Story of the Weathercock. London: Blackie & Son Limited, [1907]. First Edition. Bound in half cherry calf over marbled boards, the spine with five raises bands with the title & author lettered in gilt, pictorial endpapers. A fine bright copy.

Illustrated by Charles Robinson with 16 plates in colour, 24 plates in black & white and 126 small text drawings throughout the text.

Evelyn Jane Sharp (1869 – 1955) was a key figure in two major British women’s suffrage societies, the militant Women’s Social and Political Union and the United Suffragists. She helped found the latter and became editor of Votes for Women during the First World War. 

An established author who was published in The Yellow Book, she was especially well known for her children’s fiction.