JOHN QUINCY ADAMS – HIS BOLD SIGNATURE AS PRESIDENT — 1827
ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY. (1767-1848). Sixth President of the United States (1825-9). His signature: “J. Q. Adams”, as President, cut from a Treasury related document. [Washington, D.C., June 22, 1827].
UNION GENERAL PHILIP SHERIDAN ~ HIS BOLD SIGNATURE
SHERIDAN, PHILIP HENRY (1831-1888) U.S. Army officer and a Union general in the Civil War. His Signature and rank: “P.H. Sheridan / Lt. General,” as cut from a larger document. One page oblong octavo. [approximately 1 ½ x 5 ¼ inches].
C.S. LEWIS — JUST 2 WEEKS BEFORE SHOWING THE FIRST 2 CHAPTERS OF HIS: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE TO ROGER LANCELYN GREEN, REVEALS THE DEPTH OF THE STRAIN ON HIS PERSONAL LIFE
LEWIS, C.S. [CLIVE STAPLES LEWIS]. 1898-1963. Irish-born scholar, novelist, and author; best known for his: The Chronicles of Narnia; friend and associate of J.R.R. Tolkien. Scarce Autograph Letter Signed, “C.S. Lewis”. One page, octavo. “Magdalen Co[llege, Oxford]” February 26, [19]49”.
MARGARET FULLER ~ THE MOST IMPORTANT WOMAN OF THE TRANSCENDENTIALIST MOVEMENT AND THE AUTHOR OF THE FIRST FEMINIST BOOK IN THE UNITED STATES
FULLER, SARAH MARGARET. (1810-1850) Journalist, women’s rights activist, considered the most important woman in the Transcendentalist movement; she was the first full-time American female book reviewer in journalism; her book: Woman in the Nineteenth Century is considered the first major feminist work in the United States. Exceedingly-rare, almost unobtainable, and highly desirable Autograph Letter Signed “S. M. Fuller”. One page, quarto.
SACKVILLE-WEST — THANKS HER CORRESPONDENT FOR SENDING HER THE AMERICAN REVIEW OF “SOLITUDE” AND COMMENTS ON POSSIBLE NEW BOOKS AND MENTIONS THE COMING PUBLICATION OF HER NEWEST BOOK CALLED ‘COUNTRY NOTES‘
SACKVILLE-WEST, VICTORIA MARY (1892-1962) English author and poet. Sackvill-West is also remembered for her affair with fellow novelist Virginia Woolf. Uncommon Typed Letter Signed, “V. Sackville-West,” on her name-imprinted Sissinghurst Castle, Kent letterhead. Two pages [recto and verso], octavo. Kent. June 8, 1939.
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW TO MAY MORRIS — AN ARCHIVE OF COLLABORATION REGARDING THE FABIAN SOCIETY, THE KELMSCOTT PRESS, AND WOMEN’S EMERGING ROLES
SHAW, GEORGE BERNARD. (1856-1950). Irish-born writer and dramatist. A superb archive of six pieces of correspondence from Shaw to May Morris.
THOMAS JEFFERSON — HIS BIG, BOLD SIGNATURE
JEFFERSON, THOMAS. (1743-1826). Third President of the United States. His signature, in ink: “Th. Jefferson”, [Most probably as President] penned on a 3 1/2 x 1 1/4 inch slip of vellum.