Part of the author's edition set, limited to 1000 copies. This is copy 422. Half bound in red leather over plum boards with gilt top edge, embossed decorations on the leather and gilt titles and decorations, as well as raised bands, on the spine. This volume presents biographies of important women in history and the arts including Jane Austen and Empress Josephine. Very minor rubbing to the boards, with some scratches to the leather in the bottom fore corner.