Search Results: Roxana, or The Fortunate Mistress by Daniel Defoe

UsedGood. The pages show normal wear. Fast shipping and order satisfaction guaranteed. A portion of your purchase benefits Non-Profit Organizations, First Aid and Fire Stations!

UsedVeryGood The cover is clean but does show some wear. .

J.M. Dent, London, February 1999. Trade Paperback. Very Good-. used trade paperback edition. lightly shelfworn, corners a bit bumped, some scuffing/wear to covers. binding is straight and tight with no marks to text or other serious flaws.

Penguin Publishing Group. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Cleveland, OH: The World Publishing Company, 1946 The World Publishing Company, Cleveland, OH. 1946. Hardcover. Stated First Printing October 1946. A "The Living Library" book. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Good +; light bumping to head, tail, and tips; light sunfading to spine; light shelfwear to head, tail, and tips. No DJ. Red cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine in a black shadowbox; Roxana picture on front board. Tanish endpapers. Tinted textblock top. Clean interiors. Internal hinges are sound and not split. 318 pp 8vo. This book was written in 1724 and was Defoe’s last novel and his darkest one. It is the autobiography of a woman who has traded her virtue, at first for survival, and then for fame and fortune. The narrator tells the story of her own ‘wicked’ life as the mistress of rich and powerful men. A resourceful adventuress, she is also an unforgiving analyst of her own susceptibilities, who tells us of the price… Read More

marvin miller, 1965. , very good , , paperback,

Penguin Classics. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1982. Paperback. 0140431497 . Penguin English Library; 0.87 x 7.64 x 5.04 Inches; 416 pages .

Paperback. Very Good.

Cleveland: Fine Editions Press, 1946. The cover is sunned on spine and bumped. Pages are slightly browning and pulling loose from the spine. Bookplate signed by previous owner.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo. Ex-Libris.

Unknown Binding. Very Good. VG+ book/No jacket. 1946 1st ptg. Nice!

New York, NY: Oxford University Press. Very Good. 1969. First Edition Thus; Fifth Printing. Paperback. Very Good in Wraps: shows rubbing to the self-wrapper covers and some creasing near the upper front corner tip; the expected tanning to the text pages; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creases to the backstrip. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, marks, or marginalia in the text. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A carefully-used copy, showing moderate wear and minor cosmetic imperfections. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (7.75 x 5.25 x 0.75 inches). Edited and with an Introduction by Jane Jack. Language: English. Weight: 11.8 ounces. First Edition Thus (1969) , Fifth Printing (1978). "Roxana" was first published in 1724. Paperback. ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; xviii, 333 pages .

Penguin Publishing Group. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Cleveland: World, Cleveland, 1946., 1946. 318 pp, small 8vo (7 9/16" H). B&w illustrations. "Roxana was indeed a fortunate mistress. Deserted by her wastrel husband, with five small children to support, she embarked on a purple career with gusto and practicality. 'Always the best' might have been her motto, for she became the beloved of Europe's wealthiest and most illustrious men. Paris, London, Venice, Rome - all the glittering meccas of Eighteenth Century society served as backgrounds for her amorous exploits. She lived well, loved luxuriously, and bore countless children until she was well past middle age. And though her end disproved the title 'fortunate', still Roxana accepted calamity with her customary fortitude, and one feels sure that in time she rose to sin again with triumph and magnificence." Light edgewear, very light browning to edges of textblock. Dust jacket has very minor edgewear, browning to panels, heavy browning to spine, flap-folds and… Read More

Cleveland, OH: Fine Editions Press WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Quarter maroon leather with salmon-colored cloth on boards, gilt-stamped spine, top edge gilt, 318 pp. No date on title page, illustrations copyright 1946. Tail of spine chipped away (about an eigth of an inch missing), otherwise very good with spine sunned, bottom corner of front board bumped and edges rubbed. Nicely printed on attractive paper--much nicer than a new paperback at about the same price. Shipping weight 2 lbs. (Internatioanal 1 lb., 12 oz.). . Illus. by André Dugo. 21 X 14½ cm.

Cleveland: Fine Editions Press, 1946. Hardcover. Near Fine. Later edition. Slightly cocked, near fine with moderate wear to the spine.

London: Panther, 1961. Book. VG+, Wear, Ink Name, Browning. Mass Market Paperback. 1st Thus. Historical adventure. Panther Imperial #1297. Book has Australian price printed on front cover. Expanded condition report/scan on request..

Penguin, 1982-04-29. Paperback. Very Good. 2.1983 in x 19.3853 in x 12.7903 in.

Roxana or The Fortunate Mistress by Daniel Defoe
first edition / first printing
hardcover
Publisher:
The World Publishing Company, 1946
Condition:
book - Very Good
dust jacket - Fair - chipping, tears, hole on the front

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.