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First Edition, First Issue, First Volume of Proust's Monumental In Search of Lost Time, Signed...
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First Edition, First Issue, First Volume of Proust's Monumental In Search of Lost Time, Signed and Inscribed by Proust

by Proust, Marcel

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PROUST, Marcel. Du Coté de Chez Swann. Paris: Bernard Grasset, 1913. Bourdeaux crushed morocco by J. Antoine Legraine, gilt edges, original wrappers and spine bound-in, matching morocco edged slipcase. First Edition, First Issue, Inscribed By Proust To Madame Catulle Mendes On A Tipped Leaf, bound into the volume following the half-title. The first issue of the first volume of Proust's monumental In Search of Lost Time, the first issue with the printing error in the Grasset imprint. Judith Gautier, or Madame Catulle Mendes by marriage, was a writer and actress, and the first woman member of the Academie Goncourt. Though one of the most famous women of her time her work has been overlooked for much of the 20th-century. Provenance: Madame Catulle Mendes (1850-1917, authorial inscription) Small repair to fore-edge of front wrapper. The rare First Issue of Proust's masterpiece.
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J.D. Salinger Typed Letter Signed Mentions Catcher, Franny and Zooey, and Comes with Annotated...
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J.D. Salinger Typed Letter Signed Mentions Catcher, Franny and Zooey, and Comes with Annotated Unpublished Draft of the Raise High... Dust Jacket

by Salinger, J.D.

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SALINGER, J.D. Typed Letter Signed "Jerry" with accompanying, unpublished draft for the dust jacket for Raise High the Roofbeams, Carpenter and Seymour: An Introduction. The draft was typed by Salinger and also includes a correction in his hand. Dated Sept. 9, 1962. Although Salinger was preparing for the publication of his final anthology about the Glass Family, he writes a letter to his agent mentioning The Catcher in the Rye: "When The Catcher in the Rye was on the fire, Little-Brown paid for some pictures of me taken by a woman named Lotte Jacobi..." The Lotte Jacobi photo was printed large across the back cover of the first two printings of The Catcher in the Rye. Salinger's fame exploded after publication, and he soon found he had become too recognizable to continue living in New York City with any semblance of privacy. By the third printing of Catcher, he had his image removed from the book jacket, yet he was pained by it his whole life, even going so far as asking his publishing house to… Read More
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J.D. Salinger Signed Contract to publish The Catcher in the Rye
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J.D. Salinger Signed Contract to publish "The Catcher in the Rye

by Salinger, J.D.

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Reclusive U.S. Author, famous for his ground-breaking coming of age novel "The Catcher in the Rye." Extremely important 2 page publishing contract 8.5" x 20" signed "J.D. Salinger" and dated "9th February, 1965" for the right to publish his most important work "The Catcher in the Rye" in Portugese for release in Brazil. This is the Publishing contract for the publication of his book "The Catcher in the Rye" in the Portugese language. On Rosyln Targ Literary Agency, Inc. letterhead. In part: "Memorandum of agreement made and entered into this 9th day of February 1965 between J.D. Salinger c/o Harold Ober Associates, Inc... hereafter called the proprietor of the one part and Editors Do Autor...Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, hereafter called the publisher of the other part whereby it is mutually agreed as follows regarding the work by J.D. Salinger entitled, Catcher In The Rye. The proprietor warranting that he is the sole and exclusive owner of the rights subject to this agreement hereby grants to the… Read More
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J. D. Salinger Signed Contract for Franny and Zooey
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J. D. Salinger Signed Contract for "Franny and Zooey

by Salinger, J.D.

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DS, signed "J. D. Salinger," one page both sides, 8.5 x 14, February 25, 1964. Agreement between Salinger and the publisher Ediciones AT of Barcelona regarding "the work by J. D. Salinger entitled: Franny and Zooey," in which the author grants the "sole and exclusive license to translate, print, publish and sell the said work in volume form only in a regular trade edition in the Catalan language." Especially interesting are the additional terms added at the end of the standard form which reflect Salinger's demands for privacy: "It is understood by the Publisher that no photographs may be used on the cover or jacket or in any connection with the book. No photographs should be used in promotional copy or advertising. No biographical material may be used for promotion or advertising." Expected document wear, small edge separations at folds, and paper loss to upper corners (not affecting any text), otherwise fine condition. Salinger's intense demand for privacy-no photographs, no biography-is certainly… Read More
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J.D. Salinger Letter Signed, On Several Works Including Franny and Zooey and Catcher, and also...
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J.D. Salinger Letter Signed, On Several Works Including Franny and Zooey and Catcher, and also Comes with Annotated and Unpublished Draft for the Dust Jacket of Raise High the Roofbeams

by Salinger, J.D.

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Salinger, J.D. [Jerome David]. Typed letter signed by J.D. Salinger as "Jerry" with an accompanying, unpublished Hand Annotated typed draft for the dust jacket for Raise High the Roofbeams, Carpenter and Seymour: An Introduction. Dated Sept. 10, 1962. This letter is part a correspondence between Salinger and his publisher at Little, Brown regarding the dust jacket copy for his last published anthology Raise High the Roofbeams, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction. Salinger's fame exploded after publication, and he soon found he had become too recognizable a figure to continue living in New York City and maintain any semblance of privacy. He moved to rural Cornish, New Hampshire, but he was still pursued by media and fans alike. In a letter sent just one day earlier, Salinger asked for "somebody at your office to write [Lotte Jacobi] a letter of protest" and ask her to stop circulating a photo that she had taken of him for the first edition cover of Catcher in the Rye. (copy included). The famous… Read More
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Persian Qajar Lovers Gouache Painting with Gold Illuminated Borders

Persian Qajar Lovers Gouache Painting with Gold Illuminated Borders

by Persian Painting, Qajar Iran

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[Iran Art] Original Persian Qajar Lovers gouache painting on paper with gold illuminated border design. The image portrays a young Qajar prince in an elaborate blue and gold coat with an orange and gold karakul cap embracing his lover. The prince holds a glass in one hand while embracing his lover with the other. She with a tiara on her head, pearls on her neck, and a see-through blouse is wearing a Qajar coat with typical Persian paisley design. The lovers are seated in an embrace at a small table with crystal decanters next to them. This work composition is somewhat similar to the depiction of lovers embrace attributed to Mohammad Sadiq, 1770-80 (Layla Diba, Royal Persian Paintings, NY, 1998, number 27, pg 156-7). The headgear of the prince confirms this to be from the Qajar epoch rather than the Zand period. Wide margins with floral and animal illumination including deer and monkeys. The illumination work is of a very high and intricate quality. Image size 18.5" x 11." Some browning to the… Read More
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An Early Draft of Martin Luther King's Unpublished Speech Crisis in America's Cities

An Early Draft of Martin Luther King's Unpublished Speech "Crisis in America's Cities

by King, Martin Luther

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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. "Crisis in America's Cities; An Analysis of Social Disorder and a Plan of Action Against Poverty, Discrimination and Racism in Urban " First Edition unpublished mimeograph draft. 5 pages plus cover. King's nationwide call to action against urban poverty, the most ambitious Civil Rights Campaign in the Northern United States, culminating in the 1968 Fair Housing Act, with significant differences from King's final speech. King authored this brief but influential treatise after riots spread through the urban north due to intense discrimination and poverty. "The white society did not move and Newark came after Watts and was followed by Detroit. We will have to make them move. We will have to remind them that in the 18th century, Thomas Jefferson said, 'I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just.'" First Editions of the original speech made by King are extremely rare, with only one known in the holdings of the King Center archives. This earlier draft, held in the… Read More
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Salinger's Signed Original Junior High Yearbook as a , the Same Age as young Holden
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Salinger's Signed Original Junior High Yearbook as a , the Same Age as young Holden

by Salinger, JD

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J. D. Salinger. Signed Junior High Yearbook . Possibly the most important J.D. Salinger piece ever to come to market, as it is Salinger's only yearbook from the same age as Holden ever recorded as coming to market. It contains the only known handwriting of Salinger at the age of Holden, and the only known photo of Salinger at the age of Holden. "The Catcher in the Rye" is the story of Holden Caulfield, a troubled youth in his junior year of boarding school, closely biographically related to the adolescent years of its famous author. No copy of this Junior yearbook has ever come on market. The Crossed Sabres, Valley Forge Military Academy. Wayne, PA: 1935. Signed "Jerome Salinger", pg. 139. He is named pictured at least 4 more times throughout the book; most clearly on pgs. 170-171 as a member of the drama club. J.D. Salinger became famous for The Catcher in the Rye's sublime expression of adolescence. The crisis of Salinger's young protagonist, Holden, occurs in his Junior boarding school year,… Read More
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J.D. Salinger Writes An intensely personal letter on Love
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J.D. Salinger Writes An intensely personal letter on Love

by Salinger, J.D.

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Salinger, J.D. American author of The Catcher in the Rye. Typed letter signed "Jerry". 2 pages. January 21, 1975. To Eileen Paddison, a close friend and aspiring writer who maintained a correspondence with Salinger for over 15 years. A fascinating and personal letter to the woman whom Salinger considered to be his true "sister" in a spiritual sense; the sort of ideal sibling relationship Salinger lacked in his own family, but wrote about in the characters of Holden and Phoebe, and again as Franny and Zooey. An intensely personal letter from Salinger to Eileen Paddison, whom Salinger has referred to in multiple letters throughout their long correspondence as his "sister" or relation in an otherworldly sense. The notion of an idealized brother-sister relationship, marked by deep and intuitive understanding in an otherwise alienated world is one of the most important themes in Salinger's writing. Biographers have long hypothesized as to how Salinger became so adept at fictionalizing sibling… Read More
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J.D. Salinger Letter Signed Commiserating with a Boarding School Kid: On Identity Crises, and...

J.D. Salinger Letter Signed Commiserating with a Boarding School Kid: On Identity Crises, and other Holden-esque Adolescent Difficulties

by Salinger, J.D.

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Salinger, J.D. American author of The Catcher in the Rye.Typed letter signed "Jerry" and with two hand-written pencil corrections. 2 pages. Dec. 23, 3 PM [1971]. To Eileen Paddison, a boarding-school girl and aspiring writer who struck up an unlikely lifelong friendship with the author, and over time became the recipient of some of his most personal confessions. A long and intriguing letter, in which the reclusive author admits he understands what she is going through, grappling with a mixed identity, and finding his escape in boarding school, "Boarding schools have a bad name, but they oddly suit some kinds of kids." It was Salinger's boarding school experience coupled with intrinsic alienation that formed the basis for his most acclaimed novel, The Catcher in the Rye. Also with content on his hatred of stealing and intense love of privacy-two factors which would dominate the second half of his life as Salinger withdrew from the limelight and aggressively punished infringement on his intellectual… Read More
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J.D. Salinger his Own Escape from Home at Age 15, Like Holden and the Difficulty of Writing...
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J.D. Salinger his Own Escape from Home at Age 15, Like Holden and the Difficulty of Writing Authentically about Sex

by Salinger, J.D.

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Salinger, J.D. American author of The Catcher in the Rye.Typed letter signed "Love Jerry." 1 page. Feb. 29, 3 PM [1972]. To Eileen Paddison, a close friend and aspiring writer who maintained a correspondence with Salinger for over 10 years. In this personal letter, Salinger opens up about why he escaped home at 15, the age of Holden. In the same letter, he describes seeking out training to perform acupuncture on himself and decries the inability of writers to capture sex that "rings true." J.D. Salinger rose to international fame as an author for his portrayal of Holden Caulfield, a sensitive and misunderstood adolescent, who rather than returning home after being kicked out of boarding school, instead wanders the streets of New York City on his own personal pilgrimage. While doing so, he reflects on life, his past, and his fear of being tainted by adult "phoniness" personified by his upper middle-class parents. Though Salinger was extremely tight-lipped about validating any comparisons between… Read More
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J.D. Salinger On What it Takes to Become A Writer: Sensitivity, brains, bowels, a lovely way of...
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J.D. Salinger On What it Takes to Become A Writer: "Sensitivity, brains, bowels, a lovely way of saying things straight and true, and the kind of backlog of personal aloneness...

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Salinger, J.D. American author of Catcher in the Rye. Typed letter signed "Jerry". Two pages. June 17, 1978. To Eileen Paddison, a close friend and aspiring writer who maintained a correspondence with Salinger for over 15 years. The intensely private author shares here with uncharacteristic openness about his most closely guarded secret: writing. Salinger was deeply critical and found the discussion of writing abhorrent. In this private letter, Salinger finally speaks to what he thinks it takes to become a writer. "Studying medicine. Having babies. Writing. There's a lot to sort out in your head, I'd say. Some of it will doubtless get sorted out for you by destiny, circumstances, but that will still leave you with plenty to decide on your own." Salinger begins. "Whether or not you're cut out to write professionally or "seriously" nobody can tell-- not I, not anybody else, despite all the stuff that gets mouthed up on the subject in writing "workshops" and on campuses in general." It is up to Eileen… Read More
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J.D. Salinger His Guiding Philosophy: It's a tremendously tall order, an undertaking seemingly...

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Salinger, J.D.  American author of Catcher in the Rye. Two typed letters, one signed "Jerry" and the other signed "JDS". June 17, 1978 (two pages) and December 10, 1971 (one page). To Eileen Paddison, a close friend and aspiring writer who maintained a correspondence with Salinger for over 15 years. An archive revealing the Taoist philosophical underpinnings of Saliner's iconic critique of the American bourgeois life-style. In 1977, Gerald Rosen authored an entire book on the Zen and Buddhism influence on Salinger work, Zen in the Art of J. D. Salinger, analyzing Buddhism concepts and phrasing in The Catcher in the Rye, Franny & Zooey, and also his other short stories. In these letters, Salinger goes into detail about exactly what it is in Taoist practice he finds so compelling. American Author J.D. Salinger built his canon with novels starring hungry young truth-seekers, dissatisfied with the materialism and soullessness of upper middle-class American life. He was intensely averse to the fame that… Read More
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Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell's Owned and Signed Books on Zoology and The Evolution of Sex
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Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell's Owned and Signed Books on Zoology and The Evolution of Sex

by Blackwell, Elizabeth

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BLACKWELL, Elizabeth. America's first female Medical Doctor. Collection of three books, each one owned and signed by Elizabeth Blackwell. Signed "Blackwell" in each volume on the first page. [1-2] The first two books are volume I & II of William Carpenter's Zoology; Being A Systematic Account of the General Structure, Habits, Instincts, and Uses of the Principal Families of the Animal Kingdom... 2 volumes. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1857 (vol. I)-1858 (vol. II). 586 and 588 pages, respectively. Pencil note by Elizabeth Blackwell, "circular mouth" (translation of the Greek "cyclostomi"), on p. iii of the Contents in Vol. II. [3] The third book is Geddes and Thomson's The Evolution of Sex. New York:  Scribner & Welford, 1890. Edited by Havelock Ellis. 322 pages. In January 1849, Elizabeth Blackwell received her M.D. degree from Geneva Medical College in Geneva, New York, ranking first in her class. Shortly after receiving her degree, while abroad, Blackwell met physiologist, neurologist, and naturalist… Read More
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Chevalier D'eon Archive: Dragoon Cavalry Officer Acknowledges and Accepts D'eon's Transition Telling Him That He Has Even More Respect for Him with D'eon's Autographed Response

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Archive of two letters written to the Chevalier D'eon from Marquis D'Autichamp, who knew D'Eon while they were dragoons, with her handwritten nine line autographed response. The first letter is dated the 12th of November, 1781. D'Eon received a medal as a dragoon and even won approval to wear it as a woman once he had made his transition. In 1777, D'Eon returns to France from England as a man, wearing his dragoon uniform. Marie Antoinette caused her own dressmaker to supply Chevalier D'Eon with whatever was necessary. While the clothes were being made, he visited his aged mother at Tonnerre. He then took female clothing for some time, but grew tired of it and attempted to join the Navy, but is arrested and held at the Castle of Dijon for some time. He was Long letter regarding the Chevalier de Nigry-Clermont, giving the conditions required to be admitted in the gendarmerie. "He would have an obstacle that he should be at least 5'4" because the way we are armed and riding requires this necessity. I… Read More
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