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AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS)

BURROUGHS, John · 241893

$562.50 (€510.34 | £425.77 | ¥89,795)

West Park, NY. A two-page handwritten letter to Robert Underwood Johnson ("Dear Johnson"), Associate Editor of CENTURY MAGAZINE, on two panels of a 10" x 8" sheet folded in half, SIGNED in full by Burroughs at the conclusion. In part: "I have not written an outdoor article for...

AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT (AMs) From THE WATER WITCH

COOPER, James Fenimore · 0

$4,375.00 (€3,969.34 | £3,311.52 | ¥698,409)

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...

MEINE REISE IM DEUTSCHEN VATERLANDE, aus Thüringen ins Riesengebürge zu den Elbquellen und durch Böhmen ins Erzgebürge; über Erfurt, Leipzig, Dresden, Bautzen, Görlitz, Bunzlau, Warmbrunn, Hirschberg, Arnau, Turnau, Prag und Töplitz bis Freyberg

GUTS MUTHS, Johann Christoph Friedrich · 1799

$312.50 (€283.52 | £236.54 | ¥49,886)

Breslau, Hirschberg und Lissa in Südpreußen. Johann Friedrich Korn. First Edition. Contemporary marbled boards with later cloth tape over the spine; [vi], 260 pages. Scarce account of travels in 18th century Germany.. Clean and complete with all endpapers and blanks. Near Fine

THE FORTUNES AND MISFORTUNES OF MOLL FLANDERS

DEFOE, Daniel · 1954

$81.30 (€73.76 | £61.54 | ¥12,978)

New York. Limited Editions Club. Octavo (5-5/8" x 8-7/8") bound in full blue padded silk stamped in copper. Introduction by John Winterich. Illustrated with pen drawings by Reginald Marsh hand-colored by Martha Berrien. Copy #844 of 1500 SIGNED by the illustrator on the coloph...

MISCELLANIES

BARRINGTON, Daines · 1781

$2,500.00 (€2,268.19 | £1,892.30 | ¥399,091)

London. J. Nichols. First Edition. Quarto (8-1/4" x 10-3/4") in contemporary polished calf (rebacked, preserving original spine and labels). A curious and compelling collection illustrated with 2 maps, 2 portraits, and 5 tables. Includes "Journal of a Voyage in 1775 to Explore...

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS) on the Charm of Tennessee

ADE, George · 26

$187.50 (€170.11 | £141.92 | ¥29,932)

Brook, Indiana. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED on 8-1/2" x 11" Hazelden Farm stationery to an unknown recipient trying to recall something he had previously said. In full: "I don't believe I can do it all over again. I think I said something about like the following: I never saw the ...

SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH

COWARD, Noel

$437.50 (€396.93 | £331.15 | ¥69,841)

A 9-1/2" x 7" gelatin silver print of Coward at the piano, tipped at upper edge to slightly larger mount INSCRIBED "For Mrs. Jolly" and SIGNED by Coward.. Attractive image in Near Fine condition

ANCIENT CHINESE PORCELAINS AND OTHER CURIOS, Belonging to Mr. George A. Hearn

HOLCOMBE, Hon. Chester · 1894

$62.50 (€56.70 | £47.31 | ¥9,977)

[New York]. George A. Hearn. First Edition. Publisher's cloth (4-3/4" x 6-3/4"), 177 pages. Label stating "Compliments of Mr. George A. Hearn" pasted to front endpaper. Over 1000 items are described. . Bookplate of the Lotos Club on front pastedown and their red ink stamp on f...

OEUVRES DE A. DE LAMARTINE. POESIES. Premieres meditations Poetiques La Mort de Socrate

LAMARTINE, A. de · 1926

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.61 | ¥19,955)

Paris. Librairie Alphonse Lemerre. Reprint. Small (3-1/2" x 6") volume bound in full dark blue morocco leather with five raised bands and gilt lettering on the spine, gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of the author. Alp...

AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED (ALSs)

WILDER, Thornton · 19301935

$1,562.50 (€1,417.62 | £1,182.69 | ¥249,432)

Hamden, CT. Two early AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED (ALSs) to Henzie Browne, the wife of British theater director E. Martin Browne on 5 total pages, 5-3/4" x 8-1/2" and 6" x 8", dated 20 June 1930 and 11 June 1935. The earlier handwritten letter, in full: "Indeed I am very happy th...

KEW GARDENS

WOOLF, Virginia · 0

$10,625.00 (€9,639.82 | £8,042.26 | ¥1,696,136)

London. The Hogarth Press. First Illustrated Edition. Third Edition and the First Illustrated Edition bound in the original brown and white paper-covered boards with Vanessa Bell's illustrations, expertly rebacked with original backstrip laid down; 45 pages with text printed o...

HISTORY OF NORTHAMPTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA; with Illustrations Descriptive of its Scenery ... From Original Sketches by Artists of the Highest Ability

(DENSLOW, W[illiam] W[allace], Illustrator) · 1877

$187.50 (€170.11 | £141.92 | ¥29,932)

Philadelphia and Reading. Peter Fritts. First Edition. Folio (11" x 14") in original pebbled cloth with gilt-lettering on the front cover and spine; [3-], 293 pages. With 1 (of 4) double-page and 21 (of 23) full-page lithographs, including one signed in the print by W. W. Den...

HISTORY OF NORTHAMPTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA; with Illustrations Descriptive of its Scenery ... From Original Sketches by Artists of the Highest Ability

(DENSLOW, W[illiam] W[allace], Illustrator) · 1877

$437.50 (€396.93 | £331.15 | ¥69,841)

Philadelphia and Reading. Peter Fritts. First Edition. Folio (11" x 14") in original pebbled cloth with gilt-lettering on the front cover and spine; [3-], 293 pages. With 4 double-page and 23 full-page lithographs, including three signed in the print by W. W. Denslow; also, w...

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS) with AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT (AM) by a 17-Year-Old Future Pulitzer Winner

LURIE, Alison · 101943

$1,875.00 (€1,701.14 | £1,419.22 | ¥299,318)

Cambridge. Superb, very early three-page handwritten letter on two 5-1/2" x 6-3/4" sheets of personal stationery to a former teacher and mentor SIGNED "Alison." Lurie, just 17 at the time, had just begun her freshman year at Radcliffe College: "I've tried not to write until I ...

TYPED LETTER SIGNED (TLS): Getting a good agent is harder than getting a publisher

SMITH, H. Allen · 171969

$62.50 (€56.70 | £47.31 | ¥9,977)

Two pages on rectos of two 5-1/2" x 8-1/2" sheets of personal stationery SIGNED to Mr. Bracker commenting on a manuscript sent to him and offering advice: "You have covered a representative list of good publishers with your ms. What you need is an agent, and getting a good age...

TYPED LETTER SIGNED (TLS)

SHERWOOD, Robert E · 231928

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.61 | ¥19,955)

New York. One page on 5-1/2" x 8-3/4" LIFE MAGAZINE stationery SIGNED to Charles A. Wagner declining a submission as he is "winding up my activities as editor" and wishing him well for his new book. Sherwood won 4 Pulitzer Prizes for his plays IDIOT'S DELIGHT (1936), ABE LINCO...

TYPED LETTER SIGNED (TLS)

LEWIS, Sinclair · 21937

$250.00 (€226.82 | £189.23 | ¥39,909)

Bronxville, NY. One page on 5-3/4" x 6-1/2" personal stationery SIGNED in full to Dramatists Play Service ordering "plays mentioned on the enclosed list [not present], as advertised in your latest announcement.". Ink stamp of date received at bottom left margin; crease from fo...

ORIGINAL AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT SIGNED (AMS) with CORRECTED TYPESCRIPT of CHINA

MILLER, Henry · 1976

$3,125.00 (€2,835.24 | £2,365.37 | ¥498,864)

A 6-page (8-1/2" x 11") manuscript COMPLETELY IN MILLER'S HAND and SIGNED by him at the conclusion, with a Typed Manuscript of the same in 5 pages with minor ink corrections and Miller's chop at the end. Eventually printed in Miller's MOTHER, CHINA AND THE WORLD BEYOND (1976) ...

AN INQUIRY INTO THE NATURE AND CAUSES OF THE WEALTH OF NATIONS

SMITH, Adam · 1811

$2,500.00 (€2,268.19 | £1,892.30 | ¥399,091)

London. J. Maynard and F. Zinke. Early Edition. Three volumes (5-1/4" x 8-8/8") in contemporary marbled boards, rebacked in attractive green blindstamped morocco leather with matching corners, all edges marbled (lxxi, 360; vi, 514; v, 448, 50 pages). First published in 1776, t...

ESSAYS ON THE ART OF PHEIDIAS

WALDSTEIN, Charles · 1885

$56.30 (€51.08 | £42.61 | ¥8,988)

Cambridge/New York. University Press/The Century Co.. First American Edition. Gilt-lettered publisher's cloth (7" x 11"). Illustrated with 16 plates and 25 text engravings. Waldstein championed classical archaeology as an independent branch of study, here concentrating on the ...