By Joy Langton; Virginia Lintern; Roberta Leigh [Rita Lewin]; Anne Vinton; Albert Edward Ullman; Norah C. James; Max Shulman; Nan Sharpe; Vicki Baum
London   Hutchinson; Wright & Brown Ltd.; Mills & Boon Limited; The Romance Book Club; Jarrolds; MacDonald & Co.; The Reprint Society; Geoffrey Bles
7.5" by 5" 122; 192; 192; 224; 160; 206; 224; 223; 190, (2); 191pp.
A charming collection of romance novels from female authors, with the original dust wrappers.
By Joy Langton; Virginia Lintern; Roberta Leigh [Rita Lewin]; Anne Vinton; Albert Edward Ullman; Norah C. James; Max Shulman; Nan Sharpe; Vicki Baum

1920-1961 A Collection of Romance Novels

London   Hutchinson; Wright & Brown Ltd.; Mills & Boon Limited; The Romance Book Club; Jarrolds; MacDonald & Co.; The Reprint Society; Geoffrey Bles
7.5" by 5" 122; 192; 192; 224; 160; 206; 224; 223; 190, (2); 191pp.
A charming collection of romance novels from female authors, with the original dust wrappers.
£495.00
: 3kgs / : 872T46

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First Edition, Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding, Scarce, With Dustwrapper

Ten volumes. Scarce works. A collection of exciting romance novels. This set includes: The Line's Engaged, 1920. First UK edition. Written by Albert Edward Ullman, an American author. Illustrated by Charles Anthony Voight, an American cartoonist known for the comic strip "Betty". With frontispiece and twenty plates. Collated complete. Once in Vienna, 1943. First UK edition. Written by Hedwig Vicki Baum, an Austrian writer who achieved international success. Translated by Felice and Alan Martin Harvey, British writers and translators. The Broken Circle, 1946. Dated from the British Library. Written by Joy Langton, a British author. There is Always Tomorrow, 1946. First edition. Written by Norah Cordner James, a prolific English novelist whose first book "Sleeveless Errand" was ruled obscene. Meeting in Mexico, 1952. Dated from the British Library. Written by Virginia Lintern, an American author. Rough Road to Paradise, 1952. Written by Nan Sharpe, a Scottish Modernist writer and poet best known for her memoir "The Living Mountain." The Vengeful Heart, 1953. Written by Roberta Leigh, the pen-name of Rita Lewin, a British author, artist, composer, and television producer known for her romance and children's novels. Rally Round the Flag, Boys, 1959. Written by Max Shulman, an American writer and humorist best known for his short story character Dobie Gillis. Doctor Di at the Cross-Roads, 1961. Written by Anne Winton, a British author and poet. Put Back the Clock, 1962. Written by Denise Robins, a prolific English romance novelist and the first ever President of the Romantic Novelists' Association.

Condition

In the original full cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light shelf wear to the extremities. Original dust wrappers are unclipped and very smart with light shelf wear and minor chipping to the extremities. The odd crease or small closed tear. Light sunning to the spines and the odd mark to the board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd spot. Light spotting to the first and last few pages of Meeting in Mexico. Library bookplate to the front endpaper of Doctor Di at the Cross-Roads.

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