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AUTOGRAPHS & MANUSCRIPTS

AUTOGRAPHS & MANUSCRIPTS

We place a strong emphasis upon signed and inscribed books, association copies, and original manuscripts - unique items which often shed new light on an author's relationships and role in history. All our autographed and manuscript items are guaranteed to be genuine and original, with an unconditional return policy for any item shown not to be authentic (in fifteen years of business, we have never had such a return).

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  • Typed Letter, Signed, to Gomer T. Davies

    Typed Letter, Signed, to Gomer T. Davies

    LEWIS, John L.

    Original typed letter, signed, on recto only of embossed United Mine Workers of America letterhead (25x20cm.) with address in Indianapolis, though this letter dated from the Hotel Pennsylvania in New York. Mail folds, very faint soil spot, else Fine.

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  • Original Photographic Portrait, Inscribed and Signed to Cartha DeLoach, Dated Christmas 1965

    Original Photographic Portrait, Inscribed and Signed to Cartha DeLoach, Dated Christmas 1965

    [JOHNSON, Lyndon Baines and Claudia Alta "Lady Bird"]

    Original silver-gelatin photograph, 13-1/4" x 7-1/4" on larger card mount, in gilt-edged glazed frame ca 19" x 12" overall. Inscribed on mount, below image, in the First Lady's hand: "To Deke De Loach on a Memorable Day - with our affection and appreciation," signed by both and dated Christmas, 1965.....

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  • The Buccaneers: A Story of the Black Flag in Business

    The Buccaneers: A Story of the Black Flag in Business

    [SOCIAL FICTION] [BUSINESS] HYDE, Henry M.

    Octavo (19.5cm). Publisher's decorated tan cloth, lettered in brown on spine and front cover, with pictorial paste-on below title; 236pp; frontispiece illustration by Bert Knight. Mild cover wear and soil, else Near Fine, with ink ownership signature of Victor H. Metcalf (prominent California lawyer & politician; Sec'y of Commerce under.....

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  • The Blind Bow-Boy [Inscribed

    The Blind Bow-Boy [Inscribed]

    VAN VECHTEN, Carl

    Fourth Printing. Octavo (19.5cm); rebound in hunter green cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; [viii],261,[1]pp, with a pictorial frontispiece by Robert E. Locher. Inscribed by the author in green ink on the front endpaper: "Inscribed for Amos T. French Jr by Carl Van Vechten / December 28, 1937.....

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  • Color photographic portrait, inscribed to Cartha De Loach

    Color photographic portrait, inscribed to Cartha De Loach

    [PRESIDENTIAL AUTOGRAPHS] JOHNSON, Lyndon Baines

    No date or place, but likely the LBJ Ranch, Stonewall, Texas ca. 1968. Original color photographic print, 10.75" x 7.5" on 14" x 11" card mount; in gallery mat. Inscribed on mount, beneath photo: "For Deke De Loach / with appreciation for his dedicated service," signed in Johnson's hand, undated.....

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  • A Sketch of the Life of C. Eulenstein, the Celebrated Performer on the Jews' Harps

    A Sketch of the Life of C. Eulenstein, the Celebrated Performer on...

    [EULENSTEIN, Charles] Anonymous [John Sayer?]

    Octavo (19.5cm.); original red cloth, printed cream paper cover label; [4],69,[3](ads)pp.; engraved portrait frontispiece. Expertly rebacked to match, original cloth a bit faded along extremities; frontispiece heavily foxed, recent bookseller label to front pastedown, else Very Good and sound. Errata slip bound in rear. With numerous contemporary holograph corrections throughout.....

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  • Autograph Inscription, 2004, on Official Daily Calendar of the House of Representatives of the...

    Autograph Inscription, 2004, on Official Daily Calendar of the House of Representatives...

    JACKSON, Rev. Jesse

    Autograph in black ink on cover of 4-pp House Calendar. "Randy / Peace / Jesse Jackson," dated 3/30/04. A clear and bold autograph.

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  • Autograph Letter, Signed. 2pp, signed, to Parker Pillsbury, Dec. 8th, 1895

    Autograph Letter, Signed. 2pp, signed, to Parker Pillsbury, Dec. 8th, 1895.

    [WOMEN'S HISTORY & LITERATURE - SUFFRAGE] STANTON, Elizabeth Cady

    Autograph letter, signed, on recto and verso of single cream laid sheet (22x14.5cm.); approx. 85 words; dated 26 West 61st, N.Y., Dec 8th, and simply addressed to "Parker," presumably Stanton's friend and fellow-suffragist Parker Pillsbury (1809-1898), who, with Stanton, had co-edited the women's rights newsletter "The Revolution" twenty years earlier.....

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  • Can These Bones Live. With Forty-two Drawings by James Kearns and a Preface by Sir Herbert Read

    Can These Bones Live. With Forty-two Drawings by James Kearns and a....

    DAHLBERG, Edward

    Octavo. Cloth boards; dustjacket; 179pp; illus. Warm and lengthy author's presentation to Ben Shahn on front endpaper, dated 1960. Mild foxing to upper edge of text block, else Fine in lightly soiled and edge-rubbed jacket. First printing of the Revised Edition.

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  • Constitution, By-Laws, and Rules of Order of Clintonville Council, No. 478, Junior Order of...

    Constitution, By-Laws, and Rules of Order of Clintonville Council, No. 478, Junior...

    UNITED AMERICAN MECHANICS OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA, JUNIOR ORDER, CLINTONVILLE COUNCIL...

    32mo (12cm.); original unadorned limp black cloth; 43pp. Top half of spine perished slightly affecting small portion of spine-edge corner of upper cover, additional small holes to cloth of upper cover, rear cover a bit soiled, contents fine. Good or better overall. Illustrated certificate printed on pink stock and accomplished.....

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  • Hurray for the Worm

    Hurray for the Worm

    PAONE, Barbara

    Oblong quarto (ca 19cm x 31cm). Hand-silkscreened boards; unpaged (8 leaves), each with hand-set text and an original silkscreen illustration. Number 5 in a total edition of 7 copies, signed by the artist on colophon. From the library of Ben and Bernarda Bryson Shahn, with their estate label laid in.....

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  • Gilbert & George For Aids Exhibition [...] 20 April to 20 May 1989. Anthony d'Offay Gallery...

    Gilbert & George For Aids Exhibition [...] 20 April to 20 May...

    [LGBTQ+] GILBERT & GEORGE [aka Gilbert Prousch and George Passmore]

    Small quarto (25cm). Pictorial card wrappers; 25pp (chiefly illus). Signed in red ink on introductory page. Fine, with original gallery and preview invitations laid in.

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  • Ecclesiastes, or, The Preacher, Handwritten and Illuminated by Ben Shahn

    Ecclesiastes, or, The Preacher, Handwritten and Illuminated by Ben Shahn

    SHAHN, Ben

    Quarto (34cm). Green cloth boards, lettered in gilt on spine; this is Bernarda Shahn's file copy, unsigned but with Shahns' estate label tipped on to front pastedown. Near fine, essentially unworn copy in crisp dustwrapper, mildly darkened on spine.

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  • Report of the Committee on the Visual Arts at Harvard University

    Report of the Committee on the Visual Arts at Harvard University

    Committee on Visual Arts (John Nicholas Brown, Chairman)

    Octavo (23.5cm). Cloth-backed boards; 155pp. Presentation inscription on front endpaper from Nobel laureate George Wald to Ben Shahn: "To Ben Shahn / the "eminent artist" (p.49) / George Wald," undated. Covers soiled and stained; text clean and unmarked; about Very Good. From the library of Ben and Bernarda Bryson Shahn.....

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  • Photo Album: [Text in Russian] "Recollections From My Time in the GDR"

    Photo Album: [Text in Russian] "Recollections From My Time in the GDR"

    [SOVIET UNION - EAST GERMAN OCCUPATION]

    Oblong quarto album (20x29cm.); black string-bound cloth over green pictorial felt boards stamped in gilt, original photographic portrait mounted to upper cover; [23] card leaves and [23] tissue guards. Boards a bit rubbed with some brief exposure, a couple of photographs removed, else Very Good overall, used to completion with.....

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  • Ben Shahn [Author's Copy

    Ben Shahn [Author's Copy]

    SHAHN, Bernarda

    Large square quarto (36cm). Red cloth boards, stamped and lettered in gilt; 373pp; illus. Author's copy, inscribed on front endpaper: "Bernarda Bryson Shahn - my copy - retain." Fine, lacking the dustwrapper.

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  • The Soul of Man Under Socialism [Thaddeus Burr Wakeman's Copy

    The Soul of Man Under Socialism [Thaddeus Burr Wakeman's Copy]

    [FREETHOUGHT] [WAKEMAN, Thaddeus Burr] WILDE, Oscar

    12mo (17cm.); publisher's cloth tape-backed pictorial card wrappers, glassine dust jacket; [6],62pp.; text printed in red and black throughout. Glassine toned with a few tiny chips and closed tears, front hinge cracked, Wakeman's pencil underlining and checkmarks throughout text, additional extensive notes to blanks (see below), else Very Good overall.....

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  • The Complete Writings of Nathaniel Hawthorne. Autograph Edition, with Portraits, Illustrations,...

    The Complete Writings of Nathaniel Hawthorne. Autograph Edition, with Portraits, Illustrations, and...

    HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel

    Twenty-three octavo volumes. Uniformly bound in publisher's white buckram with paper spine labels. Limited to 500 sets, each signed by Rose Hawthorne Lathrop on limitation leaf of first volume; gravure frontispieces signed in pencil by various artists (see below). Bindings somewhat toned and soiled, with occasional foxing to cloth; spine.....

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  • Three Poems for Now [Facsimile Edition, inscribed

    Three Poems for Now [Facsimile Edition, inscribed]

    LINK, Gordden

    Slim 12mo. Blue cloth boards; dustjacket; 29pp. Inscribed on front endpaper to John Ransom Lewis, Poet Laureate of Georgia: "For John Ransom Lewis who is helping to restore dignity and poetry to the institution of the Poet Laureateship in the footsteps of his distinguished predecessor // Gordden Link;" undated, but.....

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  • The Lone Wolf [Offprint, inscribed

    The Lone Wolf [Offprint, inscribed]

    KOSINSKI, Jerzy

    Inscribed in black felt tip on front cover: "For Ben [ or Bev?] Cheney, Jerzy Kosinski," dated Spring 1975. Octavo (25cm). Printed card wrappers; pp.513-[519]. Reprinted from The American Scholar, Vol. 41, no. 4 (Autumn, 1972). Edges slightly toned and rolled; inscription bold and legible; Very Good.

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  • Merlyn Gorky volume 1 / . Numbers 1 & 2: "newspaper" and "24 poemcards" [many signed

    Merlyn Gorky volume 1 / . Numbers 1 & 2: "newspaper" and...

    [RADICAL & PROLETARIAN LITERATURE] [JEFFREY, Susu, et al, eds]

    Vol.1: newspaper; 38pp.; (40cm x 29cm) Vol. 2: Twenty-four letterpress broadside poems, each 16cm x 11cm (5-1/2" x 4-1/4") or the reverse. Loose, as issued, with no enclosing envelope. Printed in different color inks on various cardstocks; each with imprint on verso. Together comprising Issues No. 1 & 2 of.....

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  • Typed Note, signed, to "Joesphine" [Herbst?], dated November 25, 1945

    Typed Note, signed, to "Joesphine" [Herbst?], dated November 25, 1945

    [AUTOGRAPHS & MANUSCRIPTS] [RADICAL AUTHORS] EASTMAN, Max

    Brief TNS on Eastman's personal W. 13th St. letterhead, addressed to "Josephine", dated November 25, 1945. Old folds, else Fine, with bright, clear autograph: "Dear Josephine: Thanks so much for the news -- sad as it all was -- in your letter. It was nice to hear from you. I......

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  • Small Professional Archive of a Member of the International Seamen's Union of America

    Small Professional Archive of a Member of the International Seamen's Union of...

    [INTERNATIONAL SEAMEN'S UNION OF AMERICA] ANNESE, Frank

    Professional archive of a "Probationary Member" of the ISUA from 1937 to 1938, comprised of nine printed pieces, nearly all accomplished in manuscript or rubberstamp. Some old folds to the two discharge certificates, minor wear from handling, else a Very Good or better collection. Contents as follows: 1. Probationary Member.....

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  • My CCC History

    My CCC History

    [CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS] BERTON, Edward

    Quarto (27cm.); original black card wrappers printed silkscreen in yellow and white; [48]pp. & [23] blank leaves for photographs. Wrappers rather worn with several chips and closed tears, upper cover lettering partly effaced, all mounted photographs have been removed, else About Very Good. Yearbook issued by the CCC Jakersville Camp.....

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  • Four Autograph Letters on ASPCA Letterhead, September 11, 1869 - 13th December 1869, Pertaining...

    Four Autograph Letters on ASPCA Letterhead, September 11, 1869 - 13th December...

    [ANIMAL RIGHTS] [AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS] MUDIE...

    Four holograph letters on printed ASPCA letterhead, three addressed to the law firm of Newkirk & Chase, Hudson, New York; one addressed to M.P. Williams, editor of the Hudson Register; all signed by "J. [John] Mudie," as Chief Clerk of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.....

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  • How I Got Out of Jail and Ran for Governor of Indiana (Inscribed

    How I Got Out of Jail and Ran for Governor of Indiana...

    MOORE, Jim (as told to Claire Burch)

    Octavo. Pictorial card wrappers; 190pp. Inscribed by the author on half-title: "For Janet / Jim Moore", undated. Mild external rubbing; internally clean, tight and unmarked - a Very Good copy.

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  • The Italian Bride: A Play In Five Acts [Charles Colcock Jones's copy; Inscribed, with ALS

    The Italian Bride: A Play In Five Acts [Charles Colcock Jones's copy;...

    [LEVY, Samuel Yates]

    Octavo (20cm). 19th-c. half morocco over marbled boards (re-backed); 132pp. Inscribed on front free endpaper: "To A. Seemuller, [Jr], Esq / with the sincere esteem of S. Yates Levy," datemarked Savannah, October 5th 1857. Also laid-in is a one-page ALS from Levy to William B. Hodgson (see note below). Bookplate.....

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  • USA: 1935-73. Photographs by Theo Jung

    USA: 1935-73. Photographs by Theo Jung

    JUNG, Theo

    Small, square quarto (20cm). Original printed wrappers; unpaged [16 leaves]; chiefly illustrations. Presentation inscription from Jung to Bernarda Shahn on half-title: "For auld lang syne: to Ben's memory & with appreciation for your artistry & friendship: Theo, 12.xi.76." Fine copy.

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  • The Fortunate Traveller (Uncorrected Proof

    The Fortunate Traveller (Uncorrected Proof)

    WALCOTT, Derek

    Octavo. Publisher's printed green wraps; 98pp. Signed by Derek Walcott on front endpaper, dated 1993. Hint of sunning to spine; publisher's announcement stapled inside front wrapper; Near Fine.

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  • Thirty One Sonnets

    Thirty One Sonnets

    EBERHART, Richard

    12mo (17cm). Red cloth boards, spine lettered in gilt; dustjacket; [41]pp. A fine copy in lightly rubbed and unclipped jacket.

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  • Poems 3

    Poems 3

    DUGAN, Alan

    Small octavo (21cm). Green cloth, lettered in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 61pp. Inscribed on leaf facing copyright page, below dedication: "For Ben & Bernarda / Love, Dugan," undated but apparently contemporary. Mild surface rubbing to dustwrapper, else a fine, fresh copy.

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  • James Van DerZee, Photographer

    James Van DerZee, Photographer

    VAN DERZEE [VAN DER ZEE], James

    Exhibition catalog. Oblong octavo; printed card wrappers; [24pp]; illus. Anonymously inscribed by Van Der Zee inside front wrapper: "This is a day for good wishes accept mine they are sincere," signed and dated 1975. Exhibition catalog for the traveling exhibit organized by the Van DerZee Institute in 1972. Reproduces 11.....

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  • Days of Fear [Two Editions] [WITH] Autograph Note Signed

    Days of Fear [Two Editions] [WITH] Autograph Note Signed

    [IRELAND] GALLAGHER, Frank

    Two volumes as described below: 1. Days of Fear. London: John Murray, [1928]. First Edition. 12mo (19.5cm.); publisher's cloth in white dust jacket lettered in red and green. 175pp. Light wear to jacket extremities, including small coin-sized loss at bottom edge of rear panel touching one letter, else Near Fine.....

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  • Paper-Making By Hand in Japan

    Paper-Making By Hand in Japan

    JUGAKU, Bunsho

    Quarto (30cm). Cream vellum boards, stamped in gilt; illustrated dustjacket; 75pp text and [26pp] of photographic plates, followed by xxiv tipped-in paper specimens. This copy inscribed on second blank: "To Mrs. Bernarda B. Shahn, with the compliments of Bunsho Jugaku," dated in 1970 and with the author's address penned above.....

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  • An Address Delivered Before the Two Literary Societies, of the University of North Carolina, in...

    An Address Delivered Before the Two Literary Societies, of the University of...

    [ANTEBELLUM IMPRINTS - NORTH CAROLINA] HILL, John (Dr.)

    Octavo (23cm). Sewn pamphlet; printed paper wrappers; 18pp. Presentation to front cover: "With the best respects of Thomas Ruffin;" recipient identified in same or similar hand on rear wrapper: "Mr. Thos. D. McDowell / Elizabeth / Bladen Co." Some wear and foxing to covers; small scuff to front wrapper at.....

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  • The Bastard [Limited Edition, Signed

    The Bastard [Limited Edition, Signed]

    CALDWELL, Erskine; Ty Mahon, illus.

    Limited to 200 signed copies printed on American Handcraft and bound in balloon cloth of which this is no. 10. Octavo (25.5cm.); original purple gilt-lettered cloth; 199pp.; frontispiece and 5 plates; title page printed within purple decorative border. Extremities a bit rubbed, spine a few shades faded though the gilt.....

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  • Dr. Sadhu's Muffins

    Dr. Sadhu's Muffins

    [CONCRETE POETRY] McCAFFERY, Steve

    Octavo, illustrated card wrappers; 136pp; illus. Presentation copy from McCaffery to Jackson Mac Low, inscribed on half-title with small original drawing, dated 1975. Minor external wear; Near Fine.

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  • Ben Shahn: Voices and Visions

    Ben Shahn: Voices and Visions

    SHAHN, Ben (Alma S. KING, ed)

    Oblong quarto (22.5cm x 26cm). Cream linen boards, stamped in black; illustrated dustjacket; 96pp. Bernarda Bryson Shahn's copy, with her ownership signature in block letters to front endpaper. Mild toning and soil to board edges; a few brief tears to the fragile, translucent dustwrapper; Very Good.

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  • The Old Man's Place

    The Old Man's Place

    SANFORD, John B (pseud Julian Shapiro)

    Octavo. Cloth boards; dustjacket; 263pp. A very good copy, darkened on spine; in a crisp, bright jacket with a small (1/8") chip at crown. Inscribed and signed by Sanford on front endpaper: "For Max Lamb / Sincerely / John Sanford," dated 1961.

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  • Houdini [Inscribed to James Baker Hall

    Houdini [Inscribed to James Baker Hall]

    SUKENICK, Lynn

    12mo. Pictorial wrappers; unpaged. Fine copy, inscribed to poet James Baker Hall on front endpaper: "For Jim / with warmest wishes / Lynn," dated November 1973. From the library of James Baker Hall.

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