THOMAS B. COSTAIN - AUTOGRAPH NOTE SIGNED 12/03/1958 - HFSID 18424
Costain writes note to a fan in 1958
Autograph Note signed: "To Kayo/With my best/writer./TB
Costain/Dec 3/1958". 4¼x3 card with 1¼x3 color magazine photo affixed to
left edge.
Price: $160.00
Condition: Fine condition
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THOMAS B. COSTAIN
Costain writes note to a fan in 1958
Autograph Note signed: "To Kayo/With my best/writer./TB
Costain/Dec 3/1958". 4¼x3 card with 1¼x3 color magazine photo affixed to
left edge. Canadian born author an editor Costain (1885-1965) had his
first story published in 1902 after which he went to work as a $5. a week
reporter, and then moved up to editing with Maclean's magazine in
Toronto. He moved to New York in 1920 as editor -in-chief for The Saturday
Evening Post (1920-1934), worked as an editor for Doubleday Books
(1939-1946) and was the head of 20th Century Fox's literary development
(1934-1942). Publishing his first novel at age 57, four of his 12 went to film:
The Black Rose (1950), Son of a Hundred Kings (1950 CBS
mini-series), The Silver Chalice (1954 - Paul Newman's debut), and
Chord of Steel (1960 CBC 7-part mini-series). Fine condition.
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