Item #18029 Autograph Manuscript Signed. Harold E. PORTER, "Holworthy Hall"

Autograph Manuscript Signed.

Prolific American author (all under the pseudonym "Holworthy Hall") of popular tales such as "Henry of Navarre, Ohio" (1914), "Paprika" (1916), "Pepper" (1916), "Dormie One and Other Golf Stories" (1917), "Egan" (1920), "Rope" (1922), "Colossus" (1930) and others. AMS, 1p, 8½" X 11", Paris, France, 1923 n.d. Near fine. Slightest bit of age toning. Page from an actual working draft on a sheet of lined notebook paper, headed (in Porter's incredibly miniscule but handsome script) "The Seller of Dreams / By / Holworthy Hall." Twenty-five handwritten lines of this tale follow. Porter has then, in pencil, inserted words here and there (sometimes entire lines) and crossed out a number of the inked lines. In the upper right corner, Porter then inscribes it "For Professor Johannsen / with the regards of / Harold E. Porter / 'Holworthy Hall' / Paris, 1923." Whether this tale ever made it into print we have not been able to verify -- perhaps it did but under another title, or perhaps it was a short story. When we say Porter had an incredibly miniscule script, we're not kidding: his letters measure 1/16th" in height! Nevertheless -- with the aid of a magnifying glass -- it's an attractive, easily legible script. Johannsen authored "The House of Beadle and Adams and Its Dime and Nickel Novels" (University of Oklahoma Press, 1950), the definitive reference work and bibliography on the subject. His original 8½" X 11" file folder, bearing a printed "Collection of Albert Johannsen" label (partly filled in by Johannsen), accompanies this item. Item #18029

Price: $75.00

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