THE Lady's Book OF Flowers AND Poetry

Hale, Mrs. Sarah Josepha. FLORA'S INTERPRETER: Or, The American Book Of Flowers And Sentiments. Eleventh Edition, Improved. Marsh, Capen, Lyon, and Webb, Boston: 1842. 1842 ; fester Einband / hard cover

pp. 262, (2)[Index] + Plus 2 bright hand colored engravings with original tissue guards. Very slightly foxed. Early inked ownership of Eliza Ann Morrison, Bedford N.H. Tall 12mo. Original Victorian binding of yellow polished paper on boards, printed in black with decorative types and woodcut floral ornaments. Rubbed overall and worn at extremities, but in a remarkable state of preservation for such a fragile binding. Hardbound. Sarah Josepha (Buell) Hale (1788-1879), author, editor, and feminist, was born near Newport, N.H. In 1828 she became editor of the Ladies' Magazine, Boston, and in 1837 of Godey's Lady's Book, Philadelphia, where she remained over 40 years. The illustrated Lady's Book strongly influenced fashions and manners of her day. Mrs. Hale cultivated female authors and constantly urged the higher education of women. She also advocated a national Thanksgiving holiday. Her most famous poem "Mary Had a Little Lamb" was published in her Poems for Our Children (1830). "Flora's Interpreter" first appeared in 1832 and went through a large number of later editions. The poems are organized by flower, with reflections on the sentiments associated with each flower. A silent language of flowers that was very popular in the early Victorian era. Very scarce in this condition. PLANTS W130 L Rear Hardcover

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Ross, Ann B. Miss Julia Hits the Road, New York, N.Y. Viking Press ; fester Einband / hard cover ISBN: 0-670-03207-7
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From Publishers Weekly Fourth in a popular series about a Southern widow with perfect manners and a taste for trouble, Ross's latest will bring a chorus of "Thank you, Lord"s from faithful readers. Newcomers may need a moment to figure out who's who in the cast-for instance, that Little Lloyd is the son of Julia's late husband, Wesley Lloyd Springer, and his "paramour," Hazel Marie, both of whom Julia has embraced as family. Ross's heroine may set a premium on appearances, like any traditional Southern lady, but what she really loves is problem solving and gracefully doing good. This time out, she finds herself championing her longtime housekeeper, Lillian. A greedy landowner is about to raze Lillian's home-in fact, the entire Willow Lane neighborhood, which houses low-income blacks. In order to save them, Julia gambles her own home and flouts her sense of propriety by donning Hazel Marie's leather pants and participating in a high-stakes motorcycle marathon and poker game, along with the Presbyterian minister's previously stodgy wife. And if that sounds improbable, factor in a spring whose water has an awesome effect on garden shrubbery and men's anatomy, furnishing oodles of delicious scandal. Series fans take note: Binkie and Coleman have a baby, and things look mighty promising between Julia and lawyer Sam Murdoch at the end of the book. Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc. From AudioFile The Miss Julia series is an audiophile's dream; the novels seem to have been created just for audio. Claudia Hughes's narration of this proper Southern lady's adventures is the next best thing to visiting small-town North Carolina. The fourth book of the series finds Miss Julia pulling out all the stops to aid housekeeper Lillian in saving her home from demolition. Hughes lends an authentic Southern air in vocalizing Lillian's despair and delights in her characterization of the... read more --This text refers to the Audio Cassette edition. Book Description Miss Julia-that proper lady of a certain age with a backbone of iron and perfect steel magnolia poise, not to mention the sharpest tongue south of the Mason-Dixon Line-always likes to nip any little problems in the bud. Not this time. Miss Julia is increasingly concerned about her gentleman friend, Sam, who has suddenly started wearing cowboy boots, sending flowers, and writing bad poetry. When he shows up on a Harley-Davidson one day, she's convinced that he's lost his mind-or is at the very least wrestling with a particularly intense midlife crisis. Meanwhile, Miss Julia's invaluable housekeeper, Lillian, and all her neighbors have been evicted from their homes by their greedy landlord, who has bigger plans for the property. So off Miss Julia rides (in the sidecar, naturally)-wearing a Leslie Fay shirtwaist and a black-visored helmet-risking life and limb on a poker run, a motorcycle fund-raiser to save Lillian and her friends' home. Hitting a few bumps on the way, Miss Julia still manages to maintain the impeccable manners and irresistible charm that keep her readers coming back again and again. Hardcover 1.22 x 8.66 x 5.80

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HOOPER Lucy: The Lady's Book of Flowers and Poetry and Complete Floral Dictionary, New York J. C. Riker 1849
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directly from Connecticut, USA. 275pp, red gilt decorated cloth (woman dropping flowers from basket on board and winding leaves to spine), 4 hand coloured plaes, light foxing, several spots, spine faded, frayed and torn to base, thin strip off top, corners worn, large piece of front endpaper gone, owner's inscription, all edges gilt Later Edition 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall Hardback; Later Edition

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