Autograph Note Signed / Printed Handbill

FREIBERGER, Edward (1857-1917)

Beschreibung

This editor of the "Saturday Evening Herald" and drama critic at the "Chicago Inter Ocean" was a versatile Chicago writer who produced a volume of poetry, a history of the piano and a few plays. ANS, 8" X 10" (lettersheet), Chicago, IL, 11 December 1891. Addressed to Harry C. Kocherperger [sic]. Very good. Lightly age toned. Kochersperger (1871-1951) was a Philadelphia banker and broker. On gilt-lettered intertwining "EF" letterhead, Freiberger pens a maudlin sentiment in ink as purple as his prose: "Poetry is the sunshine of / literature: the halo of beauty / that crowns language and / glorifies thought." Handsomely penned large and bold and signed in full at the conclusion. Whether this was a published sentiment or something penned specifically for this correspondent is unknown. On the blank inner leaf (third) is tipped a 4" X 10" printed handbill from Chicago publisher Brentano's for Freiberger's 1888 verse collection, "Wayside Pansies," which it calls "An Appropriate Holiday Souvenir" -- lengthy quotes from eleven complimentary reviews, including from the "Saturday Evening Herald" and "Chicago Inter Ocean" for whom he worked! Interesting and most unusual. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 49684

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Autograph Note Signed / Printed Handbill

Einband: Hardcover

Signiert: Signatur des Verfassers