 | 1. | The Happy Yes : An Anthology of Marriage Proposals Grave and Gay Crosland, Margaret and Ledward, Patricia (compilers); John Milton, Essad Bey, George Saintsbury, Shakespeare, Isaac Walton, John Aubrey, Lady Trowbridge, William Congreve, Robert Burns, Edmund Burke, Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, Anthony Trollope Etc
London Ernest Benn Ltd 1949 First Edition Cloth Fine Very Good + 5.5 x 8"
160pp - A unique anthology of marriage proposals throughout history, as written by some of the finest authors of the English Language. These include John Milton, Essad Bey, George Saintsbury, Shakespeare, Isaac Walton, John Aubrey, Lady Trowbridge, William Congreve, Robert Burns, Edmund Burke, Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, Anthony Trollope, Edward Lear, and Oscar Wilde. Covers (blue cloth with gilt titles to spine) are slightly dusty with lightly bumped corners. DJ (Not price-clipped and now in protective sleeve) is VG except for sunning to spine and tanning of edges and some edgewear to top and small open tear to bottom centre of rear panel. Textblock includes decorated EPs and rubber-stamped bookseller's name to FEP
Price: 12.75 GBP |
