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Philadelphia, PA, USA. Hardcover. Poor. Publisher and date unknown. Cover has several spots and stains. Previous owner's name written on first page. Binding is loose. Pages are clean but age toned and spotted. No dust jacket. Pictures available upon request.

Toronto Public Library, 2009-06-01. Paperback. Very Good. 4x0x6. a cut on the back cover - Originally published in 1836 - no marks - My shelf location - bn9-d-19*

London: Printed for the Booksellers, 1875. (UK) NO date,possibly around 1880, preface is dated 1836. No markings, hnges fine, some rubbing to cover corner tips and spine extremiies, slight toning of page edges, Very Good copy; no dust jacket possibly as published. Dark blue cloth, with title in gold, black spine titles in gold, cover has bevelled edges, 384pp, of which the first 271pp are Maria Monk and the last 100pp or so are The Nun or Six Months Residence in a Convent. Frontispiece entitled The Confessional; The Superior Guarding the Nuns (facing page 81); The Torture Chamber (facing page 96); a double spread on The Iron Maiden,(following page 152); Frontis "Nuns Kissing the floor'. This sensational account in which a nun writes about her abuse at the Hotel Dieu Nunnery in Montreal has been largely discredited as anti-Catholic propaganda. [ 1.5 JM HOQ 102/b2. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

Houlston & Stoneman, 1851. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1851. No Edition Remarks. 174 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Black and white frontispiece. Binding remains firm. Crinkling to pages at gutters. Pages are moderately tanned throughout. Thumb marking present. Occasional foxing. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. There is bumping to corners and crushing to spine ends. Splits to spine joints. Tanning to spine and edges. Gilt lettering is darkened and faded. Boards are bowed. Book has a slight forward lean.

New York; London: Horner and Bates; J.Smith, 1851. Hardcover. Near Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Red cloth, Pictorial gilt, all edges gilt Small octavo hardback. 196 pp. Lovely colour lithographed title page Near Very Good condition No inscriptions

Paperback / softback. New.

New.

London: For the Booksellers. Good+. N.D.. Hardcover. Navy cover with gold gilt lettering to cover and spine; occasional foxing; Engravings; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

BiblioLife, 2009-03-19. Paperback. Used:Good.

Paperback / softback. New.

London: Unknown That book again, in which Maria tells all and considerably more, reprint on cheap and nasty paper as is appropriate, undated but probably 1880-1900, 12mo, 384pp; really two books in one since the latter part comprises Rebecca Theresa Reed's Six Months' Residence in a Convent; two salacious delights for the price of one and most popular on the railway stalls, line frontis + photo illustrations of a dubious nature (Iron Maiden, Torture Chamber and so on) a few general marks to boards, previous owner's name/address front pastedown, front inner paper hinge cracked; however, given that it was hardly a high-point in book production, survived very well, VG Copy. Reprint. Decorative Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Hardback. New.

The Booksellers. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. undated circa 1870 UK edition printed for the booksellers by John Jones. Green buckram with gilt titles and embossed decoration to front and spine, Heavy foxing to end papers and prelims and title pages age toned. and with fading to edges of all pages. Otherwise clean throughout with secure binding. A very good copy of this work Maria Monk's, now largely credited as being fictitious, account of abuse in a Roman Catholic convent first published in 1836, added to which is included Rebecca Reed's account of her six months living in a Convent which was published a year earlier. Both of these accounts caused a furore throughout America and Canada when published and at the time Monk's book was more popular than Uncle Tom's Cabin.

Hardback. New.

The Booksellers, London, No date. Early Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Hardcover. 176 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: The Booksellers, London, No date. Early Edition. *** CONDITION: This book is in good condition but dust jacket is not included. More specifically: Edges of boards have superficial wear. Pages are lightly tanned and lightly creased. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Inventory No: 20070428..

Printed for the Booksellers. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. Printed for the Booksellers undated edition. Some fading to pages, text clean and bright, inscription on first page, binding firm, minor shelf wear to cover.

London: Published for the Booksellers,. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1849. Unknown. Hardcover. A Small (5" x 3.25" x 0. 5") Early copy of this work first published in 1836. The book quickly became a best seller and was published in many different editions across the world. NO DATE but circa 1836/1860s? . An attractive early UK copy in azure blue cloth boards with blind stamped decoration, with the title 'Maria Monk' in a gilt border to the spine, and a gilt vignette religious (Nun and child? ) illustration to the front board. A little rubbed to all extremities, and corners a little 'soft', but no damage. A slight lean to the book. Clean and sound. Internally No Inscriptions, but the odd light mark /spots - mainly to the blank margins. Pale lemon endpapers, somewhat discoloured with age. (xii) + 184 pp. Decorative Chromolithographic frontispiece by Scott & Riley. The content of the book ends at page 178, but is followed by 5pp 'Extracts from Public… Read More

Poughnill: G Nicholson / H D Symonds. G : in good condition without dust jacket. Covers rubbed and with inscribed label to front cover. Ink inscription to upper edge of title page. [1801]. Reprint. Brown hardback half-leather cover on marbled boards. 140mm x 110mm (6" x 4"). 252pp + index; 161pp. One folding plate of the Hotel Dieu; engraved title vignette. Chesterfield's 'Principles of Manners and Conduct' selected from 'Letters to His Son' first published in 1872 ; Maria Monk's 'Awful Disclosures' first published in 1836 - this volume published c. 1854. .