Third Year Book MDCDIV Printed for Members of the Bibliophile Society

Boston, Massachusetts: The Bibliophile Society, 1904. SIGNED and DATED "Buena Park 1904" by Roswell Field. With etching of The Bookworm, SIGNED by W. H. Bicknell. Very Good condition. Spine a little sunned. Square, tight, and unmarked. Sharp corners. No fraying. Pages are crisp and creamy white. No yellowing. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. THIRD YEAR BOOK, 1904, THE BIBLIOPHILE SOCIETY. First Edition. This was Roswell Field's copy with his signature and bookplate. Roswell Field wrote the well known biblio-novel THE BONDAGE OF BALLINGER and was Eugene Field's brother. Roswell Field also wrote BIBLIOMANIA which was published in 1902 in the Bibliophile Society's FIRST YEAR BOOK. This volume's frontispiece is a magnificent etching of The Bookworm by W. H. Bicknell (after C. Spitzweg's famous painting of a distinguished gentleman standing atop a step ladder in an impressive private library). The etching is signed in pencil by the artist. Other illustrations are full-page photos and portrait, complete with the inserted tissue-guards with printed captions. Contents include: PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS by Nathan Haskell Dole; and THE BOOK COLLECTOR by Adrian H. Joline. Also included are lists of members; officers and council; reports of the treasurer and secretary; constitution and bylaws; a necrology of deceased members; and a detailed bibliography of the Society's publications. "Limited to 500 copies" and "Printed for Members Only" are so stated on a handsome engraving of the Society's emblem. Bound in the original cream color boards with blue marbling and a paper label printed in red and black on the spine. Webber 29. SIGNED by W. H. Bicknell and Roswell Field. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition/No dust jacket. Illus. by Bicknell, W. H. (after C. Spitzweg). 8vo. 134pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.…