The Digressions of V.
Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1910.
Octavo. xxvi, 521 pp. Olive-brown cloth elaborately stamped in gilt and black. Top edge gilt. Deckled edges. Frontispiece with tissue guard intact, illustrated throughout with full-page plates. Second Impression. Light rubbing to spine ends and extremities, with minor spotting to spine cloth. Front inner hinge partially split with mull exposed; front pastedown torn along gutter. Minimal toning.
This memoir chronicles the author's Bohemian youth in New York during the Civil War, his extensive European travels, and his long residence in Rome and Capri alongside leading figures of the expatriate artistic community. Extensively illustrated with Vedder's own drawings, personal sketches, and reproductions of major works. K5.
Price: $80.00