The Gentle Art of Making Enemies: As Pleasingly Exemplified in May Instances, Wherein the Serious Ones of the Earth, Carefully Exasperated, Have Been prettily Spurred on the Unseemliness and Indiscretion, While Overcome by an Undue Sense of Right

Published by William Heinemann, London, 1909

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Later printing of the first authorized edition. Gilt-decorated papercovered boards with gilt-stamped mustard cloth spine. Very good with modest soiling and scuffing, owner's name inked on half-title. Whistler's details of his libel suit against the critic John Ruskin, who in an 1877 published review of Whistler's painting "Nocturne in Black and Gold: The Falling Rocket" had written: "I have seen, and heard, much of Cockney impudence before now; but never expected to hear a coxcomb ask two hundred guineas for flinging a pot of paint in the public's face." The lawsuit nearly ruined both parties - ultimately the artist was awarded a single farthing in damages and the court costs were split. Whistler had counted on many artists to stand witness at the trial but most declined, fearing the impact on their reputations. For the last several years of his life Heinemann's residence served as Whistler's home when he was in London.

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Title
The Gentle Art of Making Enemies: As Pleasingly Exemplified in May Instances, Wherein the Serious Ones of the Earth, Carefully Exasperated, Have Been prettily Spurred on the Unseemliness and Indiscretion, While Overcome by an Undue Sense of Right
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[WHISTLER, James McNeill]
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William Heinemann, London
Publication year
1909
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Very Good
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Hardcover
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