And when his proposal of marriage turns into a compromising position that forces the issue, she can’t help thinking that he’s hiding something.even as her heart tells her to say yes. He flirts, he charms, he gives every impression of a man falling in love, but she can’t quite believe it’s all true. So when Richard Kenworthy demands an introduction, she is suspicious. With her pale hair and quiet, sly wit she tends to blend into the background, and she likes it that way. Iris Smythe-Smith is used to being underestimated. She’s the type of girl you don’t notice until the second-or third look, but there’s something about her, something simmering under the surface, and he knows she’s the one. He knows he can’t be too picky, but when he sees Iris Smythe-Smith hiding behind her cello at her family’s infamous musicale, he thinks he might have struck gold. Sir Richard Kenworthy has less than a month to find a bride. In this case, cellist Iris Smythe-Smith finds herself courted by a suspiciously eager nobleman-but is he only playing with her heartstrings? From #1 New York Times bestselling author, and creator of the Bridgerton series, Julia Quinn presents the fourth and final installment in the Bridgerton adjacent Regency era-set world featuring the romantic adventures of the well-meaning but less-than-accomplished Smythe-Smith musicians.
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We also use these cookies to understand how customers use our services (for example, by measuring site visits) so we can make improvements. We use cookies and similar tools that are necessary to enable you to make purchases, to enhance your shopping experiences and to provide our services, as detailed in our Cookie Notice. She is married with two children and a stepchild.ĭebbie Ridpath Ohi writes and illustrates books for young people. Blume's novels for teenagers were among the first to tackle such controversial matters as racism (Iggie's House), menstruation ( Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.), divorce (It's Not the End of the World, Just As Long As We're Together), bullying (Blubber), masturbation (Deenie Then Again, Maybe I Won't) and teen sex (Forever), and as such have been the source of controversy over the appropriateness of such topics for her middle school audience. She has written many novels for children and young adults which have exceeded sales of 80 million and been translated into 31 languages. Judy Blume (born Judith Sussman February 12, 1938) is an American author. Original blue cloth, spine lettered and blocked in white. Brian Aldiss, Trillion Year Spree: The History of Science Fiction, 1986 Jonathan Lethem, "The Cool Disturbances of Anna Kavan's 'Ice'", New York Times Book Review, 27 October 2017. Anatomy of Wonder, 3rd edn, 4-293 Locke II, p. This is the first edition to print the introduction by Aldiss, who praised it as the best science fiction novel of the year it is preceded by the scarce UK edition (London: Peter Owen, 1967). is a catastrophe novel that goes as far beyond Ballard as Ballard is beyond Wyndham, sailing into the chilly air of metaphysics" (Aldiss, pp. "Ice represents one of the high points of science fiction. Often contrasted with Ballard's Drowned World, Ice depicts "a world jarred into ecocatastrophe by political and scientific crimes" (Lethem). First US edition, first printing, of the author's last novel and masterpiece, "a classic surreal novel of existential catastrophe" (Anatomy of Wonder) a lovely copy in the jacket. Arthur Rackham married Edyth Starkie in 1903 and each Christmas Arthur sent his latest book to her family. PROVENANCE: Christmas gift to Robert and Awdry Starkie from Arthur Rackham and his wife. George of Merrie England The Story of the Three Bears Jack the Giant-Killer Jack and the Beanstalk Dick Whittington and The Three Little Pigs. A very good copy, front hinge cracking, but still a nice bright copy.Įvery year the Rackhams presented a copy of Arthur Rackham's latest gift book to members of Edyth Rackham's large family. Sixteen colour plates, each protected by a tissue guard with printed caption. Arthur Rackham Illustrations for English Fairy Tales 1918 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain 1994 Easton Press The Fountainhead Ayn Rand 1943. Favourites such as Jack the Giant-killer. An original sketch of a charming pixie on the half title, and inscribed to Rackham's brother and sister in law, "To Robert + Awdry / with love / from Edyth / + / Arthur Rackham / Xmas/18".Įndpapers illustrated with line drawings printed in green. This book contains over forty of the best-loved fairy stories, beautifully illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Red cloth with gilt lettering and vignettes. First American edition, illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Petrova, forever ostracised in the world of dance, offers hope to any girl who has ever felt unremarkable or talentless. Hers is a moral fable that all girls could do with remembering. Pauline’s fall from grace was one of the most shocking turns, I felt, which I have reminded myself of every time I have felt the flush of success. Unlike so many books these days, where the heroine is not only beautiful, brave and ultimately some kind of superhuman goddess, these girls’ flaws are all too recognisable in ourselves. And Posy, the precocious, hilarious baby dancer.īut for me, what really brings these girls alive is, for all their fantastic talents, their imperfections. There is the eldest, Pauline, famous for her “pink and white complexion” - for how many years have I longed for those rosy cheeks, for that soft golden Alice in Wonderland style hair! Then Petrova, who, in her disdain for all things theatrical and her two left feet, is probably my most likely contemporary. They are all chalk and cheese to each other, yet they have all at some stage been my favourite. Perhaps it is because their lives are so holistically narrated that by the end of the book, you consider them almost your own sisters. I think what made this book so attractive to me was the girls themselves. 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