Kate Bouverie, and other Tales and Sketches, in Prose and Verse. By the Hon. Mrs. Norton, Author of "The Wife," "Woman's Reward," &c. &c.
Philadelphia: E.L. Carey & A. Hart, 1835. 208 pp.; 189 pp. 8vo. Quarter cloth over paper covered boards. First American edition. Boards and spine worn, paper labels chipped,with one mounted upside down, one joint torn but firm, last leaf of Vol. I torn, lacking about six lines of text in the center, scattered foxing mostly to Vol. II. Good. Item #40979
Published earlier in England as "The Coquette: and other tales and sketches in prose and verse." Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton (1808-1877) was an early English feminist, social reformer, and author of fiction, poetry, and political pamphlets, whose activities after her separation from her husband led to the passage of the Custody of Infants Act 1839, the Matrimonial Causes Act 1857 and the Married Women's Property Act 1870. Quite scarce. OCLC shows only five locations: UCLA, Lib. Congress, Mich. State, Harvard (imperfect), BN France. Provenance: C. W. Van Rensselaer (signature).
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