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Three Midnight Stories
''Three Midnight Stories'' is an English-language collection of three of Alexander Wilson Drake's short stories along with several poems brought together and interspersed with many of his engravings, as well as photographic prints of his residence and art collection.Internet Archive: This printing, the first and only edition, was printed in New York City in 1916. It was produced as a memorial by Drake's employer, The Century Company. A print run of a total of 500 hand-numbered copies was produced and distributed to family and friends. The book is 88 pages (including dividers) with over 30 illustrations; a mix of photographs and engravings. Books were hard-bound, with paper jacket, boxed. Box had title slip gummed on front with copy number hand-written below the title. Box and book were hand-numbered to match. The stories were originally published in short succession in ''Century Magazine'' around the year 1902 or 1903. They are precursors of the later wave of "weird ficti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Wilson Drake
Alexander Wilson Drake (1843–1916) was an American artist, collector and critic. Biography Drake was born near Westfield, New Jersey, Westfield, New Jersey., the son of Isaac Payne Drake (1818–1900) and Charlotte Osborne Drake (1817–1903). He studied wood engraving under John W. Orr of New York city, as well as oil and water-color painting. He was in the wood engraving business on his own account in New York city from 1865 to 1870. From 1870 to 1881 he was director of the art department of ''Scribner's Magazine'', and thereafter he held a similar position on the ''The Century Magazine, Century'' and ''St. Nicholas Magazine, St. Nicholas''. In this capacity he did much to aid the development of the new school of wood engraving in America. He organized the Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, Bartholdi loan association which raised the money to build the pedestal for the Statue of Liberty in New York harbor. He was also identified with other important art movements in the United S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
