Winifred. The Enemy of Woman.

by GRAHAM

£600 · Offered by Henry Sotheran Ltd

‘I am a Worker, a Fighter, a Schemer for a Great Cause’ GRAHAM, Winifred. The Enemy of Woman. London: Mills Boon. [1910.] 8vo. Publisher’s blue cloth, upper board lettered in black, spine lettered in gilt, tail-edge untrimmed; pp. vii, [1 (blank)], 311, [1], 32 (publisher’s advertisements); rubbing to extremities, sunning to spine, pushing to spine ends, small chip to fore-edge of upper board; toning to edges of textblock with minor spotting to fore- and tail-edges, browning to endpapers; else a very good copy; contemporary ownership signature of Ida G. Bristow dated January 1911 to front free endpaper. Uncommon first edition of an early Mills and Boon publication, a provocative novel centred on women’s suffrage, featuring episodes of cross-dressing and the storming of the House of Commons, this copy with the contemporary female ownership of Ida G. Bristow (b. 1877) of Bexley, Kent. Uncommon first edition of an early Mills and Boon publication, a provocative novel centred on women’s suffrage, featuring episodes of cross-dressing and the storming of the House of Commons, this copy with the contemporary female ownership of Ida G. Bristow (b. 1877) of Bexley, Kent. Winifred Graham (1873–1950) was a prolific author and campaigner whose works addressed subjects ranging from Christian Science to anti-Mormonism. Although she later married Theodore Cory, she continued to publish under her maiden name. The Enemy of Woman explores the suffrage movement through its perceived effects on

• Binding: Hardcover

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