The Gentle Art of Making Enemies

New York: Stokes, 1890. First. hardcover. near fine. Edited by Sheridan Ford. 256 pages. 16mo, drab wrappers lettered in red. New York: Stokes, 1890. Unauthorized (pirated) edition preceding the trade and limited signed editions published later the same year. Near fine in a 1/4 leather slipcase

Whistler's take on the infamous libel suit against critic John Ruskin, who unkindly described one of Whistler's paintings as "flinging a pot of paint in the public's face."