MARGARET MITCHELL Mitchell, always shy about the spotlight on her following Gone With the Wind, confides to friend and fellow author Edwin Granberry that "it is tempting fate to ever write a book or a play. If you do, everything except a plague of grasshoppers arrives." Typed Letter signed: "Margaret", 2 pages (front and verso), 7¼x10½. Atlanta, Georgia, 1941 November 11. On personal letterhead to "Dear Mabel and Edwin" [Granberry], in full: "We were very distressed to learn of your illness, Mabel, and I was glad to see Fred Hanna at a party Sunday night and learn that you really were up and about. Don't you think you Granberrys have managed all the plagues of Egypt now? I never knew any family, except us, to have as much trouble. (And, as Michael Arlen remarked in 'The Green Hat,' 'the Marches are never let off of anything.') Things are well with us now but I remember, with no pleasure, the first five years we were married when everyone in our family seemed to have something happen to them. Perhaps it is something all couples must go through with, but I hope the Granberrys are really through now. Edwin, you know it is tempting fate to ever try to write a book or a play. read more...
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VASILY PAVLOVICH AKSYONOV Author Vasily Askyonov incorporated his English initials "VA" into this signed, mustachioed self-caricature, drawn on a pink index card. Self-caricature signed "V. Aksyonov". 3x5 card, 2¼x2¼ caricature, one surface. read more...
Sale Price $187.00
$220.00
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EDWARD ALBEE He draws and signs a self-caricature in red ink, dated 1987 Self-Caricature signed: "Albee/by/Albee/1987", 5¾x9. Three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Edward F. read more...
Sale Price $391.00
$460.00
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MARGARET ELEANOR ATWOOD Signed self-caricature of author and activist Margaret Eleanor Atwood with "an unflinching gaze" Self-caricature signed "an unflinching gaze -/Margaret Atwood/1979". B/w, 5¾x9 overall, 2¾x3½ caricature, one surface. read more...
Sale Price $272.00
$320.00
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PETER BENCHLEY The author of Jaws draws a shark's head and inscribes it on an 8½x11 pink piece of paper. Drawing inscribed and signed: "to/Andrew Mineroff -/with best wishes/[drawing of shark's head]/and/Peter Benchley", 8½x11 overall, image 5½x3 (one surface). read more...
Sale Price $204.00
$240.00
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PETER BENCHLEY The author of Jaws draws a shark. Drawing inscribed and signed: "for Mary -/[drawn shark's head]Peter Benchley", 5x3 salmon-colored card. Peter Benchley's novels include Jaws, The Deep and The Island, all of which were made into motion pictures. read more...
Sale Price $187.00
$220.00
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PETER BENCHLEY The author of Jaws draws a shark. Signature: "Peter Benchley", 5x3 card. Peter Benchley's novels include Jaws, The Deep and The Island, all of which were made into motion pictures. read more...
Sale Price $204.00
$240.00
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WILLIAM PETER BLATTY His signed drawing of a character saying, "Boo!" 6¾x10½. William Peter Blatty (1928-2017) wrote critically acclaimed humorous fiction and nonfiction in the 1960s, including Which Way to Mecca, Jack?, about his previous work with the US Information Agency. read more...
Sale Price $306.00
$360.00
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RAY BRADBURY The author draws a monster screaming "YES!" on this 5½x3½ postcard. Inscribed Original Art signed: "Dear/BoB!/YES!/Ray/1/20/93" in black ink, 5½x3½ postcard for The Silverado Museum. Postmarked Los Angeles, California, January 23, 1993, addressed to Robert Young, Jr. read more...
Sale Price $488.75
$575.00
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RAY BRADBURY Ray Bradbury signs his drawing of an alien to a fan on April 21, 1996. Original Art inscribed and signed: "For Martin Bassis!/Good/Wishes!/from/Ray Bradbury/4-21-96", 6x4 card. To the left of his signature, the author of The Martian Chronicles (1950) has drawn an alien. read more...
Sale Price $488.75
$575.00
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RAY BRADBURY The author draws a strange character and signs in blue felt tip on a 5½x3½ card. Inscribed Original Art signed: "BOB!/YES!/RAY/9/23/94" in blue felt tip, 5½x3½ card. read more...
Sale Price $467.50
$550.00
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RAY BRADBURY The writer of The Martian Chronicles has drawn two aliens looking over his shoulders. Photograph inscribed and signed: "For/Todd/Mueller!/Good/Wishes!/From/Ray/Brad-/bury/Oct./21, '94". B/w, 8½x10½. read more...
Sale Price $425.00
$500.00
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NORMAN BRIDWELL The cartoonist and author draws Clifford the Big Red Dog on a 4x6 card dated 2011 Original art signed: "Norman Bridwell/2011", 4x6. Author and cartoonist Norman Bridwell (1928-2014) has sold over 130 million books. read more...
Sale Price $272.00
$320.00
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NORMAN BRIDWELL He draws Clifford the Big Red Dog on a 6x4 card dated 2012 Original art signed: "Norman Bridwell/2012", 6x4. Author and cartoonist Norman Bridwell (1928-2014) has sold over 130 million books, printed in nearly every language. read more...
Sale Price $272.00
$320.00
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ALFRED D. CHANDLER, JR. Pulitzer Prize-winning author and educator pen ink drawings on this sheet, signed and dated in 1981 Original Art Signed: "Alfred D. Chandler Jr 2-19-81", 8x5. Ink art drawings made during faculty meeting. read more...
Sale Price $306.00
$360.00
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ALFRED D. CHANDLER, JR. Pulitzer Prize-winning author and educator pen ink drawings on this sheet, signed and dated in 1981 Original Art Signed: "Alfred D. Chandler Jr 9-19-81", 8x5. Ink art drawings made during faculty meeting. read more...
Sale Price $306.00
$360.00
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LESLIE CHARTERIS Author of Meet the Tiger draws and signs a self-caricature in black ink. Self-Caricature signed: "LC: 81", 5½x3½ card. Charteris' (1907-1993) first "Saint" read more...
Sale Price $357.00
$420.00
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JOHN CHISHOLM The architectural correspondent of the Daily Telegraph in England signs an illustration of a hotel tower development in 1973 Illustration Signed: "John Chisholm" in blue ink. 3¼x8¼. One page. Dated on June 1973. Header: "JOHN CHISHOLM A.A. Dip. A.R.I.B.A. F.R.S.A. read more...
Sale Price $76.50
$90.00
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SAMUEL CLEMENS (MARK TWAIN). Illustration. B/w, 6¼x9 overall, image 3¼x4¼ (one surface). Name "Mark Twain written in pencil at bottom (unknown hand). Clemens (1835-1910), who wrote under the pen name Mark Twain, was a steamboat pilot, journalist, world traveler and renowned lecturer. read more...
Sale Price $119.00
$140.00
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IRVIN SHREWSBURY COBB Circa 1942 printed illustration signed by the American author and humorist. Printed Illustration signed: "Yours Sincerely,/Irvin S. Cobb". B/w, 6x8. Imprinted at lower left margin: "A. P. Lamoreaux 11-1942". read more...
Sale Price $272.00
$320.00
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ROBERT TRISTAM COFFIN Original pen drawing of a coastal scene with seabirds and a lighthouse, hand-drawn and signed "From the Maine coast" by Coffin Original art inscribed and signed: "with my best wishes to/Ashley T. Cole/From the Maine Coast/Robert P. Tristam Coffin". 5½x3½ card. read more...
Sale Price $552.50
$650.00
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DAVID B. DAVIS. Doodles signed: "David Brion Davis/Paris, France/May 15, 1981". Pen and ink drawing, 5¾x8¾. Captioned by Davis, who was teaching in Paris at the time: "A quick doodle read more...
Sale Price $85.00
$100.00
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CARL N. DEGLER The Pulitzer Prize-winning historian draws a self-caricature, calling attention to his "bushy eyebrows and large ears!" Self-Caricature signed: "Carl N. Degler/(Bushy eyebrows &/large ears!". 6x9. Bust view with necktie, signed with the same pen. read more...
Sale Price $306.00
$360.00
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ANNIE DILLARD The Pulitzer Prize winning author draws two images of herself on an 8½x11 sheet of paper. Self-Caricature signed: "Annie/Dillard/4/6/81" 1 page, 8½x11. Black ink drawing by Annie Dillard, she signs and dates it below. read more...
Sale Price $306.00
$360.00
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DAVID H. DONALD Two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author David H. Donald drew and signed this blue ink "self-portrait" of himself in sunglasses in 1981. Self-Caricature signed: "David/Herbert/Donald -/A/self-/portrait/1981" in blue ink. 1p, 5¾x9, irregularly cut. Pen-and-ink bust drawing. read more...
Sale Price $272.00
$320.00
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THEODORE ENSLIN Self-caricature of the bearded poet, smoking a pipe Self-Caricature signed: "Theodore/Enslin", 6x9. Image with beard and spectacles, smoking a pipe, signed with the same pen. Initially a music student, Theodore Enslin (1925-2011) was recognized as a writing talent by his famous teacher, Nadia Boulanger. read more...
Sale Price $238.00
$280.00