* BATES, Katharine Lee. Autographed letter signed ("Katharine Lee Bates"), to an unnamed "Dear Poet," Wellesley, 3 December 1923

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  * [MUSICIANS - AMERICAN]. A group of 4 manuscripts, comprising:
  
  BATES, Katharine Lee (1859-1929). Autograph letter signed ("Katharine Lee Bates"), to an unnamed "Dear Poet." Wellesley, 3 December 1923. 1 page, 8vo, tiny stain in lower blank margin. Bates thanks the recipient for the "vivid lyrics." From the author of "America the Beautiful." -- COPLAND, Aaron (1900-1990). Autograph note signed ("Aaron"), to Renée. Ossining, New York, n.d. [27 November 1954]. 1 page, oblong 12mo, on personal correspondence card. -- HEUSEN, James Van (1913-1990). Autograph musical quotation signed and inscribed ("James Van Heusen"), to Linda Gaye Moody. N.p., n.d. 1 page, 4to, 10 bars on printed staves with lyrics from "It Could Happen to You", small clear mounting corners to blank area. -- PORTER, Cole (1891-1964). Autograph letter signed ("C.P."), to Mrs. Smith, [Lisbon], 20 April 1955. 1 page, 12mo, on Avis Hotel memo paper, small tear with old tape repair top margin, docketed in another hand. "I believe the title has an A in it." Porter requests a book by Richard Aldrich about his marriage with Gertrude Lawrence.
  
  
  Estimate $300-500
  
  Property from the Robert L. McKay Collection, North Tustin, California
  
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