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Sale 94
Manuscript & Collectibles Auction
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Lot 36 |
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Agatha Christie and Harper Lee. Agatha Christie and Harper Lee. Two books signed: (1) Agatha Christie: By the Pricking of My Thumbs, New York: Dodd, Mead, 1968, 244 pp. Hardcover. Book Club Edition. Signed on first end page. About very good copy. Dust jacket with number chips and edge tears. (2) Harper Lee: To Kill A Mockingbird The Thirty-Fifth Anniversary Edition of the Pulitzer Prize-Winning Novel, New York: HarperCollins, 1995, 323 pp. Hardcover. Signed on the half-title page. One scuff mark on dust cover; back hinge weakened but not cracked. Otherwise, a clean copy. $300 - 400
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$625 |
Lot 37 |
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Kipling, Rudyard and Frederick C. Selous. Kipling (1865-1936) was a British author and journalist and the 1907 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. Typed letter signed, on personal letterhead, 1 page, 8½ x 7¼", Bateman's Burwash, Sussex. To Henry J. Ford (1860-1941), the English artist and illustrator, especially known for his book illustrations, including for A School History of England by Kipling and C. R. L. Fletcher; he also designed the first costume for Peter Pan. Kipling thanks Ford for sending his telegram to Major Creighton. "…I knew he lived near you, but did not know his address, so I risked bothering you…." Matted with an image of Kipling and framed to an overall size of 14¾ x 19½". Fine. With an autograph letter signed by Frederick C. Selous ("F.C. Selous"), the British hunter and African explorer (1851-1917) immortalized by H. Rider Haggard in King Solomon's Mines, 2 pages, 7 x 4½", Barrymore House, Wargrave, May 20, 1897. To Dr. Dunn, regarding a box of eggs received, in whichc the Stone Plover eggs were intact but the two unblown Redshanks were broken. $150 - 200
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$138 |
Lot 38 |
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Salinger, J.D. (1919-2010) Acclaimed New York writer and novelist, Jerome David (J.D.) Salinger in 1951 became one of the most influential 20th-century American writers with his landmark novel, Catcher in the Rye. Salinger subsequently became quite reclusive, published infrequently and rarely gave interviews. Married 3 times his privacy was paramount over the years living in New Hampshire. In spite of remaining steadfastly out of the spotlight his works remained very popular. Prior to his death CATCHER IN THE RYE continued to sell 250,000 copies per year. Offered here is a very scarce cut signature (removed from a framed presentation), a payment in advance receipt dated Feb. 15, 1979. Receipt was trimmed to 1½ x 2½". Signature is bold and a must for collectors of American authors. $400 - 600
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$250 |
Lot 39 |
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Wells, H. G. (1866-1946). Herbert George Wells was a prolific English writer of fiction, history, politics, rules of war, social commentary and textbooks. But he was known best, the world over, for his science-fiction novels including The Time Machine, First Men in the Moon, and The Island of Dr. Moreau, with The War of the Worlds earning him the moniker "The Father of Science Fiction." Autograph letter signed ("H.G. Wells"), on blind embossed personal note card(s) Spade House, Sandgate, September 15, 1906. A thank you letter to a Roland Bass regarding something referenced and the question of whether they had ever met previously. In excellent condition with separate insert affixed to first half of note and lightly tacked to card stock at top and bottom. Entire piece measures 10 x 4". $700 - 1,000
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