[Women Suffrage - Civil Rights - Autographs] A Unique Extra-Illustrated Life of Susan B. Anthony With More Than 30 Autograph

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An Eclectic Collection: the Library of the Late Dr. Ivan Gilbert of Columbus by Cowan's Auctions

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Jun 5, 2017 - Jun 26, 2017

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Harper, Ida Husted. THE LIFE AND WORK OF SUSAN B. ANTHONY INCLUDING PUBLIC ADDRESSES, HER OWN LETTERS AND MANY FROM HER CONTEMPORARIES DURING FIFTY YEARS... A STORY OF THE EVOLUTION OF THE STATUS OF WOMAN IN TWO VOLUMES. ILLUSTRATED WITH PORTRAITS, PICTURES OF HOMES, ETC. Indianapolis and Kansas City: The Bowen-Merrill Company, 1899, 1898. Two Volumes. 9 1/2 by 6 inches in an early custom binding of 1/2 leather and marbled boards. A unique extra-illustrated set with extensive additions of autograph and manuscript material, including:

Volume I:

Susan B. Anthony, clipped signature tipped-in at frontis.

Benjamin Butler, 2 page ALs re: Women's Rights and Constitution, approx. 200 words (separation at folds).

Oliver Wendell Holmes, 10 word ANs, 2/19/1860.

Lucy Stone, ANs, 15 words, 9/1/1885.

Gerrit Smith, 2 page ALs, approx. 160 words, regarding Convention.

Amelia Bloomer, 4 page ALs, approx. 450 words regarding locating file copies of "The Lily," for display at the Columbian Exposition, 2/1/1893. "But then, who would have done the pioneer work if I had not done it?"

Wm. Lloyd Garrison, clipped signature (paper repair not affecting autograph).

Lucretia Mott, 3 page ALs, approx. 320 words, "As our cause advances with civilization the fashionable long trains, expensive jewelry, and other so called ornaments of woman's attire will drop off and give place to a more permanent and convenient suit as with intelligent men."

Wendell Phillips, 4 page ALs, approx. 250 words, 6/20/1870, "...temperance, finance, which is but another name for the labor movement, and women's rights, are the three radical questions which over top all others in value and importance."

Mr. E. F. Ellett, partial ANs, 1/22/1861.

Frederick Douglass, 1 page ANs, approx. 140 words, to Susan B. Anthony on the death of her father. 11/28/1862 - ink faded.

Anna Dickinson, 4 page ALs, 150 words.

Robert Purvis, 2 page ALs to S.B. Anthony and E.C. Stanton, on Reconstruction; approx. 180 words. (separation at fold.)

Henry Ward Beecher, 2 page ANs, Brooklyn, 10/2/1872.

George Francis Train, 3 page ALs, 11/8/1867; approx. 250 words.

Invitation to St. Cloud Hotel, Jan. 21, year ?.

Robert Ingersoll, ANs (Pacific Hotel, St. Joseph, MO.) 11/22/1882.

Abby Sage Richardson, 2 page ANs, 2/24/1885.

Victoria Woodhull, 1 page ALs to E.C. Stanton, on her stationery; approx. 125 words, signature trimmed closely.

Lydia P. Mott, 2 page ANs, 1854 with envelope addressed to, "Lydia Mott, Abolitionist." "When passing to some convention do try to call and see thy aged cousin.."

Volume II:

Wade Hampton, 1 page ANs, approx. 50 words, 9/4/1893.

Harriet Beecher Stowe, cut signature.

Ellen Terry, postcard signed "ET."

O.B. Frothingham, 3 page ALs, approx. 200 words, 12/20/1874.

George W. Childs, ANs, 25 words.

Maria Mitchell, 2 page ALs, 120 words; Vernon College.

John Greenleaf Whittier, Autograph sentiment.

Lilian Whiting, 2 pages manuscript poetry, signed.

George W. Curtis, 2 page ALs, approx. 140 words, 12/26/1859.

Mrs. Potter Palmer, 2 page ALs, 8/11/1891; approx. 120 words (Head of Columbian Exposition).

Isabel Somerset, 4 page ANs, approx. 120 words.

Frances Willard, 2 page ALs, 10/25/1875; approx. 140 words, on WCTU letterhead.

Mrs. Leland Stanford, 3 page ANs, 8/25/1896.

Mrs. Jefferson (Varina) Davis, 3 page ALs, from Beauvoir House, 1/3/1889 (Re: President Cleveland's inauguration; Negro servants; Mr. Davis, etc.) approx. 250 words.

Annie Besant, 2 page ANs, 10/26/1883, approx. 40 words.

Helen Miller Gould, 2 page Ns, 7/ 24/1902.

Lady Battersea, ALs 4 pages, approx. 150 words.

Sallie Joy White, ALs 4 pages, approx. 225 words, 7/5/1881.

Volume I is inscribed by the author to: "Mr. and Mrs. Frank P. Sargent, with the highest regards of the author, Ida Husted Harper, May 23, 1906." Frank P. Sargent (1851-1908) was a union official and served in the Roosevelt administration as the Commissioner General of Immigration.

Condition

With professional restoration to the binding, joints and edges, and tissue reinforcement to the inner hinges. Binding solid and sound; manuscript material generally in Very Good condition. Housed in a custom cloth slipcase. There was a final 3rd volume of the work published as a memorial in 1908 - which is not here present.
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