Author: Windsor, Dean of, and Hector Bolitho (eds.).
Title: Letters of Lady Augusta Stanley. A Young Lady at Court 1849-1863.
Description: London: Gerald Howe, 1927 (1st ed.); 333 pp., genealogical table, index, bl/w ill., one repair b.e.p., library label on inside backcover. Orig. d. blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine, traces of wear and tear as normal in ex-libr. copy, inside very good. ¶ These are the letters of Lady Augusta Stanley, Lady in Waiting to the Duchess of Kent, to her little sister, Lady Frances Baillie. These letters became more and more confidential and served as a safety-valve in a life of great difficulty where silence and discretion were essential.

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