Excellent collection of six items, each signed by a distinguished author or playwright, including: William Dean Howells (signature and unsigned handwritten poem), Eugene O’Neill (signature), Elmer Rice (SP), Langston Hughes (SP), Edna Ferber (portrait print), and Channing Pollock (SP). In overall fine condition. Individual descriptions are as follows:
William Dean Howells: Original unsigned handwritten poem, untitled, on an off-white 6 x 8.5 sheet, with a hand-drawn image of a woman in an elaborate frame at the top. Two-stanza poem consisting of 14 total lines, beginning, “Long in mock insult have we masked our love; But was with open hearts we came to prove, How fondly cherist she hath ever been, Whose beautifick image shine’s within.” Poem is double-matted and framed with an ink signature, “W. D. Howells,” on an off-white card and an original portrait to an overall size of 18 x 15.5. In fine condition.
Eugene O’Neill: Vintage fountain pen signature, “Eugene O’Neill,” on an off-white 3.75 x 1 clipped slip. In fine condition.
Elmer Rice: Vintage glossy 8 x 10 head-and-shoulders photo of Rice, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “For Walter Alford, with my warmest thanks and best wishes, Elmer Rice, Stanford, April 1959.” In fine condition, with trivial corner tip creases.
Langston Hughes: Vintage glossy 7 x 5 photo of Hughes posing outdoors, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To Wesley Hartley, Sincerely, Langston Hughes 1957.” In fine condition, with some mild border toning.
Edna Ferber: Well-done 8 x 10 print of an illustrated portrait of Ferber affixed to an 11 x 14 mount, signed on the mount in fountain pen. Some edge tears and chipping to top of the mount, otherwise fine condition.
Channing Pollock: Vintage matte-finish 11 x 14 studio portrait of Pollock in profile, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To Jerry and Arthur, with love, from Channing, 1930.” In fine condition. RR Auction COA.
