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AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT (AM) with SIGNED CARD
by BRYANT, William Cullen
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- Used - Near Fine. Scarce and desirable
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- 3 May 1878
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- Manuscript
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- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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A$8,658.00
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3 May 1878. Manuscript. Near Fine. Scarce and desirable. Handwritten conclusion of Bryant's most famous poem and one of the best-known poems of the 19th century--"Thanatopsis"--on a 4-7/8" x 3-3/4" sheet of paper laid down on a slightly larger album size sheet; together with a small calling card SIGNED "William Cullen Bryant" and dated "May 3d 1878. With… Read more about this item Item Price
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TYPED MANUSCRIPT: SPEECH AT TESTIMONIAL NOV 7 (ANNA LOIS RUSS) MAMA
by BARAKA, Amiri (LeRoi JONES)
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- Used - Some edgewear with a large segment of the bottom blank margin of the last page missing. Very Good
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- n.d.
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- Manuscript
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- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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A$1,924.00
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n.d.. Manuscript. Some edgewear with a large segment of the bottom blank margin of the last page missing. Very Good. TYPED MANUSCRIPT (5 pages) of a speech given by Baraka about his mother and his upbringing. Titled and numbered by hand with several ink corrections, Baraka talks about the influence his mother had on his life. In part:… Read more about this item Item Price
A$1,924.00
TYPED MANUSCRIPT for the Introduction to HARD FACTS
by BARAKA, Amiri (LeRoi JONES)
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- Used - Near Fine
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- [1975]
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- Manuscript
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- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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A$1,924.00
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[1975]. Manuscript. Near Fine. TYPED MANUSCRIPT (5 pages) of the Introduction to his book of poetry HARD FACTS. Baraka has made several alterations and additions in the text including about 50 words in his hand at the bottom of the fourth page: "The year the class struggle in Blk America became clear & open Segregation [?] & the… Read more about this item Item Price
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ORIGINAL AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT SIGNED (AMS) with CORRECTED TYPESCRIPT of CHINA
by MILLER, Henry
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- Used - Small paperclip rust stain at top of first page of each manuscript. About Fine
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- Manuscript
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- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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A$4,810.00
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Manuscript. Small paperclip rust stain at top of first page of each manuscript. About Fine. A 6-page (8-1/2" x 11") manuscript COMPLETELY IN MILLER'S HAND and SIGNED by him at the conclusion, with a Typed Manuscript of the same in 5 pages with minor ink corrections and Miller's chop at the end. Eventually printed in Miller's MOTHER, CHINA… Read more about this item Item Price
A$4,810.00
AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT (AMs) From THE WATER WITCH
by COOPER, James Fenimore
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- Used - A few small holes affecting text repaired with tissue, minor scattered foxing and soiling. Very Good
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- [1828]
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- Manuscript
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- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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A$6,734.00
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[1828]. Manuscript. A few small holes affecting text repaired with tissue, minor scattered foxing and soiling. Very Good. Unsigned handwritten fragment of his working draft of this novel about the abduction of a woman by a pirate. Two pages in dark ink in his small hand, approximately 600 words, on both sides of an 8" x 3-1/4" sheet.… Read more about this item Item Price
A$6,734.00
ORIGINAL CALLIGRAPHIC MANUSCRIPT TRIBUTE: TESTIMONIAL TO CHARLES RODENBURG
by [NEW YORK CITY SUBWAY SYSTEM]
- Condition
- Used - Black covers chipped and detached; contents quite nice. Very Good
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- First Edition
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- [1945]
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- Manuscript
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- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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A$1,635.40
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[New York], [1945]. First Edition. Manuscript. Black covers chipped and detached; contents quite nice. Very Good. Folio (11-1/2" x 13-1/2") vellum sheets string-tied with black paper covers, the front cover with a decorative drawing; 10 pages with beautiful manuscript calligraphy and 5 ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATIONS, all on rectos only. A retirement tribute to Charles Rodenburg, one of the original… Read more about this item Item Price
A$1,635.40
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THE WRITINGS OF HENRY DAVID THOREAU [WORKS] with a leaf of manuscript
by THOREAU, Henry David
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- Used - Manuscript leaf detached and laid in loosely. Spines of 19 volumes evenly sunned to a light tan; very minor wear. Near Fine
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- Manuscript Edition
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- 1906
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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A$28,860.00
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1906. Manuscript Edition. Hardcover. Manuscript leaf detached and laid in loosely. Spines of 19 volumes evenly sunned to a light tan; very minor wear. Near Fine. Large octavo (6" x 8-3/4"), 20 volumes, the first volume in publisher's 3/4 green morocco leather with gilt-lettered and decorated spine, the remaining 19 volumes in 3/4… Read more about this item Item Price
A$28,860.00
THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF LAFCADIO HEARN with THE JAPANESE LETTERS OF LAFCADIO HEARN
by HEARN, Lafcadio [BISLAND, Elizabeth: editor]
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- Used - Touching inscription from a husband to his wife in the year of publication on the front endpaper; light wear to spine tips. Very
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- First Edition
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- 1906
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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A$3,078.40
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Boston & New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1906. First Edition. Hardcover. Touching inscription from a husband to his wife in the year of publication on the front endpaper; light wear to spine tips. Very Good, lacking as usual the dustwrappers and slipcase. Two volumes in original green cloth with paper spine labels and extra labels tipped in… Read more about this item Item Price
A$3,078.40
JULIA WARD HOWE 1819 - 1910
by [HOWE, Julia Ward] RICHARDS, Laura and ELLIOTT, Maud Howe
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- Used - Spine labels a bit dried and with some cracking; light wear and darkening to the covers. About Very Good, lacking the dustwrappe
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1915
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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A$1,443.00
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Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1915. First Edition. Hardcover. Spine labels a bit dried and with some cracking; light wear and darkening to the covers. About Very Good, lacking the dustwrappers and slipcase. Two volumes in original cloth-backed boards with gilt-lettered leather spine labels. Copy #236 of 450 copies of the Large-Paper Edition with a leaf… Read more about this item Item Price
A$1,443.00
THE ILIAD OF HOMER With 5 Pages of MANUSCRIPT and 2 Pages of Corrected Page Proofs
by (BRYANT, William Cullen) HOMER
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- Used - Light rubbing to bindings. Near Fine
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- First Edition
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- 1870
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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A$6,734.00
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Boston: Fields, Osgood, & Co., 1870. First Edition. Hardcover. Light rubbing to bindings. Near Fine. Two quarto (7" x 9-3/4") volumes in contemporary half brown morocco leather with marbled boards and matching corners, spines with gilt lettering and decorations, marbled endpapers; [2], [xx], 398; [viii], 426 pages. Bound for politician and newspaper editor Whitelaw Reid, with his name… Read more about this item Item Price
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SIGNED TYPESCRIPT: MONEY. A Jazz Opera
by BARAKA, Amiri (LeRoi JONES)
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- Used - A few pages with coffee stains, expected general use. Complete and Very Good
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- December 1978 - January 1979
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- Manuscript
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- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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A$14,430.00
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Newark/Washington, DC, December 1978 - January 1979. Manuscript. A few pages with coffee stains, expected general use. Complete and Very Good. A photocopied ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT by Baraka consisting of 135 loose pages, many of them with pencil or ink markings and annotations, housed in an orange paper folder with "MONEY/orig)" in Baraka's hand on the front cover. The… Read more about this item Item Price
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AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT (AM) on Realism in Art and Literature and its Relation to Morals
by RUSKIN, John
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- Used - Minor staining. Near Fine
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- [17 January 1882?]
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- Manuscript
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- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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A$19,240.00
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[17 January 1882?]. Manuscript. Minor staining. Near Fine. Twelve 5" x 8" pages written on 3 folded leaves, stitched together at the vertical fold, not signed but completely in Ruskin's hand. A presumably complete and untitled essay, possibly unpublished, on realism in art and its relation to morals. Ruskin begins, Realism in any work of art ... is… Read more about this item Item Price
A$19,240.00
TYPED MANUSCRIPT SIGNED (TMS)
by MacLEISH, Archibald
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- Used - About Fine
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- Manuscript
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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A$481.00
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Manuscript. About Fine. Fair Copy Manuscript of his well-known poem "Speech to a Crowd" SIGNED in full beneath his typed name with minor ink corrections in the text.
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A$481.00
AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT SIGNED (AMS): "The Love Of God"
by BRYANT, William Cullen
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- Used - Contents Fine; front cover and first two blank pages neatly detached, leather on spine deteriorated. Overall Very Good
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- 9 May 1864
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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A$3,463.20
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New York, 9 May 1864. Hardcover. Contents Fine; front cover and first two blank pages neatly detached, leather on spine deteriorated. Overall Very Good. A handwritten poem on an 8-1/2" x 11" sheet of paper SIGNED "William Cullen Bryant" and dated at the conclusion. Bound in 3/4 dark blue morocco leather and blue cloth titled in gilt on… Read more about this item Item Price
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AUTOGRAPH QUOTATION SIGNED (AQS)
by BRYANT, William Cullen
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- Used - Minor wrinkling and creases from folding. Near Fine with an attractive engraved portrait of the poet
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- 10 April 1877
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- Manuscript
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- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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A$962.00
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10 April 1877. Manuscript. Minor wrinkling and creases from folding. Near Fine with an attractive engraved portrait of the poet. The second stanza of Bryant's poem "The Battle-Field" in the poet's hand, SIGNED "William Cullen Bryant" and dated by him at the conclusion on a 5" x 8" sheet of paper. Bryant, who was a founder of the… Read more about this item Item Price
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MANUSCRIPT DRAFT OF HIS ANNUAL REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE with AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED
by WASHINGTON, Booker T
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- Used - Minor wear with a one-inch closed tear to first sheet. Near Fine
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- [early 1906?]
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- Manuscript
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- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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A$18,278.00
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[Tuskegee, AL], [early 1906?]. Manuscript. Minor wear with a one-inch closed tear to first sheet. Near Fine. A handwritten manuscript by Washington consisting of 17 pages (numbered 1-3, 7-14, a-f) on 17 8-1/4" x 11" sheets, apparently missing pages 4-6, with a partial typed transcript. The handwritten letter by Washington is to the trustees of the Tuskegee Normal… Read more about this item Item Price
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AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT
by WELLIVER, Neil
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- Used - Folded to fit into the envelope, otherwise Fine
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- [1998]
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- Manuscript
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- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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A$673.40
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Lincolnville, ME, [1998]. Manuscript. Folded to fit into the envelope, otherwise Fine. A two-page AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT, not signed, on Welliver's stationery to a collector, date taken from envelope. Welliver writes out a complete 24-line poem, "Binsey Poplars," by Gerard Manley Hopkins. With the envelope addressed by Welliver. An interesting piece.
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A$673.40
AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT SIGNED (AMS): "A Song for New Year's Eve"
by BRYANT, William Cullen
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- Used - Near Fine
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- 31 December 1856
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- Manuscript
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- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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A$2,886.00
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n.p., 31 December 1856. Manuscript. Near Fine. A handwritten poem on a 7-1/2" x 8" sheet of paper folded vertically SIGNED "W. C. Bryant" at the conclusion. The poem consists of 6 six-line stanzas with the second and third stanzas transposed from the final printed version and the second stanza here containing corrections and added lines. The poem's… Read more about this item Item Price
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AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT SIGNED (AMS): "Judgment Day"
by HOWELLS, W[illiam] D[ean]
- Condition
- Used - Slight creasing. Near Fine
- Published
- 1919
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- Manuscript
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- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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A$673.40
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n.p., 1919. Manuscript. Slight creasing. Near Fine. A handwritten poem on a 6-3/4" x 8-1/4" sheet of paper SIGNED "W. D. Howells" at the conclusion with the dates 1895 and 1919. The eight-line poem was first published in the book STOPS OF VARIOUS QUILLS in 1895.
Before Him weltered like a shoreless sea
The souls of… Read more about this item Item Price
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TYPED MANUSCRIPT SIGNED (TMS): ADLAI STEVENSON
by MacLEISH, Archibald
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- Used - Rather faint foxing. Near Fine
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- 8 July 1974
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- Manuscript
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- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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A$962.00
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8 July 1974. Manuscript. Rather faint foxing. Near Fine. A three-page Typed Manuscript on 7-1/2" x 11" onionskin paper SIGNED "Archibald MacLeish" at the top along with the date and the annotation "(not proof-read)" in MacLeish's hand. He has also, under the printed title, written "Memorial Address at the U.N." MacLeish's tribute was read by him at the… Read more about this item Item Price
A$962.00
