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Lot of Nine Writer's Signatures

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Lot of Nine Writer's Signatures
<B>Lot of Nine Writer's Signatures,</B></I> including: <B>Robert William Chambers</B></I> (1865-1933) an American artist and writer. Chambers studied at the École des Beaux-Arts and his work was displayed at the Salon as early as 1889. On his return to New York, he succeeded in selling his illustrations to <I>Life, Truth,</B></I> and <I>Vogue</B></I> magazines. Then, for reasons unclear, he devoted his time to writing, producing his first novel, <I>In the Quarter Q. His most famous, and perhaps most meritorious, effort is <I>The King in Yellow,</B></I> a collection of weird fiction short stories, connected by the theme of a book (to which the title refers) which drives those who read it insane; <B>Robert Hichens</B></I> (1864 -1950) was an English journalist and novelist. He wrote lyrics for music, stories, and collaborated in successful plays. He is best remembered now, perhaps, for his satire on Oscar Wilde, The <I>Green Carnation </B></I> (1894), his novels that were made into films - <I>The Garden of Allah</B></I> (pub. 1905) and <I>The Paradine Case</B></I> (pub. 1933) - and the story "How Love Came to Professor Guildea"; <B>Frank L. Packard</B></I> (1877-1942) was a Canadian novelist who, as a young man, went to work as a civil engineer for the Canadian Pacific Railway. His experiences working on the railroad led to his writing a series of mystery novels, the most famous of which featured a character called "Jimmie Dale”; <B>George Warwick Deeping</B></I> (1877-1950) was a prolific English novelist and short story writer. His most famous novel is <I>Sorrell and Son</B></I> (1925). His early work is dominated by historical romances. His later novels can be seen as attempts at keeping alive the spirit of the Edwardian age; <B>Joseph Hergesheimer</B></I> (1880-1954) was a prominent American writer of the early 20th century known for his naturalistic novels of decadent life amongst the very wealthy; <B>Peter B. Kyne</B></I> (1880-1957), novelist and prolific short story writer and businessman at heart. He wrote about ranchers and loggers, businessmen and seamen, including the <I>Cappy Ricks</B></I> (1916) series and <I>The Go-Getter</B></I> (1922); <B>Norman Raine</B></I> an American screenwriter who first worked as a reporter in Buffalo, New York, before becoming an officer with the Canadian Expeditionary Force during WWI. Upon finishing his military stint, Raine worked as an assistant editor for the Canadian news journal <I>MacLean's.</B></I> Later, he became a frequent contributor of short stories for leading magazines such as the <I>Saturday Evening Post,</B></I> of which the most famous was his "Tugboat Annie" series. Later, this popular series was brought to film in 1933 and 1940. Two of his other works were also adapted for the screen before Raine himself became a prolific writer of screenplays for Warner Brothers and others during the mid-1930s. In 1937, he shared an Oscar for the script of <I>The Life of Emile Zola</B></I>; <B>Merian Caldwell Cooper</B></I> (1893-1973) was an American aviator, American Air Force and Polish Air Force officer, adventurer, director, screenwriter, and producer. Cooper was a bomber pilot during World War I. He was shot down and captured by the Germans, serving out the remainder of the war in a POW camp. From late 1919 until 1921 he was a member of a volunteer American flight squadron, the Kosciuszko Squadron, which supported the Polish Army in the Polish-Soviet War. In 1920, his plane was shot down, and he spent nearly 9 months in a Soviet prisoner of war camp. Cooper led movie production for RKO Radio Pictures before and after World War II. He co-wrote, co-directed, and appeared in, <I>King Kong.</B></I> Cooper was a good friend and frequent collaborator with noted Western director John Ford. In 1947, they formed Argosy Productions and produced such notable films as <I>Rio Grande ,</B></I> <I>The Quiet Man,</B></I> and <I>The Searchers.</B></I> He was nominated for an Academy Award for producing <I>The Quiet Man</B></I> in 1952; and, <B>Herbert Adams Gibbons,</B></I> a political writer. Various sizes. Most mounted on stiff card stock with brief typed biographical information. All are fine.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Flat Material, Small (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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