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- [188-]? (Creation)
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2 items of 2 leaves each ; 10 cm.
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Rosa Caroline Murray-Prior was born on 27 March 1851 at Bromelton on the Logan River, Queensland. Daughter of Thomas Lodge Murray Prior and Matilda, nee Harpur. She began writing poems and short stories as a child. She married Arthur Campbell Bulkley Praed on 29 October 1872. She moved to Torquay, Devon, in the 1920s. Her original title Logleat of Kooralbyn was used for the later Australian edition but Bentley published her novel in 1881 as Policy and Passion. Rosa died on 10 April 1935.
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Letter Dec 19 is a covering letter to Bentley and Sons which accompanied final chapters of Longleat of Kooralbyn ; Dec 30 is a letter to the publisher asking about decision regarding the publication of Longleat of Kooralbyn. Holograph signed. Letter Dec 30 signed R Mackworth Praed, letter Dec 19 signed R M Praed. Letter Dec 30 has burn mark in middle.
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- English
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Her original title Logleat of Kooralbyn was used for the later Australian edition but Bentley published her novel in 1881 as Policy and Passion.
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Holograph signed.
Letter Dec 30 signed R Mackworth Praed, letter Dec 19 signed R M Praed.
Letter Dec 30 has burn mark in middle.
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- Praed, Rosa Caroline, 1851-1935 (Subject)
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Revised, Linda Justo, 12-Dec-2023. Migrated from LMS: April 2019, P.A.