Fiction from Adamstown Books

North Kingston RI: BBC Audiobooks America, 2009. Audio Book. Very Good. Audio Book (CD). Hercule Poirot, Miss Marple, and a host of other detectives crack cases of all stripes in this collection of twenty of Agatha Christie's famous short mysteries. Narrated by Hugh Fraser, Christopher Lee, Joan Hickson, and others. 20 unabridged stories, 15 hours, on 12 cd's.… Read more about this item

New York NY: Cosmopolitan Book Corp., 1929. Book. Illus. by Kate Rowland. Good. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Hardcover, 178 pp. Subtitled "The Virtuous R Lao-tsze and More About That Deplorable Vagabond and Clown Mong Pi". Historical fiction about Confucius and Lao-Tzu. Book Condition : Good; Ex-Church Library; rubber stamp on title page; catalog label on… Read more about this item

Cape May Point NJ: I Yevish Books, 1992. Book. Good. Soft cover. Signed by Author(s). 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Historic fiction set in the New Jersey Pine barrens in the 1830's. Portrait artist comes to the area and soon learns its secrets and falls in love. Book Condition : Good; no text marks; cover corner wear; light… Read more about this item

Pennsburg PA: The Schwenkfelder Library, 1956. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Subtitled " A Noved from the Days of the Counter-Reformation". 1st English Edition. Historical religious fiction dealing with the persecution of the Schwenkfelders in Europe during the 17th and early 18th centuries. Book Condition : Good, Ex-Seminary Library; no text… Read more about this item

Boston MA: Little, Brown, and Company, 1933. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 1st Edition psychological fiction about a widow's obsession with claiming all the credit for a dead musician's inspiration, especially casting any other women from memory of his life and work. Book Condition : Good; no text marks; significant fading along… Read more about this item

Reading PA: I.M. Beaver, 1916. Book. Good Minus. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Set in Bethlehem Pennsylvania, this fictional work tells of the wonderings of a Pennsylvania boy leaving home for New York City. Scarce title, 1916 1st Edition. 6 b&w photos used to lend authentic feel to the novel. Book Condition : Good-; no… Read more about this item

Chicago IL: Bungalow Book Co., 1922. Book. Good. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Set at the end of World War I, this novel centers on newspapers, press ethics, and their effect on public citizens. Book Condition : Good; no text marks; light bumping/wear to spine ends and cover corners; age toning inside covers and to free end… Read more about this item

Charleston SC: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2013. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Signed by Author(s). 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed by Authors on title page. Civil War historical/romantic fiction featuring German immigrants caught up in the Battle of Gettysburg. Book Condition : Very Good; light cover curling; corner crease on pp. 9-10..

Paris: Calmann Lévy, 1888. Book. Illus. by Lemaire, Madeleine. Good (ex-library). Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Illustrated 1888 edition (originally published in 1882), with charming in-page black and white illustrations, plus 18 color plates, each with tissue protectors. Illustrated by Madeleine Lemaire. Text in French. Half leather, with marbled boards, gilt titles / ornamentation and five raised… Read more about this item

West Virginia: Robert E. Anderson, 2000. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. Inscribed by Author(s). 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Inscribed by Author on title page. Privately published fiction written by a retired Army colonel and professor emeritus at West Virginia University. It follows a young man's adventures after he is transported back to 1861 Virginia near the… Read more about this item

New York, NY: Anson D. F. Randolph Book. Good. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Green cloth, gilt and black titles, 468 pp. Undated, published circa 1875, possible first American edition. Condition: Good; mild cover wear - corners and spine ends - some light areas on cover, pages lightly toned but clean. .

Paris, France: Societe des Beaux-Arts, 1905. Book. Good. Hardcover. Limited Edition to 500 copies. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Raphael is a lover's rosary - the parting of the lover, the pursuit, their meeting again..." -introduction. Connoisseur Edition of French Classics, limited, #31 of 500 copies. Burgundy cloth boards, glued paper spine label, no jacket, top edge… Read more about this item

New York NY: Wessells & Bissell Co., 1910. Book. Illus. by Hood, George. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, 228 pp. A beautiful presentation of this novel, about the circus and peddlers, with text on each page surrounded by pale green floral ornamentation. Green cloth boards, gilt cover and spine titles, blue and… Read more about this item

New York NY: Grosset & Dunlap, 1927. Book. Good Plus. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Likely 1st Edition. Novel of four young men who pool their resources to seek fortune and romance. Green cloth with blue lettering and decoration in original dustjacket. 301 pp. Book Condition : Good+; no text marks, owner's name stamped to… Read more about this item

Boston MA: Oliver Ditson Company, 1908. Book. Good. Hardcover. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Red cloth with gilt lettering and top edge gilt, no dustjacket, 332 pp. A biographical novel based on the life of Beethoven. Translated from the German by S. E. Randolph. Early reprint. CONDITION: Good; pages are a little aged but clean with no… Read more about this item

Paris France: A. Lacroix, Verboeckhoven & ce, 1869. Book. Fair. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Original yellow-green paper cover, published 1869, first edition. In French. Uncut edges, no illustrations, ex-seminary library, perserved in pressboard with taped binding over cloth. 453 pp. Condition: Fair, cover separated, laid in. Occasional small blue pencil checkmarks, otherwise pages clean and… Read more about this item

Boston MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1915. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. An older romance novel. Houghton Mifflin, 1915. First edition. Hardback - burgundy cloth with gilt lettering. No DJ. 316 pages. Black and white frontispiece with tissue guard. Book Condition : Very Good; no text marks, owner's name on front… Read more about this item

New York: The Derrydale Press, 1937. Book. Illus. by Robert Ball. Fair. Hardcover. Limited Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A work of historical fiction, the story focuses on an 18th century southern family with a rich backdrop of fox-hunting and horses. No. 3 of a limited edition of 950 copies. Volume 1 only of… Read more about this item

New York NY: D. Appleton And Company, 1902. Book. Good Minus. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Green cloth with white lettering and gilt decoration, no DJ. 336 pp. 1902 1st edition of scarce work by Columbia (Lancaster County) PA-born author. Book Condition : Good-; no text marks; a couple small stains to 3 pages, one… Read more about this item

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1939. Book. Good +. Hardcover. Western novel. Hardback lacking dustjacket. 272 pages. Grosset & Dunlap 1939. Pages are clean and bright, no markings, no creases and no tears. A little foxing to endpapers and book edges. Cover has a couple tiny spots and light spine wear. Hinges are intact and… Read more about this item