MAXWELL, CHRISTABEL. — Mrs Gatty and Mrs Ewing.

London: Constable, 1949. 1st edition. "Margaret atty and Juliana Horatia Ewing were mother and daughter. Christabel Maxwell is a grand-daughter of Mrs Gatty and a niece of Mrs Ewing. This biography of two remarkable women, based on letters and diaries..stresses the partnership between mother and daughter, the criticism and advice given by the former while she lived, and the extent to which Mrs Ewing - after Mrs Gatty's death - expanded and worked on er mother's ideas." Pp.256, colour frontispiece + 6 sepia plates, inscribed by the author together with a handwritten letter tipped-in to front free endpaper. Light blue cloth, dustwrapper has water-staining to rear and edge tears and chips with loss to top 2.5cms of spine but is in a removable clear protective wrap. G/G-.