Price Florida & Savannah

3 EUGENIA PRICE PAPERBACKS - DON JUAN McQUEEN, MARGARET'S STORY, BEFORE THE DARKNESS FALLS - READING COPIES WITH BOOKSTORE STAMPS Three mass-market paperback historical novels by Eugenia Price, photographed on a dark oak table. Titles are "Don Juan McQueen" (A Berkley Book, cover priced $3.95 U.S. / $4.50 Canada, ISBN 0-425-07108-1, cover banners "OVER 15 MILLION OF HER BOOKS IN PRINT" and "Bestselling author of SAVANNAH," back cover headed "A LOVE TOO GREAT TO DIE" with character blocks for DON JUAN, ANNE, JOHN and YSABEL, and an interior map captioned "The Creek Nation and Its Environs in the Time of Don Juan McQueen"); "Margaret's Story" (Bantam, teal cover with printed border, ISBN 0-553-26559-8, cover price 495, back text naming Margaret Seton, Lewis Fleming, Hibernia on the St. Johns River and the Seminole uprisings); and "Before the Darkness Falls" (Jove, cream cover, ISBN 0-515-10538-4, "Book Three of the Savannah Quartet," back cover quoting "ROMANTIC...ENTERTAINING...SUPERB" from the New York Times plus Rave Reviews, Atlanta Journal Constitution and Anniston Star, and marked "A Choice of the Literary Guild"). All three are used reading copies with creased and rubbed spines, worn and chipped cover edges, soiling, and toned pulp pages; "Before the Darkness Falls" has cover chipping with paper loss at the corners and a purple bookstore stamp plus handwritten pen notes in the front matter, and "Margaret's Story" has blue ink writing on a front leaf. Sold as a lot of 3 books as pictured. Description Form: three mass-market paperback novels, softbound, no dust jackets Construction: glued perfect-bound paperbacks on pulp paper, laminated pictorial covers Marks: "Don Juan McQueen ... A Berkley Book ... ISBN 0-425-07108-1"; "Margaret's Story ... ISBN 0-553-26559-8 ... 495"; "Before the Darkness Falls ... ISBN 0-515-10538-4 ... A Choice of the Literary Guild" Marks: a red rubber stamp reading "HOOKED ON BOOKS / 104 E. Main / Weatherford, OK. 73096 / 772-2652 / PAPERBACKS - 1/2 COVER PRICE" appears on an interior page of "Don Juan McQueen"; a purple stamp in "Before the Darkness Falls" appears to read a shop name with "700 MECHEM / RUIDOSO, NM 88345" - the purple stamp is partly illegible in the photographs and is not guaranteed Handwritten pen notes in the "Before the Darkness Falls" front matter list the Savannah series in reading order (#1 Savannah, #2 To See Your Face Again, #3 Before the Darkness Falls, #4 Stranger in Savannah) Size: NO TAPE-MEASURE PHOTOGRAPH WAS TAKEN. Estimated at standard mass-market paperback size, roughly 4 1/4 by 7 inches each - estimate only, not measured At the frame edges: only the oak table surface. No other books, boxes, or paperwork are included. Attribution note Eugenia Price (1916-1996) was a bestselling novelist of the American South. Per the New Georgia Encyclopedia, her Florida trilogy comprises Don Juan McQueen (1974), Maria (1977) and Margaret's Story (1980), and her Savannah quartet comprises Savannah (1983), To See Your Face Again (1985), Before the Darkness Falls (1987) and Stranger in Savannah (1989). This lot therefore pairs two Florida-trilogy titles with the third book of the Savannah quartet. Identifications above are read from the covers, copyright data and barcodes in the photographs, are offered as the consignor's photo-based opinion, and are not guaranteed. Printing and edition state are not established. Bid on the item(s) as pictured. Notes for bidders Keep dry and out of sunlight and heat; acidic pulp paper continues to tone in a hot garage or a sunny window. Do not clean the covers with water or household cleaners, as this lifts the gloss layer. Leave the stamps, price markings, and ink notes alone rather than trying to remove them. Do not bend the spines backward, and shelve upright with support rather than stacked flat under weight. Only the item(s) pictured are included in this lot. Terms Sold as-is, where-is, with no warranty expressed or implied. All sales final. Please ask any questions before bidding. Buyer is responsible for pickup or shipping arrangements per auction terms.