Signed manuscript poem / The Hawthorn Tree
by Dole, Nathan Haskell (1852–1935)
- Used
- very good
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Elizabethtown, New York, United States
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About This Item
An uncommon manuscript poem by the prolific American author, editor, and translator. Entirely in Dole's hand and signed by him in full at the bottom. Undated, but the poem was first published in 1895 in The Hawthorn Tree and Other Poems (NY: Thomas Y. Crowell.) 9 x 6 inches on cream paper. Blank verso. VG with light mailing fold in the center. Dole (1852-1935) was born in Massachusetts and raised in Maine. After graduating from Harvard, he had a brief teaching career before gaining prominence as a writer and journalist in Philadelphia, New York, and Boston. He was a well-known translator, most notably of Tolstoy and other Russian authors. His translations included the first American edition of Anna Karenina and a variorum edition of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám. His many literary acquaintances and friends included Emerson, Longfellow, Lowell, and Whitman.
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- Bookseller
- Lux Libri (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 047738
- Title
- Signed manuscript poem / The Hawthorn Tree
- Author
- Dole, Nathan Haskell (1852–1935)
- Format/Binding
- No Binding
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Size
- 8vo - over 7� - 9�" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry; Ephemera; Autographs;
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