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Van Wyck Brooks. The Flowering of New England, 1815-1865; Together with an ALS by Brooks Laid In. [New York]: E....
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Description
Van Wyck Brooks. The Flowering of New England, 1815-1865; Together with an ALS by Brooks Laid In. [New York]: E. P. Dutton & Co., 1936.First edition. Large octavo. 550 pages. Index.
Publisher's tan and blue gilt-stamped cloth. A fine copy in a lightly chipped dust jacket.
Laid in is a handwritten note, dated January 7, 1909 and signed by the then-23 year old Brooks; it is written on Doubleday, Page & Company stationery (the publishing house that employed Brooks upon his graduation from Harvard). The note is written to W. R. Benjamin, the pre-eminent dealer of autographs in New York at the time. Brooks writes: "Dear Mr. Benjamin, I send herewith a number of miscellaneous autographs, none, I fancy, of any special value. Keep the lot and let me have anything you can for them. Very truly yours, Van Wyck Brooks."
Auction Info
2008 October Grand Format Rare Books Auction #684 (go to Auction Home page)
Auction Dates
October, 2008
16th-18th
Thursday-Saturday
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