Author: Joan Penelope Cope Title: Bramshill: Being the Memoirs of Joan Penelope Cope
Description: London, Constable and Company Ltd, 1938. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of these charming memoirs written by Bramshill resident, twelve-year-old Joan Cope. The first edition, first impression of this work. With the publisher's original clipped dust wrapper. A delightful series of memoirs written at the age of twelve by Joan Penelope Cope, who vividly describes her youth spent at Bramshill, a Grade I listed Jacobean mansion located in Hampshire, England. It was first purchased by British banker Sir John Cope in 1699 and the descendants of the family occupied the premises until 1935.Illustrated with in-text line drawings throughout. In the original cloth binding. With the original clipped dust wrapper. Externally, very smart, with minor bumping to the extremities. Dust wrapper is sunned, with handling marks. Chips to the spine and rear panel, and general edge wear to the wrap. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Near Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Near Fine/Good.
Keywords: Bramshill: Being the Memoirs of Joan Penelope Cope Autobiography Illustrated First Edition Autobiography Not Stated
Price: GBP 98.00 = appr. US$ 139.94 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 956Y26
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