1923. Original Manuscript. Single Sheet. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Unrecorded and unpublished typed manuscript poem by Conrad Aiken titled "Ballad of a Lost Man", from the papers of Dean Lebaron Russell Briggs of Harvard University, one of the key formative influences in Aiken's life. The poem (first..... More
North-East Harbor, ME: The Author, 1896. Autograph Letter. Single Sheet. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Typed Letter Signed from Charles W. Eliot (Harvard President, 1869-1909), to LeBaron Russell Briggs. 2 page, dated July 14, 1896, with minor holograph corrections and a bold signature. Eliot offers Briggs his advice..... More
North-East Harbor, ME: The Author, 1892. Autograph Letter. Single Sheet. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Typed Letter Signed from Charles W. Eliot (Harvard President, 1869-1909), to LeBaron Russell Briggs. 1 page, dated July 29, 1892, typed with a clear crisp signature, on Harvard letterhead but from Maine. Full..... More
