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The Unknown Quantity: A Book of Romance and Some Half-Told Tales
by Van Dyke, Henry
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- Used - Very Good+
- Published
- 1913
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Whitby, Ontario, CAN
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$29.64
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Toronto: The Copp Clark Co. Limited, 1913. Hardcover. Very Good+. 8vo. Original blue cloth with gilt and colour pictorial stamping on boards and gilt titling on spine. T.E.G. xv, 370 pp. Seven B&W plates, including frontis. Chafing to extremities, small damp stain to spine. Pencil ownership inscription to ffep. Text clean. Item Price
$29.64
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The Elusive Pimpernel
by Orczy, The Baroness [Emmuska]
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Whitby, Ontario, CAN
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$259.38
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Toronto: The Copp, Clark Co. Limited. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. SIGNED with inscription to dedication page to Canadian author Madge Macbeth, dated October 1925 at Ottawa. N.d., [ca. 1908 or later]. Orig. burgundy cloth, gilt titles. T.E.G. 350 pp. [6] B&W illustrated plates. Spine tilted and sunned with a spot of… Read more about this item Item Price
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Forest Folklore, Mythology, and Romance
by Porteous, Alexander
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1928
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Whitby, Ontario, CAN
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$74.11
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London: George Allen & Unwin, 1928. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo. Quarter green morocco, burgundy cloth boards. 319 pp. Minor rubbing to extremities, spine darkened, a few scuffs to leather. Lightly age toned to interior. Item Price
$74.11
The Pool of Flame
by Vance, Louis Joseph
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1909
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Whitby, Ontario, CAN
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$29.64
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New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1909. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Rae, John. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Orig. russet cloth. 310 pp. [4] B&W plates. Spine tilted, bumping and chafing to extremities. Ink ownership inscription to ffep. Acidified tape marks to gutter of flyleaves. Item Price
$29.64
Pam's Own Story
by von Hutten, Baroness Bettina
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1931
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Whitby, Ontario, CAN
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$31.13
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Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Company, 1931. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Orig. yellow cloth. Top edge green. 312 pp. Foxing to edges of text block. Dust jacket is sunned to spine, lightly bumped and worn to edges, a few short tears repaired to reverse with tape. Item Price
$31.13
The Kingdom of the Sun: A Romance of the Far West Coast
by Stephen, A.M.
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1927
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Whitby, Ontario, CAN
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$92.64
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London & Toronto: J.M. Dent & Sons, 1927. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Orig. green cloth. vii, 285 pp. Spine somewhat sunned, gilt faded. Foxing to edges of text block. Offsetting to endpapers. Dust jaket is sunned to spine, chipped to extremities, a few short tears, some general soiling. Item Price
$92.64
Les Miserables [2 vols]
by Hugo, Victor
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Whitby, Ontario, CAN
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$62.99
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London: Collins Clear-Type Press. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 18mo. N.d., [ca. 1920s?]. Burgundy stiffened leatherette. T.E.G. 508 pp.; 509-1016 pp. Chafing to spine ends and corners, spine sunned. In VG burgundy slipcase with some scuffing and wear. One of Hugo's most powerful and popular romances, with vivid pictures of life as it was lived by outcasts and criminals… Read more about this item Item Price
$62.99
The Black Arrow: A Tale of Two Roses
by Stevenson, Robert Louis
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Whitby, Ontario, CAN
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$22.23
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Akron, OH: Saalfield Publishing Company. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Brundage, Frances. 12mo. Blue paper boards. 254 pp. B&W illustration in text. Spine tilted, damp stain to lower corner of rear board. Interior deeply age toned. Damp staining to lower corners of text block. Dust jaket is age toned, damp stained, lightly edge worn. An historical adventure and romance story… Read more about this item Item Price
$22.23
Belinda
by Rice, Anne (writing as Anne Rampling)
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1986
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Whitby, Ontario, CAN
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$129.69
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New York: Arbor House, 1986. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. SIGNED and dated Nov. 3, 1993 by Anne Rice to title page. Small damp stain to front board, minor chafing to spine foot. Dust jacket is price clipped, toned to flaps. About fine. A contemporary Lolita, Belinda is the sensual story of a postmodern nymphet and… Read more about this item Item Price
$129.69
The Art of Love
by Koch, Kenneth
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition Thus
- Published
- 1975
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Whitby, Ontario, CAN
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$29.64
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New York: Vintage Books, 1975. 1st Edition Thus. Soft cover. Very Good. 4.25" x 7.25" 1st Vintage paperback edition. Soft cover. 113 pp. Covers and interior age toned, covers slightly curled, spine sunned. Item Price
$29.64
Love Poems
by Sexton, Anne
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1969
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Whitby, Ontario, CAN
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$37.06
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1969. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Orig. cream cloth. 67 pp. Dust jacket is price clipped, age toned and bumped to extremities, chipped to spine head. Item Price
$37.06
The Allegory of Love: A Study in Medieval Tradition
by Lewis, C.S.
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Published
- 1953
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Whitby, Ontario, CAN
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$37.06
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London: Oxford University Press, 1953. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. Orig. navy cloth. viii, 378 pp. Spine tilted and darkened, rubbed to extremities. Interior age toned. Some pencil marginalia and underlining. Item Price
$37.06
Amadis of Gaul: A Novel of Chivalry of the 14th Century, Presumably First Written in Spanish [2 vols]
by Place, Edwin B., Herbert C. Behm (translators); de Montalvo, Garci Rodriguez
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Published
- 1974
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Whitby, Ontario, CAN
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$148.22
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Lexington: The University of Kentucky, 1974. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. Books I-IV in 2 vols. Full red cloth. Revised and reworked by Garci Rodriguez de Montalvo prior to 1505. Translated from the Putative Princeps of Saragossa, 1508. Spines lightly shaken. Spines sunned and rubbed, worse to volume I. Sticker ghost to foot of front board of volume… Read more about this item Item Price
$148.22
The Secular Scripture: A Study of the Structure of Romance
by Frye, Northrop
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Published
- 1976
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Whitby, Ontario, CAN
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$22.23
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Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1976. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. The Charles Eliot Norton Lectures. Orig. tan cloth. ix, 199 pp. Spine tilted, rubbing to titles, some minor soiling to clock. Light foxing to edges of text block. Item Price
$22.23
Les Miserables [2 vols]
by Hugo, Victor
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Whitby, Ontario, CAN
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$74.11
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Paris: Thomas Nelson and Sons. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 18mo. N.d., [ca. 1948 or slightly later]. The Nelson Classics. Blue cloth boards, gilt titles. Top edges green. 640 pp.; 576 pp. Chafing to spine ends and corners. Movie tie-in sleeves for the 1948 Italian adaptation. Dust jackets are lightly rubbed, a few small chips. One of Hugo's most… Read more about this item Item Price
$74.11
Behind the Moon
by Kelton, A. Lewis
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1945
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Whitby, Ontario, CAN
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$22.23
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New York: A. Lewis Kelton, 1945. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Orig. blue cloth. 235 pp. Lightly chafed at spine ends, corners lightly bumped. Dust jacket is chipped to extremities, a few short tears and some creasing to edges, publisher's stamp to foot of front cover. Item Price
$22.23
The Ink Dark Moon
by Komachi, Ono no and Izumi Shikibu
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- Used - Fine
- Published
- 1990
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Whitby, Ontario, CAN
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$17.79
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New York: Vintage Books, 1990. Soft cover. Fine. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Soft cover. 212 pp. Front cover curled, else fine. Item Price
$17.79
The Little French Bistro
by George, Nina
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- 1st American Edition
- Published
- 2017
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Whitby, Ontario, CAN
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$19.27
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New York: Crown Publishers, 2017. 1st American Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Purple paper boards. 311 pp. Fine. Item Price
$19.27
A Dictionary of Medieval Romance and Romance Writers
by Spence, Lewis
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Published
- 1962
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Whitby, Ontario, CAN
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$48.17
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New York: Humanities Press, 1962. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo. Full maroon cloth. vi, 395 pp. Spine slightly sunned, rubbed to extremities. Ink ownership inscription to ffep. Slightly age toned to interior. Near fine overall. Item Price
$48.17
Le Bone Florence of Rome
by Heffernan, Carol Falvo (editor)
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Published
- 1976
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Whitby, Ontario, CAN
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$22.23
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Manchester University Press, 1976. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Full red paper boards. x, 205 pp. Dust jacket is price clipped, lightly soiled, some creasing to spine and front cover. This strangely neglected late Middle English romance is an important analogue of Chaucer's Man of Law's Tale. It reflects to an unusual degree… Read more about this item Item Price
$22.23