Lot 22
Whistler, James McNeill
Rare Books, Maps & Manuscripts
Auction: 7 September 2011 at 12:00 BST
Description
The gentle art of making enemies. Chelsea, 1890. 4to, limited to 250 copies, signed with Whistler's butterfly monogram, original cloth-backed boards, uncut, owner's inscription on endpaper, endpapers a bit browned and spotted, boards somewhat rubbed and soiled; Idem Etchings & Dry Points. Venice. Second Series. 8vo, wrappers loose and a bit frayed; Idem Eden versus Whistler. The baronet & the butterfly. Paris: L.-H. May, 1899. 8vo, original cloth-backed boards, boards somewhat rubbed and soiled; Pennell, E.R. & J. The Whistler journal. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1921. 8vo, plates, original cloth-backed boards; Idem The life of James McNeill Whistler. London: W. Heinemann, 1908. 2 volumes, 4to, plates, original cloth-backed boards, boards lightly rubbed at extremities; MacDonald, Margaret F. James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, pastels and watercolours. A catalogue raisonné. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1995. Large 4to, original cloth; and 13 modern books on Whistler (20)