Among the Camps; Or Young People’s Stories of the War.
first edition
1891 · New York
by Page, Thomas Nelson.
New York: Charles Scriber’s Sons, 1891. First edition. This copy bearing two inserted letters from the author: (1) Typed Letter Signed, dated April 19, 1895, from Washington, D.C., 10 lines, thanking George H. Yenowine (journalist and Milwaukee newspaper owner) for his “kind letter of April 15,” and enclosing an inscribed book; and (2) Autograph Letter Signed, dated June 19, ’94, from London, 28 lines, informing Yenowine that he would be “spending the summer on this side of the water…[but] shall be delighted to add to your autograph series” upon his return to Washington. Octavo, bound by Sickles in brown morocco & marbled boards, with the gilt-stamped monogram of Charles Edward Ballard, hotelier and circus owner, on the upper front panel, gilt-decorated spine, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, [xiv], 163 pp. Plates. Fine. (Inventory #: 71276bd)