Edward Maitland: 'Anna Kingsford Her Life, Letters, Diary an...

Hammer

£95

Edward Maitland: 'Anna Kingsford Her Life, Letters, Diary and Work', London, George Redway, 1896, 1st edition, 2 volumes, photogravure portrait frontispieces of Anna Kingsford and Edward Maitland as called for, "with the publishers compliments" inkstamps at head of title pages, uniform original cloth gilt. Anna Kingsford (née Bonus, 1846-1888) was a prominent English Theosophist in the 1880's, best known as the co-author with Edward Maitland of The Perfect Way. She was one of the first women to become a physician in England; mystic and poet; feminist; and avid anti-vivisectionist and vegetarian. She was a prolific writer on the esoteric and the occult, with her long-time friend and collaborator Edward Maitland. (2)