HERFORD, Oliver (1860-1935) and COLLINS, Sewell (1876-1934). The Smoker's Year Book. New York: Moffat, Yard, & Company, 1898.

8vo. Original cloth (rubbing, very minor soiling).

FIRST EDITION. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR WITH ADDITIONAL DRAWING. Regarded as "the American Oscar Wilde," Oliver Herford was well-known for his wit. His illustrations were particularly well-known, having appeared in works by Ethel Mumford, Gertrude Hall, Ella Wheeler Wilcox, Joel Chandler Harris, and Edgar Lee Masters.

[With]: HERFORD. This Giddy Globe. New York: George H. Doran Company, 1919. 8vo. Original cloth; publisher's dust jacket (rubbing, minor soiling). INSCRIBED BY OLIVER AND PEGGY HERFORD TO ACTOR ROBERT PITKIN, "You are in this too!"

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