Maria Edgeworth — Helen, a Tale

Paris, Baudry's European Library, 1837. Leather. A very scarce 1837 edition of British-Irish novelist Maria Edgeworth's final novel, in smart half calf. An incredibly scarce 1837 edition of this already very scarce title.The final novel penned by British-Irish novelist Maria Edgeworth, and the only one written after the death of her father.Her writings were often steeped in moralism and influenced by her Anglican beliefs.Edgeworth is credited with inclusion of one of the first sympathetic Jewish characters in an English novel, in her 1817 publication Harrington, which was written in response to a letter of complaint from an American Jewish reader, regarding representations in her earlier title The Absentee.Bound in half calf and plum boards, and decorated with speckled text block edges, marbled endpapers, and charming gilt detail to the spine. Bound in half calf. Externally, smart. Moderate rubbing to extremities. Small loss to leather to head. Front joint very slightly starting, but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Slight strain between blanks and main text body. Pages generally moderately spotted, but otherwise bright and clean. Mild dusting to top edge. Light cockling to pages throughout. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .