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Ritchie, Anne Thackeray.
Records of Tennyson, Ruskin, Browning
New York, Harper & Bros,
1893, Hard Cover,
Condition: Good Plus, Daughter of William Makepeace Thackeray. Lady Ritchie had the privilege of befriending many of England's most prolific and respected writers. She grew up among her father's friends, including the Carlyles, the Brownings, Alfred Lord Tennyson, Barry Cornwall, and Edward FitzGerald; and provides in this volume intimate daily life insights into the closed world of British publishing of that era . Ritchie is the author of eight novels, including The Story of Elizabeth (1863), The Village on the Cliff (1867), Old Kensington (1873), Miss Angel (1875), Miss Williamson's Divagations (1881), and Mrs. Dymond (1885). She is perhaps best known, however, for her criticism and memorials of the leading literary figures of her day, including personal memorials of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Elizabeth Gaskell, and Edward Ruskin. Twenty seven plates. Original green cloth boards, gilt decorations and lettering to front board, gilt lettering to spine. Spine rebacked, front hinge cracked, rear hinge reinforced. Spine ends chipped. Binding is tight, text very clean. 8 vo, 190 pages
(Anne, Thackeray, Ritchie, Victorian, Literature, Memoirs, Of, Ruskin, Memoirs, Of, Robert, Browning, Memoirs, Of, Alfred, Tennyson) Cat No. 2186.
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Charnwood, Lord [Godfrey Rathbone Benson] (Basil Williams, Series Editor).
Abraham Lincoln (Makers of the Nineteenth Century Series)
New York, Henry Holt,
1917, Hard Cover,
Condition: Very Good, A personal and political biography of Lincoln, the first considered attempt by an Englishman. Beginning with his boyhood and early career through to his assasination. Many contemporary historians consider this a thorough scholarly work, with profund insight to Lincoln. This biography was highly acclaimed in it's first publishing of 1916, and has been reprinted many times. Frontispiece of Lincoln, fold out map to rear. Chronology, biographical notes and index to rear. Brown cloth boards and spine, blind stamped title to front board, gilt to spine. Lower spine end chipped. Clean text, tightly bound. First page closed edge tear 4 inches. Previous owners inscription to f.e.p. 8vo, 479 pp. 2nd edition.
(Lord, Charnwood, S, Abraham, Lincoln, Abraham, Lincoln, S, Boyhood, Biography, Abraham, Lincoln, Marriage, Of, Abraham, Lincoln, Civil, War, Abraham, Lincoln, S, Administration, Americana, American, History, Slavery, And Southern, Society, American, Presidents) Cat No. 2187.
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Charnwood, Lord [Godfrey Rathbone Benson] (Basil Williams, Series Editor).
Abraham Lincoln (Makers of the Nineteenth Century Series)
New York, Henry Holt,
1917, Hard Cover,
Condition: Very Good, A personal and political biography of Lincoln, the first considered attempt by an Englishman. Beginning with his boyhood and early career through to his assasination. Many contemporary historians consider this a thorough scholarly work, with profund insight to Lincoln. This biography was highly acclaimed in it's first publishing of 1916, and has been reprinted many times. Frontispiece of Lincoln, fold out map to rear. Chronology, biographical notes and index to rear. Brown cloth boards and spine, blind stamped title to front board, gilt to spine. Lower spine end chipped. Clean text, tightly bound. First page closed edge tear 4 inches. Previous owners inscription to f.e.p. 8vo, 479 pp. 2nd edition.
(Lord, Charnwood, S, Abraham, Lincoln, Abraham, Lincoln, S, Boyhood, Biography, Abraham, Lincoln, Marriage, Of, Abraham, Lincoln, Civil, War, Abraham, Lincoln, S, Administration, Americana, American, History, Slavery, And Southern, Society, American, Presidents) Cat No. 2187.
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Charnwood, Lord [Godfrey Rathbone Benson] (Basil Williams, Series Editor).
Abraham Lincoln (Makers of the Nineteenth Century Series)
New York, Henry Holt,
1917, Hard Cover,
Condition: Very Good, A personal and political biography of Lincoln, the first considered attempt by an Englishman. Beginning with his boyhood and early career through to his assasination. Many contemporary historians consider this a thorough scholarly work, with profund insight to Lincoln. This biography was highly acclaimed in it's first publishing of 1916, and has been reprinted many times. Frontispiece of Lincoln, fold out map to rear. Chronology, biographical notes and index to rear. Brown cloth boards and spine, blind stamped title to front board, gilt to spine. Lower spine end chipped. Clean text, tightly bound. First page closed edge tear 4 inches. Previous owners inscription to f.e.p. 8vo, 479 pp. 2nd edition.
(Lord, Charnwood, S, Abraham, Lincoln, Abraham, Lincoln, S, Boyhood, Biography, Abraham, Lincoln, Marriage, Of, Abraham, Lincoln, Civil, War, Abraham, Lincoln, S, Administration, Americana, American, History, Slavery, And Southern, Society, American, Presidents) Cat No. 2187.
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Charnwood, Lord [Godfrey Rathbone Benson] (Basil Williams, Series Editor).
Abraham Lincoln (Makers of the Nineteenth Century Series)
New York, Henry Holt,
1917, Hard Cover,
Condition: Very Good, A personal and political biography of Lincoln, the first considered attempt by an Englishman. Beginning with his boyhood and early career through to his assasination. Many contemporary historians consider this a thorough scholarly work, with profund insight to Lincoln. This biography was highly acclaimed in it's first publishing of 1916, and has been reprinted many times. Frontispiece of Lincoln, fold out map to rear. Chronology, biographical notes and index to rear. Brown cloth boards and spine, blind stamped title to front board, gilt to spine. Lower spine end chipped. Clean text, tightly bound. First page closed edge tear 4 inches. Previous owners inscription to f.e.p. 8vo, 479 pp. 2nd edition.
(Lord, Charnwood, S, Abraham, Lincoln, Abraham, Lincoln, S, Boyhood, Biography, Abraham, Lincoln, Marriage, Of, Abraham, Lincoln, Civil, War, Abraham, Lincoln, S, Administration, Americana, American, History, Slavery, And Southern, Society, American, Presidents) Cat No. 2187.
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