21. Kumin, Maxine.

The Designated Heir.

New York, The Viking Press, 1974. 14.5 cm x 21.3 cm. 174 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed by Author on title-page. Endpaper and half-title are slightly separated.

22. Austen, Jane / Chapman, R.W. (Collated by).

The Novels of Jane Austen: Northanger Abbey and Persuasion with introductory notes. The Text based on Collation of the Early Editions by R.W. Chapman With Notes Indexes and Illustrations from Contemporary Sources.

One Volume. Oxford / New York, Oxford University Press, 1988. 12 cm x 19 cm. Northanger Abbey: Frontispiece (The Pumphouse, &c. From Bath, Illustrated from a Series of Views, from the Drawings of John Claude Nattes, 1806), XIII, 252 pages / Persuasion: Frontispiece (Autumnal Walking Dress, Invented by Mrs. Bell. From La Belle Assemblée, 1815), 333 pages. Some black and white illustrations throughout both novels. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Previous owner’s name in ink pen on endpaper. [The Oxford Illustrated Jane Austen (Volume V of VI)].

23. Diehl, Margaret.

Men.

First Edition. New York, Soho, 1988. 16 cm x 24 cm. 282 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear.

24. Frame, Janet.

The Carpathians.

London, Bloomsbury Publishing Ltd, 1988. 16.5 cm x 24 cm. 196 pages. Dustjacket designed by AB3 Design with an illustration by Dulce Tobin. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

25. Rhodes, Elvi.

Doctor Rose.

London, Corgi Books, 1989. 10.5 cm x 17.5 cm. 256 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some minor foxing to endpapers and edges.

26. Smiley, Jane.

A Thousand Acres.

First Edition. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1991. 16.5 cm x 24 cm. 371 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Deckled fore edge. Excellent, close to new condition with only minor signs of external wear to the Mylar ! Signed by Jane Smiley on the titlepage. In 1992 Jane Smiley won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for this publication !

27. King, Laurie R.

A Monstrous Regiment of Women.

New York, St. Martin’s Press, 1995. 14.5 cm x 21.5 cm. VIII, 326 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Fine / As New. Signed by the author on title page. [A Thomas Dunne Book / The Mary Russell Series (No.2 of 15)]

28. Redel, Victoria.

Where the Road Bottoms Out – A Collection of Stories.

New York, Alfred A Knopf, 1995. 13.5 cm x 21 cm. 171 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition+ with only minor signs of external wear. Signed by author. Yellow top edge decoration.

29. Goldberg, Myra.

Rosalind – A Family Romance.

Massachusetts, Zoland Books, 1996. 14.5 cm x 21.5 cm. 241 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed and inscribed by author.

30. Norton, Rictor.

Gothic Readings. The First Wave, 1764-1840. Edited by Rictor Norton.

London ; New York, Leicester University Press, 2000. 24 cm. XIII, 369 pages with 9 illustrations. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only. [Continuum studies in Gothic fiction].