11-10-200111-10-2001
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
2109Boston
November 10, 2001 10:00 AMCalender
101

THOREAU

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$27,600$24,000
Auction: Sale #2109 - 2109Location: BostonDate / Time: November 10, 2001 10:00AM

Description:

THOREAU, HENRY DAVID (1817-1862) Autograph Manuscript Poem, two pages, dated June, 1843, entitled THE JUST MADE PERFECT, 4to, excerpt: "A stated music rises on my ear, born on the breeze from some adjacent veil, a host of knights, my own true ancestors, tread the lofty strains and pass away. In long procession of this music's sound the just move onward in deep serried ranks with serene looks of hope and gleaming brows as if they were the temples of the day, gilt by an unseen sun's resplendent ray," forty-seven lines total, full copy on request.
Estimate $2,000-3,000