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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr

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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr

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Auction Date:2013 Mar 21 @ 18:00 (UTC-05:00 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
Eminent American writer (1809–1894) best known for his collection The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table and the much-anthologized poem ‘The Chambered Nautilus.’ ALS signed “O. W. Holmes,” one page, 5 x 6, November 18, 1884. Letter to editor Richard Watson Gilder. In part: “I have tried to get at the date of the Daguerreotype. but I cannot find any evidence as yet. It was taken by Southworth, when he was in Tremont Row, but I find he was there from 1842 to 1861 and perhaps later.” In very good condition, with moderate overall toning, some scattered foxing, and a couple brushes to the ink. Accompanied by an original unsigned carte-de-visite bust portrait of Holmes, by Warren of Boston.