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FIELD, EUGENE. 1850-1895. Lullaby-Land. Songs of Childhood. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons; L...
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Marlborough, Massachusetts
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FIELD, EUGENE. 1850-1895. Lullaby-Land. Songs of Childhood. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons; London: John Lane, [n.d.]. 8vo, publisher's green cloth with title, author, and illustration gilt to front, top edge gilt, frontispiece and illustrations throughout by Charles Robinson, accompanied by an autograph letter signed by Field, in original envelope, dated December 24, 1894. Selection of poems made by Kenneth Grahame. Letter reads, 'Dear Mrs. Murfitt: We have let Nellie go. Mrs. Field found it impossible to put up with her impertinence. So we want you to come for a week or ten days to take charge of Billy. It seems too bad to call you away from home at Christmas time, but this is one of the 'fortunes of war'. So haste to our relief. Always cordially yours, Eugene Field.' For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
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FIELD, EUGENE. 1850-1895. Lullaby-Land. Songs of Childhood. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons; London: John Lane, [n.d.]. 8vo, publisher's green cloth with title, author, and illustration gilt to front, top edge gilt, frontispiece and illustrations throughout by Charles Robinson, accompanied by an autograph letter signed by Field, in original envelope, dated December 24, 1894. Selection of poems made by Kenneth Grahame. Letter reads, 'Dear Mrs. Murfitt: We have let Nellie go. Mrs. Field found it impossible to put up with her impertinence. So we want you to come for a week or ten days to take charge of Billy. It seems too bad to call you away from home at Christmas time, but this is one of the 'fortunes of war'. So haste to our relief. Always cordially yours, Eugene Field.' For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
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