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CORNWELL, Bernard Archer's Tale. 1st US in dj.
HarperCollins Publishers, New York, 2001, ISBN:0066210844
CORNWELL, Bernard. The Archer's Tale . (New York): HarperCollins Publishers, (2001). First American Printing. Pp. (10),[1]-374. 8vo, brown cloth spinewith tan paper covered boards, gilt lettering to spine. "At dawn on Easter morning 1343, a marauding band of French raiders arrives by boat to ambush the coastal English village of Hookton. To brave young Thomas, the only su rvivor, the horror of the attack is epitomized in the casual savagery of a particular black-clad knight, whose flag - three yellow hawks on a blue field - presides over the bloody affair. As the killers sail away, Thomas vowsto avenge the murder of his townspeople and to recapture a holy treasure t hat the black knight stole from the church." - from the dj. Small black dotto top edge, else vg in unclipped dj. 25.00
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CORNWELL, Bernard Bloody Ground : The Starbuck Chronicles, Volume 4. 1st US in dj. signed.
HarperCollins, New York, 1996, ISBN:0060175001
CORNWELL, Bernard. The Bloody Ground : The Starbuck Chronicles, Volume 4 . (New York): HarperCollins Publishers, (1996). First American Printing. Pp. (8),[1]-343,1). Map endpapers. 8vo, red paper covered spine with grey papercovered boards, silver lettering to spine. The fourth novel in The Starbuc k Chronicles series of historical novels set during the American Civil War,about the young Bostonian Confederate soldier's actions during the Battle of Antietam. Previous owner's name inked discretely to half-title, else vg in clean, crisp, unclipped dj. Signed without inscription by Cornwell on the title page. 45.00
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CORNWELL, Bernard Copperhead : The Starbuck Chronicles, Volume 2. 1st US in dj. signed.
HarperCollins, New York, 1994, ISBN:0060177667
CORNWELL, Bernard. Copperhead : The Starbuck Chronicles, Volume 2 . (New York): HarperCollins Publishers, (1994). First American Printing. Pp. (8),[1]-375,(1). 8vo, red paper covered spine with navy blue paper covered boards,gilt lettering to spine. The second novel in The Starbuck Chronicles serie s of historical novels set during the American Civil War, about a young Bostonian serving as a lieutenant for the Confederate Army, fighting against his family and friends from New England. Previous owner's name inked discretely to half-title, else vg in clean, crisp, unclipped dj. Signed without inscription by Cornwell on the title page. 40.00
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CORNWELL, Bernard Crackdown. 1st UK in dj.
Michael Joseph, London, 1990, ISBN:0718131592
CORNWELL, Bernard. Crackdown . London: Michael Joseph, (1990). First UK Printing. Pp. (6),[1]-313,(1). 8vo, blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. "Nick Breakspear, [who ...] never wanted anything to do with the brittle theatrical world inhabited by his father, [...] joined the Royal Marines; now he is sailing the blue waters of the Bahamas. But dreams of paradise are shattered when Nick's discovery of a derelict yacht riddled with bullets brings him into conflict with the local authorities. Then a lucrative offer to hire his services is dangled in front of him. The sensible thing to do would be to sail away across the Pacific. However, Nick wasn't being sensible when he walked into the Marine recruiting office. he isn't being sensible when a quixotic impulse sweeps him into a small but deadly corner of the war against the drug-runners that infest the Bahamas, in the unlikely copmany of a foul-mouthed ex-American football player and a smooth-talking US presidential candidate. Caught up in a world that denies every truth he believes in, the only defence is to draw on the despised skills of his father's world and fight violence with reckless courage." - from the dj. Vg in clean, crisp, unclipped dj (which includes both English and Canadian original prices). 30.00
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CORNWELL, Bernard Warlord Chronicles, 2 Enemy of God : A novel of Arthur. 1st UK in dj. signed.
Michael Joseph, London, 1996, ISBN:0718100514
CORNWELL, Bernard. Enemy of God : A novel of Arthur . London: Michael Joseph, (1996). First UK Printing. Pp. [i]-xiii,(1),[1]-397,(5). Map endpapers. 8vo, blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Volume two in The Warlord Chronicles. "Arthur, the warlord, has won his victory on the bloody turf of Lugg Vale. The kingdoms are finally united. Mordred's throne is safe; Guinevere carries Arthur's child; Lancelot is to marry Ceinwyn. And then in the spring, a march against the Saxons, one last great slaughter and Arthur will have won his dream of everlasting peace, and be able to rule with his band of warriors, who have taken the hand of friendship with each other. But Arthur has forgotten the Gods. He believes in the law, the Gods love chaos andthe Gods will win. But one man will never forget the Gods. Merlin. If he c an bring together Britain's thirteen sacred objects, scattered when the Romans laid waste to Ynys Mon, the Blessed Isle, the Gods will be restored, the Saxons flung into the sea and the last brief flickers of Christianity snuffed out. For Merlin, Britain without the Gods is nothing. Derfel, the stalwart of Arthur's shield wall, is drawin into Merlin's intrigues, and Arthur's plans are tipped into chaos." - from the dj. Vg-fine in clean, crisp, unclipped dj (with Canadian and English prices). Signed without inscription by Cornwell on the title page. 125.00
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CORNWELL, Bernard Warlord Chronicles, 2) Enemy of God : A novel of Arthur. 1st US in dj.
St. Martin's Press, New York, 1997, ISBN:0312155239
CORNWELL, Bernard. Enemy of God : A novel of Arthur . New York: St. Martin's Press, (August 1997). First American Printing. Pp. [i]-xiii,(3),[1]-397,(3). Map endpapers. 8vo, red cloth spine with black paper covered boards, gilt lettering to spine. Volume two in The Warlord Chronicles. "The legend [of Arthur] continues. Arthur, having defeated the last holdouts of civil warin soutehr Britain, has secured King Mordred's thrown. But the unified kin gdom seems no steadier, its ballance threatened by Merlin's ceaseless - andsome say futile - quest for the last of the Thirteen Treasures of Britain, by the conflict between the ancient religion and the new Christianity, and by Britain's war against the Saxons." - from the dj. Vg in clean, crisp, u nclipped dj. 25.00
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CORNWELL, Bernard Rebel : The Starbuck Chronicles, Volume 1. 1st US in dj. signed.
HarperCollins, New York, 1993, ISBN:0060177136
CORNWELL, Bernard. Rebel : The Starbuck Chronicles, Volume 1 . (New York): HarperCollins Publishers, (1993). First American Printing. Pp. (6),[1]-308,(4). 8vo, red paper covered spine with grey paper covered boards, gilt lettering to spine. The first novel in The Starbuck Chronicles series of historical novels set during the American Civil War, about a young Bostonian's critical role on the Confederate Army during the first great battle of the Civil War, the First Battle of Bull Run/Manassas, "fighting against his own people". Previous owner's name inked discretely to half-title, else vg in clean, crisp, unclipped dj. Signed without inscription by Cornwell on the title page. 35.00
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CORNWELL, Bernard Redcoat : A novel. 1st US in dj. signed.
Viking, New York, 1988, ISBN:0670816817
CORNWELL, Bernard. Redcoat : A novel . (New York): Viking, (1988). First American Printing. Pp. (8),[1]-405,(3). 8vo, tan cloth spine with blue paper covered boards, metallic red lettering to spine. The prolific historical novelist's first foray into writing on events based in the United States, chronicling the exploits of two young men fighting on opposite sides of the conflict. "Sam Gilpin broke his Englih mother's heart when he joined the British army. In the ranks, moving through the New Jersey countryside toward Philadelphia, he has learned about kiling, found the bloody thrill of a soldier's life, and wears his Redcoat uniform proudly. Jonathon Becket is an orphaned Philadelphian dominated by his Loyalist uncle, until his widowed sister [...] [and] the girl he loves [not one in the same] inspire him to the cause of liberty." - from the dj. Previous owner's name inked discretely to ffep, else vg in faintly flap-creased, unclipped dj. Signed without inscription by Cornwell on the title page. 150.00
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CORNWELL, Bernard SHARPE series Sharpe's Battle : Richard Sharpe and the Battle of Fuentes de Onoro, May 1811. 1st UK in dj. signed.
HarperCollins, London, 1995, ISBN:0002243075
CORNWELL, Bernard. Sharpe's Battle : Richard Sharpe and the Battle of Fuentes de Oņoro, May 1811 . (London): HarperCollins Publishers, (1995). First UK Printing. Pp. [1]-304. Illustrated with maps. 8vo, green cloth with gilt lettering to spine. "This eagerly awaited new novel in the Sharpe series takes Richard Sharpe and his company back to the spring of 1811 and one of the bitterest battles of the Peninsular War, a battle on which all British hopes of victory in Spain will depend. Sharpe is given responsibility for an Irish battalion of the King of Spain's household guard, ceremonial troops who are poorly equipped and untrained for battle. While quartered in the crumbling fort of San Isidro, they are attacked by the Loup Brigade, an elite French unit commanded by the formidable Brigadier General Guy Loup. Sharpe has already clashed once with Loup, and the Frenchman has sworn that he will have his revenge. Sharpe finds himself used as a pawn in a game of political expediency, and after Loup's attack, he is faced with the ruin of his career and reputation. With thousands of French troops massing at a tiny village nearby, Sharpe's only hope is to redeem himself on the battlefield. Tosave his honour, he must lead his men to glory on the blood-glutted street s of Fuentes de Oņoro." - from the dj. As far as chronological order is concerned in the Sharpe series, this is the fourth volume. Very small bump to top edge, else vg in clean, crisp, unclipped dj. Signed without inscriptionby Cornwell on the title page. 150.00
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CORNWELL, Bernard SHARPE series Sharpe's Battle : Richard Sharpe and the Battle of Fuentes de Onoro, May 1811. 1st US in dj. signed.
HarperCollins, New York, 1995, ISBN:0060176776
CORNWELL, Bernard. Sharpe's Battle : Richard Sharpe and the Battle of Fuentes de Oņoro, May 1811 . (New York): HarperCollins Publishers, (1995). FirstAmerican Printing. Pp. (8),11 -304,(2). With a map leaf. 8vo, black cloth spine with purple paper covered boards, gilt lettering to spine. Vg-fine inclean, crisp, unclipped dj. Signed without inscription by Cornwell on the title page. 130.00
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CORNWELL, Bernard SHARPE series Sharpe's Devil : Richard Sharpe and the Emperor, 1820-1821. 1st US in dj. signed.
HarperCollins, New York, 1992, ISBN:0060179775
CORNWELL, Bernard. Sharpe's Devil : Richard Sharpe and the Emperor, 1820-1821 . (New York): HarperCollins Publishers, (1992). First American Printing.Pp. (6),[1]-280,(2). 8vo, blue cloth spine with red paper covered boards, gilt lettering to spine. Very light wear to bottom edge, else vg in clean, crisp, unclipped dj. Signed without inscription by Cornwell on the title page. 120.00
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CORNWELL, Bernard SHARPE series Sharpe's Eagle : Richard Sharpe and the Talavera Campaign, July 1809. 1st US in dj. signed. a1.
Viking Press, New York, 1981, ISBN:0670639443
CORNWELL, Bernard. Sharpe's Eagle : Richard Sharpe and the Talavera Campaign, July 1809 . New York: The Viking Press, (1981). First American Printing.Pp. (6),1-270. 8vo, grey cloth spine with reddish paper covered boards, co pper-coloured lettering to spine. The first volume to be published in Cornwell's epic Richard Sharpe series (and coincidentally, Cornwell's debut novel), set amid the backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars. Chronologically, this volume is eighth in the Sharpe series. Originally published in England in February, 1981. A couple of faint edge-spots, else vg in lightly spine-nicked, unclipped dj. Signed without inscription by Cornwell on the title page. 225.00
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CORNWELL, Bernard SHARPE series Sharpe's Enemy : Richard Sharpe and the Defense of Portugal, Christmas 1812. 1st US in dj. signed.
Viking Press, New York, 1984, ISBN:0670639400
CORNWELL, Bernard. Sharpe's Enemy : Richard Sharpe and the Defense of Portugal, Christmas 1812 . New York: The Viking Press, (1984). First American Printing. Pp. (6),[1]-351,(3). With a map leaf. 8vo, black cloth spine with tan paper covered boards, gilt lettering to spine. "The Gateway of God -- anout-of-the-way pass through the mountains of western Spain. At Christmasti me in 1812 its tiny village of Adrados, once a place of religious miracle, becomes an unholy battleground of the Peninsular War, and Richard Sharpe, now a major in Wellington's army, is in the thick of it. Sharpe's enemies range from the vile army of deserters who have seized the convent of the village to French battalions threatening to smash their way through to Portugal; from the cold-blooded Parisian military strategist Pierre Ducos, to Sharpes own superior, the foolish Lord Farthingale. Foremost among the villains,however, is the sallow, twitching, utterly execrable figure of Obadiah Hak eswill, who brings to the snow-bound, blasted end-game of this novel a knife's edge of tragedy. Sharpe's allies are few, but they include the redoubtable Irish giant Sergeant Patrick Harper, and a one-eyed captain, 'Sweet William' Frederickson, a fighting man at once fierce and remarkably civilized.There is also Teresa, Sharpe's wife, the mother of his child, and a key so ldier in the guerrilla war against the French. And there is, too, an arsenal of secret weapons never before tested in battle and as crucial as Sharpe's own rifle to the fiery climax at the Gateway of God." - from the dj. Hinges a bit shaky, some wear to bottom edge with minor bumping to spine ends, faint damp spot to top edge, else vg in lightly spine-nicked, unclipped dj.Signed without inscription by Cornwell on the title page. 250.00
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CORNWELL, Bernard SHARPE series Sharpe's Escape : Richard Sharpe and the Bussaco Campaign, 1810. 1st UK indj. signed.
HarperCollins, London, 2004, ISBN:0007120133
CORNWELL, Bernard. Sharpe's Escape : Richard Sharpe and the Bussaco Campaign, 1810 . (London): HarperCollins Publishers, (2004). First UK Printing. Pp. (10),[1]-351,(7). Illustrated with maps. 8vo, black cloth with gilt lettering to spine. "It is 1810 and the French are making yet another attempt toinvade Portugal and push the British back into the sea by sending their la rgest army yet across the Spanish frontier. Facing them is a wasted land, stripped of food by Wellington's orders, and Captain Richard Sharpe. But Sharpe is in trouble. His job as Captain of the Light Company is under threat froma better connected officer and he has made a new enemy, a Portuguese criminal known as Ferragus, who has devised a simple way of ingratiating himself with the French invaders who, he is certain, will be Portugal's new rulers. But Ferragus has not reckoned on Sharpe who, discarded by his regiment, wages a private war against Ferragus, a war fought through and beneath the burning, pillaged streets of Coimbra, Portugal's ancient university city.Sharpe's enemies are numerous but by his side he has Sergeant Harper, the Portuguese officer Jorge Vicente, and a prickly English governess whose first aim is to clean up Sharpe's language. The rivalry will take Sharpe and Ferragus south towards Lisbon, towards the trap that Lord Wellington has set, to the place where the French must be stopped; the massive lines of Torres Vedras. There, beneath the British guns, Sharpe will meet all his enemiesin a swirling, bitter skirmish: there the French threat to Lisbon ends." - from the dj. Vg in clean, crisp, unclipped dj. Signed without inscription by Cornwell on the title page. 40.00
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CORNWELL, Bernard Richard Sharpe series) Sharpe's Escape : Richard Sharpe and the Bussaco Campaign, September-October 1810. proof
Harper Collins, 2004,
CORNWELL, Bernard. Sharpe's Escape : Richard Sharpe and the Bussaco Campaign, September-October 1810. (NY): Harper Collins, (2004). Uncorrected Proof.Pp. 351. 8vo, white and red card covers. The further adventures of Captain Richard Sharpe, this time taking place in the fall of 1810 during the mili tary conflict between Portugal and France. Slightly warped, else vg. 30.00
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CORNWELL, Bernard SHARPE series Sharpe's Fortress : Richard Sharpe and the Siege of Gawilghur, December 1803. 1st UK in dj. signed.
HarperCollins, London, 1999, ISBN:0002256312
CORNWELL, Bernard. Sharpe's Fortress : Richard Sharpe and the Siege of Gawilghur, December 1803 . (London): HarperCollins Publishers, (1999). First UKPrinting. Pp. [1]-302,(2). Map endpapers. 8vo, red cloth with gilt letteri ng to spine. "It is December, 1803, and Richard Sharpe is now an officer inSir Arthur Wellesley's army that is seeking to end the Mahratta War. Sharp e, just risen from the ranks, discovers that his fellow-officers are not unwelcoming. Unsure of his authority and uncomfortable in the mess, he is failing, and his failure seems assured when he is relegated to a tedious job in the baggage train. There Sharpe discovers a treason has been conjured up by his oldest and worst enemy, Sergeant Obadiah Hakeswill, but in uncovering this Sharpe finds himself alone and under dreadful threat. He falls back on his fighting ability to regain hsi confidence and his treasure, the jewels of the Tippoo Sultan, which have been stolen from him. The search for revenge on the men who robbed him takes him to Gawilghur, the fortress in thesky, the last refuge of a desperate enemy. Gawilghur has never fallen to a ssault, and bolstering its defences is the renegade Englishman, William Dodd, who escaped from Sharpe in 'Sharpe's Triumph'. The fortress, poised highabove the Deccan Plain, seems impregnable, and contains a trap for its att ackers. Dodd is confident that not redcoat can reach him, but Sharpe is desperate and so he joins Wellesley's troops as they surge across the neck of land that leads to the breaches. There, in the horror of Gawilghur's ravine, dominated by walls and guns, he will fight as he has never fought before." - from the dj. Vg in clean, crisp, unclipped dj. Signed without inscription by Cornwell on the title page. 65.00
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CORNWELL, Bernard SHARPE series Sharpe's Gold : Richard Sharpe and the Destruction of Almeida, August 1810.1st US in dj. signed.
Viking Press, New York, 1981, ISBN:0670639435
CORNWELL, Bernard. Sharpe's Gold : Richard Sharpe and the Destruction of Almeida, August 1810 . New York: The Viking Press, (1981). First American Printing. Pp. (2),[1]-250. 8vo, off-white cloth spine with brown paper coveredboards, red lettering to spine. Cornwell's second novel in the Sharpe seri es. "Only a year after its stunning victory at Talavera in July of 1809, Wellington's Peninsula army - vastly outnumbered, its coffers empty - was on the brink of collapse. The Spanish government had fallen, the last Spanish armies had been crushed by the French, and all that was left were the peasants fighting the guerrilla, the 'little war'. But Wellington had one hope left. He knew that in the dangerous Portuguese hills lay a fortune of gold, enough gold perhaps to turn the Peninsular War around. And he knew of one fighting man capable of stealing it: Captain Richard Sharpe of the South Essex Regiment. [...This is] the gripping story of Sharpe's secret mission, anadventure unlike any form of warfare Sharpe has known in his long and emba ttled career as a soldier fighting his way up through the ranks. It pits him not only against the French, but against El Católico, the guerrilla leader waging his own war of terror, and his mistress, Teresa, a woman of wildcat beauty and fierce courage; against his own superiors such as Major Kearsey, a man as brave as Sharpe but governed by a different set of rules; and against the seduction and treachery of the landscape itself. Finally, it leads Sharpe and his men, foremost among them the indomitable Irishman, Sgt. Patrick Harper, to the fortress town of Almeida, to a momentous and ruthlessdecision, and to an unforgetably explosive climax." - from the dj. Minor b umping to bottom fore-corner of both boards, very light spotting to top edge near spine, else vg in clean, crisp, unclipped dj. Signed without inscription by Cornwell on the title page. 400.00
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CORNWELL, Bernard SHARPE series Sharpe's Havoc : Richard Sharpe and the campaign in northern Portugal, spring 1809. 1st UK in dj. signed.
HarperCollins, London, 2003, ISBN:0007120109
CORNWELL, Bernard. Sharpe's Havoc : Richard Sharpe and the campaign in northern Portugal, spring 1809 . (London): HarperCollins Publishers, (2003). First UK Printing. Pp. (14),1-380,(6). Illustrated with a two page map. 8vo, green cloth with gilt lettering to spine. "It is the spring of 1809 and a small British army is stationed in Lisbon when Marhsal Soult begins the French invasion of northern Portugal. No one knows whether the British will fight or leave, but there is little choice for Lieutenant Richard Sharpe and his squad of rifelmen, who are sent into the beleaguered city of Oporto to rescue a British mother and daughter who have chosen to stay rather than flee southwards. But what seems like a straightfoward mission becomes tangled in betrayal when Kate Savage disappears. Sharpe, with Sergeant Patrick Harper and a score of rifelemn, is cut off in the city when the bridge of the river Douro is broken. They join forces with a group of fugitive Portuguese soldiers and try to fight their way back to the British lines, but their orders are overridden by a mysterious English officer, who instructs them to remain in northern Portugal. Colonel Christopher excels in high diplomacy and low cunning, and his activities lead Sharpe and his riflemen into treacherous danger." - from the dj. Vg in clean, crisp, unclipped dj (with both English and Canadian prices on the front flap). Signed without inscription by Cornwell on the title page. 45.00
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