Author: By S. M. [i.e., Smedley, Menella Bute. 1820 - 1877]. 
Title: NINA. A Tale for the Twilight
Description: London: George Hoby, 123, Mount Street, Berkeley Square, 1853. 1st Edition. Late 19th C tan half-leather binding with marbled paper boards & speckled red edges. Red leather title label to second compartment. 307, [1] pp. 6-7/8" x 4-3/8". Modest wear. Age-toning to paper. POS to preliminary blank. A VG - VG+ copy. A historical novel about a beautiful young girl who grows up wild in the hollow of a volcanic island off the coast of Spain, before going to live as an adult amoung the knights and royalty of Spain & France. Primarily known as a poet, this a fairly early, and somewhat scarce, prose work by this mid-19th C. lady author. At the time of cataloguing, OCLC records just 5 holding institutions, only one in the US, that the Harry Ransom center.

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