LITERATURE

AGATHA CHRISTIE — COMMENTS ON: WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION,

THE ALPHABET MURDERS, AND MURDER MOST FOUL, ALONG WITH HER CLASSIC SLEUTHS:  “HERCULE POIROT” AND “MISS MARPLE”

CHRISTIE, AGATHA.  (1890-1976).  English novelist.  Remarkable Typed Letter Signed, “Agatha Christie,” on airmail stationery, with a typed heading of her home at: Winterbrook House, Wallingford, Berkshire.    One full page, large octavo. May 23, 1972. 

‘GONE WITH THE WIND’  ~  MARGARET MITCHELL ACKNOWLEDGES A LETTER OF PRAISE ABOUT GWTW —  SENT TO HER FROM HAWAII

MITCHELL, MARGARET.  (1900 –1949)   American novelist and journalist;  wrote only one novel that was published during her lifetime that being,  “Gone with the Wind”.   A simply choice Typed Letter Signed, “Margaret Mitchell”, on her name-imprinted stationery.  One page, oblong, octavo.  [Approximately 5 x 7 inches].  Atlanta, Georgia “Thanksgiving Day, 1936”.  

JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS –  HIS BOLD SIGNATURE ~  “UNCLE REMUS“

HARRIS, JOEL CHANDLER.  (1848-1908)  American author; best known for his ‘Uncle Remus’ stories.  His bold Signature “Joel Chandler Harris” penned on a 24 mo card. 

‘THE WIZARD OF OZ’  —  SCARCE SENTIMENT & SIGNATURE FROM THE AUTHOR — L. FRANK BAUM

BAUM, L. FRANK.  (1856-1919).  American writer; author of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900).  His scarce Signature and Sentiment Signed “L. Frank Baum”.  One full page, octavo.

“T’ HELL WIT THEM.  THIS IS A FINE DAY IN VERMONT ANYWAY AND OUGHT TO MAKE IT UP TO US FOR A LOT OF LITTLE ANNOYANCES.”

FROST, ROBERT.  (1874-1963).  American poet.  Good Autograph Letter Signed, “Robert Frost”.  Two pages, octavo.  South Shaftsbury, Vermont, July 15th, 1930. 

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.