506 - Shel SilversteinRR Auction
Two items: a DS, 8.5 x 14, two pages, December 4, 1963, a popular songwriter's contract between Hollis Music, Inc., and Silverstein relating to ...
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507 - Rabindranath TagoreRR Auction
Bengali poet, playwright, philosopher, and author (1861–1941) who became the first non-European to win a Nobel Prize (Literature) in 1913. Rare ALS in
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508 - Leon UrisRR Auction
Signed book: Exodus. First edition. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1958. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6 x 8.5, 626 pages. Signed on the half-title page in
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509 - Dylan ThomasRR Auction
ALS, one page, 6.5 x 7.5, November 6, 1945. In full: "Here enclosed are the corrected final proofs of my book of poems Deaths & Entrances. ...
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510 - VoltaireRR Auction
Neatly penned partial autograph document in French, signed "Voltaire," one page, 6.5 x 8, January 5, 1761. The untranslated document appea...
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511 - VoltaireRR Auction
ALS in French, signed “V,” one page both sides, 7 x 9, no date but circa 1753–1754. Letter to Francois-Louis Defresney, director of the post in Strasb
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512 - Paul VerlaineRR Auction
Famed and highly influential French poet (1844–1896) who penned Poèmes saturniens and Romances sans paroles; likewise remembered for his tumult...
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513 - Noah WebsterRR Auction
Author and lexicographer (1758-1843) who published the first comprehensive dictionary of American English. ALS signed “N. Webster,” one page, 8 x 9.75
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514 - Kurt VonnegutRR Auction
Signed book: Cat's Cradle. First edition. NY: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1963. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.5, 233 pages. Signed on the...
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515 - Edith WhartonRR Auction
Signed book: Twelve Poems by Edith Wharton. Limited edition, numbered 125/130. London: Medici Society, 1926. Hardcover, 6.5 x 9.5, 51 pages. Boldly si
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516 - William Carlos WilliamsRR Auction
Physician and Pulitzer Prize-winning writer (1883–1963) whose innovative verse made him one of the most influential figures in 20th century American l
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517 - Roger ZelaznyRR Auction
American poet and writer of fantasy and science fiction (1937–1995). Signed book: The Doors of His Face, The Lamps of His Mouth, and Other Stories. Fi
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518 - Emile ZolaRR Auction
Boldly penned ALS in French, two pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 8, July 9, 1901. Letter to the French poet Saint-Georges de Bouhélier, conc...
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520 - Ray BradburyRR Auction
Signed book: Witness and Celebrate. First edition, limited issue, numbered 34/100. Northridge, CA: Lord John Press, 2000. Clothbound hardcover, 8.25 x
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521 - William S. BurroughsRR Auction
Unsigned book: Naked Lunch. First edition, first printing. NY: Grove Press, 1959. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.5 x 8.25, 255 pages. Book condition: V
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522 - George CombeRR Auction
Writer and advocate of phrenology (1788–1858) who founded the influential Edinburgh Phrenological Society. ALS signed “Geo Combe,” one page, 5 x 8, Se
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523 - Roald DahlRR Auction
Glossy 8 x 10 photo of Dahl working in his office, seated in a large armchair with a custom desktop, signed in the lower border in red felt tip, &qu...
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524 - Allen GinsbergRR Auction
ALS, one page, 5.5 x 9, December 5, 1972. Ginsberg writes on the reverse side of a letter addressed to him by a college student who is "sickene...
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525 - Thomas HarrisRR Auction
Two photos: a color 10 x 8 photo of Jodie Foster's image from the Silence of the Lambs movie poster, signed below in blue felt tip by Harris; an...
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526 - Oliver Wendell Holmes, SrRR Auction
ALS signed “Oliver Wendell Holmes,” one page, 4.25 x 7, 296 Beacon Street letterhead, October 23, 1883. In full: "Please accept my thanks for y...
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527 - L. Ron HubbardRR Auction
Pulp and science-fiction author (1911-1986) who became a lightning rod for controversy as the founder of the Church of Scientology. TLS signed “Ron,”
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528 - Stephen KingRR Auction
Two books: a copy of Pet Semetary, published by Doubleday & Company in 1983, hardcover with dust jacket, signed and inscribed on the title page ...
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529 - Henry Wadsworth LongfellowRR Auction
Ink signature, "Henry W. Longfellow, 1880," on an off-white 4.5 x 2.25 slip affixed inside a vintage leather-bound 6.75 x 4 autograph book...
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530 - Donald Grant MitchellRR Auction
American writer (1822–1908) who usually wrote under the pseudonym Ik Marvel, best known for his 1850 novel of rural life, Reveries of a Bachelor. Matt
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531 - Robert W. ServiceRR Auction
British-Canadian poet and writer (1874-1958) known for his vivid descriptions of the Yukon territory during the Klondike gold rush. TLS, one page, 8.2
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532 - Erich von DänikenRR Auction
Swiss author (born 1935) whose works posit claims about extraterrestrial influences on early human culture, including the best-selling Chariots of the
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533 - Gahan WilsonRR Auction
American cartoonist (born 1930) best known for his drawings for The New Yorker. Signed book: Everybody’s Favorite Duck. First edition, first printing.
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534 - John WyndhamRR Auction
Unsigned book: The Day of the Triffids. First American edition. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1951. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.5 x 8, 222 pages. Book
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535 - Leopold AuerRR Auction
Hungarian violinist, conductor, and composer (1845–1930) who was renowned as a violin teacher; among his top students were Jascha Heifetz, Nathan Mils
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536 - Max BruchRR Auction
German composer (1838-1920) who wrote over 200 works, including staples of the violin repertoire. Scarce AMQS on an off-white 7.25 x 4.5 sheet, signed
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537 - Anton BrucknerRR Auction
Important Austrian composer (1824–1896) whose symphonies are considered emblematic of the final stage of Austro-German Romanticism. Rare ALS in German
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538 - Enrico CarusoRR Auction
Pair of untranslated ALSs in Italian on individual 5.5 x 3.5 postcards, one dated October 24, 1904, and the other postmarked November 18, 1904. In ove
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539 - Enrico CarusoRR Auction
Fantastic original self-portrait sketch by Caruso, showing himself in profile, accomplished in ink on an off-white 7.5 x 5.75 sheet, signed in the low
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540 - Gaetano DonizettiRR Auction
Italian composer (1797-1848) known as a leading composer of the bel canto opera style. Untranslated ALS in French, signed “Donizetti,” one page, 5.25
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541 - Fromental HalevyRR Auction
French composer of over thirty operas, best known for La Juive (1799-1862). Lengthy AMQS on an off-white 11.75 x 8.75 musically lined sheet, signed at
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542 - Ruggero LeoncavalloRR Auction
Unusual dual AMQS on an off-white 7.5 x 5.75 sheet, signed and dated twice, "R. Leoncavallo, Brissago 18 Sept. 1908," and "R. Leoncav...
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543 - Franz LisztRR Auction
Rare AMQS on an off-white 10 x 6.5 musically lined sheet, signed and inscribed in French in black ink, "F. Liszt, A Madame Henriette Fuchs—affe...
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544 - Giacomo PucciniRR Auction
Vintage matte-finish 3.75 x 5.25 head-and-shoulders portrait of Puccini, signed and inscribed in fountain pen in Italian, "Giacomo Puccini, New...
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545 - Dmitri ShostakovichRR Auction
Soviet composer (1906–1975) whose fifteen symphonies occupy a place of central performance in the orchestral literature of the twentieth century. Outs
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546 - Richard WagnerRR Auction
ALS in German, one page, 5.25 x 8.5, October 23, no year. Untranslated letter to "Herr Fritzsche," presumably his publisher, to whom he re...
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547 - Samuel Francis SmithRR Auction
Appealing AQS on an off-white 4.25 x 7 sheet, signed at the conclusion in ink, "S. F. Smith, Written in 1832, May 24, 1895." Smith neatly ...
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548 - Eric DolphyRR Auction
Innovative jazz alto saxophonist, flautist, and bass clarinetist (1928–1965) who died suddenly at the age of 36 from a diabetic coma. Vintage ballpoin
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549 - Ella FitzgeraldRR Auction
Vintage glossy 8 x 10 publicity photo of Fitzgerald in a tender close-up pose, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, "To 'Buck,' you...
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550 - Billie HolidayRR Auction
DS, signed “Miss Billie Holiday,” one page, 8.25 x 11, September 28, 1950. Tom Kelley Studios consent document for the Schmidt Lithography Company. In
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551 - Charles MingusRR Auction
Influential jazz bassist and composer (1922–1979) whose complex, innovative works meld elements of jazz, classical, and gospel. Vintage ballpoint sign
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552 - Thelonious MonkRR Auction
Idiosyncratic pianist, composer, and arranger (1917–1982) who takes a place among the most innovative and influential figures of modern jazz. Vintage
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553 - Jazz MusiciansRR Auction
Astounding collection of over 80 signatures of legendary jazz musicians, each signing in ink on individual off-white 4.75 x 3.25 sheets, with musician
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554 - Cole PorterRR Auction
DS, four pages, 8.5 x 13, May 8, 1953. Memorandum of agreement between Lars Schmidt of Gothenburg and Cole Porter, Guy Bolton, P. G. Wodehouse, Howard
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555 - John Philip SousaRR Auction
AMQS on an off-white 5.25 x 3 sheet, signed below in black ink, "John Philip Sousa, 1901," who pens four bars of music from an unidentifie...
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