The Dress Lodger

Fine copy in the original color-printed, stiff-card wrappers. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Signed by the author. ; 8vo 8 - 9 tall; 291 pages; Description: 291 p. ; 24 cm. Subjects: Sunderland (England) -- Social conditions -- 19th century -- Fiction. Summary: Sunderland, 1832. Gustine, a 16 year-old prostitute, is busy earning a living to keep her baby fed. Her baby was born with its heart on the outside of its body, so when she meets a doctor who specializes in anatomy, she resolves to help him find dead bodies to practice on, if he will help her.