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Maurice Bernard Sendak was born June 10, 1928. Maurice is an American writer and illustrator of children's literature who is best known for his book Where the Wild Things Are, published in 1963. Where the Wild Things Are is a 1963 children's picture book by American writer Maurice Sendak, originally published by Harper & Row. The book is about the wild adventure of a boy named Max who is sent to his room without his supper by his mother as punishment for misbehaving. Max wears a distinctive wolf costume during his adventures and encounters various strange creatures, the "wild things". As a 20 paged children's book, the book is generally regarded as a masterpiece of American illustrated children's literature. A film adaptation of the book was filmed by Spike Jonze after many years of development troubles, set to be released October 16 2009. Original Maurice Sendak Autograph, signed on a page from the book Where the Wild Things Are. Approx. size 9 x 9 3/4 inches. Regular Price - $ 495.00 / Sale Price - $ 295.00.

During his career as a celebrity American artist and author, Percy Crosby crusaded against corruption and stood up to the likes of Al Capone and his henchmen when American citizens were too frightened to speak out. He used his Irish humor and gift of satire to lampoon politicians, President Roosevelt, the Ku Klux Klan, and fought for civil liberties, child labor laws, rights of veterans, and freedom of the press. Although he made a profound impression with millions of Americans, primarily through Skippy, the loveable and mischievous cartoon character who became a household word, Percy Crosby was unable to prevent retaliation by those who coveted control of Skippy for their commercial gain, and wanted him silenced. Percy Crosby was falsely imprisoned in a New York mental hospital for the last 16 years of his life, following years of harassment by the IRS. He referred to this period of his life as a "political witch hunt". During this time, Crosby's famous Skippy trademark and its valuable goodwill was pirated by a bankrupt peanut butter company, which later merged with a Fortune 500 company, making a fortune in illicit sales under the Skippy brand name.

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Original Percy Crosby's Autograph, signed on Cut Paper. Approx. size 2 7/8 x 5 1/2 inches. Regular Price - $ 85.00 / Sale Price - $ 44.95.

Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), better known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American humanist, humorist, satirist, lecturer and writer. Twain is most noted for his novels Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, which has since been called the Great American Novel, and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. He is also known for his quotations. During his lifetime, Twain became a friend to presidents, artists, leading industrialists and European royalty. Twain enjoyed immense public popularity, and his keen wit and incisive satire earned him praise from both critics and peers. American author William Faulkner called Twain "the father of American literature." Twain used different pen names (pseudonyms or "noms de plume") before deciding on "Mark Twain". He signed humorous and imaginative sketches "Josh" until 1863. Additionally, he used the pen name "Thomas Jefferson Snodgrass" for a series of humorous letters. He maintained that his primary pen name came from his years working on Mississippi riverboats, where two fathoms, a depth indicating "safe water" for the boat to float over, was measured on the sounding line. A fathom is a maritime unit of depth, equivalent to two yards (six feet, approximately 1.8 metres); "twain" is an archaic term for "two". The riverboatman's cry was "mark twain" or, more fully, "by the mark twain", meaning "according to the mark [on the line], [the depth is] two [fathoms]", that is, "there are 12 feet of water under the boat and it is safe to pass". Twain claimed that his famous pen name was not entirely his invention. In Life on the Mississippi, he wrote: Captain Isaiah Sellers was not of literary turn or capacity, but he used to jot down brief paragraphs of plain practical information about the river, and sign them "MARK TWAIN," and give them to the New Orleans Picayune. They related to the stage and condition of the river, and were accurate and valuable; ... At the time that the telegraph brought the news of his death, I was on the Pacific coast. I was a fresh new journalist, and needed a nom de guerre; so I confiscated the ancient mariner's discarded one, and have done my best to make it remain what it was in his hands—a sign and symbol and warrant that whatever is found in its company may be gambled on as being the petrified truth; how I have succeeded, it would not be modest in me to say. Twain's version of the story regarding his nom de plume is not without detractors and has been called into question by biographer George Williams III, the Territorial Enterprise newspaper and Purdue University's Paul Fatout. These sources claim that "mark twain" refers to a running bar tab that Clemens would regularly incur while drinking at John Piper's saloon in Virginia City, Nevada.

Original Mark Twain(Samuel Langhorne Clemens) Autograph, signed on Cut paper. Approx. Size of Paper 1 1/2 x 3 1/4 inches. Regular Price - $ 1895.00 / Sale Price - $ 1295.00.

Howard Roger Garis, (25 April 1873, Binghamton, New York–6 November 1962, Amherst, Massachusetts) was an American author, best known for a series of books, published under his own name, that featured the character of Uncle Wiggily Longears, an engaging elderly rabbit. Garis also wrote many books for the Stratemeyer Syndicate under various pseudonyms. As Victor Appleton, he wrote about the enterprising Tom Swift; as Laura Lee Hope, he is generally credited with writing volumes 4–28 and 41 of the Bobbsey Twins; as Clarence Young, the Motor Boys series; as Lester Chadwick, the Great Marvel series and books featuring Baseball Joe; and as Marion Davidson, a number of books including several featuring the Camp Fire Girls. By virtue of his accessible characters and engaging plots, Garis was the one of the most influential children's authors of his day. Many of his books, especially the Uncle Wiggily books, are still widely read and are readily available over the internet.

Original Howard R. Garis "Uncle Wiggily" Autograph signed on Card Stock. Card Reads: For Frank Tricker Howard R. Garis "Uncle Wiggily" Rare Autograph-unavailable in current market. Approx. size 2 3/8 x 3 7/8 inches. Price - $ 495.00.

Edgar Rice Burroughs (September 1, 1875 – March 19, 1950) was an American author, best known for his creation of the jungle hero Tarzan, although he also produced works in many genres. At the time of the attack on Pearl Harbor he was a resident of Hawaii and, despite being in his late sixties, he asked for permission to be a war correspondent. This permission was granted and so he became the oldest war correspondent for the U.S. during World War II. After the war ended, Burroughs moved back to Encino, California, where, after many health problems, he died of a heart attack on March 19, 1950, having written almost seventy novels. The town of Tarzana, California was named after Tarzan. In 1919 Burroughs purchased a large ranch north of Los Angeles, California which he named "Tarzana". The citizens of the community that sprang up around the ranch voted to adopt that name when their town was incorporated in 1928. Burroughs also wrote popular science fiction/fantasy stories involving Earthly adventurers transported to various planets (notably Barsoom, Burroughs' fictional name for Mars), lost islands, and into the interior of the hollow earth in his Pellucidar stories, as well as westerns and historical romances. Along with All-Story, many of his stories were published in the Argosy Magazine.

Original Edgar Rice Burroughs Autographed Letter. Typed on Edgar Rice Burroughs Tarzana Ranch Reseda Califoria (Letterhead) : Dated February 10, 1931 Mr. Frank Tricker 5656 Beaumont Avenue West Philadelphia, Pa. My dear Mr. Tricker: It afford me a great deal of pleasure to append my autograph hereto for your collection. With Kindest regards, I am Very sincerely yours, (signed) Edgar Rice Burroughs P.S. I am sorry that the brand of cigars I smoke have no bands. Approx. size 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches. Regular Price - $ 2799.99 / Sale Price - $ 1995.00.

Joseph Crosby Lincoln, (born February 13, 1870 in Brewster, Massachusetts died March 10, 1944 in Winter Park, Florida) was an American author of novels, poems, and short stories, many set in a fictionalized Cape Cod. Lincoln's work frequently appeared in popular magazines like the Saturday Evening Post and The Delineator. Although Lincoln was aware of his contemporary naturalist writers like Frank Norris and Theodore Dreiser who used American literature to plumb the depths of human nature, he rejected this literary exercise. Lincoln claimed that he was satisfied "spinning yarns" that made readers feel good about themselves and their neighbors. Although Lincoln was born on Cape Cod, his mother moved the family to Chelsea, Massachusetts, a manufacturing city outside of Boston, after the death of Lincoln's father. Lincoln's literary career celebrating "old Cape Cod" can partly be seen as an attempt to return to an Eden from which he had been driven by family tragedy. Lincoln's literary portrayal of Cape Cod can also be understood as a premodern haven occupied by individuals of old Yankee stock which was offered to readers as an antidote to an America that was undergoing rapid modernization, urbanization, immigration, and industrialization. Lincoln was a Republican and a Universalist. Upon becoming successful, Lincoln spent his winters in northern New Jersey, near the center of the publishing world in Manhattan, but summered in Chatham, Massachusetts. In Chatham, Lincoln lived in a shingle-style house named "Crosstrees" that was located on a bluff overlooking the Atlantic Ocean.

Original Joseph C. Lincoln Autograph on Paper. Approx. size 3 1/4 x 5 5/8 inches. Regular Price - $ 199.99 / Sale Price - $ 95.99.

Helen Adams Keller (June 27, 1880 – June 1, 1968) was a deafblind American author, activist and lecturer. Keller went on to become a world famous speaker and author. She is remembered as an advocate for people with disabilities, as well as numerous causes. She was a suffragist, a pacifist, and a birth control supporter. In 1915 she founded Helen Keller International, a non-profit organization for preventing blindness. In 1920 she helped to found the ACLU. Keller and Anne Sullivan traveled all over the world to over 39 countries, and made several trips to Japan, becoming a favorite of the Japanese people. Helen Keller met every US President from Grover Cleveland to Lyndon B. Johnson and was friends with many famous figures including Alexander Graham Bell, Charlie Chaplin and Mark Twain. Helen Keller was a member of the Socialist Party and actively campaigned and wrote in support of the working classes from 1909 to 1921. She supported Socialist Party candidate Eugene V. Debs in each of his campaigns for the presidency. Her political views were reinforced by visiting workers. In her words, "I have visited sweatshops, factories, crowded slums. If I could not see it, I could smell it."

Orginal Helen Keller Autograph Signed in pencil on Card Stock. Helen has written: Cordiallly yours, Helen Keller Dated 1931. Approx. size 2 3/4 x 4 1/4 inches. Regular Price - $ 999.99 / Sale Price - $ 495.00.

George Ade (February 9, 1866 - May 16, 1944) was an American writer, newspaper columnist, and playwright. Ade's literary reputation rests upon his achievements as a great humorist of American character during an important era in American history: the first large wave of migration from the countryside to burgeoning cities like Chicago, where, in fact, Ade produced his best fiction. He was a practicing realist during the Age of (William Dean) Howells and a local colorist of Chicago and the Midwest. His work constitutes a vast comedy of Midwestern manners, and therefore, by logical extension, a comedy of American manners at a significant juncture in the development of indigenous American culture. Original George Ade Autographed Letter. George Ade's Signature is on The Belleview Biltmore Stationary ( Located in Belleair, Florida). Approx. size 6 x 9 3/8 inches. Regular Price - $ 259.99 / Sale Price - $ 175.99.

William James Durant (November 5, 1885–November 7, 1981) was an American philosopher, historian, and writer. He is best known for his authorship and co-authorship with his wife Ariel Durant of The Story of Civilization. More than twenty years after his death, Durant's quote of "A great civilization is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself from within" appeared as the opening title of Mel Gibson's film Apocalypto, comparing (in Gibson's opinion) the decline of the Mayan Empire to the United State's current political and cultural situations.

Original Will Durant Autographed Note, written on Will Durant 44 North Drive Great Neck, NY Stationary. Written: Good Wishes from Will Durant. Dated 3-11-31. Approx. size 6 1/4 x 8 1/2 inches. Regular Price - $ 399.99 / Sale Price - $ 199.99.

Newton Booth Tarkington (July 29, 1869–May 19, 1946) was an American novelist and dramatist best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning novels The Magnificent Ambersons and Alice Adams. Booth Tarkington was born in Indianapolis, the son of John S. Tarkington and Elizabeth Booth Tarkington. He was named after his maternal uncle Newton Booth, then the governor of California. He first attended Purdue University but graduated from Princeton University in 1893. While at Princeton he was editor of the Nassau Literary Magazine and formed the Princeton Triangle Club. He was also voted the most popular man in his class. When Tarkington's class graduated in 1893 he lacked sufficient credits for a degree at Princeton, where he attended classes for two years. His later achievements, however, won him an honorary A.M. in 1899 and an honorary Litt.D. in 1918. He was one of the most popular American novelists of his time, with The Two Vanrevels and Mary's Neck appearing on the annual best-seller lists nine times. Tarkington's best known work today is The Magnificent Ambersons, due in part to its famous treatment by Orson Welles in 1942 and its frequently favored listing on the Modern Library's list of top-100 novels. It was the second volume in Tarkington's Growth trilogy, which traced the growth of the United States through the decline of the once-powerful and aristocratic Amberson family dynasty, contrasted against the rise of industrial tycoons and "new money" families in the economic boom years after the Civil War leading up to World War I. Tarkington donated substantially to Purdue University and has been recognized for his philanthropy. Tarkington Hall, an all-men's residence hall at Purdue, is named in honor of him.

Original Booth Tarkington Autograph signed on Fly Leaf. Typed on Fly Leaf: Five hundred copies of the first edition of The Two Vanrevels have been specially bound with duplicate illustrations on vellum and each copy signed by the author. This is number 357. Approx. size 5 1/8 x 7 5/8 inches. Regular Price - $ 699.99 / Sale Price - $ 395.95.

Harriet Elizabeth Beecher Stowe (June 14, 1811 – July 1, 1896) was a white American abolitionist and novelist, whose Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852) attacked the cruelty of slavery; it reached millions as a novel and play, and became influential, even in Britain. It made the political issues of the 1850s regarding slavery tangible to millions, energizing anti-slavery forces in the North. It angered and embittered the South. The impact is summed up in a commonly quoted statement apocryphally attributed to Abraham Lincoln when he met Stowe, "So you're the little woman who wrote the book that started this great war!"

Original Harriet Beecher Stowe Autograph signed on a fly leaf. Typed above Autograph: The Author's Autograph, written specially for this edition a few months before her death. Approx. size 5 1/8 x 8 8 3/4 inches. Dated January 7th 1896 Regular Price - $ 1999.99 / Sale Price - $ 495.00.

Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, KBE (October 15, 1881 – February 14, 1975) (IPA: [wʊd.haʊs]) was an English comic writer who has enjoyed enormous popular success for more than seventy years. Wodehouse was an acknowledged master of English prose, admired both by contemporaries like Hilaire Belloc, Evelyn Waugh and Rudyard Kipling and by modern writers like Douglas Adams, Salman Rushdie, Christopher Hitchens and Terry Pratchett. Sean O'Casey famously called him "English literature's performing flea", a description that Wodehouse said he believed was "meant to be complimentary", and which he used as the title of a collection of his letters to a friend, Bill Townend. Best known today for the Jeeves and Blandings Castle novels and short stories, Wodehouse was also a talented playwright and lyricist who was part author and writer of fifteen plays and of 250 lyrics for some thirty musical comedies. He worked with Cole Porter on the musical Anything Goes and frequently collaborated with Jerome Kern and Guy Bolton. He wrote the lyrics for the hit song "Bill" in Show Boat.

Original P.G. Wodehouse Autographed Letter. Written on Letter: Dated April 12, 1931 Dear Mr. Tricker, I am so sorry, I mislaid your letter and have only just found it. I am afraid I can't manage a cigar band. I haven't been smoking cigars lately. P.G. Wodehouse P.s When I last smoked cigars, they were optinos, so get one, there and call it mine by proxy. Approx. size 5 1/8 x 7 1/2 inches. Regular Price - $ 899.99 / Sale Price - $ 699.99.

Cornelia Otis Skinner (b. May 30, 1901, Chicago, Illinois; d. July 9, 1979, New York, New York) was an American author and actress. She was the daughter of the actor Otis Skinner and his wife Maud (Durbin) Skinner. After attending Bryn Mawr College (1918-1919) and studying theatre at the Sorbonne in Paris, she began her career on the stage in 1921. She appeared in several plays before embarking on a tour of the United States from 1926 to 1929 in a one-woman performance of short character sketches she herself wrote. She wrote numerous short humorous pieces for publications like The New Yorker. These pieces were eventually compiled into a series of books, including Nuts in May, Dithers and Jitters, Excuse It Please!, and The Ape In Me, among others. With Emily Kimbrough, she wrote Our Hearts Were Young and Gay, a hilarious description of their European tour after college. Kimbrough and Skinner went to Hollywood to act as consultants on the film of the book, which resulted in We Followed our Hearts to Hollywood. In later years Skinner wrote "Madame Sarah", a biography of Sarah Bernhardt, and "Elegant Wits and Grand Horizontals" about the Belle Epoque. She also appeared with Orson Welles on The Campbell Playhouse radio play of The Things We Have on May 26, 1939.

Original Cornelia Otis Skinner Autograph signed on Photo Frame Board. Written by Cornelia: To Dr. A.W. Orusteeu With very good wishes Cornelia Otis Skinner. Approx. size 9 1/8 x 11 3/4 inches. Regular Price - $ 149.99 / Sale Price - $ 74.99.

Cornelius (Neil) Vanderbilt IV (1898-1974) was the the son of Grace and Cornelius Vanderbilt III, worked in the newspaper industry, and wrote several books. He attended Harstrom's Tutoring School as a young man, then served in the Ambulance Service during the First World War and was discharged a Lieutenant. To his parents' dismay, he decided to become a newspaperman. His parents detested the press, seen by them as an invasion of privacy. He worked as a staff member of the New York Herald and later The New York Times. Considered a bohemian by his parents, he was frequently at odds with them. In the early 1920s, Vanderbilt launched several newspapers and tabloids -- the Los Angeles Illustrated Daily News, the San Francisco Illustrated Daily Herald and the Miami Tab among them. Despite claiming to uphold the highest standards of journalistic excellence, the publishings lasted only two and a half years. Vanderbilt Inc. ceased operations with losses amounting to nearly $6 million. Vanderbilt subsequently went to work as an assistant managing editor of the New York Daily Mirror. In addition to his memoirs, Farewell to Fifth Avenue, Vanderbilt authored other books, including a biography of his mother titled Queen of the Golden Age. Vanderbilt's 1920 marriage to a well-connected New York socialite named Rachel Littleton ended in divorce in 1927. He was to marry six more times. Vanderbilt made his home in Reno, Nevada and continued to write and lecture on world affairs. He was a strong supporter of the newly created state of Israel. He died childless in 1974.

Original Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr. Autograph, Signed on a typed letter. Typed on Ingleside Inn Phoenix, AZ letterhead. Dated February Twenty-Sixth, 1931. Mr. Frank Tucker, 5656 Beaumont Ave. West Philadelphia, Penna. My dear Frank Tucker:- Unfortunately I do not smoke cigars so I am sorry that I can not send you a band. I am afraid my smoking is confined to Luckies, Spuds and a pipe. yours sincerely, Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr. Approx. size 7 1/4 x 10 3/8 inches. Regular Price - $ 175.00 / Sale Price - $ 95.00.

Margaret Marshall Saunders CBE was born on May 13, 1861 – died on February 15, 1947. Margaret Marshall Saunders was a Canadian author. Saunders was born in the village of Milton, Queens County, Nova Scotia. She spent most of her childhood in Berwick, Nova Scotia where her father served as Baptist minister. Saunders is most famous for her novel Beautiful Joe. It is a story narrated by a dog who has had a difficult puppyhood with many obstacles including a cruel owner. When the book was published in 1893, both it and its subject received worldwide attention. It was the first Canadian book to sell over a million copies, and by the late 1930s had sold over seven million copies worldwide. In 1934, Saunders was made a Commander of the British Empire (C.B.E.), at the time her country's highest civilian honor. Together with fellow Canadian author, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Saunders co-founded the Maritime branch of the Canadian Women's Press Club. Following the success of Beautiful Joe, Saunders wrote more than twenty other stories, a number of which provided social commentary on such things as the abolition of child labor, slum clearance, and the improvement of playground facilities. Saunders died in 1947 in Toronto, Ontario where she had lived for a number of years. Original Margaret Marshall Saunders Autographed Photograph. Approx. size 3 3/4 x 5 5/8 inches. Signed Marshall Saunders & Perhaps her dogs name. Regular Price - $ 435.00 / Sale Price - $ 198.00.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. was born August 29, 1809 – died October 7, 1894. Holmes was an American physician, professor, lecturer and author. Regarded by his peers as one of the best poets of the 19th century, he is considered a member of the Fireside Poets. His most famous prose works are the "Breakfast-Table" series, which began with The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table (1858). He is also recognized as an important medical reformer. Original Oliver Wendell Holmes Autograph, signed on cut paper mounted on a Fly Leaf. Written on Cut Paper: Oliver Wendell Holmes. Boston, April 15th 1890. Approx. Size of cut paper 3 1/8 x 5 inches. Regular Price - $ 245.00 / Sale Price - $ 144.95.

Nelle Harper Lee was born April 28, 1926. Harper Lee is an American author known for her 1960 novel To Kill a Mockingbird. She was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom of the United States for her contribution to literature in 2007. Original Harper Lee Autograph, signed on a Lined Index Card. Approx. size 3 x 5 inches. Regular Price - $ 379.00 / Sale Price - $ 299.00.

Louis "Studs" Terkel was born May 16, 1912 – Died October 31, 2008. Studs Terkel was an American author, historian, actor, and broadcaster. He received the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction in 1985 for The Good War, and is best remembered for his oral histories of common Americans, and for hosting a long-running radio show in Chicago. Original Studs Terkel Autograph, signed on Newspaper Clipping for a Best Seller Book Release. Approx. size 4 1/8 x 7 3/4 inches. Hand Written on Newspaper Clipping: Peace! To Jack Hilton Studs Terkel. Regular Price - $ 265.00 / Sale Price - $ 144.95.

Norman Kingsley Mailer was born January 31, 1923 – died November 10, 2007. Norman Mailer was an American novelist, journalist, essayist, poet, playwright, screenwriter and film director. Original Norman Mailer Autograph, signed on an Autograph requested typed note from Jack Hilton of Gruntal & Co. Norman Mailer has hand written: Sorry, but I try not to autograph pictures of myself. It offends my superstition. Your welcome however to my autograph. Cheers Norman Mailer. Approx. size 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches. Regular Price - $ 275.00 / Sale Price - $ 195.00.

Truman Garcia Capote was born September 30, 1924 – died August 25, 1984. Capote - born Truman Streckfus Persons, was an American writer, many of whose short stories, novels, plays, and nonfiction are recognized literary classics, including the novella Breakfast at Tiffany's (1958) and In Cold Blood (1965), which he labeled a "nonfiction novel". At least 20 films and television dramas have been produced from Capote novels, stories and screenplays. In Cold Blood turned out to be a milestone in popular culture, being often credited with pioneering the "true crime" genre of nonfiction. From the time of its publication, its factuality and Capote's journalistic integrity have been called into question, and this has continued in the decades since his death.

Original Truman Capote Autograph, signed on a 3 x 5 Inch Index Card. You will also receive the shown Black and White Truman Capote Internet Image, approx. size 8 1/2 x 11 inches. Regular Price - $ 365.00 / Sale Price - $ 295.00.

Gore Vidal was born October 3, 1925. Gore Vidal is an American novelist, screenwriter, playwright, essayist, short story writer, actor and politician. Early in his career he wrote the ground-breaking The City and the Pillar (1948), which outraged mainstream critics as one of the first major American novels to feature unambiguous homosexuality. By such actions as his voluminous essays and a public debate with William F. Buckley Jr., Vidal has long been known as one of the most prominent public intellectuals of the 20th century.

Original Gore Vidal Autograph, signed on the Cover of Where Magazine. Exclusive Interview: The Best Man Provocative Playwright Gore Vidal Returns to Broadway. November 2000 Issue. 152 pages. Approx. size 8 1/8 x 10 7/8 inches. Regular Price - $ 265.00 / Sale Price - $ 175.00.