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The Amberley Papers; the Letters and Diaries of Lord and Lady Amberley, Bertrand and Patricia Russell, 1937

The Amberley Papers; the Letters and Diaries of Lord and Lady Amberley, Bertrand and Patricia Russell, 1937

£45.00
SKU LAN9210

Biography of John Russell and his wife, Kate Stanley - Lord and Lady Amberley. Both were born in 1842. John Russell was a British writer and politician. He supported women's suffrage and birth control and was known for his unorthodox views on religion. Lady Amberley was a strong supporter of women's education. Bertrand Russell was their son.

The Amberley Papers; the Letters and Diaries of Lord and Lady Amberley. Edited by Bertrand and Patricia Russell. In two volumes, complete.

Published by Leonard & Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, London, 1937. First edition. 

A good set of two green cloth hardbacks with gilt titles to spine. Some bumping to extremities and some wear to covers. Soundly bound, but a little give in the spines.

Text is bright and clean throughout. Illustrated. Some offsetting and spotting to endpapers. Dust toned to top edge and some light spotting to text block edges. Illustrated with photographic plates.

Text in English.

Vol I: 552pp + Plates;

Vol II: 581pp + Plates.

Weight: approximately 1861g (the set - unpacked). 

Dimensions:

Each volume approximately 229mm tall x 154mm wide x 45mm deep.