Musikalische Marchen, Phantasieen und Skizzen
Leipzig: Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1903. Reprint. Hardcover. Two volumes, complete. Although bound in uniform bindings, the first volume is dated 1903, the second 1904. 16mo. Vol. I, 454 followed by 2pp. of publisher ads. Vol. II, 459pp. followed by on page of ads. Frontispiece with tissue guard in each volume. Decorated endpapers. Bound in full crimson cloth with elaborate decorated covers. AEG. Slight soiling to pp. 390-93 of Vol. I. Spines uniformly faded, with a puncture to the spine of Vol. II. Both volumes with a bookseller tag on the rear pastedown (G. E. Stecher, New York), and both vols. feature the bookplate of Mary Windsor Corning Black, although only a remnant of the bookplate remains in the second volume. Good+. Item #1547 Seattle Hardware was one of the early Black family businesses, another was Black Manufacturing. Clarence and Mary then moved Santa Barbara, with Mary studying in Carmel and, after her husband's death, occupying and restoring Monterey's Abrego Adobe (still standing).
Bindings with elaborate and notable art nouveau gilt decoration, Former owner Mary Corning Winslow Black (1873-1943) was the daughter of John Winslow, a partner of Corning. Winslow built the USS Monitor. Mary Black's husband, Clarence Black, was a co-founder of Cadillac Motor Company. They moved to Seattle for an unknown period, joining Clarence's brother Frank Black, then Seattle mayor (one of Seattle's shortest-lived mayors ... he held the title for three weeks).
Price: $150.00