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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

Bank check, 7 x 3, filled out and signed by Dickens, payable to Self for £5.0.0, January 24, 1859. In very good condition, with three vertical ...

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

Well-done 8 x 10 print of an illustrated portrait of Ferber affixed to an 11 x 14 mount, signed on the mount in fountain pen. Some edge tears and chip

Tri-fold program for a dinner in Frost’s honor at the Lotos Club on May 24, 1962, 9 x 12, signed and inscribed in the upper right in black ink, “Rober

Vintage matte-finish 4 x 6.5 photo, boldly signed in the lower border in black ink. In fine condition, with some light mounting remnants to reverse an

Partial ALS signed “E. C. Gaskell,” one page, 4.5 x 3.25, no date. Conclusion of a letter to the wife of British statesman John Bright. In full: “Few

Menu for a banquet at the Prussian Academy of Arts in honor of poet Rudolf Binding’s 70th birthday on August 13, 1937. Numerous prominent German write

DS, signed “Nath’l Hawthorne,” one page both sides, 8.25 x 13, October 22, 1856. Customs document in which John Holmes declares that his ship is carry

Vintage glossy 7 x 5 photo of Hughes posing outdoors, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To Wesley Hartley, Sincerely, Langston Hughes 1957.” In f

Signed book: The Fifth Column and the First Forty-Nine Stories. First edition. NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1938. Hardcover, 6 x 8.5, 597 pages....

Superb vintage matte-finish 11.5 x 9.25 photo of Hemingway posing with a lion he brought down on safari in January of 1934, signed and inscribed in bl

Tri-fold program for his opera entitled The Barrier, 5.5 x 8.5, January 1950, signed and inscribed on the cover in fountain pen, “For Sol—Sincerely, L

Manuscript DS, one page both sides, 8 x 12.5, June 28, 1859. In fine condition, with a few partial separations along folds and some light toning.

Signed book: This Is My Own. First edition. NY: Duell, Sloan, and Pearce, 1940. Hardcover, 6.5 x 9.25, 393 pages. Signed on the half-title page in bla

Signed book: Greenland Journal. Limited first edition of 1000 copies (this being No. 790). NY: Ivan Obelensky, Inc., 1962. Hardcover with slipcase, 6

TLS signed “Jack,” one page, 8.5 x 11, May 24, 1966. Letter to Richard Seaver. In full: “I adjure you, enjoin thee, and entreat youse to send back thi

ALS, one page both sides, 4.25 x 3.25, personal letterhead, May 5, 1911. Letter to Lord Blyth. In part: “Thank you very much indeed for that splendid

Popular Swedish painter and illustrator (1853–1919). ALS in French, three pages, lightly-lined on two adjoining sheets, 4.25 x 6.75, Sundborn, Falen,

ALS, four pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7, December 18, 1913. Lawrence writes to “Davies,” from Lerici per Frascherino, Golfo della Spezia, Ita

Highly esteemed Spanish poet, playwright, and artist (1898–1936) executed by Nationalist forces during the Spanish Civil War. ALS in Spanish, signed “

Signed book: Main Street. First edition. NY: Harcourt, Brace and Howe, 1920. Hardcover, 5.25 x 7.5, 451 pages. Signed and inscribed on the first free

Major French symbolist poet and critic (1842–1898) whose work anticipated and inspired several revolutionary artistic schools of the early 20th centur

Highly influential, Nobel Prize–winning German novelist and social critic (1875–1955). Signed book: Rede und Antwort. Limited edition of 150 copies (t

Signed book: The Magic Mountain: Volumes I and II. Later printing. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1927. Hardcover, 5.25 x 7.75, 834 total pages pages. Signed in

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

Russian-French painter (1902–1982). Original vintage signed ink sketch of a group of people in various stages of dress and celebrating, with the artis

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: Collected Plays of Eugene O’Neill, Volumes I and II. Limited edition of 1200 copies (this being No. 55). NY: Boni and Liveright, 1924. Ha

ALS signed “Gene O’Neill,” one page, 6.25 x 9.5, Provincetown, Massachusetts, no date. Letter to Jeanie Begg. In full: “Thank you very much for your k

ALS, one page, 6.5 x 7.75, June 22, 1897. Letter to a gentleman. In full: “I have your letter of yesterday and should be glad to design cover, etc. fo

ALS in French, signed “C. Pissarro,” one page both sides, 4.5 x 3.5, no date. Letter to his wife. In full (translated): “As soon as I’ve finished my p

Signed book: For the New Intellectual: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand. Later printing. NY: Random House, 1961. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.5 x 8.5, 242

An exceptional pair of items related to the publication of a collection of sheet music entitled The Peter Rabbit Music Books, comprised of Potter’s au

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

Exquisite matte-finish 8.25 x 10 photographic print of one of Renoir’s paintings of the Seine with a boat on the water, signed in the lower border bla

ANS in French, signed “Renoir,” one page on a 4 x 2.25 card, no date. Note to the art critic for the magazine ‘Comoedia,’ A. Womoth, who had praised h

ANS in Spanish, one page on the reverse of a 4.75 x 3.5 Western Union telegraph slip, February 13, 1935. Untranslated note in which Rivera confirms th

French writer (1866–1944) who won the 1915 Nobel Prize for Literature. ALS in French, one page, 3.25 x 3.75, no date. Brief untranslated letter to a f

French poet (1671–1741) who was accused of writing obscene, defamatory poems and was exiled from France in 1712. ALS in French, signed “Rousseau,” thr

Personal check, 6 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Erwin H. Jache, payable to J. D. Salinger for $281.95, July 15, 1975, endorsed on the reverse by Sa

Distinguished American-born artist (1856–1925) who spent most of his career as an expatriate in Europe. While he painted a variety of subjects in vari

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

Influential, forward-looking Austrian artist (1890–1918) who takes a place among the leading figures of the Expressionist movement of the early 20th c

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

British-born American painter of portraits and historical scenes (1783–1872) such as Washington's Passage of the Delaware. ALS signed “Tho’s Sul...

Signed book: Outside Over There. Later printing. NY: Harper and Row, 1981. Hardcover with dust jacket, 10.25 x 9.25. Signed and inscribed on the first

Original signed felt tip sketch of a green egg from his critically acclaimed Green Eggs and Ham on an off-white 6.5 x 3.75 mailing envelope, signed “D

Vintage matte-finish 3.5 x 5.25 bust portrait of Shaw with a bushy beard, bearing an ANS on the reverse in fountain pen, in full: “Dear Edward Wellen,

ALS signed “G. Bernard Shaw,” one page on a 3.5 x 5.5 postcard, personal letterhead, May 27, 1947. Letter to George B. Brauer, Jr. In part: “I am neit