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Slight toning; otherwise in fine condition.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093468663967,"sku":"11893","price":2200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Sartre_Three_Autograph_Poems_11893_001.jpg?v=1722188224"},{"product_id":"12067-mann-thomas-1875-1955-signed-letter-reviewing-a-banned-book-by-edmund-wilson","title":"Mann, Thomas. (1875-1955) Signed Letter - REVIEWING A BANNED BOOK BY EDMUND WILSON","description":"Typed manuscript signed (\"Thomas Mann\"), 1 page, on personal letterhead, 10 7\/8 x 7 in., Pacific Palisades, California, August 22, 1946. With one word correction in Mann's hand. Signature faded. Mann defends \u003ci\u003eMemoirs of Hecate County\u003c\/i\u003e against its suppression. \"A novel by so literary an author as Mr. Edmund Wilson is obviously not meant for mass-consumption but for a circle of readers spiritually equipped to cope with its contents. Curiously, it is often works of artistic value that are being suppressed, whereas more popular products, fit to contribute to the brutalisation of the masses remain uncontested. The virtuous lust for suppression constitutes a feature of world fascism which - it is to be hoped - has not yet taken sufficient root in this country to determine the course of its intellectual life.\"\t\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMann (1875-1955) won the Nobel Prize for Literature (1924) after publishing The Magic Mountain. 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Although attributed to Hugnet, the translation was actually made\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e by Virgil Thomson and Stein herself. The edition was the first publication of one of Stein's works in translation. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eFrom the collection of Myrtille Hugnet, acquired upon the sale of Tristan Tzara's collection.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003eGeorges Hugnet, French poet and critic, was born in Paris in 1906. A man of many talents, he dabbled in a variety of artistic pursuits including poetry, editing, publishing, translating, film and play writing, acting, rare book collecting, and book binding design throughout his life. His many artistic friends included Joan Miró, Marcel Duchamp, Pablo Picasso, Tristan Tzara, Man Ray, and Jean Cocteau. 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Folding creases and light toning; overall fine. 8.5 x 7 inches (21.5 x 17.8 cm).","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093517979807,"sku":"13434","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Gibbons_James_TLS_to_Leslies_13434_001.jpg?v=1722188555"},{"product_id":"13517-elisabeth-of-wied-sylva-carmen-1843-1916-signed-postcard-with-words-of-inspiration","title":"Elisabeth of Wied [Sylva, Carmen]. (1843-1916) Signed Postcard with Words of Inspiration","description":"\u003cdiv\u003eSigned photograph postcard of the Queen Consort of Romania, known for her huge literary output under the name Carmen Sylva, with seven autograph lines of wisdom. To the left of her portrait in an elaborate costume, Sylva has penned (translated from the French): \"Life is a question to the universe: 'Where do I come from? Where must I go? When will it be finished?' 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(1816-1876) Original CDV Photograph","description":"An original carte de visite photograph of the acclaimed 19th-century American stage actress known for her deep voice and tempestuous lesbian affairs, shown in later life. \u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.42857;\"\u003ePhotographed by a New York photographer and on the original mount, with the lower edge slightly trimmed obscuring the photographer's name, otherwise in fine condition. 2.5 x 4 inches (6.3 x 10.1 cm).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\"An extremely popular actress in \u003cspan property=\"about\" href=\"http:\/\/semantic.britannica.com\/accepted_headword\/core\/195686\/Europe\" style=\"\"\u003eEurope\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e as well as the United States, Cushman was at her best in powerfully emotional roles, showing little talent for subtlety or comedy. She played more than 30 masculine roles in her lifetime. 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(1840-1909)] Two Autograph Letters to Henri Cazalis","description":"\u003cdiv\u003eTwo autograph letters from the important French pianist, acclaimed for his performance of the complete Beethoven sonatas and the dedicatee of works by Dukas, Chabrier, and Granados. Dated April 23 and April 27, no year. Writing to the symbolist poet and man of letters Henri Cazalis, Risler arranges an appointment in the first letter for the following Wednesday, and mentions that if Cazalis would like to hear another friend play, \"I am sure that you will give him a great joy, but don't mention me on this occasion.\" In a postscript, he adds, \"If you don't have a good piano, I can have a Pleyel brought, nothing could be easier.\" In the second letter, he writes \"I thank you with my whole heart for your sympathy; I am very sorry to have missed you this morning; I am very much looking forward to reading your book, and no less to seeing you tomorrow, Tuesday; I will come at noon.\" In very fine condition. 5 x 3.25 inches (12.6 x 8.4 cm) and 4.5 x 7 inches (11.2 x 18 cm).\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093530366111,"sku":"13811","price":175.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Risler_Edouard_ALS_13811_001-rotated-270.jpg?v=1722188638"},{"product_id":"13894-miomandre-francis-de-1880-1959-aventures-merveilleuses-dyvan-danubsko-signed","title":"Miomandre, Francis de. 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(1846–1914)] Autograph Letter regarding \"The Rembrandt\" and her feelings about Magazine Editors","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eA very interesting autograph letter from the beloved American novelist and short story writer to the American astronomer Edward Singleton Holden. London, May 21st, [1900]. Wharton mentions her story \"The Rembrandt,\" noting that \"I should send more contributions to magazines if their editors had someone to jog their elbow occasionally and rouse them from the death-like torpor which seems to be their normal condition.\" After discussing her travel plans in Europe, she adds a postscript about Holden's new article \"Three Writers Compared--Kipling, Sienkiewicz, Shakespeare\" (published in 1900): \"I have first received your \"deadly parallel\" between Shakespeare \u0026amp; Kipling. I have had only time to glance at it, but I see you have developed the amusing thesis you spoke of last winter \u0026amp; am so interested to see the result.\" Another hand, presumably Holden's, has added an underline below \"amusing thesis\" and noted: \"I think this is a nasty dig! What do you say?\" 3 pp. on a bifolium. In very fine condition.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eAlthough she did not publish her first novel until she was forty, Edith Wharton was an extremely prolific writer, publishing \u003cspan style=\"\"\u003efifteen novels, seven novellas, and eighty-five short stories, as well as poetry, books on design, travel, literary and cultural criticism, and a memoir. She and her husband, Edward Wharton, were keen European travelers, often spending four months of the year away from the United States. A well-connected member of the upper class, Wharton was also a friend and confidante to many gifted intellectuals of her era, including Henry James, Sinclair Lewis, Jean Cocteau, and Teddy Roosevelt.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003eEdward Singleton Holden was an \u003c\/span\u003e American astronomer and the fifth president of the University of California. A prolific writer, he wrote mostly on scientific subjects, but also published several books and articles on history and current events. \"Three Writers Compared--Kipling, Sienkiewicz, Shakespeare\" seems to have been his only venture into literary criticism!\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e34 Brook St, London, May 21st\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eDear Mr. Holden,\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eI am very glad that Mr. Walker likes \"The Rembrandt,\" \u0026amp; I beg you will thank him for his cheque of $200, which is probably awaiting me in Paris. I should send more contributions to magazines if their editors had some one to jog their elbow occasionally \u0026amp; rouse them from the death-like torpor which seems to be their normal condition. We have had a very pleasant fortnight in England \u0026amp; we are now on our way to France \u0026amp; Italy, turning homeward about July 1st. Don't forget, please, that we have the --- place at ----, \u0026amp; are to be looked for there on \u0026amp; after July 10th. With many thanks for your note, \u003cspan style=\"background-color: white;\"\u003esincerely, \u003c\/span\u003eE. Wharton\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eI have first received your \"deadly parallel\" between Shakespeare \u0026amp; Kipling. I have had only time to glance at it, but I see you have developed the amusing thesis you spoke of last winter \u0026amp; am so interested to see the result.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093554614431,"sku":"14555","price":3500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Wharton_2C_Edith_ALS_14555169.jpg?v=1722188806"},{"product_id":"14587-mistral-gabriela-1889-1957-nobel-winner-tala-signed-and-inscribed-to-jose-galvez-barrenechea","title":"Mistral, Gabriela. (1889-1957) [NOBEL WINNER] \"Tala\" - SIGNED AND INSCRIBED TO JOSE GALVEZ BARRENECHEA","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eSigned first edition of the important Chilean poet's third book of poems, inscribed by the author on the front free endpage to the Peruvian poet and writer \u003cspan style=\"\"\u003eJosé Galvez Barrenechea. She has penned: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e“A José Gálvez, maestro íntimo y popular de sus amigos, de los peruanos y de sus amigos [...] Gabriela Mistral.\" 286 pp. Hardcover, faux bois paper rudely applied over faded gray cloth, splitting to front joint, spine quite worn and faded, scattered foxing throughout.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e\u003cem style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eThe Chilean poet, educator, diplomat, and feminist was the first Latin American (and, so far, the only Latin American woman) to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, in 1945. \u003ci\u003eTala\u003c\/i\u003e (\"Harvesting\"), her third book of poems, is probably her most important book. In solidarity with the Spanish Republic she donated her author's rights for the book to the Spanish children displaced and orphaned by the war. In \u003cem\u003eTala \u003c\/em\u003eMistral includes the poems inspired by the death of her mother, together with a variety of other compositions that do not linger in sadness but sing of the beauty of the world and deal with the hopes and dreams of the human heart. These poems are divided into three sections: \"Materias\" (Matter), comprising verse about bread, salt, water, air; \"Tierra de Chile\" (Land of Chile), and \"America.\" Particularly important in this last group are two American hymns: \"Sol del trópico\" (Tropical Sun) and \"Cordillera\" (Mountain Range). These poems exemplify Mistral's interest in awakening in her contemporaries a love for the essences of their American identity.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093555433631,"sku":"14587","price":1600.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Mistral_2C_Gabriela_Tala_SIGNED_14587a.jpg?v=1722188812"},{"product_id":"14674-cello-doblin-alfred-1878-1957-sachs-curt-1881-1959-eberhart-richard-1904-2005-steinberg-william-1899-1978-group-of-letters-to-helga-and-rudolf-doblin","title":"[Cello] Döblin, Alfred. (1878–1957) \u0026 Sachs, Curt. (1881-1959) \u0026 Eberhart, Richard. (1904-2005) \u0026 Steinberg, William. 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Translated from the German: \"Dear Mrs. Döblin, it was very nice of you to think of me and write your news. I knew that you would quickly find your footing here, and your letter confirms it. I wish you all success going forward, and I hope for myself, that you will let me join in it. Yours, Curt Sachs. [P.S.] I saw Uncle Alfred [Döblin] at the beginning of the year in N.Y.\" Fine. 7 x 10.5 inches.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e2. Autograph letter in English to Rudolf Döblin from German-American conductor William Steinberg, an emigré whose first position in the United States was as conductor of the Buffalo Philharmonic (1945-1952) and who also conducted the Pittsburgh Symphony and the Boston Symphony. Steinberg apparently writes to hint at Döblin's imminent promotion at the Buffalo Philharmonic. New York, July 11, [1945?] \"Dear Döblin, Mr. D. was in high spirits, said he was \"just\" going to call me and hopes to give me \"the good news\" soon. Lee thinks Mr. D... must go because nobody trusts him and all the members of the executive-branch share his opinion. Thanks again for your call. Love to you and your wife! See you soon after my return from California. Cordially yours, Steinberg.\" 2 pp. Fine. 5.5 x 7 inches.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e3. Autograph letter from writer Alfred Döblin to his nephew, Rudolf Döblin, congratulating him on being named assistant conductor of the Buffalo Philharmonic. August 22, 1945. \"[I hear you] have got the conductor position [...] I already see you as a successor to Toscanini and Barbirolli. And you see: one mustn't be so pessimistic. As they say here: 'nur nit brummen, wird scho kummen' [\"just don't whine, it will come\"]. Your uncle...\" 2 pp. of a bifolium. Folding creases and edge wear; overall very good. 4.25 x 6.5 inches. This letter is referenced in the collected letters of Alfred Döblin, vol. II (no. 191).\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e4. Autograph letter from poet Richard Eberhart to Helga Döblin. Hanover, N.H., April 15, 1970. 1 p. \"Dear Helga Döblin: I am glad you liked the gloomy poem which the New York editors put in at Easter week! It followed a shorter one called \"Despair\" in a February issue which elicited much response and was about the same person. The woman was finally defeated by Hitler twenty-five years later. She got out of Germany, came here, and used to come to the Thursday poets' meetings at Dartmouth. Good-looking, smooth-skinned, she was very quiet and only rarely spoke or read a poem. She had fine, long [flaxen?] or brown hair and was young. She lived in Lebanon (N.H.) and about five or eight years ago we were shocked to learn that she had shot herself. Years later I thought about her, theretofore having had no intention of writing a poem about her. Strange how these things happen. You may or may not know that Skidmore gave me an honorary Doctor of Letters degree recently. I am on the Board of [?] and come to Sarasota usually twice a year for meetings. I assume you are a student there (what year?) and am very fond of your school. If you should come over here as many Skidmore girls do please look us up. Thanks for your letter, yours, Richard Eberhart.\" On the verso, a mimeographed copy of Eberhart's poem \"Homage to the North.\" Folding creases; overall fine. 8.5 x 11 inches.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e5. Two letters in German from an unidentified couple, apparently childhood friends of Helga Döblin, co-written by the wife and husband. In the first letter (Roslyn Heights [New York], December 28, 1941; TLS from the woman, with ALS from her husband; 2 pp.), the woman thanks Helga for a Christmas gift, reports that they have not been affected by the war, except that \"neither people nor news are coming out of Germany. When or if the Bear will be drafted, we don't know. Last year he was sent back because of us, but who knows if that still stands?\" She reports that \"the Chicken\" (apparently a family member) \"has a series of badly-paid lectures, but since he is beginning to learn English, there is the hope that he may get further lectures through an agent.\" Her husband adds in an autograph postscript (translated from the German): \"Dear Helga, I always said you were a particularly nice girl, and you see, I was right! How could you have become such a nice young woman, if it wasn't already in you?...\" In the second letter (January 7, [n.y.]; ALS, 2 pp.), the woman writes with news of the family, including \"Bear\" and \"Chicken.\" Her husband adds New Year's greetings and asks: \"the editor of the \"Deutsche Stimmen\" in Santiage di Chile, Casilla, is asking for the address of Alfred Döblin. Please write it down...\" Folding creases and one chip; overall very good. 8.5 x 11 and 8 x 10 inches.\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eRudolf and Helga Döblin emigrated to the United States from Germany during World War II. Rudolf Döblin was a long-serving cellist of the Buffalo Symphony Orchestra, while Helga taught German and Classics at Skidmore College, and they were well connected with many other emigrés in musical and artistic spheres.\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093558382751,"sku":"14674","price":375.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Doblin_Letters_14674_5.jpg?v=1722188837"},{"product_id":"15268-walton-william-1902-1983-sitwell-osbert-1892-1969-sitwell-edith-1887-1964-thurber-james-1894-1961-attributed-to-facade-caricature-sketches-and-original-flyer","title":"[Walton, William. (1902–1983)] [Sitwell, Osbert. (1892–1969) \u0026 Sitwell, Edith. (1887–1964)]  [Thurber, James. (1894–1961) ATTRIBUTED TO] \"Façade\" - Caricature Sketches and Original Flyer","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eTwo amusing caricature sketches of the brother and sister writers Edith and Osbert Sitwell, attributed to or in the style of cartoonist and writer James Thurber, accomplished at the first complete American performance of Edith Sitwell and William Walton's entertainment \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eFaçade. \u003c\/i\u003eEdith Sitwell is shown at a podium, draped in an ornate cape and she reads her poetry; Osbert Sitwell, who introduced the performance, is drawn reading from a paper through his large spectacles. \"Facade\" penned at the upper left corner and dated at the foot: January 1949, Museum of Modern Art. On letterhead of the Plaza Hotel. Together with an original flyer for the performance. Areas of heavy toning to the edges; otherwise very good. Drawings 11.5 x 7.5 inches (29.2 x 19.1 cm); flyer 8.75 x 12 inches (22.3 x 30.7 cm).\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eFaçade\u003c\/i\u003e is a series of poems by Edith Sitwell, best known as part of \u003ci\u003eFaçade – An Entertainment\u003c\/i\u003e, in which the poems are recited over an instrumental accompaniment by William Walton. The poems and the music exist in several versions. Sitwell began to publish some of the Façade poems in 1918, in the literary magazine \u003ci\u003eWheels\u003c\/i\u003e. In 1922 many of them were given an orchestral accompaniment by Walton, Sitwell's protégé. The \"entertainment\" was first performed in public in 1923, and achieved both fame and notoriety for its unconventional form.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003eThe work had been attributed to James Thurber, American cartoonist and writer of numerous books, short stories, and essays who was managing editor of the New Yorker (1927-33). The penmanship and drawing style seem plausibly Thurberesque to our eye, but the drawing is unsigned and indeed dates from a period in which Thurber would have been already suffering from loss of vision, indeed from the year in which he stopped providing work to the New Yorker. The present work was acquired by our consignor approximately 40 years ago from a colleague of Thurber's at the New Yorker, along with many others clearly signed by him, but given this history we cannot make a definitive attribution.","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093578993823,"sku":"15268","price":400.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Thurber_Sitwell_Facade_15268_001.jpg?v=1722188960"},{"product_id":"15387-wagner-richard-1813-1883-to-be-or-not-to-be-autograph-quotation-signed","title":"Wagner, Richard. 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Sarony's gallery was the most famous of the 300 photographic studios in New York City in the 1870s...His cabinet card portraits became immensely popular, the nineteenth-century equivalent to baseball cards or fan magazines. He was one of the photographers who helped create the modern concept of celebrity, in effect marketing the faces of famous people so that others could see them in such detail that they felt they knew them personally....Whitman, who made Sarony's catalogue int he late 1870s, was, in some ways and for many people, more recognizable for his striking bearded visage, now familiar to thousands through the sales of cabinet-card images, than he was for his poetry.  He was one of our first celebrity writers, made easily recognizable by his photographs.\"  (Ed Folsom, \"A Companion to Walt Whitman\" (ed. 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Greene (for Sir James Barrie).\" Toning and some light soiling; overall fine. 4.5 x 7 inches (11.5 x 17.8 cm).\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eMonty Woolley was an American stage, film, radio, and television actor who achieved a measure of stardom for his role in the stage play and 1942 film \u003ci\u003eThe Man Who Came to Dinner\u003c\/i\u003e. A graduate of Yale University, he was a close friend of Cole Porter.\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093603012767,"sku":"16002","price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Barrie_JM_ALS_16002_01.jpg?v=1722189123"},{"product_id":"16286-paley-grace-1922-2007-kaplan-justin-1925-2014-lewis-r-w-b-1917-2002-silverman-kenneth-1936-2017-group-of-letters-to-author-ken-silverman","title":"Paley, Grace. (1922–2007) \u0026 Kaplan, Justin. (1925–2014) \u0026 Lewis, R. W. B. (1917–2002) [Silverman, Kenneth. (1936–2017)] Group of Letters to Author Ken Silverman","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eGroup of three autograph and typed notes signed from writer Grace Paley, editor Justin Kaplan, and critic R. W. B. Lewis to the Pulitzer-Prize-winning writer Kenneth Silverman. 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Silverman, who specialized In Colonial American literature, was a professor of English at New York University until his retirement in 2001.","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093612777631,"sku":"16286","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Paley_Kaplan_Lewis_Silverman_16286_01.jpg?v=1722189189"},{"product_id":"16423-dumas-alexandre-fils-1824-1895-original-cdv-photograph","title":"Dumas, Alexandre. (fils, 1824–1895) Original CDV Photograph","description":"\u003cp\u003eCarte de visite photograph of the French author, photographed by F. Mulnier of Paris. 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An early feminist, she also earned a footnote in musical history as the longtime romantic companion of pianist\/composer Frédéric Chopin. \u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093617168543,"sku":"16421","price":250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Sand_George_CDV_16421_01.jpg?v=1722189219"},{"product_id":"16468-french-authors-renan-ernest-valles-jules-houssaye-arsene-ponsard-francois-sainte-beuve-charles-augustin-karr-jean-baptiste-alphonse-group-of-original-cdv-photo","title":"[French Authors] Renan, Ernest. (1823–1892) \u0026 Vallès, Jules. (1832–1885) \u0026 Houssaye, Arsène. (1815–1896) \u0026 Ponsard, François. (1814–1867) \u0026 Sainte-Beuve, Charles Augustin. (1804–1869) \u0026 Karr, Jean-Baptiste Alphonse. 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Each 2.5 x 4 inches.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093618643103,"sku":"16468","price":400.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/French_Writers_CDVs_16468.jpg?v=1722189227"},{"product_id":"16504-jefferson-joseph-1829-1905-autograph-letter-about-a-joe-jefferson-autograph","title":"[Jefferson, Joseph. (1829–1905)] Autograph Letter about a Joe Jefferson autograph","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eAutograph letter signed \"Willa\", sending an autograph from the actor Joseph Jefferson. 1 p., n.d. Text reads: \"My dear Miss Elsie, Just a word with this scrap of paper which I hope you will like. If you love Joe Jefferson as I do, you will be delighted to own it, as it is a lovely one. Please thank Spookie [?] for the biscuits, they were great, and gone in a very short time I can tell you. Have just gotten back from Indianapolis. Yours in haste, Willa.\" Toning and slight smudges to the final words and signature; overall very good. 4.5 x 6 inches (11.8 x 14.9 cm).\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eJoe Jefferson was the third of his name in a family of actors and managers, and one of the most famous of all 19th century American comedians. Jefferson was particularly well known for his adaptation and portrayal of Rip Van Winkle on the stage, reprising the role in several silent film adaptations. Through his appearances in the latter, he is believed to be the earliest born actor to appear in a film.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093619888287,"sku":"16504","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Cather_Willa_ALS_16504.jpg?v=1722189237"},{"product_id":"16603-bookseller-kay-j-original-engraving-of-archibald-constable","title":"[Bookseller] Kay, J. Original Engraving of Archibald Constable","description":"Original 1823 engraving of the Edinburgh bookseller and publisher Archibald Constable, shown walking in profile, holding his cane. Engraved by J. Kay. At the lower right: 329. 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Signed in yellow pastel lr \"M \/ 1950.\" Fine. 11.8 x 8.5 inches (30.3 x 21.5 cm).\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eThe Italian writer, editor and translator Eugenio Montale is widely considered one of the greatest Italian lyric poets, and was the recipient of the 1975 Nobel Prize in Literature. He was also the creator of a large body of visual artworks, largely understudied today, produced between the mid-1940s and the 1970s. 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