A PASSING MADNESS

by later Mrs. T. Ross Church, afterwards Mrs. Francis

$1,000 · Offered by L. W. Currey

First edition

London: Hutchinson & Co., 1897. Octavo, pp. 1-4 1 2-302 303-304: blank , publisher's decorated blue cloth, front panel stamped in gold and blind, spine panel stamped in gold, all edges untrimmed. First edition. A strong-willed, weak-minded young woman accidentally poisons and kills her sick brother. The dead man's physician is blamed for his death, but all ends well when Joan finally admits what she has done

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