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H.L. MENCKEN AUTOGRAPH

Henry Louis "H. L." Mencken (September 12, 1880, Baltimore – January 29, 1956, Baltimore, Maryland), was an American journalist, essayist, magazine editor, satirist, acerbic critic of American life and culture, and a student of American English. Known as the "Sage of Baltimore", he is regarded as one of the most influential American writers and prose stylists of the first half of the 20th century. Mencken is perhaps best remembered today for The American Language, a multi-volume study of how the English language is spoken in the United States, and for his satirical reporting on the Scopes trial, which he named the "Monkey" trial. Works by H.L. Mencken: George Bernard Shaw: His Plays (1905) The Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche (1907) The Artist: A Drama Without Words (1912) A Book of Burlesques (1916) A Little Book in C Major (1916) The Creed of a Novelist (1916) Pistols for Two (1917) A Book of Prefaces (1917) In Defense of Women (1917) Damn! A Book of Calumny (1918) The American Language (1919) Prejudices (1919–27) First Series (1919) Second Series (1920) Third Series (1922) Fourth Series (1924) Fifth Series (1926) Sixth Series (1927) Selected Prejudices (1927) The Hills of Zion (1925) Notes on Democracy (1926) Libido for the Ugly (1927) Menckeneana: A Schimpflexikon (ed) (1928) On Politics: A Carnival of Buncombe (1920-1936) Treatise on the Gods (1930) Making a President (1932) Treatise on Right and Wrong (1934) Happy Days, 1880–1892 (1940) Newspaper Days, 1899–1906 (1941) Heathen Days, 1890–1936 (1943) 1948. A Mencken Chrestomathy. 1965. The American Scene (Huntington Cairns, ed). 1991. The Impossible H. L. Mencken: A Selection Of His Best Newspaper Stories (Marion Elizabeth Rodgers, ed). 1994. A Second Chrestomathy. 2007. A Religious Orgy in Tennessee A Reporter's Account of the Scopes Monkey Trial.

Original H.L. Mencken Autograph, signed on H.L. Mencken 704 Cathedral St. Baltimore Stationary. Dated Feb. 24 '31. Approx. Size 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches. Also included is a Cigar Band from a smoked cigar from H.L. Mencken. Regular Price - $ 275.00 / Sale Price - $ 195.00.

IRVING STONE AUTOGRAPHED FLY LEAF

Irving Stone (July 14, 1903 San Francisco, California – August 26, 1989) was an American writer known for his biographical novels of famous historical personalities. Some of Stone's important works in this category include: Lust for Life (1934) - based on the life of Vincent van Gogh They Also Ran (1944, updated 1966) - based on candidates who were defeated for U.S. President Adversary in the House (1947) - based on the life of Eugene V. Debs and his wife Kate, who opposed socialism The Passionate Journey (1949) - based on the life of John Noble Immortal Wife (1944) - based on the life of Jessie Benton Frémont Love is Eternal (1954) - based on the marriage of Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd Men to Match My Mountains - based on the opening of the Far West, 1840 - 1900 The Agony and the Ecstasy - (1961) - based on the life of Michelangelo The Passions of the Mind (1971) - based on the life of Sigmund Freud The Greek Treasure (1975) - based on the discovery of Troy by Heinrich Schliemann The Origin (1980) - based on the life of Charles Darwin Depths of Glory (1985) - based on the life of Camille Pissarro For the Defense - based on the life of Clarence Darrow Those Who Love - based on the life of John Adams and Abigail Adams Sailor on Horseback - based on the life of Jack London. In 1956, a popular film version was made of Lust for Life, based on Stone's 1934 novel, starring Kirk Douglas as Van Gogh. Stone's main source for Lust for Life, as noted in the afterword, was Van Gogh's letters to his brother Theo. It seems probable that Eugene Debs' letters to and from his own brother Theo provided a foundation for Adversary in the House. Stone additionally did much of his research "in the field". For example, he spent many years living in Italy while working on The Agony and the Ecstasy. The Italian government lauded Stone with several honorary awards during this period for his cultural achievements highlighting Italian history. When at home, Stone relied upon the research facilities and expertise made available to him by Esther Euler, head research librarian of the University of California at Los Angeles, to whom he dedicated and thanked, in addition to many others, in several of his works. In the 1960s, Stone received an honorary Doctorate of Letters from the University of Southern California, where he had previously earned a Masters Degree from the College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences. Stone enjoyed a long marriage to his wife and editor on many of his works, Jean Stone. The Stones lived primarily in Los Angeles, California. During their lifetime, Stone and his wife funded a foundation to support charitable causes they believed in. Original Irving Stone Autograph, signed on a fly leaf. Approx. Size 5 3/4 x 9 1/4 inches. Regular Price - $ 175.00 / Sale Price - $ 125.00.

LUCY MAUD MONTGOMERY AUTOGRAPHED PHOTO

Lucy Maud Montgomery, (always called "Maud" by family and friends) and publicly known as L. M. Montgomery, (1874–April 24, 1942) was a Canadian author, best known for a series of novels beginning with Anne of Green Gables, published in 1908. Anne of Green Gables was an immediate success. The central character, Anne, an orphaned girl, made Montgomery famous in her lifetime and gave her an international following. The first novel was followed by a series of sequels with Anne as the central character. The novels became the basis for the highly acclaimed 1985 CBC television miniseries, Anne of Green Gables and several other television movies and programs, including Road to Avonlea, which ran in Canada and the U.S. from 1990-1996. Novels by Lucy Maud Montgomery: Anne of Green Gables (1908), Anne of Avonlea (1909) (sequel to Anne of Green Gables), Kilmeny of the Orchard (1910), The Story Girl (1911), The Golden Road (1913) (sequel to The Story Girl), Anne of the Island (1915) (sequel to Anne of Avonlea), Anne's House of Dreams (1917) (sequel to Anne of Windy Poplars), Rainbow Valley (1919) (sequel to Anne of Ingleside), Rilla of Ingleside (1921) (sequel to Rainbow Valley), Emily of New Moon (1923), Emily Climbs (1925) (sequel to Emily of New Moon), The Blue Castle (1926), Emily's Quest (1927) (sequel to Emily Climbs), Magic for Marigold (1929), A Tangled Web (1931), Pat of Silver Bush (1932), Mistress Pat (1935) (sequel to Pat of Silver Bush), Anne of Windy Willows (1936) (sequel to Anne of the Island), Jane of Lantern Hill (1937), and Anne of Ingleside (1939) (sequel to Anne's House of Dreams). Short story collections: Chronicles of Avonlea (1912), Further Chronicles of Avonlea(1920), The Road to Yesterday (1974), The Doctor's Sweetheart (1979), Akin to Anne: Tales of Other Orphans (1988), Along the Shore: Tales by the Sea (1989), Among the Shadows: Tales from the Darker Side (1990), After Many Days: Tales of Time Passed (1991), Against the Odds: Tales of Achievement (1991), At the Altar: Matrimonial Tales (1994), Across the Miles: Tales of Correspondence (1995), and Christmas with Anne and Other Holiday Stories (1995). Poetry: The Poetry of Lucy Maud Montgomery (1887) and The Watchman & Other Poems (1916). Non-fiction: Courageous Women (1934) (with Marian Keith and Mabel Burns McKinley). Original Lucy Maud Montgomery Autographed Photo (black & white), approx. size 3 x 4 5/8 inches. Regular Price - $ 650.00 / Sale Price - $ 495.00.

DAN BEARD AUTOGRAPHED LETTER

Daniel Carter "Uncle Dan" Beard (June 21, 1850– June 11, 1941) was an American illustrator, author, and social reformer who founded the Sons of Daniel Boone in 1905, which Beard later merged with the Boy Scouts of America (BSA). He merged his organization into the Boy Scouts of America when it was founded in 1910. Beard became one of the first National Scout Commissioners of the Boy Scouts and served it for 30 years. The work of both Beard and Ernest Thompson Seton are in large part the basis of the Traditional Scouting movement. Beard also helped his sister organize the Camp Fire Girls and became president of the Camp Fire Club of America. Beard was a Freemason in a New York Lodge, and an award for Masonic Scouters has been named in his honor. Beard was also involved with the Culver Academies' summer camp program for many years, which used his "Sons of Daniel Boone" program. This program still exists as the Academy's Culver Woodcraft Camp. Prior to the establishment of the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award, Dan Beard was recipient of the first and only "gold Eagle badge" awarded at the Second National Training Conference of Scout Executives held in 1922 in Blue Ridge, North Carolina. Beard died on June 11, 1941, at his home (named Brooklands) in Suffern, New York. He was buried near his home at the Brick Church Cemetery in Spring Valley, New York. The Daniel Carter Beard Bridge, which carries I-471 across the Ohio River, was named for him. A life-size bronze statue of Daniel Carter Beard and Boy Scout, created by world-renowned sculptor Kenneth Bradford, stands in Covington, Kentucky near his boyhood home, now a National Historic Landmark. At the Philmont Scout Ranch in the Northern Region, there is a staffed campsite named after him. At that campsite scouts work on low impact camping and participate in team building activities. The campsite is also on the edge of the Valle Vidal, and much vegetation around it is burned down due to many fires. The J.H.S. 189 Daniel Carter Beard School in Flushing, New York carries his name, also a park near by the school also has the same name. The more camping-intensive half of the Forestburg Scout Camp in Forestburg, NY is named after Dan Beard.

Original Dan Beard Autographed Letter, typed on The Dan Beard Outdoor School Letterhead. Headquarters: 87 Bowne Avenue Flushing, Long Island. Typed on Letter: March 5, 1920. Mr. William H. Rice, 1562 Broadway, New York City. My dear Mr. Rice: Many thanks for clipping and kind words. Very truly yours, Dan Beard.

Printed on the back of the Dan Beard Letter. Approx. Size 8 1/2 x 11 inches. The top right corner of the letter is torn with a small piece missing(shown in photo). Regular Price - $ 525.00 / Sale Price - $ 395.00.

CORNELIUS WEYGANDT AUTOGRAPHED FLY LEAF

Cornelius Weygandt was born December 13, 1871 in Germantown (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), the son of Cornelius Nolen Weygandt and Lucy Elmaker Thomas. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1891. He worked as a reporter for the Philadelphia Record, 1892-1893 and then for the Philadelphia Evening Telegraph, 1893-1897. In 1897 he joined the Department of English at the University of Pennsylvania as Instructor. In 1901 Weygandt received his Ph.D. writing his dissertation on the "Tendencies in Contemporary Poetry," and in 1931 Weygandt received an Litt.D. His career at the University continued until his retirement in 1953. Weygandt authored over eighteen books. He married Sara Matlack Roberts. They had two children, Cornelius Nolen Weygandt and Ann Matlack Weygandt. He died in 1957. Original Cornelius Weygandt Autograph, signed on a Fly Leaf. Approx. Size 5 1/4 x 8 inches. Regular Price - $ 95.00 / Sale Price - $ 45.00.

ROSE G. KINGSLEY AUTOGRAPHED FLY LEAF

Rose G. Kingsley was an Author. Books by Rose G. Kingsley: Eversley Gardens and Others, Roses and Rose Growing, and South by West. Original Rose G. Kingsley Autograph, signed on a Fly Leaf. Typed out on fly leaf: My dear H.C.L.- In the words of one of our friends, "This aint no Christmas gift; it's an execudation and trajectory of Good Will." You always ask for an inscription in a gift book. That which I might write would detract from its merit as a piece of literature, so there "won't be none." But inscribed on the auricles and vertricles of my heart are the memories of all that your friendship means to me, and I hope that it may not require the services of a surgeon to reveal my appreciation to your eyes. You may not read the book, but you will read this, and I wish I were equally sure that you will not be disappointed. Anyhow, it gives me the opportunity of saying to you "A Merry Christmas and Much Happiness and Prosperity for the New Year." You will never get all you deserve. Christmas 1915 Rose G. Kingsley. Regular Price - $ 95.00 / Sale Price - $ 45.00.

PERRY BURGESS AUTOGRAPHED BOOK PLATE

Perry Burgess was an Author. Books by Perry Burgess: Lepers and Leprosy, You Walk Alone, Who Would Walk Alone, Born of Those Years, and Born of Those Years: Autobiography. Original Perry Burgess Autographed Book Plate. Approx. Size 3 1/2 x 5 inches. Printed on Book Plate: This book is presented to Frederic A. Potts one of the friends of those who walk alone. In appreciation for interesting others in the warfare against Hansen's Disease, the world's age old scourge. Hand signed Perry Burgess. Regular Price - $ 95.00 / Sale Price - $ 45.00.

FRANK CASE AUTOGRAPHED FLY LEAF

Frank Case was an American hotelier and author. He owned and managed the Algonquin Hotel during the heyday of the Algonquin Round Table and wrote a number of books about his experiences with the hotel and the Round Tablers. Case worked at the Algonquin from the time it opened in 1902. It was Case who came up with the hotel's name. The original owner had wanted to call it "The Puritan." In 1907 Case took over the lease and became manager, eventually buying the hotel in 1927 for $1,000,000. He remained owner and manager of the Algonquin until his death in 1946. In a live appearance on the Royal Gelatine Hour radio show on June 17, 1937, Case told Rudy Valee that he grew up in Buffalo, New York and learned his hotelier skills at the Genesee Hotel there: he had to stay up all night by roaming the hotel on roller skates. Case was married twice. His first wife, Caroline Eckert Case, died in 1908 giving birth to the couple's second child, a boy named Carroll. Nine years following Caroline's death, Case remarried, a woman he referred to as "Hebe" in his books. Case's elder child was the author Margaret Case Harriman, who among other books wrote a memoir of the Algonquin Round Table entitled The Vicious Circle. His son, Carroll, married actress Josephine Dunn, with whom he would remain until his death in 1978. Original Frank Case Autograph, signed on a Fly Leaf from the Book Tales of a Wayward Inn. Hand written on Fly Leaf: For Wilson Potter. A great Arctic sportsman Frank Case. Approx. Size 4 3/4 x 8 1/2 inches. Regular Price - $ 65.00 / Sale Price - $ 25.00.

THOMAS CURTIS CLARKE AUTOGRAPH

Thomas Curtis Clarke was an Author. Book by Thomas Curtis Clarke: The America Railway. Original Thomas Curtis Clarke Autograph, hand signed on The Christian Century A Hournal of Religion 440 South Dearborn St., Chicago Stationary. Hand written: For Frank Tricker Thomas Curtis Clarke. Also included is a Cigar Band from a Cigar smoked by Thomas Curtis Clarke. Approx. Size 5 3/8 x 8 3/8 inches. Regular Price - $ 55.00 / Sale Price - $ 19.99.

MARY ELLEN CHASE AUTOGRAPHED BOOK PLATE

Mary Ellen Chase (February 24, 1887 in Blue Hill, Maine, USA - July 28, 1973 in Northampton, Massachusetts) was a teacher, scholar, and writer. Chase received a Ph.D. in English from the University of Minnesota where she served as an assistant professor from 1922 to 1926. She taught at Smith College from 1926 until her retirement in 1955. She wrote more than 30 books, many using her cherished Maine heritage as the setting, capturing the unique spirit and chronicling a way of life for generations. Her most famous of these works include Mary Peters, Silas Crockett, Windswept, and Edge of Darkness. Chase was one of the most important regional literary figures of the early twentieth century. She stood as one of the leading writers of her era. Original Mary Ellen Chase Autographed Book Plate, mounted on a Fly Leaf. Approx. Size of Book Plate 3 1/4 x 4 1/8 inches, approx. size of fly leaf 5 3/8 x 7 3/4 inches. Regular Price - $ 145.00 / Sale Price - $ 85.00.

COREY FORD AUTOGRAPH

Corey Ford (April 29, 1902-July 27, 1969) was an American humorist, author, outdoorsman, and screenwriter. Ford is best remembered as the person who named Eustace Tilley, the dandyish, top-hatted symbol of The New Yorker magazine. According to Ford's memoir, The Time of Laughter, the last name came from a maiden aunt and he chose the first name "for euphony." However, it appears that he may also have taken "Eustace" from Eustace L. Taylor, a Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity brother from his alma mater, Columbia. In 1952, Ford moved to Hanover, New Hampshire, home of Dartmouth College, where he became an honorary member of the Class of 1921. His connection with Dartmouth lay mainly in his relationships with students. He was an advisor to Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity and to several student publications. In addition, he helped to organize the Dartmouth College Rugby Football Club and opened a gym in his home near the campus for students interested in boxing. When he died in 1969, he left most of his estate, including his house, to the rugby club with instructions to use the money to build a clubhouse for the team. After many years of political and legal wrangling, the 6,000 square foot Corey Ford Rugby Clubhouse was completed and dedicated in September, 2005. Ford's published works include: Three Rousing Cheers for the Rollo Boys, The Gazelle's Ears, Meaning No Offense, Salt Water Taffy, The John Riddell Murder Case, Coconut Oil, In The Worst Possible Taste, From The Ground Up, Short Cut To Tokyo, War Below Zero, Cloak and Dagger, The Last Time I Saw Them, Horse of Another Color, A Man Of His Own, How To Guess Your Age, The Office Party, Every Dog Should Have A Man, Never Say Diet, Has Anybody Seen Me Lately?, You Can Always Tell A Fisherman(but can't tell him much), The Day Nothing Happened, Guide To Thinking, What Every Bachelor Knows, Minutes of the Lower Forty, And How Do We Feel This Morning?, Uncle Perk's Jug, A Peculiar Service, Where The Sea Breaks Its Back, The Time of Laughter, and Donovan of OSS, 1970 (posthumously). Original Corey Ford Autograph, signed on cut paper. Approx. Size 2 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches. Hand written on cut paper: Dear Mr. Tricker, I don't smoke cigars, but here are some ashes from one of my pipes. Corey Ford. We will include the pipe ashes. Regular Price - $ 165.00 / Sale Price - $ 95.00.

JEFFERY FARNOL AUTOGRAPH

John Jeffery Farnol (February 10, 1878 – August 9, 1952), was an English author, known for his many romantic novels, some formulaic and set in the English Regency period, and swashbucklers. He with Georgette Heyer founded the Regency romantic genre; one of his first books, The Broad Highway, has been issued in a version edited by Barbara Cartland. He was born in Aston, Birmingham, and brought up in London and Kent. He attended the Westminster Art School, after he had lost his job in a Birmingham metal-working firm. In 1900, he married Blanche Hawley, daughter of the noted New York scenic artist Hughson Hawley; they moved to the United States, where he found work as a scene painter. The success of his early novels led Farnol to become a professional writer; he returned to England around 1910, and settled on the south coast. He produced around 40 novels and volumes of stories, and some non-fiction and children's books. He died after a long battle with cancer. His last book was completed by his second wife Phyllis (nee Clarke), whom he had married in 1938. Works by Jeffery Farnol: My Lady Caprice (1907), The Broad Highway (1910), The Money Moon (1911), Chronicles of the Imp (1912) [Reissue of: My Lady Caprice], The Honourable Mr. Tawnish (1913), The Amateur Gentleman (1913), Beltane the Smith (1915), The Definite Object (1917), Our Admirable Betty (1918), The Geste of Duke Jocelyn (1919), Black Bartlemy's Treasure (1920), Martin Conisby's Vengeance (1921), Peregrine's Progress (1922), Sir John Dering (1923), The Loring Mystery (1925), High Adventure (1926), Gyfford of Weare (1928), The Shadow (1929), Another Day (1929), Over the Hills (1930), A Jade of Destiny (1931), Charmian Lady Vibart (1932), Voices from the Dust (1932), The Way Beyond (1933), Winds of Fortune (1934), John o'the Green (1935), Portrait of a Gentleman in Colours (1935), A Pageant of Victory (1936), A Book for Jane (1937), The Crooked Furrow (1937), The Lonely Road (1938), The Happy Harvest (1939), A New Book for Jane (1939), Adam Penfeather, Buccaneer (1940), A Matter of Business and other stories (1940), Murder by Nail (1942) [US Title: Valley of the Night], The King Liveth (1943), The Piping Times (1945), Heritage Perilous (1946), Most Sacred of All (1948), My Lord of Wrybourne (1948) [US Title: Most Sacred of All], The Fool Beloved (1949), The Ninth Earl (1950), The Glad Summer (1951), Waif of the River (1952), and Justice by Midnight (1955). Original Jeffery Farnol Autograph, signed on Pink Cut Paper. Approx. Size 3 1/4 x 5 3/8 inches. Hand written: Yours sincerely Jeffery Farnol. Also include is a Cigar Band from one of Jeffery Farnol's Cigars. Regular Price - $ 75.00 / Sale Price - $ 35.00.

LOUIS JOSEPH VANCE AUTOGRAPH

Louis Joseph Vance (September 19, 1879–December 16, 1933) was an American novelist, born in Washington, D. C., and educated in the preparatory department of the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute. He wrote short stories and verse after 1901, then composed many popular novels. His character "Michael Lanyard", also known as "The Lone Wolf", was featured in eight books and 24 films between 1917 and 1949, and also appeared in radio and television series. Vance was separated from his wife (whom he married in 1898 and by whom he had a son the next year) when he was found dead in a burnt armchair inside his New York apartment; a cigarette had ignited some benzene (used for cleaning his clothes or for his broken jaw) that he had on his body and he was intoxicated at the time. He had recently returned from the West Indies, where he gathered material for a new book. The death was ruled accidental. Original Louis Joseph Vance Autograph, signed on Cut Paper. Approx. Size 3 x 4 1/8 inches. Regular Price - $ 90.00 / Sale Price - $ 40.00.

KATHERINE MAYO AUTOGRAPH

Katherine Mayo was born in 1867 in Ridgway, Pennsylvania, Katherine Mayo traveled the world with her heiress friend, researching for her books. As a social historian, she wrote books on what she felt were important issues, like the lack of a state police force in New York in Justice for All, and the question of India's independence in Mother India. Mayo died in 1940. Katherine Mayo was born in Ridgway, Pennsylvania to James H. and Harriet Mayo. She had a private education in Cambridge and Boston, where she lived for five years. Later, she went to live with her father in Dutch Guiana for eight years. Her first work was published in Life magazine in 1892. She also contributed to an article in the New York Evening Post in 1894. Supposedly she used a pseudonym, Katherine Prence, for some of her publications. In 1899, she traveled to Dutch Guiana with her father and stayed their for eight years. She later wrote about her time in Guiana in her first articles that appeared in the New York Post. Mayo also began to write about the Guiana for the Atlantic Monthly and Scribner's Magazine. She also collective indigenous people's relics and insects to sell to institutions. Mayo then spent some time as a researcher and historian, helping Oswald Garrison Villard of the New York Evening Post prepare John Brown in 1910. Villard became her mentor and greatly influenced her to become a social reformer. Now, when Mayo began to do research for a new article, it quickly turned into a cause. In 1910, Mayo also met M. Moyca Newell, a wealthy heiress. The two became life-long friends, with Newell providing the money necessary for Mayo's writing projects. The two women traveled the globe to research the facts for Mayo's reform books. Mayo began her first social reform book, Justice For All, in 1913 when a paymaster was murdered on Newell's estate in Bedford Hills, New York. The book was published in 1917, and was a historical look at the Pennsylvania State Police. The book was so influential that is crediting with helping to start the foundations of the New York State police, and even Theodore Roosevelt contributed to the introduction of the book. Mayo also wrote two other books on the topic, The Standard Bearers (1918) and Mounted Justice (1922). Mayo then took on the YMCA in 1920, with the book That Damn Y. She followed in 1925 with The Islands of Fear which was published as a serial in the New York Times. Mayo had gone to the Philippines with Newell to research, and the book illustrated her opposition to the independence of the islands. This book set the tone for her most famous work, Mother India. Like her later work, the book was written in a sensationalized, almost muckraking style. Mother India (1927) described Mayo's belief that India was not ready for independence either. She based her criticisms on child marriage, young pregnancy and what she thought was the exploitation of women. The matter was greatly sensationalized (something which Mayo herself admitted in an interview) and was not well received by many groups of people. The book was burned in India (along with her effigy) and New York City, and Mahatma Gandhi denounced the book as untruthful. It wasn't just native Indians who found her books distasteful, as there were many protesters in America and England. Much of the criticism of Mother India came from the fact that Mayo was an outsider, and there were several works written in response, like Father India by C.S Iyer Ranga. While Mayo's research was done first hand, by interviews with officials and reviews of debates from the legislature, many authors suggested that because she was not part of the culture she could not completely understand the system. Furthermore, she was accused of painting India in a bad light, and then not providing a truly viable solution to the problem. Despite the criticism, however, the minimum age for marriage was raised to 14 for girls and 18 for boys after the release of her book. Mayo's next three books Slaves of the Gods (1929), Volume II (1931), and The Face of Mother India (1935) never achieved the fame of her original book on India. She also wrote two other books before her death Soldiers What Next! (1934) discussed American volunteers, and General Washington's Dilemma about the Revolutionary War. However, after the release of Mother India, Mayo's other books were overlooked. Mayo died in Newell's home in 1940 after a long disease. She continued her work even to her deathbed, and was working on a book on the international narcotics trade when she finally succumbed. Original Katherine Mayo Autograph, signed on Cut Card Stock. Approx. Size 3 1/8 x 5 inches. Regular Price - $ 145.00 / Sale Price - $ 85.00.

DONALD HENDERSON CLARKE AUTOGRAPHED NOTE

Donald Henderson Clarke was born August 24, 1887 in South Hadley Massachusetts - Died March 27, 1958 in Delray Beach Florida. Donald Henderson Clarke was an author. Works by Donald Henderson Clarke: "Lux Video Theatre" (1 episode, 1956) ... aka Summer Video Theatre (USA: summer title), - Millie's Daughter (1956) TV episode (novel), Millie's Daughter (1947) (novel), The Ghost Ship (1943) (writer), The Housekeeper's Daughter (1939) (story), The Women Men Marry (1937) (writer), Female (1933) (story) (as Donald Henderson Clark), Impatient Maiden (1932) (novel "The Impatient Virgin"), Millie (1931) (novel),and Born Reckless (1930) (novel "Louis Beretti"). Original Donald Henderson Clarke Autographed Note, hand written on Donald Henderson Clarke Stationary. Written: P.O. Box 121, West Hampton Beach, NY. My dear Mr. Shutter: I haven't any photographs, and if I had I don't think they'd be very decorative. Good Luck to you. Donald Henderson Clarke. Mr. Joseph Shutter October 11, 1932. Approx. Size 7 x 10 inches. Regular Price - $ 79.00 / Sale Price - $ 35.00.

JAN STRUTHER AUTOGRAPHED FLY LEAF

Jan Struther was the pen name of Joyce Anstruther, later Joyce Maxtone Graham and finally Joyce Placzek (June 6, 1901 – July 20, 1953), an English writer remembered for her character Mrs. Miniver and a number of hymns, including "Lord of All Hopefulness" and "When a Knight Won His Spurs". She was the daughter of Henry Torrens Anstruther and spent her childhood in Whitchurch in Buckinghamshire, England, and her ashes are buried in the family grave in the village churchyard. In the 1940s Struther was a frequent guest panelist on the popular American radio quiz show Information Please, where she provided a warm and witty presence. She was one of the few women panelists to appear repeatedly on the program. In a possibly apocryphal story by fellow panelist Oscar Levant, Struther's appearances on the show stopped abruptly after she answered a question by referring to Agatha Christie's book Ten Little Niggers, which was the original British title of the book Ten Little Indians (later retitled And Then There Were None). Struther was supposedly so hurt and surprised by the backlash to her reference that she refused to appear on the show again. She is the subject of a biography, The Real Mrs. Miniver, written by her granddaughter, Ysenda Maxtone Graham. She is the great-aunt of Ian Maxtone-Graham, former co-executive producer of The Simpsons. Original Jan Struther Autograph, signed on a Fly Leaf. Approx. Size 4 3/4 x 8 inches. Regular Price - 180.00 / Sale Price - $ 125.00.

AUGUSTA J. EVANS WILSON AUTOGRAPH

Augusta J. Evans Wilson was an American Novelist. Augusta opened a private hospital during the American Civil War for the Confederate Wounded. Books written by Augusta J. Evans: Beulah, Macaria, St. Elmo, A Southern Woman of Letters: The Correspondence of Augusta Jane Evans Wilson, At the Mercy of Tiberius and Inez: A Tale of the Alamo. Original Augusta J. Evans Wilson Autograph, signed on Autograph Paper. Autograph of Augusta J. Evans Wilson Mobile Alabama Date September 15th 1875. Approx. Size 2 5/8 x 3 7/8 inches. Regular Price - $ 95.00 / Sale Price - $ 45.00.

JULIA SCOVILLE BARRY AUTOGRAPHED LETTER

Original Hand Written Letter (written in pencil) Autographed by Alice Scoville Barry. Approx. Size 8 1/2 x 11 inches. Written: Dear Mr. Oakley, - I never told you how much I appreciated your beautifully written tribute to Father. The loss seems so great at the time that one wonders how others can go on living as though nothing has happened! A tribute like that from the lunmates shows that others are not going on as though nothing has happened. It is very heart - warming to have that tangible sign of affection for him. Thank you. -------- Do, please, choose something of Father's books which will mean something to you. And if there are those which the like or any of his friends would welcome as gifts, we want them to have them, so please choose them. Sincerely Alice Scoville Barry. Regular Price - $ 75.00 / Sale Price - $ 35.00.

JULIA SCOTT VROOMAN AUTOGRAPH LETTER & ENVELOPE

Julia Scott Vrooman died at the age of 104, in the same home she was born in on Oct 4, 1876. She lived and travel from Bloomington to Washington D.C., England, France and Italy. Her husband of 69 years, Carl Vrooman, was U.S. Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, under President Wilson, from 1914 to 1919. Julia accompanied her husband to Europe during WWI. While he was about his business, she would visit our troops, sometimes at the front lines, with her band the Vrooman jazz band. During her life time she was noted as the "most vivacious hostess" during president Wilson's administration. Julia's noted whole wheat bread recipe was tasted and praised everywhere, including in Appalachia for the poor, and a loaf to Queen Elizabeth. She sold the bread at 25 cents and the proceeds went to the Salvation Army. Her mother Julia and Aunt Letitia started the DAR. Aunt Letitia's husband was Vice president Adlai Stevenson, 1896, under President Cleveland. Elenor Roosevelt was a friend. Julia's home became a hospital during the flu epidemic during WWI, and housed soldiers and their families during WWII that were attending Illinois Wesleyan University.

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ENVELOPE THIS LETTER WAS MAILED IN. THE LETTER IS WRITTEN ON THE SHOREHAM WASHINGTON, DC. STATIONARY. ENVELOPE IS DATE JUNE 9 1932 - DETROIT, MICHIGAN. REGULAR PRICE - $ 105.00 / SALE PRICE - $ 45.00.