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Eminent French author (1804–1876), born Amantine-Lucile-Aurore Dupin, better known by the masculine pen name she adopted early in her career. An early

Questionnaire, signed at the conclusion, “’First serial right’ to International News Service, G. Bernard Shaw, 25 Jany 1948,” two pages, 8 x 10.25, In

Signed book: The Sign on Rosie’s Door. First edition. NY: Harper and Brothers, 1960. Hardcover, 7 x 9, 47 pages. Signed and inscribed on the half-titl

Crisp vintage fountain pen signature, “John Steinbeck,” on an off-white 3 x 2 card. In fine condition, with a trivial horizontal crease below the sign

DS, ten onionskin pages, 8.5 x 11, June 11, 1963. Agreement between Steinbeck and David Merrick granting him the rights to turn his Viva Zapata screen

AQS on an off-white 6.75 x 4.5 card, signed “Harriet Beecher Stowe, Feb’y 20, 1888.” Stowe pens a religious quote. In full: “A noble Life-Rule—For thi

British inventor and photography pioneer (1800–1877) who introduced the calotype process in 1841; he was also active in politics, serving as a member

Famed and highly influential French poet (1844–1896). Though he produced such lasting classics as Poèmes saturniens and Romances sans paroles, ...

Bengali poet, playwright, philosopher, and author (1861–1941) who became the first non-European to win a Nobel Prize (Literature) in 1913. Ink signatu

ALS in French, signed “H. T. Lautrec,” one page, 4.5 x 7, Bordeaux, no date, but July 1900. Lautrec writes to the famous actor and director Andr...