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Ingpen selected a collection of letters from women as diverse as Ann Boleyn and Jane Austen. Mrs. Thrale, Lady Hamilton, Maria Edgeworth, Inchbald, Gaskelll, Mitford, Mary Shelley, Lady Caroline Lamb, Burney, Kemble, E Barrett Browning, George Eliot, Charlotte Bronte, many more. Red cloth covers with gilt title and decorations. Attractive spine but worn at top and bottom. Red cloth is worn and has some discoloration but gilt is still bright. Top pages gilt. Inside covers is a lovely illustration of a Regency-era woman reading a letter. Several illustrations. Previous owner's signature from London, 1923. A 1912 new edition of the original 1909 publication. Hutchinson & Co., Paternoster Row, London. USED. $25.00 Show more