INGELOW, Jean. The Minnows with Silver Tails, and Two ways of telling a story. By the author of 'Studies for Stories'. FIRST EDITION. 32mo. Alexander Strahan & Co. (Stories told to a child, no. 7.) 1867
Front. & 1 plates, 4pp ads. Orig. blue sand-grained cloth, front board blocked & lettered in gilt; a little rubbed, inner hinges splitting. Three-penny worth of postage stamps on following pastedown. Ownership details in pencil in a childlike hand in prelims.
ITA, pseud. (Sophy Moody) The Fairy Tree, or, Stories from near and far. By Ita. T. Nelson & Sons. [1861?]
Half title, front., vignette title, final ad. leaf. Orig. green bead-grained cloth, blocked & lettered in blind & gilt; small nick at tail of spine.
JACKSON, Ida. Marjory Maxwell: the major's daughter. FIRST EDITION. Edinburgh: David M. Small. 1898
Half title, front. Orig. red-brown cloth, blocked in black, lettered in gilt. A v.g. bright copy.
ROOKERY MILL
JAGGER, Mary-Ann. Rookery Mill. FIRST EDITION. London Literary Society. [1886]
Half title; prelims a little spotted. Orig. red cloth, dec. in black, lettered in gilt; following board sl. marked, spine sl. dulled.
(JAMESON, Anna Brownell) Diary of an Ennuyée. New edn. Henry Colburn. 1826
Contemp. purple horizontal-grained morocco, gilt spine, maroon leather label; hinges rubbed but firm. Title signed 'Maria Jonson[?], Eaton, 1828.
(JAMESON, Anna Brownell) MACPHERSON, Gerardine. Memoirs of the Life of Anna Jameson. By her niece Gerardine Macpherson. FIRST EDITION. Longman, Green, and Co. 1878
Half title, engr. front. port. after H. Adlard. Contemp. half calf, marbled boards, black leather label chipped; spine & hinges worn but holding. Labels of Norfolk and Norwich Library. A good sound copy.
CHARACTERISTICS OF WOMEN
JAMESON, Anna Brownell. Characteristics of Women, moral, poetical, and historical. 3rd edn, corrected and enlarged. 2 vols. Saunders & Otley. 1836
Half titles, illus., final ad. leaf vol. I. Uncut in orig. cream cloth, spines lettered in gilt; lettering rubbed vol. II & small nick at head of spine. Still a very nice example in a vulnerable binding.
MEMOIRS
JAMESON, Anna Brownell. Memoirs and essays illustrative of art, literature, and social morals. FIRST EDITION. Richard Bentley. 1846
Orig. dark green cloth, blocked in blind, spine lettered in gilt. A good-plus copy.
JENINGS, Elizabeth Janet. John Douglas's Vow, or, Thyra Gascoigne. 4th edn. Chapman & Hall. 1867
A rebound 'yellowback' in contemp. half calf, spine with raised gilt bands, maroon leather label. v.g.
WHO BREAKS - PAYS
(JENKIN, Henrietta Camilla) "Who Breaks - Pays". (Italian proverb.) Copyright edn. Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz. (Collection of British Authors, no. 564.) 1861
Bound without series title. Contemp. half green morocco, spine ruled & with devices in gilt. v.g.
JOCELYN, Ada Maria, Mrs. Robert. A Big Stake. A novel. F.V. White & Co. 1893
Half title. Contemp. half dark green roan, spine lettered & with devices in gilt; spine a little darkened & rubbed. Armorial bookplate of J. Monro Walker.
JOCELYN, Ada Maria, Mrs. Robert. A Regular Fraud. A novel. In one volume. FIRST EDITION. F.V. White. 1896
Half title, 8pp ads & 16pp cata. Orig. green cloth, lettered in black & gilt; spine a little dulled. Simple early booklabel of Dr Matthews.
JOCELYN, Ada Maria, Mrs. Robert. Drawn Blank. A novel. F.V. White & Co. [1895?]
Half title. Contemp. half dark green roan, spine lettered & with devices in gilt; spine a little darkened & sl. rubbed. Armorial bookplate of J. Monro Walker.
JOCELYN, Ada Maria, Mrs. Robert. For One Season Only. A sporting novel. In one volume. F.V. White & Co. 1894
Half title. Contemp. half dark green roan, spine lettered & with devices in gilt; spine a little darkened & sl. rubbed. Armorial bookplate of J. Monro Walker.
JOCELYN, Ada Maria, Mrs. Robert. Only a Horse Dealer. A novel. In one volume. F.V. White & Co. 1893
Half title. Contemp. half dark green roan, spine lettered & with devices in gilt; spine a little darkened & sl. rubbed. Armorial bookplate of J. Monro Walker.
JOCELYN, Ada Maria, Mrs. Robert. The M.F.H.'s Daughter. A novel. In one volume. F.V. White & Co. 1891
Half title. Contemp. half dark green roan, spine lettered & with devices in gilt; spine a little darkened & sl. rubbed. Armorial bookplate of J. Monro Walker.
THE TWO SICILIES
KAVANAGH, Julia. A Summer and Winter in the Two Sicilies. FIRST EDITION. 2 vols. Hurst & Blackett. 1858
Fronts, vignette titles, 3pp ads vol. I, final ad. leaf vol. II; one gathering sl. proud vol. I. Orig. orange-red sand-grained cloth, spines blocked & lettered in gilt; spines a little darkened & rubbed. A good-plus copy in orig. cloth of a difficult title.
KAVANAGH, Julia. Forget-me-nots. FIRST EDITION. 3 vols. Richard Bentley & Son. 1878
Leading f.e.p. vol. I torn in lower margin with sl. loss, repair to pp15/16 vol. 2 without loss. Contemp. half dark blue calf; a bit rubbed. Stamps of Beechworth Public Library. A good sound copy.
KAVANAGH, Julia. Seven Years, and other tales. FIRST EDITION. 3 vols. Hurst & Blackett. 1860
Contemp. half maroon sheep; head & tail of spines chipped, faded & worn. A decent internally clean copy.
BLUE BEARD - AN EXTRAVAGANZA
KEATING, Eliza. Blue Beard; or, Female Curiosity!! and Male Atrocity!!! An extravaganza, in two acts. Samuel French. (Fairy and home plays for home performance, no. 2.) [c.1890]
Stapled as issued in orig. buff printed wrappers. 28pp.
(KELTY, Mary Anne) The Favourite of Nature. A tale. 2nd edn. 3 vols. 12mo. G. & W.B. Whittaker. 1822
Contemp. full tan calf, spines with devices in gilt, black & maroon leather labels rather chipped & recoloured; hinges rubbed. Armorial bookplates of the Marquess of Headfort.
KENNARD, Mary E., Mrs. Edward. A Riverside Romance. A novel. In one volume. FIRST EDITION. F.V. White & Co. 1896
Half title. Contemp. half dark purple roan, spine lettered & with devices in gilt; spine rubbed. Armorial bookplate of J. Monro Walker. A good sound copy.
KENNARD, Mary E., Mrs. Edward. At the Tail of the Hounds. A novel. New edn. F.V. White & Co. 1898
Half title. Orig. lime green cloth, front board lettered in black, spine lettered in gilt; sl. darkened.
KENNARD, Mary E., Mrs. Edward. Fooled by a Woman. A novel. In one volume. FIRST EDITION. F.V. White & Co. 1895
Half title. Contemp. half dark purple roan, spine lettered & with devices in gilt; spine rubbed. Armorial bookplate of J. Monro Walker. A good sound copy.
JUST LIKE A WOMAN
KENNARD, Mary E., Mrs. Edward. Just Like a Woman. A novel. In one volume. FIRST EDITION. F.V. White & Co. 1894
Half title. Contemp. half dark purple roan, spine lettered & with devices in gilt; spine rubbed. Armorial bookplate of J. Monro Walker. A good sound copy.
KENNARD, Mary E., Mrs. Edward. Matron or Maid. A novel. In one volume. F.V. White & Co. 1890
Half title. Orig. lime-green sand-grained cloth, blocked in black, lettered in black & gilt.
KENNARD, Mary E., Mrs. Edward. Matron or Maid. A novel. 2nd edn. F.V. White & Co. 1890
Half title. Contemp. half dark purple roan, spine lettered & with devices in gilt; spine rubbed, becoming detached. Armorial bookplate of J. Monro Walker. A good sound copy.
TWILIGHT TALES
KENNARD, Mary E., Mrs. Edward. Twilight Tales. Illustrated by Edith Ellison. F.V. White & Co. 1888
Half title, front. & 5 plates by Edith Ellison. Orig. green cloth, front board pictorially blocked & lettered in black, spine blocked & lettered in gilt; sl. rubbed. Ownership inscription on leading pastedown, Aug. '89, & contemp. gift inscription in pencil on recto of front. v.g.
KENNARD, Mary E., Mrs. Edward. Wedded to Sport. A novel. In one volume. F.V. White & Co. 1893
Contemp. half dark purple roan, spine lettered & with devices in gilt; spine rubbed & with large chip from head. Armorial bookplate of J. Monro Walker. A poor copy.
(KENNEDY, Grace) Dunallan; or Know What You Judge; a story. By the Author of "The Decision," ... &c. 3rd edn. 2 vols. 12mo. Edinburgh: W. Oliphant, &c. 1826
Engr. fronts, following errata leaf vol. II. Contemp. full calf, gilt spines, borders & dentelles, dark brown leather labels; each vol. with one gathering sl. proud, otherwise v.g.
(KENNEDY, Grace) Dunallan; or Know What You Judge; a story. By the Author of "The Decision," ... &c. 2nd edn. 3 vols. 12mo. Edinburgh: W. Oliphant, &c. 1825
Half titles, final ad. leaf vol. I. Contemp. half dark blue calf. Armorial bookplate, Cotton, & Renier booklabel. v.g.
KENNEDY, Grace. Andrew Campbell's Visit to His Irish Cousins. New edn. Edinburgh: William Oliphant & Co. [c.1865?]
Engr. front. Orig. red cloth, blocked in blind, blocked & lettered in gilt. Gift inscription, March 1868.
KENNEDY, Margaret. The Constant Nymph. Copyright edn. Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz. (Collection of British authors, vol. 4684.) 1925
Half title. Orig. publisher's maroon cloth with Tauchnitz monogram on front board; sl. fading. v.g.
KING, Katharine. The Queen of the Regiment. A novel. New edn. Chapman & Hall. 1875
Contemp. half dark green calf, spine ruled in gilt, dark maroon leather label; spine sl. darkened. v.g.
COLOUR PLATES BY PHIZ
KIRBY, Mary & Elizabeth. The Discontented Children, and how they were cured. With illustrations by Hablot K. Browne. FIRST EDITION. Grant & Griffith. 1855
Col. front. with sm. marginal tear neatly repaired, 3 col. plates, 8pp cata.; a few spots. Later dark pink binder's cloth, black leather label.
INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR
KIRBY, Mary. "Leaflets from my Life", a narrative autobiography by Mary Kirby (Gregg) widow of Rev. H. Gregg, Rector of Brooksby; ... 2nd edn. Simpkin, Marshall & Co. 1888
Orig. dark green cloth, spine lettered in gilt; sl. rubbed. Inscribed by the author on verso of leading f.e.p., 'Mary Dent, a Christmas gift from Mrs Gregg, 1889'.
(LAFFAN, May, afterwards Hartley). Christy Carew. A novel. By the author of 'Hon. Miss Ferrard,' 'Hogan, M.P.,' 'Flitters, Tatters, and the Counsellor,' etc. New edn. Macmillan & Co. 1882
Half title, final ad. leaf & 24pp cata. (May 1882). Orig. dark green cloth, blocked in black & gilt, spine lettered in gilt; sl. marking to spine, otherwise v.g.
LAWLESS, The Hon. Emily. Plain Frances Mowbray, and other tales. John Murray. 1889
Largely unopened in orig. dark blue cloth, lettered in blind & gilt. A v.g. bright copy.
LE FEUVRE, Amy. A Bit of Rough Road. Illustrated by Percy Tarrant. R.T.S. [1912?]
Half title, front., plates, 4pp ads. Orig. dark green pictorial cloth, lettered in maroon & gilt. Defaced prize label, 1917. v.g.
LEE, Holme, pseud. (Harriet Parr) Country Stories, old and new. In prose and verse. Copyright edn. 2 vols. Berlin: A. Asher & Co. (Collection of English Authors British and American, vols 25 & 26.) 1872
Series titles. 2 vols in 1 in contemp. half black roan, spine ruled, lettered & with devices in gilt; v. sl. rubbed.
'A WORKING WOMAN'S LIFE'
LEE, Holme, pseud. (Harriet Parr) In the Silver Age: "Essays - that is, dispersed meditations". 2nd edn. 2 vols. Smith, Elder & Co. 1865
Front. vol. I. 2 vols in 1 as issued in orig. maroon-brown publisher's cloth, spine lettered in gilt; functionally rebacked, retaining orig. spine strip. New e.ps.
LEE, Holme, pseud. (Harriet Parr) Katherine's Trial. New edn. Smith, Elder & Co. 1875
Half title. Contemp. half green calf, spine ruled in gilt, maroon leather label. v.g.
LEE, Vernon, pseud. (Violet Paget) Hortus Vitae: essays on the gardening of life. 2nd edn. John Lane, The Bodley Head. 1904
Half title, final ad. leaf; some foxing in prelims. Untrimmed in orig. light green cloth, spine lettered in gilt; sl. dulled. t.e.g. Vaufreland booklabel.
LEE, Vernon, pseud. (Violet Paget) Studies of the Eighteenth Century in Italy. New edn. T. Fisher Unwin. 1887
Final ad. leaf. Orig. dark green cloth, lettered in gilt; marked, following inner hinge splitting.
LIBBEY, Laura Jean. Florabel's Lover, or, Rival Belles. A novel. Milner & Co. (Crown Ruby Series.) [c.1892]
Half title, 10pp cata. Orig. maroon cloth, blocked in black, lettered in gilt; spine a little rubbed.
A BEAUTIFUL NEW YORK WORKING-GIRL
LIBBEY, Laura Jean. Leonie Locke; or, The Romance of a Beautiful New York Working-Girl. Milner & Co. [c.1890]
Half title, front., title printed in red & black, additional printed title, 30pp cata. Orig. red cloth, blocked in black, lettered in gilt. v.g.
LIBBEY, Laura Jean. The Loan of a Lover; or, Vera's Flirtation. Copyright. Milner & Co. (Crown Ruby Series.) [c.1890]
Half title. Orig. green cloth, blocked in black, lettered in gilt; a little rubbed & marked, inner hinges cracking.
LOVE AND DEATH
LINDSAY, Caroline Blanche Elizabeth, Lady (formerly Fitzroy). Poems of Love and Death. FIRST EDITION. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co. 1907
Half title, 12pp ads; e.ps a little browned, the odd spot. Orig. olive green cloth, lettered in gilt; spine sl. faded & sl. rubbed at head & tail. t.e.g.
LINDSAY, Caroline Blanche Elizabeth, Lady (formerly Fitzroy). The Flower Seller, and other poems. FIRST EDITION. Longmans, Green, & Co. 1896
Half title. Uncut in orig. olive green cloth, bevelled boards, lettered in gilt; spine v. sl. dulled. v.g.
LINTON, Eliza Lynn. In Haste and At Leisure. A novel. William Heinemann. 1895
The Times Reading Club binding of orig. lime green cloth, lettered in black; dulled & a little rubbed, following hinge repaired at tail. A fair copy only.
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