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). Matte-finish 6 x 9 photo of Howell on a porch lovingly watching his two grandsons share a tender moment on their mother’s lap, signed and inscribed in the lower border in black ink, “Miss Macdonald’s old friend, W. D. Howells, with his grandsons and their mother. September 9, 1919.” In fine condition, with a thin pencil line under last line of Howell’s writing. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.
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