Georgette Heyer Charity Girl

HEYER, GEORGETTE. Charity Girl. Dutton, New York: 1970.

255 pages. "My aunt said in future I should be called Charity," said Cherry Stean pathetically, "to keep me in mind of the fact that that is what I am - a charity girl." Lord Desford's chivalrous instincts are instantly aroused, and in spite of support from Miss Henrietta Silverdale, his childhood playmate and best of friends, and from his irrepressible younger brother Simon, he finds himself in a rare case of pickles, in which he is balked by Cherry's lickpenny grandfather and her rascally worthless father, and from which he is finally delivered by the timely intervention of Henrtietta's worthy suitor, Cary Nethercott. Hardcover with dustjacket. Good condition.

[SW: (Key Words: Georgette Heyer, Regency England, Charity, Fiction).]

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Heyer, Georgette: CHARITY GIRL, 1970 New York E. P. Dutton ; fester Einband / hard cover
0525079769

Hardcover Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket Edition: 1st American Edition; 1st Printing Spine ends & corners of book cover have extremely light bumping & rubbing. Dark orangy-red paper covered boards have a tan cloth spine with gilt lettering. Text pages are clean & bright. Endpapers are a solid white color. Spine ends & corners of dust jacket have a bit of light bumping & rubbing. Corners and edges of the dust jacket have a bit of light edge wear & very beginning wrinkling as well. Rear dust jacket cover has a couple of spots of dirt. Top edge of dust jacket spine and two tiny edge nick / tears. There is also a tiny crack / tear to the front spine joint by the bottom spine end. Overall, a very good+ copy. "My aunt said in future I should be called Charity, - said Cherry Steane pathetically, - to keep me in mind of the fact that that is what I am - a charity girl. - Lord Desford's chivalrous instincts are instantly aroused, and, in spite of support from Miss Henrietta Silverdale, his childhood playmate and best of friends, and from his irrepressible younger brother Simon, he finds himself in a rare case of pickles, in which he is balked by Cherry's lickpenny grandfather and her rascally, worthless father, and from which he is finally delivered by the timely intervention of Henrietta's worhty suitor, Cary Nethercott."

[SW: Historical Fiction Georgette Heyer Regency Fiction Regency England Regency Romance England Regency Romance]

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Heyer, Georgette: Charity Girl, Toronto Bodley Head 1970 ; fester Einband / hard cover; Schutzumschlag / dust cover; 1. Ed.
Very Good Barbosa, Arthur (cover)

First Canadian edition, 254 pp, orange cloth with gold lettering on spine. Spine slightly slanted, just a bit of edge wear. Jacket in protective Brodart, minor edge wear with a little chipping at top and base of spine and a couple small, nearly closed tears. A little rubbing, spine sunned, price sticker near top of front inside flap. An attractive copy. <p> "The Viscount thought he had seldom seen a more pathetic picture. Not only was Cherry Steane's countenance woebegone, but the shoes and the hem of the duffle cloak she wore were sadly muddied. She looked to be hot, tired and despairing. Cherry succeeded in mastering her agitation. 'I beg your pardon!' she uttered. 'It was only because you look so kind, sir, and talked to me last night-that I ask you to take me to London with you in your carriage. But it was wrong of me. My-my affairs are not your concern!' 'Come along,' said the Viscount." Charity Girl is set in Heyer's favorite Regency England period. First Canadian Edition Very Good - Hard Cover 7¾" - 9¾" Tall; First Canadian Edition

[SW: Romance Fiction, Cherry Steane (fictitious character), Viscount Desford Wroxton (fictitious character), Regency England, Regency Romance, Historical RomanceGeorgette Heyer]

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Heyer, Georgette: Charity Girl, New York E. P. Dutton & Co 1970 ; fester Einband / hard cover; Schutzumschlag / dust cover
Very Good

Spine slanted, corners bumped, slight edge wear, a little browning but text is clean and unmarked. Jacket shows some edge wear and a little chipping, some darkening. A nice copy. <p> "The Viscount thought he had seldom seen a more pathetic picture. Not only was Cherry Steane's countenance woebegone, but the shoes and the hem of the duffle cloak she wore were sadly muddied. She looked to be hot, tired and despairing. Cherry succeeded in mastering her agitation. 'I beg your pardon!' she uttered. 'It was only because you look so kind, sir, and talked to me last night-that I ask you to take me to London with you in your carriage. But it was wrong of me. My-my affairs are not your concern!' 'Come along,' said the Viscount." Charity Girl is set in Heyer's favorite Regency England period. Book Club (BCE/BOMC) Good + Hard Cover 7¾" - 9¾" Tall; Book Club (BCE/BOMC)

[SW: Romance Fiction, Cherry Steane (fictitious character), Viscount Desford Wroxton (fictitious character), Regency England, Regency Romance, Historical RomanceGeorgette Heyer]

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