(WRITERS) Group of 22 items Signed or Signed and Inscribed

Sale 2699 - Lot 121

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(WRITERS.) Group of 22 items, Signed, or Signed and Inscribed. Format and condition vary. Vp, vd

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William Taylor Adams. Signature and date, "William T. Adams / & / 'Oliver Optic'," on slip of ruled paper. 2½x5 inches. Boston, 26 April 1872 • Louisa May Alcott. Signature, "L.M. Alcott," on slip of paper. 1¾x4 inches • Thomas Bailey Aldrich. Signature and date, on small card. 2¼x3½ inches. Elmwood, 1873 • Algernon Blackwood. ALS, to "Dear Madam," thanking for generous letter. 1 page, 8vo, "Grand Hôtel des Rasses" stationery, with integral blank. Sainte-Croix, 21 February 1911 • Robert Browning. Clipped Signature and date, on slip of paper. ½x5¼ inches. Audierne, 23 August 1868 • William Cullen Bryant. Signature and date, on slip of ruled paper mounted to card. 2½x5 inches. Np, 25 April 1872 • John Burroughs. ALS, to "Dear Mr Clark," introducing Ralph Hoffmann. ¾ page, 8vo. West Park, NY, 24 December 1897 • Alexandre Dumas; père. ALS, "AleDumas," to "My dear Paul [Foucher?]," in French, explaining that he must postpone their meeting to make corrections to Kean. 1 page, 8vo, with integral blank. Np, circa 1836 • Edward Everett Hale (2). AMS, "Edw. E. Hale," 9 lines including AQ from "Ten Times One is Ten" (1870) beginning "Look up and not down"; and brief ANS, "Edward E. Hale," to unnamed recipient: "I am glad to do / what you wish." Together 2 pages, oblong 8vo or 8vo • Oliver Wendell Holmes. Signature and date, on slip of paper. Boston, 20 February 1875 • Elbert Hubbard. ALS, to "Literary Editor 'Times'," thanking him for mentioning "Little Journeys" in his newspaper. 1 page, 8vo. East Aurora, NY, 29 July 1895 • Robert G. Ingersoll (3). ALS, to members of "Clover Club," declining to attend and remarking that "'clover' makes me dream of happy hours--of childhood's rosy cheeks--of dimpled babes--of wholesome loving wives--of honest men--of spring, and brooks, and violets . . . ." 3½ pages, 8vo, folded sheet; and ALS, "R.G. Ingersoll," to Ruby M. Allen, sending his autograph. 1 page, 8vo, personal stationery; and AQS: "God is an enthroned / guess. / R.G. Ingersoll." ½ page, 8vo. Washington, 17 January 1883; Dobbs Ferry, 17 August 1893; Np, nd • James Jones. TLS, to unnamed recipient, declining to write a poem due to commitments to a novel and film scripts. ½ page, oblong 8vo • Henry W. Longfellow (3). Brief ALS, to "Dear Madam," sending a signed poem [not present]. 1½ pages, 8vo, written on recto and verso of single sheet; and two clipped Signatures, one mounted to sheet. 1x3¼ or 2x4 inches. Cambridge, 3 March 1864; Np, nd; nd • Henry Miller. Clipped Signature, in green ink. ½x2¾ inches • William Lyon Phelps. ANS: "For / Miss Hamilton / all good / wishes from / her friend / WmLyon Phelps," on small card. 2½x3½ inches. Np, 1939 • Thornton Wilder. Signature and date, on small card. New Haven, March 1931.