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(ILLUSTRATORS.) Group of manuscript ephemera including Autographed Letters Signed by late-19th and turn-of-the-20th Century illustrators and notable figures, 3 with original illustrations. Various sizes and condition.
ALS by Henry Stevens, American bookseller and library curator for the British Museum, Smithsonian, Library of Congress, John Carter Brown Library, and other institutions. To an unknown recipient, listing 16 books he needs back immediately for inclusion in an unnamed sale. Written on recto of single folded 8vo page. Boston, 5 April 1870 by Peter Newell. A birth announcement congratulations to a friend. 1 page, 8vo. Leonia, N.J. 15 December 1904 Bernhard Gillam. ALS to Mr. Munn, about meeting in New York City to discuss a project called "Tail of Woe," with a humorous sketch of cat with tail stuck in a door captioned "A Tail of Whoa!". On his Judge magazine stationery. Toned and with fold marks. New York, 31 May 1888 Frederick B. Opper. Pencil, pen and ink cartoon of a distressed boy sledding down a hill, captioned in his hand below: "The Boy Who Borrowed Trouble." With four rhyming lines containing 3 pencil corrections. Inked (printer's?) number in right margin. Signed in full. Laid down on larger sheet of paper. Published in St. Nicholas monthly magazine, March 1896 Edward Penfield. Small watercolor and ink sketch of a woman riding a horse, 3 1/2x3 inches), Inscribed to Paul W. Miller, Signed in full, and dated New York, 27 Sept 1905. Some toning to corners ALS by Lynd Ward to an "Art" about his working with a Mildred Wolfson on organizing the sale of some portraits (implying his included) for the Artists Congress. 1 page, 8vo, on personal stationery. Echo Bay, Ontario, 30 July 1942.
