$570
Literary Signatures, Ten Assorted Pieces: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) two autograph letters signed, declining to read a poem in public and inviting a Miss May to dinner, both 1881; Zane Grey (1875-1939) signed portrait photograph, thumbtack hole in top margin, 3 1/2 x 5 3/4 in.; James Russell Lowell (1819-1891) autograph letter signed from Elmwood, Cambridge, 1890; Mary Mapes Dodge (1831-1905) author of Hans Brinker , autograph letter signed, referring to Frank R. Stockton (1834-1902) and Mary Virginia Terhune (1830-1922) and Lucia Runkle, all contributors to Dodge's literary magazines circa 1870; Edward William Bok (1863-1930) coiner of the term, "living room," signed note with inspirational slogan on his Philadelphia letterhead, 1929, 4 x 6 in.; Charles Hughes, autographed card; Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb (1876-1944) humorist and columnist, autographed card; Donald Baxter MacMillan (1874-1970) Arctic explorer, autographed card, 1931; and a 1952 Fraternal Order of Eagles receipt.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2012-11-18
