An Island Garden
Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin & Co, 1894. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. Item #23490 .
First edition. Illustrated by Childe Hassam. Tall octavo. White cloth beautifully decorated in gilt by Sarah Wyman Whitman (also issued in green cloth, the white seems less common). A little overall age-toning on the boards, trace of wear to spine tips, light occasional foxing, but a nice and sound very good copy. With the author's cut signature laid-in. The garden plan is present after p. 72.
BAL 19923 which calls this one of the most elaborate pieces of bookmaking of the period. 1019 copies printed.
Price: $2,000.00
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