"Fifth Year Book, The Bibliophile Society" 500 copies printed for Members Only. (1906)


Item Number: 223

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Value: $40

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Description

Fifth Year Book, The Bibliophile Society. Printed for Members Only. 1906. Limited to 500 copies. Paper-covered hardcover volume that shows age on the cover and the page edges. Printed pages are clean, and many are uncut at top edge. Contents: Officers and Council for 1906; "The Last Household" [unfinished poem] / H. W. Longfellow [with facsimile of handwritten copy] ; Council's Report ; Observations in General ; The Bixby Testimonial ; Early Letter of Thoreau [to Henry Vose, July 5, 1836] ; Aphorisms / Henry D. Thoreau ; "Enriched Books" / Article written by Brander Matthews for The Bibliophile Society ; "The True Bibliophile" / Original poem written by Robert Underwood Johnson for The Bibliophile Society ; General Beauregard's Original Orders for Firing on Fort Sumeter, with other papers [facsimile inserted] / Secretary's Report ; Treasurer's Report; Bibliography ; Necrology ; Constitution and By-Laws ; List of Members. A unique find.

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