Women Writers from Bygone Books

Ashfield, MA: Paris Press, 2002. First Thus Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Introduction by Hermione Lee, 1st thus edition, 8vo, green cloth, xxxiv, 28 pages, first published in 1930 by The Hogarth Press, cover art by Vanessa Bell. Condition is NEAR FINE book / FINE jacket: scratch mark to front board, otherwise book is like new, unread. … Read more about this item

New York: Columbia University Press, 1979. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st ed, 8vo, brown cloth, 270 pages, reading list, index. VERY GOOD+ book / VERY GOOD+ jacket; very nice condition. Rosenthal focuses on Woolf's "preoccupation with form, her overriding artistic concern and the source of her greatest accomplishment."

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1979. First American edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st American ed. 8vo, hardcover164 pages, b/w illustrations, index. Condition is VERY GOOD book / VERY GOOD jacket: light spotting to pages edges. A stimulating mix of personal and literary history.

New York: Harcourt Brace And Jovanovich, 1977. First American edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Introduction by Quentin Bell. 1st American ed., 8vo, black cloth, b/w illustrations throughout, notes, index. Condition: VERY GOOD book / VERY GOOD jacket: minor wear, ½" closed tear to jacket top edge, slight discoloring along top edge and spine of jacket. … Read more about this item

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2017. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Fine. 2nd printing, UK edition, 8vo, illustrated boards, issued without dust jacket, 387 pages, color and b/w illustrations, bibliography, notes, index. Condition is FINE, with a small crease to spine tail, unread. Worsley offers a fascinating view of Jane Austen's life through the lens of her various homes: Steventon, Bath,… Read more about this item

New York: Moffat, Yard and Company, 1911. 1st Edition . Hardcover. VG+. Introduction and notes by Chauncey Brewster Tinker. 1st ed [published September 1911], 8vo, blind-stamped rust cloth, gilt titles, 252 pages, 15 b/w plates, index. Condition: VERY GOOD+ / no jacket: light rubbing to spine extremities and corners, top page edge mildly "dusty," internally clean and tight.… Read more about this item

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1990. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 1st ed., 8vo, ivory boards with black backstrip, 303 pages, b/w illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. Condition is NEAR FINE / NEAR FINE jacket: very nice copy of this biography that sheds new light on our understanding of Emily Brontë's personality, experience, and writing - all from a… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1947. First American edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 1st American ed. 12mo, beige cloth with green titles, top edge green, 370 pages. Condition is VERY GOOD book / GOOD- jacket: front board has a faint damp stain on bottom edge with a slight rippling of the first several pages which does not affect… Read more about this item

New York: Brentano's, 1914. Hardcover. Very Good. Various.. 8vo, red cloth with gilt lettering on front and spine, top edge gilt, deckled edges, 502 pages, 44 b/w illustrated plates, index, list of "Works by the Brontës." Condition is VERY GOOD / no jacket: slight rubbing to spine extremities, a slightly toned spine, owner bookplate of Edith Scoville ["Be… Read more about this item

New York: Twayne Publishers, 1968. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Twayne's English Author Series No. 67. 1st ed. small 8vo, red boards with gilt titles and TEAS logo, 169 pages, notes, index, bibliography. Condition is NEAR FINE book / VERY GOOD jacket: book is like new; jacket has slight edgewear, some spotting to rear panel. A… Read more about this item

Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1977. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. 1st ed. [no additional printings], 8vo, reddish cloth, 176 pages, frontispiece of Brontë, notes and bibliography. Condition is NEAR FINE / no jacket: appears to be unread, slightest of rubbing to spine tail.

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1949. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. Reprint ed. of 1949, c1938. 12mo, tan cloth, blue titles, map of Barsetshire endpapers, 192 pages. VERY GOOD book / FAIR jacket: book has minor wear to extremities, gentle bumping to corners, faint spine crease; jacket is edgeworn separated at front, spine sunned, price-clipped, now all quite lovely in protective mylar.… Read more about this item

New York: D. Appleton, 1857. First American edition . Hardcover. VG-. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 1st American edition, 12mo, blind-stamped patterned boards with gilt lettering on spine, blue paper endpapers, 2 vols. [285, 269 pages], publisher ads in vol. I are 2 pages [should be 6, but nothing is missing - misbound], vol. II has… Read more about this item

New York: Columbia University Press, 2011. 1st Edition . Hardcover. New/New. 1st edition, 8vo, lime green paper-backed boards, 285 pages, index, b/w illustrations. Condition: NEW book / NEW Jacket: brand new. An absolutely essential book in Austen literary criticism.

New York: Mentor Association, 1919. Soft cover. Very Good. From The Mentor's Department of Literature, Volume 7, Number 13, August 15, 1919, Serial No. 185. Large 8vo, stapled wraps, 12 pages, six photogravures laid-in. Condition is VERY GOOD: light edgewear around paper covers and spine, internally clean and tight with all six gravures present and in excellent condition.… Read more about this item

New York: Chautauqua-Century Press, 1898. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Susan Hale. Men and Manners of the Eighteenth Century. New York: Chautauqua-Century Press, 1898 / Meadville, PA: Flood and Vincent, 1898. 1st thus ed. 12mo, green cloth with black decoration, gilt titles on spine, 326 pages, index. Condition: VERY GOOD+ / no jacket: slight rubbing… Read more about this item

Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library, 1981. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Herbert Tauss. George Eliot. The Mill on the Floss. Description: Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library, 1981. 8vo, green cloth with gilt decoration / green leather backstrip, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon bookmark, 536 pages, b/w illustrations by… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1970. First Edition . Hardcover. NF/NF. 1st ed, 8v0, burgundy cloth, 174 pages, 1 b/w illustration, index. Condition: NEAR FINE book / NEAR FINE jacket: owner name on fep; jacket has a small faint stain to front cover, tiny tear to front top corner. Wollstonecraft (1759-1797), one of the first… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item