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She had no doubt that the gentleman could kiss the truth from her lips! Candace Stafford could hardly turn her back on an injured man. But in aiding the young rascal, she discovered a formidable opponent: Edward Croyden, whose persistent charm put her in quite a predicament. For the injured rake was desperate she keep his whereabouts secret, and Croyden was equally determined to seduce his location out of her. A daughter of scandal herself, she realized she was in the midst of a real imbroglio. Perhaps Croyden was not the villain she had first thought, but he was dangerous to her in other ways, leaving her torn between her promise to one man and her desire to surrender more than her secret to the other.... Book
Overhearing the marriage proposal of the haughty Lord Ravenal and its subsequent refusal, unconventional Gwenda Mary Vickers offers some unsolicited advice on love and becomes the next object of his affections Book
Sharp-tongued Charlotte Hungerford had a talent for taking the puff out of a man's pride ...a talent that seemed sure to doom her to spinsterhood at twenty-six. Hadn't she hurled the crockery at Princess Sophia's tea party--straight at Sir Hannibal Cheng, who dared make fun of her novels? Hadn't she made it clear she would not have a mooncalf like Lord Darlington, even if he was heir to a dukedom? Beautiful Charlotte Hungerford would never be wed but to a man as daring and bold as her own heroes ...a man she would test to the limit before succumbing--like a swooning heroine--to his mad, passionate embrace! Slight scuffing to paper cover, bookstroe stamp Book
1731164350chez Jean Leonard A Bruxelles, chez Jean Leonard, 1731. Illustrez et augmentez de plusieurs commentaires et manuscrits tant lettres, instructions, traitez, qu'autres pièces secrètes et originales, servans à donner la vérité de l'Histoire des règnes de Francois II, Charles IX et Henry III et de la Régence et du gouvernement de Catherine de Médicis. Avec les éloges des Rois, Reines, Prince & autres personnes illustres del'une & de l'autre Religion sous ces trois règnes, l'histoire généalogique de la Maison de Castelnau, et les généalogies de plusieurs maisons illustres alliées à celle de Castelnau, par J. Le Laboureur. Nouvelle édition, revue avec soin et augmentée de plusieurs manuscrits. Avec près de 400 armoiries gravées en taille-douce, etc3 volumes in-Folio reliés plein veau marbré de l'époque. Dos à 6 nerfs ornés de caissons et fleurons dorés, pièces de titre en maroquin rouge, tranches rouges, roulettes dorées sur les coupes. Portrait en frontispice aux Tomes I et II. Nouvelle Edition revue avec soin & augmentée de plusieurs manuscrits avec près de 400 blasons dans le texte gravées en taille-douce. Les 2 portraits sont gravés au burin par R. Nanteuil et de La Roussière. Une vignette de titre est gravée par Heylbroieck. Tome I : Fx-titre, frontispice, titre, 15 feuillets non chiffrés, 864 + 6 ff (table) 1 ff blanc. Tome II : 1 ff blanc, fx-titre, forntispice, titre, 2 ff non chiffrés, 782 + 4 ff (table) + 1 ff blanc. Tome III : 2 ff blanc, fx titre, titre, 560 + 4 ff (table) + 22 ff blancs. Petits manques en coiffe et queue des tomeI et II, mors fendu au bas du tome III. Mouillure pale au bas des feuillets du tome III. Ex-Libris au tome I de Jacques de Vilmorin, ex-libris du Baron de Machau aux tome II et III. Brunet : Tome I - 1626. Bel exemplaire
A Bruxelles, chez Jean Leonard, 1731 3 volumes in-Folio reliés plein veau marbré de l'époque. Dos à 6 nerfs ornés de caissons et fleurons dorés, pièces de titre en maroquin rouge, tranches rouges, roulettes dorées sur les coupes. Portrait en frontispice aux Tomes I et II. Nouvelle Edition revue avec soin & augmentée de plusieurs manuscrits avec près de 400 blasons dans le texte gravées en taille-douce. Les 2 portraits sont gravés au burin par R. Nanteuil et de La Roussière. Une vignette de titre est gravée par Heylbroieck. Tome I : Fx-titre, frontispice, titre, 15 feuillets non chiffrés, 864 + 6 ff (table) 1 ff blanc. Tome II : 1 ff blanc, fx-titre, forntispice, titre, 2 ff non chiffrés, 782 + 4 ff (table) + 1 ff blanc. Tome III : 2 ff blanc, fx titre, titre, 560 + 4 ff (table) + 22 ff blancs. Petits manques en coiffe et queue des tomeI et II, mors fendu au bas du tome III. Mouillure pale au bas des feuillets du tome III. Ex-Libris au tome I de Jacques de Vilmorin, ex-libris du Baron de Machau aux tome II et III. Brunet : Tome I - 1626. Bel exemplaire
15172Paris, André Balland, 1980 16 x 24, 377 pp., broché, bon état.
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with a coloured frontispiece, title in red and black, 148 sepia-toned plates on 80 and 11 vignettes after Cruickshank and others in the text; decorative blind-blocked cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy. Very scarce in anything like this condition.
Make charming replicas of your favorite American landmarks with this inspiring collection of 25 original origami models. Patterns, instructions, and historical commentary. Previous owner's name inside. 10 1/8"w x 14 1/2"h. You can make these buildings: Empire State Building, Chrysler Building, AT&T Building, Trump Tower, Flatiron Building, Statue of Liberty, Manhattan Skyline, Guggenheim Museum, Museum of Modern Art, Capitol Building, White House (front and back), National Air & Space Museum, Dulles International Airport, Carpenter Center, Gateway Arch, Republic Bank Center, Marina City, Crown Hall, Johnson Wax Building, Hyat Regency Hotel, Golden Gate Bridge, TransAmerica Pyramid, San Francisco Skyline, and the Hollywood Sign.
(Second Volume of the School for Manners series) Amy and Tribble can only ponder why Miss Fiona Macleod was placed in their charge at their School for Manners. For there seems to be nothing about the young heiress that needs perfecting. She is demure, refined-and turned many a handsome head at ther first Society ball, where London's ton waiting in eager attendance. But when left to her own devices, dear Fiona is an incorrigible flirt, a feisty-tempered lass determined to shock and anger her suitors with her outspoken discourse-on the most unspeakable topics! For Fiona has no intention to marry, not even when the Season's most unattainable bachelor, Lord Peter Havard, turns his rakish eyes to her. Book
"At first, Emily Goodenough and her father, Sir George, appear to be exactly what the servants at 67 Clarges Street are hoping for: respectable tenants to usher in a lucrative and uneventful Season. Only Rainbird, the butler, suspects that the new tenants' origins might be less than genteel, and when he realizes just where he has seen Sir George before, he vows not to get involved in the intrigues of this ex-butler and his "daughter," really a runaway chambermaid." Volume 5 of the series ' A House for the Season'. Book
She must choose... choose to seek a "suitable" position as governess or take the most outrageous risk of her young life. For beautiful, high-spirited Julia Swanton, the next step was clear. She must conceal her father's death, her near penniless state, and plunge into the Season with one object: a wealthy marriage! That decided, she would return to London to delight Beau Brummel, charm the Prince Regent, and dazzle Lord Garde, the wealthy libertine who had already shown an interest. Apart from her jealous sister, only one person could undo her: the handsome Frenchman who had his secrets and knew hers. They had made a cold bargain, but could Julia keep it? Could her icy resolve falter, melted by passion? By love? Fine, but paper age-toned Book
Emma Hallaway has not seen her husband in twelve years -- and that's fine with her. As a young girl, she'd agreed to a simple marriage of convenience, allowing her to pursue her private passion for painting. And though unknown to the rest of polite society, Emma is now one of the most daring and sought-after artists in London. However, when her secret is threatened to be exposed, Emma is forced to open her heart -- and her home -- to a total stranger: her husband. Richard Mansfield, Earl of Asbury, is all too familiar with danger. As a matter of fact, it is hard on his heels when he returns to England. Still, even he is shocked to learn of his wife's scandalous double life as an artist. But once he sees the vibrant grown woman she has become -- so passionate, so strong, and so alluring -- his undeniable attraction to Emma stuns him. Suddenly Richard is determined to turn their sham of a marriage into a true and lasting love. But how exactly does a gentleman seduce his own wife? Book
Dilys Byrn had been an inexperienced, easily infatuated young girl when she fell head over heels in love with handsome and dashing Lord Travis Gallant. But Dilys had reached the reasonable age of marriage now, and should have had enough good sense to forget the man who had become the most notorious rake in London. Yet while the most eligible gentleman of the ton courted her, Dilys courted scandal by clinging to her impossible dream of love--even though she knew how slim the chances were of that dream coming true... and how dangerous it would be if it did. ... Book
5933extraits des attiques du Palais de Versailles et gravées sur acier.Collection spécialement destinée à illustrer les mémoires de Saint Simon.Elle est imprimée dans le même format que les éditions anciennes et nouvelles de ces mémoires et renferme les portraits des personnages cités dans la table alphabétique qui termine le 20ème volume de l’édition que Hachette vient de publier.Format in 8 sous serpente,dans un portefeuille demi-toile rouge,plats cartonné, fermoir à rubans.Bien complet des 180 portraits et de la table. Paris Bureau des galeries historiques de Versailles. Des rousseurs à certaines planches, principalement en marges,ou sur les serpentes.
20121259862012 Editions du Patrimoine, Centre des monuments nationaux, Paris - 2012 - In-8 broché, couverture illustrée à rabats - 200 pages - Nombreuses illustrations en N&B, in et hors texte, dans l'ouvrage
(Zebra Regency Romance) When Elizabeth Fields, a spinster vicar's daughter, accompanies her shy friend Juliet to an eccentric relative's estate in the hopes of making her the heir to a fortune, she encounters a dashing rival, Major Roderick Shelton, who is promoting the interests of his own half -sister. Book
19913845Robert Laffont 1991 304 pages 16x23x2cm. 1991. Broché. 304 pages. Isabelle comtesse de Paris raconte la vie de Blanche de Castille reine de France et mère de Saint Louis qu'elle considère comme son aïeule. L'ouvrage vise à corriger les jugements sévères portés sur cette figure historique en présentant une image d'une femme énergique et courageuse qui a assuré la régence avec fermeté
Beau Nash was a one-time Master of Ceremonies at the spa in Bath and concurrently at the more provincial resort located in Tunbridge Wells. Beau Nash has been called by some the most picturesque dandy of the age. Connely writes from the viewpoint of one who is very familiar with Bath and the enourage of those who went there "to take the cure" 194p. plates bibliography index. name of previous owner, else fine Book
A peasant girl forced into a fraudulent marriage must deny her dearest love to protect her dearest friend...The deception had seemed harmless enough. A schoolgirl's prank in which Miranda Testa would masquerade as her foster sister, Amanda, and travel to London to protect Amanda's fortune. In a short time Amanda would come of age, marry the naval officer she loved, and sail to London to reveal her true identity.But Miranda had not reckoned with her strong attraction to the dashing actor Theo Moreland. Or the lecherous advances of Lord Fortescue. Or the financial conniving of Amanda's guardian.Suddenly the harmless prank had become a tangled web of terrifying intrigue. Miranda was forced to marry the loathsome lord to save the man she loved. Amanda's fortune had swiftly begun to disappear through Fortescue's hands. Reputations wavered on the verge of ruination. And the masquerade had not yet reached its dangerous, deadly climax.... Book
The first person the Marquis of Mullineaux chanced to meet upon his return to England was the very last person he wanted to see -- Lady Carberry, the woman who had scandalized the haute ton by breaking off their engagement. She was just as displeased to meet him. He had, after all, sacrificed her reputation to save his pride. Thrown together by circumstance, Alicia and James found themselves constantly at war with one another. James was determined to discover the truth about their past. Only then would he also discover that behind their anger lay a passion that had never died. Book
185657045Didier et Cie 1856 In-8 14 x 22 cm. Reliure de l’époque demi-chagrin vert foncé, dos à 5 nerfs, auteur et titre doré, frontispice, 540 pp. Coins de pied émoussés, sinon exemplaire bien relié en bon état.
38311Paris J. J. Blaise, Libraire 1820 in 8 (21x13,5) 1 volume reliure pleine basane fauve racinée, dos lisse richement orné, pièce de titre de maroquin rouge, filets et guirlandes dorés d'encadrement sur les plats, tranches dorées, XII et 512 pages, avec 2 fac-similés d'écriture, 1 portrait et 1 planche de médailles, rousseurs éparses. Bel ex-libris gravé armorié de Mme la Douairière van Tieghem de Ter Hoije, née Soemens avec la devise: Me stella duce. Phillippe Emmanuel de Coulanges, 1633-1716. Très bel exemplaire, reliure rutilante ( Photographies sur demande / We can send pictures of this book on simple request )
Paris, chez Jannet, 1855. Bibliothèque Elzévirienne, In-12 relié percaline éditeur rouge, 233 pages + catalogue in fine. Bon état
Sir Edward Fairmount had decided had decided that his daughter Valeria must marry Perry Adaire. Despite her own opposition to the match, Sir Edward took her to Vienna, where Perry's regiment was stationed, to make sure the betrothal took place. In Vienna, the Peace Congress was in progress, and amidst the intrigue and excitement, love touched Valeria at last. But it was not love for Perry. Valeria had lost her heart to a man who seemed to have no heart of his own. 224p. Ffep missing, else fine Book
When her father dies without leaving a male heir, Miss Lucy Stanton is forced to leave her ancestral home and live with her grandfather, Prince Virinsky. The late Sir Charles Stanton had written to his estranged father-in-law Prince Kuragin in Russia - entrusting him with the care of his daughter Lucy. The prospect of traveling to St. Petersburg - far away - was frightening and exciting. Though without a chaperone, Lucy did not fear for her virtue, one look at her escort, cousin Nikolai, revealed a nature as frozen as the Russian steppes.Fine but for age-toned paper. Book