LEGENDS AND LYRICS AND OTHER POEMS by Adelaide Anne Procter in BLACKBURN, Victoria for sale

This book of poems is Number 150 of Everyman's Library. It was first published in this edition in 1906. This book is the 4th printing, printed in 1927.
It is in very good condition. The dust jacket is covered by a removable plastic cover which has protected it.
Adelaide Anne Procter was born October 30th, 1825 in London. She had an early love for poetry. Her first published poems had been accepted by the "Book of Beauty" in 1843 when she was 18 years. She wrote under the pseudonym of "Mary Berwick".
Miss Procter was an active worker for her fellow women; and their cause, their social status, their need of fuller education, occupied her continually. She died February 2nd, 1864 from consumption. The Editor's Note gives a brief summary of her life.
Book can be collected from Blackburn.