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DYLAN THOMAS - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 12/09/1937 - HFSID: 176154
Letter signed by Dylan Thomas, dated December 9, 1937, expressing apologies for a delayed response due to illness. Addressed to Mr. Byron, it discusses his recent arrival in London and a desire to meet, seeking assistance in finding work.
Price: $3,000.00

STEPHEN CRANE - AUTOGRAPH QUOTATION SIGNED - HFSID: 285945
Autograph quote signed by Stephen Crane includes the text: “I have never been in a battle, of course, and I believe that I got my sense of the rage of conflict on the football field.” Accompanied by PSA/DNA LOA.
Price: $12,500.00

HERMAN MELVILLE - AUTOGRAPH QUOTATION SIGNED 03/08/1882 - HFSID: 350437
Autograph quotation signed by Herman Melville features the text, "Hours bright./Herman Melville/March 8, 1882." This item is framed with a picture of Melville and an explanatory metal plaque, highlighting its rarity as one of the rarest signatures.
Price: $11,500.00

DASHIELL (SAMUEL) HAMMETT - CONTRACT SIGNED 11/26/1930 - HFSID: 285978
Contract signed by Dashiell Hammett selling Paramount the rights to his story After School, which became City Streets. The notarized document, dated November 26, 1930, includes a receipt for five thousand dollars. Accompanied by a notarized statement.
Price: $4,000.00

AYN RAND - DOCUMENT SIGNED 06/12/1976 WITH CO-SIGNERS - HFSID: 272394
Typed document signed by Ayn Rand, Robert Hessen, and Beatrice Hessen, dated June 12, 1976. This letter of agreement outlines terms for promoting and selling Rand's inventory through Palo Alto Book Service. Rand's signature appears on page three, with handwritten notations by the Hessens.
Price: $4,250.00

CHARLES L. "LEWIS CARROLL" DODGSON - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 05/18/1884 - HFSID: 68295
Autograph letter signed by Charles L. Dodgson, dated May 18, 1884, discussing family matters with an unnamed recipient. Dodgson, known as Lewis Carroll, wrote this 19 years after publishing Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. The letter is framed with his picture.
Sale Price $2,495.00
$3,000.00

MARGARET MITCHELL - COLLECTION WITH CO-SIGNERS - HFSID: 350431
Collection of letters by authors Margaret Mitchell and Bram Stoker includes a typed letter signed by Mitchell in 1941, discussing Dracula and its impact on her husband’s recovery. Stoker's 1903 handwritten letter is also included.
Price: $4,450.00

GEORGE BERNARD SHAW - INSCRIBED PHOTOGRAPH MOUNT SIGNED 11/1938 - HFSID: 348008
Photograph signed and inscribed to Mary Lawton as To Mary Lawton from G. Bernard Shaw, dated November 1938. George Bernard Shaw, a Nobel Prize winner, is known for works like Man and Superman and Pygmalion.
Price: $4,250.00

JOHN "DUKE" WAYNE - BOOK SIGNED CIRCA 1924 - HFSID: 280767
Yearbook is a 1924 Glendale Union High School copy titled Stylus/1924, autographed by John Wayne as Marion Morrison on page 121. It includes an unsigned photograph of him in football gear. Items signed with his birth name are rare and desirable.
Price: $3,750.00

EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS - COLLECTION WITH CO-SIGNERS - HFSID: 291794
Archive of 16 letters written by Edgar Rice Burroughs to his son Jack, dated 1923-1935, signed as "Papa" or "OB". The collection includes personal insights and details about a Tarzan film, accompanied by original envelopes.
Price: $8,000.00

JULIA WARD HOWE - AUTOGRAPH QUOTATION SIGNED 05/09/1898 - HFSID: 258112
Bookplate featuring an autograph quotation signed by Julia Ward Howe, including the first two lines of Battle Hymn of the Republic, dated May 9th, 1898. The bookplate is affixed to the inside cover of her book, Later Lyrics.
Price: $2,250.00

HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW - ANNOTATED POEM SIGNED 5/1845 - HFSID: 350476
Annotated poem signed by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, dated May 1845, includes a verse from his second psalm, "The Light of the Stars." The signature reads "Henry W. Longfellow." Longfellow is recognized as a prominent American poet and linguist.
Price: $2,400.00
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A. MARY FRANCES ROBINSON - ETCHING UNSIGNED - HFSID 73412Etching of author and poet Agnes Mary Frances Robinson, taken from The Bookman, features a facsimile signature: "A. Mary. F. Robinson." Based on a photograph by Geruzet Frères, it appears to be from the October 1900 issue of the magazine.
Price: $90.00