"Greyhound48" <greyhound48.DeleteThis@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> I have a book
> The Poetical Works Of Oliver Goldsmith, 1845
> Published by Harper & Brothers Publishing NY
>
> The interesting thing is it signed in the front:
>
> Mifs Lillie Lynde with compliments of John F. Harper
>
> Is this John Harper from harper publishing and is his signature worth
> anything?
One of the Harper brothers was indeed named John. I think that if it's the
same man, at least, it's a very interesting item in the history of American
publishing.
William M. Klimon
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