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ALS signed “Byron,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 7.25 x 9, August 7, 1811. Extensive, unpublished letter to his friend James Wedderburn Webster

TLS in French, one page both sides, 8.25 x 10.5, Librairie Gallimard letterhead, November 12, 1953. Letter to Nancy MacDonald, chairman of Spanish Ref

Two untranslated letters both in German: ALS, one page both sides, 7 x 9, December 11, 1963, to Eva-Maria Demisch head of the arts section of the Fran

Signed book: In Cold Blood. Limited first edition, first printing of 500 copies (this being No. 11). NY: Random House, 1965. Hardcover with slipcase,

TLS, one page both sides, 4.75 x 7, Winterbrook House letterhead, November 19, 1971. Letter to an admirer. In part, “I know how maddening this changin

Crystal-clear vintage matte-finish 4 x 5.75 portrait of Clemens seated at his desk and holding a cigar, signed in the upper right in fountain pen, “Ma

Ink signature, “Yrs truly, S. L. Clemens, Mark Twain, Feb. 1878,” on an off-white 4.75 x 1.75 slip. In fine condition, with a small tear to right edge

ALS signed “Sam’l L. Clemens,” one page, lightly-lined both sides, 5 x 7.75, October 26, 1870. Letter to Dr. Cardener. In full: “How men do lose their

Boldly penned ALS in French, one page, 8.25 x 10.5, August 19, 1960. In this untranslated letter, Cocteau writes to Jacques Lepage, editor of a litera

Signed book: Essays of Michel de Montaigne. Limited edition of 1000 copies (this being No. 605). NY: Doubleday, 1974. Hardcover with slipcase, 7 x 9.7

Signed book: Dali: A Study of his Art-in-Jewels. Limited edition of 100 copies (this being No. 97). Greenwich, Connecticut: New York Graphic Society,

Scarce ALS in French, signed “de Bc,” one page, 4 x 5.25, August 31, [1848]. Letter to Paul Guerville at the “Theatre Historique.” In part (translated

ALS in French, signed “Degas,” one page on a 5 x 3 telegraph postcard, no date but postmarked March 6, 1900. Brief letter to Madame Milan. In full (tr

ALS signed “A. Conan Doyle,” one page, 5 x 8, personal letterhead, February 18, 1916. Letter to Mrs. Anley. In full: “I lecture on Loos at H. Majesty’

Ink signature, “A. Conan Doyle,” on an off-white 3.75 x 3 card. In fine condition, with mild toning to the left half.

ALS signed “Wilmot,” one page, 4.5 x 7, black-bordered Gad’s Hill Place letterhead, December 5, 1863. Letter to Peter Cunningham. In part: “I am delig

Exquisite ALS signed “C. L. Dodgson,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7, April 8, 1892. Letter to Thomas Gibson Bowles, founder and editor o

ALS in French, signed “G. Eiffel,” one page, 5.25 x 8, personal letterhead, December 5, 1894. Letter to Monsieur Picard, “Commissaire generale de l’Ex

Influential black writer, educator, and civil rights activist (1868–1963) best known as the co-founder of the NAACP and author of The Souls of Black F

AQS in German on an off-white 8.25 x 10.5 sheet, signed in cursive and in print at the conclusion, “Max Ernst (Max Ernst).” Ernst quotes from his poem