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[Victorian Woman-Owned and Woman-Run Press]. The Victoria Regia: A Volume of Original Contributions in Poetry and Prose

[Victorian Woman-Owned and Woman-Run Press]. The Victoria Regia: A Volume of Original Contributions in Poetry and Prose

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[Victorian Woman-Owned and Woman-Run Press]. The Victoria Regia: A Volume of Original Contributions in Poetry and Prose

by Procter, Adelaide A., editor

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London: Emily Faithfull and Co., Victoria Press (for the Employment of Women), 1861. London: , 1861. First edition, the first book published by Faithfull at the woman-owned and -run Victoria Press, which was established in 1861, and which was the "high point of all printing done at the Victoria Press." Fredeman, pg. 153. The Victoria Press "was a venture in mid-Victorian feminism. . . offered new opportunities for the remunerative employment of women and girls. . ." Sadlier, pg. 214. This work "a splendid example[] of the capabilities of the women compositors, and [] The Victoria Regia must be represented in any collection of Victorian book production" Fredeman, pg. 157. Large 8vo. x, 349pp., [1]. Sadleir, Trollope 213 (violet issue, all with same priority). Fredeman, Emily Faithfull and the Victoria Press: an Experiment in Sociological Bibliography, The Library, 1974. King 379. Very good in publisher's heavily gilted beveled violet morocco cloth, all edges gilt, with some rubbing to corners and spine edges, small contemporary bookseller stickers to pastedowns.

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Title
[Victorian Woman-Owned and Woman-Run Press]. The Victoria Regia: A Volume of Original Contributions in Poetry and Prose
Author
Procter, Adelaide A., editor
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Publisher
Emily Faithfull and Co., Victoria Press (for the Employment of Women)
Place of Publication
London
Date Published
1861

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