MARY ROBERTS RINEHART. Signed Card. Mystery writer. "America's Agatha Christie"

ORIGINAL!DARVICK COANO RESERVEFREE SHIPPING with tracking within USA New York sales tax is added to all purchases by residents of New York based on the New York address of the buyer.NOT A COPY OR REPRINTINCLUDES CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITYDon't miss any of my eBay Auctions!Make darvickautographs a "Favorite Seller"MARY ROBERTS RINEHART(1876-1958)Novelist and playwright Mary Roberts Rinehart, best known for her mystery stories, has been called the "American Agatha Christie," although her first mystery novel was published 12 years before Christie's first novel in 1920.Mary Roberts Rinehart's first story appeared in Munsey’s Magazine in 1903. The Circular Staircase (1908), her first book and first mystery, was an immediate success, and the following year The Man in Lower Ten , which had been serialized earlier, reinforced her popular success. Thereafter she wrote steadily, averaging about a book a year. A long series of comic tales about the redoubtable “Tish” (Letitia Carberry) appeared as serials in the Saturday Evening Post over a number of years and as a series of novels beginning with The Amazing Adventures of Letitia Carberry (1911).Rinehart served as a war correspondent during World War I and later described her experiences in several books, notably Kings, Queens and Pawns (1915). She produced as well a number of romances and nine plays. Most of the plays were written in collaboration with Avery Hopwood; her greatest successes were Seven Days , produced in New York in 1909, and The Bat , derived from The Circular Staircase and produced in 1920.She remained best known, however, as a writer of mysteries, and the growing popularity of that genre after World War II led to frequent republication of her works. Her most memorable tales combined murder, love, ingenuity, and humor in a style that was distinctly her own. Her autobiography, My Story , appeared in 1931 and was revised in 1948. At Rinehart’s death her books had sold more than 10 million copies.Card Signed“Mary Roberts Rinehart ”beneath typed (by her or by her office):"(Mrs.) Mary Roberts Rinehart910 Fifth Avenue, New York 21, N.Y.September 29, 1956."5 inches by 3 inchesmounting remnants on verso attop corners, no show-throughFor those who use 3rd party authenticators:Guaranteed to receive full certificationif submitted to JSA or PSA/DNA at buyer's expenseIn 2011, Herman Darvick appeared on the “1775 Almanac”episode of PBS's History Detectives as the “handwriting expert”If you go to /opb/historydetectives/investigation/1775-almanac , you can see the entire "1775 Almanac" episodeI was the handwriting expert contacted in the "1775 Almanac" episode on the PBS series "History Detectives" which was televised on Tuesday, September 6, 2011. I was asked to identify the writer of the notes handwritten on the pages of the almanac, notes that recorded, among other events, the Battles of Lexington, Concord, and Bunker Hill.The unknown owner of the almanac had used it as a diary. Filmed in the Library of Congress, I compared the writing in the almanac with a signed letter handwritten in 1779. --- Herman DarvickINTERNATIONAL BIDDERS WELCOME!representative international comments (including 46 different countries):Transaction without problem.From Italy, September 12, 2018superb signed piece excellent buy from a top sellerfrom Wales, U.K., September 10, 2018I have received the shipment. I am very satisfied. Thank you very much.from Hong Kong, August 14, 2018Always the best service provided - Highly Recommended!from Australia, August 9, 2018Perfect item, well packaged and very quick delivery from USA Recommended. A+++++ from England, U.K., July 18, 2018Fantastic signed photo, excellent buy from a ... read more