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SALMON, ANDRÉ. (1881-1969). French writer. Pascin, Jules. (1885-1930) Bulgarian born American painter. Committed suicide while living in Paris.
"Venus dans la Balance", Paris Quattre Chemins, 1926. Signed, with original signed drawing by Jules Pascin
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LAWRENCE, D.H. (DAVID HERBERT). (1885-1930) Greatly influential and prolific English author.
A.L.S., 2 pp 4to, Florence, October 18, 1926.
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To Hans Dieter Zimmermann. "yes, I agreed in the beginning, but I can't find the time now. Lectures out of town, classes starting soon, editorial work on new material for the intended complete edition . Maybe you could print something from my just published 'Disassociations 1' (Suhrkamp Bibliothek, p. 218 line 15 from the bottom to page 219. Starting with 'Quite easy is the more profound hope' . to 'one has never existed.' Then, after a paragraph, continues: 'Nothing is more human' . to 'with humani alienum - all of them.'" Nicely signed, Ernst Bloch." With holograph envelope.
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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LAWRENCE, D. (AVID) H(ERBERT) (1885-1930). Greatly influential and prolific English author
A.L.S., in German, on a photographic postcard of a Native American woman, postmarked, Taos, New Mexico, October 14, 1924.
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He encloses a check and writes some accounting information, then continues, “I am most pleased to see how well your piece went – I could not see us having been indulging in mustard cravats since Tuesday….” He signs at the bottom of the first page, “M. Lemon.”
[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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He writes to Dudley Buck, an organist and composer. "I'm sorry you didn't find the poems available: I myself thought them to inning [sic] for any but a sort of musical rendition which would probably not be too popular. I heard the Cantata last night at the Academy of Music in Ph [Philadelphia] under [Theodore] Thomas, with chorus for a hundred . my wife and my father . were both greatly delighted with your translation of my words . the 'Hugenots' passage is noble . I would have tried my hand on an evening-song, but continual illness has almost deprived me of the power to work. I'll endeavor yet to send you something . " He signs, "Sidney Lanier."
LANIER, SIDNEY. (1842-81) American musician and poet. Late in his life, he became a student, lecturer, and, finally, a faculty member at the Johns Hopkiins University in Baltimore, specializing in the works of the English novelists.
A.L.S., two pages on one 8vo sheet, West Chester, PA, September 21, 1876.
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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 document is a sheet of paper used by Godwin at the Reading Room of the British Museum. He has written, "Tracts. Gift of Geo. III. M.333. Aug. 3" and signed, "W. Godwin" in black ink, large and clear. The note is tipped to card, spindle-hole at centre, hand cancellation marks (very slightly affecting signature).
GODWIN, WILLIAM. (1756-1836) English political philosopher and novelist.
Autograph Document Signed, 12mo, n.p., August 3, 1825..
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This elegantly decorative check for £1,072 drawn on the Union Bank of London is signed by Anthony Trollope. A cancellation swiggle in red goes across his signature.
TROLLOPE, ANTHONY. (1815-82) English novelist whose gentle stories of everyday Victorian life have become classics.
Autograph document signed, being a bank check, oblong 8vo, London, Sept. 4, 1879.
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On a large sheet of paper, Hemingway has listed the foloiwng in 5 lines. "Blacksun/Paris/Glad Exchange [crossed out]/Certainly/Answering cable October twelfth quotes certainly by." It is signed, "Hemingway."
HEMINGWAY, ERNEST. (1899-1961) American writer Nobel Prize for literature, 1954. Wrote "The Sun Also Rises", "For Whom the Bell Tolls" and "The Old Man and the Sea".
Autograph Document Signed, in pencil, 4to, n.p., n.d. [circa 1932]
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Shelley wrote this payment order made out to "Mssrs. Brookes & Co." for "twenty-one days after date pay Mr. W. Batger on order Thirty Pounds for fixtures in Mr. Tyleck's house." The payment order bears light pen cancelation marks which touch Shelley's full signature, "Percy Bysshe Shelley."
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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To Charles Lee Lewes , "Dearest Boy", mentioning her work. "Have you seen any article on The Psychology….” She complains of her health, discusses financial affairs, and suggests plans for the summer. "I am writing in bed, where I have been almost constantly since Sunday, owing to a troublesome pain…Thank you for sending me the poetic address and the extract from the Standard. A rather bulky fruit of 'Merman' [Proteus Merman, the unhappy hero of 'How We Encourage Research, Theophrastus Such] has come to me in a letter of I don't know how many pages from one who feels himself wronged by critics. It is a curiosity worth preserving. Last week I received a letter from Mr. Warren [Eliot’s solicitor] saying that the next court of Manor is to be held on the 26th and sending me Beddoes' account of the Fines and Fees to be paid on the Copyhol…Mr. Cross has managed the matter for me, as he is constantly at the Bank…I am ruminating over the possibility of having Eliza and the 2 children along with you and Gertrude etc. in July…I was glad to know Mr. [Frederic] Harrison's opinion, for naturally though he has written to me about other things he, no more than other friends, writes about…And now I am alone I need the more assurance that I have not published superfluously…." Signed, "Mutter.”
ELIOT, GEORGE [Marian Evans Lewes] . (1819-1880), better known by her pen name George Eliot. She was one of the leading writers of the Victorian era. Her novels, largely set in provincial England, are well known for their realism and psychological insight.
Autograph Letter Signed in purple ink, on mourning stationery, 4 pages on one 12mo sheet, The Heights, Witley, Nr. Godalming, June 18, 1879.
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To Edward Parone. "Yes I remember you very well at our table of the dinner in the Waldorf celebrating the National Book Award. I have written to Elizabeth Ames at Yaddo [writer's colony], strongly recommending you for a fellowship. Mrs. Williams & I have been here on a 5 week tour of certain universities & colleges where I have been speaking ." Signed, "W.C. Williams." With holograph envelope.
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM CARLOS. (1883-1963) American writer and physician. Won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry. One of the true giants of twentieth-century poetry.
Autograph Letter Signed on "The Portland Hotel" illustrated stationery, two pages on one 4to sheet, Portland, Nov. 7, 1950.
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He refers to his short-lived magazine, 'The Signature', which he began in 1915, the year of this letter, with John Middleton Murry and his wife. "Thank you for your .. wish to subscribe for .. three copies of 'The Signature' .." He gives the address for the magazine explaining that the publication appears, "fortnightly, hence until Christmas. If there is anything else you would like to know, will you please ask me in detail .." He signs, "D.H. Lawrence." Also included is a head and shoulders portrait photograph of the author in black and white. It is a beautiful diagonal side view, where Lawrence dressed in formal black suit and white shirt collar showing, and wearing a hat, is slightly turned toward the front and is looking out over the camera into the distance. A very ethereal, dreamlike kind of look in his eyes. Unsigned. Excellent for framing
LAWRENCE, D.H. (DAVID HERBERT). (1885-1930) Greatly influential and prolific English author.
Autograph Letter Signed on printed address stationery, 2 pp on one folded 8vo sheet., London, Oct. 6, 1915. Included is 8vo unsigned portrait photograph of the author, ready for framing.
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Cooper writes his relative, War of 1812 veteran Commodore “Ben Cooper of the African Squadron”, "My young friend, Mr. John Warren...an attaché of the Spanish mission...is a particular friend of mine, and I commend him to your kindness. I suppose you will take your turn in the Mediterranean...I hope you may meet in those delightful seas..." He speaks cryptically of "an unpleasant affair between an old shipmate of ours, and one who stands near you on the list" before adding, "I wish you could see me. I weigh 205 lbs., and the handsomest of the breed, and have got the gout. I believe Issac (Marmaduke) Cooper is dead...Your father stands it like a rock, and my uncle James died the other day, at 92. We are a mixed breed, some holding on to life with great tenacity, and some slipping away...I am getting gray. I never saw [Captain] Stringham look better...James Cooper, of Pennsylvania, is in the Senate.…" Signed, "J. Fenimore Cooper."
COOPER, JAMES FENIMORE . (1789-1851) American author whose most successful works were romantic novels of frontier life known as the Leather Stocking Tales, which included The Last of the Mohicans, The Pathfinder and The Deerslayer.
Autograph Letter Signed two pages 8vo, Cooperstown, NY, August 20, 1849.
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He writes to his sister-in-law, Else, about Beethoven, republication of his own works and comments on life in Florence. "Many thanks for the Beethoven letters - arrived today - not a literary man - & always in love with somebody - or thought he was - & in the flesh wasn't. But how German! - I mean the way he really wasn't...they want to publish one of my books next year & asks which I would suggest. I think I shall suggest Woman Who Rode Away, & The Princess (from the English St. Mawr) & a third story you haven't yet seen, 'None of That'...Or would you suggest one of the novels - The Lost Girl or Aaron's Rod...Only we'll keep back The Plumed Serpent & offer it translated to another firm for 1929....It has rained a bit here, but is sunny again...the country is full of colour, vines yellow, olives blue, pine very green. It is Monday, so the fusillade...shooting little birds is quieter - it makes me so mad...." He mentions that he is coughing less and will probably go to Florence Thursday. "There's a queer sort of unease in the air - as if the wrong sort of spirits were flying abroad in the unseen ether - but it may be my imagination...." He mentions his wife Freida and then his own writing. "I am dabbling at my poems, getting them ready for the 'Collected Poems'...I feel sort of uncertain & unstuck...." He signs with initials, "D.H.L." The literary references to Lawrence's own works including his work on his collected poems are exceptional, as is the comment, at the outset, about Beethoven's love life. A fine letter rich in literary reference.
LAWRENCE, D . H . (1885-1930) British author, critic and poet.
Autograph Letter Signed, 2 pp on one 4to sheet of stationery, Florence, Italy, Nov. 14, 1927.
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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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A good business letter of the well liked romantic poet. "Having the command of a Frank, I cannot refuse myself the pleasure of thanking you for the ready and obliging answer you have made to my inquiries requesting the Book. I shall be guided by your suggestions, and as I have no occasion at present for the money. I shall not sell out but wait for the chance of a rise in the price. If such rise should take place or any thing occur of moment connecting with the offer, it will add to the obligations you have conferred upon me, would be so kind as to inform me thereof." Signed, "Wm. Wordsworth." In a postscript he continues, "Mr. [George] Canning is upon a visit at this place recreating from his late... he looks as yet rather homely." As Canning died in 1827, this letter was penned before this year.
WORDSWORTH, WILLIAM. (1770-1850) English romantic poet. Wrote "Lyrical Ballads" with Coleridge, the book that is considered the first and greatest of the romantic movement.
Autograph Letter Signed, 4to, Storrs Hall near Bownest, N.Y.
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LOVECRAFT, H.P. H(OWARD) P(HILLIPS) (1890-1937). American writer, known for fantasy, science fiction and horror stories.
Autograph Letter Signed, 4to, two pages, Providence, Rhode Island, Feb. 2, 1933.
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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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