Take Heed Loving Novel John by Elizabeth Gray Vining (8 results)

Condition: Very Good. PA Lippincott 1963. 1/0/00 Binding: Unknown VG. in VG dj dj wlite wear, in plasltic; owner's name on fly 352. BC edition. 8vo.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. 8.6 X 5.9 X 1.4 inches; 352 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. Very good in very good dustwrapper.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1964. First edition [as stated]. Historical fiction. Marbled tan boards with maroon spine and gilt over black spine lettering, dustjacket. The book has minimal external wear, good hinges, sound text block, clean pages free from names or other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is not priceclipped and has some age-toning and heavy surface scuffing to the spine, similar scuffing and a few tiny holes along the outer edge of the rear panel, minor edgewear, little paper loss. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First Edition. The author signed on the front end page. The covers and spine have moderate wear and there is a short tear at the heel of the spine. The back board has some discoloration along the seam to the spine. The dust jacket has moderate wear, some soiling and is in a clear protector. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Cloth and boards. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. SIGNED by the Author on the front free endpaper, thick 8vo, maroon spine with black label and gold lettering over parchment simulated boards with blind-stamped seal, archival mylar-protected lettered dust jacket with decorative Jacobean border (not price-clipped) designed by Frank Wilimczyk, 352 pages. Elizabeth Janet Gray Vining (1902 -1999) was an American professional librarian, educator, and author who received considerable distinction for having tutored Emperor Akihito of Japan in English while he was Crown Prince. Much honored, Elizabeth Vining was also a celebrated and prolific author and distinguished educator (a VP of Bryn Mawr), whose children's book Adam of the Road (set in 13th century England) received the Newbery Medal in 1943. Overall, she wrote 26 fine books--many for children; fewer--such as this remarkable novel about John Donne and his world--for sophisticated adults. SCARCE title and SIGNED! But for a 1 1/2" thumb-joint shaped barely visible chip from this remarkable novel's first page's upper corner, it would have been graded as Fine/Fine. The book is solid, tight, and square with lightly age-toned pages; plus it has a remarkably clean, complete, and bright unchipped dj. Copyright is 1963 but publication of this First Edition was 1964. TAKE HEED OF LOVING ME is a brilliantly written historical romance about metaphysical--love and erotic--poet John Donne (1572-1631), who, in his young manhood, was a lusty Elizabethan adventurer. After serving in distant wars; Donne became secretary to the Lord Keeper of the Great Seal. Not long after, twenty-four year old John fell in love with teenaged Anne More, tthe well-bred niece of that Lord. This novel centers on the outcomes of the lovers' secret betrothal and marriage which led to that Lord's wrath, Donne and his wife's removal from court, destitution and other surprising developments.for Donne would become a preacher for the Established Church and distinguished, though controversial, poet. This colorful novel includes episodes involving Queen Elizabeth, Essex, Ralegh, Ben Jonson, and King James.

Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Small tears to edges of jacket. Stated First Edition. No publisher price to front flap. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Hardcover with unclipped dust jacket. Published 1964, first edition. A fine+ book in a fine dust jacket. A slight wearing to the jacket and sunning to spine of the jacket. Nicks to jacket edges. The interior and text pages are Clean, tight unmarked. 352 pages.