First People : An Illustrated History of American Indians
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V.p., chiefly New York, Boston, & Philadelphia, 1906. 21 vols. 8vo & 12mo. Various contemporary publisher's and leather bindings, full details below. Each volume housed in a custom card library chemise. 21 vols. 8vo & 12mo. Twenty-one books from the library of American artist Winslow Homer (1836-1910) variously inscribed by him with his name, initials, or ink stamp, and his location at Prouts Neck, Scarborough, Maine. The books are a mix of American history, sport fishing, contemporary popular fiction (including first editions of The King Yellow, Trilby, and The Prisoner of Zenda), and French language reference, as well as a Homer family Bible. Homer's ownership inscription in pencil, ink or crayon appears in 15 of the titles, and his ink stamp in six. Three of the titles have brief annotations, and Homer's pass to visit a Union Army camp is pasted into his copy of Jared Spark's biography of Benedict Arnold. Three of the titles were owned by Homer's father or uncle, with their inscriptions. Homer scholar David Tatham wrote a short history and checklist of the collection, a copy of which is included here. The report, entitled "Winslow Homer's Books. A Descriptive List of Books Once Owned by Winslow Homer, and Now the Property of the Margaret Woodbury Strong Museum, Rochester, New York" (Department of Fine Arts, Syracuse University, 1976), details the provenance of the collection and identifies Homer's marks of ownership in each volume. Tatham published his research in the article "Winslow Homer's Library" in the May 1977 number of the American Art Journal. The inventory below draws from Tatham's work. Margaret Woodbury Strong, founder of the Strong National Museum of Play in Rochester, NY, purchased the books directly from Homer's nephew Charles Lowell Homer. Tatham quotes a letter of 7 October 1952 from Boston art dealer Charles D. Childs, who writes to Mrs. Strong, "If you should get any more books from Charlie Homer, I would be interested to know about them."These 21 books, along with three other books previously owned by Mrs. Strong embellished with original drawings by Homer and an additional four books at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art, constitute the entirety of the known volumes preserved from Homer's library.1. BEAUCHAMP, William M. The Iroquois Trail, or Footprints of the Six Nations, in Customs, Traditions, and History. Fayetteville, New York: Printed by H.C. Beauchamp, 1892. Publisher's black pebbled cloth. Spine perished. WH ink stamp ("Winslow Homer / Scarborough, Me.") and pencil inscription ("Winslow Homer, Scarboro, Maine") on ffep, and with several newspaper clippings concerning the Iroquois laid-in.2. -----. Another copy. Publisher's black pebbled cloth. Spine ends chipped. WH stamp on flyleaf, bookseller's label ("Joseph McDonough … Albany")Tatham notes that Homer's "interest in the history and current affairs of the Iroquois and other American Indians … has not previously been noted in studies of the artist" ("Winslow Homer's Books," p. 5).3. The Holy Bible … Boston: Perkins, Marvin & Co., 1834. Contemporary reddish-brown straight-grained morocco, spine stamped in gilt "Paragraph Bible," t.e.g. Pencil inscription by WH's father, Charles Savage Homer, Sr., ("C S Homer. 1836") on flyleaf, dated the year of Winslow's birth.4. BOLMAR, Anthony. A Collection of Colloquial Phrases. A New Edition, Revised and Corrected. Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1865. Publisher's half-leather and printed paper boards. Covers stained and worn, rear cover paper torn with loss, portion of ffep excised, lacking rfep. WH ink inscription on front pastedown ("Winslow Homer / New York"), pencil inscription on verso of ffep ("Frotteur / couverture de lit"), phrases and translations in pencil and ink on rear pastedown ("voici, here / est-il, is it" etc.) bookseller's label ("Lockwood / 411 Broadway, N.Y."). "WH doubtless acquired this French-English phrase book for use during his ten-month stay in Paris in 1866-1867…" (Tatham, p. 6). Homer exhibited two paintings in the American section of the Universal Exposition of 1867. It's not clear what use Homer made of the word "frotteur" while in Paris.5. CHAMBERS, Robert W. The King in Yellow. Chicago: F. Tennyson Neely, 1895. First edition, second issue binding. Publisher's green cloth stamped in brown. Spine and portion of front cover browned, some soiling to covers. Pencil inscription ("W. Homer") on ffep. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 396; Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 49; Suvin, Victorian Science Fiction in the UK, p. 59; Tymn (ed), Horror Literature pp. 3-49; Bleiler (1978), p. 41; Wright (III) 972. A cornerstone of modern horror and fantasy and a book that has fascinated authors from H.P. Lovecraft to James Blish. Chambers (1865-1933) was a prolific and perennially popular author of historical romances set in France during the Franco-Prussian War and in rural New York during the American Revolution. Bleiler has called this book "One of the most important works of supernatural horror between Edgar Allan Poe and modern horror fiction." Chambers was also an artist and illustrator, and the frontispiece shows him at work on a canvas.6. CHILD, George Chaplin. Benedicte. The Great Architect. New York: G.P. Putnam and Sons, 1871. Later printing of the American edition, first published London 1867. Publisher's maroon cloth stamped in gilt. Covers heavily rubbed, binding shaken. Presentation inscription in ink on flyleaf ("Winslow Homer esq / with the Compliments of / John H. Gourlie / March 25, 1872") with reproduction of engraved portrait of Lieutenant Matthew Fonatine Maury pasted below, WH ink stamp on blank p. [iii] preceding Introduction."Groulie (c. 1805-1891) was a prominent New York broker, a connoisseur of art, and a founder of the Century Association, of which organization WH was a member from 1865" (Tatham, p. 10). It is unclear what connection Homer had to Lieutenant Maury (1806-1873), Confederate officer and later Professor of Meteorology at Virginia Military Institute. 7. DOYLE, Arthur Conan. Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1894. First American edition, second issue, without suppressed "The Adventure of the Card-Board Box." Publisher's blue cloth, stamped in dark blue and gilt. Spine darkened. Pencil inscription ("Winslow Homer / Prout's Neck / Maine") on ffep, with light pencil sketch of unidentified object, crossed out, beneath inscription; printed portrait of the author tipped-in at p. vi.8. DU MAURIER, George. Trilby. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1894. First American edition. Publisher's tan cloth, stamped in gilt and green, by Margaret Armstrong. Some light spotting to covers and toning to spine, top edge of front cover bumped. Ink inscription ("Winslow Homer") on ffep, portrait of du Maurier tipped-in to p. [iv], Brentano's bookseller label. Sadleir 1675; Wolff 1952a."WH and du Maurier were very possibly acquainted, having a friend in common in the American poet James Russell Lowell, who was Ambassador to Great Britain during Homer's residence in England, 1881-1882" (Tatham, p. 11-12).9. FELLER, F.E. A New English and French Pocket Dictionary. 2 volumes in 1. London: Dulau & Co., 1879. Publisher's black pebbled leather. Joints rubbed. Ink inscription ("Winslow Homer / Scarboro Beach / Maine") on ffep, a few stray pencil notes on front pastedown, "Chicoutimi, cependant" and rfep, bookseller's label ("W.E. Franklin / Newcastle on Tyne"). "Purchased in 1881 or 1882 during WH/s residence in Cullercoats, a fishing village a few miles from Newcastle … Chicoutimi is a village on the Saguenay River near Lake St. John in Quebec visited by WH on fishing trips in the 1890s" (Tatham, p. 12).10. GRIFFITHS, Arthur. Lola a Tale of Gibraltar. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1877. Publisher's tan cloth, stamped in black. Covers stained and browned, a few stains to text. Ink inscription ("W.H.") on front cover, pencil inscription ("W Homer") and HW ink stamp on flyleaf, bookseller's label ("Burton & Corey / Booksellers, / 49 Sixth Ave., N.Y."). First published in England in 1876 as Lola, a Tale of the Rock.11. HAMMOND, William A. Lal. A Novel. New York: Appleton and Company, 1884. First edition. Publisher's green cloth, stamped in black and gilt. Near fine. Pencil inscription ("Winslow Homer") on title-page.12. HOPE, Anthony. The Prisoner of Zenda. New York: Henry Hold and Company, 1894. First American edition. Publisher's beige buckram, stamped in red. Spine dulled. Pencil inscription ("W. Homer / Scarboro / Me. / Return this") on ffep, Brentano's label.13. IRVING, Washington. The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. New York: John W. Lovell Company, 1882. Publisher's green decorated cloth, stamped in black and gilt. Near fine. Ink inscription ("Homer") on title-page, "probably by WH" (Tatham, p. 13).14. MCCARTHY, Eugene. The Leaping Ouananiche. New York: Forest and Stream Publishing Company, 1894. B/w photo illustrations, folding map. Publisher's illustrated wrappers. Front wrapper detached and soiled, lacking rear wrapper. Pencil inscription ("W.H. -") and WH ink stamp on front wrapper."A book for sportsmen about the ouananiche, a landlocked salmon native to Lake St. John, Quebec, where WH fished" (Tatham, p. 13).15. MARCHMONT, Arthur W. By Right of Sword. New York: New Amsterdam Book Company, 1900. 13th edition. Publisher's red cloth, stamped in silver and gilt. Waterstain to covers with cloth dye staining to endpapers. Pencil inscription ("Winslow Homer / Scarboro - / Me. -" on ffep, Brentano's booklabel.16. SHAW, Charles. A Topographical and Historical Description of Boston. Boston: Oliver Spear, 1817. Engraved frontispiece and 6 engraved plates. Uncut in publisher's boards. Spine damaged but binding intact. Pencil inscription by WH's father, Charles Savage Homer, Sr. ("Cha.'s S. Homer. / 1838") on front pastedown. Howes S-337; Sabin 79898.17. SHERIDAN, Richard Brinsley. The School for Scandal. Philadelphia: Henry Altemus Company, [c. 1899]. Publisher's decorated cloth. Some loss to gilt stamping on front cover and spine. WH ink stamp on ffep. 18. SPARKS, Jared. The Life and Treason of Benedict Arnold. Boston: Hilliard, Gray, and Co., 1835. First edition, volume 3 in the Library of American Biography. Publisher's purple cloth, printed paper label. Spine faded, label chipped, textblock split at front flyleaf, some spotting to text. Crayon inscription on verso of ffep ("Winslow Homer / 1903"), and another ("Montresor (Journal N.Y. Historical Society) - W.H.") across top margin of pp. 28-9, WH ink stamp in two places on front blanks, bookseller's label ("Joseph McDonough / Rare Books / Albany, N.Y."), ownership inscription ("Aaron D. Williams / Roxbury") on second blank, beneath which is pasted in WH's partially printed pass issued by the headquarters of the Army of the Potomac, to "Mr. Homer within the line of main guards one week" and signed by "A. Williams," Assistant Adjutant General."WH evidently purchased this book in 1903 on one of his visits to McDonough's shop in Albany and then pasted into it the Civil War pass issued to him more than forty years earlier by Williams, the original owner of the book. Williams was a member of an old Boston family and distant relative (by marriage) of Homer. Williams' pass allowed Homer to visit Union military encampments around Washington to gather materials for his first illustrations of army life" (Tatham, pp. 14-5).19. STERNE, Laurence. The Works … Philadelphia: Henry Adams, 1830. Contemporary sheep, black morocco spine label. Engraved frontispiece, black page p. 20, marbled paper illustration p. 100. Scuffing to covers, some spotting to text. Pencil inscription ("W Homer / Prout's Neck / Me, "bookseller's label ("Joseph McDonough / Rare Books / Albany, N.Y."), earlier pencil inscription ("John S. Hokes) on frontispiece tissue-guard.20. THACKERAY, William Makepeace. The History of Pendennis. New York: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1906. Publisher's full leather, gilt spine, A.e.g. Near fine. Pencil inscription ("Winslow Homer") on half-title, bookseller's label ("Chapman's / Book Store / Montreal").21. VOLNEY, Constantin F. The Ruins, or a Survey of the Revolutions of Empires. Exeter, [NH]: Joseph Mann & Co., 1823. Engraved frontispiece. Contemporary sheep, covers worn with loss to lower portion of spine, faint waterstain to frontispiece and title. Ink inscription ("William F. Homer") of WH's uncle."This book of WH's uncle apparently descended to WH and was preserved for its family associations" (Tatham, p. 15). Tatham, Davd, "Winslow Homer's Books. A Descriptive List of Books Once Owned by Winslow Homer, and Now the Property of the Margaret Woodbury Strong Museum, Rochester, New York" (Department of Fine Arts, Syracuse University, 1976); Tatham, David, "Winslow Homer's Library," American Art Journal, IX, no. 1 (May, 1977), pp. 92-8. Provenance: Winslow Homer (his signature and annotations); Charles Lowell Homer; Margaret Woodbury Strong Museum, Rochester, New York (library boxes, call numbers, etc).

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V.p., chiefly New York, Boston, & Philadelphia, 1906. 21 vols. 8vo & 12mo. Various contemporary publisher's and leather bindings, full details below. Each volume housed in a custom card library chemise. 21 vols. 8vo & 12mo. Twenty-one books from the library of American artist Winslow Homer (1836-1910) variously inscribed by him with his name, initials, or ink stamp, and his location at Prouts Neck, Scarborough, Maine. The books are a mix of American history, sport fishing, contemporary popular fiction (including first editions of The King Yellow, Trilby, and The Prisoner of Zenda), and French language reference, as well as a Homer family Bible. Homer's ownership inscription in pencil, ink or crayon appears in 15 of the titles, and his ink stamp in six. Three of the titles have brief annotations, and Homer's pass to visit a Union Army camp is pasted into his copy of Jared Spark's biography of Benedict Arnold. Three of the titles were owned by Homer's father or uncle, with their inscriptions. Homer scholar David Tatham wrote a short history and checklist of the collection, a copy of which is included here. The report, entitled "Winslow Homer's Books. A Descriptive List of Books Once Owned by Winslow Homer, and Now the Property of the Margaret Woodbury Strong Museum, Rochester, New York" (Department of Fine Arts, Syracuse University, 1976), details the provenance of the collection and identifies Homer's marks of ownership in each volume. Tatham published his research in the article "Winslow Homer's Library" in the May 1977 number of the American Art Journal. The inventory below draws from Tatham's work. Margaret Woodbury Strong, founder of the Strong National Museum of Play in Rochester, NY, purchased the books directly from Homer's nephew Charles Lowell Homer. Tatham quotes a letter of 7 October 1952 from Boston art dealer Charles D. Childs, who writes to Mrs. Strong, "If you should get any more books from Charlie Homer, I would be interested to know about them."These 21 books, along with three other books previously owned by Mrs. Strong embellished with original drawings by Homer and an additional four books at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art, constitute the entirety of the known volumes preserved from Homer's library.1. BEAUCHAMP, William M. The Iroquois Trail, or Footprints of the Six Nations, in Customs, Traditions, and History. Fayetteville, New York: Printed by H.C. Beauchamp, 1892. Publisher's black pebbled cloth. Spine perished. WH ink stamp ("Winslow Homer / Scarborough, Me.") and pencil inscription ("Winslow Homer, Scarboro, Maine") on ffep, and with several newspaper clippings concerning the Iroquois laid-in.2. -----. Another copy. Publisher's black pebbled cloth. Spine ends chipped. WH stamp on flyleaf, bookseller's label ("Joseph McDonough ... Albany")Tatham notes that Homer's "interest in the history and current affairs of the Iroquois and other American Indians ... has not previously been noted in studies of the artist" ("Winslow Homer's Books," p. 5).3. The Holy Bible ... Boston: Perkins, Marvin & Co., 1834. Contemporary reddish-brown straight-grained morocco, spine stamped in gilt "Paragraph Bible," t.e.g. Pencil inscription by WH's father, Charles Savage Homer, Sr., ("C S Homer. 1836") on flyleaf, dated the year of Winslow's birth.4. BOLMAR, Anthony. A Collection of Colloquial Phrases. A New Edition, Revised and Corrected. Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1865. Publisher's half-leather and printed paper boards. Covers stained and worn, rear cover paper torn with loss, portion of ffep excised, lacking rfep. WH ink inscription on front pastedown ("Winslow Homer / New York"), pencil inscription on verso of ffep ("Frotteur / couverture de lit"), phrases and translations in pencil and ink on rear pastedown ("voici, here / est-il, is it" etc.) bookseller's label ("Lockwood / 411 Broadway, N.Y."). "WH doubtless acquired this French-English phrase book for use during his ten-month stay in Paris in 1866-1867..." (Tatham, p. 6). Homer exhibited two paintings in the American section of the Universal Exposition of 1867. It's not clear what use Homer made of the word "frotteur" while in Paris.5. CHAMBERS, Robert W. The King in Yellow. Chicago: F. Tennyson Neely, 1895. First edition, second issue binding. Publisher's green cloth stamped in brown. Spine and portion of front cover browned, some soiling to covers. Pencil inscription ("W. Homer") on ffep. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 396; Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 49; Suvin, Victorian Science Fiction in the UK, p. 59; Tymn (ed), Horror Literature pp. 3-49; Bleiler (1978), p. 41; Wright (III) 972. A cornerstone of modern horror and fantasy and a book that has fascinated authors from H.P. Lovecraft to James Blish. Chambers (1865-1933) was a prolific and perennially popular author of historical romances set in France during the Franco-Prussian War and in rural New York during the American Revolution. Bleiler has called this book "One of the most important works of supernatural horror between Edgar Allan Poe and modern horror fiction." Chambers was also an artist and illustrator, and the frontispiece shows him at work on a canvas.6. CHILD, George Chaplin. Benedicte. The Great Architect. New York: G.P. Putnam and Sons, 1871. Later printing of the American edition, first published London 1867. Publisher's maroon cloth stamped in gilt. Covers heavily rubbed, binding shaken. Presentation inscription in ink on flyleaf ("Winslow Homer esq / with the Compliments of / John H. Gourlie / March 25, 1872") with reproduction of engraved portrait of Lieutenant Matthew Fonatine Maury pasted below, WH ink stamp on blank p. [iii] preceding Introduction."Groulie (c. 1805-1891) was a prominent New York broker, a connoisseur of art, and a founder of the Century Association, of which organization WH was a member from 1865" (Tatham, p. 10). It is unclear what connection Homer had to Lieutenant Maury (1806-1873), Confederate officer and later Professor of Meteorology at Virginia Military Institute. 7. DOYLE, Arthur Conan. Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1894. First American edition, second issue, without suppressed "The Adventure of the Card-Board Box." Publisher's blue cloth, stamped in dark blue and gilt. Spine darkened. Pencil inscription ("Winslow Homer / Prout's Neck / Maine") on ffep, with light pencil sketch of unidentified object, crossed out, beneath inscription; printed portrait of the author tipped-in at p. vi.8. DU MAURIER, George. Trilby. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1894. First American edition. Publisher's tan cloth, stamped in gilt and green, by Margaret Armstrong. Some light spotting to covers and toning to spine, top edge of front cover bumped. Ink inscription ("Winslow Homer") on ffep, portrait of du Maurier tipped-in to p. [iv], Brentano's bookseller label. Sadleir 1675; Wolff 1952a."WH and du Maurier were very possibly acquainted, having a friend in common in the American poet James Russell Lowell, who was Ambassador to Great Britain during Homer's residence in England, 1881-1882" (Tatham, p. 11-12).9. FELLER, F.E. A New English and French Pocket Dictionary. 2 volumes in 1. London: Dulau & Co., 1879. Publisher's black pebbled leather. Joints rubbed. Ink inscription ("Winslow Homer / Scarboro Beach / Maine") on ffep, a few stray pencil notes on front pastedown, "Chicoutimi, cependant" and rfep, bookseller's label ("W.E. Franklin / Newcastle on Tyne"). "Purchased in 1881 or 1882 during WH/s residence in Cullercoats, a fishing village a few miles from Newcastle ... Chicoutimi is a village on the Saguenay River near Lake St. John in Quebec visited by WH on fishing trips in the 1890s" (Tatham, p. 12).10. GRIFFITHS, Arthur. Lola a Tale of Gibraltar. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1877. Publisher's tan cloth, stamped in black. Covers stained and browned, a few stains to text. Ink inscription ("W.H.") on front cover, pencil inscription ("W Homer") and HW ink stamp on flyleaf, bookseller's label ("Burton & Corey / Booksellers, / 49 Sixth Ave., N.Y."). First published in England in 1876 as Lola, a Tale of the Rock.11. HAMMOND, William A. Lal. A Novel. New York: Appleton and Company, 1884. First edition. Publisher's green cloth, stamped in black and gilt. Near fine. Pencil inscription ("Winslow Homer") on title-page.12. HOPE, Anthony. The Prisoner of Zenda. New York: Henry Hold and Company, 1894. First American edition. Publisher's beige buckram, stamped in red. Spine dulled. Pencil inscription ("W. Homer / Scarboro / Me. / Return this") on ffep, Brentano's label.13. IRVING, Washington. The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. New York: John W. Lovell Company, 1882. Publisher's green decorated cloth, stamped in black and gilt. Near fine. Ink inscription ("Homer") on title-page, "probably by WH" (Tatham, p. 13).14. MCCARTHY, Eugene. The Leaping Ouananiche. New York: Forest and Stream Publishing Company, 1894. B/w photo illustrations, folding map. Publisher's illustrated wrappers. Front wrapper detached and soiled, lacking rear wrapper. Pencil inscription ("W.H. -") and WH ink stamp on front wrapper."A book for sportsmen about the ouananiche, a landlocked salmon native to Lake St. John, Quebec, where WH fished" (Tatham, p. 13).15. MARCHMONT, Arthur W. By Right of Sword. New York: New Amsterdam Book Company, 1900. 13th edition. Publisher's red cloth, stamped in silver and gilt. Waterstain to covers with cloth dye staining to endpapers. Pencil inscription ("Winslow Homer / Scarboro - / Me. -" on ffep, Brentano's booklabel.16. SHAW, Charles. A Topographical and Historical Description of Boston. Boston: Oliver Spear, 1817. Engraved frontispiece and 6 engraved plates. Uncut in publisher's boards. Spine damaged but binding intact. Pencil inscription by WH's father, Charles Savage Homer, Sr. ("Cha.'s S. Homer. / 1838") on front pastedown. Howes S-337; Sabin 79898.17. SHERIDAN, Richard Brinsley. The School for Scandal. Philadelphia: Henry Altemus Company, [c. 1899]. Publisher's decorated cloth. Some loss to gilt stamping on front cover and spine. WH ink stamp on ffep. 18. SPARKS, Jared. The Life and Treason of Benedict Arnold. Boston: Hilliard, Gray, and Co., 1835. First edition, volume 3 in the Library of American Biography. Publisher's purple cloth, printed paper label. Spine faded, label chipped, textblock split at front flyleaf, some spotting to text. Crayon inscription on verso of ffep ("Winslow Homer / 1903"), and another ("Montresor (Journal N.Y. Historical Society) - W.H.") across top margin of pp. 28-9, WH ink stamp in two places on front blanks, bookseller's label ("Joseph McDonough / Rare Books / Albany, N.Y."), ownership inscription ("Aaron D. Williams / Roxbury") on second blank, beneath which is pasted in WH's partially printed pass issued by the headquarters of the Army of the Potomac, to "Mr. Homer within the line of main guards one week" and signed by "A. Williams," Assistant Adjutant General."WH evidently purchased this book in 1903 on one of his visits to McDonough's shop in Albany and then pasted into it the Civil War pass issued to him more than forty years earlier by Williams, the original owner of the book. Williams was a member of an old Boston family and distant relative (by marriage) of Homer. Williams' pass allowed Homer to visit Union military encampments around Washington to gather materials for his first illustrations of army life" (Tatham, pp. 14-5).19. STERNE, Laurence. The Works ... Philadelphia: Henry Adams, 1830. Contemporary sheep, black morocco spine label. Engraved frontispiece, black page p. 20, marbled paper illustration p. 100. Scuffing to covers, some spotting to text. Pencil inscription ("W Homer / Prout's Neck / Me, "bookseller's label ("Joseph McDonough / Rare Books / Albany, N.Y."), earlier pencil inscription ("John S. Hokes) on frontispiece tissue-guard.20. THACKERAY, William Makepeace. The History of Pendennis. New York: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1906. Publisher's full leather, gilt spine, A.e.g. Near fine. Pencil inscription ("Winslow Homer") on half-title, bookseller's label ("Chapman's / Book Store / Montreal").21. VOLNEY, Constantin F. The Ruins, or a Survey of the Revolutions of Empires. Exeter, [NH]: Joseph Mann & Co., 1823. Engraved frontispiece. Contemporary sheep, covers worn with loss to lower portion of spine, faint waterstain to frontispiece and title. Ink inscription ("William F. Homer") of WH's uncle."This book of WH's uncle apparently descended to WH and was preserved for its family associations" (Tatham, p. 15). Tatham, Davd, "Winslow Homer's Books. A Descriptive List of Books Once Owned by Winslow Homer, and Now the Property of the Margaret Woodbury Strong Museum, Rochester, New York" (Department of Fine Arts, Syracuse University, 1976); Tatham, David, "Winslow Homer's Library," American Art Journal, IX, no. 1 (May, 1977), pp. 92-8. Provenance: Winslow Homer (his signature and annotations); Charles Lowell Homer; Margaret Woodbury Strong Museum, Rochester, New York (library boxes, call numbers, etc).

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V.p., chiefly New York, Boston, & Philadelphia, 1906. 21 vols. 8vo & 12mo. Various contemporary publisher's and leather bindings, full details below. Each volume housed in a custom card library chemise. 21 vols. 8vo & 12mo. Twenty-one books from the library of American artist Winslow Homer (1836-1910) variously inscribed by him with his name, initials, or ink stamp, and his location at Prouts Neck, Scarborough, Maine. The books are a mix of American history, sport fishing, contemporary popular fiction (including first editions of The King Yellow, Trilby, and The Prisoner of Zenda), and French language reference, as well as a Homer family Bible. Homer's ownership inscription in pencil, ink or crayon appears in 15 of the titles, and his ink stamp in six. Three of the titles have brief annotations, and Homer's pass to visit a Union Army camp is pasted into his copy of Jared Spark's biography of Benedict Arnold. Three of the titles were owned by Homer's father or uncle, with their inscriptions. Homer scholar David Tatham wrote a short history and checklist of the collection, a copy of which is included here. The report, entitled "Winslow Homer's Books. A Descriptive List of Books Once Owned by Winslow Homer, and Now the Property of the Margaret Woodbury Strong Museum, Rochester, New York" (Department of Fine Arts, Syracuse University, 1976), details the provenance of the collection and identifies Homer's marks of ownership in each volume. Tatham published his research in the article "Winslow Homer's Library" in the May 1977 number of the American Art Journal. The inventory below draws from Tatham's work. Margaret Woodbury Strong, founder of the Strong National Museum of Play in Rochester, NY, purchased the books directly from Homer's nephew Charles Lowell Homer. Tatham quotes a letter of 7 October 1952 from Boston art dealer Charles D. Childs, who writes to Mrs. Strong, "If you should get any more books from Charlie Homer, I would be interested to know about them." These 21 books, along with three other books previously owned by Mrs. Strong embellished with original drawings by Homer and an additional four books at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art, constitute the entirety of the known volumes preserved from Homer's library. 1. BEAUCHAMP, William M. The Iroquois Trail, or Footprints of the Six Nations, in Customs, Traditions, and History. Fayetteville, New York: Printed by H.C. Beauchamp, 1892. Publisher's black pebbled cloth. Spine perished. WH ink stamp ("Winslow Homer / Scarborough, Me.") and pencil inscription ("Winslow Homer, Scarboro, Maine") on ffep, and with several newspaper clippings concerning the Iroquois laid-in. 2. -----. Another copy. Publisher's black pebbled cloth. Spine ends chipped. WH stamp on flyleaf, bookseller's label ("Joseph McDonough ... Albany") Tatham notes that Homer's "interest in the history and current affairs of the Iroquois and other American Indians ... has not previously been noted in studies of the artist" ("Winslow Homer's Books," p. 5). 3. The Holy Bible ... Boston: Perkins, Marvin & Co., 1834. Contemporary reddish-brown straight-grained morocco, spine stamped in gilt "Paragraph Bible," t.e.g. Pencil inscription by WH's father, Charles Savage Homer, Sr., ("C S Homer. 1836") on flyleaf, dated the year of Winslow's birth. 4. BOLMAR, Anthony. A Collection of Colloquial Phrases. A New Edition, Revised and Corrected. Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1865. Publisher's half-leather and printed paper boards. Covers stained and worn, rear cover paper torn with loss, portion of ffep excised, lacking rfep. WH ink inscription on front pastedown ("Winslow Homer / New York"), pencil inscription on verso of ffep ("Frotteur / couverture de lit"), phrases and translations in pencil and ink on rear pastedown ("voici, here / est-il, is it" etc.) bookseller's label ("Lockwood / 411 Broadway, N.Y."). "WH doubtless acquired this French-English phrase book for use during his ten-month stay in Paris in 1866-1867..." (Tatham, p. 6). Homer exhibited two paintings in the American section of the Universal Exposition of 1867. It's not clear what use Homer made of the word "frotteur" while in Paris. 5. CHAMBERS, Robert W. The King in Yellow. Chicago: F. Tennyson Neely, 1895. First edition, second issue binding. Publisher's green cloth stamped in brown. Spine and portion of front cover browned, some soiling to covers. Pencil inscription ("W. Homer") on ffep. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 396; Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 49; Suvin, Victorian Science Fiction in the UK, p. 59; Tymn (ed), Horror Literature pp. 3-49; Bleiler (1978), p. 41; Wright (III) 972. A cornerstone of modern horror and fantasy and a book that has fascinated authors from H.P. Lovecraft to James Blish. Chambers (1865-1933) was a prolific and perennially popular author of historical romances set in France during the Franco-Prussian War and in rural New York during the American Revolution. Bleiler has called this book "One of the most important works of supernatural horror between Edgar Allan Poe and modern horror fiction." Chambers was also an artist and illustrator, and the frontispiece shows him at work on a canvas. 6. CHILD, George Chaplin. Benedicte. The Great Architect. New York: G.P. Putnam and Sons, 1871. Later printing of the American edition, first published London 1867. Publisher's maroon cloth stamped in gilt. Covers heavily rubbed, binding shaken. Presentation inscription in ink on flyleaf ("Winslow Homer esq / with the Compliments of / John H. Gourlie / March 25, 1872") with reproduction of engraved portrait of Lieutenant Matthew Fonatine Maury pasted below, WH ink stamp on blank p. [iii] preceding Introduction. "Groulie (c. 1805-1891) was a prominent New York broker, a connoisseur of art, and a founder of the Century Association, of which organization WH was a member from 1865" (Tatham, p. 10). It is unclear what connection Homer had to Lieutenant Maury (1806-1873), Confederate officer and later Professor of Meteorology at Virginia Military Institute. 7. DOYLE, Arthur Conan. Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1894. First American edition, second issue, without suppressed "The Adventure of the Card-Board Box." Publisher's blue cloth, stamped in dark blue and gilt. Spine darkened. Pencil inscription ("Winslow Homer / Prout's Neck / Maine") on ffep, with light pencil sketch of unidentified object, crossed out, beneath inscription; printed portrait of the author tipped-in at p. vi. 8. DU MAURIER, George. Trilby. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1894. First American edition. Publisher's tan cloth, stamped in gilt and green, by Margaret Armstrong. Some light spotting to covers and toning to spine, top edge of front cover bumped. Ink inscription ("Winslow Homer") on ffep, portrait of du Maurier tipped-in to p. [iv], Brentano's bookseller label. Sadleir 1675; Wolff 1952a. "WH and du Maurier were very possibly acquainted, having a friend in common in the American poet James Russell Lowell, who was Ambassador to Great Britain during Homer's residence in England, 1881-1882" (Tatham, p. 11-12). 9. FELLER, F.E. A New English and French Pocket Dictionary. 2 volumes in 1. London: Dulau & Co., 1879. Publisher's black pebbled leather. Joints rubbed. Ink inscription ("Winslow Homer / Scarboro Beach / Maine") on ffep, a few stray pencil notes on front pastedown, "Chicoutimi, cependant" and rfep, bookseller's label ("W.E. Franklin / Newcastle on Tyne"). "Purchased in 1881 or 1882 during WH/s residence in Cullercoats, a fishing village a few miles from Newcastle ... Chicoutimi is a village on the Saguenay River near Lake St. John in Quebec visited by WH on fishing trips in the 1890s" (Tatham, p. 12). 10. GRIFFITHS, Arthur. Lola a Tale of Gibraltar. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1877. Publisher's tan cloth, stamped in black. Covers stained and browned, a few stains to text. Ink inscription ("W.H.") on front cover, pencil inscription ("W Homer") and HW ink stamp on flyleaf, bookseller's label ("Burton & Corey / Booksellers, / 49 Sixth Ave., N.Y."). First published in England in 1876 as Lola, a Tale of the Rock. 11. HAMMOND, William A. Lal. A Novel. New York: Appleton and Company, 1884. First edition. Publisher's green cloth, stamped in black and gilt. Near fine. Pencil inscription ("Winslow Homer") on title-page. 12. HOPE, Anthony. The Prisoner of Zenda. New York: Henry Hold and Company, 1894. First American edition. Publisher's beige buckram, stamped in red. Spine dulled. Pencil inscription ("W. Homer / Scarboro / Me. / Return this") on ffep, Brentano's label. 13. IRVING, Washington. The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. New York: John W. Lovell Company, 1882. Publisher's green decorated cloth, stamped in black and gilt. Near fine. Ink inscription ("Homer") on title-page, "probably by WH" (Tatham, p. 13). 14. MCCARTHY, Eugene. The Leaping Ouananiche. New York: Forest and Stream Publishing Company, 1894. B/w photo illustrations, folding map. Publisher's illustrated wrappers. Front wrapper detached and soiled, lacking rear wrapper. Pencil inscription ("W.H. -") and WH ink stamp on front wrapper. "A book for sportsmen about the ouananiche, a landlocked salmon native to Lake St. John, Quebec, where WH fished" (Tatham, p. 13). 15. MARCHMONT, Arthur W. By Right of Sword. New York: New Amsterdam Book Company, 1900. 13th edition. Publisher's red cloth, stamped in silver and gilt. Waterstain to covers with cloth dye staining to endpapers. Pencil inscription ("Winslow Homer / Scarboro - / Me. -" on ffep, Brentano's booklabel. 16. SHAW, Charles. A Topographical and Historical Description of Boston. Boston: Oliver Spear, 1817. Engraved frontispiece and 6 engraved plates. Uncut in publisher's boards. Spine damaged but binding intact. Pencil inscription by WH's father, Charles Savage Homer, Sr. ("Cha.'s S. Homer. / 1838") on front pastedown. Howes S-337; Sabin 79898. 17. SHERIDAN, Richard Brinsley. The School for Scandal. Philadelphia: Henry Altemus Company, [c. 1899]. Publisher's decorated cloth. Some loss to gilt stamping on front cover and spine. WH ink stamp on ffep. 18. SPARKS, Jared. The Life and Treason of Benedict Arnold. Boston: Hilliard, Gray, and Co., 1835. First edition, volume 3 in the Library of American Biography. Publisher's purple cloth, printed paper label. Spine faded, label chipped, textblock split at front flyleaf, some spotting to text. Crayon inscription on verso of ffep ("Winslow Homer / 1903"), and another ("Montresor (Journal N.Y. Historical Society) - W.H.") across top margin of pp. 28-9, WH ink stamp in two places on front blanks, bookseller's label ("Joseph McDonough / Rare Books / Albany, N.Y."), ownership inscription ("Aaron D. Williams / Roxbury") on second blank, beneath which is pasted in WH's partially printed pass issued by the headquarters of the Army of the Potomac, to "Mr. Homer within the line of main guards one week" and signed by "A. Williams," Assistant Adjutant General. "WH evidently purchased this book in 1903 on one of his visits to McDonough's shop in Albany and then pasted into it the Civil War pass issued to him more than forty years earlier by Williams, the original owner of the book. Williams was a member of an old Boston family and distant relative (by marriage) of Homer. Williams' pass allowed Homer to visit Union military encampments around Washington to gather materials for his first illustrations of army life" (Tatham, pp. 14-5). 19. STERNE, Laurence. The Works ... Philadelphia: Henry Adams, 1830. Contemporary sheep, black morocco spine label. Engraved frontispiece, black page p. 20, marbled paper illustration p. 100. Scuffing to covers, some spotting to text. Pencil inscription ("W Homer / Prout's Neck / Me, "bookseller's label ("Joseph McDonough / Rare Books / Albany, N.Y."), earlier pencil inscription ("John S. Hokes) on frontispiece tissue-guard. 20. THACKERAY, William Makepeace. The History of Pendennis. New York: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1906. Publisher's full leather, gilt spine, A.e.g. Near fine. Pencil inscription ("Winslow Homer") on half-title, bookseller's label ("Chapman's / Book Store / Montreal"). 21. VOLNEY, Constantin F. The Ruins, or a Survey of the Revolutions of Empires. Exeter, [NH]: Joseph Mann & Co., 1823. Engraved frontispiece. Contemporary sheep, covers worn with loss to lower portion of spine, faint waterstain to frontispiece and title. Ink inscription ("William F. Homer") of WH's uncle. "This book of WH's uncle apparently descended to WH and was preserved for its family associations" (Tatham, p. 15). Tatham, Davd, "Winslow Homer's Books. A Descriptive List of Books Once Owned by Winslow Homer, and Now the Property of the Margaret Woodbury Strong Museum, Rochester, New York" (Department of Fine Arts, Syracuse University, 1976); Tatham, David, "Winslow Homer's Library," American Art Journal, IX, no. 1 (May, 1977), pp. 92-8. Provenance: Winslow Homer (his signature and annotations); Charles Lowell Homer; Margaret Woodbury Strong Museum, Rochester, New York (library boxes, call numbers, etc).