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CATALOG 130 8/15/07

Chicago is getting ready for the AGM in October. I will be there without books - but I am eager to meet our readers! I hope we can have supper together one night, as we did in Milwaukee. More later.

Catalog 131
New Books and Mercantile 1-316 Used Books 317-526 Issued 2/22/08

NEW BOOKS

1. AIDAN,Pamela.Duty and Desire.NY: S&S,2006,280p.Paper, $14 Reading Group Guide at back. This is one of a popular series.

2. AIKEN, Joan. Eliza's Daughter. London: 1994, 316p. Sequel to S & S by one of the best sequel writers. DJ. Special, $15

3. ANDERSON, Amanda. Tainted Souls and Painted Faces. The Rhetoric of Fallenness in Victorian Culture. Ithaca: Cornell, 1993, 250p.Dickens, Gaskell, Barrett Browning. Paper. $7.50

4. ARGENT, Mark, ed. Recollections of R.J.S. Stevens (b.1757). An organist in GeorgianLondon.1992,xix,314p.Publ.$34.95, $14 A delightful memoir focusing on late 1700s, + chart showing parallel events: (i.e.: 1773: His voice broke; Mozart began second visit to Italy; Boston Tea Party.)

5. Aston, Elizabeth. The Exploits & Adventures of Miss Alethea Darcy. NY: Touchstone, 2005, 332p. Paper, $14 The sequel to a sequel - will it ever end? With reading group guide at rear. Oh by the way - Alethea is Darcy's musical daughter. Role reversal, etc. The works.

6. ---. Mr. Darcy's Daughters. NY: 2003, 362p. 20 years after PP. Sequel. Reader's guide at rear. Paper, $14 NOW IN PAPER

7. AUERBACH, Emily. In Search of Jane Austen. Madison: 2004, 344p. Featuring various illustrations of Jane. Paper, $21.95 "Demolishes with wit and vivacity the often-held view of 'Jane,' a decorous maiden aunt writing her small drawing-room stories of teas and balls." 32 illus. The Unsung Austen

8. AUSTEN, James. The Complete Poems of James Austen. Jane Austen's eldest brother. Editor David Selwyn, with introduction and notes. Chawton: JAS, 2003, xvi, 191p. Paper. $23 James [1765-1819] was a prolific poet, yet none of his verse was published in his lifetime; except for excerpts in letters, most are in print here for the first time. . Cambridge Canon - The Complete Set! Austen, Jane. Cambridge Edition of the Works of Jane Austen. Janet Todd, general editor. Cambridge: 2005 and 2006. You will note there is no Number 9. The Later Manuscripts edited by Brian Southam was cancelled by Cambridge, but the book appears on our list-see Southam.

9. Emma, editors Cronin/Macmillan, $120, our price $105

10. Jane Austen in Context, editor, Janet Todd, $90, our price $75 (see separate listing for paperback)

11. Juvenilia, Peter Sabor, editor, $120, our price, $105.

12. Mansfield Park, John Wiltshire, editor, $120, our price, $105

13. Northanger Abbey, Barbara Benedict/Deirdre LeFaye, eds., $90, our price $80

14. Persuasion, Antje Blank/Janet Todd, editors, $90, our price, $80

15. Pride and Prejudice, Pat Rogers, editor, $120, our price, $105.

16. Sense & Sensibility, Ed Copeland, ed., 2006, $120,our price, $105 We have a special offer for those who purchase the6 novels& the Juvenilia—ask.

17. AUSTEN, Jane. Classic Library. India: Wilco Pub. House, 2002. Gilt titles on cover. E, 457p., NA, 242p., MP, 497p., P, 254p., PP, 370p., SS, 357p. Silk page markers.Boards, 6 Vs, $40 An inexpensive set suitable for scholars or graduates.

18. ---. Emma. Editor, Alistair M. Duckworth. Case Studies in Contemporary Criticism. NY: 2002, xvii, 638p. Paper, $13.95 Text to page 381; followed by biographical, historical and cultural contexts, critical history, and essays from contemporary criticism perspectives. The revered Duck-worth has included Claudia Johnson on gender criticism; Devoney Looser on Feminist Criticism, plus Marilyn Butler on combining perspectives of Emma.

19. ---. History of England by a partial, prejudiced & ignorant Historian. 16p. Carr's Pocket Books. Mini. Red cover, paper, $3

20.---. Jane Austen's Lady Susan. A Facsimile of the Manuscript in the Pierpont Morgan Library and the 1925 Printed Edition.. NY: Garland, 1989, 400 pp. 9x11". Cloth, no jacket as issued. Orig. $100, F5, sale, $55 Preface A. Walton Litz. 1925 portion and anon. preface by R. W. Chapman Part 1: Manuscript of Lady Susan. Part 2, text of Lady Susan by Jane Austen, written about 1805, first published in 1871, now reprinted from the manuscript at Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1925 173p.

21. ---.Jane Austen's Letters. 3rd ed. NY: OUP, 1997R, 643p. Deirdre LeFaye, editor. Complete re-editing. Paper $23.50 116 pages of notes to the letters. New materials that came to light since Chapman's 1952 edition. A great book to own! Witty phrases you've been quoting for years. Biographical, topographical and other indexes.

22. ---. Jane Austen Selected letters 1796-1817. NY: Oxford. 226p. Earlier editions. Various editors. New, but old. Paper. Each $4 Taken from the Chapman edition, 1932, as well as Brabourne edition of 1884.

23. ---. Lady Susan. London: 1984R. xvi,188p. R. W. Chapman notes. DJ. One of the four volumes of JALibrary series. F5. $25 Facsimile Clarendon Press 1925. JA's most neglected novel; not published in her lifetime. Preface by Lord Cecil; new preface by Southam.

24. ---. Mansfield Park. Editor, Claudia L. Johnson. Norton Critical Edition. NY: 1998, xxi, 514p. (text to p. 321.)Paper, $13 A great edition, not just because of this extra material--but because the entire Lovers' Vows is printed in the rear! And the Humphry Repton before-and-after!

25. ---. Northanger Abbey. Everyman's Lib. #109.London: 1992, xxxvii,241p. Introduction, Claudia L. Johnson, DJ. $15 Published after 1995.Handsome edition in b/w DJ. Octavo.

1 PLUS 3

26. ---. Northanger Abbey, Lady Susan, The Watsons, Sanditon. Oxford World's Classics. NY: Oxford, 2003, 50/379pp. Introduction and Notes, Claudia L. Johnson. Paper. $5.95 Includes textual notes, bibliography chronology and glossary, Appendices on rank and dancing by Vivien Jones.

27. ---. Persuasion. The Manuscript chapters. London: 1985R. [1926] Preface B. C. Southam. DJ. In UK $30. JA Libr. $25 Unpaginated (but xviii,39,35,18p.) Written, then discarded. First published in James Edward Austen-Leigh's 2d edition 1871 of Memoir. Facsimile pages of deleted chapters printed first time. Ed. R. W. Chapman.

KEEPSAKE 1894 EDITION REPRODUCED!

28. ---. Pride and Prejudice. NY: 2005, xxvii, 476p. 150 b/w illustrations Hugh Thomson. Red cloth in DJ, E78, $16.95 Sought-after 1894 London edition of PP reproduced in facsimile with Hugh Thomson's title page and inscription. Legendary 15p. introduction by George Saintsbury, with first mention of "Janites" (see Pers. #16, Hanaway, p. 28). Larger than the original, with readable typeface; cover is red cloth with gilt decorated spine exactly as original. (Original was green cloth/gilt). Beautiful dust jacket.

COMPLETE NOVEL ON DISK!

29.---. Pride and Prejudice. Book and searchable CD Rom. London: Wordsworth, 1999 & 2001, xvi,265p. $9 Introduction and notes by Ian Littlewood. Plus a CD/study version containing full text, (61 chapters - look up keywords at will - great for quiz-takers, quiz-makers!) Glossary, key quotes & more. Many scenes in color. Works off your internet.

A POPULAR GIFT EDITION

30. ---. Pride and Prejudice. Franklin Library, 1980, 367p. 7 favorite characters illus. in b/w by Chris Duke. Red/gilt leather-look composition boards, all edges gilt. Large octavo. New. $25

OUR NEWEST AUSTEN TITLE

31. ---. Three Prayers and a Poem by Jane Austen. Kent: Friends of Godmersham Church, 20p. First Edition thus. Illustrations b/w John Ward, CBE. Unattributed introduction. Austen's Rose poem. Chronology Jane Austen and Godmersham. Rendering Godmersham Park 2006. Red/black stiff card covers. Tassel. $20 Readers who own the Godmersham Ed.of Pride and Prejudice will be thrilled to see more of Mr. Ward's work. Born 1917, he died while this was on the press. F13 variation.

32. ---. Volume the First. NY: 1985R, xix,138p. Ed. R. W. Chapman. JA Library. Preface Brian Southam, DJ. $25 A reprint of Clarendon Press 1925 ed. As she entitled it--14 pieces dating from 1787 to 1793. Frederic & Elfrida, Jack & Alice, Edgar & Emma, Henry & Eliza, the beautifull Cassandra, Amelia Webster, Mr. Harley, et al.

Special Set - Special Sale

33. ---. Works of Jane Austen. 10 volumes in lidded box. Unusual set from Robert Fredericks of Bath without name, date or place (RF on spine). All edges gilt. Each book 3 ¼ x 5", 10" across lined up in box. Green boards, sale, $95 In gilt across box: The Works of Jane Austen in 10 volumes and small silhouette below. Silk page markers. Our friendly expert in California tells us the books are printed cross-grain, that's why the pages seem stiff. Very attractive.

THE "DEFINITIVE" SINGLES Oxford Illustrated Jane Austen, eds. Southam & Chapman, resp. 34. ---. Minor Works. NY: Oxford, 1988. The juvenilia and fragments (LS,S,W), short verses and prayers. Indexes. DJ. $10

35. ---. Sense and Sensibility. NY: Oxford, 1988. Ed. Chapman. At rear, "Miss Austen's English." Other notes. DJ. $10

36. Paper edition: Northanger Abbey/Persuasion,1 vol., $8

37. Pride and Prejudice, $8

38.Sense and Sensib. $8 (only 1 ea.)

39. --- AYLMER, Janet. Darcy's Story. NY: 2006, 227pp.First published 1996 with same title. Paper, $13.95 This book is 10 years old - one of the first really well-written parallel tellings of Pride and Prejudice from Darcy's point of view. Most of Darcy's utterances are written by Jane Austen - the rest is Aylmer.

40. (---.) BAGCHI, Barnita. Pliable Pupils and Sufficient Self-Directors. Narratives of Female Education by Five British Women Writers 1778-1814. India: 2004, 196p. Cloth in DJ. $25 Featuring Lady Mary Hamilton (prev. Lady Mary Walker); Clara Reeve; Elizabeth Hamilton; Mary Brunton; and the early Jane Austen.

41. BAINBRIDGE, Beryl. According to Queeney. NY: Carroll & Graf, 2001, 216p. Novel. DJ. Published at $22, now $9 And a wonderful one-page review in the New Yorker! In 1764, Dr. Sam. Johnson attends a dinner and beyond expectations is taken into the social orbit of Mrs. Thrale. Queeney is the daughter of Hester Salusbury Lynch Thrale later Piozzi.

42. BALZAC, Honore de [1799-1850]. Physiology of Marriage. Baltimore: JHUP, 1997, xxi,354p. Coolly examines economics and power relationships of seduction and love. Paper, $10 With introduction Sharon Marcus. This book brought him his first fame as a writer. English translation originally published 1904; book dates from 1826.

A Completion - Signed

43. BARRETT, Julia. Jane Austen's Charlotte. Her Fragment of a Last Novel, completed by. NY: 2000, 240p. DJ. Signed, sale, $15 A completion of Sanditon. JA's fragment occupies the first 74 pages.

44. BARRON, Stephanie. Jane and His Lordship's Legacy. Being a Jane Austen Mystery. 1 illustration. NY: 2005, 292p. DJ. $24

45. ---. Jane and the Ghosts of Netley. 2003. DJ. Sale $19

46. ---. Jane and the Prisoner of Wool House. 2001. DJ. $23.95

47. ---. Jane and Genius of the Place. 1999. The Canterbury Races. DJ. Big Sale, $12

48. ---. Jane and the Man of the Cloth... 1997. Jane in Lyme Regis. DJ. SIGNED, sale, $14

49. ---. Jane and the Wandering Eye... 1998. Drama and in-trigue in Bath: more than meets the eye. DJ. Signed copy, $15

50. BARTON, Helen. The Jane Austen Quiz Book. London: 1999R, 64p. 12 titled quizzes. paper, $15

51. BEBRIS, Carrie. North by Northanger Or, the Shades of Pemberley. NY: Forge, 2006. The Darcy detective duo meets Mr. Tilney. Signed. DJ. $23.95

52. ---. Suspense and Sensibility (Or, First Impressions Revisited). A Mr. and Mrs. Darcy Mystery. NY: Tom Doherty, 2005, 301p. A long-look back at the Dashwoods. Signed. $22.95

53. ---. Pride and Prescience. First in series. DJ. $23.95

54. BENNETT, Veronica. Cassandra's Sister. Cambridge: Can-dlewick2007,230p. Jane growing up.Historical novel. DJ. $15.99 For the younger reader. "I wanted to explore a stage of her life when her concerns were the timeless ones of a young girl—love, ambition, family, friends."

55. BESS. Of Household Stuff: The 1601 Inventories of Bess of Hardwick. London: Natl. Trust. 71p. Describes life and holdings of a gifted 16th C. countess widowed 4 times. Paper, $10

56. BIRTWISTLE/CONKLIN. The Making of Pride and Prejudice. (w/Firth). London: 1995, 120p. Limited number of copies signed by Andrew Davies, the screenwriter. New Gilson xlvi. Paper, $28 A great book - still selling after all these years! Picture-story of making of the Firth video. Color shots, costume sketches, maps.

57. BOLTON, Lesley. Jane Austen Miscellany. Ill: 2006, 128p. Illustrated. Paragraphs on the novels and the life. DJ, $9.95 This little book - we have another of the same name (you can't copyright titles) includes drawings by Brock. Perfect as a gift book.

REMARKABLE NEW BOOK

58. BOTTOMER, Phyllis F. So Odd a Mixture: Along the Autistic Spectrum in 'Pride and Prejudice.' London: Kingsley, 2007, 207p.Foreward Eileen Sutherland, X-Pres, Jasna. Paper, $19.95 Looks at 8 seemingly diverse characters in Pride and Prejudice who display autistic traits. "Autism was first labeled as such in 1943. Formal recognition of the condition may not have existed in Austen's lifetime but people w/ it certainly did."

59. BRONTË, C. The Sayings of Charlotte Brontë, ed. T. J. Winnifrith. London: Duckworth, 1996, 64p. Paper, big sale, $5 Most all the quotes are from her letters, except for the chapter labeled Art.

60. (---) SELLARS, Jane. Charlotte Brontë. British Library Writers Lives. OUP, 1997, 128p. Glossy paper, heavily illustrated, laminated paper covers. Sale, $8

61. (---.) SYMINGTON, J. A. Bibliography of the Works of All Members of the Brontë Family and of Brontëana. Hodgkins: 2000, 210p. Vol. 20 and the last volume of the Shakespeare Head Brontë. Cloth, no dust jacket as issued. $30

62. BROOKE, Frances [1724-1789]. The Excursion, [1777] KY: 1997, xlix, 181p. Eds. Backscheider & Cotton. Paper, $16.95 Drew upon the English courtship novel in tradition of Haywood, Fielding and Burney. Does not concentrate on romantic adventures.

63. (BURNEY.) DOODY, Margaret Anne. Frances Burney. The Life in the Works. 1988, 441p. Published @ $15.95, paper, $12

64. (---) DAVENPORT, Hester. Faithful Handmaid. Fanny Burney at the Court of King George III. Stroud: 2003, 256p. Paper, $10 "The skill of this biography lies in its blending of private record with public history." TLS. Draws on letters and journals, explores events of the court and her place within it. She recorded the king's "madness" and recovery. 8 p. plates.

65. Bussby, Frederick. Jane Austen in Winchester. Winchester: Friends, 1991R. 24 pages. Blue covers. Paper $12

66. BYRDE, Penelope. Fashion in the Works of Jane Austen. Bath: 1999, 128p. 22 pages colour plates. Cloth, DJ. $33 JA's references to fashion have been arranged in 6 chapters, based on A Frivolous Distinction, paper, 1979. Dozens of extra drawings added to complement Austen's text. Brief guide to textile terms. Byrde is curator of the Museum of Costume..

67. CASSIDY, Martin. Marching with Wellington 1808-1815. The 27th (Inniskilling) Foot from the Peninsula to Waterloo. West Yorkshire: Leo Cooper, 2003. 216 p. With the infantry during the Napoleonic Wars. Publ. at $40, DJ, $15

68. CHEESMAN, C./J.Williams. Rebels Pretenders and Impos-tors. NY:SMP, 2000, 192p.Illustrations.Reg. $26.95, DJ.F/f, $12 Throughout history individuals have pictured themselves becoming emperor king queen or president. The extraordinary personalities, the individual stories and images they employed are fascinating.

ILLUMINATING!

69. CLARKE, Norma. Dr. Johnson's Women. London: 2000, xii,260p. 8p. glossy plate inset. Investigates the lives and writing of 6 leading female authors Johnson knew well: Elizabeth Carter, Charlotte Lennox, Elizabeth Montagu, Hester Thrale, Hannah More and Fanny Burney. The inside story! DJ. $15 Dr Johnson was willing to treat women as intellectual equals and to promote their careers, something ignored by J's main biographer, James Boswell.

70. CLEARY, Kristen and Robyn Sommer. A Jane Austen Miscellany. Sisters Suitors Families Friends. Kent: 1999, unpaginated. Laminated covers, 5 ¼ x 7 ¼, $8 Another of the brisk compilations, this with more lengthy thoughtful citations.

71. COFFIN, David. Shirtmaking: Developing Skills for Fine Sewing. NY: Taunton Press, 173p. 8x10. Laminated cover. $7 Anyone who shows up at an AGM country-dance party in a shirt made from this book deserve 4 stars!This is serious sewing!Patterns,instructions,diagrams, photos.

72. COHEN, Paula Marantz. Jane Austen in Scarsdale or, Love, Death and the SATs. NY: SMP, 2006, 275p. By a professor at Drexel U. in Philadelphia, the author of Jane in Boca. DJ. $23.95 A glimpse at the admissions process - and a retelling of Persuasion. If in the first few pages you find your mind drifting to Lyme Regis - you've got it! Recently - very recently - reviewed again by the NY.Times in their education section.

73. ---. Much Ado About Jessie Kaplan. 2004. DJ. Sale, $15 Several allusions to Austen for the sharp-eyed reader. 63.Used trade paper…$5

74. COLLIER, Jane. [1715-1755] An Essay on the Art of Ingeniously Tormenting[1753]. Oxford World Classics. Oxford: 2006, 111p. Ed. Katharine A. Craik. Paper, $13.95 A fascinating glimpse into 18th C daily life, the treatment of servants and depend- ants and the bringing up of children."Thrilling precursor tothe art of Jane Austen."

75. COLLINS, IRENE. Jane Austen and the Clergy. NY: 2002R, 242p. [1994]. Beautifully illustrated on glossy paper - 8 pages photos. Plus notes, bibliography, appendix, index. Paper, $12 One of the most popular books we've ever stocked. This book demonstrates the importance of Jane Austen's clerical background and explains the clergy in her novels: Patronage, Manners and Morals, the Clergy and the Neighborhood, more. Now released by the publisher at a new low price. SIGNED BY IRENE!

76. COLLINS. Jane Austen and the Clergy. Paper. $18.95

77. Cook, Vivian. Accomodating Brocolli in the Cemetary. Or why can't anybody spell? London/NY: SS, 2005, 168p. DJ. $9 Mr. Cook thrills the reader with more than a hundred entries that will tickle the inner spelling geek in every reader. The route of the alphabet.

78. (COOKERY.) Quotable Quotes: The Cook. London: Magpie, 2004, 192p. 16-17-18-19th C. writers. Drawings. DJ. $10

79. (---.) GROSSMAN/THOMAS. Lobscouse & Spotted Dog. Which it's a gastronomic companion to the Aubrey/ Maturin novels.1997, xxix,304p. Forward Patrick O'Brian. DJ. Sale, $18 A cookbook! Even if you haven't read the O'Brian novels, you'll love this book. Excerpts from novels; music for 11 songs.

80.(---.)KIDDER,Edward [1665-1739].Receipts Pastry & Cook-ery for the Use of His Scholars. U Iowa, 1993,179p. DJ. $10 Predates modern squeamishness about cooking with organ meats and consuming animal fat. "The language seems oddly direct, and personalized." A RAVE REVIEW! NEWLY ANNOTATED

81. CORRINGHAM, Mary. I, Jane Austen. 2001R, 105p.Ppr $10 Written 1965. Poeticized biography in Rime Royal, used by Chaucer. New with memoir and 40p.notes to the text by a descendant, H. P. Henningham. A glowing review in JASNA News Letter.

82. Costumes. Kost?me. Trajes. Paris: L'Aventurine, 2002, 383p. Hundreds of drawings in b/w. Stiff paper, 10.5 x 9. F, $20 Nothing but 350 pages of costumes from antiquity to 20th C., from page 350, a petite description of every one, in 3 languages, none French. Clara Schmidt, ed.

83. CURWEN, Henry Darcy, ed. A Johnson Sampler. Boston: Nonpareil, 2002, 320p. Witty excerpts from writings. Paper, $12

84. DAVID, Saul. Prince of Pleasure. The Prince of Wales and the Making of the Regency. London: 1998, 404p. Paper, $10 A new study since Christopher Hibbert's version. At once farce, tragedy and melodrama.

85. DAVYS, Mary (1674?-1732). The Reform'd Coquet, Familiar Letters Betwixt a Gentleman and a Lady, and The Accomplish'd Rake. 1999, xlix,253p. Martha Bowden, editor. Paper, $16.95 Davys wrote these epistolary novels in 1724, 1725 &1727, respectively. After the death of her husband, she supported herself by writing and running a coffeehouse.

86. DE COURTAIS, Georgine. Women's Hats, Headdresses and Hairstyles.With 453 illustrations, medieval to modern.NY: 2006, reprinted from Batsford original of 1986. 187p. Paper, 8x11, $15

87. DE LIGNE, Prince Charles-Joseph de [1735-1814]. Coup d'Œil at Belœil and a Great Number of European Gardens. 1991,295p.Trans.1795 ed.Basil Guy.11x9. Publ.at $105,dj, $30 The most gorgeous gardener's book ever! DeLigne, a military man, thought his gardens more handsome than any in Europe "if it weren't for Versailles." He landscaped in so-called English style.

88. DERESIEWICZ, William. Jane Austen and the Romantic Poets. NY: 2004, 211p. DJ. $29.50 Examines the fundamental impact and influence of British Romanticism on Austen's later novels. (Mansfield Park, Emma and Persuasion) which "represent far greater artistic achievements than the first three."

89. DiPaolo, Marc. Emma Adapted. Jane Austen's Heroine from Book to Film. NY: Peter Lang, 2007, 190. Hardback, special price, $55. Adaption, the early TV versions, the period piece adaptations. Clueless and overview. DiPaolo is a professor at Alverno College. Published at $68

90. DOODY, Margaret Anne. Aristotle and the Secrets of Life. London: 2003. 420p. 3d in series. Mystery. Signed. DJ. $19.95 Yes, she writes the Burney books.

91. Duckworth, Alistair. The Improvement of the Estate. A Study of Jane Austen's Novels. John Hopkins: 1994, 250p. With the double-exposure. M1470. Publ. at $18.95, paper, $12

92. DURBIN, Enoch. et al. Encyclopedia of Transportation. Macmillan, 2000, 616pp. Overview of history of travel around the world, throughout history. 8 ½ x 11, 6 Vs, publ. at $425, $55

93. ECKSTUT, Arielle/Dennis Ashton. Pride and Promiscuity. Lost Sex Scenes of Jane Austen. NY: Fireside, 2001, 146p. $12 A silly little book with a few good parts. The missing scenes are from the 6 novels and The Watsons. These authors are rather good scholars.

94. EDWARDS, Anne-Marie. In the Steps of Jane Austen. Madison: 2003R, 192p. Traveller's guide, updated, revised, 86 b/w photos, maps. In print since 1983. A must-have! Ppr. $18.95

95. ELLEDGE, Paul. Lord Byron [1788-1824] at Harrow School. Speaking Out, Talking Back, Acting Up, Bowing Out. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins, 2000, 221p. Illus. Covering 1801-1805. DJ. $18 The four critically formative years. Examines historical and biographical contexts.

96. (ELIOT) HUTCHINSON, Stuart, ed. George Eliot: Critical Assessments. East Sussex, 1996, 4 bible-paper Vs, cloth, $125 Biography, reviews, responses, 20th C perspectives, Critical essays on individual works, and further 20th C perspectives. Thousands of pages in cardboard box.

97. ELLIOTT, Kirsten. Window on Bath, Eight Walks in Bath. Bath: 1994, 128p. Maps, illus. Paper, $14 "Labyrinths and Lace (Jane Austen in Bath)," pp34-52. "The essential guide book--I never go to Bath without it! Just dynamite. I carry it always." Catalina Hannan.

98. ELYOT, Amanda [pseud.] By a Lady. Being the Adventures of An Enlightened American in Jane Austen's England. NY: Three Rivers Press, 2006, 372p. Readers' Guide. Paper, $14 "A tale of time travel, true love and Jane Austen." Maggie Cohn loves this book!

99. English Royal Signatures. London: HMSO, 1981, unpag-inated. All the Georges! & dozens more. Large paper (12p.) $5

100. EZELL,Margaret. Writing Women's Literary History. Johns Hopkins: 1996, 205p. Through 18th and 19th Cs. Paper, $7.50 By championing recovery of early "lost" women writers, women's studies have effected dramatic changes in the ways English lit. history is written and taught.

101. FAWCETT.Bath Administer'd. Corporation Affairs at the 18th C. Spa Bath: 2001,141p.Drawings.Over100entries.Ppr, $10 If anyone ran Georgian Bath it was the Corporation. In alphabetical format, this book traces every aspect of local government (Guildhall) in everyday spa life from managing the vital hot springs to preserving law and order. Even Jane Austen's aunt, the municipal swans and the Abbey organ blower put in brief appearance.

102. Female Replies to Swetnam the Woman-Hater. Facsimile of 1615-1620 editions. UK. 1995, 355p. Paper, orig $35, sale $8 New intro. Charles Butler. Containing: Swetnam's Arraignment of Lewde, idle, forward, and unconstant women (1615) and 4 replies.

103. FENTON, Kate. Vanity and Vexation. A Novel of Pride and Prejudice. NY: 2004, 205p. A complete reversal, starring Llew Bevan, Mary Dance, Candia Bingham & others. DJ. $23.95 First U.S. publication! Issued in Great Britain as Lions and Liquorice, 1995.

104. FIELD, Ophelia. Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough. The Queen's Favourite. NY: SMP, 2002, 560p. DJ. F/F, $15 The glamorous and controversial founder of the Spencer-Chrchill dynasty: Princess Diana and Sir Winston were her direct descendants. (1660-1744).

105. FIELDING, Helen. Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason. London: Picador, 1999. First edition, first impression. DJ, $14

106. ---. Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason. NY: 1999, 338p. 1st edition, 1st impression. DJ. Special, $10

107. FISHER, Trevor. Prostitution and the Victorians. London: Sutton, 1997, 164p. Illustrations. Magazine format, paper, $14 Meticulous study from newspapers, journals, diaries and letters. The English are so good at this type of thing, aren't they.

108.FISHER/WATT,eds. When They Weren't Doing Shakespeare: Essays on 19th Century British and American Theatre. UGA, 1989, 345p. 20 illus. Sale, published at $35, DJ, sale $9 18 critical essays covering vast expanse of « other » theatre.

109. FLETCHER, Sheila. Victorian Girls. Lord Lyttelton's Daughters. London: 2001,249p. 8 pp. glossy plates. Paper, $12 The letters and diaries of Meriel, Lucy, Lavinia and May, daughters of George, 4th Lord Lyttelton and the nieces of prime minister William Gladstone, make it possible for us to know them in extraordinary detail.

110. FOLSOM, Marcia M., ed. Approaches to Teaching Austen's Emma. NY: MLA, 2004, 200p. Plus essays by 18 eminent Austen scholars, including Jonathan Gross (below). Ppr. $19.95 "Thank you for sending the especially fine (Approaches, etc). The students will discuss Emma with me as part of the Honors Program at Elmhurst College. For me, Folsom's Approaches is a gold mine of suggestions to help students learn to enjoy this heroine ["whom no one will like except me"] and to discover ways into the sophisticated artistry Jane Austen employs. Barbara Swords, Prof. Emerita, Elmhurst College, Ill. Barbara was a presenter at the first Chicago AGM!

111. ---. Approaches to Teaching Austen's Pride and Prejudice. NY: 1993, 186p. 18 essays by a who's who of Austen criticism (even Jane Langton!) Paper. $19.95

112. FOWLER, Karen. The Jane Austen Book Club. A novel. NY: Putnam, 2004, 304p.Limited number signed copies. Paper, $14 The New York Times is still crazy about The Jane Austen Book Club - thinks the movie is great! And we still have First Editions of this 100-Best-Books-of-the-Year available. As well as signed paperbacks. A great read - a great film.

113. Signed First Edition First Impression, DJ. $23.95

114. FRANCIS, Matthew. Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey. Adapted for the Stage. London: Samuel French, 1997, 90 p. Lighting and Effects. Characters from Udolpho. Paper, $20

115. FRASER, Flora. The Unruly Queen.[1768-1821] The Life of Queen Caroline (Brunswick). Cal: 1997, 537p. Illus. 1st Ppr, $12 Story of the ill-treated Regency period queen, ridiculed and satirized. A squalid tale, superbly told. Consort of King George IV.

116. (---.) Freeman, Jean. Jane Austen in Bath. Surrey: JAS, 1983R. (orig. 1969). 37p. plus 15 full page illustrations and maps. Green stripes, M1354, paper, $12

117. GARBER, Marjorie. Quotation Marks. NY: Routledge, 2003, 306p. "The Jane Austen Syndrome," pp. 199-211, Shakes-peare, Jewishness & monikers, etc. 8p. color plates. Paper, $12

118. (GASKELL) SMITH, Walter E. Elizabeth Gaskell. A Bibliographical Catalogue of First and Early Editions 1848-1866 with Photographic Reproductions of Bindings and Titlepages. LA: 1998, 244p. 11x8 ½, blue cloth. DJ, sale, $60

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119. GEORGIANA [SPENCER], Duchess of Devonshire. Emma; Or the Unfortunate Attachment. A Sentimental Novel. Ed., Jonathan Gross. SUNY: 2003, 373p. Illus. Large paper, $21.95 Published anonymously in 1773 and attributed to Georgiana (see Forman above), this epistolary novel explores the "unfortunate attachment" of Emma Egerton to William Walpole. Orig. published when author only 16, long out of print. Like Jane Austen's PP, explores dangers of 1st impressions and arranged marriages.

120. GELBART, Nina. The King's Midwife. A History and Mystery of Madame du Coudray. Berkeley: 1998, 347p. Illus. In 1759 launched campaign to professionalize midwifery. Ppr, $12

121. GERVAT, Claire. Elizabeth, the Scandalous Life of the Duchess of Kingston. NY: 2003, 306p. Reg. $35, $15 Elizabeth Chudleigh married the Duke in 1769 while married to Augustus Hervey.

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122. GILSON, David. A Bibliography of Jane Austen. Soho Bibliographies. 2nd edition, revised, 1997, 877 pages. DJ. $55 This book is as gripping as a novel! Read all about the various editions of Jane's works - read stories of the famous and celebrated owners of her works. The books are categorized A through M. This edition is an exact reprint of the first edition (books listed to 1978, published in 1982), with a new front section summarizing important works published after that date to 1995. Orig. $95.

123. GOONERATNE, Yasmine (noted JA author) and Brandon. This Inscrutable Englishman. U.K.: 1999, 294p. Paper, $10 Sir John d'Oyly 1774-1824 accomplished in 1815 through shrewd diplomacy what had been deemed impossible: the annexation of Sri Lanka's kingdom of Kandy.

124. GRIFFITH, Elizabeth [1727-1793]. The Delicate Distress [1769]. Ricciardi and Staves, editors. 1997, 267p. Ppr., $16.95 Epistolary novel focusing on the problems women encounter after marriage. Includes music to "Disappointment A Pastoral," Thomas Arne, 175?.

125. GRIGSON, Jane. Food with the Famous. London 1991R, 220p. New illus. Try Martha Lloyd's curry! DJ. Publ.@ $35, $18 Charmingly written, now illustrated. Expanded from a series in "The Observer," explores cooking habits and diets of 10 famous people, including Jane Austen & Martha Lloyd, Pastor Woodforde, Rev. Sydney Smith and John Evelyn. Recipes.

126.HALE,Susan.Austenland. NY: Bloomsbury, 2007.DJ. $19.95 For the woman with everything except a Mr. Darcy of her own. A light romp through England with a Darcy/Firth-mad girl from NY.

127. HALPERIN, John. Life of Jane Austen. Baltimore:JHUP, 1996R. xix,399p. Biography. Orig. priced $16.95, paper, now $9 Well-written, but factually amiss. A very popular bio when issued.

128. HAMILTON, William. The Travelling Companions. A play in one act. Cape Elizabeth: 1999, 8p. A play starring Thornton Lacey, bringing him and MP to life! Paper, $7.50 William is a member and past Regional Coordinator of Maine.

129. HANNON, Patrice. Dear Jane Austen. A Heroine's Guide to Life and Love. Np; Wytherngate Press, 2005, 166p. Not a novel. A modern-day conduct book. Jane Austen answers the questions that perplex heroines-in-training. Paper, $13.95

130. HARDING, D. W. Regulated Hatred and Other Essays on Jane Austen. UK, 1998, 230p. FEThus. Reg. $28.95, paper, $12 Psychologist [1906-1983]. Served on editorial board of Scrutiny for 14 years. Title essay "altered the course of Austen criticism." 9 others: Family Life, Social Habitat, Moral Judgment; Character and Caricature; civil falsehood; fraternal and conjugal love. E, MP, NA and P. The supposed letter-form of SS. Introduction to the Austen-Leigh Memoir. M660. M958 M1335. 131. (---. ) Regulated Hatred and Other Essays on Jane Austen. London: Athlone, 1998, 230p. Limited supply. DJ. $20 This wonderful book just turned up in hardback, formerly $120. So elegant!

132. HARDY, Barbara. A Reading of Jane Austen. Kent: Athlone, 1979, 192p. Hardy believes Austen is the originator of the modern novel. Paper, $14

133. HARDY, Thomas. Sayings of…London, 1992, 64p. From 23 sources including the works, poems, life. Clever. Paper, sale, $5

134.HARRIS, Mollie. Privies Galore. Stroud: Alan Sutton, 1990, 135p. Photo illus. And origin of term 'loo.' Paper, $12 From medieval monasteries to 'bucket,' 'box' and lavender cart.

135. HARRISON, Colin. John Malchair of Oxford. Artist and Musician. Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 1998, 152p.A catalog of his art, essays Susan Wollenberg, Julian Munby. Stiff ppr, F, $10

136. HARVEY, A. D. Sex in Georgian England. Attitudes and Prejudices from the 1720s to the 1820s. Revised. London: Phoenix,2001,205 p., 28 plates on 24 glossy pages Paper, $19.95 Evidence from medical texts, trials, autobios, novels, fashions, porno engravings.

137. HAYTHORNTHWAITE, Philip J. Wellington's Army. The Uniforms of the British Soldier, 1812-1815. London: Greenhill, 2002, 176p. 60 plates, all in colour, by Chas. Hamilton Smith depicting Peninsular War and Waterloo. 14x10 ¼". DJ. $25 Text by PJH. Plates showing general officers, cavalry, artillery, engineers, etc., foreign regiments etc., royal marines etc. and troops of the East India company.

138. HAYWOOD, Eliza. The Injur'd Husband: or, The Mistaken Resentment [1723] and Lasselia: or, The Self-Abandon'd. [1724] 1999, 162 p.Novels. Jerry C. Beasley, editor. Paper. $16.95 Story of scheming, sexually predatory anti-heroine.Heroine in L is model of virtue.

139. ---. Selected Fiction and Drama of Eliza Haywood. Paula Backscheider, ed. OUP 1999, xliv, 313p. Paper, publ.at $20, $8 Includes A Wife to be Lett; The Opra of Opera; Invisible Spy, etc.

140.---. Selections from The Female Spectator. Patricia Meyer Spacks, ed. OUP 1999, xxii, 313p. Paper, published at $20, $8

141. HENRY VIII. Letters 1526-1529. London: Stationery Off-ice, 2001, 238p. Official papers which have not previously been available in a popular form. Paper, $10

142. HICKMAN, Katie. Daughters of Britannia. The Lives and Times of Diplomatic Wives. NY; Wm Morrow, 1999, First US Edition, 321p. Even the story of Victoria Sackville. DJ. $12

143. HICKMAN. Daughters of Britannia. London: Flamingo, 2000, 321p. 16 p. glossy b/w plates. Paper, $10

144. (HOFLAND). BUTTS, Dennis. Mistress of our Tears. A literary and bibliographical study of Barbara Hofland [1770-1844]. UK: 1992, 127p. P @ $49.95, DJ. Sale, $8 Woman writer of children's books; contemporary of Maria Edgeworth.

145. HOLMS, John and Karin Baji, compilers. Bite-Size Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility from one of England's Great Writers. NY: 1999, 94p. With bite-size biography. DJ. $13.95

146. HOOK, Rebecca. Woman Behind the Painter. The Diaries of Rosalie, Mrs. James Clarke Hook. [1819-1897]. Ed. Juliet McMaster.2006,246p. 8p. colour, illus. by J.C.Hook. Ppr, $39.95

147. HORN, Pamela. The Victorian Country Child. UK: 1997R, 281p. Illus. Lavish, carefully researched. Paper, reg. $20, $8 Child's life from birth to jail. Food, school life, work on the land, effects of agricultural policies on children, crime and punishment. Documents of the period.

148. HOUSTON, Gail. Royalties. The Queen and Victorian Writers. UPVA: 1999, 192 p. Six illustrations. DJ. $19 Royalties dissects the anomaly of the queen and her effect on dominant cultural attitudes and gender. Demystifies such canonized authors as Dickens, Browning and Oliphant by examining the way they encounter Victoria in their writings.

149. Howard, Tom. Austen Country. London: Caxton edition, 2000R, 80 pages. Pictures. First printed 1995 Regency House. New style purple dust jacket. First U.S. edition. F/F, $15

150. HOWELLS, Coral Ann. Love Mystery and Misery. Feeling in Gothic Fiction. London: Athlone, 1995, 199p. Paper, $12 A look at gothic novels written between 1790 and 1820, when Gothic was the most popular kind of fiction in England. Discussions include Northanger Abbey, the Mysteries of Udolpho, The Monk, Melmoth the Wanderer and Jane Eyre.

151. HUGHES, Kathryn. The Victorian Governess. UK: Hambledon:2001[1993], 256p.Period illus.,4p.plates.Ppr, $18.95 James Tait Black-prizewinner presents a sparkling & scholarly study of life in the home schoolroom, using official reports, conduct manuals, periodicals, memoirs, novels. About 25,000 women actually worked as governesses during this time.

152. Hurst, Jane. Jane Austen and Alton. A Walk Around Jane Austen's Alton. Chawton: 2001, 36p. map, photos. A new copy, but it fell out of my car. Raining, too. Paper. $15

153. (INCHBALD). MANVELL, Roger. Elizabeth Inchbald. England's Principal Woman Dramatist and Independent Woman of Letters in 18th C. London. A Biographical Study. An out-of-print book. 1987, 221p. IP @ $52.50, cloth as issued, $18

154. JAFFE, Audrey. Scenes of Sympathy. Identity and Repre-sentation in Victorian Fiction. Cornell, 2000, 184p. DJ. $15 New readings of key works by Elizabeth Gaskell, George Eliot, Dickens etc.

155. JANE AUSTEN SOCIETY. Jane Austen and the North Atlantic. Essays from the 2005 JAS Conference in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Sarah Emsley, ed. Winchester: 2006, 61p. $10 Eminent essayists are Brian Southam, Peter Graham, Sheila Kindred and Emsley.

156. JANE AUSTEN SOCIETY.Report for 2002, $12.157. Report for 2003

158. Report for 2004 Each $12

159. JARRETT, Derek. England in the Age of Hogarth. [the 50s and after]. Yale: 1986R, 221p. 33 illus., mainly Hogarth. DJ. $15 Social history. Hogarth's life was a perfect mirror of the essence of the mid-Georgian age: astute, cynical, brutal.

160. JOHNSON, Claudia. Jane Austen: Women, Politics and the Novel. Chicago: 1988, 186p. "Best (and best-written) book about Austen." Nina Auerbach. Paper, $20

161. ---. The Cambridge Companion to Mary Wollstonecraft. Cambridge: 2002, xxi,284p. Large paper, sale $14 Addresses all aspects of W's momentous and tragically brief career. Noted contributors include Janet Todd, Mitzi Myers, Mary Favret, Vivien Jones, Anne Mellor, others &Johnson herself, discussing the letters, education, literary reviews.

162. JOHNSTON, R. M., ed. In the Words of Napoleon.The Emperor Day by Day. London: 2002, 416p. Additional material P.J. Haythornthwaite. Mainly 1796-1815. DJ. Orig. $50, $20 Originally titled The Corsican (1910,) fascinating corres./journal of Napoleon's. Textual, contextual and ideological interpretations of the complete works of Austen. Jones insists on the topicality and political relevance of Austen's writings, and examines how the author engaged with issues of sexuality, class and nationalism. A review of her work and a survey of the current critical debate.

163. JONES, Darryl. Jane Austen (Critical Issues.) London: 2005, 264p. The 6 novels, the letters. Notes, biblio, index. Ppr, $24.95 Textual, contextual and ideological interpretations.Jones insists on the topicality and political relevance of Austen's writings, examines how the author engaged with issues of sexuality, class and nationalism. A review of her work and a survey.

164. (JOYCE) MCCARTHY/Rose. Joyce's Dublin. A Walking Guide to Ulysses. NY: 1991, 92p. In 18 chapters. DJ. New. $20 For lovers of the Regency period - maps, pictures, tour of Regency Dublin.

165. KAPLAN, Deborah. Jane Austen Among Women. Baltimore: JHUP, 1992, 245p. Social and historical context.DJ. Special, $20 Explores the relationship between the writer and her works.

166. LADY OF DISTINCTION (A). Regency Etiquette: The Mirror of Graces. 1997 facsimile 1811. 248p. 5x8.5", paper, $17.95 All phases. "The English Lady's Costume." Addl. fashion plates. Deportment, movement, correct dances, propriety, recipes (not food). Orig. typeface enlarged.

167. LANE, Maggie. Jane Austen and Lyme Regis. Chawton: JAS, 2003, 55p. Illustrated. A new look at this town. Paper, $15 Commissioned by JAS; previous book (same title) was written in 1941.

168. LANK Edith. Jane Austen Speaks to Women. KC: 2000, 85p. Quotes. A miniature with tiny type too. DJ. $4.95 A popular annotated compendium. Austen's thoughts on a dozen subjects.

169. LASCELLES, Mary. Jane Austen and Her Art. London: 1995R, [1939]. 225p. M663. One of the best. Paper, $20

170. LATHAM, Sean. Am I a Snob? Modernism and the Novel. Ithaca: Cornell, 2003, 240p. Paper, $8 Very modern typefaces mingle with very old literary figures: Thackeray, Oscar Wilde, Virginia Woolf and Dorothy L. Sayers, among others.

171. LEE, Sophia [1750-1824]. The Recess; or, a Tale of Other Times. [1783]. Ed. April Alliston. 2000:lii,364p. Paper, $17.95 Sophia Lee was headmistress of Bath's finest school for girls. This book shows women involved in political intrigues and more!

172. LEFAYE. Family Record. Revised and Enlarged by Deirdre LeFaye. London: British Library, 1989, 326p. DJ. M313. Large trade paper, red, $20 LeFaye has used the Austen-Leighs' 1913 book as a starting point—with revised and new information to rewrite it. Original title is Jane Austen: Life and Letters.

174. ---. Jane Austen's 'Outlandish cousin', the Life and Letters of Eliza de Feuillide [1761-1813] Brit. Lib., 2002, 192p. DJ. $34 Fascinating account of Jane's cousin, daughter of Philadelphia Austen Hancock, daughter of Wm Austen. Eliza's second marriage was to Henry Austen in 1797

175. LEFROY, Anna Austen. Jane Austen's Sanditon: continuation by her niece. With "Reminiscences of Aunt Jane." Chicago: 1983, lii,4,183p. Limited/500 copies (many destroyed in flood). First printing. New Gilson p. xlviii. DJ. Special, $40 Written in 1840 (approx.) Anna Austen was the daughter of Jane's brother; she married Mr. Lefroy. She inherited the original manuscript of Jane's, and decided to finish it—this book is the result. But: she didn't complete it either! List in New Gilson supplement, p. xlviii.

176. LEFROY, Helen. Jane Austen. Pocket Biographies. Sutton: 2001R, 112p. 8 p. glossy plates. Biography of our heroine by a direct descendant of Mrs. Lefroy, Jane's beloved friend. Ppr, $11

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177. LEFROY, Helen/G.Turner, eds. The Letters of Mrs. Lefroy: Jane Austen's Beloved Friend. Winchester: 2007, 258p. Ppr, $35 From Jon Spence's enthusiasitic comments: "full of so many subtle and telling things - puts in perspective the Steventon life/household" 141 letters dated between 1801 and 1804 with notes, indexes of people and places, pedigree, illus. & 4 pages in colour. A 26-page bio of Anne Lefroy and her family precedes.

178. LENEMAN, Leah. Alienated Affections. Scottish Experience of Divorce& Separation,1684-1830. Edinb:1998, 354p.Ppr. $10

179. LEVY, Martin. Love & Madness. The Murder of Martha Ray Mistress of the 4th Earl of Sandwich. NY: Morrow, 2004, 240p. A scandalous tale, in 1779, the live-in mistress of the 4th Earl was shot in the head. Courtroom trial. Paper, $8

180. LIPPINCOTT, Louise. Selling Art in Georgian London: The Rise of Arthur Pond. Yale:1983, 12/212p. Plates galore. DJ. $18 An artist who also became a picture-dealer and printseller, Pond's papers and journals form this book's basis. LL reconstructs his working environment and methods at a time when the art world shifted to a modern commercial system.

181. LONDON TIMES. Guide to English Style and Usage. London: 1999, 191p. Tim Austin, ed. Paper, $10 Correct current English usage and English presentation: proper names, abbrevia-tions, capitalization and hyphenation. From Military to Politics and Titles.

182. LUCAS, Victor. Jane Austen.(Pitkin Guide.) 1996, 20p. 4- color illus. every page. Handy pictorial guide.9.25x7". Paper, $8

183. MARKHAM, Sarah (Loveday). John Loveday of Caversham 1711-1789. Life and Tours of an 18th C. Onlooker. Salisbury: Michael Russell, 622p. 7 maps, 16p. plates. DJ. As new, $22 Diaries and correspondence, from an eyewitness account of the arrival in Man-chester of the Young Pretender, to the removal of 12,550 snails from the garden.

184. MARTIN,Joanna. Wives and Daughters: Women and Child-ren in the Georgian Country House.London: 2004, 454p.DJ. $20

185. MEMOIR (pseud.) Gambles and Gambols. A Visit with Old Friends. (Based on characters created by Austen.) Pasadena: Shelter Cove, 1983, 309p. An early sequel. Paper, 1st ed., $15

186. MERMIN, Dorothy. Godiva's Ride. Women of Letters in England, 1830-1880. INUP: 1993, 181p. Paper, sale, $6 Major input from: Brontë, Eliot, Gaskell. Rossetti, Jameson and Martineau. Travels thru 50 years of women writing fiction, poetry and non-fictional prose.

187. MILLER, Judith. J.Miller's Guide to Period-style Curtains & Soft Furnishings.Woodstock: Overlook, 2000, 176p. Ppr, $15 450 commissioned photographs. Luscious draperies, pillows, rugs, seat cushions, and the like, 18th and 19th C. "Sample book'' and glossary. About 10" sq.

188. Montagu, Mary Wortley. Letters. Everyman's Library #131. London: Campbell, 1992, xlix, 558p. Intro. Brant. DJ. $14 Letters start before 1717 and end 1762. Chronology and index. B/w DJ. Since R. Brimley Johnson had some Edwardian qualms about the frankness of Montagu's wit, in a few places this text is bowdlerized.

189. MURRAY, Venetia. An Elegant Madness. High Society in Regency England. NY: Viking, 1999, 317p. FAE. DJ. $15 16p. plates.Recreated from letters, diaries, memoirs. Orig.$29.95, now half-price

190. NAGEL, Susan. Mistress of the Elgin Marbles : A Biography of Mary Nisbet, Countess of Elgin. NY: 2004, 294p. FE. DJ. $19 Everyone who heard Vicky Hinshaw loved this presentation. The Countess was one of her notables! 16p. plates.

191. NATHAN, Melissa. Persuading Annie. Novel. NY : 2004, 339p. First U.S. edition. Paper. $12.95 A takeoff on Persuasion. We have just learned of the demise of Ms. Nathan.

192. ---. Pride Prejudice and Jasmin Field. U.S.: 2000, 280p. First U.S. A fun parallel story. Paper, reg. $14, $9

193. NICOLSON, Nigel. Godmersham Park Kent: before, during and after Jane Austen's time. JAS: Hampshire, 1996, 36p. $14

194. O'ROURKE, Sally Smith. The Man Who Loved Jane Austen. NY: 2006, 291p. As advertised in the JAS News. Paper, $14 What if you found a 200-year-old letter from a fictional character to the writer who created him?

195. PAYEN-APPENZELLER, Pascal. Fancy Fans. Paris: l'aven-turine, 2000, 96p. Stiff card covers, magazine size. Paper, $15 100s of illustrations all in color.Mr. P-a. is the founder of Fan Museum in Paris. CARRIAGE TECHNOLOGY

196. PELOUBET, Don, ed. Carriage and Wagon Axles for Horse-Drawn Vehicles. Carriage Museum of Amer.2002.249p.Ppr $14 Facsimile of technical material dating back to 1862. Compilation of articles from 19th C journals, a look at the evolution and the art of axle making. Illus. 12x9.

197. PENROSE, Rev. John. Letters from Bath: 1766-1767. UK: 1990R, 216p. Illus. Fold-out maps. Down to earth. Paper, $10

198. PETERSON, Linda H. Traditions of Victorian Women's Autobiography. The Poetics and Politics of Life Writing. UPVA: 1999, 256p. Explores rich world of women's lives. DJ. $15 Examines Charlotte Brontë, Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Harriet Martineau.

199. (PIOZZI) BLOOM, E.&L., eds. Piozzi Letters. Correspon-dence of Hester Lynch Piozzi, 1784-1821 (formerly Mrs. Thrale). Newark: 1993, 529p. Vol. 3, 1799-1804. Orig. $75, DJ $18 Furthers account begun in 1784 with her second marriage to Piozzi. She also produced Retrospection, epic history of western world to the beginning of 19th century.

200. Pigott, Peter. Royal Transport. An Inside look at the History of Royal Travel. DJ. Toronto: Dundurn group, 2005. 209p. $22

201. PYM, Barbara. Paper. Used. Sweet Dove Died, $2.

202. Excellent Women, $2

203. Jane and Prudence, $2

204. (---) HOLT/WYATT. A la Pym. The Barbara Pym Cookery Book. Devon: 1995, 98p. Illus.boards, 5 ½ x8 ½. $20

205. (--) Barbara Pym Cookbook. NY: Dutton, 1988,111p. 1st ed. Melds excerpts from novels with recipes, comments. DJ. $25

206. (---.) SALWAK, Dale. Barbara Pym. A Reference Guide. Boston: G. K. Hall, 1991, 261p. Biog. ref. + indexes. Cloth $10

207. QUIN, Vera. In Paris with Jane Austen. UK: 2005R, 244p. Her "connections." A pioneering work, now in paper. $33 A guide to the streets in Geneva and Paris where Austen's novels were translated, where the printers and booksellers lived, the libraries from which copies were borrowed, and translators. Background includes work of contemporary novelists.

208. RACINET, Albert. Illus. History of European Costume- Period Styles & Accessories. London:2000,160p.1st thus.DJ. $20 9 1/2 x 11. Hundreds of illus. from Le Costume Historique 1876-1888, Paris. Special chapter on patterns, construction of costumes. Red DJ.

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209. RAY, Joan. Jane Austen for Dummies. NY: Wiley, 2006, 361p. Joan is president of JASNA. Large paper, $19.95 "The JA for Dummies is so cute! I think I'll really enjoy it. Quite informative, too for non-"experts. I highly recommend it for beginners as well as enthusiasts!" AB

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210. REEVE, Katharine. Jane Austen in Bath: Walking Tours of the Writer's City. NY: Bookroom, 2006, 138p. 7x5. Boards, $20 Charming! A good take-along size. Four delightful walks, with numerous stops along the way. Ties in Jane's words from the novels with narrative. To the city, the gardens, entertainment and shops along the way. 26 period illustrations in color.

211.RICHARDSON,J., ed. Letters from Lambeth: Correspon-dence of Reynolds family with John F.M.Dovaston 1808-1815. Suffolk: 1981, 212p. This family figures in life of Keats. DJ. $12

212. ROBERTS, Warren. Jane Austen and the French Revolution. London: Athlone, 1995R [1979], 224p. Paper, $15 Although Austen wrote almost all her fiction during period of the French Revolu-tion, she never referred to it in her work or her correspondence. "Adds a dimen-sion to Austen's biography…it helps to point to less familiar side of her." Butler

213. ROBINSON. Perdita. Memoirs of Mary Robinson (1758-1800).London:1994,168p.Poet,novelist, feminist, actress.DJ. $20

214. ROOM, Adrian. Tuttle Dictionary of Dedications. 1990. Irresistible listing of 1500 items from Jane Austen to Kurt Vonnegut. Paper, sale, $8

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215. ROSS, Josephine. Jane Austen's Guide to Good Manners. Compliments, Charades & Horrible Blunders. NY: Bloomsbury, 2006, 135p. Period colour drawings by H. Webb. DJ. $14.95 *Headline in Chicago Tribune for glowing review of this book, first in Newsday! Written as if for an aspiring socialite of that time, complete with advice not to speak of the slave trade and to learn the cotillion. Witty watercolour illus.

216. ROTH, Barry. An Annotated Bibliography of Jane Austen Studies, 1973-83. 1985, 359p. The definitive listing.Cloth, F, $9 People, subjects, books, all indexed. Indispensable.

217. RUOFF, Gene. Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility. N.Y: SMP, 1992, 125p.Critical Studies Key Texts. SIGNED, ppr, $9 "Most interesting." Joan Kelly, Syracuse.

218. SANTINI, Rosemarie. Sex and Sensibility. Adventures of a Jane Austen Addict. NY: 2005. Novel. NY member. DJ.Sale $8

219. SCHOTT, Ben. Schott's Original Miscellany. Bloomsbury: 2003,159p.Info you need - if you only knew it was there! DJ.$10

220. SCOTT, George Ryley. The History of Prostitution. London: 1996, 187p. with index. 4 pages plates. Paper, $7.50 Orig. published in 1968 as Ladies of Vice. Includes causes, history and now.

221. SCOTT, Sarah [1723-1795].History of Sir Charles Ellison. Sequel to Millennium Hall.1996R,xlv,235p.Ed.Rizzo.Ppr. $15.95 AT LAST! NOW AVAILABLE IN THE U.S.!

222. SELWYN, David. Jane Austen and Leisure. Hambledon: 2004R, 352p.8-p. glossy inset illustrations. (Reg. $52.50)DJ. $20 Austen's novels portray a leisured society of gentlemen and ladies who do not need to work. The proper use of leisure…where family and marriage for the propertied was of central importance, was a vital test of character.50 pages notes.

223. SEXTON, Adam. Master Class in Fiction Writing: Tech-niques from Austen, Hemingway and Other Greats. NY: 2006, 328p. Using Austen's SS for characterization. Paper, $16.95 Plus story structure, point of view, description, dialogue, style and voice.

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224. SHAPARD, David M. The Annotated Pride and Prejudice. N.Y.: 2007, 739p. Some b/w illustrations pertaining to the notes. More than 2300 annot,incl. cover pix (Fanny K.)5x8, ppr, $16.95 "Any reader who sticks with the program and absorbs the wealth of material that Mr. Shapard offers will…read PP as it was read and understood at the time of its publication, with all the period details in place and correctly interpreted." Multi-page review, NYT, 3/16.

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225. ANONYMOUS. Nos Galan. Theme and 10 Variations on a Welsh Carol. From the manuscript copy made by Jane Austen. 8p. Better known to English speaking singers as "Deck the Halls." Copied from a 1790s edition. Harp or keyboard. $12 The Chawton copy is in Jane Austen's hand.

226. KOTZWARA's Battle of Prague, 40p. Complete version. $18 Sonata for piano forte or harpsichord. Corda has added violin and bass from other libraries. The Austen family had two copies of the keyboard part. It is surmised that the Austen family used their copies as the basis for a charade.

227. Incipits from the Manuscript Sources. Jane Austen's Music. St. Albans, Herts. 1996, 36p. $14

228. (SHELLEY, MARY.) BRANAGH, Kenneth. Mary Shelley's [1797-1851] Frankenstein. The Classic Tale of Terror Reborn on Film. screenplay. NY:1994, 191p. Photos. 8.5x11. Paper. $5 Never out of print since its debut in 1818. +Shelley bio, director's note (Branagh).

229. SHIELDS, Carol. Jane Austen a Penguin Life. NY: Penguin, 2001,185 pp. A popular sentimental look. DJ. F/F, sale $12 Lightweight on facts and research, heavy on sentiment.

230. SMITH, Charlotte [1749-1806]. The Young Philosopher [1798].1999, 397p. Elizabeth Kraft, editor. Novel. Paper, $18.95 A satire on lawyers, who caused her much grief. (Fem.Com.) George's love, Medora, and her mother provide the emotional core of the novel.

231. SOUTHAM, Brian. Jane Austen and the Navy. Second edition revised and corrected. NY: 2005R, 395p. Paper, $23.95 Features NEW full colour photos and many new additions to the original text (2000). Based upon family papers and naval records, shows the novelist as a historian of Nelsons's Navy, not the navy of great victories but the navy at home, or sailors among their families and friends, set against the background of war.

NEW! ANOTHER FIRST BY SOUTHAM

232. SOUTHAM. Jane Austen. A Students' Guide to the Later Manuscript Works London:Concord Books,2007,235p. Ppr, $35 Some of the work herein was prepared for the new Cambridge Edition, which contract "was later terminated." The Later Pieces does not include the Juvenilia. Southam is an expert in this area; perhaps some remember his speech at an AGM on the Minors. The Prayers, the Poems, the larger fragments.

233. SPIRITUAL COUNSEL. COLERIDGE, Samuel Taylor. [1772-1834] Spiritual Writings; Selected Poems and Prose. (Fount Classics). London: 1997, 101p. Ed. Robt Van deWeyer. Ppr, $9

234. ---. KEBLE, John [1792-1866]. Letters of Spiritual Counsel and Guidance. (Fount Classics) London: 1995, 162p. Paper, $9 Keble held the next parish to Charlotte Yonge's house in Otterbourne and was her guru. His teachings & beliefs in renewed C of E permeated Yonge's books.

235. STAFFORD, Fiona, ed. Jane Austen's Emma. A Casebook. OUP: 2007, 319p. Opinions of Walter Scott, Trilling, Wayne Booth, Claudia Johnson, Mary Waldron, Troost/Greenfield, Wiltshire, Southam and others, from 1816 to 2000. Paper, $30

236. STEINBACH, Alice. Educating Alice. 2004, 282p. DJ. $8 "Sense and Sensible Shoes," a visit to Chawton meeting Miss Bowden, Helen Lefroy, and Deirdre LeFaye; delight in the Ritz in Paris (the cookery class entered through the same door as Princess Diana exited on that fateful night.) Etc

237. STEWART, Garrett. Dear Reader: The Conscripted Audience in 19th-C British Fiction. Johns Hopkins: 1996, 454p. Includes: "Whomsoever It May Concern"; Austen's Open Letters to the Readers, page 89-113. 46p. notes; index. Paper, $7.50 What emerges is a new theory of the ascendancy and decline of Victorian realism.

238. Stovel, Bruce/Gregg, eds. The Talk in Jane Austen. Alberta: 2003, 296p. 15 contributors. Paper, $29.95 We have just learned of the demise of Mr. Stovel. An incredible scholar. This book demonstrates Austen's unsurpassed ability to paint character through dialogue. Jocelyn Harris ("Silent Women, Shrews and Blue-stockings"), Isobel Grundy ("Why Do They Talk So Much? How Can We Stand it?"). Jan Fergus, etc.

239. STUART, Andrea. The Rose of Martinique. A life of Napoleon's Josephine. NY: Grove, 2003, 455p. paper, $10 A bio that is a unique blend of history, psychology and masterful storytelling.

240. SULLIVAN, Maggie. The Jane Austen Handbook. Philadelphia: 2007: 224p. Delightful handbook by the editrix of Austenblog. Hardback, $16.95 Maggie, who lies in PA., has scoured the resources of Georgian England to inform you of how Jane Austen would have acted.

241. SWIFT, Jonathan. A Complete Collection of Genteel and Ingenious Conversation, according to the most Polite Mode and Method now used at Court... by Simon Wagstaff, Esq. (Pseud.) UK: 1995. Pages numbered 97-296. Facs. 1755 edition. Ppr, $9

242.(---.)TANNER,Tony.JaneAusten. Harvard,1996, 291p. Paper,$12 Distills 20 years of thinking and writing of Austen. How can we reconcile the limited social world of her novels? How does she express the sexuality and violence beneath well mannered surface of her milieu?

243. TEACHMAN, Debra. Student Companion to Jane Austen. Student Comp.to Classic Writers.) U.S.: 2000, 160p. Discussion of the novels and the Life. Pictorial boards. Special, $20

244. TENNANT, Emma. Elinor and Marianne. A sequel to SS. London: Simon & Schuster, 1996. Illus. Nicola Leader. F/F, $15

245. ---. Pemberley, or Pride and Prejudice continued. NY: St. Martin's, 1993, first U.S. DJ. $20

246. ---. An Unequal Marriage or Pride and Prejudice Twenty Years Later. NY: St. Martin's, 1994, 186p. DJ. $18.95

247. THIRKELL, Angela.Trade Paper: Enter Sir Robert. $10 248.August Folly $7 49.Love @All Ages,$10 50.Ankle Deep, $10

251. ---. (pseud. Leslie Parker). Trooper to the Southern Cross. NY: 2000, 177p. First American publication. Paper, $17

252. (---.) Thirkell's Barchester. Map card and envelope. Ivory. I really have a lot of these! Now Dozen for $5.

253. THOMAS, D. M. Charlotte: The Final Journey of Jane Eyre. London: Duckworth, 173p. Resets the tale of Jane Eyre in Martinique. By author of White Hotel. DJ. $12

254. [THOMSON, Hugh] Hugh Thomson's [1860-1920] illustrations of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. JA Memorial Trust, 1999, 48p. Jean Bowden, archivist. "A brief biography of Hugh Thomson." 62 b/w drawings. Paper, 6.5x9.5, $12

255. [THOMSON,] The Illustrated Pride and Prejudice Companion. Mineola: Dover, 2005, 57p. Illus. boards. $10 57 full-color drawings by Hugh Thomson identifying them from the original text. Pen and ink drawings from the 1894 London edition of PP.

256. TINNISWOOD, Adrian. By Permission of Heaven. Penguin, 2004, 331p. The true story of the great fire of London. DJ. $14

257. TODD, Janet. Cambridge Introduction to Jane Austen. 2006, 152p. New series! Introduces students to key topics and authors. Covers Life. Works. Context. Reception. Paper, $19.95

258. ---. ed. Jane Austen in Context. (Cambridge Ed. of Works of Jane Austen.) 2005, xxx,467pp. Now trade ppr, 29.95 An illustrated (42! plates) collection of essays, alphabetically by subject, similar to J. David Grey's Companion. Life and Works; Critical Fortunes; Historical and Cultural context. Contributors include the Old Guard, as well as a few newcomers.

259. TREES, Andrew. Academy X. NY: VHPS, 2006, 246p. DJ. Novel. Reviewed w/P. Cohen's book in the NY Times. $22.95 Emma-themed, set in a private (unnamed NY) academy - action takes place in an English class where the author is valiantly teaching Emma. A behind-the-scenes look at the admissions process and a parallel-action contemporary novel.

260. TROLLOPE, Anthony. Sayings of…London: 1992, 64p. From novels, short stories and letters. Such a cynic. Paper, $7.50

261. (---.) KNOX, Ronald. Barchester Pilgrimage. London: Trollope Soc., n.d. (Probably the 90s.) First pub.1935. A kind of sequel. Decorative print cover, $15 Explanatory dedication to Maurice Baring. Includes index of imaginary characters, in and not found in Trollope.

262. ( ---.) Barchester map card Set. Blank interior. Envelopes. French fold heavy ivory paper. 10 for $5

263. TURNER, E. S. Amazing Grace. The Great Days of Dukes. Stroud: 2003R, [1975] 316p. 8 p. plates. Paper. $8 A brave history through the centuries (18th-19th). "A fully-equipped duke costs as much to keep up as two Dreadnoughts." David Lloyd George. "The Duke of Somerset cut 20,000 pounds from his daughter's inheritance because she sat down while he slept."

WE INTRODUCE JAMES STANIER CLARKE

264. VIVEASH, Chris. James Stanier Clarke. Librarian to the Prince Regent, Naval Author, Friend of Jane Austen. Privately printed: UK, 2006, 91p. w/index. Paper, $17 Readers of Jane Austen's Letters are very familiar with Mr. Clarke, the recipient of a few of her missives. But they don't know as much of him as Mr. Viveash, who has written a "modest study" of his life. Included is a never-before published observation of Mr. Clarke's on the genius of Jane Austen. Just published!

265. VOLTAIRE [1694-1778]. Letters on England. Penguin, 1980R, 21st imp. (recent) 157p. Translated by Leonard Tancock. Quakers, Parliament, literature, etc. Paper, $10

266. WALKER, J. A Rhetorical Grammar, or Course of Lessons in Elocution (1785).Hildesheim:G.Olms, 1969R.348p.Cloth. $14 Facsimile, originally published London. Punctuation, elocution, grammar, loose sentence, prose, verse and rhetoric. Dedicated to Dr. Johnson.

267. WATKINS, Susan. Jane Austen's Town & Country Style. NY: 1990, 224p. 177 illus., 77 in color. 7x10 1/2. DJ. F/F, $35 Luscious full-page depictions of the fashions, the foods, the interiors, the customs.

268. WEMISCHNER/ROSEN. Cooking with Tea. Techniques and Recipes for Appetizers, Entrees, Desserts and More. London: Periplus,2000,144p. Colour illustrations.Glossary. DJ.10x9". $18 Suggestions for dozens of types of tea for main courses, exotic drinks, etc.

269. WHEELER, Michael. Jane Austen & Winchester Cathedral. Winchester: Friends of W.C., 2003, 12 p./illustrated covers. Illustrations: windows, map, marble slab. Paper, $16

270. WHITE, Gabrielle. Jane Austen in the Context of Abolition. A Fling at the Slave Trade. NY: Palgrave, 2006. 240p. Published at $65, introductory price. Hardback. $58.50 Looks at issues and attitudes toward slavery in JA's later novels and culture, argues against Edward Said's critique of JA as a supporter of colonialism and slavery. (We are happy to correct the typo in a previous issue, and the DJ note.)

271. Wilks, Brian. Life and Times of Jane Austen. Chancellor: 1984R, 144p. New style dust jacket in blue and orange. London. 9x12.

272. Willoughby, Rupert. Chawton: Jane Austen's Village. Illus. Julie Anne Hudson. Sherborne St. John: 1998, 36pp. 2-p. map of village. 1998, limp, $15.

273. 2003, Casebound stiff laminated covers. $20 We have just noted we have two versions--the earlier issue has 4 less pages, no title page, limp paper cover. The second edition is case-bound with colored stiff cover. Text identical.

274. WILSON, Frances. Courtesan's Revenge: Harriette Wilson [1786-1845], the Woman Who Blackmailed the King. London: Faber & Faber, 2003, 359p. A biography. DJ. $20 37 plates in colour, 26 illustrations in the text. With index, bibliography and notes. Published in England at 20 pounds.

275. WILSON, Kim. Tea with Jane Austen. Madison: 2004, 128p. Gorgeous pictures, bibliography, index. Hardback in DJ, $16.95 A charming - and charmingly illustrated - (gift!) book about tea - not just another beverage, but the center of social ritual in 18th and 19th C England. History, recipes, excerpts from the novels and letters, illustrations from the time.

276. WILSON, Margaret. Almost Another Sister. Fanny Knight. Jane Austen's Favourite Niece. Kent: 1998, 174p., plates. $14 3 family pedigrees (Knight, Knatchbull, Austen.) Wilson is an authority on Kent.

277. ---. Jane Austen's Family and Tonbridge. JAS/Kent: 2001, 60p. Jane's father was both pupil and teacher at Tonbridge School. 13 illus. 2 maps. 2 pedigrees. Paper. $15

278. WINDLE, John. Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin 1759-1797. Oak Knoll, 71p. Social activist. Bibliography. Cloth, new, $20

279. WOLLSTONECRAFT, Mary. A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. [1792] EL #86. London: David Campbell, 1992, xlix, 213p. Barbara Taylor, intro. Chronology, biblio. DJ. $10

280. YOUNG, Geoffrey. Country Churches of England Scotland and Wales. A Guide and Gazetteer. London: 1991, 160p. 9x9. Profusely illustrated. Paper, $12

281. YPMA, Herbert. Irish Georgian. UK: 1998, 160p. Lavishly photographed in colour by the Stoelties. 12x9", stiff covers, $20 Chapters include: Origins; Interiors; Colours; Ingredients; Virtuosi. Lovely!

282. ZINGEL, Hans Joachim. Harp Music in the 19th C. IUP: 1992R, xii,112p. Trans. from the German by Mark Palkovic. Originally published 1976. Paper, $15

Jane Austen Mercantile

SPOKEN WORD: CDS

283. AUSTEN, JANE. Jane Austen's Letters read by Fiona Shaw. Abridged. 2 CD's. Approx. 156 min. $25. Through her letters we discover the intimate world of the English gentry. They are at times both candid and wickedly indiscreet.

284. ---. The Juvenilia . 6 cassettes, 12 sides. Read by Flo Gibson. In carry case. $20 (possibly used)

285. LEFROY, Helen. Jane Austen. A Concise Biography. London: Read by Anita Wright.Isis Audio, 2 cassettes, 4 sides. 2 hrs. 15 min. $10

MUSIC CDS

286. Dance & Danceability. 21 tracks, 77 minutes. $26 A programme of country dances by the Assembly Players of Scotland published during lifetime of Jane Austen. From last year's Assembly Ball: Long Odds,The Bishop and Duke of Kent's Waltz; neglected gems: Dutch Dollars and Cuckoo's Nest; The Cambridge Waltz and Leamington Dance. Instructions for all dances.

287. Pride and Prejudice Collection Volume II. The Jane Austen Dance Kit. Film and TV dances. UK: Fain, 2005, 17 tracks, $22 Music by the Pemberley Players, dance interpretations by Reg Battle. This is a multi-media CD. Modern adaptations of Apted. If you have a computer, you can see and print out the dance notations.

288. Printout of dance instructions for 17 dances on above CD (not included). Notations on A4 paper, $15

289. Jane Austen Collection. Music from the Austen family collection performed on historic instruments. London: 2000.$12 47.46 playing time. Soprano, flute, violoncello and square piano. 17 pieces includes 4 audio excerpts from novels and letters.

VHS - VIDEO.

290. Clueless. 1995, 97 min. Based on Emma. Fun! Sale $16

291. PP, 1996, 300 min. Colin Firth. Mini-series. 6 cass. $39.95

292. SS, 1996. 136 min. Grant/Thompson, Winslet/Rickman. Academy Award nominee. Sale, $14

293. ORIGINAL BBC. SS, 2 cassettes, 1974, 174 min. $22

DVDs:

294. DVD 6-pak of Classic (Orig.) BBC productions. Boxed. E, MP, NA, P, PP, & SS, 1971-2-81-5-6-7. Over 22 hours. $59.95

295. D. Bride and Prejudice. 2004. By the director of Bend It Like Beckham. Deleted scenes, extended songs, the Making of Bride and Prejudice. "2 thumbs up!" Music, dancing, fun! $23

296. D. Bridget Jones's Diary. Firth, Grant, Renee Zellweger! 98 min. Bonus material: 11 extra features. $22

297. D-Clueless (Based on E.) 97 min. Widescreen. Sale. $17

298. D-Emma (Paltrow). 121 min. Spec. features. Sale! $17

299. D-MP (Rozema)."For everyone…comes the story Jane Austen loved best." Blurb. 4 extra features, 112 min. $26

300. D-PP. Firth. 2 DVD's. 300 min. total plus supplements. Many many extra features incl. excerpt "Making of PP," $35

301. D-SS. (Hugh Grant, Thompson). 136 min. $22 11 extra features, including Ang Lee commentary, E.T. acceptance speech

302. D-SS (Hugh Grant). JA Collection: Limited Edition DVD (as above) and paperback book. $26

PORTRAIT WATCHES

303. Modern. Silvertone with RED portrait. Stainless steel mesh bracelet, adjustable to your wrist. Unisize dial. Second hand. $30

304. Sport/Casual Black twirl frame, Indigo portrait, black Velcro adj. strap w/leather patch. Small dial $22. 313. Large,$25

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305.T-Shirts. I'd Rather Be Reading Jane Austen. Red on white cotton.Szs M,L,XL.$18 Limited quantity. These shirts reflect the hip-hop era-length of XL is 27"! These (XL) shirts could be worn as a night-shirt!

306. BOOK BAG. JA Portrait and signature. Black on natural canvas.17 x 17 ½". (Includes gusset.)Extra-long black straps. $12

307. KEY CHAIN. Heavy pewter with Austen's name on cover & spine(spelled correctly!)A quote on back cover!A solid tome. $8

PAPER STUFF.

308. STATIONERY. Highbury. Blank imaginary map landscape cards/envelopes by Blanche MacManus, Emma, 1902. 5 for $5

309. Palmistry.The art of letter-writing in the palm of your hand! 10 notecards w/ envelopes, 48p. book, charm. Boxed set. $10

310. Chez Panisse blank vegetable cards,envelopes.Set 6/$7.50 Organic,of course.Garlic,scarletrunnerbeans,avocados, peppers, lettuces, tomatoes.

311. Modern 8.5x11 notebook, magnetic flap, lined paper. $15

312. Some Words of JA on freindship and writing. Cream colored matching envelopes with 4 witty excerpts. Packet 8, $10; 2/$15

313. Bath cards/envelopes, artist's rendering. Bell Cliff Lyme Regis. Color on art stock, 6x8", inside blank. Can be framed. $3

WHAT WOULD JANE BID?*

314.Whistocrat Card Set. -London, 2004, 64p. Whist instruction sheet plus book How to Play Bridge, Peter Arnold. Whist was played at least as early as 1742, the forerunner of bridge. 2 decks cards, book, score pad, pen, 2 whist instruction sheets. Boxd. $18 Whist is not as sophisticated but so-o-o similar. As to bridge, we can't leave you stranded - instructions for that too. *Nothing! No bidding in whist.

315. A little brown notebook. Jane Austen. London. Illus. brown boards and paper. Drawings PP and SS. String tie. Each, $6

316. Notebook as above, Emma. Illus. B. Sanders. Each $11 Quotes & drawings, use as desk calendar,daily agenda,travel diary - ink in the yr.

USED BOOKS

F/F (or other letters): condition of book first, then jacket. If only one letter, no DJ We are trying to list more items each issue, but the new books take so much space! We will condense the listings.

Special 50% Off In-Stock Sale! All Literary Criticism! Except Austen! The writers you know we have and those you don't. 50% off price marked. Works by these other authors not included. (Present catalog items excluded.)

317. Jane Austen's History of England, Chapel Hill: 1993, 60p. 1st ed. thus. Facsimile of text, transcript, and Cassandra's portraits of monarchs in colour.F23. PO's name. Cloth, DJ. $15

318. Austen, Jane. Jane Austen's Letters to Her Sister Cassandra and others. Collected and edited by R.W.Chapman. Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1932. 2 volumes in 1, blue cloth, 8 ¾ x 6, India paper, barely an inch thick. VG, $65 Yet another edition - same year as the blue-marbled first edition in 2 Vs. 2 page fold-out letter and two title pages. Pull out plans of Bath, Chawton amd Kent. Dozens of glossy illustrations and the English channel. With all the indexes: Notes, Jane Austen's Family, Other Persons, Places, and the irreplaceable General Topics as well as Authors, Books and Plays. Spine: Jane Austen Letters 1796-1817. (I just love these India paper editions, they are so hard to come by.)

COMPLETE SET

319. ---. Jane Austen's Works. 5 volumes, ½ leather. London: Robert Riviere & Son, n.d. Red linen/leather. Introductions by R. Brimley Johnson. Color frontispiece C. M. Brock. VG (as described.) $700 6 novels in 5 volumes, all 5 with half-title reading: Jane Austen's Works [flower on stem] and title. Bound by Riviere. Printed at Cambridge by the Sundics of the Press at the University Press. (Alt: by the Temple Press at Letchworth). 6 band spine, author/title/device. Bookplates of Mary Andrews Kilgour. Marbled end papers. Front cover PP detached. Cover of Emma taped (color matched). Complete set seldom if ever available! Drawings dated 1899, this would seem to be a predecessor to the Holby edition of 1905, if not at the same time. I have checked my Gilson and find Riviere mentioned quite often in the first editions. Perhaps these are reprints. Drawings: MP: It would give me the… SS: He admires as a lover… E: Frequently coming to look…NA & P: Good God! How come you up… PP: Her affections had been… ( No illustration for P.)

320. ---. Novels of Jane Austen. New edition. London: Bentley, 1869, New Edition. 4 volumes comprising 5 novels (D7).¼ leather, patterned boards with green leather title applied to band-ed gilt decorated spine. SS, 1882 (D13) green cover.VG-G, $890. Bentley produced the first popular editions of the novels in 1833. SS has been added from a later year to complete the set; fractionally larger in cloth.

321. ---. Volume the Second.. OUP, 1963, xii, 236p. Pull-out sheet of portraits of the sovereigns (drawing) by Cassandra, in black and white. Grey boards/quarter natural canvas. Introduction B. C. Southam. F18. This title first printed 1922 as Love and Freindship. DJ. $55 One of 8 volumes of Austen's Minor Works, not issued as a set. The drawings include Richard III, not included in L and F. Contents include that title, Lesley Castle, History of England, Collection of Letters and Scraps. Notes pp 209-236.

322. AUSTEN-LEIGH, James Edward. Memoir of Jane Austen, by her nephew.. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1926, 235p. First edition thus, with 5 illustrations. Intro notes and index R. W. Chapman. Includes the Cancelled Chapter of Persuasion and "The Last Work" (i.e. Sanditon). Facsimile title page of Second Ed. 1871. Gray boards, linen spine. Spare label at rear. VG, $45

323.--- Aiken, Joan.Emma Watson. NY: St. Martin's, first US 1996, 221p.A completion ofthe Watsons by a favorite Austen writer.DJ. $25

Great Facsimiles at Greatly Reduced Prices!

These important volumes,from B. Dalton NY and other stores, were published by well-known facsimile houses about 30 years ago. They are all contemporary volumes and will not suddenly become worth hundreds because of the original date of publication! (These dates are in ( )). Many of these volumes were in a limited edition of 100 to 150 copies. All are in plain library bindings.

324. Adams Oscar Fay. Story of Jane Austen's Life. (Chicago: McClurg, 1896). Charming biography, with illustrations, and the writings of the novels. Red cover. M182. VG, $15

325. Apperson, G.M. A Jane Austen Dictionary. (London: Cecil Palmer, 1932, 151p. ) M544. Green. $30

326. Austen Leigh. (Emma and R.A.) Jane Austen and Lyme Regis. (London: Spottiswoode, Ballantyne and Co. 1944, 58p.). A small book (but in facsimile 6x9) by Emma Austen Leigh and upon her death, completed by her brother. 2 p. plans. Mr. Austen Leigh's name is never mentioned. $20

327. Austen Leigh, J.E. A Memoir of Jane Austen by her nephew. (London: Bentley, 1882.) 5th edition, 197 pages. Blue cover. 6 ½ x 9. $18. Choice of green or gold cover.

328. Bailey, John. Introductions to Jane Austen. (Oxford, London Humphrey Milford, 1931.) 147p. $12. These are the original 7 introductions to the Georgian edition of Jane Austen's novels, enlarged to take in L&F, and S, which were not included. Plus new material: a short study of Jane Austen's Letters.

329. Fitzgerald, Percy. Jane Austen. A Criticism and Appreciation. (London: Jarrold & Sons, 1912.) 127p. black. M309. $10

330.Pollock, Walter Herries. Jane Austen. Her Contemporaries & Her self. An Essay in Criticism. (London: Longmans, 1899) 125p. M233. $10

331. Rhydderch, David. Jane Austen Her Life and Art. Intro. Leonard Huxley. (London: Jonathan Cape, 1932), 252p. M555. $12

332. Sadleir, Michael. Northanger Novels. A Footnote to Jane Austen. (Engl. Assoc. pamphlet #68. November 1927.) 23 pages in addition facsimile title pages of the Horrid Novels. M482. $12

More Editions of Important Works in Facsimile at a special price

333. (Austen) The Brabourne Letters. Jane Austen's Letters edited by Edward, Lord Brabourne. New intro. David Gilson. (London: Bentley, 1884) Blue cloth. (now reprinted by Thoemmes Press). The original edition if available sells for upwards of $600. 2 Vs, $125 It is quite a treat to read this edition, as Brabourne edited them to Victorian sensibilities - slight changes so you won't be offended by the word 'stomach,' for instance.

334. (Austen) Two-in-One. Mackinnon, Frank D. Grand Larceny Being the Trial of Jane Leigh Perrot, aunt of Jane Austen. (London: OUP, 1937). Bound with: Recollections of the Early Days of the Vine Hunt and of its founder William John Chute of the Vine. Together with brief notices of adjoining hunts. By a Sexagenarian [author not named but James Edward Austen-Leigh]. New intro. David Gilson. (London: Spottiswoode, 1865). $85 One of the volumes from 4-volume Jane Austen Family History edited by Louise Ross in 1995. The Vine Hunt title is scarce in any form.

335(---) Hubback, J. H. and Edith C. Jane Austen's Sailor Brothers. Being the adventures of Sir Francis Austen GCB Admiral of the Fleet and Rear-Admiral Charles Austen. 294p. Orig. title page - 1906 - not included. Published by Ian Hodgkins of Stroud. Fine, new, $75.

336. (---) Knight, Fanny. Five Letters from Jane Austen to her niece Fanny Knight printed in facsimile. Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1924. Unpaginated. Green. G2. $55 An important book, as the first edition (described above) is also a facsimile. This book measures 10 x 12 inches in facsimile, the same as the original.

337. Austen-Leigh, William and Richard Arthur. Jane Austen. Her Life and Letters. A Family Record. Publisher not given, first published 1913. (This is titled Second Edition, 1955). Cloth, F, $35 If you've never read the writings of other Austens, you are in for a treat. Gentle, factual, warm and considerate. As the introducer notes, a third point is the uneventful nature of the author's life, which has been a good deal exaggerated.

338. Bage, Robert. Hermsprong. (Dublin: P. Wogan, 1796.). Published in France, text in English. 2 volumes. Gilson K3. Paper, VG, $20 JA's copy of this work is at the Huntington Library. The original work is in 3 volumes, with JA's name at the top of the endpaper in each.

339. Grant, Sir William, Knt. Memoirs of an American Lady. With sketches of manners and scenery in America. As they existed previous to the Revolution. By the author of "Letters from the Mountains," (London: Longman, Hurst, 1808) Grant was Master of the Rolls. Recollected in 2 volumes. Cloth, As new. $50 End Facsimile Selection

340. ---.Ashe, Rosalind. Literary Houses. 10 Famous Houses in Fiction. NY: Facts on File, 1982, 140p. All illustratrated with text, with imaginery depiction of Northanger Abbey, p.91. DJ. 9x11. $15

341. ---. Ashton, Helen. Parson Austen's Daughter. A novel. NY: Dodd Mead. 1949, 337p. M774. DJ. F/f, $25 This is the book whose introduction credits "Dr. Chambers" for his help with the facts, "especially the letters." Dr. Chambers is, of course, Dr. Chapman.

342. ---. Batey, Mavis. Jane Austen and the English Landscape. London: Barn Elms, 1996, 135p. Batey is the highly credentialed president of the garden history society and a landscape historian. She recreates the subtleties and ideas in Austen's novel and the Regency period. A gorgeous book. Many color plates. DJ. $35

343.---. Beer, Patricia, Reader I Married Him. A Story of the Women Characters of Jane Austen, Charlotte Bronte, Elizabeth Gaskell, George Eliot. NY: Barnes & Noble, 1979, 213p. paper, $7.50

344. ---. Black, Maggie and Deirdre Lefaye. Jane Austen Cookbook. Chicago Review Press, 1995, 128p. LeFaye offers historical background. Dull gold cloth dust jacket, as new, $25

345. ---. Brinton, Sybil. Old Friends and New Fancies. Lakewood, Colo.: Revive, 1998, 282p. A remake of the first sequel. J1. $55 Incorporates all Austen's novels as influences. Not a facsimile (Bader edited the language of the original) of the first sequel noted in Gilson's Bibliography. Red composition boards.

346. ---. Brown, Julia Prewitt. A Reader's Guide to the 19th C. English Novel. NY: Collier, 1985, 137p. An informal introduction to the novels of Austen, Dickens, Thackeray, Hardy, Eliot, Brontë. Paper. $12

347. ---. Hannon, Patrice. 101 Things you Didn't Know about Jane Austen. The Truth about the World's Most Intriguing Romantic Literary Heroine. F&W: 2007, 242p. Paper, 12.95

348. ---. Hodge, Joan Aiken. Only a Novel: the Double Life of Jane Austen. NY: Coward McCann, 1972, FAE, 253p. 8p. plates. F/f, $18 A favorite popular biography.

349.---. Hughes-Hallett, Penelope, ed. Illustrated Letters of Jane Austen. (AKA Dear Cassandra.) NY: Clarkson Potter, 1990, 160p. DJ. Excerpts from the novels and letters, beautiful Regency illus.F/F, $18

350. (---).Jane Austen Society. Back issues of Reports. Scattered volumes from 1983-1999. Compact, informative, entertaining. Each $10 Splendid Literary Paperbacks - Quite a Selection! I bought these volumes some 2 years ago (I just looked at the postmark!) and didn't get at them--we were having such a good time with the other 12 boxes! Oxford.

351.Radcliffe. The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne. $3.

352. Hemlow, Joyce, ed. Fanny Burney Selected Letters and Journals. $5

353. Burney. The Wanderer. $10

354. Rush, Rebecca. Kelroy a Novel. $8.

355. Moers, Ellen. Liter-ary Women. $5

356. Kelley, Mary. Private Woman, Public Stage. Literary Domes-ticity in 19th C America. $5

357. Gaskell, Cranford, $2

358. Brontë, Jane Eyre, $2

359. Austen. Selected Letters. Ed. Jones. New. $12

360. Dickens. The Old Curiosity Shop. $3

361. Trollope. Small House at Arlington. $3 Pandora.

362. Lee, Harriet and Sophia, Canterbury Tales, $10

363, Hays, Mary. Memoirs of Emma Courtney, $8

364. Edgeworth.Patronage. $8

365. Edgeworth. Helen. $10

366. Brunton, Mary. Discipline. $8.

367. Inchbald. Simple Story.

368. Mrs. Opie. Adeline Mowbray the Mother and Daughter $8.

369. Fielding, Sarah. The Governess or Little Female Academy.

370. Spender, Dale. Mothers of the Novel. 100 Good Woman Writers Before Jane Austen. $10 Penguin.

371. Edgeworth, Castle Rackrent and Ennui. $4

372. Rowson, Susanna. [1762-1824] Charlotte Temple and Lucy Temple. $6

373. Wollstonecraft, Mary and William Godwin. A Short Residence in Sweden; and Memoirs of the Author of 'the Rights of Woman.' $5.

374. Austen: LS/W/S, $3.

375. Austen. E, $4

376. Opie:Adeline Mowbray (1805), $8.

377. Haywood: History of Betsy Thoughtless, $8.

378. Godwin: St. Leon: $4.

379. Burney: Cecilia, $8

380. Gard, Roger. Jane Austen: E and P—Critical Study $5

381. Tenney: Female Quixotism, $3

382. Chopin. A Vocation and a Voice. Stories. $2 Cambridge: Wollstonecraft.A Vindication of the Rights Of Men with:Vindication of the Rights of Woman And Hints. $9

384.Yale: Gilbert/Gubar. The Madwoman in the Attic. The Woman Writer and the 19th C Literary Imagination. New. $12 Misc.Publ.

385. Morgan, Fidelis. The Female Tattler. $5.

386. Wollstonecraft. Vindication of Rights of Woman. Bound with: Mill, John Stuart. The Subjection of Women. $5.

387. Duffy Maureen. The Passionate Shepherdess. Aphra Behn 1640-89. (Illus.) $4

388. Burney Fanny. A Busy Day (new) $9

389. Phelps, Elizabeth Stuart (1882). Doctor Zay. $5

390. Schrank/Supino, eds. The Famous Miss Burney. The Diaries and Letters of Fanny Burney. $5

391. Wollstonecraft, Maria or the Wrongs of Woman. $3.

392. Scott, Sarah. Millennium Hall. $4

393. Wife or Spinster. Stories by 19th C Women. $5.

394. Moers, Ellen. The Dandy: Brummell to Beerbohm. $5.

395. Figes, Eva. Sex and Subterfuge. Women Writers to 1850. $6

396. Watt Ian. Rise of the Novel. $7.50 (new)

397. Warren, Joyce, ed. Ruth Hall and other writings. Fanny Fern. $9.

398. Perry, Ruth. The Celebrated Mary Astell. An Early English Feminist. $12

399. Healey, Edna. Lady Unknown. The Life of Angela Burdett-Coutts. $10

400. Fraser, Flora Emma, Lady Hamilton. $4.50

401. Ferrier, Marriage, $8.

402. Yonge: Clever Woman of the Family (1865), $5

403. Yonge, The Trial, $5.

404. Maturin,Fatal Revenge $5.

405. Young, E. H. Jenny Wren, $4.

406. The Misses Mallett, $4.

407. Stern G. Deputy was King, $4

408. Hogg. Unjustified Sinner $7

409.deLaclos:Les Liaisons Dangereuses, $6.

410. Weldon. Letters to Alice on First Reading JaneAusten. $5

411. Masters, Brian. Georgiana. $5

412. Eliot. Daniel Deronda. $2

413. Raison/Goldie. Caraboo. The Servant Girl Princess. $5

414. Erickson. Our tempestuous Day. A History of Regency England. $5

415. Chopin. A Matter of Prejudice & Other Stories. $2

416. The Awakening. $1

417. ---. Ives, Sidney. The Trial of Mrs. Leigh Perrot, Wife of James Leigh Perrot, Esq. which came on at Somerset Assizes, holden on the 29th of March, 1800 at Taunton, before Mr. Justice Lawrence, on a charge of stealing a card of lace: to which are added, some circumstances attendant on that interesting Trial. Reporter, Sidney Ives. NY: Grolier Club, 1978, 37 pp. Limited to 200 copies for subscribers and bound at the Stinehour Press. Cream colored boards, (Subscribers listed.) F, $75 Floor plan of Miss Gregory's Shop (late Wm Smith's.) As good a mystery-documentary as any current model.

A NEW BOOK - MISPLACED HERE

418. ---. James, Syrie. The Lost Memoirs of Jane Austen. NY: Avon, 2007, 303p. With Reader's Guide. FE. Paper, $13.95 Just arrived - but I already numbered the front! This is a fictionalized memoir, written by Jane herself, found hundreds of years after her death. I think Stephanie Barron popularized this form, quite effective. This book is "rich in historical detail, marvelously researched, and written in a deft and witty style."

419-441. ---. JASNA. Persuasions. Buff covers. #6-#19, each $6. Lacking #10. Occasional paper #1, 1984, $6 Persuasion #1, 1979, $10 Persu. Sale! Yellow covers. #20 (1998) thru #27 (2005) Each $10. These keep turning up! So much deaccession! We really have 'em all except for the early 80s. PS. The early buff cover issues were great—edited by Joan A-L.

442. (---.) Kaye-Smith, Sheila and G. B. Stern. More About Jane Austen.NY: Harper, 1949, stated first. Green jacket. 270p. M786.$24

443.(---.) Speaking of Jane Austen. NY: Harper, 1994. First edition. M707. The first of these two. DJ. $25

444. ---. Kerrigan, Michael. A Guide to Pride and Prejudice. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1998, 85 p. Teach Yourself series. Ppr, F, $12 Background, themes, who's who, commentary and glossary—compact!

445.-Keynes, Geoffrey. Jane Austen: Bibliography. With 4 illus. from original engravings. London: Nonesuch press, 1929, 269p. Copy 361 limited to 875 copies. Spare label at rear. Sugar blue boards, DJ. $85 Sugar blue and cream boards, boards and linen this book predates the Gilson edition by quite some years - it is still referred to, scooping as he did everything up until 1929. many labels shown and facsimiles of title pages. Emphasizing original editions, First American editions and French translations.

446.--- LeFaye, Deirdre. Jane Austen: The World of Her Novels. London: Frances Lincoln, 2002. Gorgeous illus., beautiful paper. This edition now out of print. DJ. F/F, $35

447.---.Moler, Kenneth. P P: a Student's Companion to the Novel. A Studyin Artistic Economy. Boston: Hall, 1989,110p. Underlining. Ppr.$9

448. (---.) NABOKOV, Vladimir. Lectures on Literature. NY: Harcourt Brace, 1980, 190p. Intro. John Updike. Splendid! DJ. F/F, $22 Featuring "Jane Austen: Mansfield Park," pp.9-63. Facsimiles of Nabokov's chronology of MP, the layout at the Park. A page of notes on Fanny's horse rides.

449. ---. Perkins, Moreland. Reshaping the Sexes in Sense and Sensibility. UP Virginia, 1998, 224p. "A work of deep wit and understanding, an appreciation of Austen's 'black comedy' and 'mock-metaphysical wit.'" Julia Prewitt Brown. DJ. F/F, $20

450. ---. Sales, Roger. Jane Austen and Representations of Regency England. London: Routledge, 1996, 312p. Splendid! Paper, Fine, $18 After 12 years, why is this book such a steady seller? Sales depicts the ways in which the Austen novels represent dandyism and masculine identities, the Regency crisis and themes such as healthcare and national identity.

451. ---. Troost, Linda, ed. Jane Austen Goes to the Movies. Washington and Jefferson College: Topic 48, 1997, 65p. Paper, $!5 7 essays and 7 authors, plus intro. and appendix.

452. --TUCKER, George H. Goodly Heritage. The History of Jane Austen's Family. 1998, 238p. Stunning research. DJ. F/F. HB, $20 "One of the most readable books of the Life anyone ever wrote." Helen Lefroy First published 1983. Traces JA's family from Elizabethan times, plus information about various members of her family. Signed

453. ---. Waldron, Mary. Jane Austen and the Fiction of her Time. Cambridge 2001, 194p. Her confrontation with the popular novelists of her time. "Reveals Austen's disrespectful stance to her preachy contemporaries." Janet Todd. Paper, F, $21

454. ---. Wilks, Brian. Jane. Austen. First edition. London: Hamlyn, 1978. 144p. Now a classic; great starter bio of Jane. Illus. DJ. $15

455. Ackermann's Costume Plates. Women's Fashions in England 1818-1828. NY: Dover, 1978, 90 p. Editor Stella Blum. 9x12. Paper. $10

456. Aldrich, Elizabeth. From the Ballroom to Hell. Grace And Folly in 19thC Dance. Evanston: NUp, 1991, 225p. 8 ½ x 11. Music, fashion, dance. Now out of print. Large Paper, $25

457. Berry. Miss Berry's Journals and Correspondence. Extracts from the year 1783 to 1852. London Longmans Green, 1865. Ed. Lady Theresa Lewis. Burgundy cloth, embossed design. 3 Volumes, G, $75 Spidery inscription "…from her Mother Aug. '67." (that's 1867). Vol. 1, xli, 492p. Vol. 2, 549p. V 3, 567p. Almost 1500 pages. Front hinge fragile Vol. 1.

458. Bessborough, Earl of, ed. Georgiana. Extracts from the Corres-pondence of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire. London, John Murray, 1955, FE. 308 p. incl. index. Pedigree chart. 8 illus. Cloth, VG, $15

459. Boswell, James and H. Piozzi. The Life of Samuel Johnson. With marginal comments and markings from two copies annotated by Hester Lynch Thrale Piozzi. NY: Heritage Press, 1963. Fascinating with com-ments of Hester. Marbled slipcase, 3 vols, 1493 total p. As new, $40

460. Brontë, Charlotte. Five Novelettes. London. Folio Press 1971. Transcribed from orig. mss. Winifred Gerin. 12 illus. Cloth. VG, $40 Passing Events, Julia, Mina Laury, Captain Henry Hastings and Caroline Vernon. with an appendix for the latter. In battered slipcase. Reddish cloth.

461. Bridge, Tom and Colin C. English. Dr. William Kitchiner Regency Eccentric Author of the Cook's Oracle. East Sussex: Southover Press, 1992, 176p. A biography of the famed doctor, and a section devoted to his recipes from the Cook's Oracle (1817). DJ. $20

462. BROWNE, Claire. Silk Designs of the 18th Century. From V&A. NY: Thames and Hudson, 1996, 112p. 263 illustrations, 259 in colour. Unusually large (8x12). Paper. New, $15

463. Burney, Fanny. Evelina. Or the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World. London: Dent, 1893. Ed. Richard Brimley Johnson. 4/3 sepia engravings William Cubitt Cooke. Cover design and title page designed by Aubrey Beardsley. 2 volumes. Green cloth, $30 (I have been straightening out my shelves - I have 3 sets! So it is reduced.) Dent issues Austen, Edgeworth and Burney in these little green books with gilt designs. I still haven't seen all the burneys. And Duologues in the same format.

464.(Burney). Masefield, Muriel. The Story of Fanny Burney. Being an introduction to the Diary & Letters of Madame d'Arblay. Cambridge 1927, 160p. 8 illus. including one of Mrs. Delany. Cloth in DJ. $10 This book attempts to do for Fanny what S.C. Roberts story of Dr. Johnson did for Boswell's Life, providing a brief intro. to a lengthy fascinating 18th C record.

465. Calder-Marshall. The Two Duchesses. NY: Harper and Row, 1978. FAE. 208p. 12p. plates. DJ in distress. $12 The sexual and dynastic intrigues of two bewitching English aristocrats in a time of unbridled extravagance and license.

466. Cazamian,Louis. The Social Novel in England 1830-1850. Dickens, Disraeli, Mrs. Gaskell, Kingsley. London: Routledge, 1973, 369p. Trans. from 1903 ed. in French. A pioneering work with much on Mrs. Gaskell and Christian interventionism. Cloth. Our Lit. Crit. Discount, VG, $10

467. Coke, Lady Mary. Letters and Journals. 1756-1774. Bath: Kingsmead Reprints, 1970, ltd to 500 sets. A revealing account of 18th C court and social life as told by the "tempestuous petticoat." About 1600 total pages. 4 Vs, DJs. Fine. $85 Vol. 1. 1756-1767. Vol. 2. 1768-1769. Vol. 3. 1769-1772 Vol. 4. 1772-1774. 138 page introduction, 100 page index. First published (100 sets) 1889-1896. Lady Mary Coke (1726-1811), fourth daughter of John, Duke of Argyll. In 1743 agreed to marry Viscount Coke, only to refuse to fulfil her wifely duties and then capriciously sue for divorce. She was rescued from her dilemma only by untimely death of her husband, leaving her a widow at age of 26. She never married again, preferring "to connect herself directly or indirectly with the Court."

468. Collins, V. H., editor. Lord Byron in his letters. Selections from his Letters and Journal. London: John Murray, 1927, Xvi, 301p. cloth, gilt emblem on cover. VG, $15

469.Connell, Brian. Portrait of a Whig Peer. London: Andre Deutsch, 1957, 488p. Compiled from papers of 2nd Viscount Palmerston 1739-1802. Frontispiece of the Peer loose. From 1400 letters. Tatty DJ. $5

COUNTRY DANCE

470. (Dance) Sharp, Cecil J., The Country Dance Book. Part I. London: Novello, 1934 (1st 1909), 54p. 2nd ed. rev. Maud Karpeles. 18 traditional dances collected in country villages. From EDM. Cloth . $20

471. ---.Sharp, Cecil J. Country Dance Book. Part II. London: Novello, 1927, 3rd ed. (1st/2nd 1911/1913), 139p. Containing 30 country dances from the English Dancing Master (1650-1728). Hardback. $20

472. ---.Sharp/Butterworth. The Country Dance Book. Part III. London: Novello. 2nd ed. 1927, 118 p. 35 Country Dances from the EDM. (1650-1728). Notations for dance steps and music. Diagrams. HB. $20

473.Delany, Mrs. Letters from Georgian Ireland. The Correspondence of Mary Delany, 1731-68. Ed. Angelique Day. Belfast: Friars Bush Press, 1991, 303p. 16 p. colour plates, 66 b/w illus. DJ. F/f, $45 Foreward Sybil Connollly. A friend of Dean Swift. "Impressions of places, people social gatherings and Dublin society, Describes her experiences in the north as wife of the dean of Down. The woman of fashion of all ages." Burke

474. (Evelyn) The Diary of John Evelyn. Intro/notes Austin Dobson. London: Routledge: London: 1996, a reprint of 1906 edition. 3 Vs, $75 Vol. 1, 1620-1646, lxxiv,355p. Vol. 2, 1647-1676, 420p. Vol. 3, 1677-1706, 479p. including index. Red cloth, as new. Pedigree chart, map and man illustrations. First printed 1818 by Colburn.

475. Fairley, Rob, ed. Jemima. The Paintings and Memoirs of a Victorian Lady. North Pomfret: Trafalgar Square. 1988, 207p. FAE. Utterly charming. Dj. F/f, as new, $20

476.Girouard, Mark. The English Town. A History of Urban Life. Yale, 1990, 330p. Georgian cathedral towns, elegant Regency spas, mill town with ebullient Victorian carving .. all English towns! DJ. F/F, $20

477. Girouard. Life in the English Country House. First published by Yale 1978, 344p. Penguin paper, VG, $15

478. Harrison, Shirley. The Channel. London: Collins, 1986, 320p. The love-hate relationship of the French and English. Hundreds of period illustrations. Dj. As new. F/F, $6

479. Hembry, Phyllis. The English Spa 1560-1815. A social history. London: Athlone, 1990, 401p. Cover illus. of Sydney hotel in Bath. Dj. VG/VG, $20

480. Heyer, Georgette. False Colours. FE 1964, dj. VG, $25. 481. Regency Buck. Dutton 1956. FE. $25. 482. Spanish Bride. NY: Dutton, 1965, $20 483. Charity Girl. NY: Dutton, first edition, 1970. DJ. $15 484. Pistols for Two. And Other Stories. Dutton, 1964, FE. Including Bath Mist and A Husband for Fanny. DJ. F/F, $20

485. Hughes, Kristine. Writer's Guide to Everyday Life in Regency and Victorian England. Cincinnati: 1998, 248p. Paper. 6x9". New $22 Social life, private life, the courts. Writers of historical fiction need this!

486. Hunt, John Dixon . Gardens and the Picturesque. Studies in the History of Landscape Architecture. MIT, 1997R, 388p. Ppr, new, $18 11 essays, several never published, and 100 illustrations, deal with the ways in which gardens have represented the nature "picturesquely."

487. Hyde, Mary. The Thrales of Streatham Park. Cambridge: Harvard, 1978, 3d prtg. The story of Hester Lynch Salusbury Thrale Piozzi, 1741-1821. Beautiful illustrations. As new, 7x10", DJ, $20 Journal of an 18th C family at the center of both social and intellectual worlds. The life and customs of the time. This is a fine copy.

488. Linnane, Fergus. Madams. Bawds & Brothel-Keepers of London. Stroud: Sutton, 2005, 246p. 16 p. plates. New. DJ. $14 During the 17th-18th-19th Cs there were almost no career openings for women. Yet a group of intrepid and gifted females scaled the heights of what was literally a man's world - they became bawds. From court records, letters, diaries.

489. Macdonogh, Giles.A Palate in Revolution. Grimod de la Reyniere and the Almanach Des Gourmands. London: Robin Clark, 1987, 242p. A biography of Grimod and a selection from the Almanach. Dj. F/f, $12

490. Manley/Lewis, selectors. Ladies of the Gothics. Tales of Romance and Terror by the Gentle Sex. NY: Morrow, 1975. Jane Austen & "Novels, Gothic Novels." Bronte, Radcliffe, Shelley. Dj. $5

491. Manning, Jo. The Amazing Life and Outrageous Times of Grace Dalrymple Elliott [1754-1823] Royal Courtesan. 2005, 414p. DJ. $12 Gorgeous book, illustrated. "A wicked turnabout" on JA's adage—"a single man" etc. Raucous history that traverses the licentious Regency era. Index. 8x9½.

492. Mitford, Jessica. Grace Had an English Heart. NY: Dutton, 1988. Dedicated to Emma Tennant - her niece! Story of Grace Darling, heroine and Victorian superstar. Dj. F/f, $10

493. MITFORD, Mary Russell. Belford Regis Or, Sketches of a Country Town. London: Richard Bentley, 1846. 439p. 6 ½ x 4 ½, cloth, VG, $30 Preface dated 1835. Where p. 383/4 should be, aged paper inserted, Dedicated to the Duke of Devonshire. Previous owner's inscription to a Bellringer, 1898.

494. Neville-Sington, Pamela. Fanny Trollope. The Life and Adven-tures of a Clever Woman.NY: Viking 1997,416p. DJ. ½ price F/f, $15

495. The New Female Instructor or Young Woman's Guide to Domestic Happiness. London: Rosters, 1988R, 312p. First published 1834. "How to be an intelligent and pleasing companion." DJ. As new. F/f, $25

496. Paterson, Wilma. Lord Byron's Relish. The Regency Cookery Book. Glasgow 1990, Dog and Bone, 143p. References to food, cookery & eating in Lord Byron's letters and journals, family, friends. Ppr, $15

497. Perkin, Michael. A Directory of the Parochial Libraries of the Church of England and the Church in Wales. London: Bibliographical Society, 2004R, 490p. Blue cloth, published at $165, new, Fine, $28 Historical introduction. Directory. 300p section for England, and appendices.

498-511. Read, Miss. New copies Penguin paperbacks, ½ price, $5 ea. Mrs. Pringle. Return to Thrush Green. Changes at Fairacre. News from Thrush Green. Miss Clare Remembers. No Holly for Miss Quinn. Storm in the Village. Summer at Fairacre. Farewell to Fairacre. The School at Thrush Green. Village Centenary. Battles at Thrush Green. The Market Square. At Home in Thrush Green.

512. Rees, Sian. The Floating Brothel. Extraordinary True Story of an 18th C Ship and its Cargo of Female Convicts. DJ. F/F, $12

513. Renton, Alice. Tyrant or Victim? A History of the British Governess. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 1991, 214p. DJ. F/F, $18 The governess is a particularly British institution. She hovered uneasily between the kitchen and the drawing room. This particular volume was purchased at the Brontë Parsonage!

514. Schwartz, David. Roll the Bones. The History of Gambling from divination rituals at the dawn of history to today's global gaming culture. NY: Gotham, 2006, 570p.8p. photo inset b/w illus. throughout. Compelling look at history of risk-taking. Publ. at $30. DJ. $12

515. Seward. Ingrid. Royal Style. An Intimate look inside the Palaces and Country Houses of Britain's Royal Family. NY: SMP,1988. (UK:By Royal Invitation.) Recipes, color photos.$10 (when Diana was alive.)

516. Shep, R. L. Federalist & Regency Costume: 1790-1819. Mendocino: 1998, 218p. 8½ x 11. Text of the tailor's complete guide by the Society of Adepts, 1796. Now out of print. 10x12. Paper, $28

517. Small, Miriam Rossiter. Charlotte Ramsay Lennox. [1720-1804] An 18thC Lady of Letters. Archon books, 1969, 268p, (orig. 1935),. Lennox was author of Female Quixote. Blue cloth in DJ. F/F $15

518.Swift, Jonathan. Directions to Servants.[1745] London: Hesperus Press, 78p. To the butler, the cook, the footman, etc, 17 groups. Stiff paper covers. Nifty, just one copy. new, $15

519. Swift. The Sayings of Jonathan Swift. Duckworth, London: 1994, 64p. Ed. Joseph Spence. Paper, new, $10

520. Sykes, Christopher Simon. Private Palaces. Life in the Great London houses. Viking, 1985, 352p. Mini-coffee table book profusely illustrated. Includes an 18th C household and more. VG/VG, $20

521. Taylor, Christopher. Parks and Gardens of Britain. A Landscape History from the Air. Edinburgh UP, 1998, 224p. A seminal study of some of the most distinctive features of the British landscape. A chronological tour through parks and gardens. New. Paper, $12

522. Taylor, Mary. Miss Miles. A Tale of Yorkshire 60 Years Ago. OUP: 1990, 28,466p. Intro. J. H. Murray. Set in the 1830s, a novel by a close friend of Charlotte Brontë. Glossary of Yorkshire and German words and phrases. DJ. f/f, $20

523. Warren, Joyce. Fanny Fern. An Indepenedent Woman.[b.1811] NJ: Rutgers, 1992, 374p. 16p. plates inserted. DJ. VG/VG, $15 Fanny Fern (Sarah Payson Willis Parton) author of best-selling novel (Ruth Hall --1855) The first American woman newspaper columnist and the most highly paid newspaper writer of her day.

524. Weintraub, Stanley. Charlotte and Lionel. A Rothschild Love Story. NY: Free Press, 2003, 316p. An arranged betrothal joining two branches of Europe's most powerful banking firm. Charlotte became grand chatelaine of the Victorian era. DJ. New. $10

525. Wilson, John Harold. A Rake and His Times. George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham. NY: Farrar Straus, 1954. Rake. wit and rogue. He sought to excel in every activity. DJ. F/VG, $10

526. A Country Parson. James Woodforde's Diary 1759-1802. Illus. Oxford: 1985, 224p. Selections. Contemporary watercolours; extra drawings Rosalind Caldecott. Diary 1st publ. between 1924-31. DJ. $20

Many of my readers already know I am trying to shrink! This is so much work. I have been doing it for 20 years! I need to thank so many people - Elizabeth Powers, Pennsylvania, the compleat scholar. Mary Belle and John Swingle, retired book dealers of California, who have been my (unwitting) mentors. Debra Stein, California, Marlene Kondelik, Michigan, Jean Lawrence, Florida, Tom Tattershall, Missouri, staunch readers. James Davis, Pennsylvania and James Smith, New York, whom I often confuse. Lorraine Hanaway, Pennsylvania, of Jasna. Helen Lefroy and David Gilson, England, with their professional advice. More on this next issue.

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