Charles Agvent

AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT SIGNED (AMS): HAIL COLUMBIA America's First National Song, The Irving Berlin Copy

HOPKINSON, Joseph · 221838

$18,750.00 (€17,011.71 | £14,192.29 | ¥2,994,133)

(Philadelphia). A handwritten fair copy MANUSCRIPT on three sides of two 8" x 10" sheets, each sheet silked and inlaid, SIGNED for George M. Kein at the conclusion; housed in a full red morocco slipcase with a later red cloth chemise. Hopkinson adds an autograph note at the bo...

ACROSS THE WAR WORLD (UNPUBLISHED TYPESCRIPT)

REED, John · 1917

$6,250.00 (€5,670.57 | £4,730.76 | ¥998,044)

At sea. Hillacre. First Edition. Nine pages typed on four 8-1/2" x 11" leaves of Hotel Brevoort letterhead and Scandinavian-American Line letterhead with Reed's name typed at the top right corner of the first page, and pages numbered at the tops of the following pages. With th...

AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT of His Important Article on John Huston Published in LIFE Magazine

AGEE, James · 1940

$15,625.00 (€14,176.42 | £11,826.91 | ¥2,495,111)

Included are 23 pages of a handwritten ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT in pencil on unlined 8-1/2" x 11" and lined 6" x 9" paper, along with a 15-page carbon typescript draft of most of the article that appeared in LIFE on 18 September 1950. A fair amount of the content here was not used ...

UNPUBLISHED AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT ON ILLUSION AND HOLLYWOOD

AGEE, James · 1940

$9,375.00 (€8,505.85 | £7,096.15 | ¥1,497,066)

A 21-page handwritten UNPUBLISHED ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT in pencil on unlined 8-1/2" x 11" paper, most pages about one-third to one-half full, and none numbered. There is no title, and it appears to be a collection of beginnings rather than a completed essay. At the very top of o...

AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT on Mid-Century African-American Literary and Social History

BARAKA, Amiri (LeRoi JONES) · 0

$1,875.00 (€1,701.17 | £1,419.23 | ¥299,413)

Handwritten ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT by Baraka consisting of 4 yellow legal-sized sheets written on rectos only for an essay on Mid-Century African-American Literary and Social History. A partial manuscript, possibly unpublished. Present here are pages numbered 3, 4, 5, and 6. Bara...

AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT of the Short Story NORMAN'S DATE

BARAKA, Amiri (LeRoi JONES) · 0

$1,875.00 (€1,701.17 | £1,419.23 | ¥299,413)

Handwritten ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT by Baraka consisting of 4 yellow legal-sized sheets written on rectos only for his short story "Norman's Date." A partial manuscript of this story which first appeared in PLAYBOY in 1982 and later collected in Baraka's 2006 book of short stories...

AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT SIGNED (AMS)

BURNETT, Frances Hodgson · 1892

$5,625.00 (€5,103.51 | £4,257.69 | ¥898,240)

Seven 8-5/8" x 13-1/4" smooth-finished sheets (the first page about a third of that size) handwritten by Frances Hodgson Burnett of the ORIGINAL SIGNED MANUSCRIPT of most of her short story "A Little Faun" from her 1892 book GIOVANNI AND THE OTHER: CHILDREN WHO HAVE MADE STORI...

AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT (AM): A Leaf from his 1839 Diary Discussing Ghosts

HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel · 15191839

$11,875.00 (€10,774.08 | £8,988.45 | ¥1,896,284)

[Boston]. Two pages on one 3-3/4" x 6-1/8" sheet laid into a larger 5-3/4" x 8-1/2" sheet with printed caption below, housed in a handsome red half morocco clamshell box. A leaf from Nathaniel Hawthorne's 1839 diary, written during his tenure at the Boston Customs House. First...

AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT (AM): JACK AND JILL: A VILLAGE STORY

ALCOTT, Louisa May · 1880

$5,625.00 (€5,103.51 | £4,257.69 | ¥898,240)

One 7-5/8" x 9-3/4" lined sheet with an AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT on one side consisting of 24 lines (@220 words) completely in Alcott's hand. In part: "'That barking dog is for Boo, & the little yellow sled so Molly can drag him to school, he always tumbles down so when it is slip...

THE LIFE AND VOYAGES OF CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS in Original Boards with AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT (AM) FRAGMENT

IRVING, Washington · 1828

$3,125.00 (€2,835.28 | £2,365.38 | ¥499,022)

New York. G. & C. Carvill. First American Edition. Three volumes (6" x 9-1/4") in original linen-backed boards with printed paper labels to spines, each housed in a folding case in later morocco-backed slipcase. Complete with folding map and half-titles. Laid in is an excellen...

AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT SIGNED (AMS): AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL O BEAUTIFUL FOR SPACIOUS SKIES, FOR AMBER WAVES OF GRAIN

BATES, Katharine Lee · 1893

$31,250.00 (€28,352.85 | £23,653.82 | ¥4,990,221)

A handwritten fair copy manuscript of the author's most famous poem "America the Beautiful," on a plain sheet of 8-3/8" x 12-7/8" paper, SIGNED at the conclusion, matted and simply framed to an overall size of 11-3/4" x 16-1/2". The final version of the four-stanza poem. Bates...

HANDWRITTEN DRAFT LETTER ON THE CONSTITUTION AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A NATIONAL BANK Remarkable, Detailed Letter Concerning His Views on the Establishment of a National Bank as Opposed to a Private Bank

MONROE, James · 0

$9,375.00 (€8,505.85 | £7,096.15 | ¥1,497,066)

New York. Lengthy unsigned draft of a letter, completely in the hand of James Monroe, addressed to "Dear Sir," three pages on two adjoining 8” x 10” sheets, outlining his views on the establishment of a national bank, written as the “Bank War” of Andrew Jackson's administratio...

TYPED MANUSCRIPT SIGNED: The Descent of Charlie Fuller into Pulitzer Land

BARAKA, Amiri (LeRoi JONES) · 231982

$8,125.00 (€7,371.74 | £6,149.99 | ¥1,297,457)

TYPED MANUSCRIPT (12 pages) of a critical article on Charles Fuller, concentrating on his Pulitzer Prize-winning play A SOLDIER'S STORY which debuted in 1982, as well as the current nature of Black Theater. Although the play enjoyed a long run, Fuller said it never played on B...

AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT: Naropa Lectures

BARAKA, Amiri (LeRoi JONES) · 1985

$9,375.00 (€8,505.85 | £7,096.15 | ¥1,497,066)

A handwritten ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT titled "Naropa Lectures" by Baraka consisting of 21 pages on both sides of eleven 7-1/4" x 11-3/4" lined sheets stapled in the upper left corner. Baraka's notes for his lectures at Naropa where he taught at Naropa’s Jack Kerouac School during ...

AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT: Craft & Black Writer

BARAKA, Amiri (LeRoi JONES) · 1970

$3,125.00 (€2,835.28 | £2,365.38 | ¥499,022)

A handwritten ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT by Baraka consisting of two 8-1/2" x 11" sheets of Paschal's Motor Hotel letterhead, written on rectos only, consisting of advice for African-American writers. Some of his observations: "Difficult for any writer to get below surface to go beyo...

TYPED MANUSCRIPT for the Introduction to HARD FACTS

BARAKA, Amiri (LeRoi JONES) · 0

$1,250.00 (€1,134.11 | £946.15 | ¥199,609)

TYPED MANUSCRIPT (5 pages) of the Introduction to his book of poetry HARD FACTS. Baraka has made several alterations and additions in the text including about 50 words in his hand at the bottom of the fourth page: "The year the class struggle in Blk America became clear & open...

AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT (AMs) From THE WATER WITCH

COOPER, James Fenimore · 0

$4,375.00 (€3,969.40 | £3,311.53 | ¥698,631)

Unsigned handwritten fragment of his working draft of this novel about the abduction of a woman by a pirate. Two pages in dark ink in his small hand, approximately 600 words, on both sides of an 8" x 3-1/4" sheet. With a separate card SIGNED by the author's daughter, also an a...

THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF LAFCADIO HEARN with THE JAPANESE LETTERS OF LAFCADIO HEARN

HEARN, Lafcadio [BISLAND, Elizabeth: editor] · 1906

$2,000.00 (€1,814.58 | £1,513.84 | ¥319,374)

Boston & New York. Houghton, Mifflin and Company. First Edition. Two volumes in original green cloth with paper spine labels and extra labels tipped in at the rear. One of 200 large-paper copies with an ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT PAGE of Hearn's, in this case an excerpt from THE ROMA...

JULIA WARD HOWE 1819 - 1910

[HOWE, Julia Ward] RICHARDS, Laura and ELLIOTT, Maud Howe · 1915

$937.50 (€850.59 | £709.61 | ¥149,707)

Boston & New York. Houghton Mifflin Company. First Edition. Two volumes in original cloth-backed boards with gilt-lettered leather spine labels. Copy #236 of 450 copies of the Large-Paper Edition with a leaf of Howe's unsigned AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT tipped in by the publisher, t...

SIGNED TYPESCRIPT: MONEY. A Jazz Opera

BARAKA, Amiri (LeRoi JONES) · 19781979

$9,375.00 (€8,505.85 | £7,096.15 | ¥1,497,066)

Newark/Washington, DC. A photocopied ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT by Baraka consisting of 135 loose pages, many of them with pencil or ink markings and annotations, housed in an orange paper folder with "MONEY/orig)" in Baraka's hand on the front cover. The manuscript is SIGNED in full...