AUTUMN'S TENDER FIRE
First edition, paperback original, of this Zebra Heartfire title, a historical romance set in 19th-century New Mexico — the second of Ashmore's four published books, all issued by Zebra.
First edition, paperback original, of this Zebra Heartfire title, a historical romance set in 19th-century New Mexico — the second of Ashmore's four published books, all issued by Zebra.
Original draft, entirely written out by hand, of the sequel to the international sensation THE ROSARY.
Association copy of the first printing of Barbara Cartland's exclamation-laden fever-dream of health tonics and daily affirmations, worshipfully inscribed to the "lovely" Margaret Thatcher, who is also profiled in the book.
Association first edition of Cartland's fourth novel — and one of only a handful of her 728 published books without a happy ending — inscribed by the Cartland to her uncle.
Association first edition of Cartland's third novel — and one of only a handful of her 728 published books without a happy ending — inscribed by the Cartland to her uncle.
First US edition of this historical romance set in 1802 London and Paris, featuring "a young orphaned Comtesse" and a conflict of love vs. honor, from Cartland's one-woman category line: the Camfield Novel of Love series.
First US edition of this Victorian historical romance, featuring a cross-dressing heroine working to keep a Marquis safe as he tries to visit Mecca, from Cartland's one-woman category line: the Camfield Novel of Love series.
First appearance of this complete romance novel, issued as the special Saturday edition of the Toronto Star Weekly on 28 March 1953.
First edition of this RITA award-winning romance, one of the most acclaimed single-title contemporaries yet of the 21st century.
First printing of the famed Dell edition, with the landmark gothic cover that anticipates the "woman running from the house" designs of the gothic romance wave a decade later.
First paperback edition of the first lesbian romance meant for the YA market.
First edition, promotional copy, of this early 1700s colonial romance between a Quaker widow and a suspected pirate in Rhode Island, part of the Harlequin Historical line.
Special cloth-bound edition, the first hardcover edition, of this sensation novel by one of the most popular women writers of dime novels, who specialized in romances and dramas for working-class girls and women.
First edition, paperback original, of this Victorian historical romance, in which a Russian prince abducts the Lady Katherine — with a Duillo cover featuring an apparently nude hero in the tradition of the McGinnis/Lindsey covers.
First hardcover edition of this regency romance featuring a Scottish heiress, the second in the Malory-Anderson Families series.
First edition, paperback original, of Lindsey's first science-fiction romance.
First hardcover edition of this "Native American" romance (featuring a Comanche hero), in which the main characters journey from 19th-century Kansas territory to Texas.
First edition, paperback original, of the Black romantic suspense novel set on Long Island, featuring a heroine who falls in love while in hiding from her abusive husband.
Remarkable set of original posed photographs mostly likely for a romance novel cover, sent to comics artist and CIA illustrator John Fantucchio.
Inscribed first edition of this contemporary romance amid the mountains outside Seattle — from the small indie press of the Pacific Northwest, Goodfellow Press.
First edition of the Ur-Gothic, the literary sensation credited by many for inaugurating one of the first major trends of the English novel — and the literary heart of Austen's NORTHANGER ABBEY, which is both a satire of and homage to it.
Inscribed first edition of this romantic adventure novel by the eminent novelist, in which three siblings travel from Ireland to track down artifacts that belong with a family heirloom.
First Harlequin printing of this slightly edgier contemporary romance, first published by Mills & Boon in 1968 but delayed for publication by Harlequin because it featured sex on page and a sister with a child out of wedlock.
Limited edition of this rare book catalogue describing and illustrating 100 lots that trace the history of the genre, signed by Type Punch Matrix co-founder Rebecca Romney.
Early Republic American edition of an altered version of Bernardin de Saint-Pierre's work, featuring a happy ending not present in the original.