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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.

A softcover edition in new condition throughout. Boards are unmarked, with no creasing along the edges or spines. Pages are crisp throughout and appear unread. First St. Martin's Griffin edition (paperback), first printing, September 2019; originally published in hardcover by St. Martin's Press, 2018. Kristin Hannah's The Great Alone, a #1 New York Times bestseller, follows the Allbright family as they relocate to a remote homestead in 1970s Alaska, seeking a fresh start. One of Hannah's most acclaimed novels, praised for its vivid sense of place and emotional intensity.

A German softcover edition in very good condition throughout. Boards are clean, with no creasing along the spine. Pages are clean and unmarked. dtv paperback edition, 2016 (unabridged German edition first published 1999, translated from the Norwegian original Sofies verden, 1991). Jostein Gaarder's Sofies Welt: Roman über die Geschichte der Philosophie is an international bestseller translated into sixty languages, the novel is credited with introducing generations of readers to philosophy through storytelling. This German translation, by Gabriele Haefs, received the 1994 Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis, awarded jointly to Haefs and Gaarder.

A hardcover in good condition, issued without a dust jacket as typical of this book club binding. Boards are clean, and the binding remains firm and tight throughout. Pages are of notably fine quality paper, showing no aging or toning, though some pages show light tears consistent with age and handling. Bertelsmann Lesering book club edition, 1955, licensed with permission of Albert Langen-Georg Müller Verlag, München, printed by Sijthoff, den Haag. Und ewig singen die Wälder, by Norwegian author Trygve Gulbranssen. The first novel in Gulbranssen's celebrated trilogy, it follows the Björndal family across generations amid the forests and mountains of rural Norway, weaving together themes of pride, inheritance, and reconciliation against a richly atmospheric wilderness setting.

A softcover edition, first printing. Boards are clean and unmarked, with no creasing to the edges or spine. Pages are unmarked throughout, with deckled edges typical of this printing. Indigo exclusive edition, first printing, published by Viking Canada, an imprint of Penguin Random House, 2025. The Maid's Secret is the third and final novel in Nita Prose's bestselling Molly the Maid series, which has sold more than two million copies worldwide. Following the beloved, socially unconventional hotel maid Molly Gray, the novel uncovers a long-hidden secret from her late grandmother's past. This Indigo exclusive edition includes deckled page edges as a printing feature distinct from the standard trade paperback.

A softcover copy in good condition, first Harper paperback edition, first printing. The front board shows some shelf wear. Pages are clean and unmarked throughout. The Miracles of Prato by Laurie Albanese and Laura Morowitz. Harper / HarperCollins, New York, 2010. First Harper paperback edition, first printing. A historical novel set in fifteenth-century Florence, following the painter Fra Filippo Lippi and the novice nun Lucrezia Buti.