Autograph Letters from Charles Agvent
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AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS)
by BROWNING, Elizabeth Barrett
- Condition
- Used - Light spotting to letter, some soiling at very bottom of letter covering up part of the words of the postscript. Letter examined
- Published
- [April 1859]
- Binding
- Framed Letter
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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CA$12,983.44
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[Rome], [April 1859]. Framed Letter. Light spotting to letter, some soiling at very bottom of letter covering up part of the words of the postscript. Letter examined out of frame and no other defects observed. Very Good. Handwritten letter SIGNED "Elizabeth B. Browning" on a 3-3/8" x 5-1/4" sheet of paper matted and framed with a portrait to… Read more about this item Item Price
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TYPED LETTER SIGNED (TLS) to John Crowe Ransom Praising Theodore Roethke
by WRIGHT, James
- Condition
- Used - About Fine
- Published
- 24 April 1954
- Binding
- Letter
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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CA$1,731.12
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Seattle, 24 April 1954. Letter. About Fine. Fine, single-spaced typed letter on one side of a 8-1/2" x 11" sheet of paper to poet and teacher John Crowe Ransom SIGNED "Jim Wright" about permission to reprint a poem first published in THE KENYON REVIEW. Wright, 26 at the time, was a former student of Ransom's at Kenyon College… Read more about this item Item Price
CA$1,731.12
AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS)
by RUKEYSER, Muriel
- Condition
- Used - Folds from mailing. Near Fine
- Published
- 20 December 1936
- Binding
- Letter
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
- Item Price
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CA$865.56
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New York, 20 December 1936. Letter. Folds from mailing. Near Fine. Two-page handwritten letter on both sides of personal stationery (7" x 10-1/4") to Philip B. Rice of Kenyon College SIGNED "Muriel." In part: "I'm all over that stage, and would probably be quite unrecognizable to you now, although I'm a lot more recognizable to myself." She asks… Read more about this item Item Price
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AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS) with AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT (AM) by a 17-Year-Old Future Pulitzer Winner
by LURIE, Alison
- Condition
- Used - Creases from mailing. About Fine
- Published
- [10 July 1943]
- Binding
- Letter
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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CA$2,596.69
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Cambridge, [10 July 1943]. Letter. Creases from mailing. About Fine. Superb, very early three-page handwritten letter on two 5-1/2" x 6-3/4" sheets of personal stationery to a former teacher and mentor SIGNED "Alison." Lurie, just 17 at the time, had just begun her freshman year at Radcliffe College: "I've tried not to write until I got more used… Read more about this item Item Price
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AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS) to Thomas Bailey Aldrich
by TWAIN, Mark [CLEMENS, Samuel]
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Binding
- Letter
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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CA$8,655.62
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Hartford. Letter. Near Fine. A fine two-page handwritten letter on one side of two 5-1/2" x 8-3/4" sheets of paper SIGNED "Mark" to author Thomas Bailey Aldrich letting him know that he must cancel their plans for a visit by Aldrich and his wife to them due to Mrs. Clemens's health, going into detail about doctors and the… Read more about this item Item Price
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AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS)
by AIKEN, Conrad
- Condition
- Used - Lightly creased and toned. About Fine
- Published
- 25 June 1917
- Binding
- Letter
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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CA$1,731.12
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25 June 1917. Letter. Lightly creased and toned. About Fine. An early four-page handwritten letter on one 6-1/4" x 9-7/8" sheet of paper folded into fours to American poet Orrick Johns, explaining his comparison of Johns to Edwin Arlington Robinson and responding to a comparison of his 1916 book of poetry, THE JIG OF FORSLIN: A SYMPHONY, to… Read more about this item Item Price
CA$1,731.12
TYPED LETTER SIGNED (TLS)
by MacLEISH, Archibald
- Condition
- Used - Some wrinkling and expected wear. Very Good
- Published
- 28 October 1951
- Binding
- Letters
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
- Item Price
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CA$173.11
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[Cambridge, MA], 28 October 1951. Letters. Some wrinkling and expected wear. Very Good. TYPED LETTER SIGNED as "A. MacLeish" on personal Harvard stationery to Charles Mullen of the Florida Grower Press apologizing for sending 6 of his volumes of poetry to him and explaining why he did so. With two small ink corrections.
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CA$173.11
AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS)
by SCHWARTZ, Delmore
- Condition
- Used - Lightly creased and toned. Near Fine
- Published
- 22 July 1941
- Binding
- Letter
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
- Item Price
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CA$1,298.34
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Cambridge, 22 July 1941. Letter. Lightly creased and toned. Near Fine. Full-page handwritten letter on one side of a 7" x 10-1/2" sheet of paper to poet and anthologist Alfred Kreymborg SIGNED "Delmore Schwartz." Schwartz is delighted that Kreymborg wants to use his poem "Shenandoah" in an anthology and states that publisher James Laughlin of New Directions has… Read more about this item Item Price
CA$1,298.34
ARCHIVE OF FOUR TYPED LETTERS SIGNED (TLSs) and FOUR AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED (ALSs)TO ARCHIBALD MACLEISH
by [MacLEISH, Archibald] POULIN, Al
- Condition
- Used - One typed letter missing the first page. Near Fine
- Published
- 1974 - 1977
- Binding
- Letters
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
- Item Price
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CA$1,298.34
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Hamden, CT, 1974 - 1977. Letters. One typed letter missing the first page. Near Fine. Four handwritten letters and four typed letters, all SIGNED variously in full or as "Al," on different stationery, all addressed to "Mr. MacLeish," totaling 15 pages. Poulin covers much ground including his open-heart surgery, a proposed anthology of American poetry to coincide with… Read more about this item Item Price
CA$1,298.34
ARCHIVE OF TWO AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED (ALSs) with Fine Content to Frank Holme with Material from the Bandar Log Press
by TWAIN, Mark [CLEMENS, Samuel]
- Condition
- Used - The Bandar Log Press envelope is quite fragile with chipping along the edges. The remaining material is Near Fine
- Published
- 4 January 1902 and 29 July 1904
- Binding
- Letters
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
- Item Price
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CA$16,445.69
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Riverdale on the Hudson and New York City, 4 January 1902 and 29 July 1904. Letters. The Bandar Log Press envelope is quite fragile with chipping along the edges. The remaining material is Near Fine. Archive of 6 pieces including two AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED with excellent content, one letter referencing a famous passage of his and the other… Read more about this item Item Price
CA$16,445.69
AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT and TWO AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED (ALSs)
by MacLEISH, Archibald and FITZGERALD, Robert
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Published
- 27 February 1978 and 4 March 197
- Binding
- Letters
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
- Item Price
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CA$605.89
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Hamden, CT, 27 February 1978 and 4 March 1978. Letters. Near Fine. Two handwritten two-page letters on both sides of an 8-1/2" x 11" sheet SIGNED "Robert" to MacLeish along with a page of notes handwritten in pencil by MacLeish and a small card in pencil and ink written by MacLeish. The notes refer to consciousness with MacLeish… Read more about this item Item Price
CA$605.89
AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS)
by EMERSON, Ralph Waldo
- Condition
- Used - Typical folds from mailing. About Fine
- Published
- 4 November n.y. [1867?]
- Binding
- Letter
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
- Item Price
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CA$2,596.69
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Concord, 4 November n.y. [1867?]. Letter. Typical folds from mailing. About Fine. A 2-1/4-page letter on a 9-3/4" x 7-3/4" sheet of paper folded in half, addressed to [Cyrus Augustus] Bartol regarding a change of dinner party plans with Charles Eliot Norton and Katharine Louisa Russell, Viscountess Amberley on account of the death of Governor John Albion Andrew… Read more about this item Item Price
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TWO AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED (ALSs)
by SANTAYANA, George
- Condition
- Used - Creases from mailing with a short split and paperclip stain to the longer letter. Near Fine with excellent content
- Published
- 1925 & 1927
- Binding
- Letter
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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CA$2,596.69
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Rome, 1925 & 1927. Letter. Creases from mailing with a short split and paperclip stain to the longer letter. Near Fine with excellent content. Two AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED as "G. Santayana" by this Spanish-born American poet and philosopher who is thought to be the originator of the oft-used expression: "Those who forget the past are condemned to repeat… Read more about this item Item Price
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AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS) TO HIS DAUGHTER
by KENT, Rockwell
- Condition
- Used - Normal creases from folding, about Fine
- Published
- 8 Dec. 1938
- Binding
- Letter
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
- Item Price
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CA$2,596.69
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New York, 8 Dec. 1938. Letter. Normal creases from folding, about Fine. Superb and touching one-page letter in Kent's minuscule hand to his 25-year-old daughter Clara expressing his disappointment that she will not be spending Christmas with him. In full: "It was about 12 years ago when, out of consideration for your mother, I gave up claiming my… Read more about this item Item Price
CA$2,596.69