(BERMUDA) Christopher Morley Autograph Manuscript Signed for

Sale 2675 - Lot 320

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(BERMUDA.) Christopher Morley. Autograph Manuscript Signed for his "Notes on Bermuda." 9, 11, 3 unbound manuscript pages in three parts, 11 x 8½ inches, each inlaid to a larger sheet; extensive holograph revisions and printers' directions, horizontal fold, minor wear including small punch hole in upper corner of each leaf; signed by Morley 5 times (at the beginning and end of the first part, the end of parts 2 and 3, and once on a presentation inscription at the top of the first page). In a custom ¼ morocco folding case, top half detached, with bookplate of Herman Abromson. [New York], circa 1930

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This essay by the noted American poet and humorist was first published in the Saturday Review of Literature, 5, 12 and 19 September 1931, and was then published as a small book shortly after.

Accompanied by a first edition of the book. 32 pages. 12mo, original boards, minimal wear; inscribed "For K.B.L. [Katherine Bulkley Lowry] who owns the MS, with best wishes from C.M." New York: Henry, Longwell & Another, 1931.

Provenance: gift of the author to Katherine Bulkley Lowry (1903-1977) of Illinois; the notable Christopher Morley collection of Herman Abromson (1909-1988); Swann sale, 17 March 1994, lot 196; property of Steve Forbes.