[Rarebooks] FS: Scarce SIGNED Photograph of Hans Christian Andersen

[Charles Agvent]

ANDERSEN, Hans Christian. SIGNED CARTE-DE-VISITE PHOTOGRAPH. Portland 
[ME]: Lamson, n.d. Wonderful SIGNED photograph (2-1/2" x 3-7/8") of Hans 
Christian Andersen seated at a small table and holding an open book. On 
the otherwise blank verso of the photograph, Andersen has written, in 
English, "The first moment of arrival at home is however the Bouquet of 
the whole voyage!" with his full SIGNATURE below: "Hans Christian 
Andersen." The photograph was given to George Helm Yeaman who had been 
appointed by President Abraham Lincoln to the post of Minister 
Plenipotentiary to Denmark where he served under the Grant 
Administration initiating conversations which eventually resulted in the 
purchase of the Virgin Islands. At the end of Grant's Administration, he 
returned to New York and it was at this time that Andersen gave him the 
inscribed picture. With the original description and folder of Walter 
Benjamin Autographs. Fine.

Hans Christian Andersen (1805 - 1875) was a prolific writer in many 
genres but is best remembered for his 156 fairy tales including "The 
Emperor's New Clothes," "The Little Mermaid," "The Red Shoes," "The 
Princess and the Pea," "The Snow Queen," "The Ugly Duckling," "The 
Little Match Girl," and "Thumbelina." (#020626)        $6,000

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