PEYTON ROMANCE
ADAMS, Mrs. Leith (later Mrs De Courcy Laffan, née Bertha Grundy). The Peyton Romance. 4th edn. Jarrold & Sons. [1895]
Half title, front. port., 12pp cata. Orig. vertical-grained brown pictorial cloth, lettered in black & gilt; sl. dulled. Label of Stockton Grammar School library. v.g.
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.
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.
WOMAN'S FRIENDSHIP
AGUILAR, Grace. Woman's Friendship. A story of domestic life. George Routledge & Sons. 1891
Front. & additional engr. title, plates loose, 8pp ads. Orig. dark green cloth, lettered in gilt, blocked with flowers in pink & white; sl. rubbed. Contemp. gift inscription.
ALEXANDER, Cecil Frances. Poems. Edited, with a preface, by William Alexander. FIRST EDITION. Macmillan & Co. 1896
Half title, front. port., 4pp ads; partially unopened. Orig. blue cloth, blocked & lettered in gilt; spine sl. faded, one corner bumped. v.g.
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.
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.
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
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.
DEDICATED TO THE WOMEN OF ENGLAND
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
AUSTEN, Jane. (Sanditon.) Fragment of a novel, written ... January - March 1817. Now first printed from the manuscript. 2nd impression. Oxford: Clarendon Press. 1925
Half title. Uncut in orig. grey-blue boards, cream cloth spine & paper label sl. dulled.
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.
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.
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.
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. Renier booklabel. v.g.
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.
COLLECTED NOVELS
AUSTEN, Jane. Works. The Novels of Jane Austen. Edited by Reginald Brimley Johnson. 10 vols.J.M. Dent & Co. 1892
Half titles, fronts, plates by William Cubit Cooke, ornaments by F.C. Tinsley. Uncut in contemp. half blue crushed morocco, spines gilt in compartments; spines uniformly faded. t.e.g. A v.g. set.
AUSTEN, Jane. Works. The Novels. The text based on collation of the early editions by R.W. Chapman. With notes, indexes and illustrations from contemporary sources. 5 vols. Oxford: at the Clarendon Press. 1923
Half titles, fronts, facsims & illus. Untrimmed in orig. blue marbled boards, pale blue cloth spines, paper labels. A v.g. set, with four volumes retaining orig. sl. worn d.ws.
SIX VOLUMES
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. 3rd edn / FIRST EDITION / FIRST EDITION. 3 vols. T. Cadell; Longman, &c. 1800-1812
Occasional light foxing. BOUND WITH: Miscellaneous Plays. 2nd edn. Longman, &c. 1805. ALSO WITH: Metrical Legends of Exalted Character. FIRST EDITION. Longman, &c. 1821. ALSO WITH: Three plays bound together: The Family Legend: a tragedy in 5 acts (bound without titlepage); The Martyr: a drama in 3 acts. FIRST EDITION. Longman. 1826; The Bride; a drama in 3 acts. FIRST EDITION. Henry Colburn. 1826. 6 vols in near-uniform full contemp. tree calf, gilt spines, black leather labels; a little worn, the odd small chip. Vols I & II of A Series of Plays, and Miscellaneous Plays inscribed 'From the Author'. All six vols signed 'A. Elliott' & 'Eliz. C. Elliott, Jan. 1836'; later booklabels of Esme Nicoll. An attractive collection in contemporary binding.
FOUR VOLUMES
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.
RECOVERY FROM MEASLES
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.
FIRST WORLD WAR NOVEL
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.
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.
BROTHERLY LOVE
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.
A WEST COUNTRY STORY
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.
ON SPENSER'S FAERIE QUEEN
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
LOVE & REVOLUTION
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
BLESSINGTON, Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of. The Idler in France. Paris: Baudry's European Library. (Collection of Ancient & Modern British Authors, vol. CCCXXIII.) 1841
Half title; the first forty or so leaves have some marginal notes in pencil. Contemp. half brown morocco, continental marbled boards, spine with raised gilt bands; corners sl. rubbed. v.g.
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.
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.
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