Search Results: the idler in france in two by blessington marguerite

Wentworth Press. Paperback. New. 9x6x0.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Philadelphia: Carey & Hart, 1841. First American Edition. Cloth. Very good. Two volume brown cloth, gilt lettering on spine, some fading to covers. Both volumes have previous owner's name on front free flyleaf. Volume I has a few letters written in pencil, pages have foxing. Volume I has ads for eight other books between flyleaf and title page. Volume II has two pages of ads for others books before title page. Volume I has 243 pp., Vol II has 236 pp. First American Edition.

London: Henry Colburn, 1841. 2 volumes: 356, 270 pages. First edition. Rebound in 3/4 red morocco circa 1895-1915 by Stikeman & Co. (Henry Stikeman) for the bookstore of Charles Scribner's Sons. Marguerite Gardner was a socialite and writer who published two travelogues/memoirs: The Idler in Italy (1939) and The Idler in France (1941). First printings of the latter are much more scarce. Our example is enhanced by the gilt decorated binding signed by Stikeman & Co., art bookbinders who frequently rebound books for Scribner's in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The books are in near-fine condition: bindings a clean, bright and tight, with minimal color rubbing along joints; pages are clean and bright, with perhaps the barest hint of toning.. First Edition. Hardcover. Collectible-Fine-. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

London: Henry Colburn, 1841. SCARCE. Early travelogue written by female author and journalist. Two volumes in full contemporary polished calf, the backs with gilt lettering on two black morocco labels, end papers and edges marbled. Very Good, boards lightly soiled, end papers foxed but interior pages clean and bright. Non-author gift inscription dated 1844 first white front end page Vol. I, to one Lesley Alexander on his leaving Eton, from Charles William (?). 356, 270 pp. . First Edition. Calf. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.