9780241895320 - Passion's Child: Extraordinary Life of Jane Digby by Schmidt, Margaret Fox (7 results)

Condition: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Condition: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Dust jacket in fair condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,700grams, ISBN:0241895324.

Condition: Good. First edition copy. . Good dust jacket. (Biography, English Nobility).

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with Black and White plates. Includes an Index. 268 pages. The story of a fascinating woman and the quest for love and adventure that took her from salons of Regency London to life among the Bedouin in the Syrian desert. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Jacket by Luba Litwak (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition, first impression. Some slight edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, some small scratches to front jacket, not price clipped (£5.95), no inscriptions, inyernally clean tight and square, overall a vg++ copy. 268pp, illustrated. A life of the scandalous, beautiful, wildly romantic Jane Digby el-Mezrab, Lady Ellenborough (1807-1881). She had four husbands, many children and many lovers, including King Ludwig I of Bavaria, his son King Otto of Greece, statesman Felix Schwarzenberg, and a Greek brigand general Christodoulos Hatzipetros. She died in Damascus, Syria, as the wife of Arab Sheikh Medjuel el Mezrab, who was 20 years her junior.

Condition: Sehr gut. 23.9cm x 16cm. XVI, 268 pages. With 28 illustrations. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Includes for example the following chapters: Cokes and Digbys / Regency Childhood / A Debut and a Wedding / A Dazzled Librarian / Paris Interlude / Letters to a King / The Isles of Greece / A King of the Mountains / Pilgrimage to Palmyra / Family Reunion / The Last Three Years, etc.