Sweet's Folly Tapa dura - 1977

Berkley Pub. Corp. : Distributed By Putnam. Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1977. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. 0399118772 . 14 oz.; 213 pages; HC w/DJ feels unread BCE 1st end page removed o/w very good condition. To sweet Honoria Newcombe, the news that she was a burden to her maiden aunts came as a shock. On Prudence? On Mercy? Indeed, they had always been a trifle eccentric in their housekeeping, but they had raised Honoria ever since she was orphaned, and never once had she been denied a thing. Still, she could not argue with the evidence of her own ears, and Honoria resolved at once to relieve her beloved aunts of the financial strain she had unwittingly become. And yet, how to do so? Rural Regency England, alas, offered by few alternatives for a young lady of quality determined to leave the home of her childhood. Honoria flies straightway to the side of her friend Emily Blackwood to confer upon the matter. Emily, a talented and ambitious artist, rejects out of hand Honoria's… Leer más

Very Good.

Penguin Publishing Group, 1977. Hardcover. Very Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in excellent condition. Pages are intact and are not marred by notes or highlighting, but may contain a neat previous owner name. The spine remains undamaged. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Putnam Publishing Group, 1977. Hardcover. Acceptable. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Penguin Publishing Group, 1977. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Penguin Publishing Group, 1977. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Putnam Pub Group / Berkley. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1977. Hardcover. 0399118772 . Grey Hardcovers with bold black titles to the spine. A Very Good+ copy with a solid binding and a clean, unmarked interior. The DJ is Good+ with spine end chipping and browning, cover rubbing and edgewear. ; 8 X 5.80 X 0.80 inches; 215 pages .

Small name inscribed FLEP, else content appears as unread and unblemished with fine light gray boards displaying no surface/edge wear, in DJ displaying surface/edge wear with reinforce/repaired chipping & small tear, as shown. "...considerably more wit and pizazz than the legendary Georgette [Heyer] herself." —Kirkus ReviewsTo sweet Honoria Newcombe, the news that she was a burden to her maiden aunts came as a shock, and she resolved at once to relieve her beloved aunts of the financial strain she had unwittingly become. Honoria confers with her friend Emily Blackwood, who realizes Honoria's only hope is marriage. And so Honoria enters into a marriage of convenience with Alexander, Emily's own brother. This begins a comedy of errors so involved that nearly a year is required to unravel its tangled intricacies. Our heroine starts her life at Sweet's Folly, the Blackwood family home, and must learn to deal with the machinations of her spurned suitor, Claude Kemp, and the… Leer más

Hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items.