Frances Elliot, The Story of Sophia, first edition, 1891
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Frances Elliot, The Story of Sophia, first edition, 1891

Elliot (Frances [Minto]) The Story of Sophia.

£150

A Novel…Copyright Edition
Leipzig, Tauchnitz, 1891.

First edition. 8vo. Contemporary green cloth.

Uncommon first edition by a prolific female writer, somewhat faded from public consciousness today but hugely popular in her lifetime; friend to Dickens, muse to Wilkie Collins, and apparently a wicked author of “gossipy, sometimes scandalous, sketches” (Wikipedia).

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