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D.H. LAWRENCE TO SARA TEASDALE  —  ACKNOWLEDGING RECEIPT OF HER FLAME AND SHADOW  COLLECTION OF POETRY  —  “ONE MUST HARDEN ONES HEART AND LAST, OR DIE OF IT.  AS FOR ME, IT RESOLVES IN TO A LONG FIGHT.  AND ONE SEES THE SWORD IN EVERYTHING”

LAWRENCE, D.H.  (1885-1930).  English novelist, poet and essayist.  Terrific Autograph Letter Signed, “D.H. Lawrence”.  One full page, quarto. To poet Sara Teasdale.    “Villa Fontana Vecchia, Taormina”,   January 28, 1921.  Very fine condition.   

THE AUTHOR OF VANITY FAIR AND BARRY LYNDON  —  SENDS THANKS FOR A BOX OF CIGARS AND RETURNS PROOFS OF ONE OF HIS WORKS

THACKERAY, WILLIAM MAKEPEACE (1811-1863)  English novelist best known for Vanity Fair (1848); and The Luck of Barry Lyndon (1844).   Brief, but charming Autograph Letter Signed, “W.M. Thackeray.” One page, 16mo. [approx 4 x 4 inches].  No place. No date. Thackeray writes to “Dear Smith”.

LINDBERGH RETURNS SOME AIR MAIL COVERS  —  THAT WERE SENT TO HIM EARLIER IN 1932, THE YEAR OF THE LINDBERGH BABY KIDNAPPING AND MURDER

LINDBERGH, CHARLES A.  (1902-74).  American aviator, engineer and Pulitzer Prize winner; the first person to make a nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean.  Uncommon Autograph Letter Signed, “C.A. Lindbergh”, on his imprinted Charles A. Lindbergh, 39 Broadway stationery.  One page, small quarto.  New York, November 18, 1932.  Excellent condition.

OUTSTANDING HENRY CLAY AUTOGRAPH DOCUMENT STATING HIS POSITION IN THE POLITICAL SCANDAL THAT HAD HIM DENYING CHARGES THAT HE MADE A DEAL WITH JOHN QUINCY ADAMS TO MAKE HIM SECRETARY OF STATE, IF HE BACKED ADAMS, FOR PRESIDENT IN THE 1824 ELECTION

CLAY, HENRY.  (1777-1852).  American statesman; represented Kentucky in both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives;  Speaker of the House;  Secretary of State, in John Quincy Adams administration;  received electoral votes for President in the 1824, 1832, and 1844 presidential elections; helped establish the National Republican Party and the Whig Party;  for his role in defusing sectional crises, he earned the nickname: “the Great Compromiser”.   Superb, and Important Autograph Notes Signed: “Mr. Clay” in the body of the document.   1 ½ closely written pages, quarto.   No place, no date.  [Washington, D.C.  —  also docketed ‘February 4, 1824’ on verso]. 

HOUDINI SIGNS A SOCIETY OF AMERICAN MAGICIANS MEMBERSHIP CARD IN 1923

HOUDINI, HARRY.  (1874-1926)   Legendary Hungarian-American magician, escapologist, showman, film producer and actor.  Partly-printed multi-color ‘’The Society of American Magicians’’ membership card Signed: “Harry Houdini,” as president of the society.  Membership card is for Earl DeForrest, member #989.

A SIMPLY SUPERB LETTER OF F. SCOTT FITZGERALD  —  “THE FITZGERALDS ARE SLOWLY ROTTING LIKE THE OTHER SURVIVORS OF OUR PERIOD. WE HAD A HELL OF A GOOD TIME WHEN IT LASTED THOUGH, WHICH IS MORE THAN CAN BE SAID OF YOUR GENERATION”

“…AND ARMY PEOPLE, LIKE JEWS, ARE OPPRESSIVE IN CROWDS WITH THEIR DAMNED HIERARCHY….”

FITZGERALD, F(RANCIS) SCOTT.  (1896-1940).  American writer; author of: The Great Gatsby, as well as This Side of Paradise, The Beautiful and the Damned, and Tender is the Night;  Fitzgerald is best known for chronicling the excesses and tribulations of the Jazz Age.  Superb, and very scarce Typed Letter Signed, “Scott Fitz”. 

BRIGHAM YOUNG TO CHURCH ELDER GEORGE CANNON   —   VOICING HIS OUTSPOKEN REBUKE OF FEDERAL TROOPS BEING STATIONED IN UTAH IN 1859

YOUNG, BRIGHAM.  (1801-1877).  Fascinating and important Manuscript Letter Signed, “Brigham Young sen[ior]”.   Three very full pages, quarto.  Salt Lake City, June 23, 1859.  Excellent condition.  To Church elder George Cannon.