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ELIZABETH CHASE AKERS ALLEN - AUTOGRAPH POEM SIGNED 9/1902 - HFSID 296189The final lines of her well-loved poem "Rock Me to Sleep", signed as Elizabeth Akers Autograph Poem signed: "Clasped to your heart in a loving embrace,/With your light lashes just swiping my face,/Never hereafter to wake or to weep./Rock me to sleep, mother - Rock me to sleep!…"
Sale Price $552.50
$650.00
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PARK BENJAMIN SR. - AUTOGRAPH POEM SIGNED 03/25/1848 - HFSID 169476Handwritten copy of his well-known poem "The Departed", signed in black ink. Extremely rare! Autograph poem signed: "Park Benjamin/ Norwich, March 25, 1848" in black ink. 1 page, front and verso, 7½x9¼. March 25, 1848. Norwich, New York. In full: "The departed!…"
Sale Price $324.00
$360.00
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MORRIS FISHBEIN - AUTOGRAPH POEM SIGNED 11/9 - HFSID 17903Doctor and JAMA editor Morris Fishbein wrote a short four-line poem on this guestbook page Autograph poem signed "Morris Fishbein.". With two other unknown signatures on verso. 1 page, 7¾x2½. Dated: "Nov. 9".
Sale Price $108.00
$120.00
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THEODOR KIRCHHOFF - POEM SIGNED - HFSID 13526The German born author signs a short poem, written in purple ink. Extremely rare! Poem signed: "Theodor Kirchhoff", in purple ink, 8x6¼. Roughly translated: "Like the waves steady running, is my life, much behold: Soon by joy over swept, soon by storm wind fevered".
Sale Price $288.00
$320.00
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GEORGE FRANCIS TRAIN - AUTOGRAPH POEM SIGNED 03/06/1865 - HFSID 169240His autograph poem, a toast celebrating death (1865) Autograph Poem signed: "Geo. Francis Train", 1 page, 5x7½. Arlland (?), 1865 March 6. His poem titled "Eternity". In full: "So fill up your glasses steady/This world is a world of lies.…"
Sale Price $378.00
$420.00
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GEORGE FRANCIS TRAIN - AUTOGRAPH POEM SIGNED 07/19/1902 - HFSID 3860He subtly misquotes John Greenleaf Whittier, perhaps to make the verse apply to himself. Autograph Poem signed: "Ah well! The world is discreet./There are many who pause, and wait./But here is a man who plants his feet/ Sometimes in advance of fate!…"
Sale Price $324.00
$360.00
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GEORGE FRANCIS TRAIN - AUTOGRAPH POEM SIGNED 09/18/1887 - HFSID 169241The eccentric nineteenth-century American businessman writes a short poem to an autograph seeker, signs name twice in black ink Autograph poem signed twice: "Geo. Francis Train" and "Geo. Francis Train" in black ink. 1 page, 5x8. Madison Square, New York City. September 18 P.E.
Sale Price $378.00
$420.00
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LOUIS UNTERMEYER - AUTOGRAPH POEM SIGNED - HFSID 206135Louis Untermeyer pens and signs four lines of his poem Prayer. Autograph Poem signed: "Louis Untermeyer", 1p 5x7 on personal note paper. Prayer.
Sale Price $378.00
$420.00
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LOUIS UNTERMEYER - POEM SIGNED - HFSID 1244Louis Untermeyer signs his poem The Garland for Debs. Printed Poem signed: "Louis Untermeyer", 1p 8½x11. The Garland for Debs.
Sale Price $324.00
$360.00
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LOUIS UNTERMEYER - POEM SIGNED - HFSID 206134Louis Untermeyer signs his poem Scarcely Spring. Printed Poem signed: "Louis Untermeyer", 1p 5½x8¼. Scarcely Spring. In full: "Nothing is real. The world has lost its/edges;/The sky, uncovered, is the one thing clear.…"
Sale Price $324.00
$360.00
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COLONEL ALFRED M. WORDEN - INSCRIBED POEM SIGNED - HFSID 204733Worden, the Command Module pilot for the Apollo 15 mission, signed this typed copy of his poem Oceans "With Best Wishes" and "Apollo 15". Poem inscribed and signed: "To William-/With Best Wishes/Al Worden/Apollo 15", 1p, 8¼x11.
Sale Price $270.00
$300.00