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Nice leather bound edition of Heroines Of Our Time: Being Sketches Of The Lives Of Eminent Women, With Examples Of Their Benevolent Works, Truthful Lives, And Noble Deeds. Published London, Darton & Co., 1860. This is the FIRST EDITION 8vo. Illustrated with three engraved plates, fine contemporary binding in full morocco with elaborate gilt panelling, spine in compartments with gilt decorations and lettering, all edges gilt, inner dentelles gilt, ink ownership inscription dated 1860 to front free endpaper. A scarce book, I can find no other example currently offered for sale. Comprises chapters on: Ministering Women, Florence Nightingale, Mary L. Ware, Miss Marsh, Mrs Sheman, Charlotte Bronte, Margaret Fuller, Mrs fry, Mrs Sherwood, Mrs Hannah More, Pocahontas, Lydia Sellon, Elizabeth Blackwell. CONDITION Plates slightly foxed and offset, covers with minor wear only, boards firmly attached. MEASUREMENTS (height x depth): 6¾ x 4¾ inches; 17 x 12cm