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	52 Charles Dickens Autograph letter from Dickens to "Mr Gibson", Dover, Seventh September, 1852. 1p, fold, 18 x 11.5cm. Dickens apologises for not availing himself of (John) Gibson's proposal whilst in Newcastle "and even from answering the note until now - in his first leisure moment". Together with a note dated January 7th 1914 stating the letter's provenance. Charles Dickens (1812-1870), perhaps England's greatest novelist, combined his literary career with a variety of social and theatrical interests.	$1,590
	53 Ernest Hemmingway Autograph letter signed, from Hemingway to Rupert (?),sending Christmas greetings from Idaho, c.1950s. A Unicef greetings card, the note written sideways across the fold, signed "Ernesto", 1p. Mounted together with contemporary deckle-edge photograph of the Hemingways, c.1950s. Hemingway's note, written below a note from Mary Hemingway - "Back to Cuba in Feb" - reads in part: "Have been working here and shooting since October 5th. Book going very well… We are settled here until end February. Things different in Cuba now…" Perhaps Hemingway was working on The Old Man and the Sea (1952), or a short story? Other Hemingway (1899-1961) photographs and ephemera are available at the Gallery.	Two (2) $6,900
	54 Rudyard Kipling R. Mathews, Kipling, c.1920s. Etching, initialled in the plate, inscribed To my friend Howarth, signed and titled in pencil below in the margin, 13.4 x 16.3cm. A portrait of Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936), first English winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature (1907), writing The Jungle Book (published 1894) perhaps.	$390
	55 Henry Lawson Autograph letter signed, from Lawson to Mr Charlton regarding his expenditure of £1, c. 1910. Ink on brown paper, 1p., 14.8 x 24.5cm. Missing bottom left corner affecting one or two letters of ms; insect holes in several places on the ink letters and old folds. Mounted together with: W. Johnson, (Portrait of Henry Lawson), Sydney, 1915. Silver gelatin photograph, carte de visite format, in studio presentation mount, an oval, 5.1 x 3.8cm. Lawson's note explains "This attached to prove to you and Mr Stevens that I did my very best with the quid. 'Jim' 10/-, the landlady 5/-, new lodgings and drink for myself 5/-…" Between 1905 and 1910, Henry Lawson (1867-1922), one of Australia's foremost poets, was regularly in prison for non-payment of maintenance and inebriation, and had to be frequently rescued by his friends from drink and penury. He was the first writer to be honoured with a state funeral. The photo-graph is from the session set up by James R. Tyrrell at Johnson's studio, around the corner from his bookshop, in 1915 (see Tyrrell's book, Old Sydney).	Two (2) $3,800
	56 David Malouf Photograph by Sally McInerney, David Malouf, Sydney University, 1970/1995. Silver gelatin print, titled, dated and signed, 18 x 17cm. David Malouf (1934- ), Australian author, poet, playright, lecturer.	$550
	57 Georges Sand Photograph by Nadar, 1877. Albumen paper print carte de visite, 8.3 x 5cm. Taken at Nadar Studio, 35 Boulevarde de Capucines. The photographic portrait credits of Felix Nadar (1820-1910) also include Bernhardt, Manet, Courbet. Georges Sand (1804-1876), French novelist Amandine Aurore Lucie Dupin, who wrote under a male pseudonym. A femme fatale, she was at the centre of the 1848 European revolutionary movement that gave rise to communism.	$790
	58 Anthony Trollope Photograph by J. Arony, New York, c.1867-8. Albumen paper print carte de visite, 9.5 x 6cm. Anthony Trollope (1815-1882), prolific English novelist, worked for the Post Office for 33 years: one of his achievements was the introduction of the "pillar-box" to post mail - prior to that letters could only be posted at the post office. He travelled widely for the Post Office, including Egypt, West Indies and the U.S.A. He disliked having his picture taken, particularly photographically. "I hate sitting for a photograph". The only portrait he liked was a painting by Samuel Laurence, 1864. This carte de visite was probably taken on a visit to America in 1868. Trollope had a son, Frederick, in Australia, and he visited him in 1871-1872.	$490
	59 Mark Twain Photograph (anon), 1908. Silver gelatin print, 12 x 17cm. Laid down on original dark board. Slightly faded. Taken at the home of Major Gen. W. Weigel, Belmar, New Jersey, August, 1908. Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835-1910), pen name Mark Twain (first used 1863) is considered the greatest humorist of 19th century American literature. His best known novels are "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" (1876) and "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" (1894).	$950
	60 Australian Authors Autographed photograph (anon), (A gathering of Australian Authors), c.1935. Silver gelatin print, published The Sydney Mail, stamp verso, 17.7 x 24.2cm. Autographs include Ethel Turner (1870-1958), Seven Little Australians; Ion Idriess (1889-1979), prolific author of over 50 books including Prospecting for Gold (he was once a gold fossicker), Flynn of the Inland; Dulcie Deamer (1890-1972) Bohemian author, poet and playwright; Marjorie Quinn, J.H. Abbott, Winifred Barnett, Frank Dalby Davidson, and J. Bailie(?).	$1,550