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Title details for Spectre of Lanmere Abbey, The:

Year: 1820.
Author(s): Sarah Scudgell WILKINSON 
Gender: Female.
Title: THE SPECTRE OF LANMERE ABBEY, OR THE MYSTERY OF THE BLUE AND SILVER BAG; A ROMANCE. BY SARAH WILKINSON: AUTHORESS OF THE BANDIT OF FLORENCE, FUGITIVE COUNTESS, WHEEL OF FORTUNE, &C. IN TWO VOLUMES.
Publication: London: Printed and published by W. Mason, Clerkenwell Green, 1820.
Format: 2 vols (I 212p; II 213p). 12°.
Cat. nos: BL 12612.bb.28; ECB 638; EN2 1820: 70; NSTC 2W21064; OCLC 7129956.
Notes: Preface (1 p. unn.) acknowledges 'profit' as a main motive: 'Knowing how eager the fair sex are for something new and romantic, I determined on an attempt to please my fair sisterhood, hoping to profit myself thereby'.
DBF record no: 1820A070.

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