Rare Letters and Holographic Documents Books Rare & Antiquarian Books

[Autograph Letter, Signed, About Joan of Arc] by Clemens, Samuel L

30 Wellington Ct., Albert Gate, London, 1900. 3 1/4 pages. on four panels of a folded octavo sheet of letterhead. A few minor finger smudges, folded for mailing (with careful repair to break at one fold) otherwise very good or better. To Canon [Basil] Wi...

From William Reese Company - Literature ABAA-ILAB

$4,750.00

[AUTOGRAPH POSTCARD, SIGNED WITH INITIALS] by Whitman, Walt

Camden [NJ]. One page, on verso of penny postcard (7.5 x 13 cm), ca. 50 words, in ink, addressed by Whitman on the verso. Small spot on right edge, touching slightly a couple of letters, otherwise very good. Addressed to [William] Sloane Kennedy, early o...

From William Reese Company - Literature ABAA-ILAB

$4,750.00

Signed Copy of His Commissioned Report on the 1934 Textile Industry Crisis by ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN D

ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN D. (1882-1945). Thirty-second president of the United States. Twice signed typescript. ("F.D.R"). 38pp. 4to. (10½" x 7½"). N.p., September 17, 1934. Roosevelt's personal bound copy of the "Report of the Board of Inquiry For The Cotto...

From Lion Heart Autographs Inc

$4,500.00

Autograph letter signed "H. Berlioz," possibly to Georges Hainl, conductor of the Paris Opéra by BERLIOZ, Hector 1803-1869

2 pp. of a bifolium. Octavo. Dated ca. late October 1864-1865. In French (with translation). An important letter in which Berlioz includes information for the first playbill of a projected concert performance of excerpts from his grand opera, Les Troye...

From J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians LLC

$4,620.00

[One page autograph letter signed.] by [Manuscript - ALS]; Rombauer, Irma

St Louis. MO, 1940. One page autographed letter signed, from Irma Rombauer, author of The Joy of Cooking, and a major figure in the history of American cooking. Addressed to Louise [Diallo],The last name was supplied by the seller and is not indicated on...

From Rabelais - Fine Books on Food & Drink

$4,000.00

[Autograph Letter, Signed ("SL Clemens") to Virginia Frazer Boyle] by Clemens, Samuel L

Ampersand, NY, 1901. Two pages, in ink, on two small quarto lettersheets. Old folds from mailing, with clean breaks at margins at folds, otherwise very good. With the original envelope, addressed in his hand. Clemens writes appreciatively of a gift, or a...

From William Reese Company - Literature ABAA-ILAB

$3,950.00

[Autograph Letter, Signed ("SL Clemens"), to Richard Watson Gilder] by Clemens, Samuel L

Hartford, 1887. Two pages, in ink, on two panels of folded quarto lettersheet. Folded for mailing, a few smudges, otherwise very good. To "My Dear Gilder," in the recipient's role as editor of CENTURY MAGAZINE: "Do you want a powerful readable short arti...

From William Reese Company - Literature ABAA-ILAB

$3,850.00

Autograph letter signed "G. Verdi" to his accountant Luigi Peragallo by VERDI, Giuseppe 1813-1901

2 pp. Octavo. Dated Busseto, July 16, 1880. In French (with translation). Verdi thanks Peragallo for depositing 30,000 francs on his behalf; if he should travel to Paris next winter, he would not need to take money with him. He goes on to mention his op...

From J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians LLC

$4,180.00

[Autograph Letter, Signed ("Mark"), to James R. Osgood] by Clemens, Samuel L

Hartford, 1875. One page, in ink, on octavo ruled lettersheet. Folded for mailing, else very good or better. To James R. Osgood, then principal of James R. Osgood & Company, and later publisher of THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER, and other titles by Clemens an...

From William Reese Company - Literature ABAA-ILAB

$3,750.00

Printed letter, signed in ink, to the Governor of New York (DeWitt Clinton), dated February 16th, 1826. by H. Johnson

No Binding. Very Good. Printed letter, signed in ink, from H. Johnson, Governor of Louisiana, to the Governor of New York (DeWitt Clinton), dated February 16th, 1826, stating that the state of Louisiana rejects Ohio's plan for the gradual emancipation of...

From George Robert Minkoff, Inc.

$3,750.00

Autograph letter signed to an unidentified male recipient by STRAUSS, Richard 1864-1949

2 pp. of a bifolium. Octavo. Dated Garmisch, July 20, [19]08. On lined paper. In French (with translation). An important letter in which Strauss discusses the forthcoming Dresden, Berlin, and Monte Carlo premières of his opera, Elektra. "... Tell [R...

From J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians LLC

$3,960.00

THE BOOK OF SER MARCO POLO THE VENETIAN, CONCERNING THE KINGDOMS AND MARVELS OF THE EAST. by YULE, Colonel Henry C.B. and Rustichello da Pisa. WITH SIGNED 5 PAGE LETTER.:

London, John Murray, 1875.. SECOND EDITION 1875, With the Addition of New Matter and Many New Illustrations. FIVE PAGE INK HAND WRITTEN LETTER SIGNED BY YULE to COLONEL (LEWIS) PELLY author of "Journal of a Journey from Persia to India through Herat and ...

From Roger Middleton

£2,500.00

[Original Autograph Letter, Signed ("Father"), to His Daughter, Jean Clemens] by Clemens, Samuel L

Redding, CT, 1908. Two pages, in ink, on two panels of a folded small octavo sheet of letterhead. Ca 125 words. Folded for mailing, else very good, with envelope. A somewhat dispirited and loving letter from Clemens to his youngest daughter, Jean (1880 -...

From William Reese Company - Literature ABAA-ILAB

$3,500.00

Autograph Letter Signed ("Julia Child"), to Mrs. Fairbanks by Child, Julia

Paris, 1953. One and one half page pen and ink letter (26.5 x 21.5 cm.) on single sheet of pale blue Paul Cushing Child stationery, with ink date stamp ("May 18 1953"), addressed, "USIS. 5 Place de Rome, Marseille (B du Rh)". ~ An early letter from Julia...

From Rabelais - Fine Books on Food & Drink

$3,500.00

The Cicadas [West's Copy of Huxley's Book, with Notes] by (WEST, Nathanael). HUXLEY, Aldous

London: Chatto & Windus. 1931. Nathanael West's copy of Huxley's collection of poetry, with West's holograph notes on five of the front and rear endpages. Approximately 250 words, mostly quotes of other writers -- Huxley, Gray, Shakespeare; some light, bu...

From Ken Lopez Bookseller, ABAA

$3,500.00