JOHN BURROUGHS - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 02/02 - HFSID 157507
Price: $450.00
JOHN BURROUGHS
John Burroughs sends an autograph letter asking for a typed written
copy of his paper "Library Values" to make correction.
Autograph letter signed: "John Burroughs", 1p, 5x8. Mesh
Park, New York, no year February 2. In full: "Dear Jouner Could
you send me a typed written copy of my paper on 'Library Values'. I may want to
make some changes. If I come to N. Y. on 16 or 17 for a week could Mme J. have a
bed for me? Sincerely yours" John Burroughs (1837-1921)was a
naturalist and prolific nature writer, penning over 243 essays on his
association with birds, resulting in his nickname, "John o' Birds". A friend
of Walt Whitman, Burroughs also wrote Notes on Walt Whitman as Poet
and Person (1867), the first Whitman biography. In all, he penned
441 essays that were collected in 23 volumes. These works include
Birds and Poets (1877), Literary Values (1902), Ways of
Nature (1905) and Camping and Tramping with Roosevelt (1907). Letter
is fragile. Silk repairs on verso of letter show through and touch handwriting
but not signature. Chipped at margins.
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