Dee551
Title: What Makes a Friend
Author: Volney Streamer; introduction by Richard Garnett C.B., LL.D.
Publisher: Truslove, Hanson & Comba Ltd., London & New York
Publication year: 1900
Binding: Half vellum with cloth sides, gilt-decorated spine with brown leather title label and marbled endpapers
Language: English
Content: Anthology of prose and verse reflections on friendship, compiled by Volney Streamer, with an introductory essay on the nature of friendship by Richard Garnett, followed by short quotations and extracts on friendship with their authors named.
Special attributes: Front free endpaper bears an ink presentation inscription from Reginald Bennett dated "Xmas 1903" including a handwritten reflection beginning "What makes a friend? Kind deeds, sympathy of thought, loyalty in adversity."
Original/Facsimile: Original 1900 Truslove, Hanson & Comba edition, not a modern reprint.
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Non-fiction subject: Personal development, friendship, character and relationships
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Condition: Good Half vellum and cloth boards are darkened with age, showing scattered spots, surface marks and handling soiling, with rubbing along spine joints, edges and corners and light wear at spine ends. Text block edges are tanned and dust-marked with a few small nicks. Endpapers and pages display age toning with scattered foxing and some small brown stains in the lower margins; printed text remains clean, legible and securely bound. Front free endpaper carries an ink presentation inscription dated Xmas 1903.