RR Auction: Rare Manuscript, Document, and Autograph Auction

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