Marianne Thornton 1797-1887. A Domestic Biography

by E. M Forster, Edward Morgan

$60 · Offered by Adrian Harrington Rare Books · No longer available

First edition

London: Edward Arnold and Co., 1956. English Literature FIRST EDITION. Octavo 22 x 15cm , pp.viii; 301; 3 , blank. 2000 copies only. Publisher's blue cloth lettered in gilt, illustrated dust-wrapper priced at 21s. Edges of text block tanned, no inscriptions, price clipped jacket with some chips and tears. The subject of this biography was Forster's great-aunt, a prominent human rights activist, who campaigned for the abolition of slavery. Item #75339

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