Word Shadows of the Great: The Lure of Autograph Collecting
New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1930. Illustrated in black and white. 300 pages, 8vo, vellum-backed cream colored boards with a gilt-lettered spine (previous owner's bookplate inside the front cover). New York: Frederick A. Stokes 1930. Limited Collectors' edition; No. 281 of 300. Near fine. Boldly signed in full on the limitation page by Madigan. Also included is a five-line autographed letter signed by Herbert Spencer (1820-1903), an English philosopher, sociologist, and political theorist. This one-page letter, written on blind-stamped "Athenaeum..... More