Women's Fiction
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1994 Helen Fielding Cause Celeb Africa Novel Dustwrapper First EditionLondon: 1994A first edition of Helen Fielding's 'Cause Celeb'.
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1988 You Must Remember This Joyce Carol Oates 1950s Family New YorkLondon: 1988A handsome edition of Joyce Carol Oate's book on a family in 1950s New York. The seemingly ordinary family is soon discovered not to be so.
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1992-98 5vol Novels of Joanna Trollope Best of Friends Signed First EditionsLondon: 1992 - 1998A five volume collection of novels by Joanna Trollope. -
1947-1966 25vols E J Oxenham Novels With Dustwrappers Illustrated Colour FirstsLondon: 1947 - 1966A collection of twenty-five novels by Elsie Jeanette Dunkerley
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1985 Anne Rampling Exit to Eden Erotic Novel Dustwrapper First EditionNew York: 1985A first edition of Anne Rampling's 'Exit to Eden'.
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1984 Marguerite Yourcenar The Abyss First English Translation Grace Frick NovelNuffield: 1984A first UK translation of Marguerite Yourcenar's The Abyss.
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1839 7vol The Works of Mrs Hemans With a Memoir of Her Life Fine BindingEdinburgh and London: 1839A handsomely-bound set of the works of the poet, Felicia Hemans.
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c1847 Mayhew The Greatest Plague Of Life First Edition Cruikshank Plates LeatherLondon: c1847A scarce first edition of this curious work edited by the Mayhew brothers, in the very attractive calf binding of Sorrell of London.
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1901 The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance Lucas Malet Fine BindingLondon: 1901A third edition of this novel by Lucas Malet
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1947 Mary Russell Mitford Our Village Leather BoundLondon: 1947A twentieth-century edition of Mitford's 'Our Village'.
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1878 January to June The Argosy Volume XXV Mrs H Wood Illustrated Pomeroy AbbeyLondon: 1878Volume XXV of the 19th century periodical 'The Argosy Magazine'.
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1825 The Twin Sisters or the Advantages of Religion E Sandham IllustratedLondon: 1825A pious tale of two sisters and the benefits of devotion in young lives.
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1886 3vol One Thing Needful Mary Elizabeth Braddon Scarce First EditionLondon: 1886A first edition of this extremely scarce Victorian novel.
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1841 Harriet Martineau The Playfellow The Crofton Boys A Tale Scarce First EdLondon: 1841A scarce edition of The Crofton Boys. A Tale by Harriet Martineau (1802 - 1876) an English social theorist and Whig writer, often cited as the first female sociologist.
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1835 The PRINCESS and MISSIONARY Lady Morgan OWENSONParis: 1835Two scarce works of the Lady Morgan, Miss Owenson in a fine binding.
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1822 2vols Early Lessons by Maria Edgeworth Eighth EditionLondon: 1822A set of Early Lessons by Maria Edgeworth.
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1868 Poems Felicia Hemans Complete Edition Elusium Arabella Stuart The DepartedEdinburgh and London: 1868A nicely bound copy of Felicia Hemans' poetry.
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1840 Michael ARMSTRONG by Frances TROLLOPE FirstLondon: 1840The first one volume edition of what has rightly been called Trollope's 'damning expose of child labour' -ODNB.
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1809 4vol Woman or Ida of Athens Lady Sydney Owenson MorganLondon: 1809A first edition of this novel from Victorian socialite, Lady Sydney Morgan.
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1862 A Description of Millenium Hall Sarah Scott Illus First Ed Scarce FeministLondon: 1862A very scarce first edition of this significant and popular novel.
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1832-1833 18Vols Maria Edgeworth Tales & Novels Uniformly Bound in Half CalfLondon: 1832-1833A uniformly smartly bound collection of works from prolific Irish writer of adults' and children's literature, Maria Edgeworth.
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1826 Poems ELIZA ACTON 1st EditionLondon: 1826A bright, scarce first edition of Poems by Eliza Acton.
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1799 2 Vols POEMS and PLAYS by Jane WESTLondon: 1799A scarce copy of poems and plays by the conservative author, Jane West.
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1949 1st Nadine Gordimer Face to Face First Edition Original Dustwrapper SIGNEDJohannesburg: 1949The first edition of this collection of short stories by South African author, Nadine Gordimer. -
1910 Edna Lyall Knight-Errant Relfe Binding Novel Prize Binding Wanstead CollegeLondon: 1910An attractively bound copy of this novel by Edna Lyall
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1870 Warp and Woof The Reminiscences of Doris Fletcher Holme LeeLondon: 1870A Victorian novel by Harriet Parr, who wrote under the pseudonym Holme Lee.
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1915 The Independence of Claire George De Horne Vaizey IllustratedLondon: 1915A first edition novel by Jessie Belll, illustrated with a frontispiece.