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The Great Events by Famous Historians, edited by Rossiter Johnson, LL.D., was published in 1905 by The National Alumni, New York, as a limited United Empire Edition of one thousand complete sets. This is Volume I, covering B.C. 5867–451, and the volume that carries the set's official limitation statement, registered as No. 363 of 1,000 complete sets, along with a facsimile signature believed to be that of King Edward VII. The boards are bound in deep red cloth, elaborately blind-stamped in a repeating geometric and foliate pattern. The spine is lettered in bright gold against the same red cloth. The binding is firm and the pages are clean, unmarked, deckle-edged, and show very little sign of aging, with the tissue guard protecting the frontispiece present and intact.

A like new copy of the British softcover first edition, first printing. The covers are clean, bright, and unmarked, with a tight, unbroken spine. Pages are crisp throughout. First paperback printing of Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey: The Lost Legacy of Highclere Castle, by the Countess of Carnarvon, first published in hardcover by Hodder & Stoughton in 2011, with this paperback edition following in 2012. The Countess draws on the extensive Carnarvon family archive to tell the true story of Almina Wombwell, who married the 5th Earl of Carnarvon in 1895, bringing with her a considerable dowry as the daughter of banking tycoon Alfred de Rothschild. Printed and bound in Great Britain.

A beautiful hardcover in very good condition. The boards are bound in rich purple, with Diana's facsimile signature stamped in gilt on the front cover, and a two-toned spine in grey linen with silver lettering. The dust jacket is unclipped, with a small tear at the upper edge. Pages are unmarked throughout, complete and intact with none missing. First U.S. Edition of Diana: Her Life and Legacy, by Anthony Holden, published by Random House in 1997. Holden, a friend of Diana, Princess of Wales, drew on that personal acquaintance, including a meeting with her earlier that year, to write this tribute, illustrated with more than 150 photographs spanning her public and private life.

A beautiful softcover edition in fine condition. The boards are unmarked and free of any creasing. Pages are clean and unmarked throughout. This edition of I Married the Klondike, by Laura Beatrice Berton, was published by Lost Moose, an imprint of Harbour Publishing, in 2005. In 1907, Berton left a comfortable life in Toronto to teach in Dawson City, Yukon, where she remained for the next twenty-five years, marrying into the Klondike and raising her family in the fading glamour of the post-gold-rush era. Among her children was Pierre Berton, who would go on to become one of Canada's most celebrated historians and popular writers, chronicling the very Klondike gold rush his mother had lived through. The memoir was first published by McClelland & Stewart in 1961. Printed and bound in Canada.

A handsome hardcover of the first edition, first printing. The grey cloth boards are clean, square, and unmarked, with gilt lettering along the spine. The dust jacket is unclipped, bright, and clean. Internally the book is tight and clean throughout. First edition of The Bully Boys, by Canadian author Eric Walters, published by Viking (Penguin Canada) in 2000. Set during the War of 1812, the novel follows fourteen-year-old Thomas Roberts, left to manage the family farm while his father serves with the British army. After foiling an attempted robbery by American soldiers, Thomas catches the attention of Lieutenant James FitzGibbon, the real-life officer who led the Bully Boys, and is drawn into the war himself. The novel is dedicated to FitzGibbon. Walters, a Member of the Order of Canada and one of the country's most prolific writers for young readers, brings a distinctly Canadian lens to this chapter of the War of 1812. Printed and bound in Canada.

First American Edition, hardcover, in fine condition. The front board is stamped in gilt with the author's GGM monogram, and the spine carries matching gilt lettering. The dust jacket is bright and clean, showing only light wear to the edges. The book is tight, appears unread, with pages crisp, unmarked, and deckle edged throughout. First American edition of Gabriel García Márquez's News of a Kidnapping, published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1997. García Márquez, the Colombian 1982 Nobel laureate in Literature, reconstructs the 1990 kidnapping of ten Colombian citizens, most of them journalists, carried out on the orders of Medellín cartel leader Pablo Escobar as leverage against extradition to the United States. Translated from the Spanish by Edith Grossman, winner of the 2006 PEN/Ralph Manheim Medal for Translation.