![]() An excellent copy.įirst edition, in a handsome binding. Slight lean to binding, cloth very lightly rubbed in places, softening to corners, very occasional light foxing. Furse was Celia Furse, daughter of Henry and Margaret Newbolt. All four Stephens - Julia, Leslie, Vanessa, and Virginia - spent Christmases at Minna's house. Inscribed on front free endpaper ?Minna Duckworth?, dated ?1862? and on the recto of the frontispiece, ?M C Furse? Minna was the nickname of Sarah Emily Duckworth (1827-1918), sister of Herbert Duckworth (barrister, who married Julia Jackson in 1867 (later Julia Stephen, one of the Pattle sisters)). Although initially receiving a less than stellar review by the great nineteenth-century critic, John Ruskin, it struck a chord with the public, and continues to fascinate and inspire commentators, illustrators and readers to this day. ![]() Written in 1859 while volunteering at the St Mary Magdalene Penitentiary for ?fallen women? in Highgate, Rossetti?s enigmatic, many-layered poem is one of temptation, sisterly devotion, darkness, love, and redemption. ![]() Original dark blue ribbed cloth, elegant design stamped in gilt on upper cover, in blind on lower lettering and gilt decorations to spine brown endpapers. ![]()
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