[Rarebooks] FS: S. Weir Mitchell's THE YOUTH OF WASHINGTON, 1/100 Large-Paper copies printed on handmade paper, price reduced

Charles Agvent chagvent at ptd.net
Tue Dec 28 10:45:05 EST 2010


Price reduced:    Was $250.00      Now $125.00

S. Weir Mitchell was a Union Army surgeon during the Civil War and a 
specialist in neurology.

MITCHELL, S. Weir. THE YOUTH OF WASHINGTON TOLD IN THE FORM OF AN 
AUTOBIOGRAPHY. New York: The Century Co., 1904. Large octavo (7-1/2" x 
10-3/4") 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.         $125.00

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