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New York: Archer House, 1963. First American edition . Hardcover. VG+/VG-. 1st American edition (first published in Britain in 1956); foreword by the Marquess of Salisbury. 8vo, light blue boards, 184 pages, 8 b/w plates, biographical index to diary entries. Condition: VERY GOOD+ book / VERY GOOD- jacket: book has little wear, an owner label on fep; jacket has small chips and tears to top edge, sunning to front panel, a sunned spine with a few faint spots, a 1" closed tear at spine gutter and another large closed tear on rear panel that has been taped, in protective mylar. The diary of John Carrington, a working farmer in the early 19th century, of Bacon's Farm in the village of Bramfield. Carrington was also the Overseer of the Poor and Surveyor of Highways, Tax Assessor and Collector for Bramfield and Chief Constable of a number of parishes - he wrote his diary entries on any scraps of paper at hand - I wonder he had time left for farming.

London / New York: Frederick Warne, 1892. Hardcover. VG. With notes by W. C. Ward, and prefaced by Lord Macaulay's Essay "Madame D'Arblay." 3 volumes, 12mo, burgundy pebbled cloth w/ gilt titles on spine, top edge gilt, vol. 1: 447pp, engraved frontispiece of Burney (based on a drawing by Edward Burney); vol. 2: 468pp, engraved frontis of George III, Queen Charlotte and their Family (from drawing by T. [ Thomas ] Stothard; vol. 3: 480pp, frontis of General D'Arblay (all frontispieces with tissue guards intact); decorative head, tailpieces and letters for each chapter. Condition: VERY GOOD set: covers have light toning at edges, "Warne" label on spine of v 1 and 2 are rubbed, some pages are unopened, minimal faint scattered foxing to each volume, light spotting to bottom page edges, label of the 'Paige Memorial Library' listing its many regulations is on the front pastedown of each volume but no other library markings and obviously little used (no location… Read More

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University, 1950. Reprint Edition . Hardcover. VG+/VG+. Reprint edition [BOMC, originally published 1950, copyright renewed 1978], 427 pages, b/w illustrations, bibliiography. VERY GOOD+ book in a VERY GOOD+ jacket: book has faint spotting to top page edge; jacket has a small open tear on rear panel - appears unread, just this minor shelfwear. Eleanor of Aquitaine [1122? - 1204] "was the very center of of the rich culture and clashing politics of the twelfth century - she was the Queen of France as the wife of Louis VII, and later married Henry Plantagenet who became Henry II of England." [from the jacket]

NY: Coward-McCann, 1959. Hardcover. VG+/VG+. 1st American edition [stated] [but has "Book of the Month Club Selection" on the jacket - price is present and no publisher slug], 8vo, green cloth, 336 pages, b/w illustrations, bibliography. VERY GOOD+ book / VERY GOOD+ jacket: slight edgewear. A very nice copy.

Montpelier, VT: Privately printed by Norman and Lyn Lear/ Leahy Press, 1999. Soft cover. Near Fine. J. J. Lankes. Originally printed by Norman and Frances Lear for Christmas 1984; this edition reprinted by Norman and Lyn Lear, Christmas 1999 and updated by the author. 8vo - an oblong almost square, stiff wraps, 160 pp, illustrated with woodcuts by J. J. J. Lankes based on material he found during his stay in the Gulley during the summer of 1929, b/w and color photographs, references. Condition is NEAR FINE: like new. A history of The Gulley in South Shaftsbury Vermont starting in 1783 with John Millington through 200 years of ownership including Robert Frost, artist Kenneth Noland, and finally Norman Lear in 1979. It is on the National Register of Historic Places.

London: Hutchinson & Co., 1924. First Edition . Hardcover. VG-. 1st edition [NAP], 8vo, navy cloth, 292 pages, color frontispiece by Kitty Shannon, 16 b/w plates, chronology, index. VERY GOOD- / no jacket: some faint scuffing to the boards, a few tiny tears to spine head, light spotting to page edges, some faint occasional foxing to page margins. The life of Henrietta Hobart, afterwards Countess of Suffolk [circa 1688 - 1767] - she is mentioned by nearly all of her contmeporaries, and references to her and her circle will be found in innumerable books; her name appears frequently in the works, correspondence, and memoirs of Swift, Pope, Gay, Chesterfield, Horace Walpole, Hanbury Williams, Lady Lary Wortley Montague, Sarah Duchess of Marlborough, Charlotte Lady Sundion, John Lord Hervey, Mary Lady Cowper, etc. [from the preface]

Boston: Higgins and Bradley, 1857. Hardcover. G+. Later printing (20th thousand), 16mo, red blind-stamped publisher's cloth / gilt titles and decoration on spine, 352 pp, b&w engravings. Condition is GOOD+ / no jacket (as issued): rubbing to board edges and sm. tears to spine head and tail, front hinge exposed but still tight, internally pages are very white and clean, excepting very lt.scattered foxing, owner name on 3rd blank page. Samuel Griswold Goodrich (1793-1860) was the author of the Peter Parley books. This book is a collection of biographies about the following women: Lucretia and Margaret Davidson; Mrs. Adams; Mrs. Washington; Madame de Stael; Lady hester Stanhope; Hannah More; Mrs. Barbauld; Madame de Genlis; Josephine; Marie Antoinette; Madame Roland; Madame de Sevigne; Mary Queen of Scots; Elizabeth, Queen of England; Isabella of Spain; and Joan of Arc.

Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1840. Hardcover. Collectible; VG-. Later printing, 12mo, original brownish publisher's cloth with paper spine label, 336 pages, 6 pages publisher ads. Condition: VERY GOOD- : cover wear (staining, fading, slight rippling to rear board cloth), faint foxing to endpapers, three owner names to front endpaper, internally clean and tight. Hemans (1793-1835), born Felicia Dorothea Browne in Liverpool, was very popular in her day, her poems read and respected alongside her contemporaries Shelley, Wordsworth, Byron, Coleridge, etc. She had five children in six years, was abandoned by her husband, spent the rest of her life writing in order to survive and was dead by the age of forty-one. You can read more about her at the Chawton House Library website.

New York: Simon & Schuster Trade, 2001. Hardcover. NF/NF. 1st edition, 174p. NF/NF with lt. rubbing at rear fold of dust jacket.

NY: W.W. Norton, 1953. First American edition . Hardcover. G+/Fair. 282p. First American edition. GOOD+ / Fair - : edgewear; spine ends bumped; staining and crease to front end page; owner's name; sl. yellowing to pages. DJ: staining front cover; spine darkened; large (4" x 1") missing piece on back cover at fold; chips and tears at spine ends; chipped at top, price is on bottom... (in mylar)

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1998. Hardcover. NF/NF. 8vo, hardcover brown boards, 223 pages, illus section, 4th printing; INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. Author is the daughter of Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh. Condition is NEAR FINE book / NEAR FINE jacket: owner name on fep; signed on title page.

York: Wilson, Spence, and Mawman, 1795. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. .Interspersed with Anecdotes Respecting Most of the Performers in the Three Kingdoms, from 1765 to 1795." Volume 4 only, with front board detached. 1st edition, 16mo, ¾ leather and marbled boards (bound by H. Wood), marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, 267 pages. Condition is GOOD: front board is detached but present, spine has a few pieces missing (see photos), but text block is tight, rear board tight, pages are strikingly clean with a few faint scattered spots to first 5 pages. A shame about the board and only being volume 4 - it's a lovely book! Tate Wilkinson (1739-1803) was the theater manager in the Yorkshire Circuit during the careers of some of British theater's most famous actresses, Dorothea Jordan and Mrs. Siddons (and other Kembles) to name just two. He left us this 4 volume compilation of theater history and anecdotes as well as 4 volumes of his Memoirs.