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Tag Archives: Gary Romeo
Rediscovered: Is It Doc’s John Hancock? Is It the Suicide Car?
After Brian Leno’s stunning eBay coup of a signed — and seemingly previously unseen — photograph of Dr. Isaac Howard, people (you know people) are getting in on the action. Some think the signature is authentic. Some feel it can’t … Continue reading
Posted in News, REH
Tagged Autographs, Brian Leno, Doc Howard, Gary Romeo, L. Sprague de Camp, Rob Roehm, The Cimmerian, Vera Baker
Hammett: At the Commodore
Gary Romeo, perhaps best known in recent years as a staunch booster of L. Sprague de Camp, pops in some history, illustrated: “About 15 years ago I went to the Harry Ransom Center and scanned a bunch of de Camp … Continue reading
Posted in Dash
Tagged 4th American Writers Congress, Autographs, Commodore Hotel, Gary Romeo, Harry Ransom Center, L. Sprague de Camp
