Authors starting with K from Stuart Bennett Rare Books

London: William Pickering, 1852. By the author of Visiting My Relations. iv, 290, [4]pp., sm. 8vo. Title inscribed “To Mrs Green - a token of affectionate remembrance from the Author - June 21, 1852.” With a catalogue of Pickering publications at end. Original cloth, paper spine label a little chipped and the lower endpaper replaced. First edition, presentation copy, a fine introspective autobiography of a nineteenth century literary woman whose early novels, influenced by Jane Austen, gave w... more information

London: Printed for E. Newbery, 1800. xviii, [ii], 157, [3]pp., 18mo. Engraved frontispiece dated 1799. An attractive copy in elegant antique-style marbled boards, vellum spine preserving most of the original paper label, by Philip Dusel. First edition of this charming story, largely narrated by the swallow itself, and full of bird lore and encouragements to kindness in children. The last, unpaginated, leaf has a factual note on the migratory habits of swallows. Osborne, p. 272; Roscoe, John Newbery,... more information

Geneva: Chez Mme. Susanne Guers Libraire, 1826. [iv], 200pp., 18mo. Engraved frontispiece and additional title with vignette (“Kenneth et Normann vont à l’école”); a few minor stains. Contemporary half calf; quite worn but firm. First edition in French, originally published in Edinburgh in 1823. One of several novels by this author, who died young in 1825, it “replaces,” according to ODNB, “the rational Lockean narratives of a previous generation of writers ... more information