Search Results: Jennifer by Janet Whitney

George G. Harrap & Co, 1944. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1944. Reprinted. 347 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Pages have slight foxing, tanning and minor thumbing. A few dog-eared corners. Faint creases to some pages. Boards have some moderate edge wear, with slight bumping to corners and minor bumping to spine ends. Small, very faint water stain to rear. Boards a little rubbed and marked overall. Book has a slight forward lean.

George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1947. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1947. Reprint. 346 pages. No dust jacket. Orange cloth. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Sticker to rear pastedown. Thumb-marking present. Noticeable creasing to gutter. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Light crushing to spine ends. Some tanning to spine and edges. Water staining to all. Marks overall. Textblock is shaky.

New York: William Morrow & Company. Good. (c.1941). First Edition. Hardcover. (no dust jacket) [worn copy, moderate external soiling, light fraying at several corners, darkening to spine cloth, front hinge cracked but not split]. Historical romance set in the early 19th century, in which the eponymous heroine, the daughter of a British doctor, is moved by the poverty and social injustice she sees around her (this being the early days of the Industrial Revolution) to get involved in the movement for parliamentary reform. Unfortunately, she is unjustly accused and convicted of murder, and finds herself shipped off the Australian penal colony at Botany Bay (but not before getting herself into a secret marriage); she's then followed to Austalia both by her husband AND the guy she really loves, with subsequent complications of all sorts. A contemporary reviewer felt that the heroine's social conscience enabled the book to "somewhat transcend the limitations of sword-and-cloak… Read More

William Morrow & Company, New York, 1941. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good- Condition. Book Signed by Author. An inscribed copy of a novel by Quaker author Janet Whitney. Based upon the WorldCat listings, it appears this was her first book. It is inscribed "To Caroline Jacob -- | with warm love from her friend | Janet Whitney --." This copy must have been from the first printing, since she has dated it December 1940, though it has a publication date of 1941. Whitney went on to write four more novels and four biographies, usually dealing with Quakers. In this novel she tells the tale of a Quaker girl named Jennifer Carey, born in 1807 to a frail mother and distant father, who sent her off to be cared for by a wet nurse and reared by her her Nurse Biddy. She is pursued by a cad who poisons her father in order to marry her. Jennifer is convicted of the murder of her father and sent to Australia where she tries to clear her name. The book was popular at the time,… Read More

London: George G. Harrap and Company Ltd, 1947. Some slight wear to covers, slight water marking to some pages, otherwise book clean and partly tight. . Reprint. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: George G Harrap & Co, 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Poor. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

William Morrow & Company, 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Presentation copy, signed and inscribed by this noted Quaker novelist to noted American poet (and fellow Quaker) William Matchett: 'Bill Matchett - with every good wish from his friend Janet Whitney - February 8th 1944.' First edition hardcover in jacket (jacket has some nicks and minor tears to edges; slight shelfwear to binding). First edition, second printing before publication.

George G Harrap & Co, 1941. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Fair. 1941 true first edition hardback in good condition. Scarce. A couple of small marks on inside cover. No other marks, tight binding. The green cloth boards have light shelf wear. In its original, unclipped dust jacket with heavy wear to edges, marking to all faces, a piece missing from rear top right, scuffing to edges, but still serviceable. Items are dispatched the same or the following working day. Please note our excellent customer feedback.