BINDING. - [Frances G. KNOWLES-FOSTER.] 'F. Rylston Var'. The Witch of Knaresbro', an Historical Romance. Ripon and London: William Harrison and Son and Simpkin, Marshall et al., 1921. Second edition, 8vo (183 x 117mm.) Frontispiece of Knaresboro' Castle after Bernard Evans with tissue-guard, extra-illustrated with four further plates, bound-in 'Author's Note' in vari-coloured manuscript hand, red silk moiré covered endpapers. (Some spotting to title-page, toning.) Bound by Cedric Chivers, Bath, in red morocco with original hand-painted figure of the witch to the upper cover in red, black and green and gold with decorative gilt borders, gilt turn-ins, g.e. Note: in the 'Author's Note' Knowles-Foster writes that she was only a teenager when this novel was first published in 1904, and that subsequently she now feels able to use her own name rather than the pseudonym. She was also known as the 'yachting authoress' who often took her small yacht 'The Enchantress' up the Thames and was a friend to the novelist William Hope Hodgson. Provenance: Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood (bookplate to the front pastedown).