Homes and Haunts of the Poets, Original Etchings by W.B. Closson: Longfellow, Holmes, Hawthorne, Whittier, Emerson
Boston: L. Prang & Co., 1886. Ephemera no binding. [ETCHINGS] [ILLUSTRATION] [POETS]. Envelope flip-wrapper 6 ¼” x 7 ¾”; individual author envelope-style wrapper with flap, approximately 5 5/8” x 7 ¼”; cover leaf and plates are 5 ½” x 7’; plates are printed in sepia on thick chain-laid paper, plate mark clearly visible; some offsetting of sepia ink to verso preceding plate; outer wrapper and contents near fine. Scarce as a complete set and in this condition. Near fine. Item #1572
Longfellow: Portrait, Autograph, Birthplace—Portland, Residence—Cambridge, View on the Charles, Wayside Inn. 7 leaves including title leaf enclosed in a brown faux-leather textured envelop style wrapper with the poet’s name in gold embossed lettering.
Holmes: Portrait, Autograph, Birthplace—Cambridge, Study—Boston Residence, View from Study Window, “Humility Flat, which is below Pride’s Crossing.” 7 leaves including the title leaf enclosed in an ivory-colored faux-leather textured envelope style wrapper with the poet’s name in gold embossed lettering; one small stain in the margin of View from Study Window.
Hawthorne: Portrait, Autograph, Old Manse, Wayside, Walk on the Hill, The Hemlocks. 7 leaves including the title leaf enclosed in a dark green faux-leather textured envelope style wrapper with the poet’s name in gold embossed lettering.
Whittier: Portrait, Autograph, Birthplace—Haverhill, Mass., Residence—Amesbury, Oak Knoll, The Oaks. 7 leaves including title leaf enclosed in a brown faux-leather textured envelop style wrapper with the poet’s name in gold embossed lettering.
Emerson: Portrait, Autograph, Residence—Concord, The Pines, Walden Pond, The Musketaquid. 7 leaves including title leaf enclosed in a maroon faux-leather textured envelop style wrapper with the poet’s name in gold embossed lettering.
Price: $450.00