Williamson Thames Thomas Ross Williamson (2 results)

Pbk. Condition: Good. First Pbk.Ed. The Gladiator is a lusty panorama of the splendor and sensuality of ancient Rome. Here is the bestial savagery and brutal blood-lust of the arena . . . the decadence and corrupt splendor of the world's most notorious court. And here is a love as powerful and unique as the people who lived it--Faljan, the hero of one hundred mortal combats, and Lydia, the dancing girl--reckless, exotic and willful. 382p.Vintage copy, text neat and complete but title page missing.…

Condition: VERY GOOD. First printing. The story of a simple Eastern European immigrant, a giant in size, but gentle at heart, who finds himself working in a bakery in Seattle. As one contemporary reviewer wrote "Ho, but this is the kind of workman that some people seem to think is the real thing. Ho! but unfortunately it is nothing more than an advanced case of amnesia. Ho! but who ever thought "Ho!" anyway.?" (Geoffrey Hellman, The Bookman). Still the story is not without its appeal. INSCRIBED on the title page "Autographed for Mr and Mrs H.O. Roberts. Best wishes and memories of Alaska. Seattle, July 29, 1929." 312 pp. Very good in terra cotta cloth with dark green lettering and design on front cover, white and terra cotta block print endpapers. …