Mary Anne Clarke's The Rival Princes 1810
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Author: Clarke, Mary Anne
Title: The Rival Princes; or, A Faithful Narrative of Facts Relating to Mrs. M. A. Clarke’s Political Acquaintance with Colonel Wardle, Major Dodd, &c. &c. &c. Who Were Concerned in the Charges Against the Duke of York...
Place Published: London
Publisher:Printed for the Author and Published by C. Chapple
Date Published: 1810
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The scandal became a Regency cause célèbre and much later Mrs. Clarke's life became the subject of a novel, Mary Anne (1954), by Daphne du Maurier, the great-granddaughter of Mrs. Clarke. Contemporary armorial bookplates of Owen Wynne on the front paste-downs. The front covers are gilt-stamped with "O. Wynne" enclosed in a rectangular frame, and the rear covers are gilt-stamped with "Haslewood," also in a rectangular frame.
Author: Clarke, Mary Anne
Title: The Rival Princes; or, A Faithful Narrative of Facts Relating to Mrs. M. A. Clarke’s Political Acquaintance with Colonel Wardle, Major Dodd, &c. &c. &c. Who Were Concerned in the Charges Against the Duke of York...
Place Published: London
Publisher:Printed for the Author and Published by C. Chapple
Date Published: 1810
Description:
2 volumes. 216; [4], 307 + [4] ad pp. With engraved frontispiece portrait. Half-titles present. (12mo) 20x12 cm (8x5"), period tree calf, black leather spine labels, gilt rules and lettering. First Edition.
Mrs. Clarke's attempt at explaining the scandal involving her when she was the mistress of the Duke of York.
The scandal became a Regency cause célèbre and much later Mrs. Clarke's life became the subject of a novel, Mary Anne (1954), by Daphne du Maurier, the great-granddaughter of Mrs. Clarke. Contemporary armorial bookplates of Owen Wynne on the front paste-downs. The front covers are gilt-stamped with "O. Wynne" enclosed in a rectangular frame, and the rear covers are gilt-stamped with "Haslewood," also in a rectangular frame.
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Rubbing to joints and extremities; interiors crisp with a bit of toning to textblock; very good.
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Mary Anne Clarke's The Rival Princes 1810
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