London: Printed for Henry Colburn. Place Published: London Publisher: Printed for Henry Colburn Date Published: 1815 Edition: 2nd Edition Binding: Hard Cover Small 8vo (20 x 12.5 cm (approx 7¾ x 4¾ inches), vi, 352pp. Embellished with a Fine Portrait, after Romney. New brown leather spine with gilt type and..... More
Date Published: [1890] to 1914 Binding: No binding Beatrice Harraden was an influential British novelist, publishing seventeen novels, besides journalism and letters to the editor, short stories, a suffrage play and pamphlet, and children's books. She was a leader of the suffragette movement, the Women’s Social and Political Union. Her..... More
[St. John]: New Brunswick. Place Published: [St. John] Publisher: New Brunswick Date Published: 1868 Binding: No binding Manuscript signed document, four pages, flat 8 x 12-1/2 inches, folded to 8 x 6-1/4 inches, dated 14th January 1868. Appointing Herries, Farquhar & Co. (Sir Walter Rockcliff Farquhar and others) as Power..... More
London. Place Published: London Date Published: 1845 Binding: No binding Duplicate Autograph receipt signed. One page, Oblong 8 x 5 inches. Dated London September 16,1845. For payment received for exclusive copies of her translation of "Only a Fiddler" by Hans Christian Anderson and her novel "The Author's Daughter", "each for..... More
Toronto: Macmillan of Canada. Place Published: Toronto Publisher: Macmillan of Canada Date Published: 1965 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: Hard Cover 5-1/4 x 8-3/8 inches., hard cover (cloth spine, paper covered boards with a birchbark pattern), clear mylar dust jacket with text on flaps. Previous owner's gift inscription on half-title page..... More
Date Published: 1828 to 1857 Binding: No binding & hard cover Anna Brownwell Jameson was a multi-talented Victorian Irish author and art critic. Anna Jameson was one of the few female writers in the late 1820s to gain notoriety as not only an amazing writer, but also as a strong..... More
Date Published: [1880] Binding: No binding 7 x 9 inches flat, folded to 7 x 4-1/2 inches. Light purple paper with FAK (Frances Anne Kemble purple printed logo masthead on page 1. Autograph letter signed. Two pages. Dated Queens Anne's Mansions Tuesday 30th [circa 1880] to the well-connected literary lady..... More
Date Published: 1917 to 1966 Binding: No binding Frances Parkinson Keyes was a prolific American biographer and novelist whose novels were set in New England, Louisiana, and Europe. In 1904 she married Henry Wilder Keyes (1863-1938), a Republican politician who served as Governor of New Hampshire (1917-1919) and as a United States..... More
Date Published: [1940] Binding: No binding Gypsy Rose Lee was an actress, author, playwright and ecdysiast, famous for her burlesque act (she featured the tease in striptease). Gypsy had something about her, an approachable, self-deprecating demeanor aligned with a quiet self-certainty. She was perhaps the most singularly likeable stripper in..... More
Date Published: [1835] Binding: No binding 7-1/4 x 9 inches flat folded to 7-1/4 x 4-1/2 inches. Autograph letter signed. Three pages, (with integral address leaf) Dated Saturday 4th April [1835]. Spotting and one small 1/2 x 3/4 inch piece of paper missing affecting one word, otherwise good condition. To..... More
Date Published: 1957 to 2000 Binding: No binding & hard cover Doris Lessing was a British-Zimbabwean (Rhodesian) novelist. She was awarded the 2007 Nobel Prize in Literature. In awarding the prize, the Swedish Academy described her as "that epicist of the female experience, who with scepticism, fire and visionary power..... More
Date Published: 1928 to 1987 Binding: No binding & hard cover Dorothy Livesay is considered one of Canada’s pre-eminent poets and the winner of two Governor General’s Awards (1944, 1947). Following the publication of Green Pitcher (1928) when she was only nineteen years of age, she published Signpost (1932). This..... More
Date Published: 1924 to 1966 Binding: No binding & hard cover Anita Loos was an American screenwriter, playwright and author, best known for her blockbuster comic novel, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. She wrote film scripts from 1912, and became arguably the first-ever staff scriptwriter, when D.W. Griffith put her on the..... More
Date Published: 1889 to 1902 Binding: No binding Edna Lyall (pseud. of Ada Ellen Bayly, (1857-1903) was an English novelist. The daughter of upper-middle-class parents, educated privately, she spent her life living first with a sister married to the Vice Chancellor of Lincoln Cathedral, and later with another sister married..... More
Date Published: 1934 to 1940 Binding: No binding & hard cover CALLED THE "PRODIGAL POETESS" BY THE MONTREAL GAZETTE Martha Martin was born in 1865 in Cologne, Germany. Martha and her family and settled in Montreal in 1870. Martha studied in Montreal and abroad, including music. She moved to about..... More
Date Published: 1835 Binding: No binding Signature and date: "Harriet Martineau / Febry 16th, 1835" on a small piece of paper 2-1/2 x 3-3/4 inches. A number of pin holes and corner tear, otherwise very good condition. Harriet Martineau was a British social theorist and Whig writer often cited as..... More
London: Henderson, Rait, and Fenton Printers. Place Published: London Publisher: Henderson, Rait, and Fenton Printers Date Published: 1867 Edition: 2nd Edition Binding: QUITE SCARCE JOHN STUART MILL BOOKLET Second Edition. 8-3/8 x 5-1 2 inches. (4),[5]-71pp. Blue wrap front cover only, with string holding the binding in place. Chips..... More
studio location unknown: photographer unknown. Place Published: studio location unknown Publisher: photographer unknown Date Published: [1935] Edition: 1st photo print? Binding: No binding EARLY EDITION OF SIGNED ICONIC L.M. M. PHOTO IN FINE CONDITION Black and white silver circa 1935 (LMM age 61) print with white border. Depicts the beloved..... More
New York: De Witt & Davenport, Publishers 156 Nassau Street. R Craighead, printer 53 Vesey Street. Place Published: New York Publisher: De Witt & Davenport, Publishers 156 Nassau Street. R Craighead, printer 53 Vesey Street Date Published: [1853] Edition: 1st Edition Binding: Hard Cover SCARCE US FIRST EDITION OF THIS..... More
London: Richard Bentley. Place Published: London Publisher: Richard Bentley Date Published: 1852 Edition: 1st Binding: Hard Cover First UK edition. 2 volumes, 20cm, Vol. 1; [2] (prelim ads.)xx,[1]-293,[1],[2 ads]. Vol. 2; [4], [1]-294, [2 ads]. In the original extra blind decorated green cloth, pictorial gilt decorations on the upper covers..... More
London: Richard Bentley, 8 New Burlington Street Publisher in Ordinary to Her Majesty. Place Published: London Publisher: Richard Bentley, 8 New Burlington Street Publisher in Ordinary to Her Majesty Date Published: 1852 Edition: 2nd Binding: Hard Cover Second UK edition. 2 volumes, 5-1/4 x 8 inches. Original dark green cloth..... More
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London: Richard Bentley. Place Published: London Publisher: Richard Bentley Date Published: 1852 Edition: 1st Binding: Hard Cover First UK edition. 2 volumes, Vol. 1; [i]-xx,[1]-293,(3). Vol. 2; [4], [1]-294., [1 blank]. 8vo, older rebound in full brown calf, new endpapers, marbled paper edges. Light wear to corners, else vg-fine in..... More
New York: George P. Putnam, 10 Park Place. Place Published: New York Publisher: George P. Putnam, 10 Park Place. Date Published: 1852 Edition: 1st, 1st issue Binding: Hard Cover First US Edition, first issue. Two Volumes; 18.5cm x 13cm, (5" x 7 1/4") There are no half-titles. Volume 1; [1]..... More
New York: George P. Putnam, 10 Park Place. Place Published: New York Publisher: George P. Putnam, 10 Park Place Date Published: 1852 Edition: 1st, 2nd issue Binding: Hard Cover First US Edition, 2nd issue. 2 Volumes;, exlibrary with markings on faded spines, and removed back pockets from rear endpapers and..... More
New York: De Witt & Davenport, Place Published: New York Publisher: De Witt & Davenport, Date Published: [1854] Binding: Hard Cover 2 volumes in one complete. 5 1/4” x 7 1/2”, [1]blank, [8]Prelims, [1]-211pp.; [1]blank, [5]-224pp., [1]blank. Original red embossed cloth front and back with a gilt cabin on front..... More