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ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
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Prosper Merimee672 - Prosper Merimee
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French dramatist, historian, archaeologist, and short story writer (1803-1870). One of his stories was the basis of the opera Carmen. ALS in French, s
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Alberto Moravia673 - Alberto Moravia
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Italian novelist (1907–1990). Signed book: La Disubbidienza. Later printing. Italy: Bompiani, 1955. Hardcover, 4.75 x 8, 714 pages. Signed and inscrib
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Margaret Mitchell674 - Margaret Mitchell
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TLS signed “Margaret Mitchell Marsh,” one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, August 2, 1948. Letter to Mr. Pattillo. In part: “It was a pleasure
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Amedeo Modigliani675 - Amedeo Modigliani
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Painter and sculptor (1884–1920) who had to struggle against poverty and chronic ill health, dying of tuberculosis and excesses of drink and drugs at
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Vladimir Nabokov676 - Vladimir Nabokov
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Much-esteemed Russian-born American writer (1899–1977), best known for the controversial 1955 classic Lolita, widely hailed as one of the greatest nov
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Christopher Morley677 - Christopher Morley
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American author (1890–1957). ALS, on a 3.25 x 5.5 government postcard, December 10, 1943. Letter to noted collector Gene Andrewski. In full: “Here is
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Felix Nadar678 - Felix Nadar
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Pseudonym of Gaspard-Félix Tournachon (1820–1910), a French photographer, caricaturist, journalist, novelist, and balloonist. Signed book: Quan...
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Andre Norton679 - Andre Norton
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Signed book: Ralestone Luck. First edition, first printing. NY: D. Appleton-Century, 1938. Hardcover with dustjacket, 5.75 x 8, 296 pages. Signed on t
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Eugene O’Neill680 - Eugene O’Neill
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Signed book: Marco Millions. Limited edition of 450 copies (this copy No. 307). NY: Boni and Liveright, 1927. Hardcover, 6 x 9.5, 180 pages. Signed in
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Eugene O’Neill681 - Eugene O’Neill
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American playwright (1888–1953) who occupies a central place in the history of twentieth-century drama. Among his most famous works are The Iceman Com
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Marcel Pagnol682 - Marcel Pagnol
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French novelist, playwright, and filmmaker (1895-1974). Signed book: Le Masque de Fer. First edition, first printing. Paris: Éditions de Proven...
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Octavio Paz683 - Octavio Paz
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Mexican writer, poet, and diplomat, and the winner of the 1990 Nobel Prize in Literature. Signed book: La otra voz. First Spanish edition. Barcelona:
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Pablo Picasso684 - Pablo Picasso
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Original signed black paint sketch of two horses in a corral on the cover of LIFE magazine, December 27, 1968, signed “Picasso.” Mild creasing passing
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I. M. Pei685 - I. M. Pei
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Iconic Japanese-American architect best known for his glass pyramid designed as an updated entrance to the Louvre. His other notable buildings include
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Luigi Pirandello686 - Luigi Pirandello
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Italian dramatist, novelist, and short story writer (1867-1936) awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1934. Signed book: Zivot, Ketert Jsem Ti Dala
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Poetry687 - Poetry
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Collection of 41 items, including signatures on individual slips and cards, TLSs, ALS, and souvenir poems. Highlights include: Signatures of Carl Sand
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Joseph Pulitzer688 - Joseph Pulitzer
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ALS, one page, faintly-lined, 6 x 9.25, Post-Dispatch letterhead, April 19, 1882. Letter to William Henry Smith. In part: “I never got your book on St
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Rainer Maria Rilke689 - Rainer Maria Rilke
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Influential poet (1875–1926) who takes a place among the most highly regarded figures in early modern literature. Signed book: Das Buch Der Bilder. Be
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Norman Rockwell690 - Norman Rockwell
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TLS, one page, 5.5 x 6.5, personal letterhead, February 24, 1947. In full: “I’m so glad that you are enjoying my book and I appreciate your writing me
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Norman Rockwell691 - Norman Rockwell
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TLS, one page, 5.75 x 7.75, personal letterhead, November 20, 1970. Rockwell politely turns down a request to sign a book. In full: “I have found that
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Antoine de Saint-Exupery692 - Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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Signed book: Terre Des Hommes. Later printing. Paris: Gallimard, 1939. Softcover, 4.5 x 7.5, 218 pages. Signed and inscribed on the half-title page (t
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Antoine de Sainte-Exupery693 - Antoine de Sainte-Exupery
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French writer and aviator. He is most famous for his novella The Little Prince, and is also well known for his books about aviation adventures, includ
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Carl Sandburg694 - Carl Sandburg
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Signed book: Always the Young Strangers. Later printing. NY: Hartcourt, Brace, and Company. Hardcover with dustjacket, 6 x 8.75, 445 pages. Signed in
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Mari Sandoz695 - Mari Sandoz
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Novelist, biographer, lecturer, and teacher (1896-1966). Signed book: Crazy Horse: The Strange Man of the Oglalas. First edition, first printing. NY:
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Mari Sandoz696 - Mari Sandoz
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Signed book: The Story Catcher. First edition, first printing. Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1963. Hardcover with dustjacket, 5.75 x 9, 175 pages.
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George Santayana697 - George Santayana
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Spanish–born philosopher and author (1863–1952) who made significant contributions to the study of aesthetics, literary criticism, and modern speculat
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Sir Walter Scott698 - Sir Walter Scott
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Scottish novelist and poet (1771–1832) best known for such classics as Ivanhoe, Rob Roy, and Waverley. ALS, one page both sides, 4.5 x 7.25, August 20
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Maurice Sendak699 - Maurice Sendak
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Rare glossy 3.5 x 5 head-and-shoulders photo, signed in black ink. In fine condition. Sendak is very uncommon in signed photos.
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Dr. Seuss700 - Dr. Seuss
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Printed signed and inscribed sketch of The Cat in the Hat on an off-white 5.5 x 8.5 sheet, signed in red artist pencil “Dear Tim. It was a pleasure! D
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Dr. Seuss701 - Dr. Seuss
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Nice ink signature, “Dr. Seuss,” on an off-white 5 x 3 lightly-lined card. In fine condition, with a paperclip impression to top border, which could b
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Dr. Seuss703 - Dr. Seuss
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ALS signed “Ted,” one page, 5.5 x 8.5, on a printed sketch of The Cat in the Hat. In full: “You wasted a stamp. I sent my check last week. It was very
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Dr. Seuss704 - Dr. Seuss
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Series 1976 two dollar bill, signed and inscribed in black ink on the portrait side, “2 bucks for Mike! Dr. Seuss.” In fine condition.
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Dr. Seuss705 - Dr. Seuss
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Signed book: The Cat in the Hat. First educational edition. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1957. Hardcover, 6.75 x 9.25. Signed and inscribed on the revers
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George Bernard Shaw706 - George Bernard Shaw
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ALS signed “G.B.S.,” on a 3.25 x 5.25 picture postcard of Shaw, November 27, 1906. Letter to Michael Sherbrooke. In part: “By all means, if you will f
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George Bernard Shaw707 - George Bernard Shaw
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ALS signed “G. Bernard Shaw,” one page, both sides, 3.25 x 4.5, Adelphi Terrace letterhead, June 4, 1903. Letter to Richard Duffy, Jr. In full: “I am
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Jessie Willcox Smith708 - Jessie Willcox Smith
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Illustrator (1863–1935) famous for her work in magazines such as Ladies Home Journal and for her illustrations for children's books. ALS, three ...
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George Bernard Shaw709 - George Bernard Shaw
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Nobel Prize–winning Irish dramatist and critic (1856–1950) who takes a place among the most distinguished and influential literary figures of his time
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Samuel Francis Smith710 - Samuel Francis Smith
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Boston-born Baptist minister and academic (1808–1895) best known as the lyricist of ‘America’ (’My Country ’Tis of Thee’), written while he was a stud
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Alexander Solzhenitsyn711 - Alexander Solzhenitsyn
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Nobel Laureate in Literature, 1970. Signed book: Gulag Archipelago (Russian edition). Later printing. Moscow: Maskwá Terra, 2000. Hardcover, 5....
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Edward Steichen712 - Edward Steichen
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Important photographer (1879–1973) who was one of the pioneering figures in the field of “art” photography. TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, Museum of Modern
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Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas713 - Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas
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American writer Gertrude Stein (1874–1946) is best known for her novels, poetry, and opera libretti marked a distinctive, playfully experimental, some
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John Steinbeck714 - John Steinbeck
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Felt tip signature, “John Steinbeck,” on an off-white 4 x 2.5 card. Scattered light creases with several passing through his name, otherwise fine cond
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John Steinbeck715 - John Steinbeck
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Signed book: The Grapes of Wrath. First edition, first printing (with “First published in April 1939” on copyright page and “$2.75” and “First Edition
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Bram Stoker and Henry Irving716 - Bram Stoker and Henry Irving
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Stoker was an Irish author (1847–1912) best known for his horror classic Dracula. Irving (1838–1905) was a prominent British stage actor who was the
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Irving Stone717 - Irving Stone
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Writer (1903–1989) known for his biographical novels of historical personalities. Signed book: Jack London: Sailor on Horseback and 28 Selected Jack L
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John Steinbeck718 - John Steinbeck
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ALS signed “John,” two lightly-lined yellow legal pages, 8 x 12.25, no date. Letter addressed to “Bill,” while in the midst of composing an adaptation
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Irving Stone719 - Irving Stone
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TLS, one page, 7.75 x 11, personal letterhead, March 11, 1968. Letter to an aspiring author. In part: “For an established author, or one who already h
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Harriet Beecher Stowe720 - Harriet Beecher Stowe
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AQS on an off-white 6 x 8 album page, signed “Harriet Beecher Stowe, Feby. 9th, 1894.” An extract from Chapter 12 of Uncle Tom’s Cabin. In full: “Not
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William Makepeace Thackeray721 - William Makepeace Thackeray
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Well-regarded British novelist (1811–1863) of such satirical classics as Vanity Fair. ALS signed “W. M. Thackeray,” one page, 5 x 7, no date. Letter t
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Ivan Turgenev722 - Ivan Turgenev
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Highly influential Russian author (1818-1883) whose 1862 novel Fathers and Sons remains one of the pillars of nineteenth-century literature. Signed bo
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