Warwyck's Woman by Laker, Rosalind, Illustrated by Lawrence Schwinger (dj)

New York: Doubleday, 1974. Book Club. Hardcover. Good/Good. No Stock Photos! We photograph every item. 345 pp. ex-library with usual markings; corners bumped, some edge wear; "I acquired a wife today in the marketplace. I told you I did some shopping. I bid twenty-one guineas for her..."It was not out of love or lust that Daniel Warwyck, a dashing prize-fighter, had bought Kate Farringdon in the market at Brighton that warm July day in 1826. Nor was it to spite his younger brother, who had also bid for Kate's hand. Daniel Warwyck was buying respectability; he hoped marriage would reinstate him as heir to Warwyck Manor and the fortune that his ungentlemanly profession had cost him.But even marriage to as fine a girl as Kate Farringdon was a thin mask for respectability when Warwyck continued to defy convention by refusing to leave the ring--and by insulting his wife with open infidelilties.Yet Daniel Warwyck got much more than he bargained for that day in Brighton;… Read More

Doubleday & Company, Inc. Garden, 1978. Hardcover. Good. in x in x in. Hardcover

Doubleday & Co., 1978. Hard Cover Hardcover. GOOD/GOOD. • Binding: Hard Cover • Revision: Book Club Edition • 1978 • Previous owner's initials written in book, otherwise clean pages. Tight square binding. Edgewear. Dust jacket has edgewear. •

Garden City, NY: Doubleday and Company, Inc., 1978. Cover is bumped. Pages are clean and tight. Owner's name in book.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo.. Ex-Library.

New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1978. Jacket has light edgewear. Boards rubbed at corners and tips. Pages are clean, text has no markings, binding is sound. . Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair/Good. No Stock Photos! We photograph every item. ex-library with usual markings, soiling to page ends, edge wear to jacket and boards; "I acquired a wife today in the marketplace. I told you I did some shopping. I bid twenty-one guineas for her..." It was not out of love or lust that Daniel Warwyck, a dashing prize-fighter, had bought Kate Farringdon in the market at Brighton that warm July day in 1826. Nor was it to spite his younger brother, who had also bid for Kate's hand. Daniel Warwyck was buying respectability; he hoped marriage would reinstate him as heir to Warwyck Manor and the fortune that his ungentlemanly profession had cost him. But even marriage to as fine a girl as Kate Farringdon was a thin mask for respectability when Warwyck continued to defy convention by refusing to leave the ring--and by insulting his wife with open infidelilties.Yet Daniel Warwyck got much more than he bargained for… Read More

Signet, 1979. Paperback. Very Good. in x in x in. Paperback

New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1978. Doubleday & Company, Inc., New York, 1978. Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good to Fine. Forest Green boards and bright, white tightly bound pages. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. . Jacket has a few small nips, a 1" tear near bottom spine, and edgewear. Light tanning on edges. Book Club Edition on front flap. binding is sound. Approx. Size: 8vo - 5 1/2" 8 1/2" tall. A very nice reading copy.. Hard Cover. Very Good to Fine/Fair. Book Club.

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1978. Book Club (BCE/BOMC) . Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Usual ex-library markings. Dj had been in a taped-in wrap, tape was cut, wrap removed but tape pieces remain on covers. Dj has light edgewear. The coloring on the dj spine is lightly faded. Book has light edgewear. Very light soiling. Book heavily cocked. Lightly bumped corners.

Doubleday & Co., January 1978. Book Club. Hardcover. Used - Acceptable. Dust jacket has shelf wear.