SIGNATURE ON A SLIP OF PAPER OF AMERICAN NOVELIST AND JOURNALIST IRVING BACHELLER WHOSE BACHELLER SYNDICATE PROMOTED THE WORK OF SUCH AUTHORS AS JOSEPH CONRAD AND ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE.

- A 2-1/4 inch high by 3-1/2 inch wide slip of cream-colored paper is signed "Irving Bacheller". 2 pieces of tape adhere to the verso where the autograph has been removed from an album. Very good. In the mid-1880s journalist and author Irving Bacheller [1859-1950] founded the Bacheller Syndicate, the first modern newspaper syndicate in the United States,Through this business,which provided specialized articles to the major Sunday newspapers, he brought to American readers the writing of such British authors as Joseph Conrad, Arthur Conan Doyle and Rudyard Kipling. He also established a working relationship with young author and journalist Stephen Crane whose "The Red Badge of Courage" became famous after it appeared in syndication. Bacheller was also the author of several successful novels.