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ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS WARD - AUTOGRAPH SENTIMENT SIGNED 11/1882 - HFSID 222272

Handwritten sentiment signed in Andover, the town where she was born Autograph Sentiment signed: "Very truly yours/Elizabeth Stuart Phelps/Andover, Mass/November 1881", 3¾x2¼.

Sale Price $135.00

Reg. $160.00

Condition: Lightly soiled, otherwise fine condition
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ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS (WARD)
Handwritten sentiment signed in Andover, the town where she was born
Autograph Sentiment signed: "Very truly yours/Elizabeth Stuart Phelps/Andover, Mass/November 1881", 3¾x2¼. This popular author (1844-1911), born Mary Phelps, adopted her mother's name, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, when her mother died in 1852, and it was as Elizabeth Stuart Phelps that she published her first book, one of her popular children's stories, in 1864. In 1888 she married Herbert Dickinson Ward, a journalist 23 years her junior, and they collaborated on some of her later books. Phelps Ward wrote many children's books - often dealing with mature subjects like coping with death. She was among the first to popularize "tomboy" female characters. Her adult novels, beginning with The Gates Ajar (1868), were also popular. Her books included feminist and also religious themes. She died in Newton, Massachusetts in 1911. Adhesive residue on verso. Toned. Faint staining. Lightly soiled. Otherwise, fine condition.

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