1884 -Sesame and Lilies-by John Ruskin L.L.D. - $15
RUSKIN, John-Published by George Allen, Sunnys2de, Orpington, Kent (1884)
Inscription : Mariam U. Arkwright Xmas 1884 signed by the Author( G.A.)
Marian Arkwright was born in Norwich, Norfolk, England, and received a doctorate in music at Durham University,[1] one of the first English women to do so.[2] After completing her studies, she worked as an orchestra musician and composer and conducted orchestras including the Newbury Amateur Orchestral Society. She served as secretary of the English Ladies' Orchestral Union.[3] She received a prize from The Gentlewoman for an original orchestral work The Winds of the World.[4]
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