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PORTER, Katherine Anne · 161972

$1,250.00 (€1,134.10 | £946.15 | ¥199,545)

College Park, MD. A charming one-page AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS) on a sheet of blue 5-3/4" x 7-3/4" paper to William S. Gray, an English professor at Randolph Macon College. In part: "That is a charming Valentine you sent me, and I remember the past as happy and full of goo...

SIGNED TYPESCRIPT: MONEY. A Jazz Opera

BARAKA, Amiri (LeRoi JONES) · 19781979

$9,375.00 (€8,505.72 | £7,096.11 | ¥1,496,591)

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...

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS)

O'NEILL, Eugene · 171930

$1,500.00 (€1,360.92 | £1,135.38 | ¥239,455)

Indre-et-Loire [France]. A two-page letter on both sides of Le Plessis stationery (5-7/8" x 4-3/4") SIGNED "Gene" to bookseller Terence Holliday. In full: "I've been meaning for a week or more to thank you for the razor. It is a peach and I am most grateful. I will think of yo...

AUTOGRAPHED LETTER SIGNED (ALS)

LEWIS, Sinclair · 26

$1,250.00 (€1,134.10 | £946.15 | ¥199,545)

A two-page handwritten letter on rectos of two 8-1/2" x 11" sheets SIGNED in full to Dr. Smyth. In part: "God bless you a million times, not only for the May Sinclair review & the way in which it was played up, but for your immensely generous personal letter about the book, wh...

A COUNTRY OF STRANGERS

RICHTER, Conrad · 1966

$43.80 (€39.74 | £33.15 | ¥6,992)

New York. Alfred A. Knopf. First Edition. A companion novel to THE LIGHT IN THE FOREST. In this novel, a white girl is captured by Native Americans.. Fine in a close to Fine dustwrapper

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS) with an Original Photograph Portrait

HOWELLS, W[illiam] D[ean] · 251912

$312.50 (€283.52 | £236.54 | ¥49,886)

[New York]. One-page AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED "W. D. Howells" to Mr. Barton, concerning his brother working at the Government Printing Office and forwarding his "best photograph." The silver print photograph is of Howells seated at a desk with pen in hand and measures 6-3/8" x ...

AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT (AM) on Realism in Art and Literature and its Relation to Morals

RUSKIN, John · 171882

$12,500.00 (€11,340.96 | £9,461.48 | ¥1,995,454)

Twelve 5" x 8" pages written on 3 folded leaves, stitched together at the vertical fold, not signed but completely in Ruskin's hand. A presumably complete and untitled essay, possibly unpublished, on realism in art and its relation to morals. Ruskin begins, “Realism in any wor...

ARCHIVE OF TEN TYPED LETTERS SIGNED (TLSs) with Additional Materials

MENCKEN, H. L · 19441946

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

Baltimore. Ten TYPED LETTERS SIGNED on personal stationery, ranging from 1 to 2 pages, addressed to Isaac Edgar Clark, concerning Clark's manuscript, “An Analysis of Ring Lardner's American Language: or Who Learnt You Grammar Bud?” Ring Lardner (1885-1933), American sports jou...

AUTOGRAPH SENTIMENT

WOLFE, Tom · 0

$93.80 (€85.10 | £71.00 | ¥14,974)

AUTOGRAPH SENTIMENT SIGNED with a very large signature on 8-1/2" x 11" embossed "Wolfe" letterhead in his attractive hand. In full: "Hats off to John Buchanan from Tom Wolfe.". Crease from mailing. About Fine

TYPED LETTER SIGNED (TLS)

WYLIE, Philip · 281962

$62.50 (€56.70 | £47.31 | ¥9,977)

South Miami. A one-page TYPED LETTER SIGNED on 8-1/2" x 11" paper to Herman Harvey of the University of Southern California declining his invitation to appear on his educational television series. Wylie is perhaps best known for his book GENERATION OF VIPERS.. Creases from mai...

TYPED LETTER SIGNED (TLS) on Creative Writing

PORTER, Katherine Anne · 131957

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

Southbury, CT. A fine two-page TYPED LETTER SIGNED (TLS) on two sheets of blue 8-1/2" x 11" paper to journalism teacher Frank M. Flack of Pierce Junior College in Los Angeles, @400 words with several minor ink corrections. In small part: "...what are 'Communication Skills'? pu...

TYPED MANUSCRIPT SIGNED (TMS)

MacLEISH, Archibald

$312.50 (€283.52 | £236.54 | ¥49,886)

Fair Copy Manuscript of his well-known poem "Speech to a Crowd" SIGNED in full beneath his typed name with minor ink corrections in the text.. About Fine

TYPED LETTER SIGNED (TLS)

MacLEISH, Archibald · 281951

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.61 | ¥19,955)

[Cambridge, MA]. TYPED LETTER SIGNED as "A. MacLeish" on personal Harvard stationery to Charles Mullen of the Florida Grower Press apologizing for sending 6 of his volumes of poetry to him and explaining why he did so. With two small ink corrections.. Some wrinkling and expect...

WHAT DO WE MEAN BY VICTORY?

MacLEISH, Archibald · 0

$31.30 (€28.40 | £23.69 | ¥4,997)

New York. Free World, Inc.. First Edition. Printed stapled wraps (3-5/8" x 7-1/8"); 16 pages not including covers. First Separate Printing of an article from the October 1943 issue of FREE WORLD.. Near Fine. Archibald MacLeish was not only a well-known poet but also served as ...

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS)

RUSKIN, John · 41837

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

Hernehill. An early one-page AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED "J Ruskin," written when he was just 17 years old, on one panel of a 10" x 8" sheet folded in fours addressed to W. H. White, Secretary of the British Meteorological Society. In full: "I take the liberty of troubling you wit...

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS)

RILEY, James Whitcomb · 81881

$437.50 (€396.93 | £331.15 | ¥69,841)

Indianapolis. A one-page AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS) with his initials on 5-1/2" x 8-3/4" Indianapolis THE JOURNAL stationery to Charles T. Scott. In full: "Your letter and contents is here--the letter before me, and the latter in my pocket, where, I'm sorry to say, it can't...

TYPED LETTER SIGNED (TLS) on Writing Fiction

DREISER, Theodore · 211938

$1,250.00 (€1,134.10 | £946.15 | ¥199,545)

New York. Superb two-page TYPED LETTER SIGNED (TLS) on personal letterhead to Michael Kowan regarding his doctoral thesis and giving "merely an offhand statement about my own attitude." In part: "I think creative writing has more to do with emotion than any other single factor...

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS) to William Winters

BURROUGHS, John · 151915

$750.00 (€680.46 | £567.69 | ¥119,727)

West Park, NY. A two-page handwritten letter to drama critic and author William Winters on one side of two sheets of 5-1/2" x 8-1/4" "Riverby" stationery, SIGNED in full by Burroughs at the conclusion. In full: "I have had one letter from you during my long life, but you have ...

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS) to Thomas Bailey Aldrich

TWAIN, Mark [CLEMENS, Samuel] · 1871

$6,250.00 (€5,670.48 | £4,730.74 | ¥997,727)

Hartford. A fine two-page handwritten letter on one side of two 5-1/2" x 8-3/4" sheets of paper SIGNED "Mark" to author Thomas Bailey Aldrich letting him know that he must cancel their plans for a visit by Aldrich and his wife to them due to Mrs. Clemens's health, going into d...

TYPED LETTER SIGNED (TLS) to Louis B. Mayer of MGM

MANN, Thomas · 51941

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

Pacific Palisades, CA. A superb three-page TYPED LETTER SIGNED (TLS) on Mann's personal stationery to Louis B. Mayer, president of MGM Studios, commending Mayer for the Studios' contracting of 5 refugee writers in order to allow their immigration to the United States to escape...