The Shadow of Albion
by Andre Norton & Rosemary Edghill
Read once, but you would never know that by looking at it. Appears brand new.
Little Women (abridged)
Worn copy. Front section is water stained around the edges. Published in 1960.
Girl in Hyacinth Blue
by Susan Vreeland
It's about the travels of a Vermeer painting from creation to modern times.
Bought new, read once.
The Secret Garden
Worn copy. Back cover is marked up by an ink pen. Body of book in great condition; yellowed from age. Published in 1987
A Woman of Passion
Romance novel set during Henry VIII and Queen Elizabeth's reigns. Based on a real person.
Armour Wherein He Trusted
Mary Webb's last book-published posthumously in 1929. Medieval times; Sir Gilbert falls in love with Nesta who is of Merlin's lineage. Strange things ensue.
Passing Through Paradise
by Susan Wiggs
Romance novel in good condition. Set in New England. Has a plot!
The New House by Lettice Cooper
Set in England; 1920s Book written in 1936. From back cover, "intricately weaves throughts of the past and future, with the minutiae of one day's events, creating a complex portrait of one family's life and the games and manipulations they engage in.
The Lifted Veil by George Eliot
Thin book; only 91 pages; written in 1859. Per the back cover, "The Lifted Veil" embarrassed her publishers by its explorations of the pseudosciences." Book Summary: A man discovers he is a clairvoyant. When he meets the woman in his visions, he is unwilling to take heed the warnings of the visions.
Robinson Crusoe (unabridged)
by Daniel Defoe. Classic book - tells the story of the sole survivor of a shipwreck, stranded on a Caribbean island, who prevails against all odds, enduring almost 3 decades alone. 1st Published in 1719.
Waldon; or, Life in the Woods
Another classic - by Henry David Thoreau. From back cover, "Interwoven with accounts of Thoreau's daily life are meditations on human esistence, society, government and other topics"
Dubliners by James Joyce
Printed in 1961. Yellowed with age. Per back cover, "The remarkable collection of stories that make up Dubliners was described by Joyce himself as a series of chapters in the moral history of his community; and the arrangement of tales reveals 'a progression from childhood to maturity, broading from private to public scope.'"
Afraid? of What? and other poems & sketches
by EH Hamilton. Has book jacket and is signed by author. Author was a Christian Missionary in China, Korea & Japan for 40 years. This is a collection of poems he wrote during that time. Books is a testimonies of those who choose Christ above all.
The American Polity Reader
Old college textbook. Contains over 100 readings. Looks at American Ideology; Constitution & US Democracy; Congress; The Presidency; The Judiciary; Public Opinion; Interest Groups; Elections; Political Parties; The Media; Civil Liberties; Public Welfare; Political Economy; & America in the World.