Description: Lady Angela Forbes – PENELOPE’S PROGRESS (1911) FORBES, Lady Angela (Selina Bianca) [née St Clair-Erskine, 1876-1950] – PENELOPE’S PROGRESS London – Eveleigh Nash 1911 1st ed. (vi), 7-262, 2pp ads. Colour frontis., with tissue guard. Bluish violet cloth lettered in gilt on spine (?) and upper board. Condition : Spine faded and gilt absent (if ever there in the first place), tissue guard browned. some foxing to prelims, contents clean and tight. Very good. About : The story of an aristocratic young woman who defies her mother’s ambitions for her and becomes an actress with a touring theatrical company. The author was a British socialite and novelist who was known as a forces sweetheart for organising soldiers' canteens in France during the First World War. Elinor Glyn used her as the prototype of Elizabeth in her book Visits of Elizabeth (1900). An uncommon book.
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Year Printed: 1911
Fiction Subject: Novels
Binding: Cloth
Original/Reproduction: Original
Weight: 460g
Author: Lady Angela Forbes
Original/Facsimile: Original
Language: English
Publisher: Eveleigh Nash
Place of Publication: London
Special Attributes: 1st Edition
