Works by Women

First edition, first impression; 8vo; unmarked internally; publisher's black cloth, gilt lettering to spine, with the unclipped pictorial dust jacket by Linnet Gotch, very slight toning to jacket, minor shelf-wear to extremities.

First edition, first impression; 8vo; very slight finger soiling to prelims, otherwise unmarked internally; publisher's blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine, extremities slightly rubbed, slight spotting to top edge, with the unclipped pictorial dust jacket by H. Cowdell after Hutchinson Scott, top edge slightly creased.

16mo; inscribed on half-title and front and rear endpapers by Annie Maria Harris née Armitt; colour illustrations throughout, one leaf with vertical crease to right-hand side; publisher's green boards with inset rectangular panel to upper cover, pictorial endpapers, front free endpaper rubbed with slight surface loss to fore-margin, spine faded.

First edition, first impression; the dedication copy; 8vo; publisher's pink and blue, tonic cloth, titles to upper board and spine in blue, a little shaken and with some minor soiling to several leaves, otherwise very good.

First edition, first impression; 2 vols, 8vo; half titles to both volumes, as called for, 2 pp. publisher's ads at the end of vol. I, 16 pp publisher's catalogue at end of vol. II correctly dated June 1857, Wesley's bookbinder's label to rear paste down of the first volume, all primary issue points; publisher's purple cloth, elaborately tooled in blind to all boards, titles to spines gilt, cream coated endpapers, hinges just a little tender, spines inevitably somewhat faded but a stunning copy, entirely unsophisticated condition and a qenuine rarity thus; housed in an early twentieth century red cloth, solander box.

First edition, first impression, author's presentation copy, with inscription to title-page; 8vo; publisher's tan boards, titles to spine gilt, dust-jacket, somewhat frayed and rubbed, a near-fine copy otherwise.

First edition, first impression, author's presentation copy, with inscription to title page; 8vo; publisher's red boards, titles to spine gilt, with the dust jacket; a superb copy in the minimally faded dust jacket.

6 vols; first editions thus, first impressions, inscribed by the author; 8vo; frontispieces, Cartland's facsimile signature on titles, unused private library labels in each volume, marginal toning to leaves, otherwise unmarked internally; publisher's red leatherette boards, gilt letting to spines and front covers, gilt device to front covers, corners slightly rubbed, overall a very good set.

First UK hardback editions, first impressions, inscribed by the author; 7 vols, 8vo; all unmarked internally; publisher's black cloth, silver lettering to spines, with unclipped pictorial dust jackets.

First UK hardback edition, first printing, inscribed by the author; 8vo, (20.5 x 13.2 cm); internally fine; publisher's maroon cloth, gilt lettering to spine, with the unclipped pictorial dust jacket, jacket lightly sunned; [iv], 155pp.