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Ink signature, “Truly yours, Mark Twain,” on an off-white 3.75 x 2 card. Card is affixed to a slightly larger off-white slip. In fine condition, with

Original unsigned personal calling card bearing Dickens’s name and Gad’s Hill Place address, 2.75 x 1.75, with Dickens adding his current address in b

ALS signed “J. Fenimore Cooper,” one page, 7.75 x 9.75, January 22, 1841. Letter to Boston publisher George Roberts. In part: “I cannot help you to a

Partial self-contained ANS signed “Faithfully yours, Charles Dickens,” one page, 4 x 2, no date. Last paragraph of a longer letter which reads, in par

Ink signature, “Yours very truly, Arthur Conan Doyle,” on an off-white 4.5 x 1 slip; and an ink signature, “Yours sincerely, Jerome K. Jerome,” on a 3

ALS signed “A. Conan Doyle,” one page, 4.5 x 7, Windlesham letterhead, no date but a notation at bottom indicates letter was received on August 17, 19

African-American poet (1872–1906), known for his colorful use of language and dialect, who died of tuberculosis at the age of 33. Scarce vintage ink s

Signed book: Complete Poems of Robert Frost. First edition. NY: Henry Holt and Company, 1949. Hardcover, 5.5 x 8.5, 666 pages. Signed and inscribed un

Ink signature, “Nath’l Hawthorne, Surveyor,” on an off-white 4 x 1.75 lightly-lined slip. In fine condition.

ANS signed “J. W. Howe,” one page trimmed to a size of 4 x 2, no date. Howe writes, in full: “I did not write ‘Hail Columbia.’ I did write the ‘Battle

ALS in French, one page, 5 x 7.75, September 27, 1869. Letter to a gentleman. In part (translated): “I do regret that you left Guernesey without me be

ALS in French, one page, 4.25 x 5.5, no date. Untranslated letter to a gentleman. Reverse of second integral page is addressed in Hugo’s hand. In very

Original vintage 4.25 x 6.5 three-quarter length cabinet photo of the spectacled and heavily whiskered playwright sternly eyeing the camera by Joseph

Vintage ballpoint signature, “Jack Kerouac (Whee!),” on an off-white 5.5 x 1.5 card, bearing a notation below, “and family,” in another hand. Nicely d

ALS, one page both sides, 4.25 x 3.5, Somerset Club, Boston letterhead, September 16, 1889. Letter to “Mrs. DeForest,” likely the wife of artist and f

ALS, one page, 3.75 x 6, Bateman’s Burwash letterhead, October 16, 1906. Letter to a gentleman marked at the top, “Private.” In part: “I felt that as

Austrian artist and sometime writer (1877–1959), a member of the Blaue Reiter group, best known for his expressionistic illustrations for works by Poe

Distinguished vintage matte-finish 5.5 x 7.5 portrait of Kipling in profile, affixed to its original 9.25 x 12.5 J. Russell photographer’s mount, sign

ALS, one page, 4.5 x 7, November 30, 1926. Letter written from Florence to Edgell Rickword. In full: “Thanks for the Cunninghame Grahame book—I'...

AQS on an off-white 7 x 4.25 sheet, signed in black ink, “Henry W. Longfellow, Nov. 16, 1879.” Longfellow pens a the final stanza of ‘A Psalm of Life.

Signed book: A Writer’s Notebook. Limited edition of 1000 copies (this being No. 793). NY: Doubleday, 1949. Hardcover with slipcase, 6.5 x 9.5, 367 pa

French naturalist writer (1850–1893), considered the greatest French author of short stories. ALS in French, signed “Maupassant,” one page, 4.5 x 7, n

Noted English painter and illustrator (1829–1896). ALS, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7, June 5, 1861. Letter to Alfred Lord Tennyson. In

Signed book: More Very Young Songs. First edition, limited issue numbered 95/100. London: Methuen & Co., Ltd., 1928. Hardcover, 10.25 x 13, 40 p...

Signed book: Gone With the Wind. First edition. NY: Macmillan Company, 1936. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6 x 9, 1037 pages. Signed on the first free e

Signed book: Lazarus Laughed. Limited edition of 775 copies (this being number 484). NY: Boni and Liveright, 1927. Hardcover, 6 x 9.25, 179 pages. Sig

Pulitzer Prize–winning American writer (1890–1980) best known for such enduring stories as ‘The Jilting of Granny Weatherall’ and the novel Ship of Fo

ALS in French, written from his castle “Mas Notre Dame de Vie” at Mougins in the Alpes Maritimes, in the South of France. Picasso writes “Mas N. d. de

Writer best remembered as the lyricist of the song, ‘Maryland, My Maryland.’ AQS, one page on an 8.5 x 11 sheet, The Augusta Chronicle letterhead, Aug

Writer (1839–1908) best remembered as the lyricist of the song, ‘Maryland, My Maryland.’ ALS, one page, lightly-lined, 5 x 8, October 21, 1895. Letter

Signed book: Norman Rockwell: Illustrator. First edition. NY: Watson-Guptill Publications, 1946. Hardcover with dust jacket, 9 x 12, 208 pages. Signed

ALS, one page, 8.75 x 7, Endion letterhead, no date. Letter written to Burdick. In full: “It’s getting near...killing time—mighty near—when am I going

Seminal and highly lauded French sculptor (1840–1917) whose works, including the iconic ‘The Kiss’ and ‘The Thinker,’ earned him a place among the mos

Influential English art critic and writer (1819–1900). ALS signed “J. Ruskin,” one page, 4.5 x 5.5, no date. In part: “The drawing (re-enclosed) is th

Austrian writer and journalist (1836–1895) from whose name the word masochism is derived. Vintage 4.25 x 6.5 cabinet photo of Sacher-Masoch as a child

Receipt for a purchase of two books at the Dartmouth Bookstore in Hanover, NH, on November 11, 2001, 2.75 x 7.5, signed in black ballpoint, “J. Saling

Austrian writer (1862–1931) best known for his sexually charged plays and stories. His 1926 novella Traumnovelle served as the basis for Eyes Wide Shu

Hand-addressed and -signed envelope, 6.5 x 3.5, postmarked April 24, 1977, addressed by Salinger to “Mr. and Mrs. Frederick E. Wagner, The Hermitage F

German poet, philosopher, and playwright (1759–1805) who had a productive relationship with Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Very rare ADS in German, signe

ALS signed “Walter Scott,” one page, 4.5 x 7, November 20, no year. Letter to a gentleman regarding a card sent to him. In part: “Daylight is very sca

Irish-born playwright and poet (1751–1816) who was the long-term owner of the London Theatre Royal. ALS signed “R. B. Sheridan,” one page, 4.5 x 7.25,

Nobel Prize–winning Irish dramatist and critic (1856–1950) who takes a place among the most distinguished and influential literary figures of his time

Boston-born Baptist minister and academic (1808–1895) best known as the lyricist of ‘America’ (‘My Country, ’Tis of Thee’), written while he was a stu

ADS one page, 7.5 x 4.5, December 6, 1890. Pay order reads, in full: “Please pay Henry fifty dollars currency. $50.00,” and signed “Robert Louis Steve

Important Swedish novelist and playwright (1849–1912) who takes a place among the most influential figures in the development of modern theater. ALS i

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

Very rare ALS in French, signed “Henry de T. L.,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7, no date (but 1879). Letter to his little cousin and god

Two color lithos of their works displayed at the Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, each 21 x 35, one of Jack Nicklaus signed in pencil by LeR

French artist (1876–1958) and a member of the Fauvists, his work is typically marked by bold colors and eccentric brushwork. Vintage glossy 6.25 x 8.7

Fascinating ALS, one page both sides, 7 x 9, personal letterhead, October 4, 1928. Wells writes to Mr. Dickinson. In part: “I am greatly obliged to yo