Autograph Album, 1860s-1880s.

Autograph Album, 1860s-1880s. Octavo, printed by Lippincott in Philadelphia, containing autographs, signed cards, clipped signatures, and a few letters, approximately 100 in total, including: John Greenleaf Whittier, Schuyler Colfax, Samuel F.B. Morse, Robert E. Lee, P.T. Barnum, Horace Greeley, Oliver Wendell Holmes, William Cullen Bryant, Charles Sumner, Bronson Alcott, Thomas Nast (with a drawing), and many others, full original morocco, ex libris Harlan G. Mendenhall, a clergyman and journalist who worked for a time at the Springfield Republican newspaper in Massachusetts; sewing perished, boards detached, 7 1/2 x 5 in. Estimate $1,200-1,500 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.