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This is a letter from Brown to a fan who wrote him asking if he knew what "Crazy Horse" looked like. He explains in the letter that "Crazy Horse" could not have been photographed. He signs in full, "Dee Brown". From 1948 to 1972, Brown was an agriculture librarian at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he had gained a master's degree in library science and became a professor. In 1973, he retired back in Arkansas and devoted his time to writing.
BROWN, DORRIS ALEXANDER 'DEE'. (1908-2002) American novelist and historian. His most famous work, "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee" (1970) details the violent relationship between Native Americans and American expansionism.
Typed Letter Signed, 8vo, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, May 23, 1972.
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The first card is a 2"x4" file card on which Brooks has written, "Conduct your blooming in the noise and whip of the whirlwind". She has signed in full, "Gwendolyn Brooks". The second is written on a brown piece of paper, "Gwendolyn Brooks 7428 South Evans Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60619".
BROOKS, GWENDOLYN. (1917-2000) African-American poet.
Autograph Card Signed, (2), both small 8vo, Chicago Illinois, n.d.
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This is a 3-cent stamp issued, with Joseph Pulitzer's picture imprinted on it. The stamp is in purple tones. It says, "Our Republic and its press will rise or fall together". Wouk has boldly signed in blue ink, "Herman Wouk". It is framed and mounted on matt.
WOUK, HERMAN. (b. 1915) Bestselling American author with a number of notable novels to his credit, including "The Caine Mutiny", "The Winds of War", and "War and Remembrance".
First Day Issue Stamp Signed, 12mo, n.p., n.d.
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SNODGRASS, WILLIAM DE WITT. (b.1926 - ) American poet and a 1960 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry winner.
Fair Copy, Signed, 4to, on fine typing paper, n.p., n.d.
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This poem is called "Autumnal Toilette". "Queen Mountain awoke, serene,/ Adored by the wistful plains;/ Her pines were a gown of green,/ Her cataracts, crystal chains./ With maples, vermilion-boughed,/ She tinted her cheeks aglow,/ Then reached for a puff of cloud/ And powdered her face with snow." It is written in an artistic hand with very dark blue ink, centered on the 8vo, cream-colored folded stationery, and signed beautifully by the author in full, "Arthur Guiterman", with a flourish. A lovely piece.
GUITERMAN, ARTHUR. (1871-1943) American writer best known for his humorous poems. Beginning in 1907 and continuing for the rest of his life, he was the author of over a dozen collections of poems, including: "Betel Nuts, What They Say In Hindustan" (1907) "The Laughing Muse" (1915) "The Light Guitar" (1923) "Wildwood Fables"(1927) and "Gaily the Troubadour" (1936).
Autograph Poem Signed, 8vo folded, 1page, n.p., n.d.
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This is a bank check made out by Hubbard to the bank for six hundred twenty-five dollars. He has signed in black ink at the bottom, "Elbert Hubbard".
HUBBARD, ELBERT. (1856-1915) American writer, publisher, artist, and philosopher. He was an influential exponent of the Arts and Crafts Movement and is, perhaps, most famous for his essay "A Message to Garcia".
Document Signed, 8vo oblong, Marine National Bank, Buffalo, New York, April 1, 1904.
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MACLEISH, ARCHIBALD. (1892-1982) American poet, writer, and the Librarian of Congress. He is associated with the modernist school of poetry and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize three times.
Photograph Signed, 4to, n.p., n.d.
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He writes a thank you note to S.H. Payne, Esq. for a wedding gift. "My dear Mr. Payne, I do not know how to thank you for the charming & delightful wedding present that you have given us. It is the most handsome & attractive piece of glass that I have seen, & we shall always value it very greatly - quite apart from its own intrinsic worth. It was most kind of you. Again & again - Thank you very much indeed...." It is signed, "Yours most sincerely, P. Wren".
WREN, PERCIVAL C. (1875-1941) British writer, mostly of adventure fiction. He is remembered best for "Beau Geste", a much-filmed book of 1924 involving the French Foreign Legion in North Africa.
Autograph Letter Signed, 2 pp., 8vo, on E.I. United Service Club stationery, London, November 22, 1927.
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This is an inscription by Barth to a friend. He has written in black pen across the middle of this 8vo notepaper, "For D.W. - For whom is the funhouse fun?" Underneath he has signed in full, "John Barth 9/15/80".
BARTH, JOHN SIMMONS. ( b. 1930) American novelist and short-story writer, known for the postmodernist and metafictive quality of his work.
Autograph Note Signed, 8vo, n.p., September 15, 1980.
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Fletcher corresponds with a reader requesting a copy of one of his works. He writes back, "I have a copy here of my "XXIV Elegies" published in 1935, in a limited edition, which I can send you, suitably inscribed...or a copy of my most recent book, "South Star", published in 1941...." Fletcher was kind enough to answer this admirer's letter, despite a lengthy period of illness. A fine example of the author's discussion of his work.
FLETCHER, JOHN GOULD. (1886-1950) Pulitzer Prize winning American Imagist, poet and author.
Autograph Letter Signed, 8vo, on personalized stationery, Johnswood, Little Rock, Arkansas, March 6, 1945.
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"My Dear ...You do not know how happy I shall be...If there is no more to be done but to
JEFFREY, FRANCIS LORD. (1773-1850) Scottish judge and literary critic, he also began and ran the "Edinburgh Review", a literary magazine.
Autograph Letter Signed, 8vo, 3pp., n.p., July 20, 1812.
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This is a bank check made out to Moore for six dollars as payment for her work "Keeping Their World Large", an issue of contemporary poetry. It is paid by Mary Owings Miller. Moore has endorsed the check on verso, "Marianne Moore". In excellent condition.
MOORE, MARIANNE. (1887-1972) Modernist American poet and writer.
Printed Document Signed, First National Bank Baltimore, Maryland, October 31, 1944.
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Two drawings, each on yellow paper, abstract. Initialed, "W."
SAROYAN, WILLIAM. (1908-81) American author. The setting of many of his stories and plays was Fresno, California (sometimes under a fictional name), the center of Armenian-American life in California and where he grew up.
Drawings (2) Initialed, 4to, in pencil, n.p., n.d.
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This is a thank you note to another author. "Dear Tina Levitau, Thanks for your letter and the copy of your chapter on me from your book. Here are my corrections - I wish you well - Happy Passover -" and signed in full, "Elie Wiesel" in blue ink. In excellent condition.
WIESEL, ELIE. (b 1928) Jewish writer, professor, political activist, Nobel Laureate and Holocaust survivor. He is the author of over 40 books, the best known of which is "Night", a memoir that describes his experiences during the Holocaust and his imprisonment in several concentration camps.
Printed Note Signed, 8vo, on official Boston University faculty letterhead with imprinted red University Seal and Watermark, Boston, MA, March 30, 2004.
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SANDBURG, CARL . 1878-1967). American poet, historian, novelist, balladeer, and folklorist.
Typed Manuscript Signed, 4to, n.p., n.d.
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This is Yerby's response to a literary fan who had sent him a signed collection of six First Day Covers by several well-known authors, with a request for him to sign and return them. "This I did after some little delay...But the recent death of Robert Penn Warren...reminded me...Did you receive the six Covers I mailed back to you? I know I sent them back to you by Registered Air Mail...though truthfully, at my age, one's memory is not always to be trusted...Will you therefore please send me a line or two letting me know whether or not you got them?...." Signed, "Frank G. Yerby".
YERBY, FRANK G. (1916-91) American novelist who wrote romantic novels of the South, including the novel, "The Man From Dahomey" (1971).
Typed Letter Signed, 4to, on personalized stationery, Madrid, Spain, January 8, 1990.
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ZANGWILL, ISRAEL. (1864-1926) English-born humourist and writer.
Autograph Letter Signed, 8vo folded, 1page, on personal stationery, Philadelphia, n.d.
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This is a copy of a rights agreement sent by Allen Drury to his lawyer, Alpha Alpina, S.A. It was drawn up and signed by Allen Drury for the transfer of certain rights of ownership and publication of a play and movie based on his novel, "Advise and Consent", which was originally published in 1959. He is essentially in this document transferring rights from himself to a company called DruKill of which he is the main shareholder, so that he could control the use of the book which he wrote. He has signed the agreement in full, "Allen Drury".
DRURY, ALLEN. (1918-98) American novelist. He wrote the novel "Advise and Consent" in 1959, for which he won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
Typed Document Signed, 8vo, 2pp., Beverly Hills, California, March 24, 1960. Includes smal 8vo photograph unsigned.
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GORDIMER, NADINE. (b. 1923) South African writer, political activist and Nobel Prize recipient in Literature. Her writing has long dealt with moral and racial issues, particularly apartheid in South Africa.
Printed Document Signed, (2) folio pages, St. James Press, London, England, November 1972, and 1988.
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He writes, "Dear Mr. Roberts, Sorry I cannot remember the number of copies of the first edition. It was published by the Viking Press. There were no earlier books or pamphlets, at least none which were offered for sale. In '25 or '26 a small brochure of "The World Goes Turning" designed by Robert O. Ballon was privately printed for Mr. Ballon in Chicago and sent by him to a list of friends. At about the same time the University of Chicago Press issued a pamphlet, "White Spring Wedding", in connection with the award of the annual Fish Prize. This, however, may possibly have contained some additional material receiving honorable mention in the same contest - I don't remember. Excuse this hasty reply. If I wait until I have pen, ink, paper and the necessary time, all at once, your letter will never be answered. Sincerely yours," and signed in full, "George Dillon". In very good condition.
DILLON, GEORGE. (1906-68) American editor and poet. His "The Flowering Stone" won the 1932 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. He was the editor for Poetry Magazine from 1937 to 1949.
Autograph Letter Signed, in pencil, 4to, Paris, France, April 7, 1945.
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