Letters to Eminent Hands; to wit Andrew Lang, Bret Hart, Edna Lyall, F. Anstey, George Moore, Grant Allen, Phil Robinson, Rhoda Broughton, Robt. Louis Stevenson, Rudyard Kipling, Thomas Hardy, W. S. Gilbert.
Derby Leicester and Nottingham: Frank Murray, 1892.
Slim 8vo, x, 74pp. Original stiff wrappers, dust-jacket (torn but complete), a fine unopened copy.
§ First edition; large-paper copy limited to 78 copies. The author addresses himself to several then notable writers, an excuse to review the main books of each writer. Scare especially in this condition. "He moved to New York City in 1890 where he conducted the Art Amateur (1891–92). He returned to England in 1893. He was the first serving editor of The Studio, founded by Charles Holme in 1893 (Lewis Hind had acted as editor for four months before the launch of the magazine). In 1895 Holme took over as editor himself, although Gleeson White continued to contribute for the rest of his life.[2] He also edited during his last years the "Ex Libris Series"; the "Connoisseur Series"; the "Pageant"; and, with Edward F. Strange, Bell's "Cathedral Series." (Wikipedia). Item #125959
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