131 - Brooke (Stopford A.) Poems, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "Edith Lees from the writer" and pencil ownership signature of Alice M. Callow dated 1916 on half-title, light spotting to a few pp., original boards, spine slightly sunned, spine head a little chipped, extremities rubbed, 8vo, 1888.

Brooke (Stopford A.) Poems, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "Edith Lees from the writer" and pencil ownership signature of Alice M. Callow dated 1916 on half-title, light spotting to a few pp., original boards, spine slightly sunned, spine head a little chipped, extremities rubbed, 8vo, 1888. *** Edith Lees (1861-1916), English writer and women's rights activist. She was a close friend of Honor Brooke, eldest daughter of Stopford. Lees married the early sexologist Havelock Ellis. Alice M. Callow, close friend of Edith and founded the Edith Ellis Fellowship Society. Both Callow and Lees moved in London spiritualist circles. Edith Lees was secretary of the Fellowship of the New Life. She also lectured at the Higher Thought Centre alongside Edward Carpenter where Alice M. Callow was secretary. It is likely that Alice came into possession of this book upon Edith's death in 1916. Stopford A. Brooke (1832-1916), Irish clergyman, writer and chaplain in ordinary to Queen Victoria.