Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 30

Manuscript and Collectibles Auction

Authors

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1252		Allen, Hervey (1889-1949) American novelist and poet; best known as the author of the picaresque novel Anthony Adverse (1933). Autograph Letter Signed on stationery of the old Hotel Astor in Times Square, New York City, n.d. (during World War II), 2pp, 9 x 6 in. To author Edna Ferber, thanking her for her kindness to his 17-year-old daughter. On another subject he writes, "Darn the war, darn the stupid French, darn all the stupid every where…." Estimated Value $250 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1253		Behan, Brendan (1923-1964) Irish playwright and author. Softbound copy of Behan's play "The Hostage" (New York, Grove Press Inc., 92pp), Signed and Inscribed in Gaelic (which he spoke fluently) and English: "To Jim Moran from his friend, Brendan Behan. Christmas 1960," on the title page. The play was staged in Dublin in 1958. As a youth, Behan joined the outlawed Irish Republican Army. He spent years in prison, which he used as fodder for his play "The Quare Fellow." "The Hostage" is set in a disreputable lodging house in Dublin. Some wear to spine and corners of front cover. Rare being signed in both languages. Estimated Value $650 - 750. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1254		Chandler, Raymond (1888-1959) American author of crime stories and novels; a major influence on modern crime fiction. Typed Letter Signed "Ray," La Jolla, California, May 29, 1953, 1p, quarto. To his agent, H.N. Swanson, regarding the magazine VERDICT's publication, without his permission, "of an old novelette of mine entitled BAY CITY BLUES, which was published in DIME DETECTIVE, June, 1938. " He discusses what action they can take and adds, "I think it's about time we had an opinion as to where I stand on these stories….I'm boiling mad because the whole deal looks to me like a piece of cold-blooded piracy." A penciled note, probably by the agent, is at the top. Estimated Value $500 - 750. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $661
Lot 1255		Chayefsky, Paddy (1923-1981) Dramatist, producer, and composer; winner of three Oscars, including one for Network. American Express credit card slip signed in full for $763.80 to pay a bill at New York's Hotel Navarro on January 5, 1974. Excellent condition. Estimated Value $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $230
Lot 1256		Clarke, Arthur C (1917 -) British science fiction author; best known for 2001: A Space Odyssey. Typescript Signed and dated "23 Feb 89" in blue ink, at the top, 1p, quarto. This is page 1 of Chapter 1of 2001…., beginning "The drought had lasted for ten million years, and the reign of the terrible lizards had long since ended." Clarke's collaboration with Stanley Kubrick on the film version set new standards for science fiction films. Accompanied by a snapshot of Clarke, signed and inscribed on the back. Estimated Value $250 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1257		Coward, Sir Noel (1899-1973) Playwright, actor, and composer. Two Signatures: one in black ink on a 3 x 6¼ in. album page, which is lightly toned and foxed; the second in blue ink on a photo postcard, with the date "1941." The second signature goes from Coward's chin to his left lapel; it is a little light against the fabric of the suit. Both are lightly attached at top to cardstock. Estimated Value $150 - 200. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1258		Douglas, Lord Alfred (1870-1945) Editor and poet; best known for his relationship with Oscar Wilde. Autograph Letter Signed on black-bordered, personal stationery, Sussex, Jan. 23, 1943, 1p, 9 x 7 in. To Charles McKee of Virginia, writing that Lady Cecil Douglas, his niece, has forwarded McKee's request for an autograph and he is enclosing one. Douglas then explodes: "The book by Frances Winwar is a scandalous and lying publication in respect of which I have obtained £250 damages for libel from the publisher." He refers to Miss Winwar's book Oscar Wilde and the Yellow Nineties, published in 1940, in which she painted an unflattering portrait of Douglas' treatment of Wilde after his release from prison. With transmittal envelope. Estimated Value $600 - 900. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1259		Dumas, Alexander (Fils) (1824-1895) French dramatist and novelist; best known for La Dame aux Camélias (Camille in English). Verdi's "La Traviata" was adapted from this work. Autograph Letter Signed ("A. Dumas fils"), n.p., n.d., 3pp, octavo. In part: "I apologize for not having written sooner. I have been so preoccupied. I am very tired!….I thought it best to send everything to your place. Will restart the third act with usual tricks." Fine. Estimated Value $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1260		Emerson, Ralph Waldo (1803-1882) Essayist, philosopher, and poet. Autograph Letter Signed ("R.W. Emerson"), Concord, Mass., April 17, 1855, 4pp octavo. A thank-you letter, written in poetic language to Mary Howland Russell, mentioning Emerson's wife Lidian and his daughter Ellen. In part: "The children here conceive of you as some beatified person walking softly & invisibly to serve clouds of clients….I look upon the whole design as a spell you have read out of some book of magic to add a little youth & rose leaves to all the beholden…." Fine condition. Estimated Value $700 - 900. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,050
Lot 1261		Ferber, Edna (1887-1968) Novelist, playwright; winner of 1924 Pulitzer prize for "So Big." Typed Letter Signed "Edna," September 21, 1949, 1½pp, quarto. A stern letter to her sister Fanny regarding their elderly and "fatally ill" mother. She does a quick analysis of Fanny, saying she was a misunderstood child who developed a hatred against her parents. "When you cane here to the house you brought into it turmoil and friction…I have been the man of this family for forty years….how foolish you are to assist in making it impossible for me to earn the large sums of money which I have been able to distribute in the past thirty-five years. My years of creative writing are not going to be much longer a certainty…." She ends, "I love and admire mother….I can say the same of you," but adds a holograph note about her sister, "This is not true, now." Quite possibly the boldest and most insightful Edna Ferber letter ever on the market. Although this is a carbon, it is the actual letter signed and sent to her sister. Ferber made carbons of all of her letters, and when she was upset, sometimes sent the carbon instead of the original. Fine condition. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,250. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1262		(Ferber, Edna). Typed Letter from Ferber's sister Fannie (Mrs. Jacob Fox), New York (Jan. 16, 1952), 1½ pp, 10½ x 7¼ in. An emotional letter, stemming from Edna's belief that Fannie had called her "abnormal"; Fannie says she would just as soon poison her own children. Fannie continues a long-running dispute over which of them treated their mother better and adds a litany of hurts, from "calling me birdbrain…to telling the Garfunkels that I was neurotic….I used to love you more and admire you and take great pride in you. Now, I only love you and will use your friendship carefully." With envelope. This letter reads better than a soap. Dysfunctional families are nothing new. Fine condition. Estimated Value $400 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1263		Field, Eugene (1850-1895) Children's poet; journalist. Autograph Letter Signed in his beautiful, tiny script, Chicago, December 26, 1891, 1 p., 8 x 8 in. "My dear Pastor: I shall expect you to lunch with me at the Union League club next Saturday, Jan. 2, at 12.30 p.m., sharp! I have bidden Bristol and Poole to the feast…." "Poole" refers to William Frederick Poole, founder of the American Library Association. Fine. Estimated Value $250 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1264		Frost, Robert (1874-1963) American poet; winner of four Pulitzer prizes. Autograph Letter Signed, Key West, Florida, February 18, 1935, 2 pp (1 sheet), 8 x 6 in. To Irish-American poet and playwright Padraic Colum, written while Frost was professor of English at Amherst. In part: "…The last time we met was in Dublin….I remember your starting at a run to greet the new President of Ireland…but suddenly slowing down to a walk when half way there for fear of being mistaken in your intentions….One of my poetic boys…has taken it into his head to go to Dublin for his college graduate work. He looks on your home town as still the center of poetical excitement anyway. But I wonder if he isn't wrong. You are all scattered abroad. Three of you live much of your time in the United States. I don't know what to say to you for that…." Light edge toning, else fine. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,500. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,495
Lot 1265		(Frost, Robert) (1874-1963) Poet; awarded Pulitzer prize for 1924, 1931, 1937, and 1943. Robert Frost's personally owned and worn evening cape. A handsome black wool, three quarter length cape (49 in. long) with red satin lining. It bears an "M.H. Gerrits & Co. Boston" maker's label and has a gold chain clasp at the neck. There are a few minor spots on the lining, but the cape is in very good condition and wearable. Accompanied by a Letter of Authenticity from Frost's granddaughter, Elinor Wilber, signed August 23, 2003, stating that she is Frost's granddaughter, that her grandfather used to wear the cape for formal occasions, that she helped her mother sort out his belongings when his house at 35 Brewster St. in Cambridge was sold, and that the cape has been in her possession since then. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,500. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,438
Lot 1266		Ginsberg, Allen (1926-1998) Beat poet; social activist. Autograph Note Signed on a postcard (San Francisco, Ca., Nov. 10, 1965). To Erika Ostrovsky in the Dept. of Romance Languages at New York University, giving her permission to quote him. "…Be sure to use '…' to indicate that you're breaking up sentences, if you do…send me the book here or at 8th St. store in NYC…." Estimated Value $250 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1267		Ginsberg, Allen (1926-1997) Beat poet; social activist. Autograph Letter Signed ("Allen") (London), n.d. (c. 1972), 1 p quarto. A chatty letter to Dom Sylvester Houédard in Gloucester, saying he has a broken leg and is on crutches, describing his study of Tibetan yoga with Chogyan Trungpa and how he makes use of breathing in his writing, and inviting Houédard to a reading he is giving in London. Fine. With the transmittal envelope, signed in full in return address, and a copy of Houidard's reply. Estimated Value $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $144
Lot 1268		Hellman, Lillian (1905-1984) Playwright, memoirist, and activist. Typed Letter Signed ("Lillian"), New York City, October 18, 1968, 2½ pp, 10½ x 7¼ in. To her publisher at Little, Brown, & Company regarding ten points of information that Hellman would like rechecked because they "do not jibe with my probably sloppy memory." The information was for An Unfinished Woman, the volume of her memoirs emphasizing her personal experiences rather than her literary career. Some notations in purple ink, possibly by the researcher. Fine. Estimated Value $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $196
Lot 1269		Hemingway, Ernest (1899-1961) American author; winner of the Nobel prize for literature. Typed Letter Signed "Papa" with over 50 holograph words added around the outer edges of the paper, Finca Vigía, Cuba, July 9, 1948, 1p. quarto. Written to Peter Viertel, a young novelist and screenwriter, who had met Hemingway and his wife in 1946 in Ketchum, Idaho. In early 1948, Viertel was hired to write a screenplay, set in Cuba, with John Huston (released as We Were Strangers in 1949). The two men and their wives went to Cuba for on-the-scene inspiration and to choose locations. Viertel looked up Hemingway, who invited the four to go fishing on his boat, the Pilar. Hemingway was not impressed with Huston but took a paternal interest in Viertel and lusted after his wife, Jigee (Viertel married actress Deborah Kerr in 1960); the two men remained friends until Hemingway's death. Viertel would write the screenplays for The Sun Also Rises and for The Old Man and the Sea. Viertel's book, Dangerous Friends, discusses his relationship with Hemingway, Huston, and other prominent movie people; a copy accompanies this lot. Hemingway's letter says, in part: "…am pretty sure you must have the long sheaf of crap I wrote you….If you didn't…please cable….Maybe you are a subversive and the FBI has it. In that case I can probably write the Director and get it released. John sounds punchy. Maybe he got hit too much around the head when he was light weight champion of the Pacific coast as he told Mary and me that night. Sylvester is worse than Wolfram. But Wolfram knows better which makes it necessary for him to be broken on the rack while we merely send Sylvester direct to the knife. Hope John didn't fall for any of that crap….But you never know when money is involved. Haven't read the Naklies [sic] and the Deads yet….Nice hopeful title….Wonder how just The Fucked would be as a title….going on a trip to Puerto Escondido tomorrow….Will swim, fish easy on the good tides and work a couple of hours in the morning….Will knock off now. We miss you guys too. Plenty. Papa P.S….Sure have a hell of a time avoiding any emotions. Am down to 209½. Pressure went down good in proportion but started up again soon as felt wonderful and over-worked. It is no metier being a former iron man. Always figured after I lost my pointe de vitesse would be a great stayer and outlast everybody. But figure to beat the rap yet. Beat all the others. In the holograph addition, he raves about Viertel's wife and pokes more fun at John Huston: "My love to Jige…can remember her looking about 22 different ways which high re-memberability score for a dame. can remember everthing you said on Escondido trip. cant remember anything John said except the story of Virginia Hill (The Heiress)." Much more content. A fantastic letter! Estimated Value $4,500 - 6,500. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1270		Hemingway, Ernest. Exceptional Photograph Inscribed and Signed, "To Annie with love Ernest," n.p., n.d.(summer of 1959), 7 x 9½ in. Hemingway was a guest of weathy American expatriates Annie and Bill Davis at "La Consula," an estate near Malaga, Spain. He had been sent by LIFE magazine to write an article on the rivalry between Antonio Ordoñez and Luís Miguel Dominguin, two of Spain's great matadors. LIFE published the article as "The Dangerous Summer" in three installments during summer of 1960; it was the last of his works that Hemingway saw published. The photo is also signed by "Cano," who was Hemingway's photographer in Spain. The photo is laid to board and there are small touch-ups on the top portion, not affecting the image of Hemingway or his writing. Very good and a great image for display. Estimated Value $2,200 - 2,600. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1271		(Hemingway, Ernest) Photograph Album. A notebook of over 40 photographs, each in an individual sleeve, of Ernest Hemingway, c. late 1950s, all taken in Cuba where Hemingway had a home outside of Havana. Hemingway is pictured on the set of The Old Man and the Sea, with Spencer Tracy, who starred in the movie based on Hemingway's Nobel and Pulitzer prize winning book, and others involved in the movie. He is also seen hunting, chatting with the Duchess of Windsor, with Dominican Republic dictator Trujillo (who would be assassinated in 1961), and many others. Many of the photos were taken at an event, sponsored by Bacardi, that honored Hemingway. A few of the photos are in poor condition; most are good to very good. Estimated Value $800 - 1,000. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,208
Lot 1272		Holmes, Oliver Wendell Sr (1809-1894) American man of letters. Autograph Letter Signed ("O.W. Holmes"), on "296, Beacon Street" (Boston) letterhead, June 7, 1883, 1 p. octavo. To Charles Hayden Kip, the Harvard track star who, in 1881, organized the committee that formed the famous Harvard Co-op. Holmes informs Kip that Mr. Turner Sargent and Mr. and Mrs. Edward Holmes cannot accept his dinner invitation because they are in Europe. Estimated Value $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1273		Hughes, Rupert (1872-1956) Author, poet, historian; wrote extensively for Hollywood. 10 x 8 in Photograph Signed and Inscribed in the lower border: "To William A. Temple with the greetings of Rupert Hughes." Minor edge soiling; mounting remnants on verso. With a Typed Letter Signed, Hollywood, June 14, 1927, 1p quarto, to the editor of Theatre Magazine, aswering a query about the perfect play: "…If I had any idea…I would sit right down and write it…." Contains a tasteless joke about a "colored woman." Estimated Value $250 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1274		Hugo, Victor (1802-1885) French novelist, poet, and dramatist; his best-known novels are Notre Dame de Paris (The Hunchback of Notre Dame in English), and Les Misérables. Manuscript Letter Signed, Paris, November 5, 1882, 1 p, octavo, in French. In part: "I authorize the poet Catulle Mendès to take the name 'Jehan Trotto' (Jean-Jehan Trollo) from my novel 'Notre Dame de Paris…." A penciled note in French at the top of the page states that the document is in the hand of Catulle Mendès and signed by Victor Hugo. Mendès (1841-1909) was a French poet, critic, and novelist of the Parnassian school. He founded the Revue fantaisiste and wrote articles for the Parnasse contemporain. There are a few ink smears in the body of the letter; Hugo's signature is large and bold. A rare mention of one of Hugo's most beloved works. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,250. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1275		Hugo, Victor. Autograph Letter Signed, Hauteville House (Island of Guernsey), April 20 (1862), 2 pp octavo. A letter of appreciation to Edward F. Pigott, who reviewed Les Misérables when it was published in 1862. In part: "Your excellent article…on Les Misérables touched and delighted me. Your spirit is a mixture of English solidity and Parisian grace. That charming and vigorous spirit bursts out of each line of your article….If the sweeter wind of this summer should bring you towards our archipelago…you would find at Guernsey the same sun to warm you…." With translation. Light wear and toning. Estimated Value $500 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,783
Lot 1276		Ian Fleming. Doctor No. First American Edition, New York: the MacMillan Company, 1958, 256pp. 8½ x 5¾ in. Hard cover, with dust jacket. Overall light toning. Book plate from previous owner on inside cover. Very good. This is the sixth Ian Freming thriller featuring James Bond. Estimated Value $175 - 200. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $114
Lot 1277		Ionesco, Eugene (1912-1994) Rumanian born, French playwright; father of the "Theater of the Absurd." Autograph Letter Signed ("Ionesco"), n.p., n.d., 1p., 8½ x 6 in. Written in French in blue ink with a penciled address, also in Ionesco's hand, to M. Maurice Roche in Clermont-Ferrand. He writes: "I did not add the speech on the adultery contract. I will send it to you quickly. I did not have divine inspiration. I have it now. I have it. I have it. It is too late to put it into practice because you have to wait for this manuscript with serene patience. See you soon. Ionesco." He adds, "Better late than never." One small edge chip, affecting nothing. Estimated Value $350 - 450. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1278		Kaufman, George (1889-1961) Dramatist, critic, director; he won the 1936 Pulitzer Prize for "You Can't Take It With You." A 5½ page typescript, with numerous holograph corrections, of an article Kaufman was writing for Cosmopolitan, probably in the early fifties, entitled "Edna Ferber." He writes flatteringly of her work and their personal friendship. The two collaborated on three smash-hit plays: "The Royal Family" (1927), "Dinner at Eight" (1932), and "Stage Door" (1936), all of which were made into successful films. Accompanied by a Typed Letter Signed "George," New York City, Thursday, 7 x 8½ in. To "Dear Edna," telling her he has indulged in some hyperbole, etc. but "…I have written it with love and hope you also feel that. Does anything in it bother you?…." Light toning, else fine. Estimated Value $400 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1279		Keller, Helen (1880-1968) U.S. author and champion of the rights of the blind, deaf, and mute. Photograph Signed and Inscribed in pencil: "To Mr. John E. Monahan in appreciation of his helpfulness, Cordially, Helen Keller," n.p., n.d., 8 x 7½ in. A lovely portrait of Miss Keller as an older woman, with her service dog. Cloth matter and framed to an overall size of 13½ x 13¼ in. Signature and inscription are a bit light. Ready for display. Estimated Value $600 - 800. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1280		Keller, Helen & Macy, Anne Sullivan and John. Beautiful, sepia-tone Photograph Signed by blind, deaf, mute author, Helen Keller, her famous teacher, Anne S(ullivan) Macy, and by John Macy, a Harvard professor who edited Helen's first book, The Story of My Life (published in 1903) and who married Anne Sullivan in 1905. The 8 x 10 inch photograph was taken in their home at Wrentham, Massachusetts, c. 1914, by Whitman, Malden, Mass. Helen sits in right profile, holding John's hand, while Anne looks over John's shoulder at a letter John holds in his hand; he looks straight into the camera. Helen signed in pencil; John and Anne signed in ink. The photograph is mounted on 12 x 13 inch light tan cardstock with an overlay; the three signatures are on the overlay, below the person who signed. Matted to an overall size of 13¾ x 14¼ inches. This is the most beautiful Helen Keller photograph we have seen. Estimated Value $2,500 - 3,500. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1281		Lamb, Charles (1775-1834) English writer chiefly known for his essays. Autograph Manuscript Signed, n.p., n.d. (c. 1831), 1 p oblong octavo. A poem sent to Sarah Robinson, niece of Lamb's close friend, English diarist Henry Crabb Robinson, thanking Sara and her husband for their hospitality to Emma Isola, Lamb's adopted daughter. The first letter of each line forms the name of Sarah Robinson. One word is crossed out. Accompanied by images of Lamb and H.C. Robinson. In full: "Soul-breathing verse, thy gentlest guise put on, / And greet the honor'd name of Robinson. / Rome in her throng'd and stranger-crowded streets, / And palaces, where pilgrim pilgrim meets, / Holds not, respected Sarah! one that can / Revered make the name of Englishman, / Or loved, more than thy kinsman, dear to me / By many a friendly act. His heart in thee / I see with answering courtesy renew'd. / Nor shall to thee my debt of gratitude, / Soon fade, that dids't receive with open hand / One that was come a Stranger to thy land - / Now calls thee Friend. Her thanks, and mine, command. / Charles Lamb." Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,500. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,265
Lot 1282		London, Jack (1876-1916) American novelist and adventurer. Photograph Signed with a fountain pen, using black ink, n.p., n.d., 3¾ x 4 3/8 in. A three-quarter portrait of the handsome writer, seated on a boat. This pose is the one used on the postal stamp featuring London. Part of the signature is against London's dark jacket; the remainder is against the light background. The Call of the Wild and White Fang are two of his most famous novels. Estimated Value $600 - 800. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $489
Lot 1283		Maeterlinck, Maurice (1862-1949) Belgian poet and dramatist; awarded the 1911 Nobel Prize for Literature. His Pélléas and Mélisande was made into an opera by Claude Débussy. Autograph Letter Signed ("M. Maeterlinck"), Gand, April 15, 1893, 3pp., 7 x 4½ in. In French with full translation. To the translator of his play Within This Convent, saying that the translation is better than his play: "…your version has succeeded in adding to this little ballad some shades of meaning and some depths which have made me love it." More nice content. Penned and signed in purple ink. Estimated Value $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1284		Mann, Thomas (1875-1955) German author; winner of the 1929 Nobel Prize for Literature. Typed Letter Signed on hotel stationery, San Antonio, Texas, February 23, 1940, 2 pp (1 sheet), 9½ x 6 in. To Dr. Friedrich Pfeiffer, German professor at the University of Minnesota, complimenting Dr. Pfeiffer's analysis of Magic Mountain and adding Mann's analysis of the major characters. In part: "Your analysis is very asture; only, if on my part I may express a critical word, - the juxtaposition of Settembrini, Naphta, and Peeperkorn, as thesis, antithesis, and synthesis, seems to me a somewhat too mechanical simplification…." Mann goes on to explain what he means. Excellent literary content. Light toning, else fine. With translation and transmittal envelope. Estimated Value $600 - 800. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $719
Lot 1285		Mencken, H.L (1880-1956) Satirist, editor, essayist, critic, and journalist. Typed Letter Signed, on personal stationery, Baltimore, May 2, 1946, 1 p., oblong octavo. To Laurence Spivak, in part: "Unhappily, I am up to my ears in my book, and am badgered otherwise by a mass of vexatious business. Thus I neither have the time nor the mood needed to do the article that you suggest. I am full of hopes that before the end of the year…I'll be able to turn up something fit to print…." Some bleed to signature. Nice content. Estimated Value $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $219
Lot 1286		Michener, James A (1907-1997) Pristine First Day Cover Signed, for "Hawaii Statehood 1959-1984" postage stamp. With cachet of Captain Cook, commemorating the 200th anniversary of the exploration of the Hawaiian Islands and Alaskan Coast, and three other relevant stamps. Michener's book Hawaii was published in 1959. Estimated Value $100 - 125. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $173
Lot 1287		Miller, Henry (1891-1980) Bohemian American author whose books were banned in the U.S. for 30 years. Autograph Letter Signed, West Los Angeles, n.d. (Wednesday A.M.), 2 pp (one sheet), quarto. Thanking Violla for "the spendid evening you so unexpectedly provided. I woke up singing - gay as a lark! I felt that what happened last night was in the nature of an event….the creation of such a splendid creature as Maria is your devoted work….everything I said last night--and I know I was extravagant-- I meant sincerely….the world will hear from her…." More similar content. Some show-through on the thin paper, but boldly penned and signed in blue ink. Estimated Value $700 - 900. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1288		Priestly, J. B (1894-1984) British playwright, novelist, essayist; one of most prolific writers of the 20th century. Typescipt Signed of Priestly's essay, "Atlantis," 8 pp, quarto, dated 1928 and signed on the last page. Priestly makes wide-ranging literary and historical references as he broods over the loss of Atlantis. Very fine. Estimated Value $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1289		Puzo, Mario (1921-1999) Best known as author of The Godfather. Autograph Sentiment and Signature, "with all my wishes for good fortune in America. Mario Puzo," written in blue ink, n.p., n.d., 5 x 5¼ in. With folds; one tape repair to verso. Estimated Value $125 - 150. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1290		(Queen, Ellery) Manfred B. Lee (1905-1971) Author who, with his cousin Frederic Dannay (1905-1982), was the fictional detective Ellery Queen. Typed Letter Signed as Director of Advertising & Publicity of Tiffany Productions, Inc., New York City, March 24, 1931, 1 p quarto. An excellent letter to Roland West of United Artists Studio, suggesting the first Ellery Queen novel, The French Powder Mystery (published in 1930) as a detective vehicle for actor Chester Morris. In part: "…The purpose of this letter is to introduce you to another phase of my work --something outside my vocation. I have published several detective mystery stories under the pseudonym of 'Ellery Queen'….the story is quite unusual, the setting certainly so, and the denouement guaranteed to produce a surprise. I might add that my detective novels have achieved rather noteworthy sales, both of the first two having gone into six editions…and the third, on which I am now working, is almost certainly set for serialization…." More good content. One small ink spot, else fine. Estimated Value $400 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $460
Lot 1291		Rand, Ayn (1905-1982) American writer who originated the philosophy of Objectivism. She believed that rational self-interest should be the basis of action, and that self-fulfillment is an individual's moral responsibility. Limited Edition of Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal, signed in blue ink and numbered 480/700. The book includes additional articles by Alan Greenspan and others. Green buckram with black spine. Very good. The hard slipcase is slightly discolored on the top, with some yellowing on the spine and edge stains on back. In her Introduction, Miss Rand calls this book "a nonfiction footnote to Atlas Shrugged." Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,500. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1292		Riley, James Whitcomb (1849-1916) "The Hoosier Poet." Autograph Poem Signed on the letterhead of his publisher, Indianapolis, Ind., Nov. 1891. "The tanned face, garlanded with mirth, / It hath the kingliest smile on Earth.- / The smart brow, diamonded with sweat, / Hath never need of coronet." He adds, "Very truly yours" before his signature. Paper is soiled, trimmed, and backed with other paper. Estimated Value $150 - 200. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $230
Lot 1293		Salinger, J.D (1919-) Reclusive author best known for the 1951 novel, The Catcher in the Rye. Typed Letter Signed ("JDS"), n.p., Oct. 21, 1962, 1 p. quarto. Typed on mustard-colored paper to the consignor, who was an angst-ridden college freshman in 1962. Surprisingly, the author took the time to write the following reply, which the consignor has kept in his possession for the past 43 years. In full: "Dear Mr. Stevens, I must tell you first, offputtingly or no, that I am at best a one-shot letter writer, these days. Along with that, I really never have anything to say when I'm done writing fiction at the end of a day. One thought, and one only, hits me about your letter. Entirely 'materialistic,' I'm afraid. You need a new typewriter ribbon. Get one or don't get one, but unless you make an effort to deal with things as unabstractly as that, you're stewing quite unnecessarily. You've decided that Things are what matter to people. Of course. Not only with 'people' but with you, too. Everything in your letter is a thing, concrete or abstract. Avidya and vidya are things. For me, before anything else, you're a young man who needs a new typewriter ribbon. See that fact, and don't attach more significance to it than it deserves, and then get on with the rest of the day. Good wishes to you. JDS." Estimated Value $5,000 - 6,000. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $5,750
Lot 1294		Scott, Sir Walter (1771-1832) Scottish poet, novelist, historian, and biographer. Last page of an Autograph Letter Signed ("W Scott"), Merloun House, December 30, n.y. (paper is watermarked 1806), 1 p. quarto. To a family friend, Miss Joanna Baillis. In part: "…my pen has a great inclination to dance also for sympathy's sake. We have been spending our holidays here according to an ancient hereditary engagement…." Nice content. Mounting strip on verso of left edge, else fine. Estimated Value $300 - 400. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1295		Sterne, Laurence (1713-1768) British author noted for his eccentric humor and whimsicality. Book Signed, "L. Sterne" on the first page of the first chapter of The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, Vol. V, London: Printed for T. Becket and P.A. Dehondt, 1762. Probably first edition. Leather bound; spine with gilt floral design; bookplate from former owner. Estimated Value $300 - 500. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $518
Lot 1296		Twelve Authors. A collection of 14 letters and one photograph, each signed by the author. There are six Autograph Letters Signed by Rupert Hughes, Fannie Hurst, Mary E. Wilkins, Ridgeley Torrence (2), Louise Muhlbach (Klara Mundt), and eight Typed Letters Signed by Ida Tarbell, Margaret Deland, Walter Lippman, John Masefield, Winston Churchhill (2--not the English prime minister), and Frederick Marryat, and Channing Pollock. Also, one 7½ x 9½ inch sepia-toned Photograph Signed and Inscribed by Pollock. Some literary content, some personal, and some regarding engagements, etc. Various sizes; all fine or better. Estimated Value $400 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $242
Lot 1297		Wells, H.G (1866-1946) British science-fiction novelist; author of The War of the Worlds and Time Machine. Presentation Page from a Limited Edition of The Works of H.G. Wells Signed, n.p., n.d., 1p., octavo. The page states that the American edition has been limited to 1,050 copies, of which 1,000 are for sale and 50 for presentation. This page is number "374." Matted with a wonderful 8¾ x 6½ in. seated image of Wells, holding a cane in his right hand and his hat in his left, attractively framed to an overall size of 12 x 15¼ in. Estimated Value $350 - 400. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1298		Wilder, Thornton (1897-1975) Playwright and novelist; winner of three Pulitzer prizes. Autograph Letter Signed "Thornton" on personal letterhead, March 21, 1933, 1 p (front and back), 8 x 6 in. To novelist Edna Ferber, listing the reasons he is disappointed in not being able to see her in New York. He adds, "…As far as I am concerned you are the truest Chicagoan of them all: you conferred an immeasurable gift to that city - you gave it a voice. From square miles of troubled hopeful confused apartment houses you lifted the curse of inarticulateness. / I sign this homage, ma'am, but all around are ghostly corroborations…." Quite the tribute. Ferber won a Pulitzer prize in 1924 for So Big; Wilder won in 1928 for The Bridge of San Luis Rey, with two more to come (1938 and 1942). Fine condition. Estimated Value $500 - 750. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $456
Lot 1299		Woolcott, Alexander (1887-1943) Drama critic, actor, essayist, member of the Algonquin Round Table. Six Typed Letters Signed "AW" (4) and "A. Woolcott" (2), written between 1930 and 1940 to Walter Winchell, the most powerful and feared gossip columnist and radio commentator in America during the 1930s and 40s, 9pp total. Subject matter includes questions about best actors, writers, etc., and about Winchell himself. Woolcott mentions George Jessel, Otis Skinner, The New Yorker, a visit by Mrs. Roosevelt and two G-men, and instructions on how to get to his home in Vermont. He warns Winchell in 1940 to "keep your eye on the Vichysoisse set…these emissaries from the phoney Vichy government…"; this letter has a penciled reply from Winchell. Very good to fine. Estimated Value $400 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $345
Lot 1300		Woollcott, Alexander. Typed Letter Signed "A.W." on personal stationery, n.d. but envelope is postmarked New York, Nov. 27, 1920, 1p.octavo. Woollcott, who was drama critic of the New York Times writes to author Edna Ferber ("Dear Young Woman"), extolling one of her short stories: "…'Old Lady Mandle' is pure gold and glory. If a word or letter of it were altered, I should shriek with personal pain….I read it twice at a sitting--or rather a lying…." Small edge split at upper fold and lower fold is split, affecting nothing. With transmittal envelope. Woollcott was a member of the newly-started (1919) Algonquin Round Table; Miss Ferber would soon become a member. Estimated Value $400 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold