JOHN STEINBECK Remarkable Holiday letter to a friend, reporting that his dog was poisoned and that he himself had shot Santa Claus Autograph Letter signed: "John Steinbeck", 1 page, 5½x8½. No place, December 17, n.y. To "Dear Ballou", in full: "I had intended to acknowledge your good letter, and then didn't because we were subjected to a maddening tragedy. For it developed that Tillie had been given ground glass. It took her two weeks to die of it and we only knew what it was after she was dead. It made me very said and quite tired. I gave her salt injections every fifteen minutes for almost sixty hours. No chance of knowing who did it of course as I might get a little national publicity for an ax murder. I don't know whether you celebrate Christmas. If you do I hope it's a good one. We shot Santa Clause and are having him for dinner. His skin is pretty good too if the hair doesn't slip. By the way (not by the way at all of course) Mc & O in a letter of the middle of November, said a check would be forthcoming on the first of December. Can it be that this has been lost in the mail. Would you mind asking them whether or not they sent it? These are my Christmas cards. Have you heard of the one C. read more...
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NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE: SAUL BELLOW, CZESLAW MILOSZ and SAMUEL BECKETT Nobel Laureates Beckett (1969), Bellow (1976) and Milosz (1980) sign a First Day Cover in a Natural History series. First Day read more...
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SAUL BELLOW Numbered, limited edition page removed from a printing of his Nobel Lecture. (He won the Prize in Literature in 1976.) Book Page signed: "Saul Bellow", 1 page, 6½x9½. Limited edition page removed from "Nobel Lecture by Saul Bellow". read more...
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SAUL BELLOW, CZESLAW MILOSZ, IRIS MURDOCH and ISAAC BASHEVIS SINGER First Day Cover signed by all four, framed with photos of each and two explanatory plaques in the Gallery of History style (33x21) First Day Cover signed: read more...
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BJORNSTJERNE BJORNSON Autograph Letter in German, signed in 1881. ALS: "Bjornstjerne Bjornson", 1 page, folded to 6x7½. Place illegible, 1881 January 25. In German, fully translated. "Dear friend, I have done injustice to your postal service. read more...
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BJORNSTJERNE BJORNSON The Nobel Prize-winning poet (1903) signs a handwritten note to American photographer Alfred Stieglitz in 1894, concerning translations of a German fairy tale. ANS: "Bjornson" on verso of German postal card, 5½x3½. Paris, 1894 November 20. read more...
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HEINRICH BÖLL. Check endorsed: "Heinrich Boll", 6x2¾. Filled out and signed: "Mrs. Charles Searle" on August 10, 1979. Check No. 4579, drawn on People's Bank, St. Mary's, Georgia, payable to Böll for $1.50 for postage. read more...
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PEARL BUCK Pearl Buck makes revisions to a review of THE GREAT CHALLENGE by Louis Fischer. Anotated typed manuscript, unsigned, 3p, 8½x11. Titled: "THE GREAT CHALLENGE/By Louis Fischer/Review by Pearl S. Buck". Pencil title added: "All Peoples Alike" read more...
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PEARL S. BUCK The First American woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. Signature: "Pearl S. Buck", 5¾x8½ sheet. Pearl S. Buck (1892-1973), born to Presbyterian missionaries, spent the first forty years of her life in China, the setting of many of her books. read more...
Sale Price $162.00
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PEARL S. BUCK and FRANKLIN CLARK FRY Pearl S. Buck and Franklin Clark Fry sign an album leaf. Signature: "Pearl S. Buck/October23/1965" and on verso, "Franklin Clark Frey/4 Oct. 1965". Buck's signature is above a small magazine photo of her, while Fry's is above an Oct. read more...
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PEARL S. BUCK Buck's signature in pencil, circa 1950, on letterhead from WFIL at the Widener Building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Signature: "Pearl S. Buck" in pencil. Also signed "Nov. 30-1950" in upper right corner in unknown hand in black ink. 8½x11, on letterhead from WFIL, Widener Building, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. read more...
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PEARL S. BUCK Book review - handwritten and signed "P S B" - for First Set in China. This document reveals a facet of Buck's life forgotten by many: reviewer and essay writer. Autograph manuscript signed: "P S B" in blue ink, with editorial marks and corrections in blue and black ink, 1 page, 8½x11. read more...
Sale Price $637.50
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Book review - handwritten and signed "P.S.B." by Buck - for China Under the Empress Dowager. This is a subject that Buck had some experience with, as she lived in China during the last years of the Empress Doawager Tzu Hsi's reign. read more...
Sale Price $637.50
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PEARL BUCK Her handwritten letter supporting educator James Yen Autograph Note signed: "Pearl S. Buck", 1p, 4¾x7¼. No place, no date. No addressee. In full: "James Yen is really responsible for this book. read more...
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Buck handwrote, signed and dated this rare letter in 1938 about a play that she was writing, The Crystal Heart. In it, she says that she's completely re-written the last act of the play and that it's "much better and tighter". Letters handwritten and signed by Buck are extremely rare. read more...
Sale Price $595.00
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This undated manuscript - handwritten and signed "P.S.B." by Buck - is a book review of John W. Vauderwork's King Cane, An Epic of Sugar. Buck praises the book and Hawaii's sugar industry, which she writes is "an almost perfect picture of what can and should be done in a modern industry". This document reveals a facet of Buck's life forgotten by many: reviewer and essay writer. read more...
Sale Price $637.50
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PEARL S. BUCK Two very rare handwritten, autograph manuscript pages from Buck's short story The Rainbow Autograph manuscript unsigned. 2 pages, 8½x11, ruled paper. Titled on first page: "The Rainbow". This is from a short story entitled The Rainbow read more...
Sale Price $2,380.00
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PEARL S. BUCK Handwritten note from the first American woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. Autograph note signed: "To Ida Tarbell,/with admiration and affection,/Pearl S. Buck.", 4½x4. PEARL SYDENSTRICKER BUCK (1892-1973) was the first American woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature (1938). read more...
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PEARL S. BUCK. Photograph inscribed and signed: "With best wishes/to Herr Karl/Hardt,/I am Yours Sincerely/Pearl S. Buck". B/w, 4½x6¾ overall, image 4½x5¾, affixed to 5½½x8 board. Pearl S. read more...
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PEARL BUCK. Printed Biography signed: "Pearl S. Buck", 8p, 7¾x9½. Titled: "A Biographical Sketch of Pearl S. Buck". Includes a biography of Buck and her family, a partial list of her awards, which include read more...
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PEARL BUCK The Nobel Prize Winner's clipped signature from the closing of a letter. Clipped Signature: "Pearl S. Buck", 4½x1 sheet clipped from letter, with the typed lines "Yours cordially,/[signature]/Pearl S. Buck read more...
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PEARL S. BUCK This fragment is the salutation and mailing address of a typed letter, signed by Buck, to the Director of Special Events at KMLA Broadcasting Corporation. Fragment signed "Pearl S. Buck", 7¼x3. Clipped salutation and mailing address of undated typed letter signed by Buck, addressed to George R. Sanders, Jr. read more...
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Postcard photo (3½x5½) of Alfred Nobel, founder of the Nobel awards, signed by Nobel Laureate Pearl S. Buck, who won the Nobel Prize In Literature in 1938. Accompanied by four 5¢ Buck sheet stamps. read more...
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PEARL S. BUCK Buck signed this pencil sketch of herself - from the shoulders up and in a blouse with a plunging neckline and corsage - on a small 3½x6 blank card. Sketch signed "Pearl S. Buck" in pencil underneath sketch. 3½x6. Buck (1892-1973) was the first American woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature (1938). read more...
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PEARL S. BUCK Her signed letter regarding "new" China, which had been founded 17 years prior. It would take the US another 13 years before it recognized the Republic of China. Typed letter signed: "Pearl S. Buck", 1p, 7¼x10½. Perkasie, Pennsylvania, 1967 January 5. read more...
Sale Price $405.00
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Buck signed this typed letter to a fellow author in Stamford, Connecticut in 1947. Buck had passed a book from the recipient of this letter on to a publisher; in this letter, she passes on the publisher's rejection of the book. read more...
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PEARL BUCK The Nobel Prize winner writes the Salvation Army, dated in 1965. Typed Letter signed: Pearl S. Buck", 1p, 7¼x10½. Perkasie, Pennsylvania, 1965 January 26. On personal letterhead to Dick Hall, Group Leader, Salvation Army Settlement and Day Care Center, Chicago, Illinois. read more...
Sale Price $337.50
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PEARL S. BUCK Nobel Prize-winning author Pearl S. Buck signed this letter on her personalized letterhead in 1941, asking the recipient to express the measure of your sympathy for a brave and democratic people" - probably the Chinese, who were fighting Japan. read more...
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PEARL S. BUCK "I once wrote a book...What America Means to Me." TLS: "Pearl S. Buck" over her typed married name "(Mrs. Richard J. Walsh)", 1p, 7¼x10½. Perkasie, Pennsylvania, 1953 February 26. read more...
Sale Price $405.00
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