VAN DYKE, Henry.
The Works of Henry Van Dyke.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons , 1920-27.
We're sorry, this item has sold.
+$450
"Love is the best thing in the world, and the thing that lives the longest": The Autograph Edition of the Works of Henry Van Dyke
Finely bound example of the autograph edition of works of Henry Van Dyke. Octavo, 18 volumes bound in three quarters brown morocco gilt, elaborately gilt decorated spines, raised bands, top edges gilt. Autograph edition, number 324 of 504 sets, signed by Henry Van Dyke on the frontispiece portrait in volume one.
Poet, naturalist, minister, and diplomat, Van Dyke was one of the great polymaths of early 20th-century America. His work here includes poetry, Studies in Tennyson (the best critical appraisal of the poet at the time, according to Tennyson himself), and much of his writing on angling and nature.
The Works of Henry Van Dyke.
$2,500.00
Out of Stock