Three Original Manuscripts by Eugene Field

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Rare Books, Autographs & Maps

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Nov 25, 2025

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FIELD, EUGENE Three original autograph manuscripts. Comprising: 1) An original illustrated autograph manuscript of Sharps and Flats. A four-page illustrated manuscript on the recto of four sheets with a vertical rule, about 20 lines per page with some correction, each page with one illustration in color and the starting words of each paragragh in color, headed "Sharps and Flats" at top, the sheets 10 x 8 inches (26 x 20 cm), housed in an old folding cloth case with label. Some light staining. Provenance: A penciled note to the verso of the final page reads "Bought April 3rd 1916 from Mrs. Eugene Field," likely in the hand of collector Charles Babcock, with this ex-libris detached but laid-in. 2) Original signed manuscript draft of the poem The Bench-Legged Fyce. A four-page ink manuscript signed at end "Eugene Field," the poem titled at head and with "Original Draft" in Field's hand, each page with about 12 lines in Field's hand, and with one color initial and a hand-correction at the end, tipped into a purple morocco portfolio with gilt lettering and a printed title page, the sheets of the poem each 10 x 7 1/2 inches (25 x 20 cm), folds, some staining to first leaf, the portfolio faded and somewhat worn, the ex-libris of Charles Babcock laid-in. 3) Original signed and dated manuscript of the poem The Ballad of the Crow-Eater. A six-page partially illustrated ink manuscript signed and dated at end "Eugene Field / Nov. 19, 1894, each page with about 16-20 lines in Field's hand and delicate illustrations of aspects of the poem, tipped into a three-quarters morocco portfolio with gilt lettering and a prepared title page, the sheets of the poem each 10 x 7 1/2 inches (25 x 20 cm), some soiling to page extremities, the ex-libris of Charles Babcock laid-in, the initials "C.B." to the verso of the last leaf. Three interesting manuscripts by Eugene Field from the collection of Charles Babcock. Sharps and Flats was a Chicago newspaper column authored by Field starting in 1883, and this manuscript appears to be of that era. Much of Field's career was devoted to poetry, and the other two manuscripts are good examples of his drafts. The Crow-Eater bears small but charming drawings of dancers and two early bicycles.(3)

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