LONDON LOVERS
First edition of this high society contemporary romance from the Edwardian golden age of the genre, "daringly, about the problems of Jews entering London society" (Rachel Anderson).
First edition of this high society contemporary romance from the Edwardian golden age of the genre, "daringly, about the problems of Jews entering London society" (Rachel Anderson).
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 appearance of this complete romance novel, issued as the special Saturday edition of the Toronto Star Weekly on 28 March 1953.
First edition of this contemporary sapphic romance, one of the earliest works from Madwoman Press, an independent publisher of lesbian works active in the '90s.
Inscribed association copy of this vibrant post-war Mills & Boon contemporary romance, gifted by the author to her mother.
First printing, US issue of this story of a woman who is as talented at surfing as she is at medicine, following her path to the surfing World Championships in Australia and her budding romances with two surfer brothers.
First edition of du Maurier's vastly influential pre-Rebeccan Gothic, a stirring tale of Cornish menace and wicked uncles.
First edition of this contemporary sapphic romance in a university setting, in which the title character's crush distracts her from research into the college's founder, from Spinsters Book Company.
First edition in book form of this suspenseful romance with an active, adventurous heroine, the drama turning on questions of power and property.
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.
First printing of "the Ur-Bonnet Book" (Weaver-Zercher), one of the first Amish romance novels – with supernatural elements and feminist themes.
Remarkable set of original posed photographs mostly likely for a romance novel cover, sent to comics artist and CIA illustrator John Fantucchio.
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 this contemporary sapphic romance, featuring a veterinarian who falls in love with a witch, from lesbian publisher Rising Tide Press.
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.