RR Auction: Rare Manuscript, Document, and Autograph Auction

Collection of approximately 100 items, including signatures, bookplates, trimmed book pages, letters, typescripts, and a few other formats, with some

Rare and bold ink signature, “M. B., M. Desnoyer, Reponse, Balzac,” on an off-white 5.25 x 4 sheet affixed to a slightly larger card. In very good con

Two original mimeograph brad-bound scripts for the motion picture Jungle Girl, loosely based on the Burroughs novel of the same title, an Estimating S

Influential nineteenth-century French writer (1821–1867) best known for his highly imaginative and experimental verse, including the seminal 1857 coll

DS, one page, 7.5 x 10.25, May 16, 1946. Agreement between Chandler and Paramount Pictures for him to render services “in connection with an assignmen

Nice ink signature, “Truly yours, Mark Twain, June 24/07,” on an off-white card. Matted and framed with two portraits of the author to an overall size

Outstanding original 4.25 x 6.5 cabinet photo of a young Clemens seated in a chair by Rogers and Nelson of London, signed in the lower border in black

First National Bank of Hartford bank check, 7.75 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Clemens, “Samuel L. Clemens,” payable to Hartford Dramatic Society f

Ink signature, “Truly yours, S. L. Clemens, Mark Twain, Oct. 1900,” on an off-white 7.5 x 4.5 album page. Moderate overall toning and some chipping to

Anne Louise Germaine de Stael-Holstein (1766–1817), known as Madame de Stael, was a Swiss author who lived in Paris among various other locations abro

Hand-addressed and initialed mailing envelope, 4.5 x 2.5, addressed by Dickens to “Mrs. Lockey, Prospect Villas, Forest Hill, 5,” and ornately initial

Ink signature, “Charles Dickens,” on an off-white 2.5 x 1.25 slip, also signed below by one of his editors, “W. H. Wills.” Handsomely double-matted an

Distinguished French novelist (1802–1870) of such historical classics as The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, and The Man in the Iron Mask

ALS signed “A. Conan Doyle,” one page, 5.25 x 3.5, personal letterhead, no date but circa 1920s. Letter concerning a publication. In part: “I will not

ANS signed “R. W. Emerson,” one page, 4.75 x 3.75, December 27, no year. In full: “Will Dr. Ross give Mr. Thoreau Chevalier’s notes on the United Stat

Rare ALS in French, signed “Gv. Flaubert,” one page, 5.25 x 8.25, no date but circa early 1870s. Letter to his friend the Baroness Adele Lepic. In par

ALS signed “R. W. Emerson,” one page, 3.5 x 5.25, May 29, 1873. Letter to Fields. In full: “Judge Kent is my old classmate so you must excuse me that

Matte-finish 4 x 6.5 photo, signed in the lower border in black ink. In fine condition, with lightly filled-in vertical edges, and some tape remnants

ALS in French, one page, 8.25 x 10.5, no date. Untranslated letter to French journalist Andre Parinaud, asking for more time to write an article and e

Rare LS in German, signed “J. W. v. Goethe,” one page, 6.5 x 4.5, September 2, 1822. An order directed to the Hoffman book store. Goethe requests twel