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Typed draft page annotated

RARE AND DESIRABLE TYPED PAGE FROM AN EARLY DRAFT OF THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MALCOLM X, WITH A THREE-WORD AUTOGRAPH ADDITION IN MALCOLM X’S HAND AND 125 AUTOGRAPH EDITS BY ALEX HALEY, HANDSOMELY FRAMED

MALCOLM X and HALEY, Alex. Typed draft page annotated. No place, circa 1963.

Exceptionally rare typed page from an early draft of The Autobiography of Malcolm X with a three-word autograph addition by Malcolm X and 125 autograph edits by Alex Haley, handsomely matted and framed with photographic portraits of the authors. $12,000.

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Remarks for Crime Message Briefing

“I PROPOSE FURTHER RESTRICTIONS ON SATURDAY NIGHT SPECIALS”

FORD, Gerald R. Remarks for Crime Message Briefing. Washington, 1975.

Original typewritten final version of President Ford’s opening statement for his press conference regarding the Special Message to Congress on Crime, with substantive autograph emendations incorporated into the text. Copy belonging to speechwriter Paul A. Theis. $6500.

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Autograph letter signed

"SHE AGAIN IMPRESSED ME VERY MUCH… LOTS OF GET UP & GO—FOR 87"

HEPBURN, Katharine. Autograph letter signed. France, July 30, 1969.

Excellent Katharine Hepburn handwritten letter with wonderful fashion content, discussing her preference for wearing pants, and meeting Coco Chanel in preparation for her Broadway role: "She again impressed me very much and the clothes are classic & dignified & lovely materials. She loathes pants… She's a good sense of humor & lots of get up & go – for 87. She's incredible. Does the whole collection herself." Also mentions British photographer, set and costume designer Cecil Beaton: "Beaton a pig." Signed "K-." $5500.

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Autograph letter signed

"JOSEPHINE BAKER CAME SHE'S FASCINATING & I WAS PLEASED BECAUSE SHE THOUGHT I WAS VERY FRENCH"

HEPBURN, Katharine. Autograph letter signed. New York, January 20, 1970.

Fine Katharine Hepburn autograph letter written to her friend and longtime correspondent Meta Stern during her run on Broadway in "Coco," about the life of Coco Chanel, mentioning celebrities who have seen the show: "Josephine Baker came… Fellini–Giuletta Massina–Lucille Ball." Signed "K-." $5000.

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Autograph letter signed

"NOW HELEN & MENALAUS ARE DONE & WE WILL BURN TROY… THE LOCATION—BRUTAL—BUT THRILLING ON THE SCREEN"

HEPBURN, Katharine. Autograph letter signed. Spain, October 15, 1970.

Autograph letter from Katharine Hepburn to her friend Meta Stern, written while filming "The Trojan Women," with great film-making content, signed "K-." $4500.

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Autograph musical quotation signed

SIGNED AUTOGRAPH MUSICAL QUOTATION FROM PADEREWSKI’S CRACOVIENNE FANTASTIQUE

PADEREWSKI, Ignacy J. Autograph musical quotation signed. No place, no date.

Extensive autograph musical quotation of this popular and frequently recorded piano piece by Polish nationalist composer and political figure Ignacy Paderewski, the last of six works comprising his Humoresques de concert, Op. 14, boldly signed by Paderewski. $3900.

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Autograph letter signed

"A THOUSAND YEARS HAVE GONE BY AND I REMEMBER YOU—AND YOUR YIDDISH WRITING STYLE"

CHAGALL, Marc. Autograph letter signed. Zurich, September 9, 1970.

Extraordinary 1970 autograph signed letter written entirely in Yiddish from Marc Chagall to acclaimed Yiddish writer and Jewish activist S.L. Shneiderman thanking him for sending a book on Ilya Ehrenburg; expressing his hopes that they will see each other in the near future; and explaining that he is in Zurich for an event related to having made the stained glass windows for the Fraumunster Church. $2200.

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Autograph letter signed

ORIGINAL AUTOGRAPH SIGNED ARTHUR RACKHAM LETTER REGARDING THE PLAGIARISM OF HIS WORK BY AMERICAN ARTIST EDWARD TURNBULL, WITH ORIGINAL ENVELOPE HAND-ADDRESSED AND SIGNED BY RACKHAM AND VARIOUS LETTERS FROM CONCERNED PARTIES AND OTHER RELATED EPHEMERA

RACKHAM, Arthur. Autograph letter signed. Surrey, England, July 28, 1933.

Original lengthy autograph letter from Arthur Rackham, entirely written and signed by him, to a Mrs. Lloyd [Berrall] regarding the theft of his illustrations by American artist Edward Trumbull for a mural in New York's Metropolitan Life Building, with original hand-addressed signed envelope. $2200.

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