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Stocktoniana, an essay

Title: Stocktoniana, an essay by Walter L. Pforzheimer. Prefatory note by William Lyon Phelps. The lady, or the tiger? By Frank R. Stockton.
Author: Pforzheimer, Walter L., (Walter Lionel), 1914-
Publication: Purchase [N.Y.] Privately printed, 1936.

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Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	Text	Restricted use	*KP (Pynson) (Pforzheimer, W. L. Stocktoniana)	Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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Description

vi p., 1 l., 9-42 p., 1 l. incl. port. illus.; 25.5 cm.

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Note

One of 145 copies printed by the Pynson Printers, New York.
The illustrations are reproduced from the original drawings of Oliver Herford made for the Century magazine, Feb. 1913 when Stockton's tale was reprinted there. The portrait is a wood engraving by T. Johnson after J.W. Alexander.
The essay on "The lady, or the tiger?" won the Henry A. Beers prize in American literature at Yale, 1935. "Subsequently, the second half of the essay appeared in the Colophon (New series, vol. 1, no. 2)."--cf. p.v.

Call Number

*KP (Pynson) (Pforzheimer, W. L. Stocktoniana)

LCCN

36012461

OCLC

2221895

Author

Pforzheimer, Walter L., (Walter Lionel), 1914-

Title

Stocktoniana, an essay by Walter L. Pforzheimer. Prefatory note by William Lyon Phelps. The lady, or the tiger? By Frank R. Stockton.

Imprint

Purchase [N.Y.] Privately printed, 1936.

Local Note

Label with autograph of author tipped in.

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Stockton, Frank R., 1834-1902. The lady, or the tiger?

Phelps, William Lyon, 1865-1943.

Yale University. Henry A. Beers prize in American literature.

Research Call Number

*KP (Pynson) (Pforzheimer, W. L. Stocktoniana)