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Historic Autograph Letters, Manuscripts & Documents

Important Signed & Inscribed Books and Photographs

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CHARMING LETTER OF GEORGE BERNARD SHAW OFFERING TO INSCRIBE A SECOND COPY OF HIS BOOK, BECAUSE OF A MISTAKE IN THE PRESENTATION OF THE FIRST, AND SAYING: ‘’YOU CAN THEN PASS THE SYBIL ONE TO YOUR MOTHER, WHO NEED NEVER KNOW THAT IT WAS NOT MEANT FOR HER’’!

SHAW, GEORGE BERNARD.   (1856-1950).  Irish-born writer.  Good Autograph Note Signed twice, “G. Bernard Shaw” and “Bernard Shaw”, on a “Republique Francaise Carte Postale” post card.  Cape Antibes, July [?] 1928.  Fine condition. 

$795.00
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SINCLAIR LEWIS, THE NOBLE LAUREATE AUTHOR,  TO HIS CLOSE FRIEND FATHER MURPHY,  ABOUT HIS NEW NOVEL: GIDEON PLANISH

LEWIS, SINCLAIR (1885-1951). American novelist, first American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. Autograph Letter Signed, “Ever, Sinclair Lewis,” on his name imprinted 300 Central Park West, New York City letterhead. 2 pages, quarto.   May 1 (no year [1944?]).  To “Dear Father Murphy.”

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TWO MAGNIFICENT THEATRICAL BROADSIDES  FOR WILKIE COLLINS : THE FROZEN DEEPTHAT HAD CHARLES DICKENS PRODUCING THE PLAY AND APPEARING IN A LEAD ROLE

[PLAYBILL — DICKENS, Charles, Actor]. Playbill for the Dress Rehearsal at Tavistock House Theatre of Wilkie Collins’s The Frozen Deep and Mrs. Inchbald’s Animal Magnetism: Tavistock House Theatre. Under the Management of Mr. Charles Dickens. London, 5 January 1857. Broadside on paper.  [14 1/4 x 9 ½ inches].  Printed in red and black.

$8500.00
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SHAKESPEARE’S  ~~ ‘THE WINTER’S TALE’  — BROADSIDE

AN 1840 PRODUCTION AT THE THEATRE-ROYAL IN NEWCASTLE — THAT JUST HAPPENS TO FEATURE THE PARENTS OF ELLEN TERNAN, CHARLE’S DICKEN’S MISTRESS, IN THE LEAD ROLLS!

One page, quarto. [approximately 7 ½ x 10 inches]. 

$1950.00
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MOURNING CARD ISSUED ON THE DEATH OF CHARLES DICKENS ~  1870

DICKENS, CHARLES. (1812-1870).  Beloved English novelist.  A wonderful black bordered mourning keepsake issued on the death of Dickens in 1870. 

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BAYARD TALYOR ~ WRITING TO THE AUTHOR OF:  TWO YEARS BEFORE THE MAST,  RICHARD HENRY DANA  ~ OF HIS EXTENSIVE TRAVELS IN INDIA IN 1853

TAYLOR, BAYARD.  (1825-78).  American author; the first great American travel writer.  Remarkable Autograph Letter Signed, “Bayard Taylor”.  Two very full pages, large octavo.  “Capital of the Great Mogul (Delhi)”, January 26, 1853.

$1650.00
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SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE  — THE CREATOR OF “SHERLOCK HOLMES”  —  DECLINES TO PROVIDE A RECOMMENDATION

DOYLE, SIR ARTHUR CONAN.  (1859-1930).  British physician, novelist and detective-story writer.  Autograph Letter Signed, “A. Conan Doyle”.  One page, octavo.  “2 Clarence Parade, Southsea”, September 8, no year.  Very fine condition.

$1350.00
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