Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1895. First Edition. Hardcover. Good with no dust jacket. First Edition. Exlibrary marks. Sound binding. Hinges have been reinforced with tape on both volumes. Pages clean, tanned. Cloth over boards is shelf worn with wear at corner tips and extremities of spine. Top page edges are gilt. Gilt lettering on spine is a bit darkened but visible. ; Autobiography of Anglo-Irish writer and activist Frances Power Cobbe (1822-1904). She founded a number of animal advocacy groups, including the National Anti-Vivisection Society (NAVS) in 1875 and the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection (BUAV) in 1898, and was a member of the executive council of the London National Society for Women's Suffrage. Ex-Library; 8.25" (18.5 cm) tall; 662 pages.

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Seller: Cat's Cradle Books (US)
Seller's Inventory #: 3600097
Title: Life of Frances Power Cobbe
Author: Cobbe, Frances Power
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good with no dust jacket
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Houghton, Mifflin and Company
Place of Publication: Boston and New York
Date Published: 1895
Keywords: BIOGRAPHY, AUTOBIOGRAPHY, BRITISH, BRITAIN, ENGLISH, ENGLAND, WOMEN
Bookseller catalogs: History; Animals and Nature;

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