Search Results: Autographs from Charles Agvent

New York: Press of the Historical Society, 1852. First Edition. Wraps. Moderate age toning. Minor wear to wrappers, the front wrapper neatly detached. Vertical crease down center. Very Good. Octavo (5.5" x 8.74") pamphlet bound in printed wraps; 57 pages. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the orator on the title page to "For Mrs. Paige; with the/love & affection of/Danl Webster." Webster's speech discusses government in the Classical Era and in Revolutionary America, with much on the Constitution. Harriette Story Paige was Webster's sister-in-law and author of DANIEL WEBSTER IN ENGLAND: JOURNAL OF HARRIETTE STORY PAIGE, 1839.

Los Angeles, 1920. Letters. Creases from mailing. Near Fine. Four AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED, totaling 9 pages, three of them to his good Hoosier friend and fellow socialist, Oliver M. Sayler. In the first letter, dated 9 January 1920, Dreiser suggests places Sayler could work in New York, mentioning many names including T. R. Smith of the Century Company, Henry Harper at Harper's, J. Jefferson Jones of the John Lane Company, Herbert Kauffmann at McCLURE'S, and Horace Liveright. In the second letter, dated 14 February 1920, Dreiser kindly answers Sayler's request for a letter of introduction to a paper named THE EVENING POST. He informs Sayler that most likely the letter would not do much help as it has "in so far as I can recall been anything but condemnatory -- or perhaps I had better say scornful of me & my opinions." He urges Sayler to go to other places such as the HERALD or TRIBUNE. The third letter, also dated 14 February 1920, is addressed to Mr. Scott at THE EVENING POST recommending Sayler… Read More

1968-1976. Letters. Very Good. A wonderful collection of 13 AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED (ALSs) (18 pages) by the illustrator of Winnie-the-Pooh and 5 TYPED LETTERS SIGNED (TLSs) by his wife, Norah, all to the American publisher of the Pooh books. Content includes health reports (the letters date from the end of his life: he died at the age of 96) and news, but much of the letters concern his work including 8 letters that mention the Pooh books or their offspring such as THE POOH COOK BOOK and THE CHRISTOPHER ROBIN VERSE BOOK. Five of the letters are signed with his affectionate name, Kip. The final letters are by Norah after Shepard's death.

Letter. Very Good. Three HOLOGRAPH notes from this Connecticut poet which, in her small hand, amount to several hundred words.

1848. Letter. Creases from folding; otherwise Fine. One-page letter to the Honorable John Davis, former governor of Massachusetts and United States senator at the date of this letter: 11 August 1848. On an integral sheet is Everett's SIGNATURE with a Cambridge postmark, red wax seal, and a free frank in the form of a stamp of the word "FREE" with "Free" written by Everett over that. Everett writes regarding a memorial presented to the Senate by Davis for his sister Mrs. A. H. Everett. Edward Everett--a Unitarian minister, member of both the United States Congress and Senate, and also a governor of Massachusetts--is perhaps best known for his oratory powers. It is he who gave the "other" address at Gettysburg on 19 November 1863. The next day he wrote Lincoln saying, "I should be glad if I could flatter myself that I came as near the central idea of the occasion in two hours as you did in two minutes."

Paris, 27 June 1919. Letter. Minor paper loss at the right margin. About Fine. A one-page AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED with initials and written in French on a 4-3/4" x 6-1/2" sheet of paper folded in half with the address on the verso, date and place taken from envelope. Addressed to Mr. Gorardin [likely Maurice Girardin, a Parisian dentist who became a successful art dealer]. Roughly translated: "I have given the matter a great deal of thought and we will talk about it once again. Think about the workshops and let me know what you have learned, unless I find something at Versailles or farther. Forgive my reluctance. It is not due to a lack of confidence or of friendship which you will better understand when we talk. I hate to tie myself down but have a great love for my independence, and I don't know to which it refers, morally advantageous. See you on Wednesday." Rouault (1871-1958) was a French painter, draughtsman, and printer whose devout Catholicism heavily influenced his paintings whose subjects… Read More

Tuskegee, AL, 7 Dec. 1897. Autograph. Mild aging of paper. About Fine. A fine quote--"Be too great to be little"--on a 6-1/2" x 8" page removed from an autograph album SIGNED and dated by Washington in Tuskegee. The verso bears an unknown signature as does the top of the page that Washington has signed, but this could be easily removed or matted over. A wonderful display piece.

Landgate, 18 December 1887. Letter. Light crease from mailing with neat paper reinfocement of the crease on the verso. Fine. One-page AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED "John Ruskin" ona 4-1/2" x 6-7/8" sheet of light blue paper addressed to George Barnard, artist, writer, and from 1843 to 1880, the drawing master at Rugby School. Along with Ruskin, Barnard had been a pupil of the landscape artist, J. D. Harding and was a prominent member of the Alpine Club, known for his Alpine scenes and views of Switzerland. In full: "I am glad of your letter, and that the drawings are secured for the [?]-- which will take better care of them than any private proprietor could-- They are [?] [?] of old watercolor paints. --but have too much in [?] work on them to be as interesting as rougher sketches. I hope you may have satisfaction in our arrangements of them."

[@1970]. Autograph. Crease from mailing. About Fine. AUTOGRAPH SENTIMENT SIGNED with a very large signature on 8-1/2" x 11" embossed "Wolfe" letterhead in his attractive hand. In full: "Hats off to John Buchanan from Tom Wolfe."

Boston, 10 March 1888. Manuscript. Normal light creases. A Fine example from this noted author and doctor. On a 6-7/8" x 9" piece of paper the author has written the following seven-line stanza from one of his best known poems "The Chambered Nautilus": Build thee more stately mansions, O my soul, As the swift seasons roll! Leave thy low-vaulted past! Let each new temple, nobler than the last, Shut thee from heaven with a dome more vast, Till thou at length art free, Leaving thine outgrown shell by life's unresting sea! Below this he has SIGNED "Oliver Wendell Holmes/Boston, March 10th 1888." On the verso of the paper (though not on the exact reverse side of the poem, so that one could cut the paper and have two separate autographed pieces), is a brief AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED by Holmes to a Miss Wright: "It gives one pleasure to comply with your slight request. Please turn this leaf. Very truly yours OW Holmes. Boston, March 10th 1888." The nautilus is a sea creature that lives inside a spiral… Read More

Oxford, 7 February 1876. Letter. Mild creases from mailing. Near Fine. One-page AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED "J Ruskin" on one side of an 8-3/4" x 7" sheet of Corpus Christi College stationery folded in half addressed to a Miss Rudkin. Ruskin requests that she send a bill [for the dress she purchased for him to give as a present]. "I don't usually let my debts stand so long; will you kindly send ... the account for my last indulgence in your charming and too tempting imaginations. Really, in the truth of old English -- that blue dress was 'excellent well fancied!'" In his letter to Ms. Rudkin written on October 29 of the previous year, Ruskin asked that she find "a pretty, quiet, thoroughly strong, and not fussy nor catchy sort of dress for Ethel Hilliard."

London, 18 May 1967. Letter. Creases from mailing. Near Fine. An attractive full-page handwritten letter SIGNED in full by Burgess. In full: "How very kind of you to write. Bless your heart, & thank you for your encouragement. Unfortunately, I've only a paperback of THE DOCTOR IS SICK here in the house, but I've signed that & I'm sending it by sea-mail. God bless you and again my very best. Thanks."

New York: Crown Publishers, (1973). First Edition. hardcover. Fine in a price-clipped, Very Good dustwrapper. Illustrated with reproductions of over 350 signatures of authors, political leaders, musicians, scientists, artists, explorers, etc.

Paris, 24 November 1920. Letter. Close to Fine. Small (4-1/2" x 6-1/2") AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED "James Joyce" to Madame Yasushi Tanaka (Louise Gebhard Cann) on blue paper integral with envelope which is addressed in Joyce's hand and postmarked on the verso. In full: "Dear Madam, In reply to your letter I shall call on you on Sunday afternoon next as it seems to be the most convenient time for you. Sincerely yours, James Joyce." Louise Gebhard Cann was a prominent writer and art critic in early 20th century France. At Ezra Pound’s suggestion, Cann wrote to Joyce requesting an interview with him for an article on writers in France set to appear in an upcoming issue of THE PACIFIC REVIEW. Following publication of the "Nausicaa" episode of ULYSSES in THE LITTLE REVIEW the previous year, Joyce’s writing was deemed obscene. This particular issue of THE LITTLE REVIEW was effectively banned in the United States, and it is believed that because of the controversy the editors then decided to omit any… Read More

Erieville, NY, 7 July 1971. Manuscript. Normal creases from mailing. Near Fine. A one-page AUTOGRAPHED LETTER SIGNED on personal stationery along with a Fair Copy AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT SIGNED (AMS) of Section 7 of Snodgrass's masterpiece, HEART'S NEEDLE. The letter is to a teacher giving advice. In part: "I suppose what one does that helps students most is just to read the stuff out loud and with some affection -- at least, that's what I recall from my time as a student."

[Plains, GA], [2015]. Letter. Normal folds from mailing. Near Fine. On a letter to Carter, in which the writers, a couple, ask for marital advice, Carter responds in this handwritten note: "To Erica & Jonathan: We give each other plenty of space, but try to find things to do together--" and SIGNED "Best Wishes, Jimmy C." With the envelope which is postmarked in 2015.

Bridgeport, CT, 30 January 1877. Letter. Scattered toning and soiling, small tear to top, a couple partial fold separations. Very Good. A two-page letter on the front and verso of a 5-1/8" x 8" sheet with a blue ink stamp of Barnum addressed to an unknown recipient regarding employment and SIGNED as "P. T. Barnum." In part: "You are declining the American tour…. My respected father-in-law is I fear rather too timid. My son-in-law … filled the position of traveling Treasurer 4 or 5 years without inquiry, and hundreds are doing the same every year. We think it is a most healthy calling. It is lively, busy & exciting, but not sickening nor killing. My partners would only have allowed $25 per week & I should have paid the other $15 from my own pocket for the sake of having you see if the business would suit you, and also see if an opening could be made for you whereby you could gain an independence. The disappointment to me is not at all serious on my account—more so on yours. But it is all for the… Read More

Boston, 16 August 1850. Letter. Faint stain on left side from previous mounting on verso; light creases. Near Fine. One-page AUTOGRAPH LETTER on a 7-3/4" x 9-3/4" sheet of blue paper SIGNED as "R. H. Dana Jr." to an unknown recipient on legal matters regarding Caleb Smith. Dana is best known as the author of TWO YEARS BEFORE THE MAST.

Boston, n.d. [1880?]. Letter. Faint crease from mailing; ink dark and clear. About Fine. A one-page AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED as "O. W. Holmes" to Dr. Bowditch on a 4-1/2" x 6" sheet of paper, not dated. In full: "Pray help me out of this scrape. I can't read the man's name, nor a word of his letter, but as far as I can make out he has translated a longish piece of mine into high Dutch. Do help me spell his name and translate his letter. The 'pome,' as the Westerners call it, you had better let alone -- for your own sake. Your bewildered friend and colleague."

Hernehill, 4 January 1837. Letter. Creases from mailing; minor soiling. Very Good. An early one-page AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED "J Ruskin," written when he was just 17 years old, on one panel of a 10" x 8" sheet folded in fours addressed to W. H. White, Secretary of the British Meteorological Society. In full: "I take the liberty of troubling you with the accompanying papers [not present], as I am not aware of the manner in which communications are usually presented to the Society. I shall be highly gratified of the members of the Meteorological Society consider these observations, for the accuracy of which I can answer, though of their utility I am doubtful, as in any degree interesting." In a letter to his father three days later, Ruskin wrote, "The Society would be much better employed, instead of listening to anticipations which never will be realised, and prophecies which the weather takes good care not to fulfil, in as certaining the causes and effects of phenomena which have actually taken… Read More