The Royal Palaces of Britain, John Adair $18.00

Coffee-table book, heavily illustrated with photographs and illustrations. Covers intimate history of the royal dwellings, including Hampton Court, Winslow, Whitehall, St James's, Holyrood, Brighton, Kensington, Buckingham, Greenwich, The Tower. Very gently used, good condition. 1981. Hb, dj. USED. $18.00

English Spas, William Addison $20.00

Addison writes a fascinating history of English spas, which reached their highest importance for British society in the 17th and 18th centuries. Quotes Jane Austen among many other writers. Descriptions of Bath, Tunbridge, and lesser known spas. Generously illustrated with photos and contemporary drawings. 1951. Library stamp in front of book, good condition, Hb, dj. USED. $20.00

Ainsworth's Magazine: A Miscellany of Romance, General Literature, & Art., Ainsworth; Ainsworth, William Harrison $300.00

3 vols (1840's). Previous owner's inscriptions "bound November 25 1884." Some foxing. Brown 1/2 leather and pebbled boards. Gilt on spine, bands. Complete novels, stories, poems. Illustrated by George Cruikshank. 1842-3. USED. $300.00""

The Tudor and Jacobian Country House: A Building History, Malcolm Airs $15.00

Luxuriously illustrated scholarly work. Entertaining descriptions of great houses. From design to labour, everything about these houses that formed the settings for some of our favorite novels. Hb. 1998. Surrey: Bramley Books. Hb, dj. NEW. $15.00"

A Double Life: Newly Discovered Thrillers of Louisa May Alcott, Louisa May Alcott; Ed by Madeleine Stern $20.00

Ed. by Madeleine Stern. Five of Alcott's thrillers were published under her name for the first time in this book. Original illustrations reprinted here. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. 1988. Hb, dj. NEW. $20.00

Unmasked: Collected Thrillers, Louisa May Alcott; Ed by Madeleine Stern $14.00

This is not Little Women - In one volume, several thrillers Alcott wrote as serial cliffhangers in weekly papers between 1863 and 1870. With titles like "Pauline's Passion and Punishment" and "Betrayed by a Buckle" how can you go wrong? Boston: Northeastern University Press. 1995. Paperbound. 754 pages. Slightly shelf worn. NEW. $14.00

Death of a Colonial, Bruce Alexander $10.00

Popular historical fiction series featuring real-life London Magistrate Sir John Fielding (blind brother of author Henry). Rich in detail of 18th c Bath, London and Oxford. Putnam, 1999. Hb, Dj, VG. USED. $10.00

Murder in Grub Street, Bruce Alexander $2.00

Popular historical fiction series featuring real-life London Magistrate Sir John Fielding (blind brother of author Henry). Features 18th c London, Covent Garden, Samuel Johnson, Bethlem and Grub Street. Berkley Prime Crime, 1996. Paper. USED. $2.00

Person or Persons Unknown, Bruce Alexander $2.00

Sir John Fielding searches for the killer of prostitutes in 1770's Covent Garden. Acclaimed for historical accuracy. Paper, Berkley Prime Crime, 1998. USED. $2.00

Smuggler's Moon, Bruce Alexander $5.00

Another mystery in the beloved Sir John Fielding mystery series. Hb, Dj. USED. $5.00

The Color of Death, Bruce Alexander $5.00

The 7th Sir John Fielding mystery. Historical accuracy and page turning plot augmented by the subject of 18th c British law regarding slavery and slave ownership. Putnam, 2000. 279 pgs, Hb, Dj. USED. $20.00

Charlotte Bronte's High Life in the Verdopolis, Charlotte Bronte; Alexander, Christine $22.00

Charlotte Bronte wrote this romance when she was 17 years old. This edition includes her own illustrations, as well as some copies of her manuscript pages. Beautiful little book with 15 pages notes. London: The British Library. 1995. 103 pages, Hb, dj. NEW. $22.00.

Tainted Souls and Painted Faces. The Rhetoric of Fallenness in Victorian Culture., Amanda Anderson $10.00

Cornell University Press. 1993. 250 pages, paper. NEW. $10.00

Recollections of R.J.S. Stevens: An Organist in Georgian London, R. J. S. Stevens; Argent, Mark, ed. $12.00

A delightful memoir focusing on late 1700s + chart showing parallel events (1773: His voice broke; Mozart began second visit to Italy; Boston Tea Party). Southern Ill U Press, 1992. Hb, dj. NEW $12.00"

Jane Austen. An Illustrated Anthology., Russell and Bernard Higton Ash $10.00

Great Writers series. Concise volume offering a choice sampler and introduction. Color illus. Like new. Crescent Books, NY, 1995. 64 pgs, Hb, Dj. USED. $10.00

International Literary Houses, Rosalind Ashe $12.00

Fictional renderings of the houses that star in many favorite books. All illustratrated with text, with imaginery depiction of Northanger Abbey, p 91. 1983. Surrey. Paper. NEW. $12.00

Mme. De LaFayette The Princess of Cleves, Mme. De La Fayette; Ashton, Helen, Transl. $15.00

First published 1678, Paris. Usually credited as the first real (concerned with real people and their feelings) novel. Mme de La Fayette feared being found out as a writer and so published anonymously. This early 20th c. translation comes with an introduction and historical notes. Rough cut pages. Attractive olive brown cloth with red cloth spine. George Routledge & Sons Ltd., no date. 286 pgs, Hb. USED. $15.00

The Perreaus & Mrs. Rudd: Forgery and Betrayal in Eighteenth-Century London, Donna T. Andrew and Randall McGowen $15.00

The criminal case that occupied the press in the 1770's, competing with the troubles in the American colonies for the front page. Full of famous figures as well as the principals. New way to understand London during this time period. U of California Press. 2001. 346 pgs. Hb, dj. Pub. at $39.95. NEW. $15.00

Private Theatricals - the Lives of the Victorians, Nina Auerbach $22.00

Beautiful little book explores how the Victorians thought about life in terms of acting a part. Harvard University Press: 1990. 132 pages, Hb, dj. Sticker damage to dj, otherwise VG condition. NEW. $22.00

Boswell's London Journal 1762-1763, Boswell; Pottle, Frederick A. $16.00

The Yale Editions of the Private Papers of James Boswell. "Now first published from the original manuscript - prepared for the press, with an introduction and notes by Frederick A. Pottle, Sterling Professor of English, Yale University, with a preface by Christopher Morley." This first edition copy is in very good condition. Rough cut pages, blue gilt on top, attractive blue paper on boards with dark cloth on spine, one corner of book is worn. Binding is tight. Map of London in Boswell's time inside covers. 1950: McGraw-Hill. USED. $16.00

English Literature: The Mid-Eighteenth Century, John Butt $12.00

All facets of literature of the period, with a large section on Johnson. Drama, poetry, essay and lit of the period that preceded and influenced Jane Austen. Excellent readable reference. Oxford at the Clarendon Press.1980. 671 pgs, hb. USED. $12.00

The National Trust Book of Furnishing Textiles, Pamela Clabburn $15.00

Fully illustrated with examples from National Trust houses. History of furnishing textiles from Middle Ages to present. Some wear on edge of spine and cover. Pages very good. 1989. USED. $15.00

The World of the Country House in Seventeenth-Century England, J. T. Cliffe $30.00

Beautifully illustrated throughout, color and b/w. This book is concerned with the houses of the gentry, not of the nobility. Includes lifestyle issues such as intellectual pursuits, scandals, tutors, as well as gardens, architecture, service, and other topics. Hb, dj. Yale University Press, 1999. NEW. Originally published at $65, now $30.00

The Suspicion of Virtue: Women Philosophers in Neoclassical France, John J. Conley, S.J. $25.00

Forerunners of Madame de Stael. Aristocratic women philosophers who explored concepts of virtue in the salon, the only avenue open to them. Mid to late 17th century. Exposes the important contribution of these women to the development of modern thought, which has previously been ignored. Cornell University Press. 2002. Hb, dj. NEW. $25.00

English Literature in The Early Eighteenth Century 1700-1740., Bonamy Dobree $22.00

All facets of literature of the period. Defoe, Thomson, Pope, etc. Drama, poetry, science, philosophy. Excellent readable reference. Oxford at Clarendon Press. 1995R. 701 pgs, Hb. Handsome dark blue cloth cover with gilt title on spine. No marks anywhere, pages clear, binding solid. List $59. USED. $22.00