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LANGSTON HUGHES INSCRIBES HIS: SIMPLE STAKES A CLAIM FOR DANISH PRIME MINISTER JENS OTTO KRAG
HUGHES, LANGSTON (1902-1967) American poet, novelist, playwright, and columnist. His book: Simple Stakes a Claim. Boldly Inscribed and Signed on front free-endpaper.
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FIRST EDITION PLAY SCRIPT FOR CHARLES DICKENS: NICHOLAS NICKLEBY — IN A FRENCH PERFORMANCE
[DICKENS, CHARLES.] (1812-1870). English novelist. Prosper DINAUX and Gustave LEMOINE, DRAMATISTS, NICHOLAS NICKLEBY, OU LES MENDIANS DE LONDRES. Drame en Cinq Actes et Six Tableaux. Paris: La France Dramatique au Dix-neuvieme Siecle, 1842. Series edited by C. Tresse. Large octavo, original printed yellow wrappers. First Edition.
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NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE — AS U.S. CONSUL IN LIVERPOOL WRITES A FAMILY MEMBER THAT HE WILL AID IN PROMOTING LIEUTENANT MAURY’S NEW BOOK PIONEERING OCEANOGRAPHY STUDY
HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL. (1804-1864). American novelist and short-story writer; authored: The Scarlet Letter (1850), The House of Seven Gables (1851) and Twice Told Tales (1837); Scarce and desirable Autograph Letter Signed, “Nath. Hawthorne”, while serving as US Consul. Nearly two full separate pages, quarto. U. S. Consulate, Liverpool, June 8th, 1855. To George Manning.
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“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.
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D.H. LAWRENCE VENTS HIS ANGER OVER RETURNED COPIES OF LADY CHATTERLEY’S LOVER
LAWRENCE, D.H. (1885-1930). English novelist, poet and essayist. Outstanding Autograph Letter Signed, “D.H. Lawrence”. Full page, quarto. “Kesselmatte. Gsteig b. Gstaad (Bern), Switzerland”, August 4, 1928. To Allen W. Steele, William Jackson Ltd.
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HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN PENS HIS SIGNATURE AT THE TOP OF A POEM WRITTEN BY OSCKAR LUDWIG BERNARD WOLFF THAT WELCOMES DANISH SCULPTOR THORWALDENSEN TO A FRATERNAL SOCIETY
ANDERSEN, HANS CHRISTIAN. (1805-1875) Danish author best remembered for his literary fairy tales. His Signature “H.C. Andersen” Boldly penned at the head of an autograph poem entitled: “To Thorwaldensen on his admission to the student union”. No date.
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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.
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