Ninette a redwoods idyll ... illustrated by M. Isabelle Morrison
San Francisco: William Doxy, 1894. First edition, 8vo, 28 leaves printed on rectos only, photolithographically illustrated throughout in the margins and head- and tail-pieces from Morrison's watercolors; original blue cloth lettered in gilt on upper cover and spine, a.e.g.; contemporary bookplate, very good, sound, and clean. Cheney (1848-1922) was "an American poet, essayist and librarian. He practiced law briefly in Woodstock, Vermont and New York City before moving to California with his first wife Abigail Perkins, teaching music, lecturing, and working as a postal clerk. In 1887 he assumed the position of librarian of the Free Public Library of San Francisco, where he oversaw the openings of the system's first branch libraries and hosted the first west coast conference of the American Library Association in 1891. In 1894 he moved to Chicago, where he served as librarian of the Newberry Library" (Wikipedia). Item #69758
Price: $75.00
