Rosalind Travers — Letters from Finland: August, 1908 - March, 1909

London, Kegan Paul, Trench Trubner, and Co. Ltd. 1911. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Rosalind Travers's Letters From Finland, written during her travels to the Scandinavian country she grew to love. The first edition of Letters From Finland by writer and suffragist Rosalind Travers. Published by Kegan, Trench and Trübner in 1911.In the publisher's original green cloth, with a frontispiece of the The Defense of The Sampo by Finnish painter Axel Gallen. Contains all 34 illustrations and a folding map of Finland. Collated complete.Contains original advertisements from other works by the publisher's, including The Chesterton Calendar and The Views of "Vanoc".Travers writes her letters, written from 1908-1909, with a deep empathy and humorous wit. Partly fictitious, Travers also includes verse that showcases her talent as a poet. Originally travelling there after sympathising with their struggle over Russian rule, Travers gained an affection for the country, especially praising it for its education and strong record for women's rights.She fell in love with the country so much that she established the Anglo-Finnish Society the same year of publishing, along with fellow women's rights activist Aino Malmberg. In the publisher's original green cloth. Externally, generally smart with minimal handling marks. Fading to the spine. Bumping to the head and tail of the spine has resulted in loss of cloth and small closed tears. Signs of wear to joint between front board and spine where cloth has lifted. Endpapers are generally bright and clean, with slight offsetting to front free end paper from bookplate. Bookplate from previous owner. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with slight spotting to first and final leaves. Good . Ill.: Various. Good .