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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.
[300/400]
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
NewYork City to discuss a project called “Tail of
Woe,” with a humorous sketch of cat with tail stuck in a door captioned “ATail of Whoa!”. On his
Judge magazine stationery.Toned and with fold marks. NewYork, 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
BoyWho BorrowedTrouble.”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
/
2
x3 inches), Inscribed to Paul W. Miller, Signed in full, and dated NewYork, 27
Sept 1905. Some toning to corners * ALS by Lynd Ward to an “Art” about his working with a
MildredWolfson 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.