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4 1/2 inches x 7 1/2 in., frontispiece of The Author's Club, New York; title-page in black & orange with publisher's device; preface; contents; list of illustrations. xiii, 302 pp., 18 black & white photographic illustrations of exteriors or interiors of author's homes; including: E. A. Poe, R. H. Stoddard, John Burroughs, Henry Van Dyke, Frank Stockton, Hamilton W. Mabie, T. B. Aldrich, W. D. Howells, Paul Leicester Ford, John Fiske, Joaquin Miller, Edmund Clarence Stedman, F. Hopkinson Smith, D.G. Mitchell, T. W. Higginson, John K. Bangs, Ernest Seton-Thompson (New York studio). Green cloth spine and corner-pieces, with gilt titling & design on the spine, marbled paper over boards with gilt design on the front cover, top-edge gilt. The spine ends, cover corners & edges show light wear, ink spot to the fore-edge. Early owner's name in ink on the halftitle: E.F. Strickland Benton Harbor Michigan Milwaukee Aug. 1924. This copy contains four items that have been pasted or bound in at the articles about the authors: John Burroughs (ALS; p. 3); Edmund Clarence Stedman (Autograph poem, signed, p. 159; George Edward Woodbury (typed letter to Cleveland, Ohio based book collector, Paul Lemperly, with Lemperly's printed "Woodbury wants" slip bound in at p. 223); Ernest Seton-Thompson (his signature on a card, with a "pawprint", p. [280]. Contents: (John Burroughs): West Park N.Y. Feb 16. Dear Sir, Many thanks for the invitation to be your guest at the fifth annual dinner of the Canadian Corps on March 7th I take pleasure in accepting-unless I should go south, in that case I will let you know. Very sincerely yours John Burroughs Dr. G. Lenox Carter 7th 58th St. New York. (Autograph letter, signed, on a sheet of note paper, with a central horizontal fold). Edmund Clarence Stedman: From Van in [?] Wall Ave. New poems may feed the speech, new lands / Arise within these ocean-portals, / But Music waves eternal wands-- / Enchantress of the souls of mortals! Edmund Clarence Stedman 1890. (autograph poem, signed on a sheet of gray note paper, some tanning to edges). George E. Woodbury: Columbia College. May 8, 1900. Dear Sir:- You can obtain the "Verses from the Advocate" at the University Book-Store at Cambridge, I think; the other volumes are probably inaccesible. "The North Shore Watch" is much sought for, but never found. The Players Elegy is in two forms-my own issue of 35 copies, and the Players Club issue of 1000 copies, I believe. The latter has been sold for fifteen dollars, but was issued only to members, free of cost, originally. You have a remarkable list of my little waifs, and I am pleased that you care to obtain them. If I see any opportunity to provide you with them I will do so; but none of them have yet been seen in a catalogue. Believe me, sincerely yours, G. E. Woodberry. Paul Lemperly, Esq. (typed letter on a sheet of note paper, with one letter in the author's name corrected in ink; the printed list of Lemperly's "Woodbury wants", on a small sheet of paper, is bound in facing the typed letter). Ernest Thompson Seton autograph with a pawprint, on a small plain calling card. This item is sold together only, with the four author's items described above. Seller Inventory # ABE-1205956102
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