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Poet & Literary Hoaxster John Glassco On Pornography, Margaret Atwood,...
by Stephen J. Gertz Scraping the crumbling roadbed of this strifeWith rotting fenceposts and old mortgages(No way of living, but a mode of life),How sift from death and waste three grains of duty,O...
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The Amazon Of The American Revolution
by Stephen J. GertzI "burst the tyrant bounds which held my sex in awe." The Female Review: or, memoirs of an American young lady whose life and character are peculiarly distinguished - being a...
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When Brontë Met Thackeray: The Puncturing Of Inflated Expectations
by Stephen J. GertzThis is what introduced Charlotte Bronte to William Makepeace Thackeray:This is what introduced William Makepeace Thackeray to Charlotte Brontë aka Currer Bell: "There is a man in...
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William Faulkner, Screenwriter
by Stephen J. GertzA cache of screenplays by novelist William Faulkner is being offered by Bonham's - Los Angeles in its Fine Books and Manuscripts including Historical Photographs sale October 16,...
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Bukowski's First Appearance In Print, 1944
by Stephen J. GertzA wonderful association copy of the scarce March-April 1944 issue of Story, featuring the first published work by Charles Bukowski - at the time only twenty-four years old - is being...
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George Washington's Original Thanksgiving Proclamation $8-$12 Million
by Stephen J. GertzThe original manuscript proclamation establishing the first federal Thanksgiving Day in the United States of America is being offered by Christie's-New York on Thursday evening...
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Cleaning Up With William S. Burroughs And Mata Hari's Knickers
by Alastair JohnstonMata Hari (nee M'greet MacLeod, 1876-1915), caught with her pants down, as usual Martin Stone has a knack for finding great literary association items. The legendary British...
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Bad Afternoon of a Fawn: Bambi's Dark Secret Revealed
by Stephen J. GertzThumper: Psst! Hey, you! Who's your daddy?Bambi: The Great Prince stag. Thumper: No, I mean the guy who wrote you.Bambi: Walt Disney?Thumper: No, he adapted you. I mean the guy who...
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Mark Twain On How To Announce Your Marriage Engagement
by Stephen J. GertzOn October 16, 2013, Bonham's-Los Angeles is offering a three-page, recto and verso Autograph Letter Signed, dated Elmira, NY, February 5, 1869 by Mark Twain regarding his engagement...
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Mysterious Daguerreotype Of Brooklyn NYC c. 1850 Est. $20K-$30K
by Stephen J. GertzA haunting, whole-plate daguerreotype of a street tableau in Brooklyn, New York City, staged and photographed c. mid-1850s, is being offered by Swann Auction Galleries on Thursday,...
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Scarcer Than A Battleship In A Bathtub
by Stephen J. GertzA copy of James Ralfe's Naval Chronology of Great Britain in the original parts has come to market. A book of incredible scarcity in its original twelve installments 1818-1819, only...
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A Nation Of Political Fools, 1713 Edition
by Stephen J. Gertz "Although this Island of Folly cannot be found on the map, you will have no difficulty in guessing its real name and location by observing its mores and inhabitants" (Preface). In...
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The Great White Endpapers $35K-$50K
by Stephen J. GertzBinding A (1st state).An untouched copy of the first American edition, first issue of Herman Melville's Moby-Dick; or the Whale in its first state binding is coming to auction...
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19th C. Breast Cancer Lithograph Makes Surgery Look Beautiful
by Stephen J. GertzA copy of the first edition of the most complete anatomical atlas and arguably the most beautiful of the nineteenth century, Jean Baptiste Marc Bourgery's Traité complet de...
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The Marquis De Sade Gripes To Mrs. Marquis De Sade & His Kids
by Stephen J. GertzOh Sade, poor Sade, mamma's hung you in the closet and I'm feeling so sad.*A revealing eleven-page signed autograph letter written by the Marquis de Sade to his ex-wife and children...
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Proust Gets Boost at Christie's
by Stephen J. GertzWritten at age 9, to his grandmother, Feb. 1881.Est. $6,700-$9,300.Eight signed autograph letters written by French novelist, critic and essayist Marcel Proust (1871-1922) are being...
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Has An Unrecorded Thackeray MS Gift Book Been Discovered?
by Stephen J. GertzHand-lettered titlepage.A small manuscript book with original art purportedly written and drawn by William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-1863), the great nineteenth century English...
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The Book Illustrations Of Humphrey Bogart's Mother
by Stephen J. GertzIn 1898, Baby's Record was published by Frederick A. Stokes Co. of New York. Issued in three simultaneous editions featuring one, six, or twelve color illustrations (all here), the...
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Bob Dylan's Legendary Tarantula Proofs Bite At $10,000
by Stephen J. GertzA copy of the pre-production uncorrected galley proofs of Bob Dylan's first book, Tarantula, has come to market. Spiral-bound in the original salmon-colored wrappers, it is being...
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$35,000 Melville Letter To G.P. Putnam: "Herewith You Have A Manuscript"
by Stephen J. GertzA signed autograph letter written by Herman Melville to publisher G.P. Putnam covering his submission of a manuscript for consideration to appear in Putnam's Magazine is being...
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