A Year from a Reporter's Note-Book by Richard Harding Davis - 2009-03-19

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1903 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Part of a matched set; search our inventory by author to view the others. Blue cloth, gilt title on burnt orange panel & fairly elaborate gilt decorations on spine, x, 309 pp, 32 ff b & w plates contain photos, paintings, and drawings including one by Charles Dana Gibson. Spine ends just beginning to fray, else very good, gilt titles bright and attractive, fake gilt tops corroded to the color of an old penny. First-hand reports on six major events of 1896-7: the coronation of Czar Nicholas II; the millenial celebration at Budapest; the revolution in Cuba; President McKinley's first inauguration; the Greco-Turkish war; Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. Reprint. . G+/No dj. Illus. by Frederic Remington & R. C. Woodville et al.. 20 X 13½ cm.

Harper & Bros., January 1897. Hardcover. Good.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1897. Hardcover. Very Good. Illustrated from black and white photographs, plates. Cloth mottled, with spine ends and corners worn, about very good lacking the dustwrapper.

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New York, NY: Harper & Brothers, 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. Harper, 1898. First edition. Scarce. Tan paper over boards, Title in red print on both boards and spine. Tanning to edges, and light soil and wear. Small piece missing from front lower corner of front endpaper. Former owners' signature. Good, overall. This collection features Davis' coverage of such unique events as "The Millenial Celebration at Budapest" and "Cuba in War-Time". Illustrated with sketches; in "With the Greek Soldiers" (pages 193-257) in the Greek and Turkish tumble of that time, the illustrations are photos taken by Davis. He was pioneering journalist in several senses of the term. Davis' report from Cuba, sparked U.S. interest in the struggles of the Cuban people. The two stories in this collection, in particular, captured the public's attention. The first, "The death of Rodriguez," described the execution of a young Cuban prisoner. The second… Read More

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