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WOMEN WRITERS PART I:  A-F
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Catalogue 225

WOMEN WRITERS PART I: A-F

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Home Influence. AGUILAR, Grace. Home Influence. A tale for mothers and daughters. Copyright edn. 2 vols.
Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz. (Collection of British Authors, vols 464 & 465.) 1859
Half titles. Neat contemp. brown cloth. Contemp. signature in each vol. of Amy Jones, Abberley Hall. v.g.
Stock #47973 full description >>
£30


The Days of Bruce. AGUILAR, Grace. The Days of Bruce. A story from Scottish history. With illustrations by Hyde W. Briscoe. 26th edn.
Groombridge & Sons. 1884
Initial ad. leaf, additional ad. leaf, engr. title, printed title, plates, 8pp ads. Orig. dark green cloth, bevelled boards, blocked & lettered in gilt; spine & corners sl. rubbed. a.e.g.
Stock #76235 full description >>
£25


The Admirals Ward. ALEXANDER, Mrs, pseud. (Annie French Hector) The Admiral's Ward. Popular Novels.
Richard Bentley & Son. 1883
Half title, final ad. leaf. Orig. dark green cloth, blocked in blind, spine lettered in gilt; binding a little loose with one or two gatherings sl. proud, leading inner hinge splitting. Gift inscription on verso of half title, 1894.
Stock #76232 full description >>
£50


The Executor; ALEXANDER, Mrs, pseud. (Annie French Hector) The Executor; a novel.
Richard Bentley & Son. 1885
Half title, final ad. leaf. Orig. dark green cloth, blocked in blind, spine lettered in gilt; small nick at head of leading hinge, spine a little worn at head & tail, leading inner hinge splitting.
Stock #76233 full description >>
£50


The Snare of the Fowler. ALEXANDER, Mrs, pseud. (Annie French Hector) The Snare of the Fowler.
Cassell & Co. 1892
Half title, 16pp cata. partially unopened. Orig. turquoise cloth, blocked in blind, spine lettered in gilt; sl. rubbed, leading inner hinge cracking
Stock #27854 full description >>
£40


LETTERS OF A LIAR

The Love Letters of a Liar. ALLEN, Mrs. William. The Love Letters of a Liar. 16mo.
New York: Ess Ess Publishing Co. 1901
Half title. Untrimmed in orig. dark green textured cloth, lettered in gilt. v.g. 68pp.
Stock #76243 full description >>
£40


DEDICATED TO THE WOMEN OF ENGLAND

A Life-Long Story; ANONYMOUS. A Life-Long Story; or, Am I My Sister's Keeper? Facts and Phases for the Times. Dedicated to the Women of England. By One of Themselves.
Simpkin, Marshall & Co, 1859
Half title, front., errata leaf. Orig. blue pebble-grained cloth by Lewis & Sons, blocked in blind & gilt, lettered in gilt; spine sl. dulled, otherwise a v.g. bright copy. With signature of John Ramsay, 1859 on half title.
Stock #38775 full description >>
£120


Days of Old. ANONYMOUS. Days of Old. Three stories from old English History. For the young. By the author of "Ruth and her Friends".
Cambridge: Macmillan & Co. 1859
Front., title in red & black. Contemp. half blue calf, spine with raised gilt bands and maroon leather label; a little faded. v.g.
Stock #48177 full description >>
£50


Priscilla, ANONYMOUS. Priscilla, the stolen one, and Theodore, her faithful lover. Literally true and authentic. To which is added Louise, or The cottage on the moor.
Halifax: William Nicholson & Sons. [c.1872]
Half title, col. front., 4pp ads. Orig. purple cloth, blocked & lettered in black. v.g.
Stock #76239 full description >>
£35


Ruth Clayton; ANONYMOUS. Ruth Clayton; or, The Contrast.
Frederick Warne & Co. 1869
Col. front., 4pp ads. Lacks leading f.e.p. Orig. royal blue cloth, borders blocked in blind, spine lettered in gilt; spine sl. darkened. a.e.g.
Stock #77091 full description >>
£15


Ancestors: ATHERTON, Gertrude. Ancestors: a novel. FIRST EDITION.
1907
Half title. Orig. blue-green cloth, lettered in gilt. Armorial bookplate of Alexander Lord Hesketh. v.g.
Stock #76227 full description >>
£50


Julia France and Her Times. ATHERTON, Gertrude. Julia France and Her Times. 2 vols. Copyright edn.
Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz. (Collection of British Authors, vols 4334 & 4335.) 1912
Series titles, 32pp cata. (May 1, 1912) vol. II. Untrimmed in orig. cream printed wrappers; a little dusted & sl. worn.
Stock #76225 full description >>
£35


The Travelling Thirds (in Spain). ATHERTON, Gertrude. The Travelling Thirds (in Spain). Copyright edn.
Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz. (Collection of British Authors, vol. 3850.) 1905
Series title. Orig. red cloth, olive green leather label; spine a little dulled, sl. rubbed.
Stock #76224 full description >>
£25


MANSFIELD PARK

Mansfield Park. AUSTEN, Jane. Mansfield Park. A novel.
Boston: Ticknor & Fields. 1866
Some light foxing to titlepage & first few leaves of text. Orig. brown cloth, front board with borders & publisher's monogram in blind, spine lettered in gilt; expertly recased with well-executed repairs to head & tail spine.
Stock #77141 full description >>
£450


The Watsons:  a fragment. AUSTEN, Jane. The Watsons: a fragment. Now reprinted from the manuscript.
Oxford: Clarendon Press. 1927
Half title, front. facsim. Uncut in orig. pale blue boards, cream cloth spine, paper label. v.g.
Stock #78003 full description >>
£85


Volume the Third. AUSTEN, Jane. Volume the Third. Now first printed from the Manuscript.
Oxford: Clarendon Press. 1951
Half title. Uncut in orig. boards, cream cloth spine, paper label; sl. dulled. Gift inscription dated Sept. 1951. v.g.
Stock #49464 full description >>
£20


Volume the Third. AUSTEN, Jane. Volume the Third. Now first printed from the Manuscript.
Oxford: Clarendon Press. 1951
Half title & titlepage unopened. Uncut in orig. boards, cream cloth spine, paper label; sl. marked. A good-plus copy retaining orig. torn glassine wrappers.
Stock #79144 full description >>
£25


FOUR VOLUMES

A Series of Plays: BAILLIE, Joanna. A Series of Plays: in which it is attempted to delineate the stronger passions of the mind. Each passion being the subject of a tragedy and a comedy. 2nd edn / FIRST EDITION / FIRST EDITION. 3 vols.
T. Cadell; Longman. 1799-1812
BOUND WITH: Miscellaneous Plays. 2nd edn. Longman, &c. 1805. 4 vols uniformly bound in contemp. full speckled calf, gilt spines, red & black leather labels; a little rubbed, vol. IV very slightly chipped at head & tail of spine. Armorial bookplates of the Marquess of Headfort. A good-plus set.
Stock #52673 full description >>
£325


RECOVERY FROM MEASLES

From Death Unto Life; BANFIELD, Mary Grace. From Death Unto Life; diary and letters ... with a few connecting notes.
Farncombe & Son. 1906
Orig. dark green cloth, lettered in gilt. Gift inscription, 1915.
Stock #76825 full description >>
£25


FIRST WORLD WAR NOVEL

My Hearts Right There. BARCLAY, Florence Louisa. My Heart's Right There. FIRST EDITION.
G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1914
Orig. purple cloth, front board dec. with Union Flag in central roundel, lettered in gilt; spine faded.
Stock #77941 full description >>
£35


The Wheels of Time. BARCLAY, Florence Louisa. The Wheels of Time. A romance of the twelfth century.
G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1911
Half title, final ad. leaf. Orig. purple cloth, blocked & lettered in white; spine faded.
Stock #77165 full description >>
£20


BROTHERLY LOVE

Cluny Macpherson: BARR, Amelia E. Cluny Macpherson: a tale of brotherly love. 3rd edn.
Hodder & Stoughton. 1892
Front. & plates, 8pp ads. Orig. blue cloth, blocked & lettered in black, spine lettered in gilt. v.g. bright copy.
Stock #5944 full description >>
£25


A WEST COUNTRY STORY

Jonathan Merle: BAYLY, Elisabeth Boyd. Jonathan Merle: a West Country story of the times. 9th thousand.
Jarrold & Sons. 1896
Half title, 10pp ads. E.ps a little browned. Orig. blue cloth, lettered in gilt. v.g.
Stock #45202 full description >>
£35


ON SPENSER'S FAERIE QUEEN

Britomart, BEALE, Dorothea. Britomart, or, Spenser's Ideal of a Woman. Price threepence. Reprinted for the magazine scholarship fund.
Cheltenham: Thomas Hailing, The Oxford Press. 1894
Orig. buff printed wrappers; spine partially defective, sl. dusted, repaired tear on following wrapper.
Stock #77117 full description >>
£65


My Friends in the Fifties; BELL, Julia N. My Friends in the Fifties; sketches from life long ago.
Guilbert Pitman. 1903
Half title, plates. Orig. olive green cloth, bevelled boards, dec. & lettered in gilt; spine sl. rubbed at head & tail. t.e.g. v.g.
Stock #77164 full description >>
£25


The Old Oak House: BENBOW, Lavinia. The Old Oak House: a tale of the seventeenth century. With illustrations by N. Ault and Katherine O. Underhill.
Birmingham & Leicester: The Midland Educational Company. 1899
Half title, plates. Orig. green sand-grained cloth, lettered in gilt. v.g.
Stock #62018 full description >>
£75


The Broken Heart; BENNETT, Mary. The Broken Heart; or, The Village Bridal.
Milner & Co. [c.1890]
Front., title printed in red & black, additional printed title, 16pp cata. Orig. red cloth, blocked in black, lettered in gilt. A bright attractive copy.
Stock #76843 full description >>
£25


The Cottage Girl; BENNETT, Mary. The Cottage Girl; or, The Marriage Day.
Milner & Co. [c.1880]
Front., text in two columns, 22pp cata. Orig. red-pink grained cloth, pictorially blocked in black, lettered in gilt & silver.
Stock #77948 full description >>
£25


A Romance of Dijon. BETHAM-EDWARDS, Matilda. A Romance of Dijon. Copyright edn.
Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz. (Collection of British Authors, vol. 3044.) 1895
Series title. Contemp. half red calf, spine with raised gilt bands.
Stock #77192 full description >>
£30


LOVE & REVOLUTION

A Storm-Rent Sky; BETHAM-EDWARDS, Matilda. A Storm-Rent Sky; scenes of love and revolution. Copyright edn.
Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz. (Collection of British Authors, vol. 3280.) 1898
Series title. Contemp. half red calf, spine with raised gilt bands; sl. rubbed.
Stock #77194 full description >>
£35


Anglo-French Reminiscences, BETHAM-EDWARDS, Matilda. Anglo-French Reminiscences, 1875-1899. Copyright edn.
Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz. (Collection of British Authors, vol. 3408.) 1900
Series title; sl. foxing in prelims. Contemp. half red calf, spine with raised gilt bands.
Stock #77179 full description >>
£25


Barham Brocklebank M.D. BETHAM-EDWARDS, Matilda. Barham Brocklebank M.D. Copyright edn.
Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz. (Collection of British Authors, vol. 3685.) 1903
Series title. Contemp. half continental red calf, marbled boards, spine lettered in gilt; corners sl. rubbed.
Stock #77128 full description >>
£20


Romantic Tales from English History. BEVERLEY, May. Romantic Tales from English History. With 22 illustrations.
Daldy, Isbister & Co. [1901]
Front., vignette title, plates, 4pp ads. Orig. green cloth, bevelled boards, blocked in black, lettered in gilt. Presentation inscription on verso of leading f.e.p., Feb. 1882. A v.g. bright copy.
Stock #77113 full description >>
£30


SCOTTISH ORPHANS

The Scottish Orphans. BLACKFORD, Martha, pseud. (Isabella, Lady Stoddart) The Scottish Orphans. A moral tale, founded on an historical fact; and calculated to improve the minds of young people. 2nd edn.
W. Wetton. 1823
Engr. front. after Corbould. BOUND WITH: Arthur Monteith: a moral tale; ... Being a continuation of the "Scottish Orphans". Printed for Wetton & Jarvis. FIRST EDITION. 1822. Front. after Corbould, 4pp ads. 2 vols in 1 in contemp. half roan; rubbed.
Stock #76857 full description >>
£60


A Little Summer Shower. BLAGDEN, Mrs George. A Little Summer Shower. FIRST EDITION.
T. Fisher Unwin. 1887
Half title, 32pp cata, (1886-87); some foxing in prelims. Orig. blue cloth, blocked & lettered in gilt; sl. rubbing to head & tail of spine.
Stock #27329 full description >>
£75


Country Quarters; BLESSINGTON, Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of. Country Quarters; ... With a memoir of Lady Blessington, by her niece, Miss Power.
Paris: A. & W. Galignani & Co.; Baudry's European Library. 1850 / 1851
Half title, text in two columns. BOUND WITH: Clare Abbey; or, The Trials of Youth. By Lady Emily Ponsonby. A. & W. Galignani & Co. 2 vols in 1 in contemp. half brown morocco, continental marbled boards, spine with raised gilt bands. v.g.
Stock #76819 full description >>
£110


Strathern. BLESSINGTON, Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of. Strathern. A novel. Sanctioned by the author for continental circulation. 2 vols.
Leipzig: Bernh. Tauchnitz jun. (Collection of British Authors, vols 69 & 70.) 1844
Without series titles; first few leaves sl. spotted & damp-marked. Orig. black publisher's cloth, blocked in blind, spines dec. & lettered in gilt; vol. I sl. chipped at head, otherwise a nice bright copy.
Stock #76821 full description >>
£120


THE GOVERNESS

The Governess, BLESSINGTON, Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of. The Governess, and The Belle of a Season.
Paris: Baudry's European Library. (Collection of Ancient and Modern British authors, vol. CCLXII.) 1840 / 1835
Half title; some light foxing. BOUND WITH: The Two Friends. Baudry. 1835. Continental half maroon calf; spine faded. Haut-Buisson booklabel. A good-plus copy.
Stock #47188 full description >>
£150


The Governess, BLESSINGTON, Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of. The Governess, and The Belle of a Season.
Paris: Baudry's European Library. (Collection of Ancient & Modern British Authors, vol. CCLXII.) 1840
Contemp. half brown morocco, continental marbled boards, spine with raised gilt bands; corners sl. rubbed. v.g.
Stock #78068 full description >>
£120


The Idler in Italy. BLESSINGTON, Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of. The Idler in Italy.
Paris: Baudry's European Library. (Collection of Ancient and Modern British Authors, vol. CCXXXIX.) 1839
Half title. Contemp. half roan, continental marbled boards; rubbed, head of spine chipped, split at head of leading hinge. Bookseller's ticket: Boyveau & Chevillet, Paris. Booklabel of Frederic William Bois.
Stock #61583 full description >>
£120


TWO FRIENDS

The Two Friends: BLESSINGTON, Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of. The Two Friends: a novel.
Paris: A. & W. Galignani & Co. 1835
Half title; sl. damp-staining in outer margins of final few leaves. Contemp. half calf, dark green floral cloth boards, spine attractively blocked in gilt; sl. rubbed, small nick at tail of leading hinge.
Stock #76883 full description >>
£120


Poetical Remains of Hannah Bowden, of Croydon, BOWDEN, Hannah. Poetical Remains of Hannah Bowden, of Croydon, formerly Hannah March, Jun., who died the 3rd of seventh month, 1859, in her 37th year. Edited by her sister.
A.W. Bennett. 1860
Orig. purple wavy-grained cloth, blocked in blind, spine lettered in gilt; a little faded, otherwise v.g.
Stock #76613 full description >>
£50


WORK FOR WOMEN

St. Marthas Home; BOWLES, Emily. St. Martha's Home; or, Work for Women. FIRST EDITION.
Dublin: James Duffy. 1864
Orig. green cloth, blocked in blind, spine lettered in gilt. Stamps & label of Loretto Convent library. A v.g copy.
Stock #40881 full description >>
£120


All Along the River. BRADDON, Mary Elizabeth. All Along the River. A novel. Stereotyped edn.
Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. [c.1900]
Some foxing in prelims. Contemp. royal blue morocco, spine lettered & with devices in gilt; spine darkened & a little rubbed at head & tail. Armorial bookplate of J. Monro Walker.
Stock #77134 full description >>
£40


Lucius Davoren. BRADDON, Mary Elizabeth. Lucius Davoren. Roman tradauit de l'Anglais par Charles Bernard Derosne. 2 vols.
Paris: Librairie Hachette et Cie. 1878
Half titles. Contemp. half scarlet roan, red cloth sides, spines lettered & with compartments in gilt; sl. rubbed.
Stock #76577 full description >>
£50


La Chanteuse des Rues. BRADDON, Mary Elizabeth. [Run to Earth] La Chanteuse des Rues. Roman tradauit de l'Anglais par Charles Bernard Derosne. 2 vols.
Paris: Librairie Hachette et Cie. 1875
Half titles; a little spotted. Contemp. half scarlet roan, red cloth sides, spines lettered & with compartments in gilt; boards rubbed.
Stock #76563 full description >>
£45


 LAllée des Dames. BRADDON, Mary Elizabeth. [The Lady's Mile] L'Allée des Dames. Tradauit de l'Anglais par Charles Bernard Derosne avec l'autorisation de l'auteur. 2 vols.
Paris: Librairie Hachette et Cie. 1873
Half titles; a little spotted. Contemp. half scarlet roan, red cloth sides, spines lettered & with compartments in gilt; a little rubbed. Contemp. signature of Amélie Faure[?] in each vol. Bookseller's ticket: Albert Stroh, Vienna.
Stock #76554 full description >>
£45


Hilda; BRAME, Charlotte Mary. Hilda; or, The False Vow. By Charlotte M. Braeme.
New York: F.M. Lupton. (The Arm Chair Library, no. 34.) 1893
Title on front wrapper. Text in two columns. Stapled as issued in orig. pale green printed wrappers, ad. for the Arm Chair Library on following wrapper; spine a little worn. 64pp.
Stock #76928 full description >>
£25


Lady Dianas Pride. BRAME, Charlotte Mary. Lady Diana's Pride. By Charlotte M. Braeme.
New York: F.M. Lupton. (The Arm Chair Library, no. 52.) 1893
Title on front wrapper. Text in two columns. Stapled as issued in orig. printed pale green wrappers; lacking back wrapper, front wrapper a little torn & with small chip in corner, spine defective. A good sound copy of a fragile item. 61pp.
Stock #76895 full description >>
£20


The Dukes Secret. BRAME, Charlotte Mary. The Duke's Secret. A novel.
New York: Federal Book Co. [c.1910?]
3pp following ads; paper sl. browned. Orig. yellow pictorial wrappers, printed in red & black; small nick in lower margin of front wrapper. v.g.
Stock #6312 full description >>
£35


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