BRANDER MATTHEWS - AUTOGRAPH NOTE SIGNED 02/13/1906 - HFSID 32667
Sale Price $144.00
Reg. $160.00
BRANDER MATTHEWS
The author invites someone to a luncheon on Washington's Birthday.
Autograph Note signed: "Brander Matthews", 2 pages (front and verso), 4½x3½. 681 West End Avenue, [New York City], 1906 February 13. To "Dear Jim", in full: "Can you lunch here at 1:30 on Washington's Birthday? I'm asking Mark and Bronson and Runnels [?]". Brander Matthews(1852-1929) taught literature at Columbia University and wrote many fiction and nonfiction books of his own. He co-authored with Laurence Hutton a book about contemporary British and American actors. He was President of the Modern Language Association of America, first chairman of the Simplified Spelling Board, and recipient of France's Legion of Honor award. His "dramatic museum" of costumes, scripts, props and other stage memorabilia at Columbia has been broken up, but an English professorship at the University still bears his name. Slightly worn at edges. Otherwise, fine condition.
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