Edward Maitland — Anna Kingsford, Her Life, Letters, Diary, and Work

London, George Redway, 1896. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this touching and insightful biography on the life and work of Anna Kingsford, an illustrated publisher's presentation copy. The scarce first edition of this work.'With the Publisher's Compliments' stamp to the head of the title pages.Complete in two volumes.A detailed and insightful biography on the life and work of Anna Kingsford, written by her lifelong collaborator, Edward Maitland.Kingsford was a noted anti-vivisectionist, vegetarianism, and women's rights campaigner. She was one of the first English women to obtain a degree in medicine, and was an active member of the Theosophical movement, and work works on the esoteric and occult. Maitland considered Kingsford to be a born seen with great gifts for seeing apparitions. Volume I is illustrated with a frontispiece, and six plates. Volume II is illustrated with a frontispiece, one folding plate, five plates.Collated, complete.Two pages of adverts to the front of Volume I, one page of adverts to the front of Volume II. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spines. A few minor marks to the boards and spines. Light rubbing to the joints and extremities. Hinges are starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very lightly age-toned and clean with a few scattered spots. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .