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FITZGERALD, F. SCOTT. (1896-1940) Enduring American writer of novels and short stories, whose works are evocative of the Jazz Age, a term he coined. He is widely regarded as one of the twentieth century's great writers, best remembered for his novel, "The Great Gatsby" (1925).
Autograph Letter Signed, one page on 8vo folded sheet, Paris, May 20 1921.
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BLOCH, ERNST. (1885-1977) German philosopher who broke from an orthodox Marxist philosophy and developed a "Philosophy of Hope." He fled East Germany for West Germany in 1962.
A.L.S., in German, 12mo, 2 pp,Tübingen, Oct. 15, 1962.
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O’NEILL, EUGENE. (1888-1953) American playwright, and Nobel laureate in Literature.
Rare Original Photograph of O'Neill as a boy, unsigned, oblong 8vo, with full signature on a small 12mo visiting card.
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WODEHOUSE, P(ELHAM). G(RENVILLE). (1881-1975) British author known for his humorous writings centered around upper-class British life before World War, and particularly for his characters Bertie Wooster and his butler Jeeves.
Typed Letter Signed, oblong 8vo, New York, Dec. 14, 1952.
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TRUMBO, DALTON. (1905-76). American screenwriter and novelist, known for his Academy Award winning films "Roman Holiday" (1953), and "Exodus" and "Spartacus," (both released in 1960). These screenplays were written while he was blacklisted as part of the Hollywood Ten.
Typed Document Signed, 4 separate pp, 8vo, n.p., August 10, 1962.
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MILNE, A. A. (ALAN ALEXANDER). (1882-1956) British author, best known for his children's stories about Winnie the Pooh and Christopher Robin.
Autograph Letter Signed, 8vo, on personalized address stationery, London, May 1, 1920.
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REMARQUE, ERICH MARIA. (1898-1970). German author best known for his novel of the First World War, "All Quiet on the Western Front" (1929).
Scarce Signed Printed Photograph, large 8vo, affixed to a 4to mount.
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THOMAS, DYLAN [Spender, Steven; Moore, Henry; Read, Harold]. (1914-1953). Welsh poet who wrote exclusively in English. In addition to poetry, he wrote short stories and scripts for film and radio, which he often performed himself. His public readings, particularly in America, won him great acclaim; his sonorous voice with a subtle Welsh lilt became almost as famous as his works. His best-known works include the “Under Milk Wood” and the celebrated poem for his dying father, “Do not go gentle into that good night.”
Group of 3 letters regarding the Dylan Thomas Fund. Thomas, Dylan, Autograph Letter Signed,8vo, Laugharne, Carmarthenshire, June 5, 1940; Spender, Stephen (1909 –1995, English poet, novelist and essayist), Typed Letter Signed on "Horizon" station
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LEWIS, CLIVE STAPLES, known as C.S. LEWIS . 1898-1963). Irish born British scholar and author. His works include “The Screwtape Letters (1942), and the seven story series, “The Chronicles of Narnia” (1950 – 56). Ranked eleventh on the list of "the 50 greatest British writers since 1945" by The Times in 2008.
Autograph Letter Signed, on 12mo lined note paper, Magdalen College, Oxford, Oct. 10, 1942
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SHELLEY, PERCY BYSSHE. (1792-1822) Romantic British poet, known for his philosophical poem "Queen Mab," (1813), and lyrical drama, "Prometheus Unbound," (1820).
Autograph Document Signed, oblong 8vo, Great Marlow, July 15, 1817.
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ELIOT, T(HOMAS) S(TEARNS). (1888-1965). American born British author and recipient of the 1948 Nobel Prize in Literature.
Early Typed Letter Signed, 4to on "The Criterion" stationery, 4to London, July 8, 1938.
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ZOLA, EMILE . (1840-1902) French writer and a major figure in the political liberalization of France.
Autograph Note Signed, in French, small 12mo, n.p., n.d.
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CAPOTE, TRUMAN. 1924-84) American author, whose works include Breakfast at Tiffany’s and the thriller, In Cold Blood.
Autograph Quotation Signed on 4to sheet of lined notebook paper, n.p., n.d., but from him childhood.
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SHAW, GEORGE BERNARD . (1856 -1950). Irish playwright and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1925.
Autograph Note Signed, on a post card photograph of Shaw, postmarked London, (?) 1908.
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NABOKOV, VLADIMIR . (1898-1977). Multilingual Russian-American novelist and short story writer. Nabokov wrote his first nine novels in Russian, then rose to international prominence as a master English prose stylist. Nabokov’s “Lolita” (1955) is frequently cited as his most important novel and is his most widely known, exhibiting the love of intricate wordplay and descriptive detail that characterized all his works.
Rare Typed Letter Signed, in French, regarding six of his books. One page, on integral address leaf stationery. 4to, Cambridge, Mass. May 15, 1948.
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HUGHES, LANGSTON . (1902-67). American poet, novelist, playwright, short story writer, and columnist. Hughes is known for his work during the Harlem Renaissance. DUREM, RAY (1914-63). American poet.
Autograph Note Signed on a group of typed poems by Ray Durem, 11 separate pp of 4to and oblong 8vo sheets, n.p., n.d. but circa 1954.
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HEMINGWAY, ERNEST M. (1899-1961). American writer, awarded the Nobel Prize in literature in 1954. He is best remembered for novels include, “The Sun Also Rises,” “A Farewell to Arms,” and “The Old Man and the Sea.”
Important original photograph, signed on verso, 4to.
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[PUNCH Magazine] LEMON, MARK. 1809 – 1870). British writer best known as the editor the weekly paper Punch and The Field. He also wrote plays and operettas which were produced in London.
A.L.S., on blind embossed stationery, folded 8vo, 2 pp., n.p., n.d.
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WILLIAMS,TENNESSEE. 1911-1983) American playwright who received many of the top theatrical awards for his works. He moved to New Orleans in 1939 and changed his name to "Tennessee", the state of his father's birth. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for A Streetcar Named Desire in 1948 and for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof in 1955. In addition, The Glass Menagerie (1945) and The Night of the Iguana (1961) received New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards. His 1952 play The Rose Tattoo received the Tony Award for best play.
Document Signed, oblong 8vo, August 31, 1978
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POUND, EZRA . 1885-1972) American poet, editor and critic and a major influence on Joyce, Eliot, Hemingway and Frost.
Original Typed Manuscript Signed, 4to., "Via Marsalla" stationery, [Rapallo, Italy, n.d.].
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