Description: Anonymous, [Housman, Laurence]. An Englishwoman's Love Letters. Philadelphia: Henry Altemus Company, n.d. [1903]. Vademecum / European Artists Edition; 289 pp; measures 6-3/8 by 4-3/8 inches. Dark blue cloth with gilt embellishment, color image from "Mountain Over Water" appliqued to front. With a violet pressed between two pages. Undated, this book corresponds to the 1903 Vademecum/European Artists editions described on the Henry Altemus website. For collectors of the Altemus / Vademecum series, this is a scarce copy of a hard-to-find book and an unusual combination of color and image in the Vademecum series. (Wikipedia) -- An Englishwoman's Love-letters is a 1900 novel by Laurence Housman, initially published anonymously. It was a scandal in its time due to its frankness, which excitement turned to disappointment as the public learned the author was no Englishwoman but Housman. One year later, in 1901, a parody of the book, entitled Another Englishwoman's Love-letters and written by Barry Pain, was published by T. Fisher Unwin. Winston Churchill wrote a P.S. in a letter of 22 January 1901 to his mother, Lady Randolph Churchill: "I have been reading 'An English Woman's Love Letters' Are all Mothers the same?" Laurence Housman (1865 – 1959) was an English playwright, writer and illustrator whose career stretched from the 1890s to the 1950s. He studied art in London and worked largely as an illustrator during the first years of his career, before shifting focus to writing. He was a younger brother of the poet A. E. Housman and his sister and fellow activist in the women's suffrage movement was writer/illustrator Clemence Housman. Housman turned more and more to writing after his eyesight began to fail. His first literary success came with the novel An Englishwoman's Love-letters (1900), published anonymously. Please see the pictures for detail.
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All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Binding: Cloth
Place of Publication: [Philadelphia]
Signed: Yes
Title: An Englishwoman's Love Letters
Publisher: Altemus
Subject: Literature & Fiction
Year Printed: 1903
Original/Facsimile: Original
California Prop 65 Warning: none
Language: English
Special Attributes: 1st Thus / Reprint, Altemus Vademecum Series / European Artist Painting, Decorative cover
Region: North America
Author: [Laurence Housman]
Personalized: Yes
Topic: Romance
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Character Family: N/A
