Lot 150
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WOLLSTONECRAFT, Mary (1759-1797). Posthumous Works of the Author of a Vindication of the Rights of Woman. Edited by William Godwin (1756-1836). London: J. Johnson and G.G. & J. Robinson, 1798. 4 volumes, 8° (171 x 100mm). (Occasional spotting and soiling, small piece torn from H1 in vol. III.) 19th-century half calf, spines gilt, top edges gilt (rubbed). Provenance: Edith S. Appleton; D.E. Appleton (pencil signatures).
WOLLSTONECRAFT, Mary (1759-1797). Posthumous Works of the Author of a Vindication of the Rights of Woman. Edited by William Godwin (1756-1836). London: J. Johnson and G.G. & J. Robinson, 1798. 4 volumes, 8° (171 x 100mm). (Occasional spotting and soiling, small piece torn from H1 in vol. III.) 19th-century half calf, spines gilt, top edges gilt (rubbed). Provenance: Edith S. Appleton; D.E. Appleton (pencil signatures).

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WOLLSTONECRAFT, Mary (1759-1797). Posthumous Works of the Author of a Vindication of the Rights of Woman. Edited by William Godwin (1756-1836). London: J. Johnson and G.G. & J. Robinson, 1798. 4 volumes, 8° (171 x 100mm). (Occasional spotting and soiling, small piece torn from H1 in vol. III.) 19th-century half calf, spines gilt, top edges gilt (rubbed). Provenance: Edith S. Appleton; D.E. Appleton (pencil signatures).

The Posthumous Works appeared in conjunction with Godwin's Memoirs (lot 37), and scandalised his contemporaries by including her love letters to Gilbert Imlay. Lowndes 2977.

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