Henry Van Dyke. Cover design by Margaret Armstrong — Fisherman's Luck and Some Other Uncertain Things

Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1913. First Edition, Hardcover, Illustrated by: From drawings by F Walter Taylor. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Inscribed by Author. Inscribed and signed on half-title-pager by author: "To Agnes Rix, faithful secretary, who has red these stories, alredy, perhapsmore than she wished, Henry van Dyke. Oct. 13 1926, Avalon". Van Dyke was the US Minister to the Netherlands and Luxembourg between 1913 and 1916.Miss Rix seems to have been known to him during that period. Cover design by Margaret Armstrong. Dark blue clean covers with ornate decoration and lettering in gilt and blue and orange. Black and white frontis with protective tissue leaf, all additional 5 plates are present. Lightly rubbed corners, sound binding except that front end-paper has been removed by a neat cut, clean pages and plates. Contains colour frontis and colour plates (full page illustrations). No dust-jacket. Illustrator: From drawings by F Walter Taylor. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. Inscribed by Author. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 05922071160. ISBN: 0714842583