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LONGFELLOW, HENRY WADSWORTH
Collection of eight autograph letters signed to Paul Hamilton Hayne. Cambridge, 1872-1880
This is a fine series of letter from Longfellow, the most celebrated and popular poet in America, and Paul Hamilton Hayne, the most famous southern poet of his era. In the first letter Longfellow tells Haynes that the promised volume of poems has not reached him. He assures the South Carolina poet that “this is of no great consequence, as you know already my opinion of your writings.”
$9,000
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(BROADWAY.) HARRIS SAM H
Theater financial ledgers of Sam Harris, renowned Broadway producer. New York, 1924-1934
This massive manuscript ledger charts the fortunes of the shows of Sam Harris, the famed Broadway producer and theater owner, from 1924 through 1934.
$9,000
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Lowell, James Russell
Autograph manuscript “On a Certain Condescension in Foreigners.”. No Place, ca. 1869
$8,250
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WHITMAN, WALT
Autograph manuscript signed “Walt Whitman on the Poets.”. No place, [1885]
In this fascinating manuscript Whitman provides a newspaper with an article defending himself against attacks that he did not respect the great American poets of the day.
$7,500
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(HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL.) Pulsifer, David
Inscriptions from the Burying-Grounds in Salem, Massachusetts. Boston: James Loring, 1837
$7,500
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(WHITMAN, WALT.) Napoleon Sarony
Bust portrait of Whitman wearing a hat. New York, 1878
Boldly signed and dated 1879 by Whitman. Whitman observed of this delightful portrait, “It is one of my good-humored pictures. … This is strong enough to be right and gentle enough to be right, too: I like to be both: I wouldn’t like people to say ‘he is a giant’ and then forget I know how to love.”
$7,200
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WATSON, JAMES D
The Double Helix. In Atlantic Monthly. Boston, January and February 1968
FIRST EDITION of The Double Helix, preceding the publication in book form in late February 1968. Signed by James Watson on the front cover of each issue.
$4,800
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WHITMAN, WALT
Autograph note signed to John H. Johnston. Camden, March 7, 1887
Whitman writes to his good friend and benefactor John H. Johnston, the New York jeweler, evidently congratulating him on the birth of his child: “Bless the dear baby, & all babies – Love to you & wife, Walt Whitman.”
$4,800
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(WHITMAN, WALT)
Original drawing of Walt Whitman. no date, no place, 19th century
This original pen and ink drawing of Walt Whitman is mounted at the front of an 1888 edition of Leaves of Grass. The likeness of a jaunty, casual, Whitman wearing his trademark slouch hat takes its cue from the famous 1855 Hollyer engraving, but here we see an older Whitman with a full beard.
$4,800
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(WHITMAN, WALT.) Phillips & Taylor
Portrait of Walt Whitman holding a butterfly. Philadelphia, [early 1880s?]
A beloved Whitman photograph, framed with a large, bold signature of the poet.
$4,500