Letters of Lady Rachel Russell from the Manuscript in the Library at Woburn Abbey. To Which is Prefixed an Introduction Vindicating the Character of Lord Russell Against Sir John Dalrymple Etc. by Russell Lady Rachel - 1773

London: C. Dilly in the Poultry. 3 engraved plates - title page loose, foxing throughout. Looks decent but anitque-ish. Full leather with decorated spine and title label. Has some cover wear - all is tight yet but some signatures are slightly sprung. Original 1792 issue with some herbs, leaves and plants pressed and remaining in the book from some long time ago. . Fair. Hardcover. 4th Edition Corrected and Enlarged. 1792.

London: C & J Rivington, Etc., 1826. Hardcover. 1826 printing. Ninth Edition. Small 12mo. Full leather with tooled and gilt decs. 283 pp. including a twelve-page introduction dated 1819. Marbled endpapers and edges. Pictorial title page and frontispiece from engravings. Ex-Libris bookplate of Lionel Cresswell Esquire (Burley in Wharfedale) at front pastedown. No inscriptions. Clean, bright and sound. VG+

London: Dove's English Classics, Printed by J.F. Dove, 1826. Hardcover. Good, ex-library with minimal labels and markings. Spine separated from inner binding at front hinge, joined at rear hinge, binding sound.. Textured leather boards with gold spine lettering and stamped design on cover. Text block gilt. 261 pp. 2 portrait illustrations of Lady Rachel and Lord William Russell. A small book.

J. F. Dove, 1826. Hardback. Very Good. xxiv, 264pp 32mo. miniature book. Full black leather with gilt decoration. Marbled endpapers. VG with a previous owners name neatly clipped from the title page. Two plates. Clean pages tight binding.

Wells and Lilly, Court Street, 1820. Hardbound. Good. in x in x in. Ex-library with minimal library markings- a small, faded call number label on the middle/bottom edge of the spine. 1/4 leather binding with the rest in marbled brown and green boards. Front and back endpages in brown and dark purple marbled design. Small hardcover, 5 inches tall by 4 inches wide. Light to moderate foxing. Light scuffing to the boards' surface. Small, red stamp on the top edge of the title page, possibly from a former bookseller. Back end page has detached from the rest of the binding.

Printed for J. Mawman : J. Walker : Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme .. Et al., London, seventh edition, 1809. Sturdily rebound in green library buckram, top edge gilt, gilt spine titles, 8vo, 24 cm,. viii, clxxi, 351 pp, [1] p advt, 3 plates. With a preliminary leaf carrying a manuscript prize inscription: " Miss Cherry / Prize for Assiduity and Good Conduct / Hendon Dec 20th / 1820." An ex-library copy sturdily bound in library buckram, small paper label on spine, library label on front pastedown endpaper with withdrawn stamp on front free endpaper and library stamps on the title-page.. Covers a little marked and soiled, some browning and marking to plates and two or three pages including title-page browned, contents otherwise Good with occasional minor marks.

Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, And Brown, 1819. Book. Fair +. Hardcover. Half green calf with marbled boards. Heavy rubbing to covers, edges, spine and corners. Corners bumped. 387pp. Cracks to hinge inside covers. Previous owners inscriptions to end papers. Foxing to pages. Reading copy only..

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London: Longman, Rees, and Co., 1828. Leather. Very Good. 6.5" by 4". None. A very smart collection of letters from 17th century noblewoman, Lady Rachel Russell. A very smart ninth edition in a full calf binding. Lady Rachel Russell (1636 – 1723) was an English noblewoman, heiress, and author. Russell"s second husband was William, Lord Russell, who was implicated in the Rye House Plot and later executed. Her numerous letters, published in 1773, were written mainly to her husband, but also to many distinguished men such as the Archbishop of Canteburry. Her letters provide an insightful look at domestic life in 17th century England. In a full calf binding with gilt title and decoration to the spine. Externally, very smart, with some very minor rubbing to the extremities. Library bookplate to front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with some very light spotting, particularly to the endpapers. Very Good

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.