first edition Hardbound
1892 · New York and Boston
by Howells, William Dean
New York and Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Co, 1892. first edition. Hardbound. Good+ (boards scuffed, smudged & rubbed. jackets split spine split length-wise; tear flapped. tanning to pgs. previous owner's name to title pg). White vellum with top edge gilt. Burnished green gold dj Volume 1: 279 pp. 10 color plates. Volume 2: 287 pp., 9 color plates. Volume 1 contains colored illustrations after watercolors by Childe Hassam (2), Ross Turner (2), Rhoda Holmes Nicholls (4) and F. Hopkinson Smith (1). Volume 2 has a similar compliment of contributors.
(Inventory #: 1077)