[ Photographs ] (Literary Figures) Strong compilation of 50 photographs of literary notables, comprising 26 images Of Samuel Clemens, a.k.a Mark Twain, and featuring shots of him standing before his boyhood home in Missouri, posed with kittens, with

[ Photographs ] (Literary Figures) Strong compilation of 50 photographs of literary notables, comprising 26 images Of Samuel Clemens, a.k.a Mark Twain, and featuring shots of him standing before his boyhood home in Missouri, posed with kittens, with Mrs. Clemens on board a steamer, with his trademark cigar, and playing cards with 3 pinafored girls on the porch of his home, as well as 2 stereo views of him at work, and a fine image of Twain sitting for his portrait bust; 23 photographs Of Sir James Barrie the author of Peter Pan, including images of him as a boy, Barrie at St. Andrews University, at a festival held in his honor in Dumfries, being carried aloft by students of Edinburgh University after having been chosen as the new chancellor; and 19 photographs of Edith Wharton, including a portrait of her as a young woman, a later shot taken in France, views of her various homes, and more. Albumen, printing-out paper, and silver prints, including several copy prints, various sizes from 7.75 x 9.75 inches to 3.5 x 2.75 inches several with highlighting, many with handwritten captions, dates, or typewritten caption labels, and cropping notations, in pencil or ink, and the majority with an agency handstamp on verso or mount verso. 1898-1940s E1800-2200 With - Group of five portraits of literary figures including a cabinet card Of Bell Scott, Ruskin and Rossetti, two photographs Of George Bernard Shaw, one of Joseph Conrad and another Of Thomas Wolfe, and the last of F. Scott Fitzgerald standing by his wife and daughter in their Paris apartment. One albumen and four silver prints, various sizes, two with highlighting, two with the photographer's handstamp on mount verso, and four with penciled, captions on verso. 188Os-1930s.