Brander Matthews; H. C. Brunner — In Partnership, Studies in Story-Telling

Edinburgh, David Douglas, 1885. Cloth. An interesting volume on the art of storytelling, by Brander Matthews and H. C. Bunner, signed by Matthews to his friend Anna George de Mille. The 'Author's Edition', published the year after the first.Signed by the author to the recto of the front endpaper, "Anna George de Mille, from her only friend, Brander Matthews, Dec 1925, N. B. This is a plagiarism from Mark Twain". Anna de Mille was a feminist and Georgism advocate from America. She was the daughter of political economist and journalist Henry George, and the mother of dancer and choreographer Agnes George de Mille.'In Partnership' collects together eight essays on storytelling by Brander Matthews and H. C. Bunner.Including 'The Documents in the Case', 'Venetian Glass', 'The Red Silk Handkerchief', 'The Seven Conversations of Dear Jones and Baby van Rensselaer', 'The Rival Ghosts', 'A Letter and a Paragraph', 'Playing a Part', and 'Love in Old Cloathes&apos.Two pages of adverts to the rear. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. Light rubbing and marks to the cloth. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities, with a very small amount of loss to the head of the spine. Author's inscription to the recto of the front endpaper. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are very lightly age-toned and clean. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .