Author: Beatrice Harraden
Title: Untold Tales of the Past
Description: Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1897 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this collection of charming stories retold for children by author and suffragette Beatrice Harraden. The first edition of this work.Beatrice Harraden was a British author and a leader of the suffragette movement. She was a founding member of the Women"s Social and Political Union (WSPU) and an integral member of the Women Writers' Suffrage League and Women"s Tax Resistance League.In this anthology, Harraden retells twelve ancient stories, including the bravery of Joan of Arc, the triumph of Caesar, and the duties of the Vestal Virgins.Illustrated with a frontispiece and numerous full page and vignette illustrations by H. R. Millar. With a contemporary owner's inscription to the half title. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. Boards bright, with light fading to spine. Bumps to spine head. Former owner's inscription to half title. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good . Ill.: H. R. Millar. Very Good .

Keywords: Untold Tales of the Past Beatrice Harraden suffragette millar Beatrice Harraden H. R. Millar


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