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The gentle art of making enemies, as pleasingly exemplified in many instances, wherein the serious ones of this earth, carefully exasperated, have been prettily spurred on to unseemliness and indiscre

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The gentle art of making enemies, as pleasingly exemplified in many instances, wherein the serious ones of this earth, carefully exasperated, have been prettily spurred on to unseemliness and indiscre, 1890 (Library of Congress)
The gentle art of making enemies, as pleasingly exemplified in many instances, wherein the serious ones of this earth, carefully exasperated, have been prettily spurred on to unseemliness and indiscre, 1890 (Library of Congress)
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9 prelim. leaves, 292 p. 26 cm.

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The archive record identifies this as a book from 1890 titled "The gentle art of making enemies," attributed to James McNeill Whistler. The work consists of 9 preliminary leaves and 292 pages, measuring 26 centimeters.

The item came to the Library of Congress through multiple collections: the Elizabeth Robins Pennell Collection, the John Davis Batchelder Collection, and the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection.

No further information about the book's contents, Whistler's relationship to it, or the circumstances of its publication is provided in the available record.

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