Watch the Lady by Freemantle, Elizabeth

Philadelphia: Gerorge W. Jacobs & Co.. Navy blue covers w/gilt titles and illustrations of maple leaf on spine and cover. Bookstore marks on first blank page/inside cover. Light rubbing to extremities. 319 pgs. . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1908.

PHILADELPHIA: GEORGE W. JACOBS & CO.. G+ IN BLUE CLOTH WITH GILT ILLUSTRATION. NO DJ. Pages: 319. . 1908. HARDCOVER.. LIGHTLY EDGEWORN. PREV. OWNER NAMES & INSCRIPTION FFEP. ALL TEXT CLEAN, BINDING TIGHT. .

Philadelphia, PA: George W. Jacobs & Co.. G/No Dustjacket. (1908). First Edition. Decorative Cloth. 12mo., 319 pp., Gently cracked .

Philadelphia: George W. Jacobs & Co., 1908. First American Edition, Advance Copy . Hardcover. Near Fine. 319 Pp. Blue Cloth Stamped In Gilt And White, Top Edge Gilt, Illustrated Yellow Endpapers. First American Printing, With "Published August, 1908" On Copyright Page. Near Fine, But Their Are Remains Of A Leaf Between The Front Free Endpaper And The Half-Title, Apparently A Blank Leaf Which Was Torn Away. No Marks.

LONDON: Penguin Michael Joseph, 2013. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First UK edition/First Printing. Signed and dated..

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1.] FINE+/FINE+.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt,colour photographic illustrated dw/dj panels,with white and fluorescent bronze gilt lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog- ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,stamped fluorescent bronze gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-464pp [paginated] includes a prologue,13 chapters and an epilogue,character list/table,significant dates list,and further reading; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication, acknowledgements between the last page and character list,and 8pp blanks at the rear of the book.Author's… Read More

Philadelphia: George W. Jacobs & Co, 1908. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Decorative blue cloth stamped in gilt with double white line boarder, top edge gilt. Illustrated with four color lithographic plates. Owner's stamp on half-title, faint soiling on spine, else still near fine, lacking the scarce dustwrapper.

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London: Michael Joseph/Goldsboro Books, 2023. First UK edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. 354pp. 8vo. Black paper over boards, stamped spine. Author has signed her name on the title page, this being #38 of 300 copies signed by the author. Book is a stated first edition, and has the number 001 on the copyright page. Book is unread, unclipped, unmarked, tight, bright, and jacket has a mylar protector. Sprayed edges.. Book's central character is Artimisia. Gift quality. From a blurb: "'I could not put this book down. Every woman - and man - should read it. Shocking, gripping, Fremantle has crafted a tale that vividly evokes Baroque Italy by portraying a strong, assertive women. Splendid!'" ALISON WEIR.

Michael Joseph, 2013. Hardcover. Fine. 1ST EDITION, 1ST PRINT. Book in unread FINE/FINE condition. SIGNED BY AUTHOR TO TITLE PAGE. For fans of Hilary Mantel, Philippa Gregory and Alison Weir, Elizabeth Fremantle's first novel, Queen's Gambit, is a riveting account of Katherine Parr, the Tudor queen who married four men and outlived three of them - including Henry VIII. Widowed for the second time aged thirty-one, Katherine is obliged to return to court but, suspicious of the aging Henry and those who surround him, she does so with reluctance. Nevertheless when she finds herself caught up in a passionate affair with the dashing and seductive Thomas Seymour, she believes she might finally be able to marry for love. But her presence at court has attracted the attentions of another... Captivated by her honesty and intelligence, Henry Tudor has his own plans for Katherine and no one is in the position to refuse a proposal from the king. With her charismatic lover dispatched to the continent,… Read More