HAULTAIN, Arnold. Hints for Lovers. [8], 308 [2] pp. With ornamental border on title-page. 8vo., bound in deluxe three-quarter red morocco, matching red cloth covered boards. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1909.
First Edition, limited to 540 copies designed by Bruce Rogers and printed at the Riverside Press in Cambridge, Mass. The book is arranged in chapters typical of the time, such as: "On Girls," "On Women," "On Lovers," "On Making Love," "On Beauty," "On Jealousy," "On Kisses and Kissing," "On Courtship," "On Marriage," and "On This Human Heart." Though none of the sayings, bon mots, aphorisms, etc., are attributed to their original authors, it is clear this is a collection made by the author from vast reading on the subject. A very fine copy.
Item nr. 88897
$ 595.00
