The Amenities of Book-Collecting and Kindred Affections

Boston: The Atlantic Monthly Press, 1918. First Edition, first Issue, with erratum at p. 268. Color frontispiece, numerous plates and illustrations in text. xxi, 355 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original cloth-backed brown boards, printed paper label, t.e.g. Very good in three quarters brown morocco slipcase and chemise. Bookplate of Henry Lewis Batterman. First Edition, first Issue, with erratum at p. 268. Color frontispiece, numerous plates and illustrations in text. xxi, 355 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Inscribed on ffep at top "John Camp Williams for G.D.S. Nov., 30, 1918 and adjacent in Williams hand "For H.L. Batterman Jr." and below in AEN's hand:
G. D. S. (George (truncated) D. Smith, famous American Bookseller 1870-1920) once said to me 'Eddie, you have done book-collectors as well as booksellers a great service with your amenitiers.' I laughed at the time but he seems to have been a prophet-and he was a great book-man. A. Edward Newton 17 April 1931."
Williams, Bannerman and Newton were all serious book-collector and Smith was only hitting his prime when he died at 50. If he hadn't, Dr. R. would not have succeded as much as he did. (Inventory #: 370355)