[Rarebooks] FS: 1st ed. presentation copy of Elizabeth Sandford's "Female Improvement..." London: 1836

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(WOMEN) Sandford, Elizabeth. FEMALE IMPROVEMENT... In Two Volumes, by
Mrs. John Sandford. London: Printed for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown,
Green, & Longman; and J. Hatchard and Son. 1836. First edition. 8vo. 2
vols in 1, each with a title page. viii,206;(4),234pp. Plus (2)pp.
publisher's ads. Cont. straight grain brown morocco with gilt roll
borders, rebacked in polished calf with red morocco spine label. A
presentation copy inscribed by Mrs. Sandford at the top of the title
page.   $500.00 (trade discount allowed)
A life skills guide for women, as well as an account of the social
conditions under which they lived. Mrs. Sandford wrote extensively on
women: "Woman, in Her Social and Domestic Character" (1831); "Lives of
English Female Worthies" (1833); and with a co-author, "Woman As She
Should Be" (1839).

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