Anne Kempburn, Truthseeker

New York: Duffield & Company. Very Good+. 1910. First Edition. Hardcover. (no dust jacket) [nice-looking copy, light bumping at extremities, slight scrunching to bottom corners of a few pages, one letter of title on front cover slightly chipped, a few small puncture-wounds of mysterious origin to the ffep; the binding is nice and square, although the front hinge is a bit weak]. British novel, about a young woman who devotes herself to social service and charity work, and becomes involved in labor unrest in connection with her work with the Ironworkers Union in London. Some of the characters from an earlier novel by the same author, "Christopher Hibbault, Roadbuilder," are featured. (Also published by William Heinemann, London, the same year.) .