Mark Twain On Good Writing

Clemens, Samuel L. Autograph Letter Signed to Robert Barr. [Weggis, Switzerland, 16? September], 1897.

Mark Twain on Good Writing
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A FAMILY PRESENTATION COPY OF EMERSON'S POEMS

Emerson, Ralph Waldo. Poems. Boston: James Munroe, 1847.

Inscribed by Emerson's brother William. First American appearance in a book of Emerson's classic "Concord Hymn."
Price: $1800
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AN AMERICAN LITERARY TREASURE TROVE WITH 26 AUTOGRAPHS

Griswold, Rufus Wilmot. The Prose Writers of America. . . new edition revised and enlarged. Philadelphia: Porter and Coates, (c.1870).

Griswold's famous American prose anthology in its original deluxe alligator-skin binding, with autographs of many of the contributors.
Price: $3800
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HOLMES PROPOSES A NATIONAL ANTHEM

Holmes, Oliver Wendell. Autograph Manuscript Signed, "The Flower of Liberty". Boston, January 22, 1864.

One of Holmes's submissions to a contest to choose a national anthem
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MANUSCRIPT LINES FROM HOLMES'S "LAST LEAF"

Holmes, Oliver Wendell. Autograph Manuscript Signed, "The Last Leaf". Boston, December 4, 1879.

These lines comprise the final stanza of one of Holmes's most beloved poems.
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HOLMES, WHITTIER, AND LONGFELLOW —AN OUTSTANDING FIRESIDE POETS LETTER FROM THE WAKEMAN COLLECTION

Holmes, Oliver Wendell. Letter Signed "O.W. Holmes" to George Stewart, Jr. Boston, November 14, 1881.

Holmes discusses fellow poets Whittier and Longfellow with George Stewart, Jr.
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KEROUAC'S OWN ANNOTATED COPY OF DOSTOYEVSKY

(Kerouac, Jack.) Dostoyevsky, Fyodor. The Possessed. New York: Modern Library, 1936.

A fascinating glimpse at Kerouac's response to the work of one of his greatest literary influences.
Price: $12,500
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LONGFELLOW PRESENTATION COPY

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. Kéramos and Other Poems. Boston: Houghton, Osgood, 1878.

A charming Longfellow presentation copy.
Price: $2500
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A RARE EARLY LONGFELLOW PRESENTATION COPY

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. Hyperion: A Romance. New York: Samuel Colman, 1839.

First edition of Hyperion inscribed to Henry R. Cleveland.
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OUTSTANDING MAPS OF UPSTATE NEW YORK IN THE 1800s

(NEW YORK). An outstanding collection of six large manuscript maps documenting the early surveying and settlement of land in present day Ulster and Greene Counties, New York. Various publishers, 1804-1834.

An outstanding collection of six large manuscript maps of New York
Price: $7500
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