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First edition. Presentation copy, inscribed in ink at the front free endpaper, "Grace Wolcott ______ / from Lilla Cabot Perry / March 12 / 1911". 16mo (7 x 4-1/2"), ix, 3 - 81pp; dark olive green ribbed cloth, decorative trade binding of stylized flowers stamped in dark green with gilt blooms front and rear covers; title and author stamped in gold-gilt at both covers; title, author and publisher in gold-gilt at the spine. Printed on laid paper; edges untrimmed. Decorative initial caps. Printed by the University Press. Pages unopened. Binding somewhat strained; sporadic touches of foxing. Tips and corners lightly rubbed; gold-gilt at spine a trifle dimmed. Near fine. Lilla Cabot Perry (1848-1933), artist and writer, enjoyed a childhood shaped by Boston literati such as Ralph Waldo Emerson and Louisa May Alcott and by the liberal thinking of her devoutly abolitionist parents. Only after her marriage to Thomas Sargeant Perry did Lilla pursue formal training as an artist. The young family spent nearly a decade in France where Perry saw the works of the Impressionists for the first time. Monet, of whom she was a particular admirer, and the other Impressionists profoundly affected her work. And, in turn, she vigorously promoted their art upon her return to the United States. Painting, however, did not preclude her writing. She published THE HEART OF THE WEED (1886); and FROM THE GARDEN OF HELLAS (1891, translation of Greek verse). And she continued to write verse, publishing her last collection, JAR OF DREAMS in 1923. IMPRESSIONS gathers the poems into three sections: "A Love Story"; "Love and Death"; and "Miscellaneous Poems". Copeland and Day issued some hundred titles. The publishers, inspired by William Morris and the Arts and Crafts movement, took especial care with the design, layout, typography and binding of their titles. This lovely volume suggests why the firm although of short duration is highly esteemed. Kraus 88.

IMPRESSIONS A Book of Verse
Perry, Lilla Cabot.
Boston: Copeland and Day, 1898.
Price: $400.00
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First separate edition (or possibly a later printing, Blanck does not record this edition). 12mo, 53pp; smooth dark blue cloth, Margaret Armstrong trade design (with her "MA" at the front cover) of stylized irises whose elongated stems intertwine at their ends, the design an oval, with a silver scroll stamped with the title across the irises at the front panel; title, author and publisher in gold gilt at the spine. Mild overall use with the binding a little strained; tips and ends rubbed; gold a little faded at spine. Generally very good and the decorated trade binding design at the front panel attractive. An uncommon Margaret Armstrong trade design.

MARSE CHAN A Tale of Old Virginia Illustrated by W.T. Smedley
[Armstrong, Margaret] Page, Thomas Nelson.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1900.
Price: $65.00
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First edition. 8vo, 225pp; original gray cloth decorated in green and orange with color illustration mounted front cover. Decorated trade binding and endpapers by Theodore Hapgood (signed). T.e.g. Illustrated by Alice Barber Stephens with four color plates and head-of-chapter vignettes by N.C. Wyeth. Every page of the text is framed in an orange decorative border. A fine example of the golden age of American publishing when the talents of many fine book artists enhanced the work of the writer. A trace of wear to ends and tips. Fine. BAL 22652.

SUSANNA AND SUE
Wiggin, Kate Douglas.
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1909.
Price: $95.00
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THE CHARIOT RACE FROM BEN-HUR
Wallace, Lew.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1907.
Price: $65.00
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First American edition. 12mo, 255pp; dark blue linen cloth lettered in white at front and spine, at the front cover a medallion of light blue and white depicts a group of evergreens overlooking a mountain valley. T.e.g. An especially crisp, fresh copy. Fine. Kramer notes that the Lakeside Press in Chicago printed THE VALLEY OF THE GREAT SHADOW in Modernized Old Style type on laid paper. Heinemann published an edition in 1900 also; it is unclear whether the American or the English preceded. THE FEMINIST COMPANION described Annie E. Holdsworth as a "novelist, story writer and feminist". Born in Jamaica in 1857 to a Yorkshire Methodist missionary, she had only a scanty education once the family had returned to England. However, she started to write and publish in the 1890s and co-edited THE WOMAN'S SIGNAL. It is possible she published two books under the pseudonym 'Max Beresford'. However, Holdsworth did publish SPINDLE AND OARS in 1893 and the next year her 'new woman' novel JOANNA TRAILL, SPINSTER. She later married poet Eugene Lee-Hamilton and moved to Italy. From there she continued to write and publish up until 1913 "producing novels and collections such as A GARDEN OF SPINSTERS". Kramer 245. THE FEMINIST COMPANION, pp. 530-531. A handsome Stone & Company publication.

THE VALLEY OF THE GREAT SHADOW
Holdsworth, Annie E. (Mrs. Lee-Hamilton).
Chicago & New York: Herbert S. Stone & Company, 1900.
Price: $75.00
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First edition. 8vo, [168]pp; + publisher's advertisement; green wove cloth with elaborate decorated trade binding stamped in silver, orange, blue and green; title and author stamped in gold at the front cover; title, author and publisher in gold at the spine with spiral motif; rear cover repeats the decorated border of the front. T.e.g. Printed on laid paper watermarked with Harper's device; fore-edge and bottom edge untrimmed. Title page printed in orange and black. 12 full-page illustrations in black and white including frontispiece with tissue guard. Ownership signature at front free endpaper; small ex libris at front pastedown. Minor touches of wear to ends; small, mild stains at front cover. Unopened. Generally a very bright, fresh copy. Near fine. "The Wooing of Malkatoon" is a verse narrative and "Commodus" a play originally published in 1877. The design suggests a Roman mosaic and though unsigned is executed with considerable flair. BAL 20825, Binding B (Blanck states Binding A is likely a trial binding, while Binding C is a later issue). Johnson, MODERN FIRST EDITIONS (3rd edition), p. 470.

THE WOOING OF MALKATOON COMMODUS Illustrations by Du Mond & Weguelin
[Decorated Trade Bindings] Wallace, Lew.
New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1898.
Price: $50.00
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