Search Results: the women of england their social by mrs ellis

London & Paris, Fisher, Son & Co., n.d, 1111. Paperback. Fair. 15th.edn. HB.Cloth G-. Foxing on title page, half-title and last six pages of text; front hinge cracking; spine splitting; damp staining at top of inside front cover and endpaper; booksellers(?) stamp at top of front endpaper.

Dodo Press, 2008-03-21. Paperback. Used:Good.

Fisher, Son, & Co., 1838. Re-bound; cover almost entirely detached from binding (binding still firm), sunned/soiled/rubbed/bumped, corners quite bumped, spine quite sunned, 1 1/2" tear top spine/rear board junction, otherwise intact; edges quite sunned/soiled; ffep lightly soiled, light foxing sprinkled throughout; binding tight; interior intact and clean, except where noted.. hardcover. Good.

New York: D. Appleton & Co, 1843. First. Very Good. A very good copy in brown cloth and gilt titles on spine, with blindstamped floral design on both cover Just slight edge wear Gift inscription to previous owner on ffep Some foxing, primarily on endpapers, and an ink spot on fore edge, but otherwise sound and very good condition 214 pp.

GB: Fisher ?1860s. Full blue leather with ornate gold decoration on spine and front cover. Top edge gold. Clean tight text with occasional spotting. Spine a little scuffed.. 20th Edition. Hardback. VG-/No DW.

Philadelphia: E. L. Carvey and A. Hart, 1839. Book. Fair (Book Condition). Hardcover. Fair. Dampstains and sunning to cover, front hinge started, 1 free end page loose and early foxing to pages. Text clean, binding strong. [Our rating system: 1. Fine; 2. Near Fine; 3. Very Good; 4. Good; 5. Fair.].

London: Fisher, Son & Co, 1839. 16th Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Half-leather over marbled boards with raised bands and six ornately decorated compartments down the spine. Rubbed and slightly edge-worn, nonetheless showing very well indeed: firm and square, strong joints, bright gilt lettering. Contents clean, tight and secure with no pen-marks and not from a library so no such stamps or labels, just mildly age-toned and an old former owner bookplate to the pastedown. Note: the book doesn't give any publication date, that said the preface is dated 1839. Size: 8vo (200mm x 130mm); collation: pp. 356. Thus a very good copy in very tidy and well preserved condition.

London; Fisher and Son, 1939 ? Very good small hardcover with leather spine. 476p.b&w illus. "It is not necessary to this picture, that park gates should be thrown open, and footmen stationed on the steps of the hall, the mistress should first greet her guests".

New York: J. H. G. Langley 1843, Author's Edition, complete in one volume. (hardcover) 184pp; 107pp; 125pp. Fair. 8vo. Polished half-leather over purple pebbled-cloth boards. Spine with bands, compartments ruled at top and bottom in gilt, title compartment lettered in gilt with decorative greek-designed rule at top and bottom. Boards worn; cloth soiled and faded; rubbed at extremities; cloth beginning to split at fore-edge from rubbing. Some evidence of possible dampening at rear (noticeable only because of a slight wrinkling at rear gutter and end papers). Endpapers beautifully marbled. Previous owner's period inscription to first blanco. Textblock with rather extensive foxing, most pronounced early. With all blemishes duly noted, this remains an acceptable, complete copy of this Author's Edition with all three titles therein..

London;: Fisher, Son & Co./The Caxton Press. Good. Octavo. Frontispiece portrait. 476pp., Engraved vignette title page and regular title page, illustrated with a total of 14 plates. This work discusses the characteristics of the women in England, their influence, education, dress and manners, conversation, domestic habits, public opinion, habits and character and more. Bound in full calf, edges stamped in blind with single gilt rule, rasied bands with compartments fully gilt decorated, black morocc spine label gilt, wear to spine ends and corners with two small splits to.

New York: D. Appleton & Co, 1839. Hardcover. Good. pp ix, [13]-275. Publisher's brown cloth, somewhat puckered and stained; ownership signature of John Taylor Pratt, dated 1839, on front pastedown; half of front free endpaper torn out. Binding sound, text unmarked but heavily foxed. A solid reference copy. Ellis authored many books about the role of women in society, emphasizing their role as a stabilizing moral influence.

[London] : Paris. Fisher, Son, & Co. Newgate St., London: Quai de L'Ecole, Paris, [1839], 1839. Fourth Edition. Hardback. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked blind-tooled cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Ex-libris with book plate - Jonathan Hargreaves. ; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 356 pages; Physical desc.: 356 p. 20 cm. Subject: Women -- Great Britain -- Social intercourse -- Domestic manners -- Modern education.

Peter Jackson, Late Fisher, no date, preface dated February 1839. First edition. Engraved portrait, engraved extra title vignette and13 engraved plates [ only 12 called for in the "List of Plates" - the plate opposite p.325 "An Evening Hymn" is the additional]. 8vo (8 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches), 476-pages. Contemporary half burgundy calf over marbled boards. Spine gilt extra in 5 compartments with lettering piece, all edges marbled. Foxing to portrait and extra engeaved title. Contemporary signature on front fly, later bookplate also on front fly. Very good and most attractive on the shelf.

ELLIS, Mrs. (Sarah Stickney). THE WOMEN OF ENGLAND, THEIR SOCIAL DUTIES, AND DOMESTIC HABITS. Philadelphia: E.L. Carey and A. Hart, 1839. Small 4to. Cloth. x, 199 pages; (iv), (9)-212 pages. Second American edition. [American Imprints 55503]. First published in 1838, this edition contains two volumes in one. Through t and her other books Mrs. Ellis sought "solely to the cultivation of habits th I have confined my attention--to the minor morals of domestic life". Spine sunned, paper spine label chipped, some foxing to edges of leaves, still a bright copy.

Philadelphia: Herman Hooker, 1841. Hardcover. Very Good. Second edition. Publisher's cloth gilt. Foxing, and some modest chipping at the crown, a very good copy.

New York: D. Appleton & Co, 1839. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Octavo. Publisher's purple cloth titled in gilt and stamped in blind. Contemporary name front fly, spine sunned, and modest foxing in the text, a very good copy.