London: Richard Bentley & Son, New Burlington Street, Publishers in Ordinary to Her Majesty the Queen, 1889. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Three volumes. Publisher's smooth dark red cloth over beveled boards, lettered in gold on the front covers and spines, blue floral-patterned endpapers. Publisher's advertisements on two pages at the back of volumes two and three. Early owner initials in light pencil on the topedges, volume two gently cocked, a bright, about fine set. Carter was the author of three domestic romances, all published by Bentley. Born in Yorkshire in 1853, the daughter of Thomas Carter, a magistrate and retired silk mercer, she became friends with Ellen Gissing (mother of George Gissing) and in 1912 she published extracts from Gissing's letters to her in Thomas Power O'Connor's *T.P. Weekly*. A very scarce, handsome set. *OCLC* locates three copies. Coustillas, *The Diary of George Gissing*.

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Bookseller: Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 399825
Title: Mrs. Severn. A Novel. In Three Volumes
Author: Carter, Mary Elizabeth
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Richard Bentley & Son, New Burlington Street, Publishers in Ordinary to Her Majesty the Queen
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1889
Keywords: EnglishLiterature, Women, PopularCulture
Bookseller catalogs: Women;
Note: May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.

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Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc., founded in 1985, specializes in first editions of 20th Century American and English fiction. Our inventory of over 75,000 first editions includes: African-American literature & history, Mysteries, Detective Fiction, Drama, Books into Film and Sports books. We routinely issue extensively illustrated color catalogs, available by subscription. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA)and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB). Tom Congalton, founder of Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc., actively promotes the ethics and standards of these professional organizations and served as President of the ABAA from 2000 to 2002.

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