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Brown, John & Brown, John Jr. With First Edition Book

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:500.00 USD Estimated At:1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD
Brown, John & Brown, John Jr. With First Edition Book
<Our item number 140976><B>Brown, John & Brown, John Jr. With First Edition &#34;John Brown&#39;s Body.&#34;</B> &#40;1800-1859&#41; Abolitionist Leader who tried to start an armed slave rebellion. Portion of an autograph letter signed, &#34;Your Affectionate Father, John Brown&#34;, 3½ x 3½ in. With notation below &#34;Autograph of John Brown from letter addressed to John Brown Jr. March 24th, 1851 [signed] J. B. Jr.&#34; Fine. The letter has been pasted to the blank front flyleaf of a First Edition of Stephen Vincent Benet&#39;s novel in verse, &#34;John Brown&#39;s Body&#34; &#40;NY: Doubleday, Doran and Company, 1928&#41;, 377pp.The letter fragment has been neatly trimmed; some light glue stains in the corners, else fine. Bookplate of Otto Orren Fisher is attached inside the front book cover, with a short pencil notation. Protected by a mylar covering, the book has bumps to the top and bottom of the spine and lacks a dust jacket, and otherwise in very nice condition. <BR>Estimated Value &#36 ;1,000 - 2,000. <BR><BR>Our item number 140976<BR><IMAGES><P ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://www.goldbergcoins.net/liveauction/49jpegs/140976.jpg"> </P></IMAGES>