Author: STONE, Lee A.
Title: Emerson Hough: President White Paper Club
Description: Chicago, N.p. [probably White Paper Club], 1923. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff wrappers. 3pp. Very good. Slightest of soiling -- overall tight and attractive. Eulogy by Stone, a well-known Chicago physician, who signs boldly in full in brown ink at the conclusion. Hough (1857-1923) was a journalist and rabid conservationist who authored popular novels such as "Singing Mouse Stories" (1895), "Mississippi Bubble" (1902) and "The Covered Wagon" (1922). He served as president of the White Paper Club -- a downtown Chicago group of writers, journalists and publishers -- and Stone's is a refreshingly simple, original and sincere expression. Tipped to the front wrapper, below the decorative leaf device that encircles the title, is a handsome large-margined signature of Hough (clipped from a letter, as "Yours sincerely" is typed above it). One "Time" magazine correspondent described Hough in 1923: "To discover the focal point of literary life in Chicago, that literary center of the middle-west, some say, indeed, of America, is a difficult task. Perhaps it is at the White Paper Club, where one finds genial Emerson Hough, active, white-haired, forward-looking rather than given to reminiscing, planning a fishing trip with enthusiasm!" The limitation of this pamphlet is unknown, but likely quite small as it would have been produced strictly for circulation among club members. Highly unusual. .
Keywords: American Literature
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Title: Emerson Hough: President White Paper Club
Description: Chicago, N.p. [probably White Paper Club], 1923. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff wrappers. 3pp. Very good. Slightest of soiling -- overall tight and attractive. Eulogy by Stone, a well-known Chicago physician, who signs boldly in full in brown ink at the conclusion. Hough (1857-1923) was a journalist and rabid conservationist who authored popular novels such as "Singing Mouse Stories" (1895), "Mississippi Bubble" (1902) and "The Covered Wagon" (1922). He served as president of the White Paper Club -- a downtown Chicago group of writers, journalists and publishers -- and Stone's is a refreshingly simple, original and sincere expression. Tipped to the front wrapper, below the decorative leaf device that encircles the title, is a handsome large-margined signature of Hough (clipped from a letter, as "Yours sincerely" is typed above it). One "Time" magazine correspondent described Hough in 1923: "To discover the focal point of literary life in Chicago, that literary center of the middle-west, some say, indeed, of America, is a difficult task. Perhaps it is at the White Paper Club, where one finds genial Emerson Hough, active, white-haired, forward-looking rather than given to reminiscing, planning a fishing trip with enthusiasm!" The limitation of this pamphlet is unknown, but likely quite small as it would have been produced strictly for circulation among club members. Highly unusual. .
Keywords: American Literature
Price: US$ 95.00 Seller: Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts
- Book number: 13405
- Book number: 13405
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