One of Australia's Daughters: An Autobiography of Mrs.Harrison Lee Cowie, World’s Representative W.C.T.U., Appointed Geneva, Switzerland, 1902
Los Angeles: R. Bowen, [undated circa 1925].
Price: $85.00
Hardcover. New Edition Revised. Small octavo. 220pp. Original burgundy cloth binding stamped in black. Previous owner’s ink address on the front flyleaf, modest staining at the top corner of the contents and the front board; clipping laid in with offsetting at the rear, else near very good. Inscribed by the author: "In His Love. Bessie Lee Cowie. Worlds W.C.T.U." Born in Australia, Cowie (1860-1950) was a New Zealand temperance campaigner, social reformer, lecturer, and writer. At the end of the book, Cowie solicits additional sales of the book for a dollar per copy, and provides a Honolulu address.
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