Beesly, Edward Spencer. Verney, Ruth Florence [1879 - 1968] - Former Owner. [Nightingale, Florence. 1820 - 1910] — QUEEN ELIZABETH

London: MacMillan and Co, 1892. 2nd printing. Original publisher's blue-green linen cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering to spine. 243, [5] pp. Adverts at rear. 7-5/8" x 5-1/8". Square & tight, with light binding wear. Verney's large bookplate to front paste-down, with note recording gift from Nightingale, 1892 at top of ffep. Paper residue to perimater of rear paste-down. Withal, a VG - VG+ copy. Ruth Florence Verney was Florence Nightingale's god-daughter, the Verney family being closely connected to Nightingale by work, and by the marriage of her sister, Parthenope, to Sir Harry Verney. In this volume, to a preliminary blank, is noted in pencil, "Ruth from Aunt Florence. X-mas 1892" [we do not believe this to be in Nightingale's hand].