Bayard Taylor American Men of Letters by Smyth, Albert H - 1896

Boston, MA: Houghton and Mifflin. VG/NONE. 1896. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good, light rubs to bottom spine edge and in bottom spine area. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Top edge gilt. ; Inscribed by the author to Charlemagne Tower, who served as ambassador to Russia from 1899 to 1902 and later as ambassador to Germany. The inscription is as follows: "To the / Honorable Charlemagne Tower / With the sincere regards of / Albert H. Smyth / St. Petersburg / July 1901". Tower [Jr. ] was the son of the first Charlemagne Tower, who died in 1889.; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 320 p.; Signed by Author .