THE ROMANCE NOVEL IN ENGLISH: A Survey in Rare Books, 1769-1999
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.
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.
First edition of this early Janet Dailey romance, the New York entry in her famed Americana series.
First printing, Canadian issue of this marriage-of-convenience romance set in 16th-century Scotland featuring enemies to lovers — with the famed McGinnis cover.
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.
First hardcover edition of this regency romance featuring a Scottish heiress, the second in the Malory-Anderson Families series.
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 of this RITA award-winning romance, one of the most acclaimed single-title contemporaries yet of the 21st century.
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.
Signed first printing of this tale of romance and intrigue set during the Napoleonic Wars, as uncovered by a history student (with intrigue of her own) researching a code book.
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.
First edition, paperback original, of this Berkley historical romance, following the fates of two friends through World War I.
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 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 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, 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.
First edition, promotional copy, of this 1850s romance between a Norwegian immigrant and a shipwrecked American, part of the Harlequin Historical line.
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.
First edition of this interfaith contemporary romance — the "first American novel written by a Jew on a Jewish theme for an American audience" (D. G. Myers) — inscribed by the author to her brother.
Advance review copy of this 25th novel by the world's best-selling living author, the basis for a 1993 made-for-television movie starring Jennie Garth at the height of her celebrity.
First edition of this contemporary sapphic romance, featuring a veterinarian who falls in love with a witch, from lesbian publisher Rising Tide Press.
Remarkable set of original posed photographs mostly likely for a romance novel cover, sent to comics artist and CIA illustrator John Fantucchio.
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.
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.
Original draft, entirely written out by hand, of the sequel to the international sensation THE ROSARY.
First appearance of this complete romance novel, issued as the special Saturday edition of the Toronto Star Weekly on 28 March 1953.