[Rarebooks] FS: Owen Wister INSCRIBED to John Philip Sousa, price greatly reduced

[Charles Agvent]

Price reduced:     Was $1500,      Now $1000

WISTER, Owen. LADY BALTIMORE. New York: MacMillan & Company, 1906. First 
Edition. Decorated cloth with thirteen full-page illustrations by Vernon 
Howe Bailey and Lester Ralph. Author of THE VIRGINIAN, the classic novel 
of the West that helped to create the idealized perception of the 
cowboy's life and that influenced countless authors of westerns, Wister 
graduated from Harvard with highest honors in music. He advanced his 
studies in music in Paris where he was encouraged by Franz Liszt. While 
Wister never pursued a career in music, his studies in that field 
certainly brought him into contact with prominent musicians and 
composers. This book reflects Wister's interest and wide range of 
contacts as he has INSCRIBED and SIGNED it to John Philip Sousa in May 
1907 on the verso of the frontispiece. Slight blurring to the date but a 
clear, fine inscription from a truly American writer to a like composer. 
Light rubbing. Near Fine. (#008159)        $1,000.00

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