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Sir Ernest Benn, 
Publisher & Author.  
5 1/2  x 7 1/2inch   silver print . 
 Benn is identified on the back of the picture and there is a newspaper article attached.    
The photograph is by Claude Harris.  
His blindstamp is on the lower right of the picture
$50.00

 

 

   

Bjornstjerne Bjornsson. (1832-1910). 
Norwegian Novelist.  
Bjornsson was one of the "four greats" of Norwegian 19th century literature.  He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1903.  
Stenders Forlag Eneret . 
6 x 8  inch brown toned silver print.   
Titled with the photographers name in the negative. 
$75.00 

 

 

 

 

Alphonse Daudet. 
French Novelist (1840-1897).  
3 1/2   x 5 1/4  inch  
silver print real photo postcard
$35.00

 

 

   

Gerhart Hauptmann (1862-1946), 
German Dramatist.  
He wrote many plays for the theater.  
Hauptmann won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1912.   1/2   x 5 1/4  inch  silver print real photo postcard.  
Some silvering around the edges.  
Photographers:  Becker & Mass, Berlin.  
$40.00

 

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Anita Loos (1888-1981). 
Screenwriter & Novelist . 
Vintage. 1930. Slug.  Wide Word Photos.  
8 x 10  inch toned vintage silver print .   
Loos started as a child actress in silent movies.  Her first screenplay was produced in 1912, THE NEW YORK HAT.  she worked on more than 60 silent films.  GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES, 1926 was her first novel.   She  wrote the scripts for SAN FRANCISCO, THE WOMEN, & GIGI.  Loos also wrote for HARPER'S BAZAAR, VANITY FAIR,  & THE NEW YORKER
$250.00

 

 

Richard Mansfield. 
English Writer.  
3 1/2   x 5 1/4  inch  silver print real photo postcard 
 Pach Brothers. (ES)
$24.99

 

 

 

 

 

Marianne Moore. 
American Woman Poet. 
Large Vintage Photograph.  
10 x 13 3/4  inch silver print mounted on a board.   
Photographer's stamp on the back. 
 Identified in ink on the back.  
 Moore also loved baseball
$350.00

 

 

 

 

 

Edmond Rostand 
(1868-1918) 
French Poet & Dramatist.  
3 1/2   x 5 1/4  inch  silver print real photo postcard 
by Henri Manuel.  
Rostand wrote Cyrano De Bergerac (ES)
$60.00

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Yevgeny Yevtushenko 
Russian Poet On Stage.  
Stefan Congrat-Butlar Photographer.
9  x 13 1/2  inch silver print mounted to a board 
$125.00

 

 

 

 

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an  assortment of  19th and 20th century photographs taken  by anonymous and still obscure photographers

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