Elizabeth Fry / June Rose by Rose, June - 1980

Hardback. Very Good.

London, Eng: Macmillan, 1980. First Edition. Fine/very good. [14], 218 p.: frontispiece, 4 unpaginated pages of illustrations; 22 cm. Black textured paper over boards with gilt-stamped spine title. Color illustrated dust jacket. Illustrated endpapers. Includes sources, bibliography, and index. First Edition. ISBN 0-333-23806-0. Former owner's name on half-title page: Craig Horle, a noted historian of early Quakerism and early Pennsylvania. Elizabeth Fry, Quaker minister and mother of eleven children, "drew the world's attention to the plight of women in prison, instituted an order of nursing sisters and became the figurehead of much of the philanthropic endeavour in the first half of the nineteenth century . . . . Yet even during her lifetime this remarkable woman aroused hostility as well as admiration. Quakers found her 'worldliness' disquieting, not all of her fellow penal reformers approved of her unorthodox ways and the 'irregular authority' conferred upon her and… Read More

MacMillan, London, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: various. bound in original black papered boards, with a portrait illustrated dust jacket, which has been price clipped. Slight dustiness of the top edge of the text block, otherwise the book itself is free of any damage or annotation. This book was written in the bicentenary of the birth of one of the most influential and enigmatic women in English history, Elizabeth Fry, mother of 11 children and a Quaker minister who drew the world's attention to the plight of women in prison, instituted an order of nursing sisters, and became the figurehead of much of the philanthropic endeavour in the 1st half of the 19th century. This biography, based on the unexpurgated version of her private journals, portrays the "Saint" as she really was. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. XIV, 218 pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: various. Quantity… Read More

London: Macmillan, 1980. First edition. hardcover. very good/very good. 8vo. pp.218.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.