Story of the Weathercock

Evelyn Sharp, Charles Robinson

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Publisher:Blackie Published Date:30th November -0001 Binding:Hardback Condition:Good Notes:1st thus HB Blackie C.1907; Early printing of Sharp's children's classic. Quarto, original publisher's decorated cloth, illustrated with sixteen color plates and numerous black-and-white illustrations by Charles Robinson. In good condition. Evelyn Jane Sharp (4 August 1869 - 17 June 1955) was a key figure in two major British women's suffrage societies, the militant Women's Social and Political Union and the United Suffragists. She helped found the latter and became editor of Votes for Women during the First World War. She was twice imprisoned and became a tax resister. An established author who had published in The Yellow Book, she was especially well known for her children's fiction. Scarce copy in the unusual blue binding; wear and marks to boards, gilt titles and remains of gilding to top edge of book block