DONALD GRANT MITCHELL - AUTOGRAPH NOTE SIGNED - HFSID 222268
Price: $280.00
DONALD GRANT MITCHELL
The American author writes a response, signs name in black
ink
Autograph note signed: "Don G. Mitchell" in black ink. 4¼x2½
clipping. In full: "I don't know if I'm imagining I've been answered
before: if so, I will rate a No. 2". Donald Grant Mitchell
(1822-1908), also known by his penname Ik Marvel, was the grandson of
Revolutionary War-Era politician Stephen Mix Mitchell, who originally attended
Yale College and studied law and even was a member of the Skull and Bones
society, before ultimately deciding to study literature. After a brief stint as
a U.S. consul in Venice, Italy (1853-1854), Mitchell wrote his most
well-known work, Reveries of a Bachelor, or a Book of the Heart (1850)
(which was one of Emily Dickinson's favorite books), which explores the
dream-like lives Americans were living in at the time. His other works
include Dream Life, a Fable of the Seasons (1851), My Farm
of Edgewood (1863), About Old Story Tellers (1877), and
American Lands and Letters (1897). Piece torn in upper left
corner. Toned. Creased throughout. Small stains throughout. Ink notes in unknown
hand in bottom margin. Adhesive stains on verso. Otherwise, fine
condition.
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