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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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Robert Browning609 - Robert Browning
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Ink signature on an off-white 2.5 x 1.25 clipped slip. Matted, with an etched photo of Browning, to an overall size of 10 x 8. In fine condition, with
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Thornton Burgess610 - Thornton Burgess
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American author (1874–1965) best known for his popular children’s stories featuring a colorful cast of animal characters, including Peter Rabbit. Two
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Frances Hodgson Burnett611 - Frances Hodgson Burnett
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British author (1849–1924) of such children’s classics as The Secret Garden, Little Lord Fauntleroy, and A Little Princess. ALS, one page, 4.5 x 7, bl
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Edgar Rice Burroughs612 - Edgar Rice Burroughs
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Signed book: Tarzan Triumphant. Later printing. Tarzana, California, 1931. Hardcover with dustjacket, 5.5 x 8, 318 pages. Signed and inscribed on the
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William S. Burroughs613 - William S. Burroughs
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Signed book: Tornado Alley. First edition. Cherry Valley Editions, 1989. Hardcover, 5.75 x 8.75, 53 pages. Signed in black ballpoint on the title page
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James M. Cain614 - James M. Cain
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American novelist (1892–1977) best known as the author of such crime/noir classics as The Postman Always Rings Twice and Double Indemnity. TLS, one pa
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Truman Capote615 - Truman Capote
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American writer whose works include novels, stories, plays, and reportage. He introduced the genre of the nonfiction novel with In Cold Blood (1966).
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Dale Carnegie616 - Dale Carnegie
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Author and lecturer (1888–1955) whose motivational book How to Win Friends and Influence People became one of the best-selling nonfiction works of mod
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Rachel Carson617 - Rachel Carson
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American biologist and author (1907–1964) best known for the ecological classic Silent Spring. Signed book: The Sea Around Us. Later printing. NY: Oxf
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Francois Rene de Chateaubriand618 - Francois Rene de Chateaubriand
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Writer, politician, diplomat, and historian (1768–1848). He is considered the founder of Romanticism in French literature. LS in French, signed “Chate
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Howard Chandler Christy619 - Howard Chandler Christy
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Illustrator and painter who developed the popular image of the Christy Girl. ALS, two pages on two adjoining sheets, 9.75 x 8, The Barracks letterhead
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Samuel L. Clemens620 - Samuel L. Clemens
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ALS signed “S. L. Clemens,” two pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 5.75, September 26, 1898. Letter to Edward Bok. In full: “New address: Hotel Kran
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Samuel L. Clemens621 - Samuel L. Clemens
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ALS signed “Saml,” two pages both sides, 3.25 x 5.5, August 26, [1878]. Letter to his wife Livy. In full: “We came through a-whooping to-day, 6 hours
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Jean Cocteau622 - Jean Cocteau
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Versatile French poet, playwright, film director, and artist (1889–1963); among his best-known works are the novel Les Enfants Terrible and the film L
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Wilkie Collins623 - Wilkie Collins
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British author regarded as the first British detective story writer (1824–1889). Bold and florid vintage ink signature, “Wilkie Collins, Boston, Febru
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Noel Coward624 - Noel Coward
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TLS, one page, 5.5 x 9, personal letterhead, April 22, 1933. In a letter to R. F. Casemore, Coward writes in full: “Thank you so much for your kind le
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Palmer Cox625 - Palmer Cox
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Canadian writer and illustrator (1840–1924) best known for his series of books and comic strips featuring the Brownies. Vintage ink signature, “Palmer
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Theodore Dreiser626 - Theodore Dreiser
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Signed book: The Symbolic Drawings of Hubert Davis for an American Tragedy. Limited edition of 525 copies, this being No. 350. Horace Liveright. Hardc
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Arthur Conan Doyle627 - Arthur Conan Doyle
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ALS signed “A. Conan Doyle,” one page, 5 x 8, Windlesham, Crowborough, Sussex letterhead, December 31, 1914. In a letter to Mrs. Gribble, Doyle writes
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Otto Dix628 - Otto Dix
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German artist (1891–1969) best known for his Expressionist depictions of Weimar society and the brutality of war. ALS in German, signed “Dix,” one pag
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Alexandre Dumas, fils630 - Alexandre Dumas, fils
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Three untranslated ALSs in French signed “A. Dumas,” one page, ranging in size from 4 x 5.25 to 4.5 x 7. In very good condition, with light creasing t
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Alexandre Dumas, fils631 - Alexandre Dumas, fils
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Two elegant untranslated ALSs in French, each signed “A. Dumas,” both one page, both sides, 4 x 5. Uniform toning, light soiling, and wrinkling, other
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Alexander Dumas, pere632 - Alexander Dumas, pere
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Distinguished French novelist (1802–1870) of such historical classics as The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, and The Man in the Iron Mask
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Walter D. Edmonds633 - Walter D. Edmonds
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Author of Drums Along the Mohawk. ALS, one page both sides, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, June 9, 1971. Edmonds writes, in full: “I’ve returned Th
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John Dunning634 - John Dunning
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Signed book: The Bookman’s Wake. Advanced Reader’s Copy. First edition. NY: Scribner, 1995. Softcover, 6.25 x 9.25, 351 pages. Signed and inscribed on
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T. S. Eliot635 - T. S. Eliot
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Vintage fountain pen signature, “T. S. Eliot, 27.iv.61,” on an off-white 5.5 x 3.5 Faber and Faber Limited Publishers postcard. Light toning and faint
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Ralph Ellison636 - Ralph Ellison
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Signed book: Invisible Man. Limited edition later printing. Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1980. Hardcover, 6.5 x 9.5, 454 pages. Signed in black
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Gustave Flaubert637 - Gustave Flaubert
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Celebrated French novelist (1821–1880) best known for his classics Madame Bovary, Salammbô, and A Sentimental Education. ALS in French, signed ...
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Fireside Poets638 - Fireside Poets
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Remarkable grouping of five ink signatures on individual off-white sheets and cards, ranging in size from 3.5 x 2 to 4.5 x 2.25, each signed by a fame
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Anatole France639 - Anatole France
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French author (1844–1924) who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1921. ALS in French, one page, 5 x 6.5, no date. Letter to to his dealer of art pri
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Ian Fleming640 - Ian Fleming
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Former British intelligence officer (1908–1964) whose novels featuring suave spy James Bond have attained unprecedented and seemingly indestructible p
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Daniel Chester French641 - Daniel Chester French
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TLS signed “Daniel C. French,” one page, 8.5 x 10.5, personal letterhead, April 10, 1920. In a letter to W. F. Paris, Esq., French writes, in full: “I
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Robert Frost642 - Robert Frost
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Signed book: In the Clearing. Limited edition, #359/1500. NY: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1962. Hardcover with slipcase, 6.5 x 10, 101 pages. Signed
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Zona Gale643 - Zona Gale
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American author and playwright (1874–1938). Gale became the first female to win the Pulitzer Prize for drama in 1921. Two items: TLS, one page, March
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Jean Genet644 - Jean Genet
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Prominent and controversial French novelist, playwright, poet, essayist, and political activist (1910-1986). ANS, signed “Jean Genet, Poet and prose w
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Allen Ginsberg645 - Allen Ginsberg
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Captivating 9 x 13.5 magazine photo of the edgy poet holding a steaming drink, signed in black ink, “Ah Ah, Allen Ginsberg.” Double-matted with a smal
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Allen Ginsberg646 - Allen Ginsberg
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ALS, one page, 8.5 x 11, January 9, 1989. Ginsberg writes to Istvan Eörsi in Budapest. In part: “Enclosed find my travel schedule for next half...
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Allen Ginsberg647 - Allen Ginsberg
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Flyer for a No Nukes Poetry Reading and Songs at the Boulder Theatre, 8.5 x 11, signed in black ink by Ginsberg and in blue ballpoint by poet Peter Or
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe648 - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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German writer, scientist, and philosopher (1749–1832) who takes a place among the central intellectual and artistic figures of his day. His poetry and
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William Golding649 - William Golding
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Distinguished British author (1911–1993) of the classic novel Lord of the Flies and winner of the 1982 Nobel Prize in Literature. Glossy 5 x 8 publici
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Graham Greene650 - Graham Greene
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Renowned English author (1904–1991) who seamlessly blended themes of morality, politics, and espionage. Color 10 x 12.5 New York Times magazine photo
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Alfred Grevin651 - Alfred Grevin
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French sculptor, artist and costume designer (1827–1892) who created the Musee Grevin, a Paris wax museum. ALS in French, signed “A. Grevin,” one page
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Edward Everett Hale652 - Edward Everett Hale
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American clergyman and author (1822–1909) best known for the Civil War allegory ‘The Man Without a Country.’ TLS signed “Edw. E. Hale,” one page, 5.25
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Edward Everett Hale653 - Edward Everett Hale
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ALS signed “Edw. E. Hale,” one page, 5.25 x 7.5, clergy letterhead affixed to a sheet of almost the exact size, February 8, 1865. Hale writes, in full
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Alex Haley654 - Alex Haley
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Glossy 8 x 10 half-length photo of Haley, signed in black felt tip. In fine condition, with a small bend to the top right corner.
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Keith Haring655 - Keith Haring
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American artist (1958–1990) whose graffiti-inspired outline drawings of human figures and animals made him one of the most recognizable and ubiquitous
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Keith Haring656 - Keith Haring
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Color 4 x 6 postcard with a reproduction of an untitled work, signed in black felt tip in the bottom border, “K. Haring.” In fine condition, with mild
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Ernest Hemingway657 - Ernest Hemingway
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Terrific glossy 3.5 x 5.5 postcard, featuring a photo of a woman on a chair lift at Mt. Baldy, Sun Valley, signed and inscribed in blue ballpoint on t
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Ernest Hemingway658 - Ernest Hemingway
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Signed book: A Farewell to Arms. Later printing. Liepzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, no date. Hardcover, 4.5 x 6.25, 320 pages. Signed and inscribed in ink o
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Al Hirschfeld659 - Al Hirschfeld
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Printed Hirschfeld image of Elvis on an 8 x 10 card bearing an Elvis postage stamp and first-day cancellation, signed in pencil “Hirschfeld.” In fine
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