first edition Hardcover
1886 · Chicago
by Holmes, Mrs. M.E. [Margaret Homes Bates]
Chicago: Laird & Lee Publishers, 1886. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 12mo (18.5 cm), pp. 224. Ornate black-stamped boards with gilt spine titling. Union News Co. stamp on free front endpaper. Includes frontispiece and publisher's ads. Holmes wrote under a variety of pen names, publishing poetry, novels, short stories, business articles, and more. A suffragist, she served on the Executive Committee of the Western Association of Writers, and was a charter member of the Browning Society of New York. [Wikipedia]
(Inventory #: 38919)