Jane warton spinster (2 risultati)
Altre immaginiEditore: William Heinemann, London, 1914
- Rilegato
- Prima edizione
Da: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, Regno UnitoRooke Books PBFA
Contatta il venditoreVenditore con 5 stelleMembro dell’associazione: PBFA
Condizione: Usato - Molto buono
EUR 668,72
EUR 22,42 spedizioneSpedito da Regno Unito a U.S.A.Quantità: 1 disponibili
Cloth. Condizione: Very Good. First edition. The first edition of this compelling autobiography by militant suffragette, Constance Lytton, who writes of her experiences being imprisoned for protests. The first edition of this uncommon and fascinating work.In the publisher's original cloth binding.With a portrait frontispiece and… additional monochrome plate containing portraits of the author.A captivating account of the author's experiences of imprisonment for suffragist protests. Written by Constance Lytton, who rejected her privileged background to join the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU), the most militant group of suffragette activists campaigning for "Votes for Women".She used the name Jane Warton (credited in this work as a separate author), to avoid receiving special treatment during these imprisonments.Lytton details all four of her imprisonments across London, Newcastle and Liverpool, and offers insights to the types of prisoners she met, her cells, trials and meetings with Emmeline Pankhurst and Elsa Gye.With a sixteen page catalogue of publisher's advertisements to the rear. In the original cloth binding. Externally, very smart. With fading to the spine and light rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Spine is slightly cocked. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with offsetting and a few spots to the endpapers. Contemporary ink inscription to the front free endpaper. Very Good. Not stated (illustratore). book.
Editore: William Heinemann, 1914
Da: Blackwell's Rare Books ABA ILAB BA, Oxford, Regno UnitoBlackwell's Rare Books ABA ILAB BA
Contatta il venditoreVenditore con 5 stelleCondizione: Usato
EUR 2234,15
EUR 53,12 spedizioneSpedito da Regno Unito a U.S.A.Quantità: 1 disponibili
FIRST EDITION, tissue-guarded frontispiece photographic portrait of Lytton, further plate with photograph of the same as Jane Warton, pp. xi, 337, [1], 16 [Publisher's list], crown 8vo, original purple cloth, backstrip sunned with lettering dulled, the W.S.P.U. motif to upper board stamped in green and white, a little rubbed at…extremities, with a few marks to lower board, and a faint waterstain to leading edge of both, textblock edges toned with one or two spots, endpapers a little spotted, good. An important work by the suffragette, Lady Constance Georgina Bulwer-Lytton, who assumed an alternate identity as a working-class spinster named Jane Warton in order to highlight the treatment of low-income women at the hands of the authorities. She documents her arrest and incarceration, highlighting the appalling treatment of suffragettes, and the brutality of force-feeding, which was meted out in response to an organised hunger-strike. [With:] A 3pp. carbon typescript draft of the final passages in the book, with many variants to the text. [And:] A typed copy of her 2pp. letter to Herbert Gladstone, Home Secretary, referred to on p. 300 of the text - assuring him that her wearing of a disguise could hardly be in the line of a practical joke, given its consequences. [And:] A typed copy (with a small ms. correction) of the 'Report on Physical Condition of Lady Constance Lytton' made by Dr Marion Hunter at the beginning of February 1910, cited in full in the text, pp. 301-2. [And:] A contemporary postcard portrait of the author.
