EUROPE AND ELSEWHERE, with an Appreciation by Brander Matthews and an Introduction by Albert Bigelow Paine
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1923. First Edition. Hardcover. The first printing with "E-X" on the copyright page. Posthumously published collection of 35 articles that range in date from the early 1870s to 1908. Some had newspaper or magazine publication at the time, but most appear here for the first time. Includes an account of visiting Westminster Abbey at midnight, the story of a leisurely trip down the Rhine in 1891, and a little vignette of Eve's first experience with death after the banishment. 406 p. with a frontispiece illustration by Peter Newell. Octavo. Original red cloth binding, with gilt stamping. Some light dust staining to the top edge. In the uncommon dust jacket, which is moderately edgeworn with a prominent piece missing from the spine heel. BAL 3536. Very good / Good. Item #69926
Price: $250.00