"ADAM ASNYK. / SUKIENNICE / Kraków  Krakau" showing the Polish poet & dramatist inset against a scene, mailed 1899 from Krakau to Berlin (Austrian 2-kr stamp tied, clear receiving mark, one corner badly creased, other corners with mild wear. $18.50 pa-p+

AESCHYLUS. "XI, 12 / MASO FINIGUERRA. / The Death of Aeschylus" unused black & white postcard from the British Museum, fairly fresh with good edges. $1.25 am

ANDRÉ BRETON, poet & critic, 1955; unused black & white continental. $1.50 na%

ARTHUR MILLER, playwright, with Marilyn Monroe; unused black & white continental. $1.50

BERTOLT BRECHT, theater director & poet, Rapirs, 1938; unused black & white continental. $1.50

    BRET HARTE. "Bret Harte. / Only one sweet human fancy / Interweaves its threads of gold... / " showing the author, pink flowers on a vine & a 4-line poem" signed art mailed 1908, corner crease, light amount of cancel ink on front, mild corner wear, light smudge on back near stamp. $4.50 a(s)ap

CARL SANDBERG. "Galesburg, Ill. Birthplace of / Carl Sandberg" as depicted by a William H. Mathews painting, well done home-made (and, hence, unique) post card mailed 1961 at Dahinda. $2.50 ia

CARL SANDBERG. "Galesburg, Ill. 'Lincoln room' / in the Carl Sandburg's / birthplace" with the art of William N. Mathews, well done home-made (and, hence, unique) postcard mailed there 1960, corner crease in caption area only, ding in one short edge not too apparent from the front. $2.00 ial

CAROL FINCH & GINA ROBINS. "CAROL FINCH / OCTOBER '89 / THUNDER'S TENDER TOUCH / NOVEMBER '89 / TEXAS TEMPTATION / GINA ROBINS" continental publicity card announcing their books and listing previous best seller's by them all over the back. $1.00 a

COLETTE. "COLETTE (1873-1954) / French novelist, author of Cherie" with her sepia-tone portrait on an unused continental post card from Crossing Cards, copyrighted, tiny corner bend not into image. $1.25 a*

DANIEL WEBSTER. "BIRTHPLACE OF DANIEL WEBSTER, BUILT 1780, FRANKLIN, N. H. 44206" with his portrait in an inset oval, white-border era from American Art Post Card Co., fairly fresh. $3.75 na

    DANIEL WEBSTER. "BIRTHPLACE OF DANIEL WEBSTER, FRANKLIN, N. H. BUILT 1780" with his portrait in an inset oval, unused Tichnor linen post card, good edges. $2.50 na+

    DANIEL WEBSTER. "INTERIOR OF THE BIRTHPLACE OF DANIEL WEBSTER, FRANKLIN, N. H. BUILT 1780" unused Tichnor linen postcard, fresh appearance. (2 available) $2.50 each. nai

DANTE. "Dante e Beatrice" color art on post card with a little writing on back, long corner bend, minor corner rounding. $1.25 a

Deltiology. Vol. 12, Number 3 (Whole Number 104). John Winsch Famous Authors Series. $2.75 p(d)wa

Deltiology. Vol. 13, Number 2 (Whole Number 109). John Winsch Famous Author Series - Part 2. $2.75wa

Deltiology. Vol. 13, Number 4 (Whole Number 111). Dickens' Characters Signed 'Kyd'. $2.75 p(d)a NEW / NEU / NOVA

Deltiology. Vol. 14, Number 1 (Whole Number 114). Dickens Characters and Scenes on Tuck Oilettes. $2.75 p(d)ta NEW / NEU / NOVA

Deltiology. Vol. 15, Number 6 (Whole Number 125). Postcard Dickensiana, 1900 - 1920. $2.50 p(d)a NEW / NEU / NOVA

Deltiology. Vol. 16, Number 1 (Whole Number 126). Collecting Art Reproductions. Also, Postcard Dickensiana, 1900 - 1920 (continued). $2.50 p(d)a NEW / NEU / NOVA

DOROTHY LEIGH SAYERS. "DOROTHY LEIGH SAYERS, 1893-1957 / Painting by Sir William Hutchison / NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY..." showing her smoking & holding a book, unused continental postcard, fairly fresh. $1.00 asm

DORRIS LESSING, novelist & short story writer, 1982; unused black & white continental. $1.50

   DOSITEJ OBRADOVIC. Sepia-tone portrait of Serbian writer / philosopher / poet Dositej Obradovic (1742-1811), numbered 11 - 464 / 923 on the back, unused, fairly fresh. $10.00 Another man from that series, Branko Radichevic (1824 - 1853), also unused & fairly fresh. Shown. $10.00 sap

    ELBERT GREEN HUBBARD. "The Roycroft Shop / in East Aurora / … / Fra Elbertus / and Garnet" Unused private mailing card in black & white, undivided back, a very few tiny spots of toning both sides, soft corners. Shows Elbert Green Hubbard, American writer, editor & printer of then-scandalous publications, who was also an accomplished horseman. He founded this shop to produce pottery, leather & metal work in the style of the Arts & Crafts Movement. $12.50 nahp

ERNEST HEMINGWAY. "N218 © KEN HEYMAN / Ernest Hemingway D.R." close-up showing the author holding his cat, continental black & white post card in excellent condtion. (2 available) $1.50 each. ca NEW / NEU / NOVA

FERDOUSI. "Afghanistan, Ferdousi worldwide famous / for more than a thousand years for his epic / work SHAHNAMA Art Work: Bahrami 1970" black & white portrait within beige border, unused oversize postcard in excellent condition. Ferdousi is a Persian author who influenced Bangla literature. $2.00 aa

    FRÉDERIC MISTRAL & ALPHONSE DAUDET. "333 En Provence. - Fréderic MISTRAL et Alphonse DAUDET / (d'aprčs une gravure)  Coll. L.A." showing the 2 poets seated outdoors, unused sepia-tone carte postale with browning edges on back, corners worn with small creases not into the image. $6.00 afp

    Gabriel Garcia Márquez, Nobel Prize winning author from Colombia. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 (ac)

GEORG EBERS, German Egyptologist & novelist, unused real photo on brownish paper, minor edge wear. $12.50

GEORGES SIMENON, crime novelist & journalist, Belgium, 1982; unused black & white continental. $1.50

HADI DAWI. "Greetings from Afghanistan" showing A Hadi Dawi (1894 - 1982), poet diplomat & famous for life-long service to Afghanistan; at his desk in black & white, green border, long but faint internal crease in bottom border. $1.25 ah. Same oversize postcard but excellent condition. $1.75 aha NEW / NEU / NOVA

    HARRIET BEECHER STOWE. "Copyright 1908 By Geo. S. Graves. / HARTFORD, CONN. The Harriet Beecher Stowe Residence  A 192" sepia-tone postcard mailed there 1909, stamp removed, mild corner rounding, cancel ink at the upper left front. When living in the Cincinnati area, she authored  her best known book 'Uncle Tom's Cabin'. $3.75 c(h)ba

    HELEN HUNT. "8407. Helen Hunt's Grave, Cheyenne Mountain, Colorado" marked by initials in trees, color, circa 1915, unused. Helen Hunt Jackson was a social activist who published a novel highlighting the injustices done to California's Indians--see Image File, Vol. 11, No. 2, published by the Lake County Museum. $3.00 (asw)

HELEN HUNT, author of "Ramona"; linen also showing her famous gravesite near Colorado Springs Colorado. $2.00

HENRIK IBSEN. "Norsk Folkemuseum--Henrik Ibsens arbeidsvaerelse" unused real photo, numbered 169 on back, mark on back. $2.50

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HENRY DAVID THOREAU. "Henry David Thoreau" unattributed art showing him standing with an axe, well done home-made (and, hence, unique) postcard, mailed 1963 from Jefferson Georgia. $2.00 a

    HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW. "6141. HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW  COPYRIGHT 1902 BY DETROIT PHOTOGRAPHIC CO." color post card with undivided back mailed 1906, clear Binghamton New York arrival cancel misplaced on the front, minor corner wear. $6.00 ad

    HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW. "66444 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow" with a striking portrait in color, post card with very late usage at Laings Ohio, small ink spot & extensive pencil scribbling that may erase on the back, corner crease & internal creases that are not conspicuous. Nicer than it sounds. $2.00 af NEW / NEU / NOVA

HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW. "H. W. LONGFELLOW / 84 PORTLAND, ME., HOME OF LONGELLOW(sic)" including an inset with that author's image, color postcard on brownish paper from Mason Bros. & Co., two small spots near back bottom edge, 2 corners visibly worn. Unlikely that many were produced given the caption error & the literary audience that was targeted. $6.00 ma

HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW. "THE LONGFELLOW HOUSE, PASCAGOULA, MISSISSIPPI  161" Curteich linen postcard, a little writing in the stamp box, otherwise fairly fresh. The house in which Longfellow wrote 'The Building of the Ship'. $2.75 m(p)a NEW / NEU / NOVA

HOMER. "NAPOLI = Museo Nazionale - Omero. (Scultura antica)" showing an ancient bust portraying the poet, black & white postcard with very late usage at Omer Michigan, corners worn (small hole in one thankfully misses the image). $1.00 as

HONORÉ DE BALZAC. "FÉLIX NADAR / HONORÉ DE BALZAC, PARIS" unused continental postcard, 1984 copyright, minor corner wear. $1.25 a

HUGO RIVERA. "TEAM / PROLAB  HUGO RIVERA" sepia-tone within a color border, continental card detailing his stats, competitions, exercise routine, books authored (Body Sculpting Bible for Men, Body Sculpting Bible for Women, etc.), near mint. (2 available) $1.75 each. s(b)ba NEW / NEU / NOVA

JACK LONDON. "Jack London toasts / to Martin Eden" over a checkerboard, unattributed art on a well done home-made (and, hence, unique) post card mailed 1964 from Portland Indiana. minor wear at 2 corners. $2.00 a

JACQUES PRÉVERT, French poet & song writer, Paris, 1957; unused black & white continental. $1.50

JAMES FENNIMORE COOPER. "GRAVES OF JAMES FENIMORE COOPER AND WIFE, COOPERSTOWN, N. Y." unused black & white Commercialchrome, numbered 44810 on back. $2.00 acn

JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY. "16:-HOME OF JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY, INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA" unused linen from Craft Greeting Card Company, lightly toned back. $1.75 ia

JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY. "Birthplace of James Whitcomb Rile, Greenfield, Indiana." color on brownish paper, circa 1912, mild corner wear. $2.50 i(g)a

JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY. "BOYS' ROOM, SHOWING THE RAFTER / ROOM AT RIGHT / James Whitcomb Riley Home / Greenfield, Indiana" black & white, unused, lightly toned back, good edges. $2.00 i(g)a

JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY. "HOME OF JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY / GREENFIELD, IND." sepia-tone on yellowish paper, corner crease, mild corner & edge wear, light pencil scribble on face (most might erase), as is. $1.25 ia

JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY. "James Whitcomb Riley's Residence, / Indianapolis, Ind." color from Majestic Publishing, mailed there 1908, corner wear. $4.00 ia

JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY. "James Whitcomb Riley's Residence, Indianapolis, Ind." white-border era mailed 1926, trace of cancel ink on front , 2 corners badly creased. $1.25 ia. Unused, toned back edges, soft corners. $1.75 ia

JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY. "THE DINING ROOM, SHOWING / THE 'CUBBY HOLE' / James Whitcomb Riley Home / Greenfield, Indiana" black & white, unused, lightly toned back, good edges. $2.00 i(g)a

JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY. "THE KITCHEN / James Whitcomb Riley Home / Greenfield, Indiana" black & white, unused, lightly toned back, good edges. $2.00 i(g)a

JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY. "THE SIDE PORCH / James Whitcomb Riley Home / Greenfield, Indiana" black & white, unused, lightly toned back, trivial wear along bottom edge. $1.75 i(g)a

JEAN COCTEAU, playwright & poet, Paris, 1926; unused black & white continental. $1.50

    JEFFERSON DAVIS. "'Beauvoir', Home of Jefferson Davis, Biloxi, Mississippi  135" unused linen postcard showing its exterior, back paper starting to brown evenly with age. Where he authored 'The Rise and Fall of the Southern Confederacy'. $2.50 mca%

    JOAQUIN MILLER. "379 - JOAQUIN MILLER, THE POET OF THE SIERRAS / AT HIS HOME, NEAR OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA." color post card mailed 1909, corner crease, corner wear & rounding. $5.00 (ac(o)c(s)p)

JOHN BURROUGHS. "Bas-relief by C. S. Paolo, Sculptor / Bronze Tablet of Burroughs in Memorial Field, Roxbury, N. Y." sepia-tone postcard with pertinent writing on back dating to 1932, good edges. $3.00 n(r)sa NEW / NEU / NOVA

    JOHN BURROUGHS. "John Burroughs" naturalist author shown reading a book by candlelight. Unused. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 af

JOHN BURROUGHS. "Last Resting Place of John Burroughs, Homestead Farm, Roxbury, N. Y." sepia-tone postcard from a photo by Clyde Fisher, pertinent writing on back dates to 1932. $3.00 n(r)a NEW / NEU / NOVA

JOHN BURROUGHS. "Photograph by Clyde Fisher / John Burroughs on Porch at Woodchuck Lodge, Roxbury, N. Y." sepia-tone postcard with pertinent writing on back dating to 1932. Not a real photo. $7.50 afp NEW / NEU / NOVA

JOHN BURROUGHS. "Photograph by Clyde Fisher / Woodchuck Lodge, Summer Home of Burroughs, Roxbury, N. Y." unused sepia-tone post card, smudge at one back corner. Circa 1932. Not a real photo. $2.50 apn(r)

JOHN BURROUGHS. "The Franklin Stove at Woodchuck Lodge, Roxbury, N. Y." black & white, pertinent writing on back dates to 1932. $2.75 n(r)a

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JOHN BURROUGHS. "The tablet on Memorial Rock at John Burroughs' Grave, / Roxbury, N. Y. 11 Copyright by S. G. Lutz" black & white, unused & fairly fresh. (2 available) $2.50 each. Pertinent writing on back dating to 1932, long crease. $1.75. n(r)ac

JOHN BURROUGHS. "Woodchuck Lodge, Home of John Burroughs, Roxbury, N. Y. 10 Copyright by S. G. Lutz" black & white, unused & fairly fresh. $3.00 Pertinent writing on back dates to 1932. $2.75 n(r)a NEW / NEU / NOVA

    JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER. "310. The 'Snowbound' Desk, Whittier's Home. / Amesbury, Mass." Unused real photo, couple tiny spots on back. $3.50 (ai)

    JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER. "G21893  The Whittier Homestead, built 1689. Birthplace of john Greenleaf Whittier, / Haverhill, Mass." In color, undivided back, writing on back, fairly fresh. Post card lost in stock, but available for scholarly study & research as a full-size 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50

    JOHN HOWARD PAYNE. "'Home, Sweet Home,' the Boyhood Home of actor & playwright John Howard Payne; East Hampton, N. Y." undivided back but mailed much later, lightly toned both sides. $4.75 (na+)

JOHN RUSKIN, art & literary critic, leaning up against his home; sepia-tone, Abraham's Series No. 159, unused, small ding at one edge. $3.50

   JULES VERNE. "AMIENS. -- Monument de Jules Verne, érigé le 9 Mai 1909" carte postale mailed 1909, small tear. Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (about 771% of original print area) & enhanced 200-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $2.00 fsa

    JULES VERNE. "Edit. Caron. Daragon, Amiens / 14 AMIENS - Monument Jules Verne" carte postale, dates to 1916. Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (about 771% of original print area) & enhanced 200-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $2.00 fsa

JULIUS SLOWACKI. "M. E. ANDRIOLLI mat. // Ja braci moich, ojca mego zbawie. / O! poblogoslaw ty mi, siostro moja, / Ty,... / Juliusz Slowacki 'Lilla Weneda'" with quote from the Polish poet & playwright beneath an illustrative painting, unused continental, price handstamped in stamp box. $1.25 pa

    KOMACHI. "C. 77.  HARUNOBU. / The Poetess Komachi. /  British Museum.  Printed by Waterlow & Sons Limited" beautiful signed art, light toning in 2 front borders. Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 jampa

    LEO TOLSTOY. "…E. Répine. Tosltoy(sic) au travail. Collection de M-r Ostrooukhof." Rest of caption in Cyrillic, wonderful art showing Tolstoy at work, Russian Red Cross, mailed 1908. Postcard still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 (raa)

LEO TOLSTOY. Captioned in Cyrillic, sepia-tone art showing Leo Tolstoy, Russian Red Cross, unused, couple spots of toning on both sides, trimmed but not into art. $5.00

    LEO TOLSTOY. "Graf Leo Tolstoi" seated with hands clasped, sepia-tone matte-finish real photo post card with undivided back, back paper browning with age, faint album impressions at corners, good edges. Nice! $15.00 ar

    LEWIS CARROLL. "LEWIS CARROLL MEMORIAL, LLANDUDNO. W.5185" showing a sculpture that includes the Mad Hatter, real photo from Valentine's, mailed 1955 to Lancashire, corner crease, internal crease. $2.25 wsa+

    LONGFELLOW. "Home of Longfellow / Greetings from Cambridge, Mass." showing its exterior & gate, undivided back post card in color mailed 1903 from Boston, stain at one corner, a lot of corner & edge wear, extraneous writing on the back, as is. $1.75 (ma)

LOUISA MAY ALCOTT. "Four Modern 'Little Women' Stand in / the Yard of the Alcott Homestead" well done home-made (and, hence, unique) postcard mailed 1964 from Westmont Illinois. $1.75 a

LOUISA MAY ALCOTT. "Louisa May Alcott's Great-Grandniece / Sits at the Famous Author's Desk" well done home-made (and, hence, unique) postcard mailed 1964 from Clarendon Hills Illinois. $2.00 a

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LOUISA MAY ALCOTT. "'Orchard House' where Louisa Alcott wrote her famous stories" unused sepia-tone postcard, several tiny rusty spots at front left, small adherence near bottom edge of both sides, as is. $0.75 a

LOWELL THOMAS. "LOWELL THOMAS was born April 6, 1892 in / Woodington... / ...Painting on display at Garst Museum / Greenville, Ohio" with signed portrait in vertical format of the author & news commentator by Gene Anthony, unused chrome post card with 1971 copyright, old price may be hard to erase on back, good edges. $1.50 o(g)o(w)mna%

MARGUERITE YOURCENAR, poet & novelist; unused black & white continental. $1.50

    MARIE LOUIS ALPHONSE PRAT DE LAMARTINE. "Marie Louis Alphonse Prat de Lamartine / Paris--Chambres des Députées / Lith-Artist Anstalt München, Serie 92 No. 20723" with a portrait of the French poet & politician, unused, faint corner crease, even yellowish paper due to age, good edges. $14.00 fap

MARK TWAIN. "Elmira, N.Y., Mark Twain's Summer Home, Quarry Farm." color postcard, circa 1912 but very late usage at Smithboro, small tape repair shows on back, corner wear & rounding. $2.00 na NEW / NEU / NOVA

    M. BARROWS. "The Pentland Bookshop Ltd. / 94, YORK ROAD, LONDON... / As we believe that the undermentioned book would be of especial interest / to you..." offering a remainder stock of books containing her poetic work (among others) at greatly reduced price, sent at 1 / 2-pence printed matter rate (correct for quotations) to Evanston Illinois, ink of triangular postal marking soaks through, heavy vertical crease (now reinforced with clear tape) & short nearby tear indicate a frosty reception. An exceptionally interesting glimpse into the life of an author. $5.00 aep-g NEW / NEU / NOVA

MULTIPLE AUTHORS. "NATIONAL POSTCARD WEEK -- May 6-12, 1990" showing a tribute to outstanding American authors (Pearl Buck, William Faulkner, Hawthorne, Hemmingway, Steinbeck, etc.) & their works using images of 10 US stamps, unused, from a limited edition of 1000, near mint. $2.00 pa

NIZAMI GANJEVI. "RD / UD850GF" QSL fold-out brochure celebrating the writings of philosopher Nizami Ganjevi, very interesting. $3.50

NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE. "House of Seven gables, Built 1668, Salem, Mass." With an oval inset showing author Nathaniel Hawthorne, linen mailed 1950 at Lynn, partial cancel on front, a little extraneous writing on back. $1.50 ma

    NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE. "OIL PORTRAIT OF NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE / BY CHARLES OSGOOD, 1840 / OWNED BY ESSEX INSTITUTE..." unused chrome from a photo by George F. Jeans, trivial wear on one edge. $1.50 a(o)a

    NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE. "'WAYSIDE', THE HOME OF HAWTHORNE, CONCORD, MASS." sepia-tone postcard, very late usage at Greenfield New Hampshire, one bottom corner creased twice, other corner wear is minor. $3.00 m(c)a NEW / NEU / NOVA

NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE. "'WAYSIDE' HOME OF NATHANIEL / HAWTHORNE, CONCORD, MASS. / Here 'Tanglewood Tales' Was Written" color post card, circa 1915 but mailed much later at West Mansfield. $2.75 (m(c)a) NEW / NEU / NOVA

NORA ROBERTS. "Nora Roberts / 2002" refrigerator magnet with calendar beside the tentative schedule for the releases & reprintings of this author's novels--Hot Ice, Once Upon a Kiss, Chesapeake Blue, etc. Longer than a continental postcard, exceptionally detailed. $1.25 rac

NORA ROBERTS. "Nora Roberts / 2003" calendar beside the tentative schedule for the releases & reprintings of this author's novels--Birthright, Imitation in Death, Key of Light, etc. About 4"x7", exceptionally detailed. Tiny chip out of one upper corner affects nothing. $1.00 rac

NORA ROBERTS. "Nora Roberts / 2004" calendar beside the tentative schedule for the releases & reprintings of this author's novels--Key of Valor, Birthright, Hidden Riches, Glory in Death, etc. About 4"x7", exceptionally detailed. $1.25 rac

OBRADOVIC. sepia-tone portrait of Serbian writer Obradovic (1742-1811), numbered 11 - 464 / 923 on the back, unused, fairly fresh. $10.00

    RALPH CONNOR. "RALPH CONNOR'S CHURCH, WINNIPEG." corner view with horse-drawn vehicles in the distance, color postcard with very late usage at Leroy North Dakota, mild corner wear, toning in the front sky. Ralph Connor is the pseudonym of Charles William Gordon, Canadian author and minister. $5.00 ma

    RENÉ BAZIN, French novelist & biographer (1853-1932); unused sepia-tone real photo, made in France, small corner crease. $8.00

RICHARD WRIGHT, black novelist & poet, New York 1946; unused black & white continental. $1.75

ROBERT BURNS. "0991 JV   Robert Burns" with his portrait in color on an unused Valentine's Series postcard. minor corner & edge wear, faint corner indentations from album, small but unfortunate scrape over his right brow. $1.00 a

ROBERT BURNS. "Burns' Cottage, Ayr" showing its exterior, unused color postcard from Valentine's Series, light crackling of surface finish that is not unusual for its age (circa 1910), minor wear at one corner. $3.75 as NEW / NEU / NOVA

    ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON. "R. Louis Stevenson Memorial, St. Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh" unused, published by J. R. Russell, slight browning of the paper with age, trivial corner & edge wear. Available only as an enlarged 100-dpi scan (about 2 x normal area of original postcard) in .jpg or .tif format. Most of the writing on the tablet is legible. $1.50 (as)

ROBINSON JEFFERS, poet & mythical lyricist, 1956; unused black & white continental post card. $1.50 (ap)

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RUDYARD KIPLING. "RUDYARD KIPLING, 1865--1936 / Painting by Sir Philip Burns-Jones, 1899 / NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY..." showing him writing with his pipe nearby, unused continental postcard, fairly fresh. $1.00 am*

SAMUEL BECKETT. "N 162 / © Roger PIC / Samuel Beckett 'En Attendant Godot' 1961" unused continental postcard, minor corner wear. A fine portrait. $1.25 at

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SIR WALTER SCOTT. "SIR WALTER SCOT, BART.  899" unused postcard from Valentine's Carbotone series, minor wear at 1 corner, otherwise quite fresh. $1.50 a

"the / author's / guide / to book planning and production" paperbound book, copyright 1969 by Edwards Brothers Incorporated, 36 pages with many forms & illustrations. An established printer's advice to aspiring authors includes typesetting, proofs, papers, bindings, planning, composition, proofreading marks, specification sheets, assembly sheets & more. Former owner's name label inside, otherwise excellent condtion. $2.00 NEW / NEU / NOVA

"THE WRITING OF / AMERICAN / MILITARY HISTORY / A Guide" hardbound Department of the Army Pamphlet No. 20-200, published August 1956. Among other things, it offers an excellent guide to authoritative source material by time period. $2.00 ma NEW / NEU / NOVA

VICTOR HUGO. "5 MAISON DE VICTOR HUGO -- Victor Hugo et ses Petits-Enfants" with his daughter & son seated on his lap, sepia-tone carte postale with browning edges on back, very late usage at Keene Ohio, 2 pinholes in upper border, light curved mark in border near upper left front. $3.50 af

    VIRGIL. Inf. II showing apparition of Beatrice to Virgil. Mild corner & edge wear, Sborgi-published art. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 sa

WASHINGTON IRVING. "IRVING at 26 was painted by Ameri- / can artist John W. Jarvis (1780-1834)" well done home-made (and, hence, unique) postcard mailed 1962 at Irving New York, 2 corners with minor wear, light smudge in upper left front border. $1.75 a

    WILLIAM MORRIS, English poet & artist, 1880, unused continental postcard. A striking portrait by any standard. $1.50 (ap)

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. "NEW YORK SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL LINCOLN CENTER / DON WELLER / Rep Daniele Deveren, 226 East 53 Street,..." with a modernized portrait of the bard, unused Kolorvue post card publicizing the British Jazz musician's appearance at that festival. Classic design. $2.50 amn&

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. "SHAKESPEARE'S BIRTHPLACE" showing the exterior including a horse-drawn cart & pedestrian at the left, postcard with Quatremain art, numbered *635 on back, Oilfacsim, good edges. $5.50 a(q)a NEW / NEU / NOVA

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. "SHAKESPEARE'S BIRTHPLACE, GARDEN,  / STRATFORD-ON-AVON" unused post card with Quatremain art. numbered *1131 on back, trivial wear at 3 corners. $3.75 a(q)a. Same but Oilfacsim with minor corner & edge wear. $5.00 a(q)a NEW / NEU / NOVA

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. "SHAKESPEARE'S BIRTHPLACE, STRATFORD-ON-AVON" sepia-tone on yellowish paper from undisclosed publisher, very late usage at Moores Corner Massachusetts, mild corner wear. $2.00 ea

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. "SHAKESPEARE'S BIRTHPLACE  / STRATFORD-ON-AVON" showing its exterior in vertical format, with pedestrians nearby; unused postcard with Quatremain art. numbered *1172 on back, trivial wear at one upper corner. $3.75 a(q)a NEW / NEU / NOVA

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. "Shakespeare's Birthplace.  / The Birth Room." unused postcard with Quatremain art, numbered *2672 on back, Oilfacsim, minor corner & edge wear. $5.00 a(q)a NEW / NEU / NOVA

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. "SHAKESPEARE'S BIRTHPLACE, / THE BIRTH ROOM" unused post card from J. Salmon with a color drawing by W. W. Quatremain, mild corner & edge wear. $3.00 aa(q)

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. "Shakespeare's House. Stratford-on-Avon" an interior with a fireplace at the right, color Valentine's Series postcard with hard-to-read red caption at the lower left front, mailed 1904 to Massachusetts, corners noticeably worn & rounded, small water stain at the bottom corners. $3.75 ea

    WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. "The Birthroom. Shakespeare's Birthplace," with Quatremain art. numbered 662 on back. $3.75 a(q)ia NEW / NEU / NOVA

    WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. "With Best / Birthday Wishes / 'If we could all go out / of flower, as gracefully, as pleasingly, / as we come into blossom.' 'To me, fair friend, you never / can be old'  Shakespeare" with his portrait in color with an embossed frame & flowers over the quotes, Winsch post card with 1910 copyright mailed 1913 in Chicago, small spots of toning & a few raindrop smears on the back, initials written at bottom of front, one tiny scrape on front, minor edge wear. $4.00 abw

SHIRLEY MACLAINE, on a postcard promoting the appearance the Oscar- and Golden Globe-winning movie actress (and author!) with Freddie Roman at the Nugget Casino in 1980, excellent condition. Her titles include: Out on a Limb & Dancing in the Light. $8.00 nma& NEW / NEU / NOVA

WILLIAM WORDSWORTH. "WORDSWORTH'S GRAVE  GRASMERE" also showing the nearby grave of Dorothy Wordsworth, unused color postcard from the Kromo series, mild corner wear & rounding, toning along top back edge. Circa 1910. $4.00 ace

WOLFGANG VON GOETHE. "WOLFGANG VON GOETHER / geb. 28. Aug. 1749 zu Frankfurt a. M., gest. 22. / März 1832..." with his portrait and detailed biography in German printed on the back, Stengel postcard, light toning on front, irregular but not distracting bottom edge, and one letter written in the address area. $0.75 ab NEW / NEU / NOVA

    W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM. "Sadie Thompson Inn" at Pago Pago Samoa, unused Azo real photo (squares in corners) post card, small corner crease & other minor edge wear. The setting for W. Somerset Maugham's short story, plays & movies. Now different looking with expansion for a restaurant. $12.00 sa+

ZANE GREY. "552 ZANE GREY'S HOPI INDIAN HOME, SANTA CATALINA ISLAND, CALIFORNIA" linen postcard with tape remnants at the front corners. The author wrote some of his works there. $2.00 c(s)a NEW / NEU / NOVA

ZANE GREY. "The author did all his writing in a Morris chair with a wide / lapboard before him. All he needed was plenty of..." unused black & white postcard, unattributed publisher, fairly fresh. Back supplies more interesting details. $3.00 a

ZANE GREY, "ZANE GREY - Native of Zanesville, Ohio born / 1872 at 705 Convers Avenue..." showing him writing at a lapboard, unused sepia-tone chrome post card from R. C. Holmes, excellent condition. $1.50 ao%

ZANE GREY. "ZANE GREY'S CABIN / Amidst these furnishings Zane Grey lived and / wrote many of his books of the early west..." unused chrome postcard published by Norman Mead, fairly fresh. $1.25 ai

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