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Synopsis

A true history by w. j. stillman. nine hundred and fifty copies of this book printed on van gelder hand-made paper and the type distributed.

Item Description

Small 8vo. 7.25 x 4 inches. xxvi + [i] + 47 + [2] pp. Title page, initials and endpiece in red and black. Bound in half green paper over green and blue patterned boards, in plain slipcase (with black printed title), which is worn and stained; the book itself has some light foxing of front flyleaves, largely to edges, but is otherwise a very good clean copy. Deckled edges. Decorated by title page, initials and head and tail and endpiece vignettes. An account of two squirrels kept by the author in the Black Forest of Germany. It was first published in the Century Magazine, 1897 and revised and enlarged for book publication in various editions. This 1914 edition is reprinted from that in the Life and Light books, issued by G. Bell and Sons of London. William James Stillman (1828-1901) was a US journalist, diplomat and photographer, as well as being an animal lover, who later lived in Surrey. An attractive little reprint of this title.