Groombridge and Sons, London, 1884, Fifteenth Edition.  Hard cover, 580 pages plus ads.  Navy cloth with beveled edges, blind ruled front and rear, gilt lettering and decoration on front and spine.  Corners bumped and worn to boards, spine ends bumped and worn with small tears and losses to cloth; rear board blind stamped; edge wear; small spots on boards and small tear to cloth on rear board; all edges gilt.  Gift inscription on front paste-down marked out; prior owner’s name and address on FEP; old water marks on first few pages; black & white frontis of author, title page to page 2 detached but present.  Heavy foxing/spotting on first few pages, lighter at rear pages and only occasional age spot within text.  Binding cracked in areas; front hinge a bit weak and cracked at title page, possibly from tissue guard being removed.  No marks noted in text, pages lightly tanned.  ‘There appear, therefore, seven periods in the history of the women of Israel, which demand our attention.  First Period – the Wives of the Patriarchs … Second Period – the Exodus … Third Period – Women of Israel between the establishment of the law and the authority of the Kings … Fourth Period – Women of Israel during the continuation of the Kingdom … Fifth Period – Babylonish Captivity … Sixth Period – the War and Dispersion … Seventh Period – Women of Israel in the Present time …’ (from Introduction)