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SUSAN B. ANTHONY —  “YOURS FOR EQUALITY OF RIGHTS”   —  “THE GROWTH OF PUBLIC SENTIMENT ON THE QUESTION OF WOMAN’S ENFRANCHISEMENT…MAY BE REGARDED AS ONE OF THE PROMINENT ISSUES OF THE DAY.”  —  THE NATIONAL AMERICAN WOMAN SUFFRAGE  ASSOCIATION SEEKS FUNDS TO OPEN THEIR OWN PRESS OFFICE

ANTHONY, SUSAN B. (1820-1906).  American woman-suffrage advocate.  Good Typed Letter [mimeographed body text] Signed “Susan B. Anthony” on National American Woman Suffrage Association letterhead, as President of the Association. One full page, quarto. Rochester, N.Y., December 25, 1897.

“MUSSOLINI AND HITLER, HAVING DONE EXTRAORDINARY SERVICE TO THEIR COUNTRIES’   —  ‘IN EVERY PUBLIC REFERENCE OF MINE TO THE PERSECUTION OF THE JEWS, DENOUNCED AND RIDICULED IT IN THE MOST UNEQUIVOCAL TERMS. I HAVE NEVER SUGGESTED THAT THE IMPERIALIST WAR OF CONQUEST BY JAPAN ON CHINA IS COMPARABLE IN ANY WAY TO THE ITALIAN CONQUEST OF ABYSSINIA’  — 

SHAW, GEORGE BERNARD. (1856-1950). Irish-born writer.  Superb Typed Letter Signed, “G. Bernard Shaw”, on his imprinted stationery. One and a quarter pages, quarto. [London]  October 6, 1937. To Henry Elphick

THE AUTHOR OF:  ALICE IN WONDERLAND

“CHRISTIANITY IS NOT ONLY A REALITY, BUT THE REALITY OF LIFE…. C.L. DODGSON” 

DODGSON, CHARLES L.  [LEWIS CARROLL].  (1832-1898). English logician, mathematician, photographer, and novelist, especially remembered for Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and its sequel, Through the Looking-Glass (1871).  Revealing Autograph Letter Signed, “C.L. Dodgson”.  Four full pages, small octavo.  “Ch[rist] Ch[urch]”  Oxford, England.   March 18, 1894.

RARER THAN POE OR MELVILLE  —  AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE SIGNATURE OF MARGARET FULLER

FULLER, SARAH MARGARET. (1810-1850)  Journalist, women’s rights activist; considered the most important woman in the Transcendentalist movement;  Her book ‘Woman in the Nineteenth Century‘ is considered the first major feminist work in the United States;  died at sea, off Fire Island, NY in a ship wreck.   Her exceedingly-rare Signature, “S. M. Fuller”, affixed to a letter written by her brother,  the Rev. Arthur Buckminster Fuller. 

“THE BARRIER OF PANAMA IS GOING TO FALL, AS FELL THE BARRIER OF EGYPT, BECAUSE THE MOMENT HAS COME IN THE MARCH OF HUMANITY WHEN THIS OBSTACLE MAY NO LONGER REMAIN STANDING.”

LESSEPS, FERDINAND de.  (1805-1894).  French diplomat and engineer; designer of the Suez Canal.  Superb Manuscript Letter Signed, “Ferd. De Lesseps”, on imprinted Compagnie Universelle du Canal Interoceanique letterhead.  Four pages, quarto.  “46, Rue Caumartin, Paris”, November 11, 1885. 

GANDHI  —  SPEAKING ON THE SALT RIOTS AND SOCIAL REVOLUTION IN INDIA!

GANDHI, MONHANDAS KARAMCHAND.  (1869-1948).  Considered the father of the Indian Independence movement;  created his concept of satyagraha, a non-violent way of protesting against injustices;  returned to India in 1914 to found and lead the Indian independence movement.   An exceedingly-scarce Autograph Letter Signed, “your sincere, old friend /M.K. Gandhi”.    Two full pages, quarto, in pencil.  “Ahmedabad, 25^th February [no year, but circa 1930].

MONET TO BAZILLE 

AN URGENT CRY FOR HELP, PENNED ONLY MONTHS AFTER HIS SON’S BIRTH AND HIS ATTEMPTED SUICIDE  BY DROWNING HIMSELF IN THE SEINE!

MONET, CLAUDE.   (1840-1926).  Founder, and leader of the French Impressionist painting;  the term: ‘Impressionism’ is derived from the title of his painting:  Impression, Sunrise.  An exceptional, and Important early Autograph Letter Signed, “Claude Monet,” in French.  3 full pages, large octavo.  “Fecamp au Paout”, France.  [August 6, 1868.  To FREDERIC BAZILLE]