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Jordan, Mildred
ASYLUM FOR THE QUEEN
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, NY, 1948
Fine with no dust jacket. First Edition. Hard Cover Publisher's full burgundy cloth, gilt lettering and decoration on spine, blind-stamped medallion on cover, TEG (blue). 8vo. 409 pp. This is an unopened, unmarked copy, showing only the slightest signs of light shelf-wear. FINE. This novel is based on a true, and still not entirely understood, episode in French and American history. Set during the French Revolution, it is the story of a group of loyal aristocrats who plot to free Marie Antoinette, Louis XVI, and the Dauphin, their son, from imprisonment by the revolutionary forces in Paris, and to bring them safely to Pennsylvania, where they had purchased a large parcel of land, fittingly named Asylum, which can still be visited today. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Item number: 5782
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Stevenson, Robert Louis
MASTER OF BALLANTRAE: A Winter's Tale
Publisher: A. L. Burt Company, NY, 1917
Near Fine with no dust jacket. Hard Cover Hardcover without dust jacket. 12mo (5 x 7.5"). 318 pp. Publisher's full red cloth, gilt lettering on spine. Ex-Library with only minimal markings. Pages beginning to brown, else fine. NEAR FINE. In December 1887 Stevenson wrote that he had 'fallen head over heels into a new tale A most seizing tale; there are some fantastic elements; the most is a dead genuine human problem - human tragedy, I should say rather. ' The Master of Ballantrae opens in the old Scottish house of Durisdeer, ancestral home of the Duries, a family divided by the Jacobite rising of 1745. Its adventure draws in sea voyages, piracy, buried treasure, magic and nightmare, and centers on the fatal rivalry between two brothers, James and Henry, and the wealthy and beautiful kinswoman who loves one brother but marries the other. "The Master is all I know of the devil, " Stevenson confessed, and the satanic, virile, seductive figure of James Durie dominates the novel. The family servant Mackellar narrates The Master of Ballantrae and his divided loyalties dramatize the question of 'mastery'. Ex-Library. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Item number: 3301
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Reade, Charles
PEG WOFFINGTON
Publisher: Montgomery Ward & Co., Chicago, N.D.
Very Good with no dust jacket. Reprint. Hard Cover Publisher's full green cloth, gilt lettering and elaborate reverse-gilt floral decoration on spine and cover. nd (cir. 1901). 16mo. 244 pp. Illustrated with frontispiece portrait of the author. VERY GOOD. Peg Woffington was born in Dublin in 1714. Her charm and beauty as a child attracted attention, and at the age of 10 she acted in the role of Polly Peachum in The Beggar`s Opera. She made her first important appearance in Dublin in 1737 as Ophelia and followed it with her greatest role, the male role of Sir Harry Windair in Farquhar`s Constant Couple, which in 1740 led to her engagement by John Rich for Covent Garden. She was Garrick`s leading lady in London and Dublin from 1742–48. Her attachment to Garrick was the most publicized of her numerous affairs. She retired in 1757 due to ill health. She was best suited for comedy, although her grace and vivacity helped to overcome the harshness of her voice in tragic roles. This Charles Reade novel, and his play Masks and Faces are based on her life. Gift inscription on front endpaper. Heel and head of spine slightly worn. Spine slightly cracked. B&W Frontispiece. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 244 pp
Item number: 6472
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Raddall, Thomas H.
THE GOVERNOR'S LADY
Publisher: Doubleday & Co., Garden City, NY, 1960
Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover Hardcover with dust jacket. Publisher's full beige cloth, gilt (blue) lettering on spine, fore-edge deckle. TEG (blue). 8vo. 474 pp. This is an unopened, unmarked copy. The volume is in virtually perfect condition, except for a very light old dampstain on the rear endpaper only. The dust jacket is lightly chipped, has some minor staining on the rear panel and the spine is lightly sunned. FINE/NEAR FINE. A Biographical novel of Frances Wentworth, whose husband, John Wentworth, governed Nova Scotia but could not govern her!. Set in the turbulent years around the American Revolution, this novel tells the story of an ambitious and ruthless woman who yearned for power and money and the prestige that a title could bing her. Book Club Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Item number: 4970
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