Eden Versus Whistler: The Baronet and the Butterfly.
New York: R.H. Russell, 1899.
Price: $600.00
About the item
First American Edition, Number 89 of 250 large paper copies. 125v for France and 125 for America. [xxxii], 79 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original tan cloth-backed boards, with title and gilt butterfly device on upper cover, uncut and unopened. Spine slightly darkened, else Fine copy. Bookplate of S.l. Deitsch.
Item #218569
Whistler's famous row with William Eden over the portrait of Lady Eden and the eventual lawsuit.