Lady llanover ed (3 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Poor. Volume 2. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. Re-bound by library. Library sticker on front cover.Larger blue cloth 8vo with gilt lettering on backstrip. Cocked. Bumped corners and a fair amount of fraying with several small tears in backstrip. Yellow end papers. Chipped frontispiece, with some repairs. Title page secured with clear tape. Pages secure and clear of markings. Some grubbiness and foxing throughout. Several pages have slightly chipped edges. Trimmed. Contains a few plates. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1000grams, ISBN. …

Zustand: Poor. Volume 2. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. Re-bound by library. Library sticker on front cover.Series 1. Medium blue cloth 8vo with gilt lettering on backstrip. Bumped corners and minor general wear to exterior. Interior is secure. Several pages have marginal pencil markings and a few have small tears in margins. Some grubbiness. Trimmed. Contains a few plates. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,900grams, ISBN.…

Leather. Zustand: Very Good. First edition. A finely bound six-volume first edition set of The Life and Correspondence of Mary Granville, an intriguing autobiography of the artist, court favourite, and Bluestocking intellectual, edited by her great-great-niece, Lady Llanover. In a smart half calf binding with marbled paper boards, bound by Tuckett, binder to the Queen.The first editions.Comprised of the First and Second series, three volumes to each. Complete in six volumes.Including a frontispiece, each copy is illustrated with monochrome plates, with four plates to volume I, five to volume II, four to volume III, four to volume IV, three to volume V and five to volume VI. Volume VI also features a large fold-out genealogical table of the Granville family.This set presents the life and correspondence of Mary Granville (17001788), an accomplished artist, favourite at the court of George III and Queen Charlotte, and letter-writer whose vivid exchanges offer an intimate glimpse into Georgian society.Volume I opens with her unfinished autobiography and continues with letters from 1717 to 1737, edited with introductions and notes by her great-great-niece, Lady Llanover. Granville was also a leading member of the Blue Stockings Society, the influential circle that championed women"s education and intellectual collaboration. In a half calf binding with marbled paper boards, bound by Tuckett, binder to the Queen.Externally, smart. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities, resulting in slight loss to calf. Slight rubbing to marbled paper boards, resulting in slight loss. One or two small closed tears and chips to heads and tails of spines. Bookplate of Elizabeth Winn to front paste down of the first volume. Previous owner's discreet contemporary ink inscription to front free endpapers. Front and rear hinges cracked on the odd copy, but holding firm. Internally, firmly bound. Hinges slightly strained in places, but firm. Pages bright and clean with the odd spot to furst and last few leaves. Small closed tear to the genealogical table in volume III of the second series. Very Good. None Stated (illustrator). book.…