Author: (Trent, W. P.; Sanborn, F. B.; Harper, Henry H.; et al).
Title: Eleventh Year Book / Bibliophile Society / Boston, Massachusetts.
Description: Boston, MA: The Bibliophile Society, (1912). (1912). - Octavo, golden tan cloth backed with cream cloth & titled in red on the spine. The book is housed in a double slipcase: a cream & brown paper covered slipcase within a brown outer case with a printed paper label on the spine. There is some light soiling to the binding & the spine is lightly foxed. The spine of the inner slipcase is lightly stained & there are short tears to its front corners. The outer slipcase is rubbed, stained & chipped with the spine & bottom edge partially detached. 143 pages plus 1-page publisher's catalog, unopened. Illustrated with an engraved pictorial colophon, an extra engraved pictorial title & a tipped-in facsimile. The contents of the book are bright & fine. Very good in a fair outer slipcase.

Limited edition of 500 copies.

This year book includes a tipped-in four-page facsimile of a letter from Maria White [Mrs. James Russell] Lowell to Sophia [Mrs. Nathaniel] Hawthorne, with remarks by F. B. Sanborn. The title page is engraved by Macdonald. Good .

Keywords: BOOKS-ON-BOOKS; THE BIBLIOPHILE SOCIETY; ELEVENTH YEAR BOOK; 1912; FACSIMILE LETTER; MARIA WHITE LOWELL; MRS. JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL; SOPHIA HAWTHORNE; F. B. SANBORN; W. P. TRENT; HENRY H. HARPER; ENGRAVED TITLE; ENGRAVED COLOPHON; LIMITED EDITION.

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