Father And Son Biographical Recollections

New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons. Very Good. 1907. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some bumping and rubbing. There is a very slight slant to the spine of the book. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's bookplate on the front pastedown page, and the front endpaper has two previous owner's inked names. "Sir Edmund William Gosse CB ( 21 September 1849 – 16 May 1928) was an English poet, author and critic. He was strictly brought up in a small Protestant sect, the Plymouth Brethren, but broke away sharply from that faith. His account of his childhood in the book Father and Son has been described as the first psychological biography. His friendship with the sculptor Hamo Thornycroft inspired a successful career as a historian of late-Victorian sculpture. His translations of Ibsen helped to promote that playwright in England, and he encouraged the careers of W. B. Yeats and James Joyce. He also lectured in English literature at Cambridge." (from Wikipedia) .