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ALS signed “W. S. Maugham,” one page, 5 x 8.25, Villa Mauresque letterhead, January 17. Letter of thanks to a woman. In part: “Thank you very kindly f

Popular and influential American author and journalist (1880–1956) best known for his satirical pieces that took aim at contemporary American society.

Signed book: The American Language. Later printing. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1936. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 769 pages. Signed and inscribed

French dramatist, historian, archaeologist, and short story writer (1803–1870); one of his stories was the basis of the opera Carmen. Original ink ske

ALS, one page both sides, 5 x 6.75, Cotchford Farm letterhead, 1949. Letter to a gentleman. In part: “Not only do you know all about films, but you ar

ALS signed “Gene O’Neill,” one page, 8.5 x 11, Peaked Hill Bar letterhead, September 13, 1922. Letter to Jeanie Begg. In full: “This in much haste to

TLS, one page, 8.25 x 11, March 24, 1927. From Bermuda, O’Neill writes to a woman at the Chicago Tuberculosis Institute. In full: “I have written a pl

British author and illustrator (1866–1943) whose Edwardian-era tales of naughty rabbits, ‘bad’ mice, and other amusingly mischievous animals take a pl

Original vintage signed ink sketch of a jumping horse on an off-white 3.75 x 2.75 card. In fine condition, with some mild scattered soiling.

ALS in French, signed “Rodin,” one page, 3.5 x 3, no date, but postmarked October 22, 1899. Letter to American painter John Alexander. In full (transl