Shackford, Martha Hale

Letters from Elizabeth Barrett to B.R. Haydon

Wellesley College: Oxford University Press, 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. 79 pp. Octavo. Blue cloth over boards. Head and tail of spine torn and scuffed, corners rubbed. Paste-downs and endpapers toned. Very good +. Item #61526

A prolific English poet, Elizabeth Barrett fought for the abolition of slavery and the rights of child workers. Her letters, donated to Wellesely College after her death, are reproduced with as much fidelity as possible to the originals, including grammatical errors.

Price: $20.00