An Historical and Biographical Introduction to Accompany The Dial, by George Willis Cooke. Russell & Russell, 1961. Turquoise cloth hardcover, 237 pp. The second volume ONLY of a two-volume set. Provides biographies of 30 individuals who contributed to the publication of The Dial in the 1840s. Warning: the "main" Transcendentalists (Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, and Margaret Fuller) are not included in this volume. In good condition with slight foxing on top of book block.