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[Howells, William Dean] IN AFTER DAYS. New York:Harper, 1910. First edition, primary binding.Original lavender linen, gilt, t.e.g. Even fadingof spine, else a bright fine copy, signed by sixof the nine contributors for John Pearsons:William Dean Howells, Thomas Wentworth Higginson,William Hanna Thomson, Henry Mills Alden, JohnBigelow, and Guglielmo Ferrero. Not signed byHenry James, Julia Ward Howe, or Elizabeth StuartPhelps (and it's probably too late to obtain theirsignatures). Three have signed on the frontflyleaf with quotations from their essays,personal inscription, and dates. Howells,Higginson, and Johnson have signed their essays inthe book (pp. 3, 133, and 153) and Howells wroteout a wonderful seven line inscription with aquote from his essay, dating it in Bermuda onMarch 4, 1911. Copies are typically found invarious later state bindings lettered in black(quarter red cloth, blue, green cloth, etc.). Thisinteresting collection of essays on the after-lifeis rarely found inscribed by any of thecontributors. BAL 10670, 9798, 8498, etc. Edel &Laurence B29.
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