Record of a Girlhood (3 Vols.); Records of Later Life (3 Vols.); and Further Records. 1848-1883 ( 2 Vols.) by Kemble, Frances Anne (Fanny) - 1878

Holborn Hill, Oxford, and Cambridge : Printed for W, Dwyer, Hanwell and Parker, Cooke, Deighton, and Barrett, 1804. Second Edition, Enlarged and Corrected , 1804, bound in contemporary full vellum, red leather labels with gilt lettering and rules at spine, all edges gilt, pp. xx, lxxiii, 571, [1]errata. frontis. facsimile of Complutensian Polyglot text. with half-title. The bookplates of J. Keene Fleck, legendary Princeton bookseller front paste down, and John Clyde Oswald, president of the National Arts Club, printer, publisher and outstanding authority on Benjamin Franklin, rear pastedown. Very Good, a few tidy marginal pencil notations, inked letters verso front end page, vellum soiled, text with light toning, binding solid. A quite useful and solid copy with a unique provenance. . Second Edition, Enlarged and Corrected. Vellum. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Henry Colburn , 1851. With portrait frontispieces. 2 volumes, bound by Taffin in dark grayish-blue crushed levant morocco, gilt paneled sides, banded and paneled backs, gilt ruled inner dentelles, top edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon markers. Near Fine, light toning throughout both volumes, small rubs at corners.. A quite handsome set. . First Edition. Levant Morocco . Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Macmillan and Co,, 1897. A SCARCE title, finely bound by Bumpus of London in pigskin with intricate gilt tooled Art Nouveau flowing rose blossom and vine motif to front cover and spine, gilt ruled dentelles, all edges gilt, ribbon marker. "The Text Collated Afresh with the Manuscript at Paris the Translation Revised & the Introduction Rewritten". Near Fine, the white morocco evenly soiled. An uncommon choice of binding for that time period, quite lovely with the intricate gilt tooling. . Second Edition. Pigskin . Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

Paris: Librairie des Bibliophiles, 1873. Cette édition a été tirée à 500 exemplaires sur papier de Hollande.( one of 500 copies printed on Halland paper.) In a Fine signed 19th century Auguste Petit binding of gold-toned full crushed morocco, back in five raised bands with gilt rules, lettering, and tail date, covers and edges bordered in 3 gilt rules ornate gilt dentelles, marbled end papers, top edges gilt, A Fine and lovely set with just the slightest of soiling. . First Edition. Morocco. Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Richard Bentley, 1835. SCARCE. INSCRIBED BY Alexander Hamilton, 10th Duke of Hamilton and William Beckford's son-in-law, in the year of publication at half-title page -"To Robert Browne Esq., from the Dk. of Hamilton, June 27th, 1835". Hamilton was married to Beckford's daughter Susan. William Beckford ( 1760-1844), English author and art collector, best known for his Gothic novel "Vathek". Very Good in contemporary signed binding by Maclehose, Glasgow. Full polished calf, two black morocco labels lettered in gilt, double gilt rules to covers, marbled end papers and matching marbled edges, frontispiece portrait of the author engraved by T. A. Dean from the original picture by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Covers rubbed, two small chips to calf at head of spine, scant foxing at end papers only, two small name stamps of prior owner Charles Clarence Chapman. (1853-1944) the first mayor of Fullerton, California, who has been called "The Father of the Citrus… Read More

Holborn Hill, Oxford, and Cambridge : Printed for W, Dwyer, Hanwell and Parker, Cooke, Deighton, and Barrett, 1804. Second Edition, Enlarged and Corrected , 1804, bound in contemporary full vellum, red leather labels with gilt lettering and rules at spine, all edges gilt, pp. xx, lxxiii, 571, [1]errata. frontis. facsimile of Complutensian Polyglot text. with half-title. The bookplates of J. Keene Fleck, legendary Princeton bookseller front paste down, and John Clyde Oswald, president of the National Arts Club, printer, publisher and outstanding authority on Benjamin Franklin, rear pastedown. Very Good, a few tidy marginal pencil notations, inked letters verso front end page, vellum soiled, text with light toning, binding solid. A quite useful and solid copy with a unique provenance. . Second Edition, Enlarged and Corrected. Vellum. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Henry Colburn , 1851. With portrait frontispieces. 2 volumes, bound by Taffin in dark grayish-blue crushed levant morocco, gilt paneled sides, banded and paneled backs, gilt ruled inner dentelles, top edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon markers. Near Fine, light toning throughout both volumes, small rubs at corners.. A quite handsome set. . First Edition. Levant Morocco . Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Macmillan and Co,, 1897. A SCARCE title, finely bound by Bumpus of London in pigskin with intricate gilt tooled Art Nouveau flowing rose blossom and vine motif to front cover and spine, gilt ruled dentelles, all edges gilt, ribbon marker. "The Text Collated Afresh with the Manuscript at Paris the Translation Revised & the Introduction Rewritten". Near Fine, the white morocco evenly soiled. An uncommon choice of binding for that time period, quite lovely with the intricate gilt tooling. . Second Edition. Pigskin . Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

Paris: Librairie des Bibliophiles, 1873. Cette édition a été tirée à 500 exemplaires sur papier de Hollande.( one of 500 copies printed on Halland paper.) In a Fine signed 19th century Auguste Petit binding of gold-toned full crushed morocco, back in five raised bands with gilt rules, lettering, and tail date, covers and edges bordered in 3 gilt rules ornate gilt dentelles, marbled end papers, top edges gilt, A Fine and lovely set with just the slightest of soiling. . First Edition. Morocco. Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Richard Bentley, 1835. SCARCE. INSCRIBED BY Alexander Hamilton, 10th Duke of Hamilton and William Beckford's son-in-law, in the year of publication at half-title page -"To Robert Browne Esq., from the Dk. of Hamilton, June 27th, 1835". Hamilton was married to Beckford's daughter Susan. William Beckford ( 1760-1844), English author and art collector, best known for his Gothic novel "Vathek". Very Good in contemporary signed binding by Maclehose, Glasgow. Full polished calf, two black morocco labels lettered in gilt, double gilt rules to covers, marbled end papers and matching marbled edges, frontispiece portrait of the author engraved by T. A. Dean from the original picture by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Covers rubbed, two small chips to calf at head of spine, scant foxing at end papers only, two small name stamps of prior owner Charles Clarence Chapman. (1853-1944) the first mayor of Fullerton, California, who has been called "The Father of the Citrus… Read More