Mr. Bonaparte of Corsica (1895) WITH INSCRIPTION FROM H. W. MCVICKAR, the illustrator
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1895. First printing. Hardcover. First edition, 1895. 8vo, pictorial cloth, very good, some general darkening to binding, most noticable on spine, bit of soil and freckling to rear board, contents very good. INSCRIBED BY McVICKAR: My dear old [Steinway?] I hope that success may always smile on us both. Please accept this book as a little remembrance for I send it to one of the best and kindest friends I ever had. Sincerely H McVickar / April 16/95. McVickar is best known for his book of drawings, The Evolution of Woman, with both progressive and regressive images and sensibility, and for his drawings for Daisy Miller by Henry James, but apparently not enough is known about him to warrant a biography or study of him. Bookplate of famed book collector Carroll Atwood Wilson, a biography of whom was published by Oak Knoll Books. Very Good. Item #H4149
Price: $150.00