Bookmark from the signing (Brazos Books, Houston) laid in at title page, on which the authr has signed her name (no inscription). Historical novel of Arctic exploration. The author won the 1996 National Book Award for fiction (Ship Fever). View More...
Signed by the author (name only) on the title page. From the publisher: "A bestselling, exquisitely written, haunting novel of ideas based on the testimony of a young woman in fourteenth-century France who was tried for heresy during the Catholic Inquisition. The young woman from the mountain village of Montaillou was named Grazida Lizier and, by her own confession, her 'joy was shared' with the wrong man: the village rector." View More...
Novel about three Texas brothers during and after the Civil War. Two of the brothers rejoin the Texas Rangers after the war. From the publisher: "Infused with blood and honor of Jim Bowie, Davie Crockett and Sam Houston -- Texans became tough, hell bent for leather. Here you will find such men, the Wiley brothers. This is their story on how they started the Texas Rangers to bring law and order to the Texas frontier." View More...
Just a trace of wear to book and jacket. A bright, clean copy of this novel of old San Francisco in the 1870s and Frieda, daughter of Orthodox Jewish immigrants, who is torn between seeking love, adventure and a better tomorrow in the West or living in a more traditional role and helping her family through tough times. Endpapers show historical photographs from the Bancroft Library. 222 pages. Inscribed and signed to the book's previous owner by the author on the half-title page. View More...
Post-Civil War novel set in Texas. From the publisher: "Two young Confederates quit Jesse James' gang because of his brutality, and with their $100,000 share of a bank robbery try to make an honest living. Not an easy task, given the bandits and Indians that abound, but they do gain the love of two women." View More...
