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THE WET NURSE'S TALE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Putnam, (2009) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, the story of a sharp-tongued and adventurous heroine who offers a very different perspective on middle-class life in Victorian England. 259 pp. ISBN: 978-0399155765.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 70365More details Price: $17.50 -
THE MYSTERIES OF GLASS.
Edition: First printing.
London: Headline / Review, (2004) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's ninth novel: "In the winter of 1860 a young curate takes up his first position in a rural parish.. . " The story of how a passionate affair rocks a Victorian community to its foundation. 342 pp. ISBN: 0-755303091.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (slightly "over-opened" before title page, usual light toning to the pages.
Book ID: 68022More details Price: $18.00 -
THE WIDER SEA: A Life of John Ruskin.
Edition: First printing.
London: J. M. Dent & Sons, (1982.) dj. Hardcover first edition - An authoritative biography of this influential Victorian figure. Illustrated with more than 50 photographs. Extensive notes, index. 512 pp. ISBN: 0-460-045474.
Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (light creasing to a few pages, price-clipped dj.)
Book ID: 29916More details Price: $15.00 -
THE PIGEON PIE MYSTERY.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Doubleday, (1912) dj. Hardcover first edition - A murder mystery set in Victorian England - "When Indian Princess Alexandrina is left penniless by the sudden death of her father, the Maharaja of Brindor, Queen Victoria grants her a grace-and-favor home in Hampton Court Palace. Though rumored to be haunted, Alexandrina and her lady's maid, Pooki, have no choice but to take the Queen up on her offer.. . But when General-Major Bagshot dies after eating said pie, and the coroner finds traces of arsenic in his body, Pooki becomes the #1 suspect in a murder investigation." 313 pp. ISBN: 978-0385535564.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (remainder dot)
Book ID: 84536More details Price: $16.50 -
TRAFFIC IN INNOCENTS: The Shocking Story of White Slavery in England.
Edition: First paperback printing.
New York: Bantam, (1961.). First edition - F2201, cover price 50c. The cover blares "The shocking facts about the flesh markets of Europe: a story of lust and moral depravity unequalled in civilized times" but this is actually a fairly serious, if dramatic, account of the traffic in young women which flourished in Victorian England, including the work of the rescuers - women like Josephine Butler - and of government hearings. Bibliography, index. 199 pp.
Condition: Very near fine (previous owner's name inside front cover.)
Book ID: 31149More details Price: $13.50