Elizabeth Singer Rowe - Friendship in Death in Letters from
Elizabeth Singer Rowe () - Friendship in Death in Letters from the Death to the Living -Plymouth, Bennet, -xiv, 506 pages - 22,5 x 14 cm Complete and in fine condition with the typical offset of the frontis engraving to the title page being the only fault. Tall 8vo. Includes the engraved frontis portrait of the unfortunate Elizabeth--who, how to put this gently, was more handsome than winsome. Bound in modern three-quarters tan leather which contrasts nicely with the blue marbled paper used on the rest of the covers. A pioneering English Authoress whose works were very popular throughout the 18th and 19th century. Since then, however, they've sunk almost without a sigh into the dank dark earth making friends with the worms and fungi of death—some friendship and why do these postcards smell like rot and why is it wet? Read More