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First edition signed by the author, plus two small letters also signed by L. V. Holdsworh. 7.75" x 5.25" x 1.00. pp.14/[2pp.]/pp.191 . Original grey cloth covered boards. Spine darkened with bright gilt titles. Edges lightly rubbed and bumped. Newspaper cutting laid-down to the verso of the front board: "Old Quaker Mss. Found" (1942). Pencil dedication to front free-endpaper: "To another Oxfordian, with best wishes for the propagation of the true faith about the glorious memory of E. de Vere. From L. Violet Holdsworth. Bareppa, Falmouth, Easter, 1940." Light foxing to edge of half title and page edges, otherwise very clean, with all six full-page illustrations by G. E. Chambers. colophon to the verso of the title (and also to the verso of the last leaf): "Printed In Great Britain At the Temple Press, letchworth, Herts. First Published in 1932". The first letter to Mrs. Cra'ster is dated 23:IV:40 and handwritten. It includes: ".I agree with practically every word you say about E. de Vere & "Bill"! It is no longer a hypothesis in my mind only an amazement that others do not see the impossibility of anyone but an aristocrat producing the plays." The second letter, also addressed to Mrs Cra'ster, is typewritten, dated 11.6.40 and signed in black ink by L. Violet Holdsworth. This letter mentions: ".your Uncle's discoveries about the Ashbourne Portrait. I do hope he will publish the results." ** Lucy Violet Hodgkin, later Holdsworth, (1869-1954) was a writer. Born; 19 Mar 1869 in Benweldene, Newcastle on Tyne, Durham, England. Married; 14 Feb 1922 in Truro, Cornwall, England. Died; 6 Apr 1954 in Penzance, Cornwall, England. Works include: 1890: Published "Pilgrims in Palestine."; 1902: Published "The Happy World."; 1915: Contributor to "The Fellowship of Silence."; 1917: Published "A Book of Quaker Saints."; 1919: Published "Silent Worship, Swathmore Lecture."; 1921: Published "George Lloyd Hodgkin's Life and Letters."; 1927: Published " A Quaker Saint of Cornwall" and "Loveday Hambly and Her Guests."; 1932: Published "The Romance of the Inward Light."; 1933: Published "Anima, the Pilgrim of the Cross."; 1937: Published "A Day Book of Counsel and Comfort from the Epistles of George Fox."; 1940: Published "Seas of the Moon." Republished in 1946 ; 1943: Published "The Shoemaker of Dover.";1945: Published "In Quietness: Thoughts on Silent Worship."; 1947: Published "Gulielma: Wife of William Penn." - See Wikipedia ***Lucy Violet Hodgkin came from a long line of Quaker ancestors. She was born in 1869 in Northumberland, the eldest of the six children of Thomas and Lucy Fox Hodgkin. Her father was a prominent Friend, co-founder of the Quaker bank of Hodgkin, Barnett, Pease and Spence, later amalgamated with Lloyds Bank, and an eminent historian. Lucy Violet was her father's favourite and shared his love of literature. As she said later, 'He and I lived our real life in the book world.' By the age of ten she was reading his proofs and seemed much older than her brothers and sisters. Her sister Lily wrote, 'In one way Violet was like an only child, it was "Violet and the children" always.' When she was eleven Violet had a bout of scarlet fever which left her with increasing deafness. Cures were sought but in vain and by 1895 she had no hearing at all. Although she had episodes of despair she learned to lip-read very well and spoke out clearly. Her whole manner was regal and this was accentuated by her commanding stature and by the large hats and long dresses that she always wore. Violet was educated at home and remained there as a companion to her parents who were very protective of her. In 1894 her engagement to Malcolm Powell was broken off as a result of family pressure. They felt that someone who, although charming, was also mentally unstable was not the right husband for Violet, but she did not forget her first love. When, ten years later, he married someone else she noted in her diary, 'Wednesday 11 May 1904, Malcolm's wedding day and. N° de ref. del artículo 42034
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