[Rarebooks] FS: Scarce Photograph of Oliver Wendell Holmes, SIGNED twice by him

Charles Agvent chagvent at ptd.net
Thu Mar 4 09:12:59 EST 2010


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HOLMES, Oliver Wendell. SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH. Boston: Notman, [@1880]. An 
oval albumen photograph mounted on a cabinet card (4-1/4" x 6-1/2") with 
a 99 Boylston Street imprint on the verso and SIGNED at the bottom 
margin below the image: "Oliver Wendell Holmes/Boston, June 16th 1880." 
Also INSCRIBED and SIGNED on the verso: "To F. Bennock/With the best 
regards of/O.W. Holmes." Darkening to edges on both sides. Near Fine and 
a handsome and scarce example. 		$1,500.00

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