Search results for: 'STRICKLAND, Agnes ['
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STRICKLAND, Agnes [& Elizabeth]. Lives of the Bachelor Kings of England.London : 1861
First edition, presentation copy from the authors' sister, inscribed in ink on the title page, "To dear Charlotte Foster in remembrance of her friends Agnes and Elizabeth Strickland with Jane Margaret Strickland's love"; the divisional title "Edward the Fifth" is annotated in the same hand, "By Elizabeth Strickland", referring to the work's joint authorship.
By... Learn More£475.00Stock Code: 140279
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STRICKLAND, Agnes [& Elizabeth]. Lives of the Queens of England,London : 1840-48
First edition of the Strickland sisters' best-known work, an important landmark in the development of the biographical genre.
By the early 1830s Agnes (1796-1874) and Elizabeth Strickland (1794-1875), each in their own right enjoying successful literary careers, chose to move towards "a new field of authorship, popular history: they had decided... Learn More£2,250.00Stock Code: 138341
