Papers and bibliographical records relating to the book collection of Marjorie Wiggin Prescott, [ca. 1929-1965].

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Papers and bibliographical records relating to the book collection of Marjorie Wiggin Prescott, [ca. 1929-1965].

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Both original catalog records and photocopy in catalog form of collection formed by Marjorie Wiggin Prescott between ca. 1929 and 1965. The collection was particularly strong in books and manuscripts by Oscar Wilde and Rudyard Kipling, but also contained first editions and manuscripts by many 19th and 20th century English and American authors. Also correspondence from book dealers James F. Drake, A.S.W. Rosenbach, and Arthur Swann, as well as from the poet Joseph Auslander. Also black and white photographs of the Prescotts.

2 boxes (1 linear ft.)notebooks 1.photographs 1.

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Swann, Arthur, 1875-1959

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Bookseller and auctioneer, Arthur Swann worked in Liverpool and Leeds before coming to New York City and joining the Anderson Auction Company, where he prepared catalogs for the book auctions. From 1913 he was associated with the American Art Association (AAA) and organized its rare book and manuscript department. Swann left AAA in 1927, and in 1929 it merged with Anderson Galleries. He served briefly as a vice-president of the Brick Row Book Shop (then in New York City) and from 1933 was vice-p...

Prescott, Marjorie Wiggin, 1893-1980

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Marjorie Wiggin was the daughter of Albert Henry Wiggin, who retired in 1933 as executive head of the Chase National Bank and was himself a book collector. He is the subject of her 1949 biography, New England son. She married Sherburne Prescott, and by 1929 they were settled at their estate, Hickory Hill, in Greenwich, Connecticut. Hickory Hill remained their home for the next fifty years and housed Prescott's library. Prescott also collected fine furniture. At her death, both collections were s...

Auslander, Joseph, 1897-1965

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Author, editor, and Library of Congress official. From the description of Letters, 1943. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 34149452 Joseph Auslander was an American poet, anthologist and novelist, known particularly for editions of a poetry anthology, The winged horse, first published in 1929. He served as poetry consultant to the Library of Congress in the years immediately preceding the United States' entry into World War II. His poetry appeared over the decades in many poetr...

Rosenbach, A.S.W. (Abraham Simon Wolf), 1876-1952

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Drake, James (James F.)

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