Sale 2455 - Printed & Manuscript Americana, September 28, 2017

294 294 c   (WOMEN’S RIGHTS.) Harper, Ida Husted. Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony. 48 plates. xxiii, [1], 513; [15], [515]-1110 pages. Volumes I and II (of 3). 8vo, publisher’s buckram with gilt relief medallion portraits on front boards, moderate wear and light staining; moderate dampstaining toVolume I, front hinge split,Volume II lacking flyleaf, lacking the third volume, published in 1908 after Anthony’s death; first volume inscribed by Anthony on front free endpaper. Indianapolis, 1899 and 1898 [800/1,200] The first volume is inscribed “To Mrs. Grace Bartholomew, Pioneer, Michigan, I present these volumes because of dear Mr. D.A. Blodgett’s purchasing so many Histories of Woman Suffrage to give to his friends.Therefore please accept these for his sake, & oblige.Yours very sincerely, Susan B.Anthony, Roch- ester N.Y., Nov. 5, 1904.” Delos Abiel Blodgett of Grand Rapids, MI founded an orphanage which remains active today. Grace Richmond Bartholomew (1848-1920) was a farmer of Pioneer, MI; her connection to Blodgett and Anthony is unknown. 295 c   (WORLDWAR ONE.) Fairchild, Charlotte; photographer. Save Her from the Hun—Buy Liberty Bonds. Photograph, 10 x 8 inches, signed and inscribed “To Albert Flower, Charlotte Fairchild, 1918”; minimal foxing and wear; with detached partial printed label from “Charlotte Fairchild’s Studio, 5 East 47th Street, NewYork.” NewYork, [1918] [300/400] This photograph was reproduced in numerous newspapers and magazines across the country as part of the national effort to promote Liberty Bonds. It was part of a series of patriotic images which established Charlotte Elizabeth (Houston) Fairchild (1876-1927) as a prominent photographer. Seen here posing as the Statue of Liberty was Miss Frances Fairchild (1899-1943), a recent debutante and not coinci- dentally the photographer’s daughter. 295