American author and editor (1837–1920) best known as the editor of the influential periodical Atlantic Monthly from 1871 to 1881 and as the author of the novel The Rise of Silas Lapham (1885) and the short story “Editha” (1905). Cabinet photo, 4.25 x 6.5, signed in ink on the mount “W. D. Howells.” A few very subtle surface marks, otherwise fine, bright condition. R&R COA.