First Editions of American Authors... Introduction by Eugene Field

Cambridge: Stone & Kimball, 1893. From the Bart Auerbach Collection. Spine darkened and sides slightly soiled, light rubbing to extremities. 8vo. Original lavender cloth, paper label on spine, untrimmed. First edition of the first hardcover Stone & Kimball book and the first work with that imprint on its title-page. Number 47 of 50 large-paper copies signed by the publishers. The first bibliography of American authors. BAL (Field) 5756; Kramer 2a. (BA).