Autograph manuscript of THE MISTRESS OF SHENSTONE
Original draft, entirely written out by hand, of the sequel to the international sensation THE ROSARY.
Original draft, entirely written out by hand, of the sequel to the international sensation THE ROSARY.
Association first edition of Cartland's fourth novel — and one of only a handful of her 728 published books without a happy ending — inscribed by the Cartland to her uncle.
Association first edition of Cartland's third novel — and one of only a handful of her 728 published books without a happy ending — inscribed by the Cartland to her uncle.
First printing, paperback original, of this lesbian pulp novel with an unambiguously happy ending, a gorgeous copy.
First edition of this RITA award-winning romance, one of the most acclaimed single-title contemporaries yet of the 21st century.
First printing of the famed Dell edition, with the landmark gothic cover that anticipates the "woman running from the house" designs of the gothic romance wave a decade later.
First edition of this Regency comedy of manners, an important landmark in the history of the Scottish novel and in popular romance.
Special cloth-bound edition, the first hardcover edition, of this sensation novel by one of the most popular women writers of dime novels, who specialized in romances and dramas for working-class girls and women.
Inscribed first printing of this Jamaican romance between an older woman and a younger man, the basis for the hit 1998 film starring Angela Bassett, Taye Diggs, and Whoopi Goldberg.
First edition of the Ur-Gothic, the literary sensation credited by many for inaugurating one of the first major trends of the English novel — and the literary heart of Austen's NORTHANGER ABBEY, which is both a satire of and homage to it.
Inscribed first edition of this romantic adventure novel by the eminent novelist, in which three siblings travel from Ireland to track down artifacts that belong with a family heirloom.
Limited edition of this rare book catalogue describing and illustrating 100 lots that trace the history of the genre, signed by Type Punch Matrix co-founder Rebecca Romney.
Early Republic American edition of an altered version of Bernardin de Saint-Pierre's work, featuring a happy ending not present in the original.
Advance review copy of this 25th novel by the world's best-selling living author, the basis for a 1993 made-for-television movie starring Jennie Garth at the height of her celebrity.
First edition of the first conscientiously gay gothic romance: meditative, otherworldly, intimate, and allusive.
Signed first printing of this tale of romance and intrigue set during the Napoleonic Wars, as uncovered by a history student (with intrigue of her own) researching a code book.
First edition of this interfaith contemporary romance — the "first American novel written by a Jew on a Jewish theme for an American audience" (D. G. Myers) — inscribed by the author to her brother.