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François-Marie Arouet (French: [fʁɑ̃swa maʁi aʁwɛ]; 21 November 1694 – 30 May 1778), known by his nom de plume Voltaire was a French Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher famous for his wit, his criticism of Christianity—especially the Roman Catholic Church—as well as his advocacy of freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and separation of church and state.
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Voltaire Signed Letter. Sold for nearly $5,000.
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Incredible F. Scott Fitzgerald Typed Letter Signed on His Top 3 Influences as a Writer
Rare F. Scott Fitzgerald typed letter signed, devoted entirely to Fitzgerald’s revealing the people who impacted his writing. Dated 7 January 1934, in the final years of his life, letter to a Mr. Egbert S. Oliver at Willamette University in Salem, Oregon reads in part, ”Dear Mr. Oliver, The first help I ever had in writing in my life was from my father who read an utterly imitative Sherlock Holmes story of mine and pretended to like it. But after that I received the most invaluable aid from Mr. C.N.B. Wheeler then headmaster of the St. Paul Academy now the St. Paul Country Day School in St. Paul, Minnesota. 2. From Mr. Hume, then co-headmaster of the Newman School and now headmaster of the Canterbury School. 3. From Courtland Van Winkle in freshman year at Princeton – now professor of literature at Yale (he gave us the book of Job to read and I don’t think any of our preceptorial group ever quite recovered from it.) After that comes a lapse. Most of the professors seemed to me old and uninspired, or perhaps it was just that I was getting under way in my own field. I think this answers your question. This is also my permission to make full use of it with or without my name. Sorry I am unable from circumstances of time and pressure to go into it further. Sincerely, [signed] F. Scott Fitzgerald”. Fitzgerald added a few hand corrections in ink throughout the letter. 2pp. letter on 2 sheets of plain stationery, measuring 8.5” x 11” are quite attractively matted and framed alongside a photo of Fitzgerald to an overall size of 32” x 17.5”. Light toning, creasing and paperclip imprint to letter, else near fine. Sold for $13,045.
Charles Dickens autograph letter signed from 1854, shortly after writing ”Hard Times”. Dickens writes from Tavistock House in London on 23 December 1854, writing ”Dear sir, Let me amuse you that your explanation was not at all necessary. I fully understood that you had a great deal to do, and never for a moment accused you in my thoughts of the slightest omission. The result of the night is very gratifying indeed, and fills me with pleasure. There is no hope of Sir towards Dalmer Lytton. He told me only the other day, that he was quite bewildered by such applications, and that where a speech hanging on him was to cast a shadow on his daily life. We resolve of never to ask any such service of each other and your letter binds me for the first time what I promise.” Dickens signs ”Faithfully yours / Charles Dickens” with his ornate paraph to second page of 2pp. letter on two sheets. Matted to blue background underneath brown wooden frame with engraving of Dickens. Letter measures 4.25” x 6.5”, framed to 20.25” x 26”. Light soiling to bottom of second page of letter, and very small tears to top of each sheet. Very good condition overall. Bold Charles Dickens autograph. Sold for $3,781.
Over 100 pages of poetry by the Pulitzer Prize winning author Anne Sexton, the first drafts of ”The Awful Rowing Toward God” and ”The Death Notebooks”, one day after she completed these ”raw, unworked poems”. Poems are accompanied by two typed letters signed, the first written to critic Walter Kerr, to whom she gave these poems because she had read that Kerr and his wife read poetry aloud, and that she was also touched by his ”kind, gracious, and insightful review of ‘Mercy Street’ years earlier. Two page letter is written upon Sexton’s personal letterhead, dated 31 January 1973 as is the other single page letter, also signed ”Anne Sexton”, where she writes one day after their completion, ”These poems were started January 10, 1973, finished January 30, 1973…they are raw, unworked poems, all first drafts, written in a frenzy of despair and hope…I fly like an eagle but with the wings of a wren…” The draft of the ”The Death Notebooks” features Sexton’s handwritten inscription, ”For Walter Kerr”, and includes an original poem entitled ”Jesus Walking”. These first drafts, all pages being photostatic copies, differ from the published works, with many additional verses present in these volumes. Over 120 pages in total, bound in custom quarter-leather boards with marbled endpapers, reading ”Anne Sexton / 1973” on spine. Measures 8.75” 11.25”. Some wear to boards, very good condition. Sold for $2,813.
F. Scott Fitzgerald “Young Men” 1st
First edition of “All the Sad Young Men” by F. Scott Fitzgerald. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons: 1926. First edition points for the book itself include matching dates of 1926 on the title and copyright pages, as well as the Scribner’s Seal on the copyright page. Text remains clear and unbattered on pages 38, 90 and 248. Original dark bluish green cloth binding containing linen-like grain. Thirty-one lines per page. Front blind-stamped and gilt to backstrip. Lips of woman on dustjacket battered, though globe retains three distinct lines. Back blurb of dustjacket features Fitzgerald. Front flap contains $2.00 price and blurbs by Broun, Jones, Woolcott, and Hergesheimer. Back flap contains an advertisement for Ring Lardner’s “The Love Nest.” Book remains in excellent condition with only the slightest bumped corners and toning to front free endpapers. Back ffep contains remnants from tape, since removed. Dustjacket housed in protective covering contains chipping and wrinkling to top and bottom edges. Vertical folds contain tears. Book: excellent condition; dustjacket: good condition. A rare copy of Fitzgerald’s classic collection of short stories. Sold for $2,429.
Poet Stephane Mallarme Autograph Letter Signed — Mallarme Writes to Fellow Poet Leon Dierx
Influential poet Stephane Mallarme autograph letter signed, elegantly written in French to fellow poet Leon Dierx. Dated ”Monday” in 1890, Mallarme laments an illness of conjunctivitis suffered by his friend, and speaks of a ”Poland”, who is also ill and can’t travel to Paris. Letter on front and verso of a card measures 4.5” x 3.5”. Uniform toning, else near fine. Sold for $1,563.
Original Book From William Wordsworth’s Personal Library — Signed by the Revered Poet on Title Page
British Romantic poet William Wordsworth book from his personal library, signed clearly ”W Wordsworth” on title page. Wordsworth spearheaded the Romantic poetry movement in England along with Samuel Taylor Coleridge and others in the 19th century, becoming known for his 1798 collaboration with Coleridge entitled ”Lyrical Ballads.” Book is written in French and titled, ”Causes celebres et Interessantes avec Les Jugements Qui Les Ont Decidees / Redigles de nouveau par M. Richer, ancien avocat au Parlement, Tome Premiere.” Published ”Chez Michel Rhey” in Amsterdam in 1772 as a volume of legal judgments by various authors. Wordsworth lived in France, becoming engrossed in the Revolutionary Republican movement. He fell in love with a French woman, Annette Vallon, who in 1792 gave birth to their child, Caroline. Front fly leaf has notes written in French, though not identifiably in Wordsworth’s hand. Book is split into two parts and the front board is detached. Very good condition otherwise. Sold for $1,420.
Alexandre Dumas Autograph Letter Signed
Alexandre Dumas autograph letter signed, with no date. Letter is written in French and is signed boldly, ”Dumas” in black ink. With a second note to verso in another hand. Document measures 8.25” x 5” with an uneven left edge and some toning throughout; ”Alex. Dumas” is written in pencil to upper left. Overall very good.
Sold for $1,344.
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