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"A scholarly account of the life and work of the cabinet-maker Duncan Phyfe. includes chapters about his competitors and brief histories of many of his customers." ( An unabridged and unaltered republication of the original limited edition NY. 1939. ) 364pp. with many (295) illustrations (B & W) Clean crisp copy, spine crease, else fine Book
(Signet Regency Romance) Book 3 in the Clearbrooks Series. Lady Briana has adored Lord Clayton since she was sixteen. And although he must marry within three weeks or lose his inheritance, Briana knows he is a rogue who could break her heart. But that does nothing to lessen Briana's wild desire for Clayton. Book
With her golden hair and dazzling emerald eyes, Lady Emily Carroll should have her pick of suitors. Instead, her crippling shyness has earned her the nickname "Ice Princess." Nicholas, Duke of Manning, isn't looking for a bride, but he won't pass up a stolen kiss at a masked ball. With her blushes hidden, Emily lets her inhibitions go. Only to find herself betrothed! Now it's her wedding night, and her new husband seems determined to thaw his Ice Princess and reveal her every secret.... Book
The distressed traveler Charlotte Cameron encounters on a rainy Scottish night is absolutely the worst man she could have invited into her carriage! It is Phillip Maddox, the reprehensible Duke of Colster, who brought the full weight of the ton's fury down upon her-simply because Charlotte encouraged her sister not to wed the powerful peer. And now the seductive devil responsible for her social ruin is sitting close enough to kiss . . .Phillip's distaste for the meddlesome beauty matches Charlotte's --though, under alternate circumstances, he might have enjoyed sampling the sensuous charms of the tempting young chit. There is grave danger, however, on the journey they now must reluctantly sharesince a man who means them both mortal harm. But can a passion that inconveniently ignites in the face of disaster erase a painful past . . . and lead two sworn enemies to a most unanticipated destination: the bedchamber? LARGE TYOE EDITION Book
Colonel Colin Mandland has wealth, power...everything but a bride. But although there is no mistress of his newly purchased manor, Maiden Hill, there is certainly a resident maiden: Lady Rosalyn Wellborne, a stubborn beauty who steadfastly refuses to leave the place she has always called home. Tantalizing Rosalyn proves to be far more difficult than any enemy he's ever met on the battlefield. She attacks by declaring Colin an upstart who is unfit for local society. He shockingly counters by offering for her hand in marriage - and she surprisingly accepts. Although this genteel lady has vowed never to succumb to unbridled passion, she quickly learns that theirs will be no marriage in-name-only, but rather a slow, sensuous and alarmingly effective seduction...that turns her world upside down. Book
1961LFA-126714468Un ouvrage de 269 pages, format 140 x 190 mm, illustré, relié toile, publié en 1961, Editions Berger-Levrault, bon état
Lady Amelia Cameron decides to use herself as bait to uncover a French spy, but ends up falling in love with her intended victim Book
26706White Hall & Whitehall Court & Whitehall Chappel sic Stairs No.11 27 May 1785 and 3 Nov. 1785. LETTER A. Autograph Letter Signed "Mary O'Brien" to "Michael Bourke" in another letter a connection of Bourke with the possible influence/support of Arthur Murphy author and playwright one page 4to no date one small hole not affecting text bifolium aged but legible as follows: " I can with truth affirm though not the first to condole the late losses you sustainedI am equally concerned at the event any Loss or misfortune to a Gentleman of your Benevolent mind is not confined to himself - for many are thereby affected and Involved in the consequences: I need not remind a Gentleman of your religious principles that fortitude is the best eradicate sic for the accidents and vicissitudes every Mortal is liable to meet with in this life this doctrine I am convinced is imprinted on your Mind and supported by a Manly sense of the Instability of human hapiness sic: Mr O'Brien joins me in requesting the Honor of your company on Wednesday Evening next to tea & coffee .". Addressed to Michael Bourke Esq Garrard Street Soho. LETTER B. Autograph Letter Signed "P O'Brien" Husband Patrick O'Brien 27 May 1785 one page 4to aged but good condition also to Michael Bourke Burkeas follows: "Your being so kind as promise your interest with Your Friends in the disposal of Mrs O'Brien's Poem Presumably "The Pious Incendiaries" She has taken the Liberty to order 50 to be left at your House being the Number you was sic pleased first to mention to me: nor doubting from the friendships you have already shewn but you will do what you conveniently Can - She joins in best Compliment & thanks". He adds a note in less of a copperplate: "Mr. Hooper See Note A below Mrs O'Brien's Book Seller receives what ever the Books may Sell - for the Price for those she charges 3:s 6d Each". LETTER C. Third Person but in Patrick O'Brien's handwriting one page 4to bifolium aged but good condition 3 Nov. 1785 as follows: "Mr. and Mrs. O'Brien's Compliments Wait on Mr. Bourke hoping he is willing As Mr. Bourke was so kind as promise to procure the friendship of Mr Arthur Murphy in support of the Play unidentified committed to his protection Mrs O'Brien requests the favor of Mr Burke sic to inform him what she may depend upon in that respect - The Season is now far Advanced and Mrs. O'Brien wishes to know the fate of that first Attempt of hers in the Dramatic Line - Mr. O'Brien called Several times at Will's Coffee House on purpose to pay his Complements to Mr. Burke after his return to Town but was not fortunate enough to meet him.…". Notes: A. "Very little is known about the personal life of Mary O'Brien except that she was the wife of Patrick O'Brien Esq. as she wrote both under her name and as Mrs Patrick O'Brien. She was in favour of Irish economic independence and an independent Irish parliament as well as being a supporter of Charles James Fox and Richard Brinsley Sheridan. She believed that George III should be replaced by a Regent while he was unwell. O'Brien hoped that this would also remove William Pitt from his position. Her work was considered satyrical and political. She wrote poetry and plays." B. "The pious incendiaries: or fanaticism display'd. A poem. By a lady"; London : Printed for the author and sold by S. Hooper No. 212 High Holborn facing Bloomsbury Square; Stockdale Piccadilly Messrs. Edgertons Charing Cross; and Richardson under the Royal Exchange MDCCLXXXV. 1785". White Hall & Whitehall Court & Whitehall Chappel [sic] Stairs (No.11), 27 May 1785 and 3 Nov. 1785. unknown
Paris, Ancienne Librairie Furne,Sans date (190?) - In-4 - Couverture polychrome verte - Dos à nerfs, orné de fleurs - accroc en queue - Premier plat orené au centre d'une couronne de laurier avec mention "Université de France, Lycée Condorcet" - Ouvrage illustré de 35 gravures sur bois, dont 5 Hors-texte - 256 Pages - Bon exemplaire - Envoi rapide et soigné
Shw was a usurper and a fortune hunter.. or so it seemed to Alex, Earl of Templestowe. Alex found himself deprived of part of his inheritance. The home where he had grown up had been left to his cousin's widow, Harriet Ashburn, a woman whose reputation was not to her credit. But Cousin Harry was not the least bit like her reputation - unless she was playing some sort of devious game. Harry seemed to be gentle and kind and all woman, and Alex was afraid of his growing attraction to her. Harry had already tricked his cousin into marrying her, and one fool in the family was more than enough. Book
17485Paris, Firmin Didot, 1863-1868, [published date: 1868] Édition originale de cette source importante sur la Régence, par un avocat au parlement de Paris. Intéressant témoignage sur la cour et les controverses religieuses pendant le début du règne de Louis XV.
191313464Paris Perrin et Cie 1913 In-8 340 pp, rousseurs, 1ère de couverture manquante, étiquettes de papier sur dos insolé, cachets de bibliothèque.
26288Paris, Ancienne Librairie Furne,Sans date (190?) - In-4 - Couverture polychrome verte - Dos à nerfs, orné de fleurs - accroc en queue - Premier plat orené au centre d'une couronne de laurier avec mention "Université de France, Lycée Condorcet" - Ouvrage illustré de 35 gravures sur bois, dont 5 Hors-texte - 256 Pages - Bon exemplaire - Envoi rapide et soigné
(Signet Regency Romance) Double edition [1] In A Splendid Indiscretion, a scatterbrained lady refuses to get involved with the man she loves due to her strange ways [2] In The Grand Passion, a young woman finds her plan to exact revenge against the man who was responsible for her fiance's death taking the most unexpected turn. Book
(Harlequin Historical 307) Impoverished husband-hunter Kitty Wythenshawe knows what she must achieve by the end of her London Season -- marriage to a wealthy gentleman will save her mother from a life of drudgery. After all, love doesn't pay the bills. Wealthy landowner Daniel Blackwood is proud to be an industrialist, even if it means he's not quite what the ton expects. And as for young ladies like Kitty, who care only for a man's fortune, well, they just ought not to feel so temptingly irresistible when you kiss them Book
(A Zebra Regency Romance) Aristocratic Alessandra di Tassio had learned her lesson in love only too well, and now, at one-and-twenty, was no longer given to giddy swoons and foolish romantic yearnings. So when Harry Dudley, Sixth Earl of Milverton, offered for her band, Alessa felt duty-bound to accept. After all, be was the most spotlessly respectable and utterly unromantic man she bad ever met! Yet never did she dream that a sensible alliance would soon flame into something far more passionate--or that her handsome husband's tender kisses would so completely capture her heart.The Earl of Milverton had wed for one reason only: to produce an heir to carry on the distinguished family name. Love didn't even enter into it. But now this marriage of convenience was proving most inconvenient. And all because of his well-bred wife, whose captivating charms drove him to near-distraction! But when an age-old secret embroiled Harry and his new bride in a royal scandal that endangered his title and very life, it was Alessa who showed him bow love could ensnare even the most jaded of hearts. Book
What would it take to win her heart? Was Lady Angelina Penrose some grasping harpy? Or the beautiful widow longing for love that others saw? The Earl of Penrose wanted to think the worst. But when he learned otherwise, Frederick doubted he could ever make amends for their unfortunate introduction. Until he spotted Angel at a ball that could ruin her reputation...and he felt honor bound to save her! Abused by her late husband, Angel had come to the risque ball for a little harmless flirtation. And she found it with a mysterious stranger known only as Max. But even under the spell cast by Max's gentle kisses, she sensed there was something disturbingly familiar about her masked lover.... Book
Desperate to support her widowed mother, Marina Beaumont had agreed to become a companion to a dowager countess and found herself in an impossible situation. She had never anticipated the position would force her to deal with Kit Stratton -- a renowned rake who would stop at nothing to get the revenge he sought...even if it cost Marina all that she held most dear. For unable to restrain the dowager's gambling habit, Marina soon found herself paying the price for Kit's sweet revenge on the widow. And the only way this rake would agree to her request to forfeit the money he was owed was if Marina gave him the reward he most desired.... Book
My dear sister Clara, London society is so much more complicated than I could ever have known! Every night is a different ball or assembly, and a different swirl of glittering jewels and rustling gowns. Though I fear I am making social blunders left and right I am having some measure of success in my (or rather, Mother's) objective. Mother is beside herself with glee at the attentions I have been receiving from a few gentlemen she finds supremely suitable as husband material. But my dearest sister, it is so hard for me to even look at any gentleman but a certain duke, who, if I may confess, makes my heart beat so that I fear it can be seen across a ballroom. He is James Langdon, the Duke of Wentworth, and though I may sound dramatic, he makes me feel as no man ever has before.But I must push these feelings away. I sometimes hear whispers about his dark past, and he is quietly called the Dangerous Duke. Oh Clara! I am secretly overjoyed that he may love me, and at the same time terrified of his attentions. I have waited so long for my true love, and now I must resist him to protect my heart. If only I knew how to proceed Book
(Signet Regency Romance) The Duke of Carlyle's plans for a marriage between his daughter, Lady Gemma Monteith, and the wealthy John Deleyan are threatened by Gemma's preference for Captain George Godwin, her childhood sweetheart Book
1689LFA-126713504Un ouvrage de 268 pages, format 90 x 150 mm, relié cuir dos à nerfs orné, publié en 1689, A Villefranche Chez Jean de Paul, rare (intérieur bon, reliure frottée)
055057Paris Paulin, Libraire-Editeur 1832 in 8 (22x14) 2 volumes reliure demi veau havane à coins de l'époque, dos lisses ornés de filets dorés et d'un décor de croisillons estampé à froid, 464 pages et 486 pages. Pierre-Edouard Lémontey, Lyon 1762 6 Paris 1826, avocat, homme de lettres, historien et homme français. Edition originale. Bel exemplaire, bien relié ( Photographies sur demande / We can send pictures of this book on simple request )
Betrothed against her will to her odious cousin, Lady Elizabeth Keaton is determined to convince him of the error of his choice, but her mischievous antics could backfire when she attracts the attention of Charles Earnshaw, Duke of Braxton. Book
To the great unhappiness of a lovely young woman, Sarah, she is placed under the guardianship of Edward Channon when her father is murdered. Reserved and private, Edward's presence in the house of mourning makes her uneasy but is faintly enticing. She can enjoy the excitement of the coastal English village, even with the threat of Napoleon's invasion ever present. And she is still allowed to see Will Penfyn, the young man whom she's loved since childhood, with whom she secretly intends to elope. However, in the middle of the dangers rocking this turbulent era, Sarah's contentment suddenly comes to an end. Her planned elopement with Will is interrupted by the increasingly forceful Edward- now a most mystifying enigma to her. Book
1956100146804Le club du livre d'histoire 1956 in8. 1956. Relié. Biographie de Catherine de Médicis (1519-1589) reine de France mère de trois rois et régente du royaume pendant trois ans. L'ouvrage cherche à réhabiliter son image souvent associée au deuil et à une réputation négative forgée au XIXe siècle en lui rendant justice
