Description: Condition Continued: There is one instance between pages 112 and 113 where there is a thin space at the gutter, likely because the book was left lying open there. Neither facing page is loose or otherwise affected. The pages in the book are exceptionally clean and they are in very good condition. I don't see any conspicuous creasing, no dogeared corners. The only text page imperfection I found was a couple of pinprick holes going through page 179-180 (not affecting the print). They were caused by a small pin that was affixing a newspaper clipping of a Letter to the Editor written by Edmund Clarence Stedman in reference to a review of this book, in particular to the last section titled Translations From Theocritus. The article was pinned to the page introducing that section. It's an interesting letter and I've enclosed the clipping (sans pin) with the book. I should also mention that the first front end paper is a little bit loose, though not detached, and the second end paper (with the signed inscription has a tiny loss at the top right-hand corner. There are no markings in this book. There are no attachments. It is NOT ex-library. And with the exception of the author's inscription, no one has written their name or anything else anywhere in the book. Fields, Osgood & Co., Boston, 1869. Hardcover. First Edition (SD). Once listed, this will be the Only signed copy for sale on the Internet. The inscription reads 'Prof. James Hadley, with the cordial regards of the author'. The author being Edmund Clarence Stedman. Below that inscription in the same hand is written '75 East Tenth St., New York, Mar.19'. This was James Hadley the philologist and scholar who was a professor at Yale College/Yale University where he taught Hebrew and Greek. Here's a little from his Wikipedia profile: 'His most original written work was an essay on Greek accent, published in a German version in Georg Curtius's Sprachvergleichende Beiträge zur griechischen und lateinischen Grammatik. Hadley's A Greek Grammar for Schools and Colleges was based on Curtius's Schulgrammatik, and long held its place in American schools. He contributed to Webster's Dictionary a Brief History of the English Language. He also wrote Elements of the Greek Language. After his death, his Introduction to Roman Law, edited by T.D. Woolsey, and his Essays, Philological and Critical edited by William D. Whitney, were published.' In 1951, Hadley's diary from 1846 to 1852 was published by Yale University Press.Included within the description of his papers at Yale University is the following reference: 'Most of the James Hadley correspondence consists of letters and drafts written by him. Several letters and memoranda concern the affairs of Yale College. Other letters discuss matters of linguistics, philology, and publications; correspondents include Theodore D. Woolsey, Edmund Clarence Stedman, and New Haven Mayor William Fitch.' 'The Blameless Prince (1869), an allegory of good deeds, is supposed to have been remotely suggested by the life of Prince Albert; and an elaborate commemorative ode on Nathaniel Hawthorne, read before the Harvard Phi Beta Kappa Society in 1877.'
Price: 85 USD
Location: Pound Ridge, New York
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Year Printed: 1869
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Topic: Poetry
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Inscribed, Signed
