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Item #244286 The Rival Princes; or, a Faithful Narrative of Facts, relating to Mrs. M. A....

The Rival Princes; or, a Faithful Narrative of Facts, relating to Mrs. M. A. Clarke's Political Acquaintance with Colonel Wardle...

London: Printed for the Author, and Published by C. Chapple, 1810. First edition. Clarke published other works about this scandal under her initials, M.A.C. She was the mistress of the Duke of York and here she defends herself from charges that she used the liaison for her own advantage. Read More about The Rival Princes; or, a Faithful Narrative of Facts, relating to Mrs. M. A. Clarke's Political...

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Item #334762 THE RIVAL PRINCES; Or, A Faithful Narrative of Facts, Relating to Mrs. M. A....

THE RIVAL PRINCES; Or, A Faithful Narrative of Facts, Relating to Mrs. M. A. Clarke's Political Acquaintance with Colonel Wardle...

New-York: Published by David Longworth (E. M. Blunt & Co.), September, 1810. First (American) edition. Mary Anne (Thompson) Clarke (1776–1852) was the mistress of Frederick, Duke of York. She became his mistress in 1803, while he was Commander-in-Chief of the Army. In 1809 it was discovered that she had been..... Read More about THE RIVAL PRINCES; Or, A Faithful Narrative of Facts, Relating to Mrs. M. A. Clarke's Political...

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Item #322027 Autograph Manuscript Leaf from a Speech in Praise of Women. Samuel L. Clemens

‘something to respect, something to admire, something to love’

Autograph Manuscript Leaf from a Speech in Praise of Women.

[London: 1872]. Published at p. 213 of Mark Twain's Sketches, New and Old (Hartford: American Publishing Company, 1875). ‘something to respect, something to admire, something to love’. An outstanding manuscript leaf of a humorous talk by Mark Twain on women, his “Speech at a Scottish Banquet in London”, delivered in..... Read More about Autograph Manuscript Leaf from a Speech in Praise of Women

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Item #248512 New Year’s Greeting Card, signed (“Frances F. Cleveland Preston”). Frances F....

Pioneer of First Ladies, and the Jackie Kennedy of Her Day

New Year’s Greeting Card, signed (“Frances F. Cleveland Preston”).

n.d.[after 1913]. Pioneer of First Ladies, and the Jackie Kennedy of Her Day. Frances F. Cleveland (1864-1947) was the youngest woman (21 years old) to serve as First Lady, the first First Lady to be married in the White House (to Grover Cleveland), and the first to serve two non-consecutive..... Read More about New Year’s Greeting Card, signed (“Frances F. Cleveland Preston”

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Item #334924 MEMOIRS OF ELIZABETH COLLINS, Of Upper Evesham, New Jersey, A Minster of the Gospel...

MEMOIRS OF ELIZABETH COLLINS, Of Upper Evesham, New Jersey, A Minster of the Gospel of Christ, in the Society of...

Philadelphia: Nathan Kite, 1833. First edition, Nathan Kite imprint issue. Text includes: "A testimony of the Monthly Meeting of Upper Evesham, New Jersey, concerning our beloved friend, Elizabeth Collins, deceased." Read More about MEMOIRS OF ELIZABETH COLLINS, Of Upper Evesham, New Jersey, A Minster of the Gospel of Christ, in...

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Item #334687 THE DEATH OF CAIN, In Five Books; After the Manner of The Death of Abel. By A Lady...

THE DEATH OF CAIN, In Five Books; After the Manner of The Death of Abel. By A Lady [Mary Collyer]...

New-York: Printed and Sold by William Durell, at his Book Store and Printing-Office, 1792. First American edition (of this translation). Mary Collyer (1716/17-1762/63), novelist and translator, is the author of 'Virtuous Orphan,' 'Felicia to Charlotte,' and 'Memoirs of the Countess de Bressol'. 'The Death of Cain' is Mary Collyer's translation..... Read More about THE DEATH OF CAIN, In Five Books; After the Manner of The Death of Abel. By A Lady [Mary Collyer

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Item #345445 Brothers and Sisters. Ivy Compton-Burnett

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Brothers and Sisters.

London: Heath Cranton Limited, 1929. First edition. Third Book, in Dust Jacket. Compton-Burnett's third novel, the one by which, as Connolly puts it: "The pattern is now set: Scarlatti-like dialogue, atrocious crimes, tyranny enthroned in the bosom of the family, the Victorian paterfamilias as a root of all evil and..... Read More about Brothers and Sisters

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