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G.B. SHAW SPEAKS OUT ON THE UNAUTHORIZED USE OF HIS PLAYS: “YOU ARE COMMITTING THE BLACKEST CRIME POSSIBLE IN THEATRICAL BUSINESS…”
SHAW, GEORGE BERNARD. (1856-1950). Irish-born writer. Good Typed Letter Signed, “G. Bernard Shaw”, on his imprinted stationery. One full page, quarto. “10, Adelphi Terrace, London, W.C.”, April 6, 1911. Very fine condition.
A FINE T.S. ELIOT ARCHIVE — IN HIS CAPACITY AS A DIRECTOR OF FABER & FABER
OFFERING UP HIS VIEWS ON THE PUBLICATION OF A BOOK ABOUT THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND, A BOOK ON MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE WITHIN THE CHURCH, PROPOSED BOOKS BY HUGH CECIL, AND THE GENERAL RUNNINGS OF THE FIRM WITH A HEAVY EMPHESIS ON ELIOT’S OWN RELIGIOUS CONSTRUCTS AND HIS PLACE WITHIN THE CHURCH
ELIOT, T.S. (1888-1965). American-born writer and poet. Archive of 13 Typed Letters Signed, “T.S. Eliot”, on the wonderful red imprinted Faber & Faber Ltd. letterhead and The Criterion letterhead. Twenty-eight total pages of eliot’s writing, quarto. “24 Russell Square, London, W.C.1”, April 9, 1935 to April 22, 1936. Paperclip marks in some blank margins, else very fine condition. To “The Revd. Prebendary Harris, D.D., ‘Rosemary’, Eynsham, Oxford”. With 2 letters from HUGH CECIL (1869-1965) British politician and Sir Winston Churchill’s best man; also accompanied by another 10+ letters and financials and outlines, from various individuals affiliated with the endeavor.
A MOST INTERESTING COLLECTION OF CONGRATULATORY LETTERS UPON A TESTIMONIAL DINNER FOR AMBROSE SWASEY, A LEADING SCIENTIST AND INVENTOR THAT INCLUDES LETTERS FROM ORVILLE WRIGHT AND THOMAS EDISON AND MANY MORE OF THE LEADING SCIENTIFIC / INDUSTRIAL MINDS OF THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY
ORVILLE WRIGHT — Typed Letter Singed, “Orville Wright,” on his name-imprinted letter head. One page, quarto. May 12, 1929.
THOMAS EDISON — Typed Letter Signed, “Thos. A Edison,” on his name-imprinted “From the Laboratory of” stationery. One page, octavo. May 6, 1926.
JEFFERSON AS PRESIDENT WRITES TO HIS SECRETARY OF WAR, HENRY DEARBORN ~~ SAYING THE MADISON’S HAVE DEPARTED TO PHILADELPHIA, BUT HE HOPES THAT THE DEARBORNS WILL VISIT HIM AT MONTICELLO
JEFFERSON, THOMAS. (1743-1826). Third President of the United States; principle author of the Declaration of Independence; and influential Founding Father of the United States. Autograph Letter Signed, “Th. Jefferson”, as President. One full page, quarto. “Monticello”, August 3, 1805.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT ~~ TO HIS SECRETARY OF WAR, REQUESTING THAT THIS FORMER CONFEDERATE SOLDIER, NOW SERVING IN HIS CABINET, REFRAIN FROM PUBLIC APPEARENCES WITHOUT SPEAKING TO HIM FIRST
ROOSEVELT, THEODORE. (1858-1919). Historian, naturalist, 26th President (1901-1909), and first American to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize (1906). Revealing Typed Letter Signed, “Theodore Roosevelt,” as President, on White House, Washington letterhead. Marked ‘Personal’. One page, quarto. ‘Oyster Bay, N.Y.’, August 29, 1908.
“I HAVE TO MORE OR LESS CUT MYSELF OFF FROM ALL CONNECTIONS OF THIS SORT UNTIL I GET MY BOOK [YOU CAN’T GO HOME AGAIN] DONE/ WHICH IS GOING TO BE A TREMENDOUS PIECE OF WORK”
WOLFE, THOMAS. (1900-1938). American novelist; wrote Look Homeward, Angel (1929), Of Time and the River (1935), and You Can’t Go Home Again (posthumously published, 1940). Very Rare Typed Letter Signed, “Thomas Wolfe”. Two separate pages, quarto. Roanoke, Virginia, April 28, 1937. To Mr. Palmer.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON ~~ HIS LECTURING SCHEDULE FOR 1905
WASHINGTON, BOOKER T. (1856-1915) Black American educator. Typed Letter Signed, “Booker T. Washington”, on his name imprinted Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute/ For the training of Colored Young Men and Women letterhead. One full page, quarto. Tuskegee, Alabama, March 31, 1905.