Italian Journeys by William Dean Howells,
with Illustrations by Joseph Pennell.
Boston & New York: Houghton, Mifflin & Co, 1901. First edition thus. Octavo (8" x 5.5"), 380 pages plus 48 plates, with numerous additional illustrations in text. Publisher's light green cloth elaborately lettered & decorated in gilt. Top edge gilt.
Condition: Binding lightly rubbed at the edges, brief foxing at endpapers & pastedowns, hinge started at title page (still secure), previous owner's name in ink at second front blank leaf, otherwise Very Good or better. Please see photos.
A really nice example of an American early 20th century publisher's cloth binding.
"William Dean Howells (1837 – 1920) was an American realist novelist, literary critic, and playwright, nicknamed "The Dean of American Letters". He was particularly known for his tenure as editor of The Atlantic Monthly, as well as for his own prolific writings, including the Christmas story "Christmas Every Day" and the novels The Rise of Silas Lapham and A Traveler from Altruria."
~Courtesy Wikipedia.
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