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

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

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.

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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.
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