Mary Howitt [ed. by Margaret Howitt] — Mary Howitt: An Autobiography

London, Ibister and Company, 1900. Cloth. A charming autobiography on the Victorian writer and women's right pioneer, most famous for her cautionary tale The Spider and the Fly. Mary Howitt: An Autobiography by the English writer and women's rights pioneer, edited by her daughter Margaret Howitt. Undated, but believed to have been published in 1900, first published in 1899. In the publisher's original brown cloth. Contains a frontispiece, and numerous charming in-text illustrations, including two full-page illustrations. Contain's publisher's original advertisements to the rear. In the centre of Victorian literary circles, Mary Howitt was most famous for translating numerous Hans-Christian Andresen classics into English, and for writing the famous poem and cautionary tale The Spider and the Fly. She also extended her writing projects to women's activism, with co-authored pamphlets and being the Secretary for the Married Women's Property Committee.  In the publisher's original brown cloth. Externally, smart, with minimal marks to boards. Slight rubbing to joints, and bumping to the head and tail of the spine, and to the extremities. Dark brown end papers are clean. A small rubbing mark to rear end paper hinge. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with faint spots to first and final advertisement leaf. Very Good . Ill.: Unknown. Very Good .