$37,500
Autographed manuscript of the poem "If what we could/were what we would; /Criterion be small - It is the Ultimate of talk/the impotence to tell", 4 lines, signed ("Emily"), 1 page (6 1/8 x 3 7/8 inches), with manuscript presentation from Martha Dickinson Bianchi (her niece) to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mills, September 15, 1904. Presented as a wedding present to the Mills' from Bianchi. Tipped to the f.f.e.p. of Edited by Martha Dickinson Bianchi. Boston: Little, Brown, 1914. 8vo, original cream boards backed in cream cloth stamped in black, custom red morocco over marbled boards folding clamshell case, lettered in gilt. [Together with:] Autographed letter signed ("Edward Dickinson"), 1 page, Amherst, Mass., Nov. 24, 1840. And, Edited by R.W. Franklin. Cambridge: Belknap Press, 1998. 3 vols. Slipcased (3 items total)
Auctioneer:
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
Date:
2012-11-07
