Poor Caroline [inscribed by author]

Signed third impression of Holtby's satire on philanthropy and religion. Mustard coloured cloth, very clean, inscribed by the author for a Bradford librarian 'With good wishes - Winifred Holtby.' There are old dried tape marks on the endpapers where the jacket has been protected, otherwise the book is unmarked. The jacket is very uncommon, not price-clipped, fading to the spine and printed with three review blurbs on the front flap. Winifred Holtby was a passionately committed feminist, socialist and pacifist and, famously, friend of Vera Brittain. She died in her thirties and books signed by her are most uncommon.