Love in Idleness. A Tale of Bar Harbour. With Illustrations Reproduced from Drawings and Photographs

New York and London: Macmillan and Co, 1894. [STATE OF MAINE] [FICTION]. Norwood Press: J.S. Cushing & Co.,--Berwick & Smith, Boston, Mass.

Cover title: Maidens call it Love in Idleness
First edition. 12mo; 218pp; navy cloth over board, stamped gilt-decorated with pansies across front and spine, title framed by a heart on the front; all edges gilt; navy endpapers; gift inscription dated "Xmas '95" on recto fp; 17 b&w illustrated plates from photographs, plus small drawings and illustrations in text; head and tail pieces; a few spots, light rubbing of the gilt on fore edge; near fine. The novel is set in Bar Harbor, Maine, on Mount Desert Island. Wonderful illustrations of the island accompany the story.

Francis Marion Crawford (1854-1909) was an American novelist born in Italy who was educated in New Hampshire, at Cambridge, in Heidelberg, and in Rome. He is known for fantastical stories, including supernatural fiction. Several of his books were made into early cinematic productions.