A reprimand and what came of it

Daylesford, Pa.: A. Edward Newton, 1927. Booklet. Very Good/None. Signed. Newton ephemera ; v. 21. SIGNED/inscribed by the author on the title page to Herman Baradinsky. Medium blue softcover booklet with blue cord tie. (No DJ). Interior is clean and unmarked. 4.75 x 7 inches. Our photos depict actual book offered for sale. Books are carefully packaged by hand and shipped from our family-owned bookshop in Easton, Pennsylvania, USA. BOOK INFO: Privately printed. Two lovely color illustrations. 'Which of the little Ross sketches is the most amusing, the most exquisite? Let the reader decide. They are equally lovely to me, and no friendship is more enduring than one which begins with a little misunderstanding. Love there may be at first sight, but friendship grows more slowly. And as I write these lines there comes to my desk a handsomely printed circular announcing another beautiful plate from the pen and brush of Mr. Ross.' (-from the text of this captivating little book). [10] p. : 2 col. ill. ; 19 cm. 'Alfred Edward Newton (1864?1940) was an American industrialist better known as an author and avid book collector. He is best known for his book Amenities of Book Collecting (1918) which sold over 25,000 copies. At the time of his death, it was estimated that he had approximately 10,000 books in his collection, focusing on English and American literary works, the major part of which were auctioned by Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York in April, May, and October 1941. Highlights of the sale included the autographed manuscripts of Thomas Hardy's novel Far From the Madding Crowd and Charles Lamb's essay Dream Children. However, the fall in rare book prices steadily through the Great Depression meant that many sold lots brought only a fraction of prices they would have realized at the time of the Jerome Kern sale in 1929. The three volume Newton sale catalogue remains a useful reference for literature collectors. Newton was a resident of Daylesford, Pennsylvania and resided in the home called Oak Knoll. Newton's bookplate referred to his home Oak Knoll and depicted an image of the London Temple Bar. The publisher Oak Knoll Books is named after Oak Knoll. (-Wikipedia).