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2005Simply Quartet # 1. Drawing us into the lives of four women, teachers at Miss Martin's School for Girls, Balogh introduces this novel's marvelous heroine: music teacher Frances Allard,and the man who seduces her with a passion no woman could possibly forget. They meet in a ferocious snowstorm. She is a young teacher with a secret past. He is the cool, black-caped stranger who unexpectedly comes to her rescue. Between these two unlikely strangers, desire is instantaneous.and utterly impossible to resist. Stranded together in a rustic country inn, Lucius Marshall, who is the Viscount Sinclair, and Frances Allard share a night of glorious, unforgettable passion. But Frances knows her place,and it is far from the privileged world of the sensual aristocrat. Due to begin her teaching position at Miss Martin's School in Bath, Frances must try to forget that one extraordinary night,and the man who touched her with such exquisite tenderness and abandon. But Frances cannot hide forever. And when fate once again throws them together, Lucius refuses to take no for an answer. If Frances will not be his wife, he will make her his mistress. So begins an odyssey fraught with intrigue, one that defies propriety and shocks the straitlaced ton. For Lucius's passionate, single-minded pursuit is about to force Frances to give up all her secrets-except one-to win the heart of the man she already loves. Book
2008The Earl of Severn's question was simple enough. Would Miss Abigail Gardiner agree to become his wife? But a far more difficult question was why the most handsome and wealthy lord in London, with a ravishing mistress and his pick of the marriage mart, would want to wed a Miss Nobody like her. A Miss Nobody, to boot, who harbored a secret that could cover her with shame and fill a husband with horror. There was but one way for Abigail to find out what lay behind the Earl's proposal and what danger her dark past might pose. For better or worse, she had to say yes. Book
1998Moira Hayes hadn't seen Kenneth Woodfall in nearly eight years. Nor did she want to see this man who stirred such feelings of anger in her. After all, their families had been rivals since their great-grandfathers' day. And he was the reason- though indirectly-for her own brother's death.But Kenneth is home for good. And he isn't willing to forget the past--a time he shared with his first and only love, Miss Moira Hayes. The moment he sees her again, he knows his future. Because Kenneth is more than willing to forgive... Book
2009Julia Maitland had an idyllic childhood with her brother and younger sisters on her family's estate in rural Derbyshire. Upon reaching marriageable age, she looked forward to everything that her new status could bring: the excitements of her first "season" in society, a choice of handsome suitors, and-hopefully-a blissful future with a man she cherishes. But Julia's prospects take a disastrous turn with the sudden and unbearably tragic death of her soldier brother in the war against Napoleon and the loss of her father's investments. Within the span of a few weeks, she finds herself in London, then fashionable Bath, and ultimately chasing smugglers through the countryside in coastal Dorset. Yet through all the drama and turmoil she keeps alive her hopes for happiness and a love passionate, powerful, and true. The4rs is an appendox and bibliography about life in Regency England244p. Book
1991"This new selection from the letters is separated into six periods of the writer's life, starting in 1796, when she was twenty, and ending in 1817, the year of her death." Selected and introduced by Penelope Hughes-Hallett. 160p. illus bibliography.index. Donor inscription on ffep, else fine. Book
ref. 126963Editions Herscher - 1994 - In-4 à l'italienne, reliure pleine toile titrée au dos, sous jaquette illustrée - 160 pages - Illustrations en couleurs et en N&B dans le texte
2001Miss Elizabeth Beresford had become an heiress upon her grandmother's death. Her sister, Evadne, thought she was very clever when she engineered that Elizabeth would be trapped overnight in the cellars with Evadne's brother-in-law. Except that the plot misfired and it was Sir Richard Knightley who became entrapped with Elizabeth! Richard was not unwilling to marry, for Elizabeth had changed beautifully from the young girl he remembered. It was Elizabeth who was reluctant, for she loved him and there was something she couldn't tell him.... Book
2015Time and distance have changed them both... Quiet and obliging, Mary Fleming and John Bexley marry to please their families and John immediately leaves on a two-year diplomatic mission. Now John is back, and everything they thought they knew about each other was wrong... It's disconcerting, irritating-and somehow all very exciting... Book
1985The first sight that Miss Susan Wyndham and Miss Marianne MacClain had of each other was enough to make their eyes blaze. For both were arriving at the first grand ball of the season at the same time--in identical gowns. But even this flurry of fury paled beside the emotion that each young lady felt when she saw the gentleman who stepped in to make peace between them.He was Randal Kenyon, Baron Ellerton, the most supremely handsome, charming, elegant, and eligible lord in London. And far from making peace, he sparked a battle between a pair of dazzling young beauties who had always had everything they wanted, and who now wanted only him.... Book
1982The Hartington sisters were three of the most captivating young ladies in the realm -- and suddenly among the most impoverished. The demise of their spendthrift father and the passing of their generous aunt left them with only their wits, wiles and beauty to fend off disaster -- and forced them to go their separate ways. Aggie, the eldest, became a governess. Thalia, the literary one, became a schoolmistress. Euphie, the musical one, became companion to an aristocratic old lady. And all of them saw the future of their hopes and the men of their dreams slipping out of their reach until they discovered that three Hartington heads were better than one when it came to playing a winning hand in the marriage game.... Book
1819ref. 98497Paris, Chez Janet et Cotelle, Libraires 1819 2 volumes. In-8 20,5 x 12,5 cm. Reliures de l’époque basane havane porphyre, dos lisses orné d’un grand fer, de roulette et de filets dorés, pièces de titre et de tomaison vert-émeraude, XXXVI-395-449 pp., bibliographie, table des matières. Exemplaires en bon état.
In 8° pp. VI + 298. Cartone coevo con tit. al dorso e monogramma di appartenenza al piatto anteriore impresso in oro. Macchioline ai piatti e qualche carta tenuamente arrossata; altrimenti fresco e nitido esemplare. Biografia di un prelato con una visione assai originale del cattolicesimo e men che meno della parola di Cristo.
2009Regency High-Society Affairs Vol 4: Two novels [A] Lord Calthorpe's Promise by Sylvia Andrew "Lord Adam Calthorpe had been rash in his promise to look out for a fellow soldier's sister before the soldier was killed at the battle of Waterloo. For Miss Katherine Payne was a golden-eyed shrew who took genuine delight in flouting Adam's authority at every turn.Surely bringing her to stay with his mother for the Season would absolve him of his responsibilities -- though he sincerely doubted such a headstrong young woman would ever find herself a husband in the marriage mart. But when an unscrupulous man starts pursuing Katherine, Adam comes to realize that fulfilling his promise might actually involve marrying her himself" [B] The Society Catch by Louise Allen "Miss Joanna Fulgrave has turned herself into the perfect society catch to be worthy of dashing Colonel Giles Gregory. But all her hard effort to improve herself comes to nothing when it looks as if Giles is about to propose -- to someone else! Deciding that bad behavior is infinitely more attractive than perfection, Joanna flees her shocked family. Giles is hot on her trail, determined to catch her and bring her safely home. But will he be as determined to make her his bride? Book
1956ref. 34Acceptable condition. Scuffing and creasing to covers x on cover yellowing to pages. Paperback. Ace Books 1956. A Chase through alternate worlds. 169 pp. F-391. Ace Books paperback
1938ref. 13619Hachette 1938 254 pages in12. 1938. broché. 254 pages. Cet ouvrage d'André Ransan publié en 1938 par Hachette dans la collection 'Les vies privées' explore l'intimité et la vie personnelle du Régent de France Philippe d'Orléans qui gouverna pendant la minorité de Louis XV
ref. 29251Amsterdam Chez Michel Charles Le Cene 1722 in 12 (17x9,5) 2 volumes reliures pleine basane foncée de l'époque, dos à nerfs ornés, pièces de titre de maroquin rouge (la moitié droite de la pièce de titre du tome 2 manque), 559 pages, 459 pages [11], petite trace de mouillure claire sur quelques feuillets. Abraham Nicolas Amelot De La Houssaie, 1634-1706. Edition originale posthume. Bon exemplaire ( Photographies sur demande / We can send pictures of this book on simple request )
1997(Signet Regency Romance) Beautiful and spirited Jane Stanfield had made her choice between her two childhood friends, the dashing Lord Langston and the devoted Stephen Middleton. She had chosen to listen to Langston's impassioned proposal and turned her back on Stephen's gentle sweetness. That was before her family's ruin wrecked her marriage plans. That was before she was reduced to being paid companion to Langston's mother while Langston himself had to hunt a wealthy wife in the marriage mart. Now Stephen had returned from abroad a new man, determined this time to get what he wanted. And Langston refused to let her love any man but him. Which left Jane to choose once again--having learned all too well that the last thing in the world she could trust was her heart.... Book
1989In his lifetime, Harry was a rogue and a rake. Now he's a ghost--visible only to those in love. He roams the halls of Steadford Abbey, atoning for his romantic sins by helping others find romance.sometimes with the most unexpected--and charming--results. Giles Steadford has inherited the Abbey--and is about to see it for the first time. He arrives, having been wounded in battle, and creates instant chaos. Giles is put under the care of Elizabeth, a nurse who finds him as cantankerous a patient as she's ever had. Giles, in turn, is too jaded from war to appreciate her tender ministrations. But if Harry has his way, Elizabeth will not only heal Giles' pain, but heal his heart--and open it to at true and lasting love. Book
1972People thought Miss Jonas a very odd lady indeed, still unmarried at fifty, with an outspoken way of talking and a habit of wearing exotic costumes she had picked up in her youthful travels. But Miss Jonas was also very rich, so her relatives tended to tolerate her eccentricities. Until, that is, she astonished everyone by deciding to take in an orphaned refugee from the French Revolution. Then her drunken spendthrift brother Thomas saw the fat inheritance he had been expecting going to some adopted 'French brat', and he began to lay some rather unpleasant plans. Particularly when the 'child' turned out to be Serge, Vicomte de Valmont, a handsome, arrogant, six-foot tall young aristocrat.... Book
1984'I wish,' Philadelphia Smith said wistfully, 'that something would happen to me.' Nothing ever happened to Philadelphia until she made that wish one fine autumn evening, Her dreams came true that very night when she got more attention than she bargained for: Jamie, her handsome fiance, was tired of waiting to marry her. He was going to jilt Philadelphia that evening - or was she going to jilt him? Mr. Artherton, her rich and jaded neighbor, was enchanted by her fresh young beauty. The more he attempted to console the weeping, distraught Philadelphia, the more he wanted to seduce her. Ferdy, Mr. Atherton's gambling companion, was the blackest sheep in the noblest of families. He had designs on Philadelphia - every one of them evil." Book
1977Little did Octavia dream that the lurid novel she penned in secret would become the most sensational scandal of the London season. She was even less prepared to have her identity as the author revealed, and to be branded as a shocking adventuress. And when the man she loved accused her of using him as the model for her novel's villain, Octavia thought life could hold nothing worse than his cruel accusations. But that was before she realized that the sophisticated drawing-rooms she had so accurately captured in fiction concealed a smooth-tongued traitor. For England was at war with France, and Octavia had unwittingly revealed more than the foibles of the aristocracy--she had exposed the treachery of a spy.... Book
2010ref. 412199New Haven London New Haven : Yale Center for British Art ; National Portrait gellery ; in association with Yale University Press 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. Physical description; xxvi 314 pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm. Notes; Publsished to accompany the exhibition ""Thomas Lawrence: Regency power and brilliance"" co-organized by the Yale Center for Britiish Art and the National Portrait Gallery London on view at the National Portrait Gallery from 21 October 2010 to 23 January 2011 and at the Yale Center for British Art from 24 February to 5 June 2011. Includes bibliographical references pages 302-306 and index. Contents; Lawrence among men : friends patrons and the male portrait / Peter Funnell -- The construction of desire : Lawrence's portraits of women / A. Cassandra Albinson -- ""Charming little brats"" : Lawrence's portraits of children / Marcia Pointon -- Catalogue. Arrival on the scene : the 1790's ; Delineating a life : Lawrence as draughtsman ; New ambition : experimentation and innovation in portraiture practice ; Lawrence in Europe : international career and reputation ; Court academy and society : the 1820s -- Photographic copyright and credits -- A survey of the literature / A. Cassandra Albinson. Subjects; Lawrence Thomas 1769-1830 ; Exhibitions. Lawrence Thomas 1769-1830 Criticism and interpretation. Art British 18th century. Art British 19th century. Portrait painting British 19th century ; Exhibitions. New Haven London New Haven : Yale Center for British Art ; National Portrait gellery ; in association with Yale University Press hardcover
ref. 9484Albin-Beaumont, 1910. In-4, plaquette agrafée sous couverture illustrée, 17 pp. Avant-propos - Par qui fut scindée l'Enseigne? - Côté moral. - L'état civil du tableau - Le côté scientifique - A Monsieur Seidel, conservateur des Collections Impériales - Bibliographie.
1865ref. LFA-126716226Un ouvrage de 569 pages, format 140 x 225 mm, broché, publié en 1865, Didier et Cie Libraires-Editeurs, bon état
19838vo. First Edition with frontispiece and very numerous illustrations throughout; burgundy cloth backstrip lettered in silver a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper the latter sunned at backstrip.
