£100
Whistler (James Abbott McNeill) The Gentle Art of Making Enemies
Edited by Sheridan Ford, New York, Frederick Stokes & Brother, 1890, first edition, soft paper covers, titled in red to upper cover, 16mo, together with a receipt and related letter from John Smith & Son, Booksellers, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, dated October 1961
In good overall condition. Some creasing to spine. A few minor tears round edge of soft paper covers. Wear/tearing to foot of spine. There are no bookplates, inscriptions or annotations present. Pages internally are generally good, with occasional dog-earing. Page 177 with a small tear. The outline of a rusted paperclip is visible on the final free endpaper. Some marks/very minor foxing to page edges. Text block is beginning to split roughly halfway through text.
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