Harrier Martineau — The Playfellow the Crofton Boys. A Tale

London, Charles Knight, 1841. Leather. A scarce edition of The Crofton Boys. A Tale by Harriet Martineau (1802 - 1876) an English social theorist and Whig writer, often cited as the first female sociologist. First edition. Martineau wrote thirty-five books and a multitude of essays from a sociological, holistic, religious, domestic, and, perhaps most controversial, a feminine perspective; she also translated various works from Auguste Comte. She earned enough to be supported entirely by her writing, a challenging feat for a woman in the Victorian era. In a half crushed morocco binding with marbled paper covered boards. Externally, sound but with slight wear to extremities and front board held by cords only. Front hinge tender, rear strained. Internally, text block firmly bound. Bright with only the odd spot and handling mark and foxing to endpapers only. Good Only . Ill.: None. Good Only .