At 08:50 AM 4/19/01 -0400, you wrote:
>To: ARLIS list readers
>
>Our library has a copy of E. Muybridge's, Animals in Motion, published in
>1925 by Chapman & Hall, Ltd., London (our copy is the fifth
>impression). The original copyright date for this title is 1899.
>
>Opposite the title page is a port. of Muybridge. On the same page, in the
>lower right corner, outside the margin of Muybridge's picture and
>inscribed at an angle are the words- faithfully yours Eadweard
>Muybridge. I'm wondering if this is a real autograph or if it's a
>facsimile of his handwriting that was printed as part of the
>book? Muybridge died long before the 1925 pub. date.
>
>Does anyone out there have a copy of this book that they could look at and
>tell me if this 'signature' appears in theirs as well?
>
>Thank you,
>Kay Streng
>Minneapolis College of Art & Design
>Library
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Kay,
The copy that we have in stock (1902 ed.) has the same facsimile
"Faithfully Yours" to the lower right.
Best regards,
Robin Cahan
Andrew Cahan: Bookseller, Ltd.
3000 Blueberry Lane
Chapel Hill, NC 27516
919-968-0538
fax 919-968-3517
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