Essays

Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. Fine. [1970]. Reprint; Later Printing. Hardcover. 0837129842 . No DJ as issued. Book is as new. Page X in the introduction has a few surface creases that appear to be a printing defect. Text is ok. Maroon cloth cover with gilt lettering. . ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 267 pages .

Burns & Oates, 1918. Hardback. Good/No jacket. Hardback edition, 1918, with no jacket. In overall good used condition with minor signs of age, handling and storage - blue cloth boards tanned to spine and edges, gilt titles to front board have lost their lustre. Internally clean. Binding tight and appears little read, no annotations or inscriptions - name… Read more about this item

London : Burns Oates & Washbourne Ltd., 1925. Cloth. Very Good. 7.5" by 6". None. An anthology of Alice Meynell's prose essays, which were described as "remarkable for fineness of culture and peculiar restraint of style." Sixth impression of the first edition. Adorned with an engraved frontispiece. In original cloth binding with gilt lettering to… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribners Sons, 1914. Hardcover. Good. Good minus front hinge starting, browning of spine/panel edges, soiling of panels, browning of pg edges, bumped corners/ends, Tear in cloth on bottom front panel corner. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1914. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 0x0x0. First American edition. No jacket. Minor general wear. 1914 Hard Cover. viii, 267 pp. A collection of essays from the English editor and suffragist who is now best known for her poetry.

London: Burns Oates & Washbourne Ltd, 1922. Pp. viii+268(last blank)+[4](advertisements), frontispiece with tissue guard; cr. 8vo; blue cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, edges of boards a trifle rubbed, the lower board faintly faded; fore and bottom edges uncut; inked gift inscription (dated 1922) on upper free endpaper, the free endpapers lightly offset; Burns Oates & Washbourne, London, 1922.… Read more about this item

Burns Oates & Washbourne,, 1923. 8vo., Second Edition, on laid paper, with etched frontispiece (original tissue guard present), endpapers mildly spotted, neat contemporary signature on front paste-down; blue cloth gilt, gilt back, uncut, covers very lightly age-soiled else a very good copy. With 4pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end. The first edition appeared in the previous year.

LONDON: BURNS & OATES, 1914 Grey Buckram Cloth Boards with gilt titles to spine and front board, 195 x 145 mm approx. viii + 278 + 4 pp of publisher's adverts. Frontis illustration with tissue guard The Collected Edition 1914 (Fourth Thousand) in Dust Jacket. Wikipedia - Alice Christiana Gertrude Meynell 11 October 1847 – 27 November 1922 was… Read more about this item

New York: Scribners, [1914]. Hardcover. Ex-Library. Meynell was an was an English writer, editor, critic, suffragist, and mother of Francis Meynell, co-founder of the Nonesuch Press. Debossed gilt title and author on front cover panel. Printed at Chiswick Press. Illustrated frontis with tissue guard. Ex-library with minimal markings, lacking dustjacket.

London: Burns & Oates. Good with no dust jacket. 1914. First Edition. Hardcover. Spine has browned. Corners have bumped. Covers have some browning around the edges. Endpapers have faded. Front endpaper has a bookplate. .

London : Burns & Oates, Chiswick Press, 1914, 1914. Good. later printing ; viii, 267 p. : ill. ; 19 cm. ; LCCN: a 15-512 ; OCLC: 305567 ; LC: PR5021.M3; Dewey: 824.8 ; Contents: Winds and waters -- In a book room -- Commentaries -- Wayfaring -- Arts -- The chearful ladie of the light -- Women… Read more about this item

London: Burns & Oates, 1918. Hardcover. Good. Later. Good, book has fading of spine, rubbing of spine and corners of cover, slight separation of pages on page96. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

New York: Charles Scibner's Sons. Very Good. 1914. Hardcover. Meynell, Alice. ESSAYS. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1914. 267 pages, blue-green board with gilt printing. The spine is sunned and the cover edges show some rubbing/toning. Otherwise a bright, nice copy. Very Good. .

Burns Oates & Washbourne,, 1922. 8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with an etched frontispiece, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; cloth gilt, gilt back, uncut, covers lightly faded, corners lightly bruised, joints marginally rubbed else a good, sound copy.

London: Burns & Oates, 1914. Limited edition. First edition. Hardcover. End-papers foxed. Front hinge partially split. Else very good copy. 8vo. Linen-backed boards with printed paper label. Printed on hand-made paper. Number 13 of 250 copies.

London: Burns Oates and Washbourne, 1923. later printing. Hardcover. Very good. 5 x 8 in. Cloth boards. Condition is VERY GOOD ; some shelf wear, covers rubbed. Binding tight and text unmarked. Endpapers a bit stained. Ess. Stax.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons Book. Very Good. Buckram. First U.S. Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Gilt lettering and design to olive buckram. Top edge gilt. Frontispiece. From the sheets of the first English edition with cancelled title page. Chiswick Press. Darkening to spine and extremities, otherwise very tight, sharp, clean, and… Read more about this item

Burns & Oates Ltd, 1918. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. 1918 printing of the 1914 first edition. Blue linen. Good. Former owner's gift presentation on fep. Some wear, foxing, evenly sunned spine. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

London : Burns & Oates, 1925. 6th edition. Hardcover. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: viii, 267 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm. Subjects: Meynell, Alice 1847-1922. English - essays - 19th century. Literature… Read more about this item

Westminster, Maryland: The Newman Bookshop, 1947. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo. xix, 267 pp. With an Introduction by Sir Francis Meynell. Blindstamp to front free endpaper and half-title, some very slight edgewear, library pocket on rear pastedown. Jacket is chipped with some creasing. Centenary Edition. Book is almost mint. The library card at the rear reveals… Read more about this item