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Julia Ward Howe - First Printing of Battle Hymn

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Julia Ward Howe - First Printing of Battle Hymn
<Our item number 104376><B>Howe, Julia Ward - With First Printing of &#34;Battle Hymn of the Republic&#34;.</B> Signature on a 2¼x4½&#34; card, with a copy of the February 1862 issue of <U>The Atlantic Monthly</U> &#40;Boston: Ticknor and Firlds&#41;, containing the first printing of &#34;Battle Hymn of the Republic.&#34; Paper covers are toned and worn, split at the spine and partially held together with old tape; the inside pages are tightly bound with string and only lightly toned. There are a few marks above &#34;Battle Hymn of the Republic,&#34; which is printed as a poem, on the first page of the magazine, having five stanzas. This published version has a few changes from Howe&#39;s manuscript version, written in 1861, and a sixth stanza was not included &#40;For the story of how Mrs. Howe came to write the poem that became the most popular Northern song of the Civil War, see the description of the previous lot&#41;. <BR>Estimated Value &#36;2,000-3,000. <BR><BR>Our item number 104376<BR>< IMAGES><P ALIGN=CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://www.goldbergcoins.net/liveauction/38jpegs/104376.jpg"> </P></IMAGES> "