The Gentle Art of Making Enemies, the limited, numbered, and signed first edition, accompanied

by an original 1890 French review by James McNeill Whistler

$1,250 · Offered by Churchill Book Collector

First edition · Signed

London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1890. Signed, limited, and numbered first edition. Quarter leather. This is copy 47 of the numbered and signed limited edition. The Gentle Art of Making Enemies collects a variety of polemical documents by James McNeill Whistler, including essays and correspondence chronicling his disputes with critics, collectors, and fellow artists. Prominent is his 1878 libel lawsuit against critic

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