Self-culture, intellectual, physical and moral, etc.
Blackie, John Stuart,1809-1895.
Blackie, John Stuart,1809-1895,inscriber.StEdNL
Lynn, Richard A. Neville,former owner.StEdNL
Edinburgh : D. Douglas,
1892.
Earlier edition has title: On self-culture, intellectual, physical and moral.
With portraits, illustrations and a holograph letter inserted.
Richard Neville Lynn's copy (re-bound for him), containing extra flyleaves and endpapers on which are pasted photographs from a periodical depicting the author and the interior of his house. Also, a photograph depicting the author pasted to the verso of the flyleaf preceeding the title page, and a letter dated 1894 from him to Lynn and the accompanying envelope are tipped in a the front. Inscriptions on the title page "Richd N. Lynn White Hart Hotel. Lewes, Sussex. Sep 16th 1893", and "Liebe und Lenz!". Inscriptions on one of the front flyleaves "NLynn oct 21st---1893" and "Ghita Neville Lynn 1902". Inscriptions with a quotation from Goethe on the verso of the leaf preceeding the text and a quotation from Blackie on one of the back endpapers, both in Lynn's hand. A fascimile of his signature is gilt-stamped on the front board.