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WINTER 2018 Jane Austen Books
By Jane Austen
90536 Catharine and Other Writings. Edited by
Margaret Anne Doody and Douglas Murray. Intro by
Doody. Volumes the First, Second and Third, Plan of
a Novel, Verses, and Prayers. 87 pages of
Explanatory Notes! Plus textual notes, bibliography,
chronology. Oxford UP. Paper. 2009 reprint. List
$14.95. NEW. $12.00
90173 CRW Complete Novels This gorgeous
oversized book comes in a matching red slipcase,
weighs 6.3 pounds, and is packed full of color Hugh
Thomson illustrations. Collector's Library, CRW
Publishing, Limited, De Luxe Edition. London, 2007.
720 pgs. NEW. $75.00
90573 Emma Introduction by Alison Fraser.
Chronology "The Life and Times of Jane Austen" and
"Further Reading." Beautiful patterned soft book
with elastic band. Knickerbocker Classics. Race
Point Publishing, 2015. NEW. $15.00
90554 Emma (1881) Gilson E57. "New Edition." Half
leather marbled boards. Five-ribbed leather spine is
faded and worn. Bookplate "Gregory Anthony King
Notary Public London. Penn Road House, Croydon"
inside front board. Also small sticker "T. Shaw,
Bookbinder & Stationer, High St., Wimbledon." Last
page stamped "W. H. Smith & Son, Printers, London" with date "6-
9-81." Lovely classic antique from the Victorian period of Austen
revival. Ward, Lock & Co., Warwick House, Salisbury Square, E. C.,
London. 1881. Priced to sell. USED. $75.00
90412 Emma: An Annotated Edition
Annotated and edited by Bharat Tandon.
Luscious period illustrations throughout. The
Belknap Press of Harvard University Press,
Cambridge and London, 2012. Hb, Dj. List
$35. NEW. $28.00
90071-6 Everyman's - Persuasion Published to
coincide with the Sony film starring Amanda Root and
Ciaran Hinds. Judith Terry, Intro. Hb, Dj. Like new or
new. $20.00
90581 Illustrated Quotations Beautiful souvenir
style book printed on heavy paper with faux
jacket, mostly humorous juxtaposition of Austen
quotes and period illustrations, facsimiles, and a
few other images. The Bodleian Library, Oxford.
Paper. 2017. List price $16.00. NEW. $14.00
90008-1 Jane Austen: Selected Letters 1796-1817
Introduction by Marilyn Butler. Taken from the
Chapman edition, 1932, as well as Brabourne
edition of 1884. OUP, 1984. 226 pgs. Paper. USED.
$5.00
90550 Jane Austen: Teenage Writings Edited,
Introduction, Notes by Kathryn Sutherland and Freya
Johnston. Bibliography, Chronology. Family
continuations - Evelyn by James Edward Austen,
Evelyn by Anna Lefroy, Kitty or the Bower by James
Edward Austen. Also includes the Sophia Sentiment
letter. Paper. 2017. NEW. $12.00
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90580 Jane Austen: The Chawton Letters Edited by
Kathryn Sutherland. The thirteen letters in Jane
Austen's House Museum collection range from 1801
to Cassandra's letter written days after her death in
1817. They are presented here in both facsimile and
type. Sutherland's insightful introduction to the collection is
followed by another touching introduction for each letter.
Chronology, index. Beautiful presentation makes this a treasure.
Bodleian Library, University of Oxford, with Jane Austen's House
Museum. 2018. Hardbound. List price $25. NEW. $20.00
90005-4 Jane Austen's Letters Fourth edition
with new scholarship, preface, biographical
and topographical information, a new
subject index. Collected & Edited by Deirdre
Le Faye. Chronological order, with
annotations and provenance for each letter.
The most complete source available. Hb, Dj.
OUP. 2011/2014. 667 pgs. NEW. $42.00
ALSO 90005-5 Paperback. $25.00
90551 Jane Austen's Manuscript Works Edited
by Linda Bree, Peter Sabor, and Janet Todd. A
wonderful collection of the "other" Jane Austen -
the Juvenilia; unfinished works Sanditon and The
Watsons; and the very wicked Lady Susan.
Valuable appendices include excerpts from
Austen's letters that discuss her writing;
continuations by family members of her works
"Evelyn" and "Catharine;" comparisons between "Love and
Friendship" and Burney's Evelina; excerpts from the writings of
Mary Wollstonecraft; Scott's review. Broadview Editions. 2013.
Paper. NEW. $16.00
90286 Jane Austen's 'Sir Charles Grandison'
Transcribed and Edited by Brian Southam,
Foreword by Lord David Cecil. Jacket may have
light sun fading to spine. Clarendon Press, Oxford,
1980. 150 pgs. Hb, dj. USED. $75.00
90519-1 Love and Freindship and
Other Youthful Writings Edited with an
Introduction and Notes by Christine Alexander.
Well annotated, with a new introduction.
Penguin Random House. 2016. Paper. NEW.
$13.00
90541 Mansfield Park:
An Annotated Edition. Editor Deidre
Shauna Lynch provides an extensive
introduction exploring issues such as the
psychological aspects of the novel and the
many themes. Gorgeous illustrations give
history on the publications of this
most serious of Austen's works.
Belknap (Harvard). Hb, Dj. 2014. NEW. $30.00
90064 Northanger Abbey and Lady Susan Volume VI of a
set of "Jane Austen's Works" from Charles C. Bigelow &
Co., NY. B&W Brock illustrations. Top pages gilt. Paper
label. No date. Some pages uncut, unread. USED. $20.00
WINTER 2018 Jane Austen Books
90560 Northanger Abbey and Persuasion
Collector's early paperback. Cover design by
George Giusti. Cover drawing by Elizabeth Skilton.
Includes the original bio that Henry wrote for the
posthumous publication. Slight crease in spine, a
little browning. "A Dolphin Master." Doubleday.
No year given but pre-mid 1960's. USED. $10.00
90462 Northanger Abbey: An Annotated
Edition. Editor Susan J. Wolfson adds insights
into many areas of Austen's thought revealed by
this witty gothic mock-up, perhaps least known
of the novels today. Belknap (Harvard). Hb, Dj.
2014. NEW. $30.00
The Oxford Illustrated Editions of the works of Jane Austen
90024 The six major novels plus a volume of Minor Works. Reprint
of the third edition with all Chapman's notes and the original
illustrations from 1923's first edition. The definitive text. 1980's
editions with blue and yellow/cream dust jackets. Oxford
University Press. Hb, Dj. $15.00 for each volume/$90 set.
90024-1 Sense & Sensibility 90024-4 Emma
90024-2 Pride and Prejudice 90024-5 Northanger Abbey &
90024-3 Mansfield Park Persuasion
90024-6 Minor Works
16677 Persuasion Edited with an information-
packed introduction by Juliette Wells. A beautiful
cover with faux jacket designed by Dadu Shin.
Materials include Map of Austen's England,
Glossary, Illustrations from early editions,
Contextual essays. Penguin Classics Deluxe
Edition. 2017. Pb. NEW. $15.00
90199 Persuasion Introduction and Notes by Susan
Ostrov Weisser. Pocket-sized paperback. Barnes &
Noble. 2003. NEW. $4.00
90270 Persuasion Introduction by
Richard Church. Wood-engravings
by Joan Hassall. No slipcase. The
Folio Society, London, 2003. 308 pgs. Hb. USED.
$20.00
90361 Persuasion Twenty-four coloured
illustrations by C.E. Brock. Beautiful green silk
cloth, spine and front heavily tooled and gilt
with floral basket, flowers and leaves. Top
pages gilt. End pages faded. Inside hinges
cracked. Spine darkened and worn at ends.
Pages slightly browned at edges, prints white
and clear. Captain Wentworth is so handsome.
Printed by The Temple Press.
London: J. M. Dent & Co. New York: E. P. Dutton.
1909. USED. $200.00
90365 Persuasion VG reading copy by Brandywine
Studio Press. Oversized paperback, clean with
slightly curled covers. USED. $3.00
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90531 Persuasion 9th impression. Tight, clean copy
with distinctive Zodiac dust jacket. Zodiac Press,
London. 1988. Hb, Dj. USED. $12.00
90561 Persuasion Introduction by
Deborah Lutz. Beautiful patterned soft
book with elastic band. Knickerbocker Classics. Race
Point Publishing, 2018. NEW. $15.00
90571 Persuasion Pretty hardback
with François Gerard painting on the jacket. Barnes
& Noble. 1999. USED. $4.00
90015-4 Persuasion Intro note by
Alan Hodge. Black cloth spine, balance of cover is
orange calico paper with circled flowers. Nd but c.
1948. Gilson E238. Slight residue of a sticker on
front board, plus a few spots on cover, and some
pages have a fold in them. Otherwise VG, colors still
brilliant. USED. $15.00
90158-1 Persuasion Green silk with gold
embossed shield, title, J. Austen signature.
Edited by R. Brimley Johnson, Illustrations by
William C. Cooke, Ornaments by F. C. Tilney.
Private bookplate inside front. Tissue paper
protectors intact. Vol X of 10 volume set. Spine
faded, worn, darkened. Gilson E75. London: J.
M. Dent & Co. 1893. USED. $240.00
90524 Persuasion (Japanese translation) Life-long Austen scholar
and fan Keiko Parker continues her work to
translate Austen faithfully in Japanese. Beautiful
cover with Brock illustration on jacket. 2015. Hb,
Dj. NEW. $45.00
90389 Persuasion: A Norton
Critical Edition Based on first
edition text. Includes the two canceled chapters
and excerpt from 1785 "Essay on Old Maids" by
William Hayley. Letters Jane wrote to Fanny
Knight, Henry Austen's memorial tribute to Jane,
19th c critical works by Kavanagh and Goldwin
Smith, excerpt by Austen biographer Geraldine
Edith Mitton. Current scholarship by Bree, Gottlieb, Wiltshire,
Monaghan. Norton. Paper. 2013. NEW. $17.00
90416 Persuasion: An Annotated Edition.
Edited by Robert Morrison. The Belknap Press
of Harvard University Press, Cambridge and
London, 2011. List at $35. NEW. $30.00
90562 Pride and Prejudice
Introduction by Deborah Lutz.
Beautiful patterned soft book with elastic band.
Knickerbocker Classics. Race Point Publishing, 2018.
NEW. $15.00
90521-1 Pride and Prejudice. Classics Reimagined.
Austen's classic text illustrated in a completely new
design by Alice Pattullo. Humorous, whimsical, and
entertaining. Now available in paperback.
Rockport. 2015. NEW. $14.00
90304 Pride and Prejudice: An Annotated Edition. Edited by
Patricia Meyer Spacks. Illustrations, introduction, reading list.
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Belknap Press of Harvard UP, Cambridge, Press: John Wilson and Son, Cambridge, USA. Published by Little,
Mass. and London. Issued at $35. NEW. Brown and Company. Boston. 1906 (1892 copyright by Roberts
$25.00 Brothers; this is a Reprint of Gilson E76). USED. $240.00
90574 Sense and 90537 The Prayers of Jane Austen Introduction &
Sensibility Introduction by Commentary by Terry Glaspey. With beautiful
Christina Bartolomeo. unattributed illustrations, Brock, Thomson, and
Chronology "The Life and Times of Jane Austen" others. Lovely small book with deep blue cloth
and a list of "Further Reading." Beautiful cover, pretty place for gift inscription or owner's
patterned soft book with elastic band. signature in the front. Harvest House. Hb. 2015.
Knickerbocker Classics. Race Point Publishing, NEW. $9.00
2015. NEW. $15.00
The Cambridge Editions of the Works of Jane Austen
90152 Sense and Sensibility (Czech translation)
90446 Sense and Sensibility. Edited by Edward
Translation by Eva Kondrysova, 1989, 1996.
Copeland. End notes and extensive introduction.
Epilogue by Radoslav Nenadal, 1996. Academia,
Cambridge University Press. Paper. 2006. First
Czec Rebublic, 2004. Hb. Dj. NEW. $25.00
paperback edition 2013. NEW. $24.00
90059-1 Sense and Sensibility
90445 Pride and Prejudice. Edited by
(German translation) German
Pat Rogers. Appendices include
edition of Sense and Sensibility with dust jacket art
publication history, legal and military background,
by Ingrid Schuppan. Transl. by Erica Groger. Pages
houses like Pemberley, more. End notes. Cambridge
yellowing. Buch Club 65, Berlin, Germany. Hb, Dj.
University Press. Paper. 2006. First paperback
1978. USED. $20.00
edition 2013. NEW. $24.00
90552 Sense and Sensibility Edited with
90447 Mansfield Park. Edited by John Wiltshire.
Introduction and Notes by John Mullan. Mullan's
Includes Lover's Vows. End notes and extensive
perceptive and illuminating introduction, together
introduction. Cambridge University Press. Paper.
with his "just right" endnotes, make this a
2005. First paperback edition 2013. NEW. $24.00
wonderful addition to our library. Oxford UP. Hb,
no jacket as published. List $24.95. NEW. $21.00 90452 Emma. Edited by Richard
Cronin and Dorothy McMillan.
90456 Sense and Sensibility: An Annotated
Cambridge University Press. Paper. 2005. First
Edition. Edited by Patricia Meyer Spacks.
paperback edition 2013. NEW. $24.00
Illustrations, introduction, reading list.
Belknap Press of Harvard UP, Cambridge, 90448 Persuasion. Edited by Janet
Mass. and London. Issued at $35. NEW. $25.00 Todd and Antje Blank. Includes the
cancelled chapter of Persuasion and Henry
90327 The Annotated Persuasion Edited by David
Austen's Biographical Notice. End notes and
Shapard. Indispensable and affordable resource
extensive introduction. Cambridge University
for all who love Persuasion. 508 pgs + maps.
Press. Paper. 2006. First paperback edition 2013.
Anchor Books, 2010. Paper. NEW. $14.00
NEW. $24.00
90563 The Jane Austen
90449 Northanger Abbey. Edited by Barbara M.
Collection (Boxed Set) Boxed
Benedict and Deirdre Le Faye. With summaries and
set of all 6 Austen major novels
extracts of Ann Radcliffe's novels. End notes,
in bright colors and modern covers. Arcturus
introduction. Cambridge University Press. Paper.
Publishers Ltd. 2016. Hb, Sc. List price $59.95.
2006. First paperback edition 2013. NEW. $24.00
NEW. $38.00
90450 Juvenilia. Edited by Peter
90039-5 The Letters of Jane Austen Selected from
Sabor. Includes Vol the First, Vol the Second, Vol
the Compilation of her Great Nephew Edward,
the Third, facsimile of History of England, Examples
Lord Brabourne The Letters of Jane Austen. Edited
of her Marginalia, Sophia Sentiment's letter, and
by Sarah Chauncey Woolsey. Lord Brabourne is
continuations of Evelyn and Catherine by James
misspelled as Lord Bradbourne on title page.
Edward Austen and Anna Lefroy. Cambridge
Green cloth with gilt floral designs. Spines faded
University Press. Paper. 2006. First paperback
to soft gold. Little, Brown & Co., 1899 (1 copy is
edition 2013. NEW. $24.00
later issue - 1905; all are reprints
from Gilson E76). USED. $150.00 90451 Later Manuscripts. Edited by Janet Todd and
Linda Bree. Includes Lady Susan, The Watsons,
90039-3 The Novels of Jane Austen: Persuasion
Sanditon, Jane Austen on fiction, poetry and
Green cloth with gilt decorations. Top pages gilt.
charades, Sir Charles Grandison, more. Cambridge
Spine faded to soft gold. Illustration after
University Press. Paper. 2008. First paperback
Edmund H. Garrett. First page of novel is loose.
edition 2013. NEW. $24.00
Adverts in the back for works by Austen, George
Eliot, and Miss Ferrier. Printed by University

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Austen & Her World
16760 Amy, Helen Jane Austen Jane Austen in her
own words & the words of those who knew her. Amy
assembles a beautiful biography in chronological
order with heavy quotes from original material.
Useful appendices include Austen family after 1817,
words of wisdom, and places to visit. Appendix. Printed on heavy
paper. Beautiful color plates. Amberley Publishing,
Gloucestershire, UK. 2013. Hb, DJ, NEW. $29.00
16686 Amy, Helen The Jane Austen Marriage
Manual Traces the many stages and rules of
marriage in Austen's time, including examples from
her novels and her life. Brock illustrations (b&w)
throughout. Amberley Publishing, Gloucestershire,
UK. 2017. Paper. NEW. $14.00
14285 Barchas, Janine Matters of Fact in Jane
Austen: History, Location, and Celebrity. A careful
study of the names Austen used and words she
selected shows how historical, political and glam
themes are present throughout Austen's novels. This
knowledge makes them even funnier, even more prescient, and
even deeper than we already knew! Johns Hopkins, 2012. Hb, Dj.
NEW. $50.00 ALSO 14285-2 Paperback. $22.00
16722 Bell, Lindy Jane Austen Celebrates:
Holidays and Occasions Regency Style Enjoy an
entire year with the author, a JASNA member and
Regency enthusiast, as she explores each special
day. Learn about the customs and activities Jane
Austen and her family and friends enjoyed. Create
your own Regency experience! A wonderful gift for
your Janeite friend. Day Agency. 2017. Hb, Dj. NEW. $18.50
13170-1 Butler, Marilyn Romantics, Rebels, and
Reactionaries: English Literature and its Background
1760-1830 Why do we still spend so much time and
energy studying the period 1760-1830? Butler's
important study brings European and English
literature of the period into context with history and shows how
the rapidly changing culture shaped literary art. An important
work hard to find in this excellent condition. Oxford University
Press. 1982 printing. Hb, Dj. USED. $30.00
14967 Butt, John and Geoffrey Carnall The Age
of Johnson: 1740-1789. An important book for
readers who wish to understand the background
against which Austen wrote. An entire chapter
on Johnson, plus sections on poetry, travel
writing, memoirs, biography, essays, letters,
discussions of Richardson, Fielding, Sterne, and
much more. Completed by Carnall after Butt
died. Hb, Dj in plastic, excellent clean book. 1990 reprint of the
1979 original. 671 pgs. OUP. USED. $30.00
16569 Byrne, Paula Genius of Jane Austen
Updated with additional chapter. Originally
published in 2003 as Jane Austen and the Theatre,
which is now out of print. Explores numerous
Austen adaptations over the years, including
spinoffs like Clueless. Why is Austen's work so
amenable to adaptation for stage and film?
Paperback. HarperCollins. 2017. NEW. $15.00
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10345-1 Cecil, Lord David The Fine Art of Reading
The prolific academic and biographer discusses
Shakespeare, Austen, Conrad, women's letters,
and more. Constable, London. 1957. Hb, Dj in
mylar. USED. $10.00
16716 Chawton House
Chawton House Library
Beautiful 48 page guide gives the history of
the house as well as information about the
collections. Sales benefit Chawton House.
Scala Arts & Heritage. 2016. NEW. $12.00
16761 Collins, Sophie Biographic Jane Austen
Biography told in Infographics. Beautiful
artwork throughout. Great introduction to
Austen for your young friends. Ammonite
Press. Lewes, UK. 2017. Hb. NEW. $14.00
16685 Davidson, Jenny
Reading Jane Austen
Davidson is a novelist and a
Professor of English and Comparative Lit at
Columbia. She explores Austen's works
through the viewpoint of a writer, discussing
narration and composition as well as social and
women's history, morals and manners.
Cambridge UP. 2017. Paper. NEW. $16.00
16736 Davis, Kathryn E. Liberty in Jane Austen's
Persuasion. Davis shows how Austen's novel
engaged in the debates of her time, interacting
with poets, theologians, and philosophers of the
long 18th century. Austen shared with her readers,
including the future king of England, a new
approach to Liberty. Lehigh University Press. 2016.
Paper. List price $42.99. NEW. $38.00
16650 Devito, Carlo A Jane Austen Christmas:
Celebrating the Season of Romance, Ribbons &
Mistletoe This lovely little book covers the
traditions and activities of Christmas in Austenland
based on Austen's letters, novels, family memoirs
and her life experiences. As-new condition. Cider
Mill Press, Maine. Hb, Dj. 2015. USED. $8.00
14308 Emsley, Sarah Jane Austen's Philosophy of
the Virtues. An examination of the religious and
philosophical content of Austen's novels. Emsley
shows that Austen's characters engage with
classical and theological traditions from Aristotle
to Aquinas. A very readable book that adds to our
appreciation of Austen as classicist and moralist.
Palgrave Macmillan, 2005. HB. List price $89. NEW. $69.00
13188 Emsley, Sarah, Ed. Jane Austen and the
North Atlantic. Essays from the 2005 JAS
Conference in Halifax, Nova Scotia held on the
bicentenary of Charles Austen's maiden voyage to
Halifax. Austen and the Navy, her naval brothers,
her connections to North America. Eminent
essayists are Brian Southam, Peter Graham, Sheila
Kindred and Emsley. Excellent condition. 61 pgs, Paper. 2006.
NEW/USED. $12.00
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13198 Freeman, Jean Jane Austen in Bath.
Originally published in 1969 by C. Mills & Co., Alton
for the Jane Austen Society. This is a 1983 reprint by
photo-lithography by Biddles Ltd, Surrey. Green
striped cover. Pristine copy. Collector quality. 1983.
USED. $15.00
16678 Fullerton, Susannah Happily Ever After:
Celebrating Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice
Celebrate the novel's travels from the trenches
of WWI to Hollywood! Packed full of info:
Austen's first draft before it was P&P; Reactions
to the novel by other writers and famous folks;
International translations; Various P&P-inspired
mash-ups, crazy gifts, television miniseries, movies, games, and
sequels; Book illustrations, some you're bound not to have seen.
Susannah heads the Jane Austen Society of Australia. Republished
with new jacket. Frances Lincoln Ltd. 2013, Hb, Dj. NEW. $22.00
15361 Hardy, Barbara A Reading of Jane Austen
Scarce in hardback. Hardy presents Austen as the
originator of the modern novel. An important
contribution to Jane Austen studies. One copy has
Bath Library Sticker in front. Peter Owen, London.
Hb, Dj. 1979. USED. $65.00
12226 Harris, Jocelyn A 16573 Kindred, Sheila Johnson Jane Austen's
Revolution Almost Beyond
Expression: Jane Austen's Persuasion.
Persuasion reveals Austen's patriotism, her
pioneering lyricism, and her hopes for sexual
equality. Important for everyone's library, this
analysis of Austen's political, historical, and
gender views focuses on her dialogue with other
writers and thinkers of her time such as Burke and Scott.
Incorporates and answers previous critical works that have placed
Austen on both sides of the political spectrum. HB, List price $85.
NEW. $63.00
16391 Harris, Jocelyn Satire, Celebrity, and
Politics in Jane Austen. Harris argues that
Austen was a satirist, celebrity-watcher, and a
keen political observer, and she backs up her
analysis with plenty of examples from Austen's
works. Laugh, groan, and sigh alongside Austen
as you enjoy the connections between her
works and the current events that surrounded
her. We find Harris's books indispensable to
understanding the true nature of Austen's courage. Bucknell
University Press/Rowman & Littlefield. Hb. 2017. NEW (list price
$110). $85.00 (Also available in paperback as Item# 16391-1 at
$42.00).
16749 Hill, Constance Jane Austen: Her
Homes & Her Friends First published in 1902.
Constance Hill [1844?-1929] and her sister
Ellen took the original Janeite pilgrimage,
following in Austen's footsteps by carriage and
on foot through Hampshire, Bath, Lyme,
London, anywhere they could find Jane had
been. They were given access to previously
unpublished manuscripts and letters and spoke to folks who
carried tales handed down from Jane Austen's time. Ellen drew
the illustrations. This Dover unabridged re-issue of the Bodleian
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Library 1923 edition includes the Preface to the First Edition and
Preface to the Third Edition (1923), all the illustrations, and the
index. Charmingly done with attractive dust jacket. Dover. 2018.
NEW. $18.00
16884 Hollingsworth, Paula The Spirituality of Jane
Austen. Hollingsworth gives a chronological
biography in which she examines Austen's works,
letters, and connections to explore her commitment
to the Anglican faith of her father. Lion Hudson Ltd.,
Oxford, UK. 2017. Paper. NEW. $10.00
16746 Hubback, Catherine An Englishwoman in
California: The Letters of Catherine Hubback
1871-76. Edited by Zoe Klippert. Hubback [1818-
1877] was a daughter of Jane Austen's brother
Francis and his wife Mary Gibson. When her
husband became ill, she had to take care of
herself and her children with help from family.
Catherine followed one of her sons to live in
Oakland, California, where she witnessed a wondrous era of the
Bay Area. Klippert adds notes on people and places, and rounds
out Catherine's life in her introductory bio. A successful writer and
novelist, Catherine also wrote great letters! The Bodleian Library,
Oxford. 2010. List price $40. NEW. $35.00
Transatlantic Sister: The Life and Letters of
Fanny Palmer Austen Explores the life of Fanny
Palmer Austen, who married Jane Austen's
youngest brother, Captain Charles, and may
have supplied Austen with information about
seafaring naval wives. McGill-Queen's University
Press. Hb, dj. NEW. 2017. $34.00
16882 Kipling, Rudyard Debits and Credits A
volume of short stories that includes "The
Janeites" and "Jane's Marriage." Embossed
decorations on cover. Light foxing. Doubleday,
Page & Company. 1926. USED. $16.00
13228 Lane, Maggie Jane Austen
and Lyme Regis. Jane Austen
visited Lyme with her parents and sister in 1803.
She used the pretty little town in her book
Persuasion written 12 years later. Maggie Lane
describes the history of Austen's visit to Lyme and
includes a town trail with map, and a description
of sites you can visit today that were part of the Lyme Regis that
Jane Austen knew. Jane Austen Society, Chawton. 55 pgs, Paper.
2007. NEW. $15.00
12122-2 Lane, Maggie Jane Austen's England
Experience England as Jane did, from Steventon
to Winchester. Contemporary illustrations
accompany excerpts from Austen's letters and
novels. Lane also points out how Britain has
changed. An important book for historians and
Austen fans alike. 1986. Robert
Hale, London. USED. $25.00
14938 LeFaye, Deirdre Jane Austen's Country Life:
Uncovering the Rural Backdrop to Her Life, Her
Letters, and Her Novels. Rich information brings
you into the Hampshire countryside of the late 18th
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and early 19th century, and deepens your understanding of
details in Austen's novels. Gorgeous book printed on heavy paper
with beautiful illustrations. Frances Lincoln, London. Hb, Dj. List
$29.99. NEW. $27.00
16692 Leithart, Peter Miniatures & Morals: The
Christian Novels of Jane Austen. Leithart, a Fellow of
Theology and Literature at New St. Andrews College,
Moscow, Idaho, examines Austen's characters and
themes from theological and literary angles. Includes
review and thought questions for each section. You'll
love the title of the first chapter: "Real Men Read Austen." Canon
Press. 2004. Paper. NEW. $14.00
10936-1 Litz, A. Walton Jane Austen: A Study of
Her Artistic Development. A critical milestone,
Litz's evaluation looks at Austen's entire career,
from juvenilia to Sanditon, and places her firmly in
both the 18th and 19th centuries. He sees her as
the bridge between early and modern novels.
Essential to the collector. First ed, excellent condition, clean DJ.
OUP. 1965. Hb, dj. USED. $30.00
13305 MacDonagh, Oliver Jane Austen: Real and
Imagined Worlds. Full of b/w illustrations and
photos. MacDonagh has set himself the task of
illuminating English history through Austen's novels,
and also illuminating her novels through history. Like
new. Yale UP, 1991. Paper. USED. $10.00
16765 Marsh, Kelly A. The Submerged Plot and
the Mother's Pleasure: From Jane Austen to
Arundhati Roy. A study of the mother-daughter
relationship in Victorian courtship novels and
their 20th century heirs. The absent mother, the
injured daughter, and submerged plots of
sexuality inform Marsh's contribution to feminist
lit crit. She shows how the twin plots of mothers and daughters
are intertwined in the narrative progression of several novels,
starting with Austen's Persuasion. The Ohio State University Press,
Columbus, OH. 2016. Paper. NEW. $29.00
16609 Mitton. G. E. Jane Austen and her Times
Facsimile of Methuen & Co. 1905 first edition.
Copy used for the scan is from Brigham Young
University Library in Utah, with marginalia picked
up in the process. As with all of these issues, the
illustrations lose some clarity and quality in the
process. A window into turn-of-the-century
thinking on Austen. Forgotten Books. 2015. Paper. NEW. $15.00
16694 Moler, Kenneth L Jane Austen's Art of
Allusion Deals with 18th and 19th century literature
likely to have influenced Austen. Devotes a chapter
to each of Austen's novels, showing how Aus-ten
interacted with and played off of the literary
conventions of her time. Critical for those seeking
access to the author's intentions by studying contemporary
context. Jacket with some distress, otherwise
book is good condition. U of Nebraska Press. 1968.
Hb, Dj. USED. $45.00
16696 Morgan, Susan Sisters in Time: Imagining
Gender in 19th Century British Fiction. Morgan
explores works that feature female heroism.
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Starting with the revolution in female heroes in Sir Walter Scott
and Jane Austen, she follows through Eliot, James, and others.
Almost like new. Oxford University Press. 1989. Hb, Dj. USED.
$35.00
14973 Mudrick, Marvin Jane Austen: Irony as
Defense and Discovery. Near fine. Mr. Mudrick
threw out 100 years of thinking about Austen when
he published this analysis of her development of a
personal style of irony, which he presents as the
vital principle of her art. Princeton University Press,
1952 1st ed, Hb, Dj, Mylar cover. USED. $75.00
14310 Mullan, John What Matters in Jane Austen?
Twenty Crucial Problems Solved. A fun exploration
of underlying meanings in Austen's works. Explains
the significance of money, age, blunders, illnesses,
sex, weather, the seaside, and shows how these
kinds of topics spoke in subtle and not-so-subtle
ways to Austen's contemporary readers. Hb, Dj. Bloomsbury
Press. NEW. $25.00 ALSO 14310-1 Paperback. $15.00
13319 Nicolson, Nigel The World of Jane Austen
Photographs by Stephen Colover. Takes you to the
places Jane Austen lived and visited with beautiful
photos and accompanying illuminating text.
Paperbound, glossy paper. Weidenfield &
Nicolson. London. 1995. Pb. USED. $20.00
12153-1 Nicolson, Nigel The World of Jane
Austen. Photographs by Stephen Colover. Takes
you to the places Jane Austen lived and visited
with beautiful photos and accompanying
illuminating text. First published by Weidenfield &
Nicolson in 1991. This paperback 1997/1998 by
Phoenix Illustrated, London. USED. $20.00
14847 Nixon, Lauren Jane Austen: A Celebration
of Her Life and Work. Foreword by Josephine Ross.
Contributions by John Wiltshire, Maggie Lane,
Caroline Sanderson, and Ross. Lavishly illustrated
oversized book covers many topics from Austen's
life and times. Also dives into each novel, letters,
and Lady Susan. Explores modern film adaptations too. Printed on
heavy paper. 240 pgs. Worth Press, UK. 2011. Hb, Dj. LIKE NEW!
USED. $30.00
11111-1 Nokes, David Jane Austen: A Life.
Extensive biography, 578 pgs. Attention to detail,
with some reveals in family secrets. Plates of
family portraits. Some with shop wear. Some Used
but Like New. 1997 edition. Farrar Straus & Giroux.
Hb, dj. NEW/USED. $17.00
16595 Sanderson, Caroline Jane Austen: Pocket
Giants. Attractive paperback biography that is
short and sweet at 127 pages, perfect for sharing
with young folks. The History Press,
Gloucestershire, UK. 2014. NEW.
$9.00
16617 Scheinman, Ted Camp Austen: My Life as
an Accidental Jane Austen Superfan. Scheinman
describes growing up as the son of a lifelong Jane
Austen scholar and his experiences attending two
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AGM's and JA summer programs. Scheinman has written for top
periodicals, and he may have danced with you at his first AGM, as
gentlemen were in short supply and he was willing to oblige.
Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Paper. NEW. $14.00
11366 Schelling, Felix E. Appraisements and
Asperities: As to Some Contemporary Writers
Schelling, Professor of English Lit at University of
Pennsylvania, wrote this series of articles that
originally appeared in The Evening Public Ledger
of Philadelphia. The essay on Austen is called
"The Veritable Queen of English Fiction" and
deals with a defense by "Miss Austen-Leigh." Our favorite quote:
"The subject is nothing; it is the degree to which the thing
undertaken approaches perfection that counts." Discusses many
other writers. J. B. Lippincott Co, Philadelphia and London. 1922.
USED. $12.00
16738 Schofield, Mary Anne, and Cecilia
Macheski, Editors Fetter'd or Free? British
Women Novelists 1670-1815. Twenty-three
essays by Backscheider, Staves, Doody, Spacks,
many more. Evaluating writers like Eliza
Haywood, Charlotte Smith, Sarah Fielding, Fanny
Burney, and Jane Austen, these scholars apply
historical, textual, psychological, and literary
methods. Ohio University Press, Athens
Ohio and London. 1986. USED. $19.00
16937 Smith, Rebecca, and Katy Dockrill
Where's Jane? Look carefully to find Jane
hiding among lovely scenes from her novels
depicting the Georgian and Regency world.
Includes summaries of the novels. Detailed
artwork by illustrator Katy Dockrill. Kane
Miller. 2018. HB. NEW. $19.00
13015 Steeves, Harrison R. Before Jane
Austen: The Shaping of the English Novel in
the Eighteenth Century Deals with the years
when novels were still experiments - from the
period when novels did not exist, until they
were prolific, ends with Austen because she
helped form the transition to modern novels
and modern culture. Holt, Rinehart and
Winston. VG condition; DJ may have small
tears. Hb, Dj. 1965. USED. $26.00
11495 Sullivan, Margaret C. The Jane Austen
Handbook Delightful handbook by the editrix of
Austenblog, who spent much time virtually living
in Georgian England to inform you how Jane
Austen would have acted. Quirk Books. 2007.
NEW. $15.00
11628-1 Sutherland, Kathryn Jane Austen's
Textual Lives: from Aeschylus to Bollywood.
Sutherland explores three histories. 1) the
transmission of Austen through manuscripts,
critical editions, biographies and adaptations, 2)
the development of English Studies as a discipline,
and 3) the role of OUP in shaping a canon of English
texts in the 20th c. Hb, beautiful dj. 2005, OUP. NEW. $90.00 ALSO
11628-2 Paperback $33.00.
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16737 Sutherland, Kathryn, Editor Jane
Austen: Writer in the World. Display book,
at 10 1/5 by 9 1/2 inches, printed on heavy
paper. Period illustrations and photos of
items from Austen's life. Chapters by
Thomas Keymer, Jeanice Brooks, Hilary
Davidson, Deidre Lynch, Fraya Johnston,
Susan Owens, and Sutherland on topics
ranging from "Women Writing in Time of War" to "Jane Austen at
200," all focused on bringing us into Austen's physical world and
her time. A lovely combination of scholarship and beauty. The
Bodleian Library, Oxford. 2017. List $50. NEW. $39.00
11519 Tave, Stuart M. Some Words of Jane Austen
Focuses on the words such as sensibility,
imagination, exertion, mortification, affection,
amiable, and delicate. He describes the scope of
meaning of these words to help us understand the
depth of Austen's fictional reality. Explains how her
characters understand or misunderstand the words
they and others use, and exactly what these words mean to the
author. A few lines in the margins in this copy. U of Chicago, 1973.
Hb, Dj. USED. $15.00
16528 Todd, Janet The Jane Austen Treasury: A
Delightful Collection of Insights into Her Life, Her
Times, and Her Novels. Autobiographical
information, excerpts from her writing including
juvenilia and letters, reviews by contemporaries,
Austen Cult, many other topics. Previously published in 2013.
Beautifully decorated green cloth cover. Andre Deutsch, London.
2017. Hb. NEW. $14.00
14270 Wallace, Tara Ghoshal Jane Austen and
Narrative Authority Examines how authorship both
liberates and constrains Austen's feminine power.
Evaluates heroines from each novel in terms of their
covert and overt authority. Wonderful endnotes and
bibliography. St. Martin's Press, 1995. Hb, Dj. Excellent condition.
USED. $50.00
16567 Wells, Juliette Reading Austen in
America In this highly anticipated, lavishly
illustrated history of Austen's reception in
America, Wells finally solves the mystery of the
first Austen published in the States (Emma in
1816). Then, with delightful anecdotes and
engrossing details, she takes us through two
centuries of growing respect and love for Austen
in North America. A welcome addition to Austen studies from one
of our favorite scholars. Bloomsbury. 2017. Paper. NEW. $22.00
16763-1 Zohn, Kristen Miller The Currency
of Taste: The Gibbons Georgian Silver
Collection of the Lauren Rogers Museum
of Art. Gorgeous over-sized art catalog
gives detailed descriptions of each item
pictured, including historical context and
artist bios. Detailed intro to each of the
chapters on dining, tea and coffee, alcohol
and household luxuries. Zohn spoke at the
2018 AGM. Lauren Rogers Museum of Art, Laurel, MS. 2018.
Paper. NEW. $24.00
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British History
16661 Berry, Erick The Four Londons of Hogarth
Rediscover the London Hogarth found along with the
man's life, from his dreams of being a grand painter,
to his reality of inventing his own use of art as social
commentary. Plates of illustrations in center of book.
1st ed. Excellent condition. David McKay Company, Inc., NY. 1964.
Hb, Dj. USED. $20.00
16744 Brand, Emily The Rhinebeck Panorama
of Nelson's London c. 1806 This intricate
watercolor map was discovered in the upstate
NY town of Rhinebeck in the 1940's. It was
created by unknown artist(s) between 1806 and
1810. The original is in 4 panels and extends
almost 9 feet in length. This reproduction is 11
by 39 inches, enough to see the beautiful details
of a city primed for war, with the Thames crowded with ships and
industry lining its banks. In a cardboard case with explanatory text
by Brand. Old House w the Museum of London. 2013. NEW. $9.00
16356 Brewer, John The Pleasures of the
Imagination: English Culture in the Eighteenth
Century. This landmark book shows how artists,
amateurs, entrepreneurs, and audiences
transformed England by building a thriving national
culture. Literature, music, and the theatre all
explored. Not only giants of the age - Johnson,
Reynolds, Garrick, Handel, but also lesser-known
figures are covered. 712 pgs. Packed with
illustrations. Extensive bibliography and index. Very
good condition. Farrar Straus Giroux, NY. Hb, Dj.
USED. $20.00
16618 Brimacombe, Peter Capability Brown: The Pitkin
Biographical Series Delightful review of Brown's influence on 18th
century England. Map of locations and lots of pictures, bio,
timeline. Pitkin Unichrome. 2001. USED. $4.00
15196 Bryant, Arthur The Age of Elegance 1812-
1822. History of the end of the Napoleonic war and
peacetime, especially good for the experiences of
the British military & naval life. VG condition. Hb, dj.
RS The Reprint Society, London. 1954. 439 pgs.
USED. $15.00
16656 Delderfield, Eric R. British Inn Signs and
Their Stories Entertaining anecdotes and historical
associations accompany the illustrations that pack
this unique book of inn signs. Ideal for the collector.
David & Charles, Newton Abbot. Hb, Dj, mylar.
1972 edition of 1965 original. USED. $15.00
16654 Downes, Kerry Christopher Wren Sir
Christopher Wren [1632-1723] was a founder of
the Royal Society as well as the architect who
helped refashion London after the Great Fire of
1666. This beautifully illustrated book is well-
preserved in near fine condition, just like many of
Wren's contributions to Britain. Allen Lane the
Penguin Press, London. 1971. Hb, Dj. USED. $15.00
16627 Goldgar, Bertrand A. Walpole and the Wits: The Relation
of Politics to Literature, 1722-1742 Unique examination of the
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relationship between literary figures and political
figures during this critical period of early modern
history. Political actions of Pope, Swift, Young, Gay,
Thomson, and Fielding are considered together. X-
Lib but in very good condition with mylar-protected
jacket, sun faded on spine. University of Nebraska
Press. 1976. USED. $7.00
16671 Hagstrum, Jean H. Sex and Sensibility:
Ideal and Erotic Love from Milton to Mozart.
Hagstrum supports the idea that the 18th century
saw the rise of individualism with a new stress on
emotions and tenderness, particularly within the
family. He finds evidence in art, music, and
literature of the period to support this idea. He
sees Milton as a precursor to Pope and Richardson, and finds the
development of deep heterosexual friendships as part of this
development. In this view, The Age of Reason is also an age of
profound changes in our concept of emotion and love. Of course
Jane Austen is one of the authors he deals with. Cover has some
sun-fading, otherwise a good, clean copy. University of Chicago
Press, 1980.Paper. USED. $6.00
16708 Hardyment, Christina Writing Britain:
Wastelands to Wonderlands. This unique literary
study examines how some of Britain's greatest
authors have been inspired by, and even
redefined, their country. From cities to wild places,
from Chaucer to Bram Stoker, Elizabeth Gaskell and Jane Austen.
Lavishly illustrated. Like new. British Library, London. 2012. Paper.
USED. $25.00
14949 Hensel, Margaret English Cottage
Gardening for American Gardeners. Foreword by
Tasha Tudor. With garden plans by Gordon
Morrison. Cultural Chart with help of Gary Koller.
This oversized treasure is full of color photos and
diagrams. Proves that English cottage gardens are
possible in America. Learn the secrets! Or just enjoy the pictures
and ideas. Stunning, beautiful as-new condition. W. W. Norton.
1992. Hb, Dj. USED. $15.00
16672 Herbert, Eugenia W Flora's Empire: British
Gardens in India When India gained its
independence in 1947, the British left behind a
lasting legacy of gardens. This volume shares the
story of the colonial gardener in India, operating
from homesickness as well as from a desire to
"tame" the Indian continent, and covers the long history of these
endeavours, from 18th c. nabobs to Victorian civil servants' well-
trimmed lawns. Ideals of the colonial project are found in gardens.
Generously illustrated. University of Pennsylvania Press. 2011. Hb,
Dj. USED. $40.00
16240 Hill, Douglas A Hundred Years of
Georgian London: From the accession of
George I to the heyday of the Regency. Full
of b/w period illustrations and political
cartoons. Also modern photos of buildings
and locations. Near fine. London Weekend
Television, Ltd., Macdonald & Co., Ltd. 1970.
USED. $15.00
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16643 Keynes, Geoffrey Kt. The Gates of Memory
Younger brother of Maynard, Keynes is known to
Austen scholars for his Austen bibliography, as well
as his extensive work on William Blake. A surgeon
during WW1, later Senior Consultant Surgeon to
the RAF in WW2, he found time to pursue his love
of literature. Somewhere along the way he climbed
with Mallory! His varied interests and experiences make his
autobiography fascinating. Excellent condition. Clarendon at
Oxford. 1981. Hb, Dj, Mylar. USED. $25.00
14519 Neale, R. S. Class in English History 1680-
1850. Neale begins by describing the history of
class consciousness. He uses this crucial period of
English history to discuss a five class model. In the
process he discusses the works of various artists
of the period, including Austen, Blake, Hogarth,
Hannah More, Sarah Scott, and others. Barnes and
Noble, New Jersey, 1981. Hb, Dj. USED. $15.00
16314 Newman, Gerald, Editor Britain in the
Hanoverian Age, 1714-1837: An Encyclopedia.
This massive tome, oversized with 871 pages, is
in excellent condition with only a few light
scuffs on the cover. Attractive cover sports a
Hogarth street scene. The entry on Austen is
written by Deborah Kaplan. Certainly anything
you want to know about the age leading up to Austen's life and
her own times can be found in this gem. Garland Publishing, Inc.
NY & London. Hb. 1997. USED. $25.00
16662 Nicolson, Adam The National Trust Book of
Long Walks in England, Scotland and Wales
Photographs by Charlie Waite. Adam is the son of
Nigel Nicolson. This NT book is gorgeous, printed on
heavy paper, with a thorough index so you can find
anyplace Jane Austen is mentioned or anything else
you're keen on. Maps and tons of photos to help you on your Long
Walk. If Anne's sister Mary would not be up to it, we would gladly
take her place. Harmony Books, NY. 1981. Hb, Dj. USED. $9.00
16232 Rowse, A. L. The Illustrated History of
Britain. A beautiful oversized book with 180 color
illustrations, many full page, plus another 40 b/w.
Starts with the Roman records of Britain and ends
with the two world wars (with a brief epilogue). VG
condition. Gorgeous jacket. Great for older kids. Crescent, NY.
1979. Hb, Dj. USED. $7.00
16667 Sansom, William Grand Tour Today A
traveler’s tale as a snapshot in time as the author
embarks on an updated version of the British Grand
Tour tradition in the late 1960's. An accomplished
travel writer, Sansom does not offer photographs or
maps. It's all in his witty writing. Wonderful jacket
illustration. Near fine. The Hogarth Press, Ltd., London. 1968. Hb,
Dj, Mylar. USED. $15.00
16704 Somerville, Christopher Christopher
Somerville's Fifty Best River Walks of Britain. With
maps from Ordnance Survey. Over 150 color photos
and maps. Guide to landscape, flora and fauna, and
urban and industrial development along Britain's
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river walks. Detailed text on the itinerary of each walk. VG
condition. Webb & Bower, Devon. 1988. Hb, Dj. USED. $8.0
16706 Taylor, Patrick One Hundred English
Gardens: The Best of the English Heritage Parks
and Gardens Register. These gardens range from
formal to sublime, from royal parks to arboretums.
The lively text gives background and guide to each
garden, explaining historical significance as well as
describing the splendour. Leading British garden photographers
took the pictures. Index, county map. Like new 1st ed. Headline
Book Publishing, Breslich & Foss, London. Hb, Dj. 1995. USED.
$20.00
16607 Van Der Kiste, John George III's Children
King George III and Queen Charlotte had 13
children who survived to adulthood. The Prince
Regent was not the only fascinating character.
Covers their relationships with each other, their
parents, their liaisons, legitimate and
illegitimate children, much more. 61
illustrations. Slight curl of cover at edges. Sutton,
Gloucestershire. Paper. 1999. USED. $4.00
16666 Van Doren, Mark, Ed The Selected Letters of
William Cowper Cowper's letters stand out, writing
as he was in an age known for great letters, for his
intimacy, charm, and for the revelation of his inner
sufferings. Austen's favorite poet, known for his
focus on the little things, shown in this collection to
be focused on much more. Previous owner plate and signature.
Great condition! The Great Letters Series. Farrar, Straus and
Young, Inc., NY. 1951. Hb, Dj. USED. $20.00
16193 Werkmeister, Lucyle A Newspaper History of
England, 1792-1793. Derived from newspapers in the
Burney Collection of the British Museum. Objective is
to view the world through the eyes of a London
newspaper reader from this year. From politics to
theatre, from war to fashion. Well annotated, illustrated, and with
an index that is like a library. Dive in! 585 pages. In excellent
condition. Jacket is price clipped and protected in mylar.
University of Nebraska Press. 1967. Hb, Dj. USED. $17.00
Sea and War History
16347 Bennett, Geoffrey Nelson the Commander.
This classic biography by Captain Bennett, himself a
graduate of the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, is
noted for its vivid descriptions and excerpts from
eye-witness accounts of sea battles, as well as
incisive portraits of Emma Hamilton and others who
form part of the Nelson legend. Drawings, charts, maps, and
sections of plates including many period portraits and battle
scenes. With very slight edge wear to jacket and two previous
owners noted inside the front cover. Charles Scribner's Sons, NY.
1972. Hb, Dj. USED. $7.00
10102 Bennett, Geoffrey The Battle of Trafalgar
Period paintings (b&w), maps, diagrams to illustrate
the operation of the ships. Detailed description of
the battle, includes details about life of sailors.
Nelson and his tactics. Captain Bennett served in the
Royal Navy and is a highly regarded naval historian.
Import. Pen & Sword Military Classics. Paper. NEW. $12.00
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11980 Bullen, Frank T., First Mate The Cruise of the
Cachalot: Round the World After Sperm Whales First
account given of whaling from the perspective of the
seaman. Includes letter from Kipling in front.
"Authorized edition." Green cloth with cover
illustration and gilt stamped titles. 379 pp. Boards loosening. D.
Appleton, NY, 1899. USED. $40.00
12167 Carlyle, Thomas The French Revolution. The
full work was first published in 1837. This version
originally published in 1930 by Cambridge
University Press. Admired by generations of readers
for bringing the main players to life, Carlyle has kept
his reputation intact in modern times as the great
historian of the era. Abridged and Edited by A.H.R.
Ball. Paperbound. Dover, 2005. NEW. $7.50
14242 Carlyle, Thomas The French Revolution: A
History by Thomas Carlyle Introduction by Cecil
Brown. Illustrations by Bernard Lamotte. Carlyle
wrote in 1837 of events of 1789 that were already
legend. The recognized timeless biography of the
revolution, here printed in a gorgeous oversized book
in red leather and blue cloth. The slipcase is covered in gold foil.
Number 920 out of 1500 printed. The Limited Editions Club, New
York, 1956. Hb, Sc. USED. $35.00
12160 Chartrand, Rene Gibraltar 1779-83.
Beautifully illustrated by Patrice Courcelle. A
thrilling story of the siege, the strategies that led to
British victory, and the heroism displayed. Osprey
Publishing, 2006. Paper. List $26.95. NEW. $7.00
16222 Cook, Don The Long Fuse: How England
Lost the American Colonies, 1760-1785. An
investigation of the American Revolution from the
British side. Draws from primary sources,
including personal correspondence and political
material. Lively account. Book is in excellent
condition. Atlantic Monthly Press. 1995. Hb, Dj.
USED. $5.00
13593 Cordingly, David Cochrane: The Real Master
and Commander. Patrick O'Brian, C. S. Forester, and
Captain Marryat all based their fictional heroes on
Lord Cochrane. But, as David Cordingly reveals,
Cochrane's true story far exceeds the daring and
romanticism of his fictional counterparts, Cordingly
was Keeper of Pictures and Head of Exhibitions at the National
Maritime Museum in Britain for 12 years. Originally published at
$32.50, 1st US ed. Bloomsbury Press. 2007. Hb, dj. NEW. $15.00
14188 Daughan, George C. If by Sea: The Forging of
the American Navy - From the Revolution to the War
of 1812. The story of the origin of the American Navy.
From controversy over whether to invest in a Navy at
all to the decisive role played in the War of 1812, this
is a great story, fun to read, and full of surprises.
Excellent resource too, with an extensive index and bibliography.
Attractive dust jacket. Perseus, 2008. Hb, Dj. 536 pgs. Orig.
$30.00. NEW. $12.00
12356 Downer, Martyn Nelson's Purse: The Mystery of Lord
Nelson's Lost Treasures. A treasure of correspondence lay
dormant for almost 200 years. The discovery has transformed
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Nelson biography, most dramatically as regards one
of the most famous love triangles of British history.
Downer's storytelling heightens the experience. Lush
color illustrations. Smithsonian Books, Washington
2004. 424 pgs. Hb, dj. NEW. $20.00
16192 Emsley, Clive British Society and the
French Wars 1793-1815. It is impossible to read
Jane Austen's novels without noticing the
movement of the militia or the Naval officers,
the presence of war hovering in the background.
Emsley argues that 22 years of warfare was of
the most profound importance to the social
history of Britain of the time. Extensive reference list and very
good index. Previous book owner's stamp, otherwise near fine.
Rowan and Littlefield, Totowa, NJ. 1979. USED. $9.00
12628 Farmer, J. S. The Regimental Records of the
British Army 1660-1901 Victorian military historian
Farmer gathers all the regiments of the British Army
from inception following the Restoration in 1660 of
His Majesty's Own Troop of Guards to the close of
Victoria's reign in 1901. With b/w and color illustrations. Titles,
campaigns, honors, uniforms, badges, nicknames, more. Color
illustrations by Richard Simkin. Crecy Books, Bristol, 1984. Hb, Dj.
USED. $20.00
12405 Fremont-Barnes, Gregory Trafalgar 1805:
Nelson's Crowning Victory. Campaign 157 in the
series. Illustrations by Christa Hook and period
illustrations. Glossary of naval terms. Author holds a
doctorate in Modern History from Oxford. Paper.
Osprey Club, Oxford, 2005. NEW. $12.00
12416 Herman, Arthur To Rule the Waves: How the
British Navy Shaped the Modern World. Brings
history to life. The rise of the Navy, overthrow of
empires, defeat of Napoleon, foundations of
today's world order, with maps. HarperCollins.
2004. Hb, dj. NEW. $9.00. Also available in Paper
(Our item# 12416-1) $6.00.
11665-1 Howarth, David and Stephen Lord Nelson
Illustrations, index. Well-drawn biography of Lord
Nelson. Penguin. Paper. USED. $5.00
11665 Howarth, David and Stephen Lord
Nelson: the Immortal Memory. Index,
illustrations. Well-drawn biography of Lord Nelson.
Conway Classics, London: 1997. Hb, dj. NEW. $13.00
16080 Jacobs, Major James Ripley, and
Glenn Tucker The War of 1812: A Compact History.
Editorial coordination by Historical Evaluation and
Research Organization. Clean book with one bent
corner, jacket a little ragged around the edges.
Otherwise very good. A war with profound
consequences for the US and its relationship to Britain. Hb, Dj.
1969. USED. $2.00
14653 Johnson, David Napoleon's Cavalry and Its Leaders.
Illustrations, diagrams, map. Recently republished, this is the 1978
original hardcover book, scarce in new condition. From the cover:
"Dressed in outrageously romantic uniforms, led by a flamboyant
clique of aristocrats and ex-troopers, Napoleon's cavalry had a
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picturesque quality that belied its ruthless ports, and naval history. Philip Wilson
methods and tremendous service record." This Publishers. The National Maritime Museum.
book fulfills all the promises inherent in that 1999. London. 176 pgs. Hb, Dj. USED. $25.00
introductory sentence. Holmes & Meier, NY.
16733 McGuane,
USED. $26.00
James P. Heart of Oak:
12299 Knight, Roger The Pursuit A Sailor's Life in
of Victory: The Life and Nelson's Navy. Inspired by reading Patrick
Achievement of Horatio Nelson. O'Brian's fiction, the author visited small
A definitive biography that puts to rest many museums along the English coast and
myths that have formed around Nelson in the past private collections to capture these
200 years. Knight was the chief curator and deputy stunning photographs of artifacts from
director of the National Maritime Museum, London, from 1988 to sailors and officers of the Royal Navy in the Napoleonic era. W.W.
2000. Also professor of naval history at Greenwich. This is a Norton. 2002. Hb, Dj. List $49.95. NEW. $45.00
gorgeous, big book. 874 pgs. Published at $35. Hb, dj. NEW.
13230 Moorhouse, E. Hallam Nelson's Lady
$12.00
Hamilton With 51 portraits. Methuen, 1908. USED.
12499 Lefebvre, Georges Napoleon from Tilsit to $8.00
Waterloo 1807-1815. Translated by J. E. Anderson.
12470 Nelson, Admiral Horatio
The second part of a two-volume translation of
Nelson's Last Diary and the Prayer
Lefebvre's classic history of the Napoleonic era. Not
Before Trafalgar: a facsimile introduced by Oliver
a focus on Napoleon so much as a study of life under
Warner. With transcription. Great dust jacket. Kent
his rule, as well as a look at how those not part of
State University. 1971. Hb, dj. USED. $25.00
the empire carried on their lives. Columbia University Press, NY.
1969. Hb, Dj. USED. $7.00 12631-2 Nicolson, Adam Seize the Fire: Heroism,
Duty, and the Battle of Trafalgar. Using primary
14204 Leiner, Frederick C. The End of Barbary
sources, the author takes us into the hearts and
Terror: America's 1815 War Against the Pirates of
minds of the men who were there. He uses the
North America In the early 19th century, to be at
Battle as a gateway to an examination of the cult
sea was to be at risk of encounters with pirates from
of the hero and our modern ideas of heroism.
the region of Algiers. The infant American Navy and
Beautiful fold-out dust jacket, gorgeous color
the new country it represented had to meet this
illustrations, excellent bibliography. HarperCollins, UK: 2005.
challenge. The story told here is both personal and
Paper. NEW. $10.00
epic, mundane and heroic. OUP, 2006. Paper. NEW. $10.00
13477 Nicolson, Nigel Napoleon: 1812
12511 Lincoln, Margarette Naval Wives &
Distinguished author Nigel Nicolson, a fellow
Mistresses 1750-1815. From a range of primary
Janeite, here explores the events of 1812, when
sources - letters, trial reports, popular prints, and
Napoleon's march on Russia turned the course of the
love tokens. A history of the women who stayed at
war. Orig publ at $16.95. Harper & Row, NY, 1985.
home while their men were at sea, from all walks of
192 pgs, Hb, Dj. NEW. $4.00
life. National Maritime Museum, London, 2007. 218 pgs. Hb, dj.
NEW. $25.00 14527 Pope, Dudley The Devil Himself: The Mutiny
of 1800. Pope, a historian, was encouraged by C. S.
12635 Marquardt, Karl Heinz Anatomy
Forester try fiction, and his writing skills show in this
of the Ship: Captain Cook's Endeavour.
exciting true story. The British crew of the captured
This plan of the ship is sure to delight the
French corvette Danae commit mutiny, then sail her
sea-faring reader - even if all the sea-
back to France, and turn her over to Napoleon for a
faring is done from the armchair. Step
cash reward. Find out what happened next! McBooks Press,
onto the ship in your mind and
Nonfiction History Library, 2003. Paper. USED. $10.00
understand what it was really like.
Revised edition, complete with 1/96 scale fold-out plan of the 16311 Rathbone, Julian Wellington's War: His
entire ship (inside the dust jacket!). Hb, dj. NEW. $30.00 Peninsular Dispatches. Rathbone has made
selections from Wellington's war dispatches and
14785 Martin, Joseph Plumb Memoir of a
letters and added his own narrative to present
Revolutionary Soldier: The Narrative of Joseph Plumb
the information in a novelist's style. How did the
Martin. This is an unabridged reprint of the memoir
British wrest the Iberian Peninsula from the
that was originally published in 1830. Called one of the
French between 1808 and 1813? Foreword by
best firsthand accounts of war by private soldier. It's
Wellington's 4X great-nephew Field Marshal Lord Carver. VG
not all grim. Insight into daily life in 1775-1783
condition. Michael Joseph, London. Paper. 1994.
America. Dover. Paper. NEW. $6.00
USED. $9.00
13128 McCreery, Cindy Ports of the World: Prints from the
12129 Rea, Robert R., Intro The Log of H.M.S.
National Maritime Museum, Greenwich c. 1700-1870 Beautiful
Mentor, 1780-1781. The HMS Mentor played an
color plates showcase naval prints from the height of the maritime
important role defending the British (cont’d p. 14 >>)
age. Discussed from the perspective of art, exploration history,

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garrison at Pensacola. This log records the day-to-day events of
the Battle of Pensacola. Includes an excellent appendix of names
and technical terms. Extensive introduction. James A. Servies, Ed.
University Presses of FLA, Pensacola, 1982. Hb, Dj. 207 pgs. NEW.
$20.00
16748 Rodger, N. A. M. The Wooden World: An
Anatomy of the Georgian Navy. Acclaimed as a
highly readable yet scholarly book about the 18th
c British Navy and its historic achievement. Shows
how studying the Navy sheds light on the entire
society of the period; valuable for writers wanting
to get their facts straight. Norton. 1986. Paper.
USED. $25.00
12310 Ronald, D.A.B. Young Nelsons: Boy Sailors
during the Napoleonic Wars. Fwd by Alexander
Kent. Follows the lives of the little boys who entered
the Navy, grew to be men in that unique world, and
made the British Empire possible. Primary sources
include Austen's sailor brothers. Period color plates,
index, notes, sources. Osprey, Oxford & NY. 2009. Hb, dj. NEW.
$20.00 ALSO 12310-1 One copy, USED. $5.00
16881 Roosevelt, Theodore The Naval War of 1812
At age 23, this future US President established
himself as a skilled military scholar with this
detailed analysis of naval combat in 1812-1815.
Unbiased, thorough assessments of political and
social history as well as a balanced chronicle of the
war, it remains standard reading at the US Naval Academy. Orig
publ 1882. Paper. Dover 2017. NEW. $14.00
13683 Russell, William Clark Pictures from the
Life of Nelson Russell, a popular author of nautical
novels and short tales, wrote a full length
biography of Nelson. For this book, he pulled the
best action-packed stories from Nelson's life and
applied his novelist's skill to bring thrills to laymen.
If you like O'Brian, here is the real thing. Originally
published in 1897. Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, 2005. Hb, Dj.
Pub at $29.95. NEW. $15.00
13791 Simms, Brendan Three Victories and a
Defeat: The Rise and Fall of the First British
Empire Covers the period from 1558 to 1783 in
great detail from the perspective of imperialism.
New analysis explains how Britain's relationships
in Europe - from having German kings to making
enemies - were really behind her Imperial
experiences during this period. Several maps, endnotes and index.
Perseus, NY, 2007. Hb, Dj. Publ at $39.95. NEW. $10.00
11486 Strawson, John Beggars in Red: The British
Army 1789-1889 Illustrations, maps. Description of
this important period in British regimental history.
From Napoleon to Asia, Africa, and the creation of
Pax Britannia. Import from UK. 2003. Paper. NEW.
$12.00
16312 Van Der Merwe, Peter, Editor, with Roger
Morriss, Brian Lavery and Stephen Deuchar
Nelson: An Illustrated History. Gorgeous
oversized paperback full of illustrations (235 total,
210 in color). If you only want one illustrated bio
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of Nelson, this is the one to have. VG condition, like new. National
Maritime Museum. 1995. Paper. USED. $28.00
11544 Vincent, Edgar Nelson: Love & Fame A
thrilling & complete biography. The personal,
emotional man behind the legend. Full of color
photos, maps and diagrams, full index. Gorgeous
dust jacket. 620 pgs. Yale University Press. 2003.
NEW. $15.00
15159 Whipple, A.B.C. The Seafarers: Fighting
Sail. One of 22 volumes in the Time-Life Seafarers
series. Handsome cover and gorgeous color
illustrations. Drawing from primary sources, the
authors delve into the Napoleonic Wars, the naval
battles leading up to Trafalgar, and of course the
great battle. Learn about the experiences of Austen's brothers.
Time-Life Books. 1978. USED. $5.00
16732 Willis, Sam In the Hour of Victory: The
Royal Navy at War in the Age of Nelson. When
Napoleon eventually died in exile, the Lords of the
Admiralty ordered the original dispatches from
seven major fleet battles be gathered and
presented to the nation. Letters written home
during the war by admirals, captains, surgeons, boatswains, were
bound in an immense volume. Naval historian Willis stumbled
across this mostly forgotten collection in the British Library in
2010. Here he publishes selections of the material against a
backdrop of political and naval history, character portraits, and
thrilling details of life in battle at sea. WW Norton. 1st US Edition.
2014. Hb, Dj. List $35. NEW. $32.00
Sea and War Fiction
14506 Cooper, James Fenimore Sea Tales: The Pilot,
The Red River. Kay Seymour House and Thomas L.
Philbrick wrote the notes for this volume. Near fine.
Lovely slip case, ribbon marker, clean white pages.
Green cloth. The Library of America, 1991. Hb, Sc.
USED. $18.00
16726 Kent, Alexander The Darkening Sea 1st
edition of the 21st Richard Bolitho novel. The hero
returns to England after the Martinique in a brief
respite from war. Collector quality. William
Heinemann Ltd, London. 1993. Hb, Dj. USED. $27.00
14052 Marryat, Captain The Phantom Ship
Captain Marryat’s sea stories served as models
for the Horatio Hornblower and Aubrey/Maturin
series. His writings have been admired by the
likes of Virginia Woolf and Joseph Conrad. This
novel takes the Flying Dutchman story on some
twists, focusing on the son rather than the
captain, and relics of the cross rather than true love as the spell-
breaker. Orig publ in 1839, this Nonsuch edition publ in 2006.
Paper. NEW. $5.00
10989 Marryat, Captain Frederick Mr. Midshipman
Easy Introduction and notes by Evan L. Davies.
Marryat served with distinction in the Napoleonic
wars. As a captain retired from the Royal Navy, in
1836 he published his novel, set during the war.
Young Mr Easy has adventures and learns lessons in the Navy
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before inheriting his parents' estate. Attractive blue cloth, silk
marker. No jacket. Naval Institute Press, Annapolis. Hb. 1990.
USED. $20.00
12428 Nordhoff, Charles, and James Norman Hall
The Mutiny on the Bounty Trilogy. The publishers
have combined the three parts of this best of
historical novels into one volume in a crisp new
affordable book with an attractive dust jacket. If you
haven't read these works, why not indulge - our favorite time
period brought to life with stunning realism. 691 pgs., Hb, Dj.
Konecky & Konecky. NEW. $10.00
14373 O'Brian, Patrick Blue at the Mizzen Napoleon
has been defeated at Waterloo, but Captain Jack
Aubrey's hard work continues. W. W. Norton.
Hardback, dust jacket. NEW. $12.00
10082-1 O'Brian, Patrick Master and
Commander Paper. NY: 1990. Has been read, but in
good condition. USED. $5.00 ALSO 10082-2 Norton
Paper, 1992. NEW. $10.00
13525 O'Brian, Patrick Post Captain Life on
shore? Not as good as expected. But things
never stay the same, and war is resumed. W. W.
Norton. 1990. Paper. USED. $6.00 ALSO 13525-
1 Harper Perennial, 2007. Paper. NEW. $6.00
10084 O'Brian, Patrick The Commodore Maturin's
wife is missing. Aubrey must deal with the slave
trade and threats of French invasion in Ireland. Hb,
dj, good condition. NY: 1994 USED. $15.00
16675 O'Brian, Patrick The Far
Side of the World. The War of 1812 continues and
Jack Aubrey sets sail for Cape Horn to intercept a
powerful American ship. 366 pgs. W. W. Norton.
Paper, 1984. NEW. $10.00 ALSO 16675-1 W. W.
Norton. Paper, 2003. NEW. $10.00
13596 O'Brian, Patrick The Fortune of War Captain
Aubrey is appointed to the fastest & best-armed
ship in the Navy. Aubrey and Maturin encounter the
War of 1812. Norton. Hb, dj. 329 pgs. NEW. $10.00
10083 O'Brian, Patrick The Hundred
Days Napoleon has escaped from Elba. The Navy is
scrambling to rearm. Aubrey is now the mature
commodore. First Ed. 1998. Hb, dj.
USED. $10.00
14051 O'Brian, Patrick The Surgeon's Mate Stephen
must flee American privateers. Harper paperback
edition published 2007. Like new. USED. $5.00
13824 Parkinson, C. Northcote Portsmouth Point:
The Navy in Fiction 1793-1815 Renowned naval
historian Cyril Northcote Parkinson, author of more
than 60 books (including The Life and Times of
Horatio Hornblower), collected this anthology of
fiction about life at sea during the Napoleonic wars.
Each chapter is organized around a different aspect of naval life at
the time, such as food, daily routine, crew, officers, naval dialect.
Contemporary authors revealed information about topics from
press gangs to recipes. Excellent resource for literary research.
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This edition is a facsimile reprint of the 1949 first. Liverpool
University Press. 2005. Paper. NEW. $12.00
16674 Wilkinson, C. S. The Wake of the Bounty
Unusual book explores the theory that Fletcher
Christian survived Pitcairn and returned to England.
Was Christian the model for Coleridge's Ancient
Mariner? Connections and coincidences intrigue this
literary sleuth. Retells the mutiny story, then goes about proving
his point. Illustrations, index, map. Cassell & Company LTD,
London. 1953. Hb, Dj in mylar. Excellent condition. USED. $20.00
Food & Fashion
10001 Ackermann, Rudolph Ackermann's
Costume Plates. Women's Fashions in England
1818-1828. Ed. by Stella Blum. Necessary for 19th
century dressmakers as well as for ladies to keep
up on Paris happenings, beautifully drawn, here
represented for our perusal, are 88 plates, 16 in
full color. Long out of print. Oversized, paper, excellent condition.
DOVER. 1978. USED. $15.00
16936 Austen, Jane and Martha Stewart Jane
Austen's Pride and Prejudice: A Book-to-Table
Classic "The classic novel with recipes for modern
teatime treats by Martha Stewart." The novel is
illustrated with beautiful and sumptuous pictures
of artistically iced treats. Recipes are interspersed
and include such yummy delights as Sugar-and-Spice cake, Cream
Scones with Currants, French Almond Macaroons, and Petits
Fours. Perfect gift for Jane Austen fans and baking fiends alike!
Gorgeous colors and fun decorated cover. Puffin Plated, 2018. Hb.
List price $25. NEW. $19.00
16720 Bernstein, Aline Masterpieces of Women's
Costume of the 18th and 19th Centuries Thirty-two
authentic complete costumes and 3 blouses shown
in both color and b&w, faithfully interpreted by
theatrical designer Bernstein. Detailed descriptions
and line drawings of the actual patterns of the costumes, along
with gloves, hats shoes, and hair styles. Orig. 1959. Unabridged.
Dover. 2001. Paper. NEW. $16.00
16762 Bruzzone, Catherine, and Hennie Haworth
Dress-Up Jane Austen. Fashion Paper Dolls. The
first 19 pages set place and period, and provide
lots of fashion information, all with detailed
drawings that are just cool to look at. She has 9
outfits, he has 5, and they both have lots of
accessories. Small Publishing Ltd., UK. 2017. NEW. $9.00
16571 Field, Suzette A Curious Invitation: The Forty
Greatest Parties in Literature. Gatecrash 40 parties,
some real, some imagined, from great writers
including Austen, Defoe, Dickens, Waugh, Plato,
Douglas Adams, many more. Hb, Dj. Picador. 2012.
USED. $5.00
16572 Gehrer, Julienne Dining with Jane
Austen Much more than a cookbook, this book
brings together for the first time Martha Lloyd's
Household Book and the Knight Family
Cookbook. Gehrer uses Austen's letters as the
starting point to explore what she would have
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been eating, then provides a recipe you can follow in your modern
kitchen. Gorgeous color illustrations throughout. Printed on heavy
paper. Proceeds benefit Jane Austen's House Museum and
Chawton House Library in Hampshire. Ash Grove Press. Paper.
NEW. $32.00
16934 Harlan, Susan and Becca Stadtlander
Decorating a Room of One's Own: Conversations
on Interior Design with Miss Havisham, Jane Eyre,
Victor Frankenstein, Elizabeth Bennet, Ishmael,
and Other Literary Notables. Gorgeous
illustrations. Harlan spoofs decorating cutlure by
visiting the homes of famous literary characters and interviewing
them. What was Lady Macbeth's favorite room in the castle?
Discover the design inspiration behind Jay Gatsby's McMansion.
Inspiring! Harry N. Abrams. 2018. Hb. NEW. $16.00
16352 Holmes, Lindsay Making Georgian &
Regency Costumes for Women. Includes a History
of Women's Dress from 1710 to 1830. Holmes
makes historically accurate costumes for
museums and heritage sites as well as live and
filmed performances. This book combines
instructions and patterns, information on fabrics,
tools, techniques, pattern alteration. The Crowood Press, Ltd.,
Wiltshire. 2015. Paper. NEW. $50.00
16759 Kay, Emma The Georgian Kitchen. Today's
food-obsessed culture has its roots in the Georgian
period. The author describes how the British were
inspired by increasing trade and travel to fall in love
with food and create culinary arts as we know them
today. Inset of color plates of period illustrations and
artifacts. Amberley Publishing, Paper. 2015. NEW. $11.00
12035 Mattox, Brenda Sneathen Pride and
Prejudice: Paper Dolls Eight paper dolls with 48 total
costumes. Fashions include "long-sleeved, empire-
style church-wear dresses, simple day gowns with
gardening aprons, elegant ball gowns, and bridal
gowns. For the gentlemen, formal eveningwear,
greatcoats, a military uniform, and morning coats with breeches
and top boots." Dover. List $8.99 NEW. $6.00
16596 Nicoletti, Cara Voracious: A Hungry
Reader Cooks Her Way Through Great Books.
Illustrated by Marion Bolognesi. Butcher, cook,
and writer Nicoletti offers background, including
food history and information about the source
books, along with recipes. Sources include Nancy
Drew, Tolstoy, Didion, Melville, Burnett, scores more. Wonderful
illustrations. Perfectly boil eggs for Mr Woodhouse! Originally
$28. Little, Brown and Co. 2015. Hb, Dj. NEW. $12.00
16687 Percoco, Cassidy Regency Women's
Dress: Techniques and Patterns 1800-1830
Book of 26 patterns from Chemise to Ball
Dress. Morning dresses, evening dresses,
Spencers, Corset and Stays. Each pattern is
accompanied by text that gives the
provenance of the original garment, with
discussions about the fabric, buttons,
binding, more. Batsford, London. 2015.
Paper. List price $35.00. NEW. $29.00
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11876 Seleshanko, Kristina 60 Civil War-Era
Fashion Patterns. Assembled from issues of a
popular 19th-century periodical, these patterns
include dresses, pants, jackets, and other apparel
for women and children, plus suggestions for
employing modern tools and techniques. 120
pgs, Dover, Minneola, NY. NEW. $14.00
16605 Synge, Lanto Antique Needlework Heavily
illustrated from private and public collections. Gives
background to many forms of needlework through
history, including ecclesiastical vestments, Tudor
and Stuart embroidery, blackwork and stumpwork,
crewelwork bed hangings, upholstery coverings,
samplers, and much more. Blandford Press, Poole, Dorset. 1982.
Hb, Dj. USED. $20.00
13398 Tierney, Tom Empire Fashions Coloring
Book. 1789-1815 fashions delightfully and
expertly drawn with detailed description on
each page and introduction by artist. 48 pgs,
paper. 2001. NEW. $4.50
16718 Tierney, Tom Marie
Antoinette Paper Dolls Tierney
applied his extensive fashion expertise to Marie
Antoinette [1755-1793] and the revolutionary
fashion period she led, along with her legendary
dressmaker Rose Bertin. Introduction and
description of each plate. Dover. 2001. NEW. $11.00
16606 Whiteaker, Stafford English Countryside
Needlepoint: A Treasury of Over 50 Designs
Originally published in the UK as "English
Countryside Embroidery." These beautiful patterns
are full page color illustrations, accompanied by
lovely descriptions. Extensive illustrated
introduction with stitch technique tutorial. Ballantine Books, NY.
Hb, Dj. USED. $15.00
Books and Art
12238 Barchas, Janine Graphic Design, Print Culture,
and the Eighteenth-Century Novel. How did novels
look and feel in the first half of the 18th century,
when they were the newest pop culture? Defoe,
Swift, Richardson, the Fieldings, and other early
novelists experimented with design. Illustrated. Cambridge
University Press, 2003. Paper. NEW. $42.00
16637 Basbanes, Nicholas A. Among the Gently
Mad: Strategies and Perspectives for the Book
Hunter in the Twenty-First Century. Are we mad?
Probably. Learn from the gently mad pros about
shopping for books as investments or collectibles.
From internet shopping to old-fashioned book fairs, auctions, and
library sales, lots of tips. Like new condition. A John Macrae Book;
Henry Holt and Co. LLC, NY. Hb, Dj. USED. $5.00
16700 Boux, Dorothy All the World's a Stage:
Speeches, Poems and Songs from
Shakespeare Written in Calligraphy
and Illustrated by Dorothy Boux. In
this unusual work of art, Boux has
selected passages from Shakespeare and turned
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them into Elizabethan-influenced visual treasures. Includes
occasional handwritten music. Near fine/like new. Shepheard-
Walwyn Publishers Ltd., London. 1994. USED. $35.00
13084 Buchanon-Brown, John Early Victorian Illustrated Books:
Britain, France and Germany 1820-1860. Beautiful book printed
on heavy paper includes 258 reproductions of illustrations. A
survey of the art form that also describes the development of
technique. Publ at $98, now at half price. 320 pgs, Hb, Dj. The
British Library and Oak Knoll Press. NEW. $45.00
16633 Carpenter, Kenneth E., Editor Books in Society
and History: Papers of the Association of College
and Research Libraries Rare Books and Manuscripts
Preconference. The ACRL Books and Manuscripts
section brought together scholars from both sides of
the Atlantic for its 1980 conference in Boston. What is the role of
books in Western Society? Robert Darnton, Elizabeth Eisenstein,
Henri-Jean Martin, Katherine F. Pantzer, Bernhard Fabian,
Raymond Birn, John P. Feather, Frederic Barbier, James J. Barnes,
Paul Raabe. Excellent condition. R. R. Bowker Company, NY. Hb,
Dj, Mylar. 1983. USED. $40.00
16634 Chappell, Warren A Short History of the
Printed Word Heavily illustrated, addresses the
earliest to the mid-20th century formation of
alphabets and letters, the technology of printing, and
the skilled crafts involved. Approaches printing as an
art form; a loving history. Excellent condition! Dorset Press, NY,
Hb, Dj. 1970. USED. $12.00
16699 Colonial Williamsburg The Bookbinder in
Eighteenth-Century Williamsburg: An Account of
his Life & Times, & of his Craft. Illustrated 31 page
historical survey based largely on a study prepared
jointly by C. Clement Samford, book-binder in the
restored Printing Office, and John M. Hemphill II, of
the Colonial Williamsburg research staff. Colonial Williamsburg.
1959. Pamphlet. USED. $5.00
16638 Darnton, Robert The Case for Books: Past,
Present, and Future Darnton, "a pioneer in the
history of the book and the director of the Harvard
University Library," talks about the future of print,
libraries, books in general, and how our new
information age fits into the long history of books. In as-new
condition! PublicAffairs (Perseus), NY. 2009. Paper. USED. $3.00
16631 Darnton, Robert The Forbidden Best-Sellers
of Pre-Revolutionary France. Undermining the King,
the Church, or conventional morality, could ensure a
book was banned. So could pirating and other forms
of thievery. The struggle was passionate and full of
intrigue. Darnton reveals the shadowy subculture
that provided the actual best-sellers of the period, and
undoubtedly contributed to the Revolution that followed. Paper.
VG condition. Norton. 1996. USED. $9.00
16517 Denby, David Great Books: My Adventures
with Homer, Rousseau, Woolf, and Other
Indestructible Writers of the Western World. New
York Times Bestseller. Denby returns to school after
30 years and takes Literature Humanities. He
describes his experiences being a sort of non-student-
yet-student as the course travels through Western Lit, from
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Homer to Woolf. Austen's chapter is delightful, because he gets
her, and he gets why she is in the canon. Touchstone. 1997. Paper.
USED. $4.00
14974-1 Dobson, Austin The Ballad of Beau
Brocade and Other Poems of the XVIII Century. Dark
green cloth with elaborate stamped gilt decorations
on the cover. Beveled boards. All page edges gilt.
The ballads are delightfully
illustrated throughout with 50 Hugh
Thomson illustrations. 3rd ed, very clean,
near fine. London: Kegan Paul, Trench,
Trubner & Co. 1892. USED. $50.00
16670 Eaton, Seymour, Ed. Charles Dickens
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Rare Print Collection Connoisseur Edition.
Issued for Private Circulation. No. 483. Folio
includes 10 folders, each with several sheets enclosed with
photographs, drawings, and other art, including work by Phiz, Boz,
Thackeray, Cruikshank, Ward, Bryan, Gill, more. Folio has some
chips in coating, cloth ribbons are intact. Folder 8 is split at spine.
Some documents have some light foxing or browning at edges;
most are clean. Previous owner's bookplate inside front cover. R.
G. Kennedy & Co., Philadelphia. 1900. USED. $75.00
16632 Eisenstein, Elizabeth L. Divine Art, Infernal
Machine: The Reception of Printing in the West from
First Impressions to the Sense of an Ending.
Technology and culture shifts are intimately related,
and perhaps nothing affected the last 500 years of
history as much as the advent of printing. Engaging history
explores our relationship with the printed word. Like new.
University of Pennsylvania Press. 2011. Hb, Dj. USED. $15.00
14398 Engle, Elliot A Dab of Dickens and a Touch
of Twain: Literary Lives from Shakespeare's Old
England to Frost's New England. These essays
contain fascinating anecdotes about great
authors that bring them to life for the casual
reader. Chaucer, Austen, Wilde, Hardy,
Fitzgerald, Poe, and many more are covered in
this volume with wit and flair. The author admits
to being a Dickensian, but handles Austen quite well indeed.
Simon & Schuster. Paper. 2002. NEW. $10.00
15907 Enright, D. J., Ed. Fair of Speech: The Uses
of Euphemism. Highly entertaining study of
euphemism: historical, literary, military, religious,
official and casual. With 17 essays, including one
by Patricia Beer called "Elizabeth Bennet's Fine
Eyes" that explores euphemism in literature, and
uses some great examples from Austen's novels.
(Mrs Elton is declared "textbook.") Excellent
condition. Hb, Dj. OUP. 1985. USED. $15.00
14125 Goldstone, Lawrence and Nancy Slightly
Chipped: Footnotes in Booklore Following on their
first book about book collecting, Used and Rare,
this book tells further adventures the couple had as
they became obsessed with the Bloomsbury group,
experimented with online book shopping, and
travelled around generally exploring the wacky
world of books. The Goldstones are also fiction and nonfiction
authors of renown. St. Martin's Press. Hb, Dj. USED. $7.00
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16644 Goldstone, Lawrence and Nancy Used and
Rare: Travels in the Book World. Popular first book
about books by this couple; describes their dive
into finding and collecting books with love and
humor. Excellent condition. St. Martin's Griffin, NY.
Paper. 1997. USED. $7.00
16702 Heintzelman, Arthur W. The Watercolor
Drawings of Thomas Rowlandson. From the
Albert H. Wiggin Collection in the Boston Public
Library. Heintzleman was Keeper of Prints at the
Library and writes an extensive biography, as well
as commentary on each print providing
contextual and artistic insight. Around 60 full size
prints. Book size 10x13 inches. Jacket is present but very
distressed. Cream cloth cover very good, pages with light
browning around edges but prints are clear. Watson-Guptill
Publications, Inc. NY. 1947. USED. $25.00
16630 Houston, Keith Shady Characters: The Secret
Life of Punctuation, Symbols, & Other
Typographical Marks. A two thousand year history
of punctuation. The relationship between writing
and printing plays a role, as does invention, cross-
cultural interactions, graffiti, international intrigue, and more.
Like new. Norton. 2013. Hb, Dj. USED. $8.00
12619 LeFontaine, Joseph Raymond The
Collector's Book-shelf: A Comprehensive Listing of
Authors, Their Pseudonyms, and Their Books. Find
the names of additional books written by an
author, even when the author used pseudonyms.
Over 33,000 book titles listed from 931 authors, majority 20th c
works. Oversized. 1st edition. Prometheus Books. Buffalo. 1990.
Hb, Dj. USED. $20.00
16346 Nazar, Hina Enlightened Sentiments:
Judgment and Autonomy in the Age of Sensibility.
A serious examination of the function of sensibility
in Enlightenment thought and its influence on long
18th c. literature. Major writers in this study
include Samuel Richardson, Jane Austen, David
Hume and Hannah Arendt. Fordham University
Press, NY. 2012. Originally published at $60. Hb, Dj. NEW. $21.00
11987 Norville, Barbara Writing the Modern
Mystery A practical aid to mystery writing.
Reference for the novice and accomplished author.
Writer's Digest Books, Cincinnati. Paper. 1986.
USED. $4.00
16729 Richardson, Samuel The History of Sir Charles
Grandison Abridged from the Works of Samuel
Richardson, Esq. Author of PAMELA and CLARISSA.
The original epistolary novel Sir Charles Grandison,
cited by Austen family members as a favorite of Jane Austen's,
was published in 1753. You may have heard it was a long book.
This book is a reprint of a 1794 abridged version - a VERY abridged
version - published in Boston. Forgotten Books Classic Reprint
Series. 2012. Paper. NEW. $9.00
11305 Richardson, Samuel The Works of Samuel Richardson in
Nineteen Volumes. With a sketch of his Life and Writings, by the
Rev. Edward Mangin, M. A. First collected edition. 19 volume X
library. 1/2 leather and marbled paper. Pamela, Clarissa, and Sir
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Charles Grandison. Abbey School
Library, Colorado, stickers, black library
label on spine of each book, red library
stamp on title page of each book. Top
pages gilt. Boards worn. Printed for
William Miller, Albemarle Street; and
James Carpenter, Old Bond Street, 1811. USED. $295.00
16651 Trubeck, Anne A Skeptic's Guide to Writers'
Houses An "anti-travel guide" where the author
begrudges literary locations but visits them all anyway.
She's disgruntled that some who enshrine authors
great and obscure might never have read their works.
From shore to shore, she explores house museums with a keen
eye and humorous insight. Like new. University of Pennsylvania,
2011. Hb, Dj. USED. $10.00
Austen-Inspired
13841 Bebris, Carrie The Deception at Lyme (Or, the
Perils of Persuasion). The Darcys find a body at the
Cobb at Lyme, and gallant Captain Wentworth helps
them solve a family mystery. Another installment in
the Mr and Mrs Darcy mystery series. One of our
favorites! Tor, 2011. Hb, Dj. NEW. $12.00
16933 Boyd, Christina, Ed. Rational Creatures The
third Quill Collective anthology of Austen-inspired
fiction by Goodreads authors. Foreword by
Devoney Looser. Short stories set in Georgian
England pay homage to Austen's strong female
lead characters. The Quill Ink.
2018. Paper. NEW. $13.00
16593 Butler, Nancy and Janet Lee Marvel Emma
All five volumes of this gorgeously illustrated
classic comic book are collected into a single
paperback book. By the same artist and writer
team who created P&P and S&S for Marvel. NEW.
$10.00
16237 Carbone, Courtney Darcy Swipes Left. IMHO U
will want 2 #treatyourself to this OMG AUSTEN! book.
If only to see Mary Bennet's occasional memes
because they are #socuuute. Small hardback. Random
House. 2016. NEW. $9.00
16241 Carroll, Chellie Jane Austen's Pride
and Prejudice: A Coloring Classic. Beautiful
adult coloring book uses P&P quotes as
inspiration. Stunning illustrations waiting for
your creative expression! Little Tiger Press.
2016. NEW. $15.00
16755 Cox, Constance Pride and Prejudice: A Play
Cox [1912-1998] was a British playwright who
adapted books by Dickens and other classic lit. Her
works continue to be performed. J. Published by
Garnet Miller Ltd., Worcestershire. 1972. Like new.
USED. $20.00
16712 Furman, Katherine Emoji Pride &
Prejudice The kids loved this one. Epic tales in
tiny texts. #abridged, #instantausten,
#greatestlovestory, #epictales, #tinytexts. Jane
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Austen Sent from my iPhone. Race Point Publishing, Quarto. 2016.
Hb. NEW. $12.00
16709 Hyde, Katherine Bolger Arsenic with Austen.
A Crime with the Classics Mystery. A widowed
professor inherits a Victorian mansion in a sleepy
coastal town in Oregon. She finds herself
unexpectedly pulled into the potential revival of a
long-ago romance, a murder mystery, and a cast of
characters who remind her of Jane Austen's own inventions.
Minotaur Books, NY. 2016. Hb, Dj. Like new. USED. $12.00
16728 Kablean, Carrie What Kitty Did Next. While
visiting her newly married sisters, Kitty Bennet
realizes she is more than just Lydia's sidekick. After
experiencing a great deal of fun and pain, she
eventually comes of age. Excellently written, with
beautifully drawn characters that stay true to
Austen's legacy. A real treasure! RedDoor Publishing. Import.
Paper. 2018. NEW. $14.00 Available in September 2018
16714 Kessel, John Pride and Prometheus On the
200th anniversary of Mary Shelley's masterpiece, an
intelligent mashup between Austen
and Shelley! Mary Bennet falls for
Victor Frankenstein and befriends his
monster. Gothic horror and Regency romance
combined, plus, of course, a novel for much-
neglected middle sister Mary Bennet. Simon &
Schuster. Hb. 2018. List $27.99. Introductory low
price $21.00
16608 Mason, Zachary Tripping on Cinderella’s Corset Adults
only! Characters from Northanger Abbey, Persuasion, Sense and
Sensibility, and Mansfield Park have an over-the-top erotic Gothic
adventure. Includes X-rated material. Hahn Printing. 2016. NEW.
$10
16602 Poynter, Rae Meryton High A retelling of
P&P set in a modern high school, written while
Poynter was actually in high school. In her first
novel, Poynter shows that the lessons of P&P
are still relevant today. Northernwords Press.
2017. Paper. NEW. $14.00
16591 Schroeder, Anngela A
Lie Universally Hidden Will
Darcy and Elizabeth be kept apart by
circumstances outside of their control? This P&P
variation is suitable for teens and up. 2016. NEW.
$12.00
16753 Strand, Mary The Bennet
Sisters: Cat. Cat Bennet, Queen of Nothing. Cat's
twin sister is in reform school and it should be her
turn to shine, but it's not turning out that way.
And the novel Pride and Prejudice is assigned in
school and now she's got to prove she is not
THAT Kitty Bennet. Triple Berry Press. 2017.
NEW. $11.00
16751 Strand, Mary The Bennet Sisters: Lydia
Livin' La Vida Bennet. Lydia comes home to
Woodbury, Minnesota after a year in reform
school and can't seem to convince her old friends,
family, and that one guy that she has changed.
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Should she just give up and be the wild girl everyone thinks she is
anyway? Triple Berry Press. 2017. Paper. NEW. $11.00
16752 Strand, Mary The Bennet Sisters: Mary. Being Mary
Bennet Blows. Seventeen-year-old Mary Bennet doesn't want to
be like THAT Mary Bennet and she wishes Jane Austen had never
written that book! Will she be able to be herself at last? Triple
Berry Press. 2017. Paper. NEW. $11.00
16681 Tse, Po Manga Classics Jane Austen
Coloring Book Irresistible Manga-style
illustrations to color based on three novels -
Pride and Prejudice, Emma, and Sense and
Sensibility. 2016. NEW. $12.00
16594 von Purl, Trixie
Pride & Predu-Knits: Twelve Genteel
Knitting Projects Inspired by Jane Austen.
Instructions to knit major characters from
P&P, S&S, Emma and Persuasion. Also
includes instructions for many items of
Regency attire, and props so that you can
recreate the scenes in the illustrations. Knit
a tiny parasol, tophat, fan, cape, British redcoat, and much more.
Lovely illustrations with the instructions, accompanied by quotes
from the novels. HarperCollins. 2015. NEW. $12.00
16522 Walker, Wal Jane & D'Arcy: Jane Austen &
D'Arcy Wentworth. Volume I - Folly is not always
folly. Walker has meticulously researched primary
sources to support the theory that there was a secret
romance between Jane Austen and D'Arcy
Wentworth. Wentworth went to Australia. Both
Wentworth and Austen never married. Walker believes they
eloped to Scotland. Could this explain all the destruction of letters
and the secret nature of the Austen family about their author
daughter? Endnotes, Index. Arcana Trust, Australia. Paper. 2017.
NEW. $32.00
16523 Walker, Wal Jane & D'Arcy: Jane Austen &
D'Arcy Wentworth. Volume II - Such Talent & Such
Success. Walker continues to follow the parallel lives
of Jane Austen in England and D'Arcy Wentworth in
Australia, and manages to pull the reader into the
very real world of the times, as Wentworth was
involved in much important contemporary history. Well-told and
heavily supported by primary sources. End notes, index. Arcana
Trust, Australia. Paper. 2017. NEW. $32.00
11020 Warner, Oliver His Cunning or Hers: A
Postscript to Persuasion. Illustrations by Juliet
McMaster. Collectors will delight in this short
epistolary work. The communications of Penelope
Clay and William Walter Elliot finally reveal whose
cleverness prevailed. Produced in conjunction with
the 1993 JASNA AGM in Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada. Publ by U
of Alberta, 1993. Hb. USED. $20.00
16727 Watts, Jeanette Jane Austen Lied to Me.
College student Elizabeth finds herself in situations
that remind her of the JA novels she loves. But things
don't ever turn out as expected! Won't anyone
follow the script? A clever modern twist on all 6 of
Austen's novels. 2017. Paper. NEW. $10.00
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Kid's Corner
15894 Adams, Jennifer Little Miss
Austen: Emma. An Emotions Primer.
Emma's friends give your little one a
study in emotions, illustrated by the
colorful art of Alison Oliver. Gibbs-Smith.
2015. Hb. NEW. $9.00
16599 Bryksenkova,
Yelena Classics
Unfolded, Romeo and Juliet Fold-out panels tell
the entire story in 14 beautiful illustrations,
each a work of art. Last page tells a 30 second
version, and a 5 words version of the novel.
Folded paper in illustrated box. Frances Lincoln.
2015. NEW. $8.00
16570 Clarkson, Stephanie Jane Austen's Pride
and Prejudice Baby Lit Illustrated by Annabel
Tempest. This board book to read aloud with
your child tells the entire story of P&P and uses
some big words like mischievous and studious,
and includes some direct text from the novel.
Gibbs Smith. 2017. NEW. $12.00
15896 Coombs, Katie Goodnight Mr. Darcy.
A delightful sleepy time BabyLit book based
on the story of Pride and Prejudice. Lovely
illustrations by Alli Arnold. Gibbs-Smith. Hb,
dj. 2015. NEW. 15.00
16663 Eyre, Frank British
Children's Books in the Twentieth Century
Originally published in 1952 as "20th Century
Children's Books" this edition was updated to add
material after 1950. Near fine condition. Charming
illustrations throughout from books discussed. E.
P. Dutton & Co., NY. 1971. Hb, Dj. USED. $10.00
16679 Fabiny, Sarah Who was Jane Austen?
Illustrated by Jerry Hoare. This series of books for
kids about important figures in history offer a
thorough but brief biography fully illustrated, sure
to capture the imagination of young folks from
around the world. 107 pgs. Penguin Workshop -
Penguin Young Readers Group. 2017. Paper. NEW. $5.00
16682 Hopkinson, Deborah Ordinary,
Extraordinary Jane Austen Beautifully illustrated by
Qin Leng. While this brief biography for young
readers is accurate, it is also affectionate. We love
children's books that do not talk down to them. Very
well done indeed! With a chronology, brief summaries of the 6
major novels, and a short list of resources. HarperCollins. 2018.
Hb, Dj. NEW. $17.00
16695 Lasdun, Susan Making Victorians: The
Drummond Children's World 1827-1832. Eight
Drummond children born between 1810 and
1820 were raised in privilege at the dawn of
the Victorian age, being contemporaries of
Princess Victoria herself. The girls of the family
were also child artists, creating a slew of
watercolors illustrating the people around them, from aristocrats
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to servants, and their surroundings, with great charm. The author
lets us in on the information the drawings convey, including
identities, social standing, conventions of dress, and more. Victor
Gallancz LTD, London. 1983. Hb, Dj. USED. $11.00
16723 McMaster, Juliet Fazan Blades Against the
Dark A group of youngsters hiding out in a neglected
volcanic crater struggle to free their East African
island country from the well-armed general who has
overthrown their government in a coup. McMaster
has long written about and for young writers. This
debut YA novel also draws on her experience as a competitive
fencer, mountain climber, and on her memories of growing up in
Kenya. FriesenPress. 2017. Paper. NEW. $15.00
11082 Muir, Percy English Children's Books 1600 to
1900. A scholarly and entertaining account that
doesn't bother with the "improvement" type books
but goes into great detail on books written with
children's entertainment in mind. Invaluable for the
collector. Disputes the commonly held idea that Newbery
originated children's books in 1740. Fills in the gaps. Great
illustrations assist in identification for the collector and are just
gorgeous on their own merit. Third edition. B. T. Batsford. Ltd.,
London. 1985. Hb, Dj. USED. $40.00
16684 Pliscou, Lisa Brave Jane Austen: Reader,
Writer, Author, Rebel. Illustrated by Jen
Corage. For readers 7 - 10 years/ 2nd - 5th
grade. This beautifully illustrated biography of
Austen for young readers gives accurate details
of Austen's life and conveys inspiration to
young writers. Several prettily decorated reference pages in the
back. Quotes by other authors such as JK Rowling, Fay Weldon.
"From the pen of Jane Austen." "Learning more about Jane
Austen" provides information about resources for further
exploration - Chawton, the Jane Austen Society, the Jane Austen
Literacy Foundation, and the Jane Austen Centre in Bath. Henry
Holt and Company, NY. Hb, Dj. 208. NEW. $17.00
14800 Tavner, Gill Persuasion. Illustrated by Ann
Kronheimer. Your budding classic-reader will love
this fun adaptation for kids. Like all the Tavner
adaptations, there are thought-provoking questions
and background at the end of the book and a book
list for further age-appropriate reading. Check our
website or call - we have all six of Austen's novels covered by
Tavner. Real Reads Ltd., Gloucestershire, UK. Paper. NEW. $6.00
16735 Vegara, Isabel Sanchez Little People, Big
Dreams: Jane Austen Illustrated by Katie Wilson.
From a series of biographies for children, this
delightful view of Austen's life will make your
youngster want to be a writer! Lincoln Children's
Books. 2018. List 14.99. NEW.
$12.50
15921-1 Wang, Jack & Holman Cozy Classics Jane
Austen's Emma. Emma told through twelve one-
word scenes, reenacted with adorable felt dolls.
From Cozy Classics. Chronicle Books Reissue,
2016. Board book. NEW. $8.00
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Women Writers and
Women’s History
10140 Backscheider, Paula R., Ed. Revising
Women: 18th Century Women's Fiction and
Social Engagement Collection of essays by
feminist critics reviewing literature with focus on
historical context. Austen, Behn, Radcliffe,
Gaskell, Burney, and many others discussed.
Includes essay "Jane Austen and the Culture of the
Circulating Library" by Barbara Benedict. Illustrated. John Hopkins
University Press, 2000. 273 pages. Hb, dj. NEW. $25.00
10146 Bainbridge, Beryl According to Queeney In
1764, Dr. Sam Johnson attends a dinner and beyond
expectations is taken into the social orbit of Mrs.
Thrale. Queeney is the wry eldest daughter of
Hester Thrale (later Piozzi), and mostly narrates this
historical novel. NY: 2001. 216 pages, Hb, Dj.
Originally published at $22. NEW/USED. $10.00
10153 Banks, Lynne Reid Path to the Silent Country
- Charlotte Bronte's Years of Pain. Follow-up to The
Dark Quartet, continues the story of Charlotte in a
fictional but fact-based novel. Hb, Dj. 1977. USED.
$25.00
10054 Bell, Maureen; George Parfitt, and Simon
Shepherd A Biographical Dictionary of English
Women Writers 1580-1720. Dictionary entries
are concise and informative. Excellent
introduction. Critical appendices include "Men
as 'gatekeepers'" "Women in the book trade"
etc. Boston: 1990. Hb, just jacket. Near fine.
NEW. $30.00
11172 Besser, Gretchen Rous Germaine De Stael
Revisited A balanced view on Stael's work and life,
her involvement with leading political and social
changes during her time, and her influential, popular
novels. Includes lesser known works. Review copy.
Light sun fading of spine. Hb, Dj. Twayne Publishers
World Authors Series. 1994. NEW. $15.00
16614 Blodgett, Harriet, Editor Capacious Hold-All:
An Anthology of English-women's Diary Writings.
Noted scholar Harriet Blodgett chose and edited
these excerpts from diaries that open windows into
the past as experienced by a variety of women in
various social positions. 16th - 20th century,
separated by topic. Excellent condition. University Press of
Virginia. Charlottesville and London. 1991. Paper. USED. $8.00
16636 Bronte, Emily Wuthering Heights With
Lithographs by Barnett Freedman. No date.
Gorgeous illustrations. Includes John Winterich's
"How This Book Came to Be," Biographical Notice
of Ellis and Acton Bell, Editor's Preface to 1850
edition. Plain black slipcase has been a little
abused, but the book is pristine. The
Heritage Press, NY. USED. $15.00
16719 Burney, Fanny Evelina; Or, the History of a
Young Lady's Entrance into the World. Burney's first
novel, published anonymously in 1778. At 17, orphan
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Evelina must leave provincial life and head for fashionable
London. She finds herself under attack from selfish, vulgar
relatives, and has many adventures while losing her naiveté.
Epistolary novel, surely delighted the Austens. Dover Thrift. 2015.
Paper. NEW. $6.00
16883 Burney, Frances, and Hannah More
Considerations on Religion and Public Education
and Brief Reflections Relative to the Emigrant
French Clergy. Publication Number 262 of the
Augustan Reprint Society. Excellent Introduction by
Claudia Johnson discusses the way these two
remarkable political essays came to be published, as French priest
refugees fleeing the revolution arrived in England. More's
facsimile is from the 1st American Edition of 1794. Burney's piece
was published in 1793 and never reprinted until this issue.
Decorated beige heavy paper covers. Near fine condition. 1990.
USED. $17.00
16758 Carlile, Susan Charlotte Lennox: An
Independent Mind. The "foremost living expert" on
the author of The Female Quixote has produced a
valuable, extensive biography of an 18th-century
woman of genius writing in spite of a difficult life.
Valuable as a study of professional authorship in the
period. Reviews by Devoney Looser, Isobel Grundy. University of
Toronto Press. 2018. Paper. List $44.95. NEW. $42.00
16622 De Selincourt, Ernest Dorothy Wordsworth Classic
complete biography includes folding maps and plates,
illustrations, extracts from letters. 428 pages. No jacket. Very
good condition. Oxford at the Clarendon Press. 1933. USED.
$15.00
16612 Foreman, Amanda Georgiana's World: The
Illustrated Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire
Oversized and packed full of color illustrations of
the Regency era. Portraits and satirical cartoons
bring the biography to life. Experience the rich &
famous of Austen's era "up close and personal."
HarperCollins, London. 2001. Hb, Dj. USED. $9.00
16680 Fullerton, Susannah, Amanda Jones and
Joanna Penglase Georgette Heyer, Complete to a
Shade: A Celebration. An anthology of memories,
thoughts, influences, and impressions of Heyer
given by readers, fans, relatives, publishers,
biographers. With Regency period illustrations.
Compiled to coincide with the Georgette Heyer Conference held
in Sydney, Australia in 2016. Some copies are signed by Susannah
Fullerton. Paper. NEW. $12.00
13199 Gaskell, E. C. The Life of Charlotte Bronte Friend and
fellow novelist Gaskell published her famous bio of
Charlotte Bronte in 1857, 2 years after Bronte's death.
Supplemented with information provided by the family.
Green cloth, gilt title on spine. Illustrated. John Grant,
Edinburgh. 1907. USED. $15.00
14225 Gordon, Charlotte Mistress Bradstreet: The
Untold Life of America's First Poet. America's first
poet rescued from obscurity by this wonderfully
whimsical, feminist, sensitive biography of a Puritan
woman in truly NEW New England. 2005. List $27.95.
Hb, Dj. NEW. $15.00
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16697-1 Gordon, Charlotte Romantic Outlaws:
The Extraordinary Lives of Mary Wollstonecraft
and Mary Shelley. For the first time, the
biographies of these two pioneering women are
combined into one book. Sadly, Wollstonecraft
died from childbirth and never knew her daughter.
Their stories are covered in alternating chapters
that weave through Revolutionary France and Victorian England.
Random House. Trade Paperback. 2016. NEW. $16.00
10711 Haywood, Eliza Selected Fiction and Drama
of Eliza Haywood. Edited by Paula
Backscheider. Haywood [1693-1756] is a critical
early woman writer. Includes A Wife to be Lett;
The Opra of Opera; Invisible Spy, and more.
OUP, 1999, Paper. NEW. $7.00
15366 Haywood, Eliza Selections from The
Female Spectator Edited by Patricia Meyer
Spacks. Haywood was the most important female writer of the
early 18th century after Aphra Behn. She wrote novels and edited
several serial newspapers. This fully annotated collection of
articles is selected from The Female Spectator. Includes a broad
range of works. Oxford University Press. 1999. Paper. NEW. $7.00.
16626 Hunt, Margaret; Margaret Jacob, Phyllis
Mack, and Ruth Perry Women and the
Enlightenment Previously neglected material.
Ruth Perry on Mary Astell. Hunt's essay "Hawkers,
Bawlers, and Mercuries: Women and the London
Press in the Early Enlightenment." Jacob on
"Women, Freemasonry, and the Paradox of the
Enlightenment." Mack offers an in-depth discussion. Like new, as
publ without dj. Typically $75 - $120. The Institute for Research in
History and the Haworth Press, Inc. 1984. USED. $50.00
16734 Justice, George The Manufacturers of
Literature: Writing and the Literary Marketplace in
Eighteenth-Century England. An exploration of how
writers, readers, and publishers took advantage of
the unique opportunities presented in 18th century
Britain to create a new art form, a new form of social discourse,
and created our modern ideas of art for a more general public.
Explore the stage that was set for Austen's work. University of
Delaware Press/ Associated University Presses. 2002. Hb, Dj. List
Price $99.00. Special price $68.00
16750 Justice, George and Nathan Tinker, Editors
Women's Writing and the Circulation of Ideas:
Manuscript Publication in England, 1550-1800
Where were the women writers in Renaissance
and early modern England? They were writing, but
rather than publishing in print, their works were
circulated by hand. This discovery has led to a new
understanding of literary history. The editors and several others
contribute essays. Ends with Fanny Burney. Cambridge University
Press. Orig. publ. 2002. Paper version 2010. NEW. $40.00
16658 Kellaway, Deborah, Editor The
Illustrated Virago Book of Women Gardeners
Originally read on BBC radio. This second
edition is a gorgeous oversized book and adds
Illustrations by women photographers. From
designers to weeders and diggers, women
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made gardening their own in the 20th century. Beautiful jacket
protected in mylar. Near Fine. 1997. Virago Press, London. USED.
$35.00
10913 Lee, Sophia The Recess: or, a Tale of Other
Times. Edited by April Alliston. Sophia Lee [1750-
1824] was headmistress of Bath's finest school for
girls. One of the earliest gothic novels, her book
portrays women involved in political intrigue,
overseas journeys, and warfare, during the reign of
Elizabeth I. Features as narrators twin daughters by a secret
marriage of Mary Queen of Scots. Bibliography, notes, and
emanations. Originally published in 1783. U Press of Kentucky
reprint 2000. 364 pp. Paper. NEW. $20.00
10921 Leonardi, Susan J. Dangerous by Degrees:
Women at Oxford and the Somerville College
Novelists Oxford granted its first degrees to women
in 1921. The period immediately before and after
WW1 is examined. Each novelist's fiction is
analyzed against the background of their difficult
experiences breaking through barriers. Chapters on
novelists Sayers, Jaeger, Wallace, Kennedy, Holtby, and Brittain.
Rutgers University Press. 1989. Hb, Dj. USED. $15.00
16756 Lushington, Louisa 'The Journal of Louisa
Lushington' (1821-1822) with an introduction by
Linda Slothouber. First transcription of
Lushington's chatty, casual, and detailed journals.
Slothouber's extensive research and insightful
introduction help bring us into Lushington's world.
Louisa talks about reading Byron and Radcliffe and describes a
visit to Godmersham Park where she stays with Edward (Austen)
Knight and family. Sales benefit publisher Chawton House in
Alton, Hampshire. 2017. Paper. NEW. $15.00
16412 Nicolson, Nigel Portrait of a Marriage: V.
Sackville-West & Harold Nicolson. Nicolson's
acclaimed biography of his mother Vita, her love for
Violet and later Virginia Woolf, and the devoted
marriage of his parents, is partly a skillful
presentation of letters and diaries, and partly a loving
presentation of history. 1973, Paper. USED. $4.00
14561 Nicolson, Nigel Virginia Woolf: A Penguin
Life. Woolf developed a new way of writing and
changed literature. Nigel Nicolson, distinguished
son of British writers Harold Nicolson and Vita
Sackville-West, opens the book with personal
memories of hunting butterflies around Knole with
Woolf. His memories are woven into this affectionate story of her
life. Illustrated. First US edition. Hb, Dj. Penguin. 2000. NEW.
$15.00
11114 Norton, Caroline The Letters of Caroline
Norton to Lord Melbourne. Edited by James O. Hoge
and Clarke Olney. Norton [1808-1877] was a British
social beauty as well as a social reformer interested
in women's rights. Her grandfather was Richard
Brinsley Sheridan. In their divorce, her husband legally kept the
earnings from her writings, and worse, their children. She fought
a tough battle. Read her own words to her friend. Clean, pretty
decorations, illustrated. The Ohio State University Press, 1974.
Hb, dj in mylar. USED. $18.00
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16603 Nugent, Lady Lady Nugent's Journal of her
residence in Jamaica from 1801 to 1805. Ed. by
Philip Wright. First published in 1907. This 4th ed.
has an excellent introduction, footnotes, map, index
of persons with biographical notes, general index,
20 plates. The diarist was wife of the Governor of
Jamaica during the Napoleonic Wars. Colonial culture, slavery,
servants, all described in highly accessible prose. Institute of
Jamaica. Protected in mylar. Hb, Dj. 1966. USED. $20.00
16628 Nussbaum, Felicity A. The Brink of All We
Hate: English Satires on Women, 1660-1750
Illuminates the long tradition of antifeminist satire
and its expression during the Restoration period
and into the 18th century. You may never look at
Restoration and 18th century poets, satirists,
playwrights and novelists the same way again. VG condition. The
University Press of Kentucky. 1984. Hb, Dj. USED. $15.00
16757 Rioux, Anne Boyd Meg, Jo, Beth, Amy: The
Story of Little Women and Why It Still Matters.
Rioux, a professor at the University of New Orleans,
covers why Alcott wrote the novel and its reception
over the last 150 years, including admiration,
controversies and denigrations, as well as its influence on
generations of women writers. W.W. Norton. 2018. Hb, Dj. List
$27.95. NEW. $23.00
16647 Rogers, Deborah D. Ann Radcliffe bio-
bibliography A biography covering what little is
known about Radcliffe's life is followed by a
thorough bibliography, including reviews and critical
studies of Radcliffe. Extremely popular in her time,
Radcliffe is credited with furthering the novel as a
popular art form. Near fine Hb with no jacket. Collector's find.
Greenwood Press, CT. 1996. USED. $45.00
16713 Shelley, Mary Frankenstein: The 1818
Text. Intro and Suggestions for Further Reading by
Charlotte Gordon. "How to Read" and Chronology
by Charles E. Robinson. Printed to celebrate the
200th anniversary of Mary Shelley's most famous
production, this edition reverts to the original
text, described as more edgy, witty, and
politically-charged. Gordon convincingly argues that Shelley's
feminism is on display, in spite of the absence of strong women in
the story. Penguin. 2018. Paper. NEW. $9.00
16724 Shelley, Mary Maurice or the Fisher's Cot In
1820 Mary Shelley wrote this story for the 11 year
old daughter of Lady Mountcashell. The story lay
unpublished for almost 200 years. Claire Tomalin
provides a full, fascinating introduction that is as
valuable as the manuscript itself. Penguin. Paper.
1997. Like new. USED. $7.00
16715 Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft Frankenstein or
the Modern Prometheus. Celebrate 200 years of
Mary Shelley's masterpiece! VG with Sandglass
Number v:18 included. Purple slipcase has some
bumping. Intro. by Edmund Lester Pearson,
Illustrations by Everett Henry. Beautiful edition of this classic.
Heritage Press, NY, 1934. Hb, Slipcase. USED. $20.00
[21]
CATALOG 150
16649 Sibbald, Susan The Memoirs of Susan
Sibbald (1783-1812) Ed. by Francis P. Hett. Mrs.
Sibbald [1783-1866] was the wife of a colonel and
daughter of a naval officer. At age 70 she wrote
this memoir about the first 29 years of her life.
Hett adds notes throughout to help us identify
references that would have been meaningful to
people in her time period, but would otherwise be lost on us. This
memoir was quite popular when first published. Illustrations. The
Paget Press Facsimile Edition 1980. Hb, Dj. USED. $25.00
16660 Spender, Dale, Editor Living by the Pen:
Early British Women Writers Groundbreaking
collection of essays includes "A Vindication of the
Writing Woman," several essays that focus on the
writings of Behn, Edgeworth, Sarah Fielding,
Brunton and Baillie, Haywood, Inchbald,
Charlotte Smith, Lennox, Burney. Section on
issues such as maternal authority and violence against women in
the novels. A section on the novel form. A great deal of Austen.
Thorough index, including a subject index, and sources given
throughout. Excellent condition. Teachers College Press, NY.
1992. Paper. USED. $20.00
16655 Stanford, J. K., Editor Ladies in the Sun: The
Memsahibs' Inda, 1790-1860 The expat lady faced
many challenges during the period of cholera,
dysentery, and fevers. Colonial service meant
short life expectations and hard days. Explore
every aspect of their activities, dress, gossip,
wishes and fears in this exploration of
contemporary journals, letters and diaries. Scarce first edition.
Light wear to jacket now protected in mylar, otherwise excellent
condition. The Galley Press, London. 1962. USED. $35.00
16642 Toller, Jane The Regency and Victorian
Crafts, or, The Genteel Female - Her Arts and
Pursuits Shell work, paper work, feather work,
hair-work, felt-work pictures, fluted-embroidery
work, wax modelling, 'Drizzing' or parfilage. Intro,
bibliography, index. B/w illustrations. Cover
protected in mylar, condition very good. Ward
Lock, London. 1969. USED. $9.00
16725 Wise, Thomas J. A Shelley Library
Catalogue of printed books, manuscripts,
autograph letters by Percy Bryce Shelley and his
two wives Harriet and Mary Wollstonecraft
Shelley. Wise was the collector and put the book
together. Originally published in 1924. Haskell
House Publishers, Ltd., NY. 1971. Hb. USED. $45.00
11775 Wollstonecraft, Mary and William
Godwin A Short Residence in Sweden; and
Memoirs of the Author of 'The Rights of
Woman' Edited by Richard Holmes. To say that
Godwin's account of Wollstonecraft's life
written a few weeks after her death was
controversial is to vastly underestimate its
effect. Accompanying his passionate ground-
breaking tribute to his wife is her Romantic masterpiece of longing
about her search for happiness in Scandinavia. Together these
books reveal the meeting of these great 18th c. creative minds.
Penguin, 1987. Paper. NEW. $5.00
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Games and Quizzes 16616 Urbain, Jeanatte Rainy Day Diversions.
Compilation & design by Meredith Barnes. 12 games
12501 Barton, Helen The Jane Austen Quiz Book. to test your Austen knowledge. Crosswords, charades,
One of the most popular quiz books about Austen. word search and more. Like new. JASNA Puget Sound
Souvenir from Jane Austen's House Museum in Chapter. 2001. USED. $7.00
Chawton. Originally published in 1997, this is a
M19148 Prospero Art Jane
2008 reprint. Paper. NEW. $15.00
Austen Playing Cards: Copper
10245 Briggs, L. B. R. Original Charades. Some of Back. Play whist Austen style!
these charades will put Mr Elton's to shame. Luckily These playing cards are
the answers are in the back or we'd never figure decorated with Hugh Thomson
them out! Green cloth on boards with silver and gold and Chirs Hammond
gilt design and title, gilt pages, a pretty little book, illustrations and quotes from Austen's novels. Spades are
condition very good for a book that is over 100 years Persuasion, Diamonds are Sense & Sensibility, Clubs are Emma,
old. 72 pages. Scribner's. NY: 1891. Hb. USED. $50.00 and Hearts are Pride & Prejudice. Frank Churchill is the Jack of
M19635 JASI Games Jane Clubs, Emma Woodhouse is the Queen. Mr. Collins is one of the
Austen's Sweethearts 2 Card Jokers. And we don't want to give the rest of it away! Prospero
Games. "A game of chance Art, 2013. NEW. $9.00 ALSO M19163 Gold Back. NEW. $9.00
about love and marriage." For
3 or more players. Box contains Audiobooks
2 decks of 108 cards each and
instructions. The introductory game can be played by anyone as AB028 Jane Austen: The BBC Radio Drama
all the clues are there. The advanced game is for those who know Collection All 6 novels in the canon,
Austen's novels really well. 2014. JASI Games, Australia. $25.00 unabridged, on 15 CD's with a total running
12202 Lane, Maggie The Jane Austen time of 15 hours and 30 minutes, dramatized
Quiz and Puzzle Book. Entertain your JA by an all-star cast including David Tennant,
fan friends with this much-loved quiz Benedict Cumberbatch, Julia McKenzie, Juliet
book that delights us all! Abson Books, Stephenson, Eve Best, and Jenny Agutter. BBC
London, 2000. NEW. $12.00 Radio. 2016. NEW. $36.00

Meisel, Carol Puzzle Books for Readers: Carol Meisel's puzzle AB029 Jones, Charlotte, and Jane Austen Pride
books are now available in a new, smaller edition in paperback. and Prejudice BBC Dramatisation BBC Radio
This delightful set of ingenious puzzles will keep the Austen fan in performance dramatized from the novel by
your life busy for hours! Crosswords, word scrambles, more, all Jones, directed by Sally Avens. Total running time
created by a dedicated JASNA member. 2018 ed. NEW. $10.00 ea. 3 hours. Cast includes Amanda Root, David
Troughton, and Samantha Spiro, among others. BBC Radio. 2016.
NEW. $22.00
AB030 Mansfield Park BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast
Dramatisation. Felicity Jones, Benedict
Cumberbatch, and David Tenant in starring roles.
16267-1 Emma 16270-1 Mansfield Park 2 CD's. Running time 2 hours 30 minutes. 2014.
16268-1 Northanger Abbey 16271-1 Sense and Sensibility NEW. $18.00
16269-1 Pride and Prejudice 16272-1 Persuasion
M19292 Oliver, Alison Mr. Darcy BabyLit Puzzle. The
perfect companion for your BabyLit Jane Austen
For our Music and Film collections
collection. Mr Darcy stands with cane and top hat.
This 30 piece puzzle finishes at 10 1/4 by 14 1/4
inches. Gibbs Smith. 2015. NEW. $10.00
M20001 Robert Frederick, Ltd. Pride & Prejudice
500 Piece Puzzle. 500 piece jigsaw puzzle of a
drawing of Elizabeth Bennet sitting by a window
reading a letter right before Mr. Darcy comes to
make his infamous first proposal. Robert Frederick,
Ltd., Bath. 2011. NEW. $14.00
12244 Sutherland, John and Deirdre LeFaye So You
Think You Know Jane Austen? A Literary Quizbook.
Ace literary detective Sutherland joins forces with Le visit
Faye in this challenge for the Austen fan. The quiz www.janeaustenbooks.net/
starts easy and grows progressively more difficult. collections/cds-and-dvds
Excessively diverting. OUP 2009 reissue. NEW. $9.50

[22]

Dora Jessie
Saint MBE
[1913-2012]
was a school-
teacher and
beloved nov-
elist who
wrote under
the pen name Miss Read. She is
best known for her Fairacre and
Thrush Green novels set in the
British countryside. She wrote
gentle social comedies about a few
families in a small village, and
named Jane Austen as an
influence.
11266 Affairs at Thrush Green.
Houghton Mifflin. 1984. Hb, dj. USED.
$15.00
13933 Battles at Thrush Green
Houghton Mifflin 2008 reprint of the
1975 original. Paper. NEW. $12.00
13696 Celebrations at Thrush Green
Houghton Mifflin, Paper. NEW. $9.00
13696-2 Celebrations at Thrush Green
Collectible Condition. Hb, Dj. 1st US Ed.
Houghton Mifflin, 1992. USED. $15.00
11267 Christmas at Fairacre. In one
volume: Village Christmas, The
Christmas Mouse and No Holly for Miss
Quinn. Newly reprinted. Houghton
Mifflin, Boston: 2007. 308 pgs. Hb, dj.
NEW. $12.00
11268-2 Chronicles of Fairacre: A Miss
Read Omnibus. Including Village School,
Village Diary, Storm in the Village. 1st
US edition, 1977. Jacket with mild
distress. USED. $10.00
11268-1 Chronicles of Fairacre: Three
Great Novels In one volume: Village
School, Village Diary, and Storm in the
Village. Import. Orion, London 2005.
Paper. 595 pgs. NEW. $15.00
11272 Fairacre Affairs. A compilation -
Village Centenary and Summer at
Fairacre in one volume. Michael Joseph,
London: 1980. 474 pgs. Hb, dj. USED.
$16.00
11269-1 Farewell to Fairacre Penguin,
London: 1994. $7.00
11269-2 Farewell to Fairacre 1st US 11281 Tyler's Row Trade paperback,
edition, beige cloth and bright blue Houghton Mifflin. NEW. $10.00
paper with (damaged) John S. Goodall
13339 Village Affairs Houghton Mifflin
illustrated dust jacket. Houghton Mifflin,
paper reprint. NEW. $9.00
1993. USED. $12.00
13339-2 Village Affairs Collectible
11269-3 Farewell to Fairacre Michael
condition. 1st US Ed. Houghton Mifflin,
Joseph, London. VG condition. 1993.
Boston. Hb, Dj. 1978. USED. $15.00
USED. $15.00
11271-2 Farther Afield. Houghton
13339-3 Village Affairs DJ with light
wear. 1st US Ed. Houghton Mifflin,
Mifflin. 2007. Paper. NEW. $4.00
Boston. Hb, Dj. 1978. USED. $12.00
12616 A Fortunate Grandchild.
11282-1 Village Centenary 1st US Ed.
Houghton Mifflin Co, Boston. 1st US ed.
Houghton Mifflin, Boston. 1981. VG
Hb, Dj. 1983. USED. $15.00
condition. USED. $15.00
12616-1 A Fortunate Grandchild.
11282 Village Centenary Houghton
Houghton Mifflin Co, Boston. 1st US ed.
Mifflin. Paper. Good. USED. $5.00
Hb, Dj. 1983. USED. $10.00
11282-3 Village Centenary Penguin,
11270-1 Friends at Thrush Green First
American Edition. Houghton Mifflin.
Paper. USED. $5.00
1991. Hb, dj. USED. $15.00 16220 Village Diary. Originally published
in 1957. Chicago Academy Publishers.
13333 Miss Clare Remembers The
Paper. 1986. USED. $4.00
Riverside Press, Cambridge. 1963. Hb, Dj,
mylar. USED. $12.00 11283-1 Village School Houghton
Mifflin. 2001. Trade paperback. Like
11273 News from Thrush Green No
new. USED. $10.00
jacket, otherwise VG. Houghton Mifflin.
1971. 240 pgs. Hb. USED. $7.00 13697 Winter in Thrush Green Orion
Fiction, London. Paper. NEW. $7.50
11276-1 Over the Gate Houghton
Mifflin. 1965. Hb, dj. Illustrated. USED. 13697-1 Winter in Thrush Green
$15.00 Academy Chicago Publishers. Paper.
USED. $7.00
11276-2 Over the Gate Large Print
edition. GK Hall, Thorndike, ME Hb, Dj. 16653 The World of Thrush Green Highly
USED. $5.00 desirable collectible in mint condition.
Michael Joseph Ltd, London, 1988. Hb,
11276-3 Over the Gate NO JACKET.
Dj. USED. $40.00
Houghton Mifflin. 1965. Hb. Illustrated.
USED. $7.00 11284 The Year at Thrush Green Near
fine. Houghton Mifflin, Boston. 1996.
12075-1 A Peaceful Retirement.
Hb, Dj. USED. $17.00
Houghton Mifflin Co, Boston. 1996. Hb,
Dj. USED. $15.00
11277-2 Return to Thrush Green
Angela Thirkell
Houghton Mifflin, Boston. First American
Edition, 1979. Hb, Dj. USED. $15.00 [1890-1961] was
an English and
11278 The School at Thrush Green
Houghton Mifflin, Boston. 1988. Hb, Dj. Australian novel-
USED. $15.00 ist who set most
11279 Summer at Fairacre Penguin, of her work in
Paper. 1986. USED. $5.00 Trollope’s fic-
16641 Tales from a Village School. tional Barsetshire, but in the 20th
Michael Joseph, London. Hb, Dj, in century. She mostly wrote about
Mylar. 1994. USED. $15.00
the time period between the
11280-2 Thrush Green Academy Chicago
world wars and after WW2. Her
Publishers. Paper. USED. $5.00
satirical social comedies make
11280-1 Thrush Green Penguin. Paper.
USED. $5.00
everyday life fascinating.
[23]
11536-1 August Folly Originally
published in 1936. Harper & Row pocket
sized paperback. USED. $2.00
11536-2 August Folly The village of
Worsted is staging Hippolytus and
absurd romances bloom. No dj. Alfred A.
Knopf, New York. 1937. USED. $7.00
11536-3 August Folly A Barsetshire
novel. Carroll Graf, NY. 1995. Paper.
NEW. $8.00
11537 Before Lunch The Middleton
family get mixed up in several love
affairs. Harper & Row 1979 pocket-sized
paperback of this 1940 gem. USED. $2.00
12189-2 The Brandons Dj has some
distress, in mylar. Alfred A. Knopf, New
York, 1939. USED. $6.00
11539-3 Coronation Summer Oxford
University Press. Hb, No jacket. 1953,
USED. $15.00
11539-1 Coronation Summer: A Novel of
1838 London and Eaton as they were
when Queen E's great-great-
grandmother was crowned. Illustrated.
Hb. Dj. Hamish Hamilton. London. 1953.
USED. $35.00.
11539-2 Coronation Summer: A Novel of
1838 Dust jacket has chipped and worn
edges but is now properly preserved in
mylar. Otherwise, vg condition. Alfred A.
Knopf. 1953. Hb, Dj. USED. $35.00
12210 The Demon in the House The
adventures of charming troublemaker
12-year-old Tony Morland. 1/4 leather,
navy with dark blue cloth. Hamish
Hamilton, London. 1934. USED. $15.00
14253-1 A Double Affair Moyer Bell.
Paper, 2000 reprint of 1957 book. USED.
$5.00
15460 The Duke’s Daughter. The
intrusion of the post-war government
annoys the gentry. Another in the series
of Barsetshire novels. Moyer Bell. 1998.
Paper. NEW. $10.00
12190-1 Enter Sir Robert Originally
published in 1955. Thirkell's fiction spans
over 40 years of British village life. Moyer
Bell. 1999. Paper. NEW. $10.00
12190-2 Enter Sir Robert 1973. Pyramid
Books, New York. Paper. USED. $2.00
11543-1 Growing Up First Canadian
Edition of this Barsetshire Chronicle
installation. Thirkell's Barsetshire is
based on Trollope's updated to the early
20th century. Tears in DJ, now protected
in Mylar, otherwise VG. Toronto: The
Musson Book Company. Hb, Dj. 1944.
USED. $27.00
11543-2 Growing Up 1st American Ed.
No dj. Spine sun bleached. New York:
Alfred A. Knopf. 1944. USED. $22.00
11543-3 Growing Up A story of ladies
and gentlemen keeping the war at bay in
the English countryside. Moyer Bell
paperback. 1997. USED. $6.00
15452 Happy Return. Mid-century visit
to Barsetshire introduces new
characters as three generations deal
with the aftermath of war and new
beginnings. Moyer Bell. 1952. Paper.
NEW. $10.00
15452-1 Happy Return. Alfred A Knopf.
1952. Hb, Dj. USED. $6.00
15452-2 Happy Return. Moyer Bell.
1952. Paper. USED. $5.00
12191 High Rising Harper pocket sized
paperback published in 1980. Original
novel published in 1933. USED. $2.00
15461 Jutland Cottage. Mourning the
death of King George VI, and dealing
with the new Rector in town. Moyer Bell.
1998. Paper. NEW. $10.00
12192 Les Vacances de Mary Preston
French transl. of "Wild Strawberries."
Paperback with jacket in plastic cover.
Some foxing. Spine is slightly cocked.
Nicholson & Watson Ltd., London,
Brussels. 1947. USED. $45.00
15752 Love Among the Ruins. Another
in the wonderful books about English
country life in the early and mid-20th c.
A 1948 Knopf first edition. Spine is sun
faded. Maps inside the covers of
Barsetshire. No Dj. USED. $10.00
13369 Love at All Ages The last novel in
Thirkell's 20th century version of
Barsetshire. Moyer Bell. Paper. 2001
issue; first publ. 1959. USED. $5.00
15462 Miss Bunting. Miss Bunting,
governess to most of the county's upper
class, helps the older generation adapt
to change. Barsetshire novels. Moyer
Bell. 2001. Paper. NEW. $10.00
11546 Peace Breaks Out Peace brings
change, as well as celebration. And
eligible young men returning home from
the battlefront. No jacket. Has had
paste-ins inside the covers that have
been removed. Alfred A. Knopf. 1944.
USED. $9.00
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11546-1 Peace Breaks Out No jacket.
Has had paste-ins inside the covers that
have been removed. Alfred A. Knopf.
1997. USED. $6.00
11457 Pomfret Towers Harper & Row
pocket-sized paperback. 1979. Originally
published in 1938. USED. $2.00
15450 Private Enterprise. Originally
published in 1947. Beautiful cover.
Barsetshire map. 463 pgs. Moyer Bell.
Paper. 2003. NEW. $10.00
13008 Three Houses Autobiographical
work. Thirkell describes her late
Victorian childhood in terms of three
houses - the home of her grandfather,
Pre-Raphaelite painter Edward Burne-
Jones, her parents' home in Kensington
Square, and the Burne-Jones seaside
retreat located across the green from
her cousin Rudyard Kipling. Oxford
University Press, London: Humphrey
Milford. 1931 1st ed. No jacket. Spine
worn. Missing front end page. All pages
and illustrations clear. USED. $26.00
15454 Three Score and Ten. The last
novel of the29-book Barsetshire series
concludes the long tale that crosses
generations, set in a landscape
borrowed from Trollope. Finished by her
close friend C. A. Lejeune after her
death. Moyer Bell. Paper. Still wrapped
in publisher's plastic. 1995. NEW. $10.00
15454-1 Three Score and Ten. Moyer
Bell. Paper. Still wrapped in publisher's
plastic. 1995. USED. $6.00
12283 Tribute for Harriette: The
Surprising Career of Harriette Wilson.
Common Reader Edition. This is the only
biography Thirkell wrote. The career of
the Regency courtesan who counted the
Duke of Argyll, the Duke of Wellington,
and the Marquis of Worcester among
her paramours. Told as only Angela
Thirkell can tell a story. Akadine Press,
NY, 1999, Paper. USED. $6.00
12194 Trooper to the Southern Cross
Originally published in 1934 under
pseudonym "Leslie Parker." Told
through the voice of an WWI Australian
army officer. Definitely not Barsetshire!
A rough-and-tumble sea story. First
American Edition. The Akadine Press, NY.
2000. Paper. USED. $15.00
13009 Wild Strawberries A Barsetshire
family entertains a summer party full
of intrigues. Harper & Row PB.
1980. USED. $1.00
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