[Rarebooks] FS: Eugene Field Published & Unpublished Manuscripts, beautifully bound

[Charles Agvent]

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FIELD, Eugene. PUBLISHED AND UNPUBLISHED POEMS AND MISCELLANEOUS. First 
Edition. A collection of mostly handwritten manuscript poems and 
miscellaneous writings by Field, some SIGNED by him, all neatly inlaid 
on larger pieces of paper and beautifully bound in full black morocco 
leather with gilt lettering on the front cover, gilt rules and 
decorations on both covers with different color morocco inlays, gilt 
doublures and silk pastedowns and endpapers, all edges gilt. Written in 
red, green, blue, and black ink as well as pencil, there are 30 poems 
and 23 other pieces including notes, annotated newspaper clippings, and 
a letter and poem of tribute to Field by Lee S. Pratt. Includes an 
attractively written and illustrated manuscript of Field's poem 
"Armenian Lullaby," a four-page apparently unpublished poem for noted 
Chicago physician Frank W. Reilly SIGNED and dated 9 Chicago 1886 at the 
conclusion by Field, and among many others, a sweet handwritten poem 
spoken by a little girl about her doll titled "The all eternal 
Instinct": "If she could talk, I'm sure she'd tell/How hard I've tried 
to be/As good a mamma to my Doll/As mamma is to me." A wealth of 
manuscript material beautifully presented. There is also a list titled 
"Subjects for Verses" and another titled "With Mr. Field's compliments," 
listing names and addresses of Julian Hawthorne, R. H. Stoddard, and 
others. Some fading to the ink, but mostly clear. Minor wear, close to Fine.

Eugene Field (1850-1895) wrote children's poetry and light, humorous 
articles written in a gossipy style. Among his best-known light-hearted 
poems are "Wynken, Blynken, and Nod" and "Little Boy Blue." (#020114)    
     $7,500

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