Laurence and Eleanor Hutton. Their Books of Association. Catalogued, Compiled and Collated by M. E. Wood
New York: Privately printed, 1905. From the Bart Auerbach Collection. 8vo. Original half vellum, untrimmed. Spine and covers somewhat darkened, soiled and worn, else good. Item #409563
First edition, no. 99 of 152 copies. Presentation copy, and in a sense a dedication copy, inscribed on the front pastedown: "To Edmund Stedman 'Whom we are glad to have known and loved' I think I can not do better than to quote Laurence's words, and I am sure you will be glad to find a place for this book in your library, for his sake - Eleanor Hutton Princeton N.J. April 1905." The printed dedication reads: "This book about our books of association is affectionately inscribed to the many good friends with whom we are associated in books." In the text, among the Huttons' "books of association," nine presented by Stedman are described on pp. 165-169 (several of these listings are marked or lightly corrected in pencil by Stedman). With Laurence Hutton's bookplate, depicting a statue of Thackeray in a library alcove. Hutton had intended to inscribe each copy to an author who had given him a book in his library, but died while the book was in press. Johnson, p. 118. Not in BAL (shockingly).
Price: $350.00