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FIELD, Eugene (1850-1895). Autograph manuscript signed for the poem "Carlsbad," 18 June 1891. 3 pages, with a few revisions in ink and with directions to the printer in pencil, red morocco folding case. Provenance: Marjorie Wiggin Prescott (her sale Christie's New York, 6 February 1981, lot 108).
"Eugene Field was the most famous journalist-bibliophile of the nineteenth century. He was the editor of the St. Joseph Gazette, the St. Louis Journal, the Kansas City Times, and the Denver Tribune... Field possessed a whimsicality which showed both in his personal relationships, and in his writings, which were numerous" (DAB).
"Eugene Field was the most famous journalist-bibliophile of the nineteenth century. He was the editor of the St. Joseph Gazette, the St. Louis Journal, the Kansas City Times, and the Denver Tribune... Field possessed a whimsicality which showed both in his personal relationships, and in his writings, which were numerous" (DAB).