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"Visions of Gerard". Corrected typescript signed of an early short story.

Kerouac, Jack.

Signed in pencil "John Kerouac" at the end of the last page. 4 pages, single spaced carbon typescript on onion-skin paper, with extensive manuscript revisions by Kerouac on the first page, and a few on the others, totaling 45 words in his hand. Probably the earliest extant fragment of Kerouac's "Legend of Duluoz". This draft typescript identified by Kerouac on the first page as a "short short" is the germ of the novel of the same title, which was written in January 1956. Kerouac tells stories of his saintly eight year-old brother Gerard feeding birds on his windowsill, his rescue... more info

Price: $25,000.00

Autograph letter signed ("father") to his son (then 12 years-old) Thomas Steinbeck. [Sag Harbor] 3 July 1956.

Steinbeck, John.

2 pages. " ... My book [The Short Reign of Pippin IV] is crawling toward home plate on its hands and knees. It is a jewel of literature but ... difficult to pawn. It may also get me guillotined. The wedding [of Elaine's daughter Waverly Scott] goes on a week from Sunday. It is going to be only slightly less lavish than the aquacade. I protested against the bride and groom riding into the church on elephants but I was voted down. Miss Vanderbilt says ... "Elephants are always pleasant and if properly controlled give an overtone of good taste... more info

Price: $3,500.00

Autograph letter signed ("Marianne Moore"). Brooklyn, January 20, 1945. To Edith Abercrombie Snow.

Moore, Marianne.

1945. "It is indeed good of you to be willing to devote the time and thought to my book that a review demands; and then to send me the review. It is a help to me to know that the war poem has value for you and I am glad that you feel confidence in the structure of the pieces....I thank you for the copy you have given me of your translation of Franz Werfel's lines. How expressive the metaphor of the willow, and how strong the closing words 'proof of God,.' I hope -with you- that the war may end,... more info

Price: $600.00

Autograph letter signed to Vincent Sardi. 26 October [1950].

Steinbeck, John.

One page, folio, on lined yellow paper, signed "John (Steinbeck)". To the famous New York theatre district restauranteur: "Dear Vincent, I can't tell you how grateful I am to you for your courtesy and genuine understanding....the quick closing of Burning Bright [it opened Oct. 18 and closed October 28] has had a great value for me because it brought forward great numbers of people who would not have waved their hands if we had had a success. This is more than worth while. Elaine and I are disappointed because we think it was a good play, but because we are... more info

Price: $4,000.00

Autograph letter signed, ("John"), to Harold Otis ("Gabe") Bicknell and Grant ("Mack") McLean. [New York] 13 November 1953.

Steinbeck, John.

2 pages, on Steinbeck's usual ruled yellow paper, with original envelope hand-addressed to Bicknell. To his old friends who served as models for "Mack" and "Gay" in "Cannery Row" "Dear Gabe and Mack: "... thanks for holding up my end in an unfriendly society. That damn octopus, I want to remind you, was twice as big as I was and it had twelve arms. I am glad that in this age of incredulity, you two are upholding the ancient virtues of truth and modesty. I am content to leave my reputation for beauty and bravery in your hands. I have... more info

Price: $5,500.00

Autograph letter signed, ("Louis"), to his wife Fanny. [Saranac Lake, N.Y. October 1887].

Stevenson, Robert Louis.

Autograph letter signed, 3 pages, a clipped portrait of RLS is affixed to the last page. Somewhat browned, split down the fold, but in very good condition. On his daily routine, and his articles for Scribner's. ... more info

Price: $5,000.00

Autograph letter signed, to Burton Egbert Stevenson, author and anthologist, New York n.d. [April 1917].

Kilmer, Joyce.

Autograph letter signed,1 page. On The New York Times letterhead. Probably concerning Stevenson's edition of The Home Book of Verse: "I am perfectly willing for you to quote the Belloc poems, but I suggest that you get the permission of Laurence Gomme....I suppose the Mr. Dolben about whom you ask is Digby Dolben, a precocious genius who died at the age of 20, having written some of the most beautiful Catholic poetry of modern times. He was a first cousin of Robert Bridges, the Laureate.... You can easily obtain [biographical details] by writing to Dolben's cousin...Gerald Dolben Paul, British Consulate... more info

Price: $1,500.00

Autograph letter signed, to Carlton F. Wells. Hamden, Conn. 15 November 1961.

Wilder, Thornton.

Autograph letter signed, thanking his correspondent, an English professor at the University of Michigan, for sending a copy of a Mark Twain letter, Wilder comments on Arthur Gelb's interview with him in the New York Times, 6 Nov. 1961: "I haven't read my interview. Gertrude Stein taught us to shut ourselves off, as far as possible, from what 'they' say about us. I've now been the greater part of a week without knowing that I was reported to talk with 'Olympian jocularity.' How right Gertrude was! As to 'ain't' and double negatives and 'hell' and 'damn', I have to use... more info

Price: $1,500.00

Autograph letter signed, to Helen Hamlin, with manuscript poem. Cambridge, 20 June 1879.

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth.

3 pages, 7 by 4.4 inches. To the daughter of Augustus Hamlin, once Surgeon-General of Maine, Longfellow sends thanks for the gift of a pen, made of iron from the prison of Chillon, where François de Bonnivard was held, wood from the U.S.S. Constitution, and gems from Siberia, Ceylon, and Maine, and he encloses a holograph manuscript of a poem about that pen: "Today I send you some lines, not written with the Pen, but about the Pen. I find that my hand is fettered by that bit of Bonnivard's chain and moves more easily with a lighter quill...." Longfellow... more info

Price: $3,800.00

Autograph letter signed, to Hiram Motherwell of Theatre Guild Magazine. Saint-Antoine du Rocher, 27 July 1930.

O'Neill, Eugene.

Autograph letter signed. 2 pages, with envelope. "...I've tried to dig up some photos - without success. I haven't any with me except a strange one of 'Desire Under the Elms' at the Turkish Workers Theatre in Baku. Would you like this? The Theatre Magazine in the early winter of 1927 has photos of productions in Japan I gave there. Maybe they would be of interest still? As for a list of productions I haven't that either. I don't keep track of all of them. Fischer Verlag in Berlin do that in Middle Europe and I find out about it... more info

Price: $6,000.00

Autograph letter signed, to his second wife Gwyn Steinbeck, with photo. [Pacific Grove] 20 February 1949.

Steinbeck, John.

One page. Writing his ex-wife, (their divorce had become final in October 1948), to sort out property: "I got back from Mexico [where he had been working on the script of Viva Zapata!] sooner than I had expected. The things sent to me had arrived in good order. I see that the poetry, classics, travel, drama, etc. which I have collected for years and which I need, are not included. May I have a letter from you saying that you do not intend to let me have them? You see I will need to replace them....It is interesting to me... more info

Price: $3,000.00

Autograph letter signed, to Isabel Owens. [Hendersonville, N.C., 9 November 1935].

Fitzgerald, F. Scott.

Autograph letter signed. Two long pages, in pencil, very good condition. Signed "Scott Fitzg". With original autograph envelope. "The Post story was begun & dished as I'm not sending out another doubtful, thank you. I'd Die for You evidently hasn't sold yet,nor the radio idea (which of course will be slow). ... I can't see coming back with the Post story unfinished & trying to do it with the inevitable storms breaking around. Everything was going well until the offspring of my Tryon friend arrived with the idea that I was playing fast and loose with Mama. My God! when... more info

Price: $17,500.00

Autograph letter signed, to J.C. Squire. Villa Alpensee, Thumersbach Zell-am-See, 30 July 1929.

Lawrence, D.H.

Autograph letter signed. "I had your cable the other day - unintelligible. Curtis Brown is doing my agenting - ask him for things. He has MS, of a Sardinia travel book: & might be able to get you plates from America of the very interesting color-illustrations thereto, done by Jan Juta: a real hit. So ask him - 6 Henrietta St. Hope you had the answer to your cable. Fools in Taormina - your letter just forwarded from there...." With original envelope, addressed in manuscript. ... more info

Price: $3,250.00

Autograph letter signed, to Marie Fraioi. Sag Harbor, 30 August [mis-dated 1 September] 1955.

Steinbeck, John.

Signed "John Foster Steinbeck". One page, folio, on his customary yellow lined paper. Requesting secretarial help from Elia Kazan's secretary. "You may have thought you were shut of me and good riddance, but no such luck. I am about to come back to New York like a new ice age. I have you to a slight extent cornered. Would you like to continue our gay association? Only this time you would get paid? I'm moving back to New York Sept 15. Pipe Dream goes into rehearsal the 22nd. There will be the usual correspondence and also the mss for... more info

Price: $5,000.00

Autograph letter signed, To Mr. Meyers. Key West, 12 February 1935.

Hemingway, Ernest.

One page, creased. "I would be very glad to sign the book if you send it here. If, however, there should be any delay in it being returned to you do not be worried as, if I were not here when it arrived it would not be sent on after me but would wait here to be signed. Yours very truly, Ernest Hemingway." ... more info

Price: $4,000.00

Autograph letter signed, to the writer L. Bruce Bryan. Ditchingham House, Norfolk, 22 April 1924.

Haggard, H. Rider.

Autograph letter signed, 4 pages, on his letterhead. "...I should have thought that the head-dress was directly descended from the Egyptian Crown...However the descent may quite well have been via the Hittites...I personally believe that Akhenaton's Disk of the Sun worship was largely inspired by them, as I hope to show in the romance of that period which I am contemplating" He responds at some length to an American review of Heu-Heu (1914) "Believe me, these savage people have a knowledge that is hidden from most of us ... we look down on them but per contra they look down... more info

Price: $1,650.00

Autograph manuscript "Madison Avenue and the Election"

Steinbeck, John.

1956. Autograph manuscript. 3 pages, folio, on yellow lined paper, with a number of substantive corrections in Steinbeck's hand, and variances from the published text. Provoked by the Republican National Committee's announcement that an advertising agency will handle its 1956 presidential campaign, Steinbeck speculates on the virtues and dangers of the tactics: "The captive audience has been conditioned to buy Squeakies -- the body building bran dust. Then suddenly the message changes and they are told to vote for Elmer Flangdangle for Senator....There is a danger that they will buy a senator and vote for a cereal. It was no accident... more info

Price: $10,000.00

Autograph manuscript poem, "To My Mother"

Kilmer, Joyce.

1 page, in pencil, probably a first draft, with corrections and alternative word choices to find the rhyme, and two abandoned lines on the verso. The title of this sonnet which serves as the dedication in Kilmer's "Trees, and Other Poems" (there called simply "My Mother"), is given here as "To My Mother, with a Book of Poems," with the last four words crossed through.Autograph manuscript poem ... more info

Price: $2,500.00

Autograph manuscript. Three note sheets with pencil notes.

Berryman, John.

n.d. [1960s?]. On Shakespeare, magazines. Very good condition ... more info

Price: $450.00

Autograph quotation signed, and carte de visite photo, signed.

Andersen, Hans Christian.

1 page, 5.4 by 8.5 inches. Removed from an album. One corner repaired. Quoting Carl Gustav Carus, Andersen writes, "Das Leben ist das schönste Märchen" ["Life is a beautiful fairy tale"]. Signed "H.C. Andersen". With undated 3.9 by 2.4 inch carte-de-visite photograph, an oval bust-length portrait., signed "H.C. Andersen" on the verso. ... more info

Price: $12,500.00