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Regency High-Society Affairs Vol 4: Two novels [A] Lord Calthorpe's Promise by Sylvia Andrew "Lord Adam Calthorpe had been rash in his promise to look out for a fellow soldier's sister before the soldier was killed at the battle of Waterloo. For Miss Katherine Payne was a golden-eyed shrew who took genuine delight in flouting Adam's authority at every turn.Surely bringing her to stay with his mother for the Season would absolve him of his responsibilities -- though he sincerely doubted such a headstrong young woman would ever find herself a husband in the marriage mart. But when an unscrupulous man starts pursuing Katherine, Adam comes to realize that fulfilling his promise might actually involve marrying her himself" [B] The Society Catch by Louise Allen "Miss Joanna Fulgrave has turned herself into the perfect society catch to be worthy of dashing Colonel Giles Gregory. But all her hard effort to improve herself comes to nothing when it looks as if Giles is about to propose -- to someone else! Deciding that bad behavior is infinitely more attractive than perfection, Joanna flees her shocked family. Giles is hot on her trail, determined to catch her and bring her safely home. But will he be as determined to make her his bride? Book
What happens when the most sought-after beauty of the London season chooses to mock a stranger? What happens when she finds herself falling in love with that very stranger? And what happens when he chooses to take his revenge? A rollicking, vibrant tale of escapades and romantic adventures in English high society. Book
Though Serafina D'Arblay agreed to accompany Miss Imogen Geddes to London for her comeout, she herself preferred books to husband hunting. Since she possessed neither title nor fortune, and would settle for nothing less than love, her predisposition seemed all for the best.But then Serafina was wrongfully accused of stealing, and Lord Robert Trenton, the greatest catch of the ton, came to the rescue. His proposal was madness! Announce their betrothal to smoke out the real thief? Surely this charade was just a lark to the devilish Trenton who, Serafina was convinced, had lost his heart to Imogen. The difficulty was, she yearned for their imaginary romance to be real. Book
Two volumes. pp. 516; 565 + Fifty-one wonderful photogravure plates from the photographs of Dr. Charles L. Mitchell and Francis Frith. Original full red cloth binding., brilliantly decorated in gold. Set against the turbulent historical backdrop of the 1680s, in England's lawless West Country, Lorna Doone is an action-packed tale of romance, revenge and family warfare. Blackmore's sweeping story of love and crime is one of fiction's most respected works. Three young people are caught in a taut emotional triangle - Carver Doone, murderous member of a feared family of aristocratic outlaws; John Ridd, a young farmer dedicated to avenging his father's death; and Lorna Doone, the dark-eyed beauty for whom both men would willingly die. At once independent and vulnerable, Lorna is the Doone "Princess", condemned by the family to marry Carver. But Lorna may not be quite what she seems. Richard Doddridge Blackmore (1825-1900) was born in Longworth, Berkshire, where his father John Blackmore was Curate-in-charge of the parish. Only a few months after his birth his mother died of typhus, his father moved back to his native West Country and young Richard was taken in charge by his aunt. In 1831 John Blackmore married again and Richard went to live with his father and stepmother in Devon. Richard went to school in Tiverton where he excelled in classical studies and later won a scholarship t o Oxford, where he took his degree in 1847. He made his first attempt at writing a novel during a university vacation. After leaving Oxford he entered the law, being called to the Bar in 1852. Ill-health, however, forced him to give up legal work as a full-time occupation and in 1853 he took the post of classics master at Wellesley House Grammar School, Hampton Road, Twickenham. Soon after accepti ng this post, Blackmore moved from London to Hampton Wick, where he lived until he moved to his new home in Teddington. In 1853 he married, and in 1854 published anonymously two volumes of poetry. In September 1857 his uncle died leaving his nephew a sum of money which enabled him to realise a long-held ambition - that of possessing a house in the country with a larger garden. Blackmore selected a plot of land at Teddington and built his new house (completed in 1860). He was to live there for the rest of his life. Gomer House, named after one of his favourite dogs, had extensive grounds. Within them Blackmore developed an 11 acre market garden, specialising in the cultivation of fruit. The grounds were surrounded by high walls. Although an expert in horticulture, he lacked the necessary bu siness sense and his market garden was not a very profitable enterprise. In the late 1860's Blackmore fought the coming of the railway to Teddington, winning claims against his property by the London and South West Railway Company, but being unable to prevent the erection of a station almost directly opposite his house. Some local residents in Teddington apparently regarded Blackmore as unsociable, if not misanthropic. Charles Deayton, a Teddington merchant is recorded as saying to a visitor: "He is not a social man, and seems wedded to his garden in the summer and his book writing in the wint er. That is all I know of him; except that he keeps the most vicious dogs to protect his fruit, and I would advise you to avoid the risk of visiting him." In fact, though of a retiring disposition, Blackmore did have a number of intimate friends whom he met regularly and many friendships with Americans as a result of his wide following in the United States. Blackmore died at Teddington in 1900 after a long and painful illness. He was buried at Teddington Cemetery. His wife had died in 1888. He had no children. **PRICE JUST REDUCED!
2 Vol. Vol. I. pp. xxii, 341, +Plus 46 Photogravure illustrations, with captioned protective tissues + 14 leaves of additional plates, a portrait, and color map; Vol. II. pp. ix, 361, +Plus 30 Photogravure illustrations, with captioned protective tissues and 15 leaves of plates. 12mo. 210mm. A beautiful set of a famed historical fiction romance novel. Bound in the original publiaher's full cream cloth with dark green and silver gilt decoration. Top edge of both volumes gilt. Spine also lettered and decorated in green and silver gilt. Corners sharp. All plates are present. Contents clean. Hardbound. Very Good. Richard Doddridge Blackmore (1825-1900), known as R.D. Blackmore, was one of the most famous English novelists of the second half of the nineteenth century. He won acclaim for vivid descriptions and personification of the countryside, sharing with Thomas Hardy a Western England background and a strong sense of regional setting in his works. Blackmore, often referred to as the 'Last Victorian', was a pioneer of the movement in fiction that continued with Robert Louis Stevenson and others. He has been described as 'proud, shy, reticent, strong-willed, sweet-tempered, and self-centred.' Apart from his novel Lorna Doone, which has enjoyed continuing popularity, his work has gone out of print. NW63
1st UK edition. 8vo, 134 pages, not illustrated. Nr fine condition hardback in nr fine condition dust jacket. Translated from the French by Joanna Kilmartin. 39953. eng
1st UK edition. Near VG pbk. Front cover frayed at the top right edge. ISBN 055210745X. 13037. eng
Front cover torn and creased. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall eng
502 pages, edges browned, light creasing to spine. eng
"Three dream-laden, hope-filled women leave familiar ports for voyages of adventure to a remote Greek village ., on their way they find their faith challenged by knights on white horses, chance meetings in the Rockefeller Center and unknown - though not entirely unexpected - callers. (romance with deep religious overtones) Contains 3 stories : "Happily Ever After", " Fairy-Tale Romance". "A Land, Far, Far Away" Book
1st Arrow edition. Good pbk with the covers pasted down onto boards. Former public library copy with the front endpaper removed. 22266. eng
12mo,191 pages, not illustrated. (Mills & Boon Romance ; 1935). eng
pp. iv, 170. Printed in red and black throughout. Top edge gold. Uncut. Book label from the library of Harry F. Sieber. One of the national leaders of the Silver Shirts, Sieber from Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, was an active Klan organizer in the Philadelphia area. 8vo. Original full gray cloth binding, designed by Margaret Armstrong. Front board embossed and decorated with profile of a woman in gold. Binding soiled. Hardbound. First published 1898. Good. Myrtle Reed (18741911) was a popular American author, poet, journalist, and philanthropist. She wrote a number of bestsellers and even published a series of cookbooks under the pseudonym Olive Green. LITERATURE BOX 1
pp. iv, 170. 8vo. 200mm. A cream full cloth binding. Cover stamped white and gilt designed by Margaret Armstrong with her Monogram. Spine also stamped in gold gilt. Top edge gilt. Spine very lightly faded. Pages uncut and text within a typographic frame. Heads and notes in red. A tight binding. Front hinge cracked but contents tight. Manuscript ownership of Henrietta Myers of the Meyers family of Hanover and the Hanover Shoe Farm. Hardbound. Very Good. NW68
188 pages. eng
Undated, covers missing. 128 pages. eng
1st UK edition. VG pbk. Slight browning to the pages. ISBN 0552109401. 23221. eng
Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall eng
To the outside world the Drapers seemed to be a perfectly normal small-town family. But they were not. Not at all. Especially one of them! ... A macabre tale of vengeance ... of love, hate, and silent terror. Once again Norah Lofts proves herself a mistress of suspense as she weave the chilling story to its suspenseful climax. Book
ABOUT THE BOOK:- The narrator decides to take an escape for a short period from all the hustle and bustle of life. After the twelfth boards, he packs up with his group of cronies to head forward to the paradise of India, the heavenly kingdom, KASHMIR. He and his companions had planned the voyage to be filled with food, drinks, smoke, some naughty acts, flirting and the serenity that nature had to offer. Nevertheless, the divinity planned it in a very different way for the narrator. Reaching Jammu railway station, his eyes glued on a beautiful creation of God, a Rajasthani girl. Coincidence takes them to the same hotel in Kashmir. He strikes a friendship with her that turns into intense love. The nature and the situations did not fail to play their role as catalysts. The trip did end but their souls merged into one. However, destiny had its own way of making the moves, taking the narrator's life into desolation. ABOUT THE AUTHOR:- A young media professional, from an advertising agency, he is a dynamic personality. He hails from Odisha from an upper middle class family with high values and principles in his life. He explains the narrator's life, the losses that made him weak and the pain that made him even stronger through his writing. He is a thinker and loves spending his time penning down his thoughts in black and white. His existence makes the atmosphere exuberant. He is a true follower and appreciator of JK Rowling and her works. The Title 'Loving U Was My Addiction But Missing U written/authored/edited by Sandip Gyanaprakash', published in the year 2018. The ISBN 9789353241292 is assigned to the Paperback version of this title. This book has total of pp. 168 (Pages). The publisher of this title is GenNext Publication. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is Romance. Size of the book is 13.34 x 21.59 cms Vol:-
Modena, Società Tipografica Modenese, 1939, in-16, br., pp. 111, (5). (Testi e manuali dell'Istituto di Filologia Romanza della R. Università di Roma, a cura di G. Bertoni, N° 13).
52 pages. Features: We're fumbling victory - Allied bickereing and indecision is wrecking Europe and sewing the seeds of another world conflict; Tell Them the Truth - a very philosophical and interesting piece by G. Brock Chisholm, M.D.; Romance in the Dark; Disease Killer from the Soil - Dr. Selman A. Waksman and streptomycin; CCF Show Window - after 18 months of socialist government, Saskatchewan is a small-scale display of what the CCF Party would like to do with the rest of Canada - article with photo of Saskatchewan's CCF Cabinet at work; Fish 'n' Ships (fiction); Prodigy at Sixty - author Tom Costain - article with photo; House that Sun Built - article (with photos) on passive solar construction; They Make Money - The Canadian Mint - article with photos; Keep 'Em Happy (fiction); fantastic full-page colour ad for White trucks shows a highway full of their products; 3/4 centerfold ad for Firestone Champion tires; Nice Carling's beer ad inside back cover shows winter horse-logging scene; Coke ad on back cover shows friends at a soda fountain; and more. Somewhat above-average external wear. Unmarked. Moisture staining to top edge of most pages. A worthy vintage copy. Book
40 pages. Features: Great colour ad for International Trucks inside front cover; The Wedding Present, by Margaret Nyren Hoffman; Design for a National Capital, by J.F.C. Smith - a bird's-eye view of the fifty-year plan for the beautification of Ottawa, with black and white photos; Streamliner, by Ray Millholland; 29,000 Miles over the Arctic - by Air Commodore H. Hollick-Kenyon, who is convinced that airliners can fly the circumpolar skyway from America to Asia - with black and white photos; Arena Dramas - highlights from the sports parade as recorded by the dean of Canadian sports writers Elmer W. Ferguson - with photo of "Mighty Mite" Auriel Joliat; Beverley Baxter's London Letter - Cut the Barbed Wire! - he describes the addiction to war and military spending; Looms of Conflict, by Burton L. Spiller - in which crisis strikes at Rainbow Mills and a young man in love discovers romance can be bitter sweet; Norman Reilly Raine - a writing career launched in Maclean's leads to an Academy award for the best screen play of the year, by Harry Bossin - with photo of Mr. Raine; Who was Joe Boyle? (conclusion) - Snatching treasure from Bolsheviks, rescuing prisoners, defying fleets, signing treaties - "Uncle Joe" was nothing if not versatile, by Flora Alexander Boyle - with black and white photos; Nice full-page black and white ad for Pontiac cars; Gorgeous colour back cover ad for Buckingham cigarettes features a hummingbird illustration. Average wear. Address label atop front cover. Unmarked. A quality copy of this lovely vintage issue. Book