Irene Iddesleigh. A Novel.

England 112rii Ros, Amanda McKittrick, 1860-1939. Irene Iddesleigh. A Novel. Bloomsbury (London): The Nonesuch Press, 1926, viii, 151 pages, frontispiece, illus. Half roan binding, patterned cloth cover, most pages still uncut. The spine edge at the head of spine was repaired at one time. Damp spotting on end pages, also on side paper edges, lining papers in delicate floral design. Illustrated with three wood engraving by W. M. R. Quick. Number 545 of 1250 copies. 'This edition follows exactly the text of the original Belfast issue of 1897 except that certain misprints have been corrected'. $22.50 Box A 112

Anna Margaret Ross (née McKittrick; 8 December 1860 – 2 February 1939), known by her pen-name Amanda McKittrick Ros, was an Irish writer. She published her first novel Irene Iddesleigh at her own expense in 1897. She wrote poetry and a number of novels. Her works were not read widely, and her eccentric, over-written, "purple" circumlocutory writing is alleged by some critics to be some of the worst prose and poetry ever written.