The collection of books, autograph letters and manuscripts of the late David Pell Secor of Derby, Conn
Subtitle: autographs ... : to be sold Friday afternoon, March 18, 1910
Publisher: Anderson Auction Company
Published: 1910
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 30
Subjects: Catalogs; Library
Notes: 303 lots.

"No. 822."

Manuscripts of famous poems: Holmes' "The Last Leaf," "Little Breeches" by John Hay; "Maryland" by James R. Randall; "When the Frost is on the Pumpkin" by James Whitcomb Riley; "Dixie" by Daniel D. Emmet; "Fredericksburg" by T.B. Aldrich; "In the Clouds" by W.D. Howells; "Autumn Thoughts" by John G. Whittier; etc.  Manuscripts of old songs: "Kathleen Mavourneen" by Prof. Crouch; "Ben Bolt" by Thos. Dunn English; "John Brown's Body" by H.J. Jenkins; "Bobolink" by John Burroughs; "Apple Blossoms" by H.N. Powers; etc.  Letters of authors: Lowell, Carlyle, Holmes, Aldrich, De Quincey; Disraeli, Edgeworth, Wm. Gilmore Simms, Stedman, G.P.R. James, Bulwer Lytton, Leigt [sic] Hunt, etc.  Famous men and women: Gen. Nath. Greene, Dolly Madison, H.B. STowe, P.T. Barnum, J.Q. Adams, Buchanan, Monroe, Harrison, etc.  Actors, artists, explorers and statesmen.  N.B.--By permission of the executor, enough additions have been made to complete the number required for the sale.

McKay, 6806

Place of sale: New York.

Date of sale: March 18th, 1910.