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Thomas Bailey AldrichJUDITH OF BETHULIA A TRAGEDY.
Boston & New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, The Riverside Press, Cambridge, 1904. Original cloth with small pictorial onlaid cover illustration (portrait of Judith printed in color), t.e.g. Photographic frontispiece portrait of Miss O'Neil as Judith. Extremities of spine a trifle worn, and spine gilding slightly dull, otherwise a very good copy. Item #WRCLIT64070
First trade edition. A decent association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endsheet: "R.W. Gilder, With the constant affection of T.B. Aldrich Dec. 7 1904." Below the presentation, the recipient has inscribed: "Thanks Aldrich! R.W.G. --". The recipient, Richard Watson Gilder (1844- 1909) was both a poet, and editor-in-chief of the CENTURY MONTHLY MAGAZINE. BAL 394.
Price: $350.00