Peculiar: A Tale of the Great Transition.
From slavery to emancipation, popular Civil War era fiction written by this Gloucester, Massachusetts native about the emancipated male African American slave “Peculiar Institution”, a.k.a.... Read More
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Madeleine. A Tale of Auvergne, founded on fact.
Popular fiction by Julia Kavanagh (1824-1877) with only four copies found in OCLC, in America. First published in London in 1848 and then published co-jointly... Read More
The Colored American Magazine. August, 1900.
The Colored American Magazine is a rare, short-lived, and important African-American periodical published in Boston from 1900 to 1909. Contributing authors over its run included... Read More
![The Mysterious Assassin; Or, Nick Carter’s Slender Clew [within:] Nick Carter Library. Anon.](/pictures/thumb/3727910_1.jpg?v=1541452178)
The Mysterious Assassin; Or, Nick Carter’s Slender Clew [within:] Nick Carter Library.
Rare; OCLC returns no copies. Here is Nick Carter foiling an assassin. The startling illustration shows private detective Nick Carter in disguise and his identically... Read More
![[Wilkie Collins:] “The Girl at the Gate (Written for the Christmas Spirit)” [published within:] The Spirit of the Times. Wilkie Collins, 1824–1889.](/pictures/thumb/3727762_1.jpg?v=1539185583)
[Wilkie Collins:] “The Girl at the Gate (Written for the Christmas Spirit)” [published within:] The Spirit of the Times.
Rare first appearance of Wilkie Collins’ short story “The Girl at the Gate” published in New York in December 1884 before its January 1885 appearance... Read More
![Marse Chan. A Tale of Old Virginia. [Inscribed and Twice Signed by the Author]. Thomas Nelson Page.](/pictures/thumb/3727479_1.jpg?v=1540318195)
Marse Chan. A Tale of Old Virginia. [Inscribed and Twice Signed by the Author]
Inscribed and signed by Page above the engraved bookplate of bibliophile George H. Yenowine; then, inscribed and signed on the title-page with a quotation from... Read More
Otis Dunn Manhunter.
Otis Dunn, a black man, is an ex-F.B.I. Agent turned bounty hunter. Manhunter is sold as a “suspenseful story set against the interplay of Southern... Read More
Little Caesar.
The author’s first book, a crime novel about gangsters published in 1929. The story: Rico, a small-time criminal heads east to join mob to increase... Read More
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Drum. [Falconcrest Series]
The second book in the Falconcrest trilogy, preceded by Mandingo, and followed by Master of Falconhurst. The story of the plantation, Falconhurst, and the ruthless... Read More
The Travels of Baron Munchausen. [John Held, Jr.; Limited Editions Club]
A handsome production with vibrant illustrations by artist John Held, Jr., vibrant and dynamic, printed in yellow and black. Signed by Held on the limitation... Read More
The Ferguson Affair.
A handsome copy of the first edition of The Ferguson Affair by Ross Macdonald, with California lawyer Bill Gunnarson as the main protagonist. New York... Read More
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Master of Falconhurst. [First Edition]
Published after Mandingo and Drum, the continuing story of the plantation, Falconhurst, and the ruthless themes of slave-breeding and slavery in the antebellum South as... Read More
[Manuscript of William F. Vassall’s 1916 New York City Mystery “Pearls and Canes,” published in Detective Story Magazine].
Manuscript fair copy of the detective story “Pearls and Canes” by mystery writer William F. Vassall. Set in New York City, the short story recounts... Read More
The Bradys and the Broker’s Double; or, Trapping a Wall Street Trickster.
Dime novel for boys set amidst the hustling world of Wall Street investors, confidence “tricksters,” and New York City detectives. Does the stock broker have... Read More
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