Author: MARSH, Luther R.
Title: The Great Debates Among the Kates: Stenographic Report
Description: New York, Dempsey & Carrol, n.y. Paperback. 32mo. Stiff tan wrappers. (15pp). Very good. Tight and attractive, with a front wrapper title "Katy Did or Katy Did n't" in green and a large graphic of this insect, likewise in green. Probable sole edition. Marsh inscribes the title page handsomely to "Mrs Fanny Barrow / with regards of / The Reporter, / Luther R. Marsh." Marsh also tips in a newsprint clipping of three additional stanzas to a rear flyleaf, then on the penultimate text page inks in an insert mark and writes, "post 3 verses." Clever comical verse about katydids and their cricket-like noise, speculating what they must be gossiping about -- and its obvious parallels to the human condition. Accompanied by a fine content Autograph Letter Signed from Marsh, 3pp, 5" X 8", n.p. 1888 May 9. Addressed to "Aunt Fanny" (Frances Elizabeth Barrow, 1822-94, author of many popular children's tales under the nom-de-plume "Aunt Fanny"). Very good. Heavy mounting traces on blank fourth leaf. Starts off: "Your charming ditty / Is sweetly witty: / For which I send my thanks. / To make amend / I hereby send / Our Katy's little pranks." Marsh must have been embroiled in some controversy at the time, for he comments: "Did you ever know a fellow of my size, who could, of a sudden, out of a clear sky, evoke such a newspaper cyclone, and tumultuous uproar, and tidal wave of falsehood, simply by avowing his belief that the testimonies in the Bible did not cease with John in Patmos, in the year 96, A.D. but continue to our time? Lord, how the world is given to lying, said Falstaff -- but the lies of those days were unspotted veracity compared with the inventions of New York newspaper Reporters!" A fascinating, unusual pair. Marsh (1813-1902) was a noted New York orator, attorney and one-time partner of Daniel Webster. He published several small pieces over the years, the only other verse (other than "The Great Debates") being "A Slight Souvenir of a Visit to Yorktown Centennial Celebration, in October 1881, on board the Steam Yacht Yosemit" [sic]. A quite scarce and unusual pamphlet accompanied by a fascinatingly bizarre author letter. .
Keywords: Poetry
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Title: The Great Debates Among the Kates: Stenographic Report
Description: New York, Dempsey & Carrol, n.y. Paperback. 32mo. Stiff tan wrappers. (15pp). Very good. Tight and attractive, with a front wrapper title "Katy Did or Katy Did n't" in green and a large graphic of this insect, likewise in green. Probable sole edition. Marsh inscribes the title page handsomely to "Mrs Fanny Barrow / with regards of / The Reporter, / Luther R. Marsh." Marsh also tips in a newsprint clipping of three additional stanzas to a rear flyleaf, then on the penultimate text page inks in an insert mark and writes, "post 3 verses." Clever comical verse about katydids and their cricket-like noise, speculating what they must be gossiping about -- and its obvious parallels to the human condition. Accompanied by a fine content Autograph Letter Signed from Marsh, 3pp, 5" X 8", n.p. 1888 May 9. Addressed to "Aunt Fanny" (Frances Elizabeth Barrow, 1822-94, author of many popular children's tales under the nom-de-plume "Aunt Fanny"). Very good. Heavy mounting traces on blank fourth leaf. Starts off: "Your charming ditty / Is sweetly witty: / For which I send my thanks. / To make amend / I hereby send / Our Katy's little pranks." Marsh must have been embroiled in some controversy at the time, for he comments: "Did you ever know a fellow of my size, who could, of a sudden, out of a clear sky, evoke such a newspaper cyclone, and tumultuous uproar, and tidal wave of falsehood, simply by avowing his belief that the testimonies in the Bible did not cease with John in Patmos, in the year 96, A.D. but continue to our time? Lord, how the world is given to lying, said Falstaff -- but the lies of those days were unspotted veracity compared with the inventions of New York newspaper Reporters!" A fascinating, unusual pair. Marsh (1813-1902) was a noted New York orator, attorney and one-time partner of Daniel Webster. He published several small pieces over the years, the only other verse (other than "The Great Debates") being "A Slight Souvenir of a Visit to Yorktown Centennial Celebration, in October 1881, on board the Steam Yacht Yosemit" [sic]. A quite scarce and unusual pamphlet accompanied by a fascinatingly bizarre author letter. .
Keywords: Poetry
Price: US$ 175.00 Seller: Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts
- Book number: 13498
- Book number: 13498
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