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6 1/4 inches x 9 3/4 in., 47 pp. with printer's colophon on the reverse of p. 47; illustrated with 14 black & white photo illustrations, reproducing various Deming artworks, photo-portrait of Deming, photo-reproduction of a 1917 Theodore Roosevelt letter to Deming. Prints the texts of several letters to Deming, from Frederic Remington, Theodore Roosevelt, Zuloaga, F. W. Hodge, Francis LaFlesche Walter Hough, Clark Wissler; lists of owners of artworks. Gray, textured Strathmore Charcoal paper wrappers with design titling in brown on the front cover, stapled. The front cover shows a brown stain, dusting, erasures, pages show light, age-related tanning, a few small stains. Contents: [American] "Indian Mysticism", by Henry Fairfield Osborn; "Edwin Willard Deming A Sketch"; Letter & Poem: "The Good Luck Arrow" for the Deming painting, by Alfred L. Donaldson, at p. 20-21; extracts from articles by Edward Hale Brush; "The Art of Edwin Willard Deming" by Herbert B. Tschudy, and others by Mary Fanton Roberts (The Craftsman, 1911), Robert Macbeth (Christian Science Monitor), and other newspaper notices. Inscribed and signed by the compiler, Therese Osterheld Deming, on the title-page: "To the Honorable William G. Mather Compliments of Therese O. Deming (Mrs. E. W.). This copy is from the collection of William G. Mather (1857-1951), and bears his bookplate on the inner front cover; he was associated with the Cleveland [Ohio] Museum of Art. Scarce item. Seller Inventory # M-102
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