[Rarebooks] FS: S. Weir Mitchell on George Washington's youth, 1/100 copies from the Devinne Press

[Charles Agvent]

MITCHELL, S. Weir. THE YOUTH OF WASHINGTON TOLD IN THE FORM OF  AN
AUTOBIOGRAPHY.  New  York:  Century 1904. Bound in vellum  and  boards
with  vellum  tips  at  the corneres. One of  100  large-paper  copies
printed  on handmade paper at the Devinne Press. BAL 14223.  Bookplate
of  noted  collector  William  F. Gable on the  front  pastedown  with
bookplates  of  three  later collectors on the endpapers or  laid  in.
Most  of paper spine label lacking with a little soiling to the vellum
spine. Near Fine                                               $200.00

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