Autograph Letter, signed Elizabeth Barrett Browning , with Autograph Song May's Love
$30,000 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller · No longer available
2 leaves; docketed No. 200 and Song 96. 12mo. Faded, the poem annotated with the number 96 and the letter with No 200 in a contemporary hand, old folds. Item #346572 Browning writes, sending a poem at that point unpublished: Sir, You ask me for a short unpublished poem, and I send you a very short one – a song. I hope it may not be unsuitable to your purpose, while wishing it were worthier; and I have the honor to remain
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