[LEAR (Henrietta Louisa Sidney Farrer Lear):

"Our Doctor's" Note-Book; By the Author of "Tales of Kirkbeck," "Alice Beresforde," "Lives of the Fathers," &c. &c.

London, J/. T. Hayes..., [1857]. FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. 12mo, 165 x 102 mms., pp. [viii], 195 [196 colophon], original embossed cloth (faded). Probably a presentation coy from the author, inscribed on front paste-down end-paper, "Janet Wilmot Chetwode/ from HLF." Lady Jane Janetta Chetwode formerly Erskine was born [date unknown] in Dalswinton, Nithsdale, Dumfriesshire, Scotland. Henrietta Louisa Sidney Farrer Lear (1824 - 1896) was a long-time resident of Salisbury's Cathedral Close and a prolific author on religious lives. She was also a supporter of Salisbury Cathedral and the religious life of the Close. She was a very proflific author, writing novels, biographies, and religious books. OCLC locates copies in BL, Bodleian; Stanford, Chicago, Harvard, Virginia

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Book number: 10532

Catalogue: Presentation copy

Keywords: presentation copy women literature