The Crimson Weed.

St. John (Christopher, pseud. for Christabel Gertrude Marshall)

The Crimson Weed.

Description: FIRST EDITION, pp. [vi], 338, [8, publisher's list], crown 8vo, original oatmeal cloth, lettered in black to backstrip and upper board, decorations to upper board and backstrip stamped in black and red, though the red to latter now faded and the backstrip a little browned, lean to spine, lower board with publisher device stamped in black, a couple of faint red specks to inner margin, very good

Publication Details: Duckworth, 1900

Notes: The author's first published work: 'an exploration of passion and revenge, [...] concerning the illegitimate son of an opera singer (ODNB). The world of the theatre was a continuing theme of her work; she wrote for the stage as well as performing on it, in both collaborating with her partner Edith Craig (the daughter of Ellen Terry) and with Cicely Hamilton - the three of them joining in the fight for Suffrage, in pursuit of which cause St. John (which became her legal name following conversion to Catholicism in 1912) was arrested in 1909 after setting a pillar-box on fire.Earlier in her care...moreThe author's first published work: 'an exploration of passion and revenge, [...] concerning the illegitimate son of an opera singer (ODNB). The world of the theatre was a continuing theme of her work; she wrote for the stage as well as performing on it, in both collaborating with her partner Edith Craig (the daughter of Ellen Terry) and with Cicely Hamilton - the three of them joining in the fight for Suffrage, in pursuit of which cause St. John (which became her legal name following conversion to Catholicism in 1912) was arrested in 1909 after setting a pillar-box on fire.Earlier in her career St. John had, following her education at Somerville College, Oxford, been temporary secretary to Lady Randolph Churchill and Winston Churchill. HIDE