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The very scarce first edition of this fictional story of a young girl in a workhouse, written by Clara Lucas Balfour. Blafour's works typically contained themes of improvement, temperance and moral fortitude. The first edition of the work.Very scarce, with only four copies held institutionally.With a frontispiece and and one further plate.With a six page tipped in brochure for 'An Illustrated Monthly Penny Paper' to the rear of the work.Written by Clara Lucas Balfour, an author, lecturer and temperance campaigner. Many of her works, including 'Toil and Trust' demonstrated the tenants of her social campaigning, with themes of industriousness and moral fortitude. Balfour was prolific, with her popular works garnering her a celebrity status. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally very smart with slight bumping to extremities resulting in minor loss to cloth. Fading to spine. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with just marginal age toning and the odd spot. Very Good Indeed
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