Laurence and Eleanor Hutton, Their Books of Association [Presentation Copy to William Henry Bliss]
- SIGNED
- New York: Privately Printed, 1905
New York: Privately Printed, 1905. First, Limited Edition. No. 77 of 152 numbered copies. This copy warmly inscribed on the front pastedown: "To William Bliss / I am sure you will find a place for this book about a library which you liked in your own library - it goes to you with love from us both," signed Eleanor V. Hutton, dated Easter 1905. With Bliss's engraved bookplate on facing free endpaper, beneath the engraved bookplate of Laurence Hutton present in all copies. Octavo; quarter vellum over gray paper-covered boards, stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; 208pp. Vellum slightly darkened; mild rubbing to board edges; Very Good. Laid in at front endpaper is a 4-pp tribute to Hutton, noting his many generous gifts to Princeton University, signed "H v D" (Henry Van Dyke).
Lavishly-produced catalog of the Huttons' library of books personally inscribed to them, produced shortly after Laurence Hutton's death from pneumonia in 1904. Among the inscriptions reproduced are two by Twain, as well as a complete transcription of a Twain letter. There are also transcriptions of inscriptions by Thomas Bailey Aldrich, Mary Mapes Dodge, George DuMaurier, Hamlin Garland, Thomas Hardy, W.D. Howells, and many others. The presentation is to William Henry Bliss (1844-1932) a wealthy lawyer and bibliophile and a prominent society figure in Manhattan at the turn of the century.
A nice association copy of a catalog of association copies (though, to be fair, nearly every copy of this book we have seen contained a presentation inscription, many quite sentimental, from Ms. Hutton). Not noted in BAL.
Lavishly-produced catalog of the Huttons' library of books personally inscribed to them, produced shortly after Laurence Hutton's death from pneumonia in 1904. Among the inscriptions reproduced are two by Twain, as well as a complete transcription of a Twain letter. There are also transcriptions of inscriptions by Thomas Bailey Aldrich, Mary Mapes Dodge, George DuMaurier, Hamlin Garland, Thomas Hardy, W.D. Howells, and many others. The presentation is to William Henry Bliss (1844-1932) a wealthy lawyer and bibliophile and a prominent society figure in Manhattan at the turn of the century.
A nice association copy of a catalog of association copies (though, to be fair, nearly every copy of this book we have seen contained a presentation inscription, many quite sentimental, from Ms. Hutton). Not noted in BAL.