AA7. Charles D. Fredricks & Co., NYC. Nathaniel Parker Willis (1806-1867). American poet and author. Lived at Idlewild on the Hudson. CDV. VG. $50
AA18. Elliott & Fry, London. Matthew Arnold (1822-1888). Noted English poet and critic. CDV. Two corners chipped. VG. $25
AA29. Pierre Petit, Paris. Alphonse Carr (1808-1890). French philosopher, journalist, and writer. He wrote “The more things change, the more things stay the same.” CDV. VG. $50
AA59. Elliott and Fry, London. Alfred Lord Tennyson (1809-1892). Great English poet. CDV. VG. $75
AA87. Black, Boston. Edward Everett Hale (1822-1909). American author and Unitarian clergyman. Author of “The Man Without a Country.” CDV. VG. $150
AA109. Sarony, NY. Cabinet Card of Josh Billings, the pen name of Henry Wheeler Shaw (1818-1885). VG. $125
AA119. Brady’s National Photographic Portrait Galleries, NY & Washington DC. Bayard Taylor (January 11, 1825 – December 19, 1878), American poet, literary critic, translator, and travel author. CDV. VG. $85
AA121. D. Appleton & Co., NY. Charles Dickens (1812-1870). CDV. VG. $150
AA122. E&HT Anthony. Victor Hugo (1802-1885). French poet, playwright, novelist, essayist, statesman, etc. CDV. VG. $125
AA125. D. Appleton & Co., NY. Henry Theodore Tuckerman (April 20, 1813 December 17, 1871), American writer, essayist and critic. Tuckerman was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He was a sympathetic and delicate critic, with a graceful style. He wrote extensively both in prose and verse. He travelled much in Italy, which influenced his choice of subjects in his earlier writings. These include The Italian Sketch-book (1835), Isabel, or Sicily: A Pilgrimage (1839); two volumes of verse, Poems (1851) and A Sheaf of Verse (1864); Thoughts on the Poets (1864), The Book of the Artists (1867), Leaves from the Diary of a Dreamer, etc. He was prominent in the literary life of New York City after 1845. CDV. VG. $65
AA127. D. Appleton & Co., NY. George William Curtis (1824-1892), American writer, public speaker; political editor of Harper’s Weekly. CDV. VG. $75
AA128. D. Appleton & Co., NY. Charles Mackay (1814-1889), Scottish poet, journalist and song writer. Wrote Extraordinary Popular Delusions & the Madness of Crowds in 1841. CDV. VG. $75
AA134. Brady’s National Portrait Gallery, published by E&HT Anthony. George Dennison Prentice was the editor of the Louisville Journal, which he built into a major newspaper. He attracted readers by satire as well as exaggerated reporting and support of the Know-Nothing Party in the 1850s. His writing was said to contribute to rabid anti-Catholic and anti-foreigner sentiment, and a riot in 1855. During the Civil War, he created and wrote about a fictional guerrilla “Sue Mundy,” whose activities he used to taunt the Union military commander of the state. CDV. VG. $125
AA135. Wm. H. Guild, Jr. Fanny Fern. Sara Willis Parton (1811-1872); American writer, 1st woman to have a regular newspaper column (NY Ledger); highest paid columnist in the US in 1855. CDV. VG. $225
AA154. Gurney, NY. Fanny Fern. Sara Willis Parton (1811-1872); American writer, 1st woman to have a regular newspaper column (NY Ledger); highest paid columnist in the US in 1855. This CDV was previously the property of Sidney Strober and was part of Lot 272 in the Strober Auction of Feb. 7, 1970, held at the Parke-Bernet Gallery in NYC. Trimmed at bottom. G. $225
AA155. Wm. H. Guild, Jr. Fanny Fern. Sara Willis Parton (1811-1872); American writer, 1st woman to have a regular newspaper column (NY Ledger); highest paid columnist in the US in 1855. This CDV was previously the property of Sidney Strober and was part of Lot 272 in the Strober Auction of Feb. 7, 1970, held at the Parke-Bernet Gallery in NYC. Trimmed at bottom. G. $200
AA156. Case & Getchell, Boston. Sara Jane Lippincott, known as Grace Greenwood, born on September 23, 1823, in Pompey, New York. Grace Greenwood became a popular poet, children’s scribe and journalist who was The New York Times’ first female writer. She was a staunch abolitionist and champion of women’s rights, actively hitting the lecture circuit, and lived in Europe for a time. The author of many books, including a biography of Queen Victoria, Greenwood died on April 20, 1904. This CDV was previously the property of Sidney Strober and was part of Lot 272 in the Strober Auction of Feb. 7, 1970, held at the Parke-Bernet Gallery in NYC. G. $100
AA160. Warren’s Portraits, Boston. William Taylor Adams, aka Oliver Optic. William Taylor Adams (July 30, 1822 – March 27, 1897), pseudonym Oliver Optic, was a noted academic, author, and a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives. This CDV was previously the property of Sidney Strober and was part of Lot 272 in the Strober Auction of Feb. 7, 1970, held at the Parke-Bernet Gallery in NYC. VG. $125
AA161. Gurney & Son, NY. James Parton. James Parton (February 9, 1822 – October 17, 1891) was an English-born American biographer who wrote books on the lives of Horace Greeley, Aaron Burr, Andrew Jackson, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and Voltaire. This CDV was previously the property of Sidney Strober and was part of Lot 272 in the Strober Auction of Feb. 7, 1970, held at the Parke-Bernet Gallery in NYC. VG. $125
AA164. Charles D. Fredricks & Co., NY. Fitz-Greene Halleck (July 8, 1790 – November 19, 1867) was an American poet notable for his satires and as one of the Knickerbocker Group. Born and reared in Guilford, Connecticut, he went to New York City at the age of 20, and lived and worked there for nearly four decades. He was sometimes called “the American Byron”. His poetry was popular and widely read but later fell out of favor. It has been studied since the late twentieth century for its homosexual themes and insights into nineteenth-century society. In 1832, Halleck, a cultural celebrity, started working as personal secretary and advisor to the philanthropist John Jacob Astor, who appointed him as one of the original trustees of the Astor Library. Given an annuity by Astor’s estate, in 1849 Halleck retired to Guilford, where he lived with his sister Marie Halleck for the remainder of his life. This CDV was previously the property of Sidney Strober and was part of Lot 272 in the Strober Auction of Feb. 7, 1970, held at the Parke-Bernet Gallery in NYC. G. $65
AA165. Charles D. Fredricks & Co., NY. Fitz-Greene Halleck (July 8, 1790 – November 19, 1867) was an American poet notable for his satires and as one of the Knickerbocker Group. Born and reared in Guilford, Connecticut, he went to New York City at the age of 20, and lived and worked there for nearly four decades. He was sometimes called “the American Byron”. His poetry was popular and widely read but later fell out of favor. It has been studied since the late twentieth century for its homosexual themes and insights into nineteenth-century society. In 1832, Halleck, a cultural celebrity, started working as personal secretary and advisor to the philanthropist John Jacob Astor, who appointed him as one of the original trustees of the Astor Library. Given an annuity by Astor’s estate, in 1849 Halleck retired to Guilford, where he lived with his sister Marie Halleck for the remainder of his life. This CDV was previously the property of Sidney Strober and was part of Lot 272 in the Strober Auction of Feb. 7, 1970, held at the Parke-Bernet Gallery in NYC. VG. $65
AA166. Charles D. Fredricks & Co., NY. Fitz-Greene Halleck (July 8, 1790 – November 19, 1867) was an American poet notable for his satires and as one of the Knickerbocker Group. Born and reared in Guilford, Connecticut, he went to New York City at the age of 20, and lived and worked there for nearly four decades. He was sometimes called “the American Byron”. His poetry was popular and widely read but later fell out of favor. It has been studied since the late twentieth century for its homosexual themes and insights into nineteenth-century society. In 1832, Halleck, a cultural celebrity, started working as personal secretary and advisor to the philanthropist John Jacob Astor, who appointed him as one of the original trustees of the Astor Library. Given an annuity by Astor’s estate, in 1849 Halleck retired to Guilford, where he lived with his sister Marie Halleck for the remainder of his life. This CDV was previously the property of Sidney Strober and was part of Lot 272 in the Strober Auction of Feb. 7, 1970, held at the Parke-Bernet Gallery in NYC. VG. $65
AA167. Photographic Negative from Brady’s National Portrait Gallery, published by E. Anthony, NY. Fitz-Greene Halleck (July 8, 1790 – November 19, 1867) was an American poet notable for his satires and as one of the Knickerbocker Group. Born and reared in Guilford, Connecticut, he went to New York City at the age of 20, and lived and worked there for nearly four decades. He was sometimes called “the American Byron”. His poetry was popular and widely read but later fell out of favor. It has been studied since the late twentieth century for its homosexual themes and insights into nineteenth-century society. In 1832, Halleck, a cultural celebrity, started working as personal secretary and advisor to the philanthropist John Jacob Astor, who appointed him as one of the original trustees of the Astor Library. Given an annuity by Astor’s estate, in 1849 Halleck retired to Guilford, where he lived with his sister Marie Halleck for the remainder of his life. This CDV was previously the property of Sidney Strober and was part of Lot 272 in the Strober Auction of Feb. 7, 1970, held at the Parke-Bernet Gallery in NYC. VG. $65
AA171. Warren’s Portraits, Boston. Jacob Abbott (November 14, 1803 – October 31, 1879), an American writer of children’s books. He wrote over 200 books. This CDV was previously the property of Sidney Strober and was part of Lot 272 in the Strober Auction of Feb. 7, 1970, held at the Parke-Bernet Gallery in NYC. G. $50
AA194. Brady’s National Portrait Gallery, published by E&HT Anthony. Henry Jarvis Raymond (1820-1860), co-founder of the NY Times. CDV. VG. $75
AA196. Benque, Paris. Pierre Loti (pseudonym of Louis Marie-Julien Viaud; 14 January 1850 – 10 June 1923) was a French naval officer and novelist, known for his exotic novels. Chipped corner top right. Cabinet Card. G. $75
AA198. Brady’s National Photographic Portrait Galleries, NY. Walt Whitman. G. $950
AA199. C.D. Fredricks & Co., NY. Donald Grant Mitchell (April 12, 1822 – December 15, 1908) was an American essayist and novelist who usually wrote under the pen name Ik Marvel. Mitchell, the grandson of politician and jurist Stephen Mix Mitchell, was born in Norwich, Connecticut. He graduated from Yale College in 1841, where he was a member of Skull and Bones and studied law, but he soon took up literature. Throughout his life he showed a particular interest in agriculture and landscape gardening, which he followed at first in pursuit of health. He served as U.S. consul at Venice, Italy, from 1853 to 1854, and in 1855 he settled at his estate, called Edgewood, near New Haven, Connecticut. He was best known as the author (under the pseudonym of “Ik Marvel”) of the sentimental essays contained in the volumes Reveries of a Bachelor, or a Book of the Heart (first published in book form in 1850) and Dream Life, a Fable of the Seasons (1851). Reveries of a Bachelor examines the dream-like lives Americans were living at the time. It was one of the top best sellers of its time but has received little attention from 19th century literary critics. In the text, Ik Marvel theorizes on boyhood, country life style, marriage, travel, and dreaming. Dream Life, a Fable of the Seasons, was dedicated to Washington Irving, to whom Mitchell was introduced by Lewis Gaylord Clark. Irving said of the dedication: “Though I have a great disinclination in general to be the object of literary oblations and compliments… I have enjoyed your writings with such peculiar relish and have been so drawn toward the author by the qualities of head and heart evinced in them, that I confess I feel gratified by the dedication”. Mitchell produced books of travel and volumes of essays on rural themes including Reveries of a Bachelor (1850), My Farm of Edgewood: A Country Book (1863), sketchy studies of English monarchs and of English and American literature, and a character novel entitled Doctor Johns (1866). His other works include About Old Story-tellers (1878) and American Lands and Letters (1897–99). Reveries of a Bachelor was one of poet Emily Dickinson’s favorite books. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., called him “one of the pleasantest of our American writers.” VG. $100
AA200. Photographic negative from Brady’s National Portrait Gallery, published by E&HT Anthony. John Godfrey Saxe I (June 2, 1816 – March 31, 1887) was an American poet known for his re-telling of the Indian parable “The Blind Men and the Elephant,” which introduced the story to a Western audience. He also said “Laws, like sausages, cease to inspire respect in proportion as we know how they are made.” Trimmed at bottom. CDV. G. $85
AA202. C.D. Fredricks & Co., NY. Bayard Taylor (January 11, 1825 – December 19, 1878), American poet, literary critic, translator, and travel author. CDV. VG. $100
AA208. Pair of CDVs of Longfellow and his wife. Longfellow is by Black & Case, Boston and has a cancelled tax stamp on verso. Mrs. Longfellow is by Silsbee, Case & Co., published by Williams & Everett, Boston. G. $100
AA209. Note on verso says “Brady neg.” William Cullen Bryant (November 3, 1794 – June 12, 1878) was an American romantic poet, journalist, and long-time editor of the New York Evening Post. Mounted on thin card. VG. $65
AA210. C.D. Fredricks & Co., NY. William Cullen Bryant (November 3, 1794 – June 12, 1878) was an American romantic poet, journalist, and long-time editor of the New York Evening Post. E. $85
AA211. Starr, [Philadelphia]. Interesting CDV by Starr of Richard Harding Davis dressed as a tough. Showing how he disguised himself to get a story. Richard Harding Davis (April 18, 1864 – April 11, 1916) was an American journalist and writer of fiction and drama, known foremost as the first American war correspondent to cover the Spanish–American War, the Second Boer War, and the First World War. His writing greatly assisted the political career of Theodore Roosevelt. He also played a major role in the evolution of the American magazine. His influence extended to the world of fashion, and he is credited with making the clean-shaven look popular among men at the turn of the 20th century. G. $75
AA215. Photographie Delphin E. Montastier. Pierre Loti (pseudonym of Louis Marie-Julien Viaud 14 January 1850 – 10 June 1923) was a French naval officer and novelist, known for his exotic novels and short stories. Cabinet Card. Corner chip o/w VG. $25
PPCDV171. Photographic Negative from Brady’s National Portrait Gallery, published by E. Anthony. Horace Greeley (February 3, 1811 – November 29, 1872) was an American newspaper editor and publisher who was the founder and editor of the New-York Tribune. Long active in politics, he served briefly as a congressman from New York, and was the unsuccessful candidate of the new Liberal Republican Party in the 1872 presidential election against incumbent President Ulysses S. Grant, who won by a landslide. Greeley was born to a poor family in Amherst, New Hampshire. He was apprenticed to a printer in Vermont and went to New York City in 1831 to seek his fortune. He wrote for or edited several publications and involved himself in Whig Party politics, taking a significant part in William Henry Harrison’s successful 1840 presidential campaign. The following year, he founded the Tribune, which became the highest-circulating newspaper in the country through weekly editions sent by mail. Among many other issues, he urged the settlement of the American Old West, which he saw as a land of opportunity for the young and the unemployed. He popularized the slogan “Go West, young man, and grow up with the country.” He endlessly promoted utopian reforms such as socialism, vegetarianism, agrarianism, feminism, and temperance while hiring the best talent he could find. Greeley’s alliance with William H. Seward and Thurlow Weed led to him serving three months in the House of Representatives, where he angered many by investigating Congress in his newspaper. In 1854, he helped found and may have named the Republican Party. Republican newspapers across the nation regularly reprinted his editorials. During the Civil War, he mostly supported Abraham Lincoln, though he urged the president to commit to the end of slavery before Lincoln was willing to do so. After Lincoln’s assassination, he supported the Radical Republicans in opposition to President Andrew Johnson. He broke with the Radicals and with Republican President Ulysses Grant because of corruption, and Greeley’s view that Reconstruction era policies were no longer needed. Greeley was the new Liberal Republican Party’s presidential nominee in 1872. He lost in a landslide despite having the additional support of the Democratic Party. He was devastated by the death of his wife five days before the election and died one month later, before the Electoral College met. VG. $150
AA229. J. Gurney & Sons, NY. George Bancroft (1800-1891), American historian. CDV. VG. $75
AA231. Warren, Boston, Mass. John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892), American Quaker poet. CDV. VG. $85
AA232. Edmund H. Yates (1831-1894), journalist & novelist. CDV. G. $25
AA233. E&HT Anthony, NY. Charles Dickens (1812-1870), English novelist. CDV. VG. $125
AA234. Parke Godwin (1816-1904), American journalist and author. Trimmed at bottom. CDV. G. $35
AA235. James G. Bennett (1841-1918), American editor, N.Y. Herald, son of J.G. Bennett, Sr. Trimmed at bottom. CDV. G. $45
AA236. E. Cox Walker, Liverpool. Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882), American clergyman, essayist, and poet. CDV. VG. $125
AA237. Warren, Boston, Mass. Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882), American clergyman, essayist, and poet. CDV. VG. $85
AA238. E&HT Anthony. Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882), American clergyman, essayist, and poet. CDV. VG. $75
AA239. Warren, Boston. Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882), American clergyman, essayist, and poet. CDV. VG. $75
AA240. Mora, NY. William C. Bryant (1794-1878), American poet and editor. CDV. VG. $85
AA241. Sarony, NY. William C. Bryant (1794-1878), American poet and editor. CDV. VG. $85
AA242. Sarony, NY. William C. Bryant (1794-1878), American poet and editor. Trimmed. CDV. G. $65
AA243. J. Lothrop Motley (1814-1877), American historian. CDV. VG. $65
AA244. Silsbee, Case & Co., Boston. J. Lothrop Motley (1814-1877), American historian. CDV. VG. $75
AA245. Sarony, NY. William C. Bryant (1794-1878) and Peter Cooper (1791-1883), American poet and American philanthropist. CDV. VG. $125
AA246. Gurney, NY. Bret Harte (1836-1902), American author. Trimmed. CDV. $65
AA249. Warren, Boston. Edward Everett Hale (1822-1909), American author. Wrote “The Man without a Country.” CDV. VG. $85
AA250. Warren, Boston. Henry W. Longfellow (1807-1882), American poet. CDV. VG. $85
AA251. Williams & Everett, Boston. Frances Appleton Longfellow, second wife of Henry W. Longfellow. CDV. G. $50
AA252. Henry W. Longfellow (1807-1882), American poet. CDV. VG. $75
AA253. Henry W. Longfellow (1807-1882), American poet. CDV. VG. $75
AA254. J.W. Black, Boston. Henry W. Longfellow (1807-1882), American poet. CDV. VG. $85
AA255. Black, Boston. Henry W. Longfellow (1807-1882), American poet. CDV. VG. $85
AA256. David Ross Locke aka Petroleum V. Nasby (1833-1888), American editor & publisher. On thin mount. Trimmed. CDV. G. $65
AA257. Henry W. Longfellow (1807-1882), American poet. CDV. VG. $75
AA258. G.L. Hurd, Providence, R.I. David Ross Locke, aka Petroleum Nasby (1833-1888), editor & publisher. CDV. VG. $75
AA259. J.W. Black, Boston. Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894), American doctor and poet. CDV. VG. $75
AA260. Black, Boston. Olvier Wendell Holmes (1809-1894), American doctor, writer, etc. CDV. VG. $75
AA261. [Black, Boston]. Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894), American doctor, writer, etc. On thin mount. CDV. VG. $65
AA262. Silsbee, Case & Co., Boston. Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894), American doctor, writer, etc. CDV. VG. $75
AA263. Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894), American doctor, writer, etc. CDV. VG. $65
AA264. Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894), American doctor, writer, etc. CDV. VG. $75
AA265. Gurney & Son, NY. Henry W. Shaw, aka Josh Billings (1818-1885), American humorist. CDV. VG. $75
AA266. Henry W. Shaw, aka Josh Billings (1818-1885), American humorist. On thin mount. VG. $65
AA268. Sarony, NY. David Ross Locke aka Petroleum V. Nasby (1833-1888), American editor & publisher. On thin mount. G. $65