10659 Favorite Authors accompanied by over 60 woodcuts

accompanied by over 60 woodcuts by his collaborator George Cruikshank

starting with Austen's Persuasion

Edited by Sharon M

Small Paris bookshop sticker inside back cover

10659 Favorite Authors accompanied by over 60 woodcutsThe first biography of one of the most brilliant women of her time, a formidable blue stocking and author. Writing under the pseudonym Vernon Lee, Violet Paget wrote supernatural fiction and essays on music and art. Gunn had access to private papers. Delves into her relationships with other famous people of her time, such as J. S. Sargent, Henry James, and Bernard Shaw. Oxford UP. 1964. Very Good but some wear to Jacket which is price clipped. Hb, DJ.