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Tamworth, NH, United States

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The Written Word Autographs

Huge Fall Autograph Auction. The Written Word Autograph?s next auction will be conducted for two days Friday, September 29th and Saturday, September 30th hosted by both Invaluable (Auction ZIP) and Liveauctioneers. This will be an auction which includes all categories with Early America, Presidents, Military, Personalities, Aviation and Space, Arts and Letters, World Leaders, Science and a large offering of signed stock certificates being sold on the 29th and Stage and Screen and Sports personalities on the 30th. We are proud to be offering examples from ALL OUR PRESIDENTS, the signatures of each of the 44 men who have led our country. We have many signers, patriots and Founding Fathers. Our Military section is, I believe the deepest and strongest we have ever had from the hand-written battle report of the last major battle of the Civil War written by Sayler?s Creek hero, General Oliver Edwards, to examples from Lee, Nimitz, Patton, MacArthur, Enola Gay and other remarkable material. Religious personalities include newly canonized saints Mother Teresa and John Paul II. Aviation and space signatures from Orville Wright, Amelia Earhart (we found her!), Lindbergh, Neil Armstrong, Gagarin, Space Shuttle crews many other astronauts and cosmonauts. From literature we have signed books from J D Salinger, Rex Stout, Stephen King, e. e. cummings, William Butler Yeats, L. Frank Baum and many more, also letters, an autograph quote from The Battle Hymn of the Republic signed by author Julia Ward Howe, and autographed material from other literary and arts notables. World Leaders include monarchs with a remarkable early autograph letter from the future British Monarch, King Edward VII. We will also be selling a large number of signed stock certificates including J. P. Morgan, J. D. Rockefeller and nearly 100 others! The continuation of our sale on Sunday will be devoted to Stage and Screen and Sports personalities. Many entertainers including, actors James Dean, John Wayne

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JOHN GRISHAM - His Book "A Painted House", Signed: John Grisham. His paperback book, A Painted House, Dell, 2001, signed on the title page.

0340: JOHN GRISHAM - His Book "A Painted House", SignedEst. $50-$75Lot Passed

Author EDWARD EVERETT HALE - SIX Autograph Ltrs Signed: Edward Everett Hale (1822-1909) Author and Unitarian clergyman. His famous short novel, The Man without a Country, was published anonymously in the Atlantic Monthly in 1863. A wonderful collection of

0341: Author EDWARD EVERETT HALE - SIX Autograph Ltrs SignedEst. $125-$200Lot Passed

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EDWARD EVERETT HALE - Autograph Ltr Signed: Edward Everett Hale. 4 ½” x 6” autograph letter signed, “Edward E. Hale,” October 14, 1898. “…I hope you will enjoy your autograph collection as much as I do mine….” Mounted to a

0342: EDWARD EVERETT HALE - Autograph Ltr SignedEst. $50-$75

Author ALEX HALEY - His Book Signed: Alex Haley (1921-1992) Author. Haley co-authored The Autobiography of Malcolm X. The following decade, Haley made history with his book Roots, chronicling his family line from Gambia to the

0343: Author ALEX HALEY - His Book SignedEst. $75-$125Lot Passed

Author JOSEPH HELLER - His Book Signed: Joseph Heller (1923-1999) Author. Heller’s satirical novel Catch-22 (1961), based on his wartime experiences, was one of the most significant works of postwar protest literature and a huge critical

0344: Author JOSEPH HELLER - His Book SignedEst. $50-$75Lot Passed

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Abolitionist, Author THOMAS WENTWORTH HIGGINS - AQS: Thomas Wentworth Higginson (1823-1911) Minister, author, abolitionist. Higginson was active in the American Abolitionism movement during the 1840s and 1850s, identifying himself with disunion and

0345: Abolitionist, Author THOMAS WENTWORTH HIGGINS - AQSEst. $75-$125

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Poet JULIA WARD HOWE - AQS From "Battle Hymn": Julia Ward Howe (1819-1910) Abolitionist, poet. Howe was the author of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic". She was inspired to write the song after she and her husband visited Washington, D. C., and

0346: Poet JULIA WARD HOWE - AQS From "Battle Hymn"Est. $500-$800

JULIA WARD HOWE - Autograph Ltr Signed: Julia Ward Howe. 3 ½ x 4 ½” autograph letter signed, no place or date, to “My dear Miss Ticknor”, two-pages. “…I will certainly do my best to attend the meeting of the Author’s club at

0347: JULIA WARD HOWE - Autograph Ltr SignedEst. $300-$500Lot Passed

JULIA WARD HOWE - Check Endorsed: Julia Ward Howe. 8 ½” x 3” check payable to her, National Bank of the Commonwealth, January 28, 1893, endorsed.

0348: JULIA WARD HOWE - Check EndorsedEst. $200-$350Lot Passed

Tree Poet JOYCE KILMER - TLS and His Book of Poetry: Joyce Kilmer (1886-1918) Poet. Kilmer remembered for a short poem titled "Trees" (1913), which was published in the collection Trees and Other Poems in 1914. Though a prolific poet whose works

0349: Tree Poet JOYCE KILMER - TLS and His Book of PoetryEst. $500-$800Lot Passed

Author STEPHEN KING - His Book "Revival", Signed: Stephen King (1947- ) Author. King is a prolific and immensely popular author of horror fiction. In his works, King blends elements of the traditional gothic tale with those of the modern

0350: Author STEPHEN KING - His Book "Revival", SignedEst. $175-$300Lot Passed

STEPHEN KING - "The Dark Tower VII", Signed: Stephen King. His two volume book, The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower, illustrated by Michael Whelan, Donald M. Grant, 2004, limited edition (1132/1500). Volume one is signed on the limitation page

0351: STEPHEN KING - "The Dark Tower VII", SignedEst. $500-$800Lot Passed

STEPHEN KING - "The Stand" , Signed: Stephen King. The complete, uncut version, of his book The Stand, Doubleday, 1990, signed on the title page “For Steve – Best wishes, Stephen King 3/20/92”. The original owners name is written

0352: STEPHEN KING - "The Stand" , SignedEst. $175-$300Lot Passed

Author TONY KUSHNER - "Angels In America", Signed: Tony Kushner (1956-2008) Author. Kushner's play Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes earned him the Pulitzer Prize, among many other awards. His other acclaimed plays include Slavs,

0353: Author TONY KUSHNER - "Angels In America", SignedEst. $250-$400Lot Passed

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British Author JOHN LeCARRE - His Book Signed: John Le Carre (1931- ) British author. Le Carre writes espionage novels. During the 1950s and the 1960s, he worked for both the Security Service and the Secret Intelligence Service, and began

0354: British Author JOHN LeCARRE - His Book SignedEst. $50-$75

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Author NORMAN MAILER - Magazine Photo Signed: Norman Mailer (1923-2007) Author, journalist. Mailer used a style combining fiction and journalism to write the Pulitzer Prize-winning book The Executioner's Song. 9” x 11 ½” color magazine

0355: Author NORMAN MAILER - Magazine Photo SignedEst. $75-$125

NORMAN MAILER - Franklin Library 1st, Signed: Norman Mailer. His book, Tough Guys Don’t Dance, Franklin Library First Edition, 1984, signed on the first blank page. The book is full leather boards with a distinct cover design in ornate

0356: NORMAN MAILER - Franklin Library 1st, SignedEst. $100-$175Lot Passed

Author LARRY McMURTRY - "Lonesome Dove", Signed 1st Ed: Larry McMurtry (1936- ) Author. McMurtry’s novels include Horseman, Pass By (1962), The Last Picture Show (1966) and Terms of Endearment (1975), which were adapted into films earning 26 Academy

0357: Author LARRY McMURTRY - "Lonesome Dove", Signed 1st EdEst. $750-$1,200Lot Passed

Playwright ARTHUR MILLER - "Death of a Salesman" Signed: Arthur Miller (1915-2005) Playwright. . Miller is considered one of the greatest American playwrights of the 20th century. His best known plays include All My Sons, A View from the Bridge, The

0358: Playwright ARTHUR MILLER - "Death of a Salesman" SignedEst. $650-$1,000Lot Passed

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Civil War Author ROBERT HENRY NEWELL - AQS: Robert Henry Newell (Orpheus C. Kerr) 1836-1901) Humorist, author. Newell, during the civil war, wrote a series of satirical articles using the pseudonym Orpheus C. Kerr, commenting on the war and

0359: Civil War Author ROBERT HENRY NEWELL - AQSEst. $75-$125

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Author JAMES PARTON - Autograph Quote Signed: James Parton (1822-1891) British-born author. Parton was the most popular biographer of his day in America. Parton's nonfiction combined elements of novel writing, which made his books quite popular.

0360: Author JAMES PARTON - Autograph Quote SignedEst. $75-$125

Author WALTER PERCY - Franklin 1st Ed, Signed: Walker Percy (1916-1990) Author. Percy is known for his philosophical novels set in and around New Orleans, Louisiana, the first of which, The Moviegoer, won the U.S. National Book Award for Fiction.

0361: Author WALTER PERCY - Franklin 1st Ed, SignedEst. $100-$175Lot Passed

Author BELVA PLAIN - Her Book, Signed: Belva Plain (1915-2010) Author. Plain’s first novel, Evergreen (1978) topped the New York Times bestseller list for 41 weeks and was made into a television miniseries. At her death, there were over

0362: Author BELVA PLAIN - Her Book, SignedEst. $50-$75Lot Passed

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Author KATHERINE ANNE PORTER - Her Book, Signed: Katherine Anne Porter (1890-1980) Author. Porter's first volume of stories, Flowering Judas (1930), impressed critics, won a Guggenheim fellowship that allowed her to study abroad. Her 1962 novel

0363: Author KATHERINE ANNE PORTER - Her Book, SignedEst. $100-$175

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The Written Word Autographs

Tamworth, NH, United States

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Terms of Sale The auction will be a two-day sale, beginning at 5:00 PM (Eastern Time) on Friday, September 29, 2017 and concluding on Saturday, September 30, 2017 beginning at 10:00 AM (Eastern Time). The auction may be delayed at the discretion of the auctioneer. The on-line Invaluable and Liveauctioneer componens are an important part of this auction. Failure to connect with Invaluable will be deemed a reason to delay the start of this auction. Bidders may participate in this auction through Invaluable?s or Liveauctioneer?s live auction service. To utilize this service you must pre-register with Invaluable or Liveauctioneer at least 24 hours before the auction. This catalog will be on their sites in March. Please Invaluable to register and be assigned a user name and password. You may purchase any lot being auction EARLY and end the auction for that item. You must agree to pay the high estimate plus the buyer premium and there can be no earlier bids on the lot. Call or email if you wish to exercise this option. We will be pleased to contact you by phone from our office if you want to participate in the auction live. We are unable to accept incoming calls but we would be pleased to have a representative contact you on the day of the auction before lots in which you are interested are offered. Please call us early and not later than two hours before the auction to reserve a phone line for this service. We will not display bids on our web site nor will it be possible to bid through our web site during the auction. Consignors may not bid on their own material nor have others bid on their behalf. All bidders will be registered and must attest that they will not engage in ?shill? bidding (bidding to increase the price without any intention of buying the lot). Violators of these provisions will be exempted from this auction and will be prohibited from ever bidding in future Written Word Autographs auctions. The winner will always be the high bidder. Lots will not be reopened after the hammer for any reason. Bids will not be accepted for any amount less the stated opening bid for any lot. Please be aware that most lots carry a reserve beneath which the lot will riot be sold. The starting bid is always equal to or less than the consignor's reserve.