Beatrice Harraden — Ships That Pass in the Night

London, William Blackwood, 1907. Hardback. Hatchards bound edition of Beatrice Harraden's best-selling novel. Best-selling novel of its time selling over one million copies and most popular work by this author. Tale of a romance set in a tuberculosis sanatorium between an independent teacher and activist, Bernardine, and Robert, the Disagreeable Man. The twenty-second edition, originally published in 1893. Written by British author and suffragette Beatrice Harraden. Illustrated with photographic plates in black and white by Gertrude Harraden.From the library of Sir William Eden, Bart. with his armorial bookplate to front pastedowns. He was the father of Anthony Eden, who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Rebound in half calf binding over cloth covered boards signed Hatchards, with renewed endpapers and titles in gilt to morocco spine labels. Externally very smart with minor shelf wear only, light rubbing to spine and along the joints. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: Gertrude Harraden. Very Good .