Silk: A Legend as Narrated in the Journals and Correspondence of Jan Po
NP: NP, 1922. Original Holograph Manuscript, with Three Autograph Letters Signed by the Author. Folio, three single-page autograph manuscript letters by Merwin, accompanied by two original envelopes; 125 numbered manuscript pages, written on the rectos only and tipped onto larger blank leaves. Finely bound in full red calf with gilt borders, gilt decoration to the front board, and raised spine bands with gilt-decorated compartments and gilt lettering. Silk moiré endpapers. Housed in a red cloth slipcase. The original handwritten manuscript of Samuel Merwin's *Silk: A Legend as Narrated in the Journals and Correspondence of Jan Po*, published by Houghton Mifflin in 1923 with illustrations by renowned American artist N. C. Wyeth. Comprising 125 numbered manuscript pages, written in the author's hand and containing numerous corrections, revisions, and deletions, offering a rare glimpse into the composition of the published work. Accompanying the manuscript are three autograph letters signed by Merwin to screenwriter Albert S. LeVino, dated March 1923, including correspondence concerning N. C. Wyeth's involvement in illustrating the forthcoming publication. The manuscript pages have been mounted on larger leaves and finely bound in full red calf with elaborate gilt decoration, housed in a matching red cloth slipcase. A remarkable and unique literary artifact, preserving the author's original working manuscript together with contemporary correspondence relating to the book's publication. Spine sunned with minor rubbing; the first manuscript page is detached from its mounting and laid in loose. The slipcase exhibits some discoloration and fraying, with separation beginning along the creases, else in very good + condition. Item #649
Price: $2,500.00