Author: May SartonPublisher:
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Languages : en
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Collection of 22 Typed Letters, Signed; 24 Autograph Letters, Signed; 9 Postcards, Signed; 6 Greeting Cards, Signed; 4 Notes, Signed; and 2 Poem Cards, Signed
Author: May SartonCollection of Typed Letters Signed (184), Autograph Letters Signed (19), Autograph and Typed Postcards Signed (15), and Autograph Notes Signed (7)
Author: Mary Frances Kennedy FisherPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 225
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The correspondence begins with Fisher's first letter to Pleydell-Bouverie and concludes shortly before her death. The letters are long and affectionate, discussing the construction of "Last House" (built for Fisher on Pleydell-Bouverie's estate, "The Ranch") and life there; mutual friends; dinner parties and conversation; books, music, film, and art; cooking philosophy and recipes; gardening; cats. Letter 196, dated May 1990, is the last letter typed by Fisher herself, who by this time suffered from Parkinson's disease. Later letters are typed by a secretary and initialed by Fisher. With mention of many people, including Maya Angelou (35, 37, and others); James Beard (42); Herb Caen (throughout); Truman Capote (178, 219); Julia and Paul Child (throughout); Helen Frankenthaler (163, 172); Arnold Gingrich (14); Vladimir Horowitz (151); Barbara Hutton (175); David Levine (210); Mary McCarthy (195); Léo Marchutz (74); Dillwyn Parrish (throughout); Man Ray (6, 107, 179); Stella Reichman (222); Stephen de Staebler (224); Tom Wolfe (103). Items in the collection are described in individual records; see MA 4786.1-225 for more information.
Collection of Photocopies of 47 Autograph and Typed Letters and 9 Autograph Postcards
Author: Eudora WeltyPublisher:
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Category : Authors and publishers
Languages : en
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Collection includes photocopies of the following: 26 autograph letters signed, 21 typed letters signed, 9 autograph postcards, 2 typed draft copies of Welty's Introduction to her Collected Stories, 3 typed recipes, and 4 pages of photographs by Welty, titled, "Pageant of Birds."
Collection of 15 Autograph Letters Signed
Author: Marianne MoorePublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 18
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Collection includes the following letters to Muki Wachstein [Fairchild]: a.l.s., July 29, 1954, 2 p. (1 leaf), with envelope and accompanying card with a drawing of a mouse printed on it; autograph postcard signed, Aug. 24, 1954, 1 p.; a.l.s., Dec. 25, 1954, 1 p., with envelope; autograph postcard signed, Jan. 18, 1955, 1 p.; a.l.s., Apr. 11, 1955, 2 p. (1 leaf), with envelope; a.l.s., Nov. 19, 1955, 4 p. (1 folded leaf), with envelope; autograph card signed, Dec. 23, 1955, 1 p., with envelope; autograph postcard signed, undated, 1 p.; autograph card signed, Dec. 20, 1957, 1 p.; photocopy of an a.l.s., Dec. 19, 1958, 1 p., with accompanying card of a raccoon and babies; autograph card signed, Jan. 1, 1960, 1 p., with envelope; autograph card signed, Jan. 14, 1962, 2 p. (1 leaf), with envelope; autograph card signed, Nov. 20, 1962, 1 p., with envelope; a.l.s., Nov. 21, 1964, 1 p., with envelope and accompanying postcard of a horse; autograph postcard signed, postmarked Dec. 28, 1964, 1 p. Also includes a.l.s. to Beata [Wachstein Sauerlander], Apr. 29, 1964, 2 p. (1 leaf); a.l.s. to Elizabeth [Mayer], Nov. 25, 1956, 1 p.; and b&w photograph of Moore and Elizabeth Mayer from 1954.
Collection of 4 Autograph Letters Signed
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Languages : en
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Collection includes the following letters: Apr. 19, 1993, 1 p.; Dec. 29, 1993, 1 p.; Mar. 4, 1994, 2 p. (2 leaves); and Dec. 20, 1995, 1 p. Apr. 19 letter includes references to his recent poetry reading, Jean Garrigue, and preparing his papers for donation to the Berg Collection, and is accompanied by autograph of untitled poem beginning "Using the window ledge" (dated Apr. 18, 1977, 1 p.), to which he refers in his letter. Dec. 29 letter thanks Mattson for a greeting card and contains "just completed" poem "On Time." 1994 letter contains separate leaf with poem "March" and signed inscription for Mattson. 1995 letter contains untitled poem beginning "Between bare boughs," with Menashe poetry reading broadwise from NYPL Jefferson Market branch (Jan. 3, 1996) and page torn from the New Yorker (Nov. 13, 1995) containing Menashe poem "What to Expect."
Collection of 13 Autograph Letters Signed and 18 Typed Letters Signed
Author: Marianne MoorePublisher:
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Languages : en
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Collection includes the following letters: A.l.s., "Monday 28th," [1963], 1 p.; a.l.s., Dec. 18, 1963, 1 p.; t.l.s., Nov. 15. 1964, 1 p., with envelope; t.l.s., Feb. 26, 1964, 1 p., with envelope; t.l.s., Apr. 12, 1965, 1 p., with envelope; t.l.s., postmark Feb. 24, 1966, 1 p., with envelope; a.l.s., Nov. 17, 1966, 1 p.; a.l.s., Dec. 29, 1966, 1 p.; t.l.s., June 23, 1967, 1 p.; t.l.s., Oct. 13, 1967, 1 p.; t.l.s., Oct. 39 [i.e., 29], 1i67 [i.e., 1967], 1 p.; t.l.s., Nov. 5, 1967, 1 p.; t.l.s., Nov. 9, 1967, 1 p.; a.l.s., Nov. 29, 1967, 2 p. (1 leaf); a.l.s., Dec. 29, 1967, 2 p. (1 leaf), with envelope; t.l.s., postmark Feb. 10, 1968, 1 p., with envelope; t.l.s., Feb. 14, 1968, 1 p., with envelope; t.l.s., Mar. 13, 1968, 1 p., with envelope; t.l.s., Mar. 25, 1968, 1 p.; a.l.s., Apr. 11, 1968, 1 p.; a.l.s., Apr. 17, 1968, 2 p. (1 leaf); a.l.s., May 9, 1968, 1 p.; t.l.s., postmark Feb. 4, 1969, 1 p., with envelope; t.l.s., Feb. 22, 1969, 1 p., with envelope; t.l.s., Mar. 17, [1969], 1 p.; a.l.s., Apr. 26, 1969, 1 p.; a.l.s./t.l.s., Apr. 26, [1969], 2 p. (1 leaf), with envelope; t.l.s., Sept. 8, 1969, 1 p., with envelope; t.l.s., Sept. 23, 1969, 1 p., with envelope; a.l.s., [Christmas season, 1969], 1 p.; a.l.s., [1969?], 1 p. Also with the following related correspondence: t.l.s. from Pietro Ambrosini to Moore, Venice, Apr. 18, 1969, 1 p., regarding Ezra Pound, Olga Rudge, Valerie Eliot, and Lester Littlefield; a.l.s. from Angiolo Tursi to Lester Littlefield, Venice, Aug. 29, 1969, 2 p. (1 leaf), in French, regarding miniature portrait of Pietro Lando, Doge of Venice, 1538-1545; t.l.s. from Victor Hall to Lester Littlefield, London, Oct. 20, 1964, 2 p. (1 leaf); a.l.s. from Olga Rudge to Lester Littlefield, June 13, 1969, 6 p. (3 leaves), about Ezra Pound (her partner) and Marianne Moore, and including reports of Valerie Eliot going to the Berg Collection to see the typescript of "The Waste Land" and of bringing Djuna Barnes to visit Rudge on Barnes's birthday; also mentions Marion [Morehouse] Cummings (wife of poet E.E. Cummings) and poets Robert Lowell and George Oppen. Also includes one envelope from Bernice Ames to Marianne Moore, postmarked May 2, 1967.
Collection of 55 Autograph Letters, Postcards, Notes and Typed Letters, All Signed, from James Merrill to Howeard Moss, February 7, 1958 - December 9, 1972; with Printed Card Bearing Sketch by Merrill
Author: Modern Literature
Author: Swann GalleriesPublisher:
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Category : Auction catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 46
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Collection of Autograph Letters Signed (6), an Autograph Publication Agreement, Autograph Poems (9), and Photographs (2)
Author: Henry Wadsworth LongfellowPublisher:
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Languages : en
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Collection includes: 6 autograph letters signed to various recipients (MA 623.1, MA 623.10, MA 623.13-16); an autograph publication agreement for Ballads and Other Poems (MA 623.2); autograph manuscripts and fragments of poems including "The Children's Hour" (MA 623.3), "The Arrow and the Song" (MA 623.4), "Psalm of Life" (MA 623.5), "To the River Charles" (MA 623.6), "Song" (MA 623.7), "Giotto's Tower" (MA 623.8), "In the Churchyard at Tarrytown" (MA 623.9), "The Poet and his Songs" (MA 623.11), and "Prometheus and Epimetheus" (MA 623.12); and 2 photographs of Longfellow (MA 623.17-18). Items are described in individual records (MA 623.1-18).
AB Bookman's Weekly
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Category : Antiquarian booksellers
Languages : en
Pages : 888
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