Property from an Important American Collection
Hardy, ThomasA Group of Noble Dames. London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine, and Co., 1891
8vo. Half-title. Publisher's cream cloth by M&E Case, cover blocked in gilt with floral design, spine gilt; corners bumped, spine a little worn. Collector's quarter morocco slipcase with blue cloth chemise.
First edition, first issue, signed by the author to first free endpaper, "Yours faithfully, Thomas Hardy" — one of 2,000 copies printed.
A collection of short stories about duchesses, ladies and countesses, as told by each member of a club.
George Barr McCutheon (1866-1928), the American novelist and playwright, was the author of the Grautsark series and the comedic novel Brewster's Millions.
REFERENCE:Purdy, pp. 61-2; Sadlier 1106; Webb pp. 27-28
PROVENANCE:George Barr McCutcheon (bookplate)
Property from an Important American Collection
Hardy, ThomasA Group of Noble Dames. London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine, and Co., 1891
8vo. Half-title. Publisher's cream cloth by M&E Case, cover blocked in gilt with floral design, spine gilt; corners bumped, spine a little worn. Collector's quarter morocco slipcase with blue cloth chemise.
First edition, first issue, signed by the author to first free endpaper, "Yours faithfully, Thomas Hardy" — one of 2,000 copies printed.
A collection of short stories about duchesses, ladies and countesses, as told by each member of a club.
George Barr McCutheon (1866-1928), the American novelist and playwright, was the author of the Grautsark series and the comedic novel Brewster's Millions.
REFERENCE:Purdy, pp. 61-2; Sadlier 1106; Webb pp. 27-28
PROVENANCE:George Barr McCutcheon (bookplate)
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