DEERBROOK: A NOVEL (3 volumes)
London: Edward Moxon, 1839. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition. Harriet Martineau (1802 - 1876) was an English social theorist, who wrote from a sociological, holistic, religious and feminine angle. She was also translator of the works of Auguste Comte, and, distinctively, for a woman writer at the time, earned enough to support herself. Martinieau traveled extensively in the United States in 1834-36, an experience which confirmed her abolitionist views. Politically active, she was an early supporter of the suffrage movement. Dearborn, Martineau's first full-length novel is a work of social realism, set in a semi-industrialized English town, and portrays a failed love affair between a physician and his sister-in-law. It was considered her most successful novel, and was published, as presented in this copy, in the three-volume format, popular in British 19thC publishing. This set is a very nice trio: olive-green half leather over marbleized boards, with the spine decorated in gilt with maroon leather title and volume labels. Some modest edgewear. Internals fine; text appears unread. Uncommon in the marketplace in first edition and in condition this nice. Neat owner name with Christmas 1842 date upper corner fly in volume I. Near Fine. Item #013867
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