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 OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES AUTOGRAPH + 1844 1st Appearance of "TERPSICHORE" For Sale

 OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES AUTOGRAPH + 1844 1st Appearance of
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 OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES AUTOGRAPH + 1844 1st Appearance of "TERPSICHORE":
$115.00

Oliver Wendell Holmes (August 29, 1809 – October 7, 1894) Boston physician, medical reformer, poet, professor. inventor, lecturer; recognized as one of the best 19th century authors.

2 x 4 AUTOGRAPHED SLIP Signed "Yours truly, Oliver Wendell Holmes Boston Feb. 22nd 1873" pasted to a cut portion from an old album page. Also included is the 2-page 1844 FIRST APPEARANCE of his noted poem "TERPSICHORE." Holmes recited his new poemat the annual meeting of the Phi Beta Kappa Society in August, 1843 (as stated at the bottom left of first page) and it was subsequently published for the first time in the January 1844 issue of Graham's Magazine. The2 pages containing the poem have been removed from a Jan. 1844 disbound issue. Holmes signature and inscription faded, Terpsichore pages have jagged edges but the entire text is unaffected.

$115.00 + $4 Shipping US ONLY

PROVENANCE NOTES: I purchased this Oliver Wendell Holmes autograph from East Coast Book sales in August, 1987. As stated "Terpsichore" is from a disbound Jan. 1844 issue of Graham's. Both are from my personal collection which I started accumulating in the 1970s. Everything in my autograph collection was purchased from reputable sources such as East Coast Book sales, Harris sale Galleries, Remember When Antiquities, Richard J. Cohen, and Donald Dean of Discovery Gide. I also had a running advertisement throughout the 1980s in PCM (Paper Collectors’ Marketplace) through which I obtained a number of these.Nothing in this collection was purchased through or any other online source.

Note also that virtually everything was obtained before “COAs” became popular, so no such ‘certificate’ accompanied these items when I purchased them. I do, however, stand behind any autograph material I offer for sale, which comes with my personal, written, money-back guarantee ensuring your complete satisfaction.




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