161. [Steele, Richard] Bickerstaff, Isaac.

The Tatler; Or, Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq. [With four engravings by F.Haymandel / C.Grignion].

Four Volumes (complete set). London, Printed for J. and R. Tonson, J.Buckland, H. Woodfall, etc., 1764. Small Octavo (11 cm x 17 cm). Frontispiece, [2], 300, [14], Frontispiece, [3], 336, [13], Frontispiece, [5], 318, [16], Frontispiece, [7], 320, [12] pages. Hardcover / Oiginal 18th century full leather with original spinelabels and gilt lettering on spine. All four Volumes complete and in protective Mylar. Housed in a wonderful, bespoke Solander-Box. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only. From the library of Daniel Conner (Connerville / Manch House), with his Exlibris / Bookplate to pastedown of each Volume.

162. Stein, Gertrude.

A Stein Reader – Gertrude Stein. Edited with an Introduction by Ulla E. Dydo.

Evanston, Illinois, Northwestern University Press, 1993. 15.5 cm x 23.5 cm. XIV, 624 pages. Softcover. Cover portrait – ‘Gertrude Stein’ by Pablo Picasso 1906, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (Bequest of Gertrude Stein). Cover Design Rich Hendel. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

163. Stetz, Margaret D. / Grubgeld, Elizabeth / Samuels Lasner, Mark et al.

Turn-of-the-Century Women.

Charlottesville, University Press of Virginia, 1986. 8°. 56 pages. Printed wrappers with reproduced pen and ink drawing on front wrapper. Very good condition. Pages clean. [Offprint from: “Turn of The Century Women”, Volume 3, No. 2, 1986.]

164. Stevens, May.

May Stevens. Images of Women Near and Far 1893-1997. Published on the occasion of the Exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

New York, Mary Ryan Gallery, 1999. 23 cm x 30,5 cm. 56 pages. With many colour illustrations throughout the catalog. Illustrated Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

165. Stevenson, Robert Louis / Olver, Kate Elizabeth.

A Child’s Garden of Verses. With an Introduction by Laurence Alma Tadema. Illustrated by Kate Elizabeth Olver.

London & Glasgow, Collins’ Clear-Type Press, no year [c.1910]. Small Quarto (19 cm x 23.5 cm). 191 pages with six full-page-colour illustrations by Kate Elizabeth Olver and numerous beautiful black-and-white-illustrations throughout the text. Hardcover / original, illustrated publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering and ornament on spiena and board. Excellent, firm condition with only minor signs of external wear. The binding a little faded. Interior excellent with only two or three signs of foxing. All the colour-plates in place and in excellent condition.

166. Straight, Susan.

I Been In Sorrow’s Kitchen And Licked Out All The Pots.

Advance Reading Copy. New York, Hyperion, 1992. 15.5 x 23.5cm. 326 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition.

167. Strickland, Agnes / [and Elizabeth Strickland].

Lives of the Queens of England, From the Norman conquest. Now first published from official records and other authentic documents, private as well as public. A new edition, revised and greatly augmented, embellished with Portraits of every Queen.

8 Volumes (complete set). London, Colburn & Co., 1851. Octavo. Volume I: Frontispiece-Portrait of Agnes Strickland and engraved titlepage, XXII, 614 pages with 15 illustrations (including Froontispiece and Vignette on Title) / Volume II: Frontispiece-Portrait of Isabella of Valois, engraved titlepage, VIII, 704 pages with 16 illustrations (including Frontispiece and Vignette on Title) / Volume III: Frontispiece-Portrait of Jane Seymour, engraved titlepage, [4], 588 pages with 10 illustrations (including Frontispiece and Vignette on Title) / Volume IV: Frontispiece-Portrait of Queen Elizabeth, engraved titlepage, [4], 790 pages with 4 illustrations (including Frontispiece and Vignette on Title) / Volume V: Frontispiece-Portrait of Anne of Denmark, engraved titlepage, [4], 703 pages with 8 illustrations (including Frontispiece and Vignette on Title) / Volume VI: Frontispiece-Portrait of Mary of Modena, engraved titlepage, [2], 672 pages with 5 illustrations (including Frontispiece and Vignette on Title) / Volume VII: Frontispiece-Portrait of Mary II when Princess of Orange, engraved titlepage, [3], 466 pages with 4 illustrations (including Frontispiece and Vignette on Title) / Volume VIII: Frontispiece-Portrait of Queen Anne, engraved titlepage, [2], 556 pages with 3 illustrations (including Frontispiece and Vignette on Title) // Original, very decorative half-leather bindings with gilt lettering and ornaments on spines, marbled-paper-covered-boards and marbled edges. Excellent, firm condition with only minor signs of wear. The set comes frm the private library of Major General Cosmo Alexander Richard Nevill, with his armorial bookplate / Ex Libris to the pastedown of each Volume, bearing his family-motto: “Ne Vile Velis” [″Wish for nothing Vile”].

168. Tamaro, Susanna.

Follow Your Heart. Translated from the Italian by John Cullen.

Advance Reading Copy. New York, Nan A. Talese / Doubleday, 1995. 11.5 x 18.5cm. 204 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition, as new.

169. [Thévenet, Claudine] A Religious of Jesus and Mary.

Life and Work of Mother Mary St. Ignatius, Claudine Thévenet 1774-1837, Foundress of the Congregation of Jesus and Mary.

London, The Catholic Book Club, 1955. 14 x 22cm. 346 pages. Original hardcover. Minor signs of shelf wear, otherwise very good condition.

170. Townsend, Sue.

The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole.

London, Methuen, 1984. 12 cm x 20 cm. 192 pages. With illustrations in black and white throughout. Original Hardcover, dustjacket missing. Excellent condition.