HOLMES, OLIVER WENDELL. Autograph manuscript signed of the poem "The Last Leaf" ("I saw him once before As he passed by the door..."), dated at bottom 1 October 1858, 4 pages, 8vo, 48 lines in 8 stanzas, written on rectos only, the four sheets neatly pasted together to form two narrow folio sheets, collector's hand-written label at bottom of page 2, a few tiny marginal tears, several horizontal separations discreetly reinforced, a fair copy, from the R.H. Stoddard Collection (signed at top of first page); Autograph manuscript signed of an excerpt from the poem "'Birthday of Daniel Webster' January 18th 1856" ("The boundless prairies learned his name..."), dated at bottom 1 May 1882, 1 page, 4to, 16 lines in 4 stanzas,, in good condition; together 2 items. (2)

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HOLMES, OLIVER WENDELL. Autograph manuscript signed of the poem "The Last Leaf" ("I saw him once before As he passed by the door..."), dated at bottom 1 October 1858, 4 pages, 8vo, 48 lines in 8 stanzas, written on rectos only, the four sheets neatly pasted together to form two narrow folio sheets, collector's hand-written label at bottom of page 2, a few tiny marginal tears, several horizontal separations discreetly reinforced, a fair copy, from the R.H. Stoddard Collection (signed at top of first page); Autograph manuscript signed of an excerpt from the poem "'Birthday of Daniel Webster' January 18th 1856" ("The boundless prairies learned his name..."), dated at bottom 1 May 1882, 1 page, 4to, 16 lines in 4 stanzas,, in good condition; together 2 items. (2)