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49 - BURY, Lady Charlotte. A Marriage in High Life.
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Estimate €50 - €80
Description
BURY, Lady Charlotte. A Marriage in High Life. Paris, Baudry’s European Library, 1836. In-8 (22 x 14 cm), marbled Bradel half-cloth, plain spine. Modern binding. Endpapers replaced. Untrimmed. 226 pp. Spine worn. Scattered foxing. Second edition (the first published in Paris) following the original London edition of 1828 (published by Henry Colburn). An English novel by the novelist Lady Charlotte Susan Maria Bury (1775–1861). Emmeline Benson, a young woman from high society, marries Ernest, Lord Fitzhenry, in an arranged marriage designed to preserve the status, fortune and reputation of their respective families. Text in the original language.
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About the sale Collectors’ books for sale – First editions – Illustrated editions – Varia IV
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Auction time 11/02/2026 at 2:00 PM
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