perfectbound limited edition, special advance reader's copy uncorrected proof.  "A masterly drama played out against a World War I tableau of English manors and bloody Flanders killing fields, of love amidst war, buried secrets, unsolved murders, duplicitous liaisons and mysteries within mysteries."   Near Fine in wraps.  $13  puy%c

HF247.        Gordon, Homar King.  CODE OF MEN.  Crowell, 1926.  2nd pntg.  Western, set near Santa Fe.   Color frontispiece by H.L. Hastings.  Near VG w/o dj.  $14.  pdrt.

HF248.        Graham, Shirley.   THERE ONCE WAS A SLAVE.  Julian Messner, 1947.  HC 14 x 21 cm, 310 pp., biblio.  Novel of "the heroic story of Frederick Douglas."  This copy:   no writing to endpapers or text, tight binding and hinges, light rubs to spine ends, in much worn, chipped dj.  [g-%11a]  $7.

HF251.        Graham, Winston.  THE STRANGER FROM THE SEA.   Collins, 1981.  1st ed.  8th in the Poldark saga.  F in dj.   $25.  yatt  SOLD !!

HF252.        Graves, Robert. SERGEANT LAMB'S AMERICA. Random House, 1940. First edition. Maps at endpapers. The American Revolution through the eyes of a British soldier. Based in part on historical figure. NF in dj. Owner's embossed stamp at endpapers. Dj bright with use shown at edges. $22. qaby

HF253.        Graves, Robert.  THE HANGED MY SAINTLY BILLY.   DD, 1957  1st edition.  8vo, 312 pp.  Novel of the trial of Dr. William Palmer who was publicly hanged in 1856 for poisoning a colleague.  Purported originator of phrase:  "What's your poison."  Recently dramatized on PBS television.  E in lightly worn dj.  $25.  zwaf .

HF254.        Griffin, W.E.B. BEHIND THE LINES. Putnam, 1995. rpnt. Book VII of the Marine Corps saga. Book and dj AN. $16. pxye.

HF255.        Griffin, W.E.B. THE NEW BREED. Putnam, 1987. First. Book VII of the Brotherhood of War saga. NF in dj showing light use. $14. wexy.

HF256.        Griswold, Francis.  A SEA ISLAND LADY.    Beaufort Book Co, 1971.  First reprint ed.  (orig pub by W.M, 1939).  HC 8vo, 964 pp, maps at endpapers.  The story of a New England girl who went South at the end of the Civil War as the very young wife of a carpet bagger and fell in love with a young Union Army officer.  Book is FINE in clean dj, with two small closed tears.  Tight binding, sound hinges.   $19.  %awqrt  SOLD!

HF256A.      Hamilton, Harry.  THUNDER IN THE WILDERNESS.  Bobbs, Merrill, 1949.  First edition.  HC 5.75" x 8.25", 304 pp.  Novel set in the frontier of French Kaskaskia in 1762.   This copy:  Excellent condition with firm binding and hinges, no writing to endpapers or text, light rubs to spine ends, corners.  Dj moderately worn but intact.   NOT an ex-library copy.  b%1b.  $13.

HF257.        Hammand, Esther Barstow. ROAD TO ENDOR. Farrar, Rinehart, 1940. First edition. An English Harvard student is caught up in the Salem witchcraft trials. Beautiful copy with red boards in whole dj with light general soiling, some rubs back panel. $35. kmdp.

HF261.        Hardman, Ric.   FIFTEEN FLAGS.   Little, Brown, 1968.  HC 5.5" x 8.5", 597 pp.  Maps at endpapers.  Interesting novel of the American and Allied  expeditionary forces in Siberia following WW I.   Book is about VERY GOOD w/o dj.  $12.   qaw0401.

HF262.        Harris, Cyril. STREET OF KNIVES. Little, Brown, 1950. bced. Aaron Burr's flatboat journey down the Ohio and Mississippi in 1806. VG in dj. $12. pvaq

HF263.        Haycox, Ernest. THE ADVENTURERS. Little, Brown, 1954. bced. Oregon frontier in 1865. NF in dj. $12. tdyp

ML030.       Herbert, A.P.  THE SECRET BATTLE.  Atheneum, 1981.  [reprint of the 1920 ed. by Knopf]  First thus.  ISBN: 0-689-11156-8.  HC 5" x 7.75", 216 pp.  Introduction by Winston Churchill.   A realistic "fictional" account of W.W.I in Gallipoli and France, of a young idealistic British officer, who wrestles with his own notions of bravery and self-image.  "Acclaimed as a minor classic fifty years ago... In some ways, as a study of the mind of a man under the stress of battle, it is finer than THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE.  This copy: near fine with tight binding and hinges, no writing to endpapers or text.  NOT AN EX-LIBRARY copy.  Intact bright dj with light rubs at spine ends, original price on flap crossed out.   xsb%12a.  $15.

HF265.        Hersey, John. THE WAR LOVER. Knopf, 1959. First edition. Novel of the crew of an American Flying Fortress in England before D-Day. NF w/bookplate, in light worn dj with major chip at spine bottom. $16. wdzz.

HF267.        Hinckley, Helen. THE MOUNTAINS ARE MINE. Vanguard, 1946. First edition. Saga of the Mormon trek to Salt Lake. VG in dj. Some foxing at endpapers, rear board stained, else a nice copy. Dj soiled at rear panel, sizable chip at front panel. $22. tdvw

HF271.        Holland, Rupert Sargent. RED BEARD OF VIRGINIA. Lippincott, 1927. Apparent first. Color dj and frontispiece and 3 b/w illustrations by Stafford Good. Englishman exiled to Virginia during the time of Bacon's Rebellion has a tough time getting there. Missing front free endpaper, else would be VG+. Dj still colorful and mostly intact with 1 inch chip at spine top, internal tape repairs showing through, moderate wear at edges and creases. $22. wxyd.

HF272.        Honig, Donald. WALK LIKE A MAN. Slone, 1961. bced. A young man from Long Island comes of age in the Civil War. NF in near so dj. $12. dryp.

HF273.        Hopkins, Joseph G.E. RETREAT AND RECALL. Scribners, 1976. First. lib. Novel of the Revolution 1776-1777 centered around an American doctor who is captured by the British following the capture of Fort Washington, New York. Nice copy but with library stamps on endpapers, top and bottom edges, and remainder of library pocket at rear endpaper. Dj clean, wholly intact but flaps pasted to endpapers. $12 uyyd.

HF274.        Hopkins, Joseph G.E. THE PRICE OF LIBERTY. Scribners, 1976. First. Lib. Novel of the Revolution centered around the military hospital in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 1777-1778. Nice copy but for library stamps on rear endpaper, top and bottom edges, and remainder of library pocket at rear endpaper. Dj clean, wholly intact but flaps pasted to endpapers. $12. uyyd.

HF275.        Horan, James D.  SEEK OUT AND DESTROY.  Crown, 1958.   First.  lib, w/usual lib scars.   Civil War novel of the Confederate raider, "Shenandoah,"  (the "Lee" here) and its operations during the last two years of the war.  RC only, in dj.  $8.  kall  SOLD !!

HF276.        Horgan, Paul. A DISTANT TRUMPET. Farrar, Straus, 1960. bced. Geronimo's insurrection in Arizona during the 1880s. NF w/ o/n in dj w/ light shelf wear. $18. kall.

HF277.        Hough, Frank O. THE NEUTRAL GROUND. Lippincott, 1941. Third impression. Novel of the Westchester County, New York no-man's land between American and British troops, 1775-1783. Book tight and white but front cover corners scrunched. Nice map of locale, end papers. Dj bright colors with small chips, wrinkles, wear along edges, creases and light soiling back panel. $22. ppdt.

HF278.        Hough, Henry Beetle.   LONG ANCHORAGE - A NEW BEDFORD STORY.  Appleton-Century, , 1947.  First edition.  HC 14.5 x 20.5 cm, 309 pp.  Tale of New Bedford in the mid-19th century.  This copy:  No writing to endpapers or text; firm binding and hinges, some offsetting at endpapers from dj flaps.  Dj intact with moderate to heavy wear.   Overall very good condition.  [g-%11a]  $21.    SOLD !!

HF281.        Hubbard, Ralph. THE WOLF SONG. Doubleday, Doran, 1935. First edition. Illustrated by Langdon Kihn. A tale of the Kiowa Indians for young adults, from the Junior Literary Guild. Book very nice with just dust soiling top edge. Dj intact, but some small chips and closed tears, and insignificant water stain back panel. $18. ryft

HF282.        Hudson, Alec.   OPEN FIRE.  Macmillan, 1942.  First edition.  First edition thus.   HC 14.5 x 21 cm, 71 + 61 +94 + 63 pp. in dj.  Four pre-WW II tales of submarine warfare:  BATTLE STATIONS, ENEMY SIGHTED, RENDEZVOUS, NIGHT ACTION.   This copy:  previous owner's name at fly, else no writing to endpapers or text; firm binding and hinges, spine and extremes of boards light rubs, bright dj with light chipping at extremes.  [h-%11a]  $11.

HF283.        Hudson, Alec. BATTLE STATIONS. Macmillan, 1940. First edition. 12mo 71 pages. A submarine squadron is on maneuvers when war strikes. Amazingly prophetic of WW II. NF in dj. Some browning at endpapers. $18. yajp.

L087.          Hughes, Richard.  THE INNOCENT VOYAGE.  Heritage Press, 1946.  First edition thus.  HC 8vo, 221 pp., white cloth boards in purple slipcase, pictorial endpapers and illustrations in color by Lynd Ward, introduction by Louis Utermeyer.  Historic novel set in the Caribbean in the 19th century, sometimes titled A HIGH WIND TO JAMAICA.  Save a some darkened spine, book is in EXCELLENT condition in a purple slipcase lightly worn at extremes.   Tight binding and hinges. No writing to endpapers or text.  $12  prb1000

L087.           Hughes, Richard.   [A HIGH WIND TO JAMAICA]  THE INNOCENT VOYAGE.  Heritage Press, 1946.   First edition thus.  HC 8vo, 221 pp., white cloth boards in purple slipcase, pictorial endpapers and illustrations in color by Lynd Ward, introduction by Louis Utermeyer.  Historic novel set in the Caribbean in the 19th century, sometimes titled A HIGH WIND TO JAMAICA.  Save a some darkened spine, book is in EXCELLENT condition in a purple slipcase lightly worn at extremes.  Tight binding and hinges. No writing to endpapers or text.  $12  prb1000

HF284.        Hughes, Rupert. STATELY TIMBER. Scribners's Sons, 1939. rpnt. Novel of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in the 1650's by perhaps the most interesting biographer of George Washington. Large 8vo. Very clean and tight, light browning bleed spine from dj, and some browning end papers; owners pencil signature front free end paper, half title, and title pages, else VG. Dj in good shape with colors bright tho foxing inside and rubs along folds and edges, small chips. $16 paty

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HF286.        Innes, Hammond. AIR BRIDGE. Collins, London, 1951. First. Novel of the Berlin blockade and the Allied Airlift, in 1948. NF with o/n free endpaper. Dj nice showing light use. $28. odqw.

HF287.        Jakes, John. CALIFORNIA GOLD. Random House, 1989. First. California from 1886 - 1921. NF in dj. $12. dryx.

HF292.