RR Auction: Literary Rarities

ALS in English, signed “Volt,” one page, 5.25 x 7.25, no date but circa early 1740s. Letter to Prault, a printer and bookseller. In full: “I have rece

Desirable 4.25 x 5.75 cabinet photo of Hugo sitting in a chair, his right hand within his vest, the left resting on his head in a wonderfully contempl

Very early ALS in French, signed “Victor M. Hugo,” one page both sides, 5 x 8, October 16, 1822. Letter to a French official. In full (translated): ...

LS in French, one page, 8.5 x 13.5, July 22, 1870. Hugo’s open letter entitled “To the Women of Guernsey,” written from his home at Hauteville House o

ALS in French, signed “de Balzac,” one page, 3.5 x 4.5, September 12, no year but likely circa 1832. Letter to Jules Mabit, written from Aix-les-Bains

ALS in French, signed “Dumas,” six pages, 8.25 x 10.5, no date but circa 1861–1864. A ‘letter to the editor’ intended for publication in La Lombardia,

ALS in French, three pages, 5.25 x 8.5, December 7, 1882. Letter offering his thoughts on a piece by a female writer. In full (translated): "I ...

ALS in French, one page on a 4.5 x 2.75 card, May 1894. In full (translated): “Here then are some lines in answer to your letter. The only link which

Rare fountain pen signature and inscription, “A Monsieur Georges Felix Marchand, Affectueux souvenir, Marcel Proust,” on a toned 4.25 x 7 sheet bound

Rare ALS in French, signed “Marcel,” eight pages two sets of adjoining sheets, 5.5 x 7, no date but identified in his collected letters as August 11,