[Meynell, Alice]. Clark, Celia Tobin.
Alice Meynell, A Tribute. An Address to the San Francisco Council of Catholic Women on the Fourth Day of January, MCMXXIII by C.T.C.
1923. [San Francisco: Privately printed at the Grabhorn Press, 1923].
Sm. Folio, [13]pp. First page printed in blue and black. Vellum paper wrapped boards, laurel wreath stamped in gilt on upper cover, lacking original ties, boards spotted, internally fine.
§ Fifty copies printed by the Grabhorn Press. Inscribed by the author to "C.W.C.," August 4th, 1923. A finely printed record of a tribute read before the San Francisco Council of Catholic Women a little over a month after Alice Meynell's death. The author, Celia Tobin Clark (1874-1965), was born into a wealthy San Francisco family and married Charles Clark, son of the Montana Copper King and brother of William Andrews Clark Jr. Her sister, Agnes Tobin, was a poet and translator who spent many years in London where she became great friends with Alice Meynell and a respected member of her literary circle. Heller, Grabhorn Press, 55. Item #124581
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