[Fine Press] George Meredith 1909, Box Hill--May 22, 1909

Item Details

George Meredith, Box Hill--May 22, 1909, J.M. Barrie, Kubel & Kruckeberg, Los Angeles, 1911. 6 5/16 x 4 3/4 inches, 5 preliminary leaves, 10pp., 5 post leaves. 

Book in fine condition. String-tied binding of the 10-page text block loosening. Endpapers remain tight. Covered with plain light grey jacket made of 'Old Hampshire Bond' paper. 1/2 vellum binding over paste boards. Ornate one-of-a-kind calligraphic title on the vellum. 

Tribute by J.M.Barrie to Victorian era English novelist and poet George Meredith. The tribute was published in England based on Barrie's article in the Westminster Gazette published shortly after Meredith died in May 1909. The essay would be re-published numerous times in England and the States with the Mosher Press edition best known.

This Kruckeberg Press (or Kubel & Kruckeberg Press...it is listed both ways in the book) edition was published in 1911 and must be one of the scarcest editions. 5 copies are held in institutions (Claremont Colleges, Huntington, UCLA, Yale and Indiana) with none in commerce. Binders label inside front board for Lily Hart of Pasadena, California. 

We find no information on either the bookbinder or publisher.

Rare J.M. Barrie item.