Literary & Historical Manuscripts

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Clemens, Samuel Langhorne, 1835-1910.
A double-barelled detective story : written mainly in Saranac Lake, NY : autograph manuscript signed "Mark Twain," 1901.
Clemens, Samuel Langhorne, 1835-1910.
Pudd'nhead Wilson : autograph manuscript : Florence, 1893 Mar.
Cummings, E. E. (Edward Estlin), 1894-1962.
Self-portrait [drawing].
David, Jacques Louis, 1748-1825.
Maximilien Robespierre on the day of his execution [drawing].
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
A Christmas carol in prose : being a ghost story of Christmas : autograph manuscript signed, 1843 Dec.
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Our mutual friend : autograph manuscript, 1865 Sept. 2.
Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955.
Grundgedanken und Methoden der Relativitätstheorie in ihrer Entwicklung dargestellt : autograph manuscript signed : [Berlin], [after 1920 Jan. 22].
Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603.
Autograph letter signed : [Hatfield?], to Thomas Seymour, Baron Seymour of Sudeley, Lord Admiral of England, summer of 1548.
Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642.
Astronomical observations by Galileo Galiei, 1611 January 14-25 : autograph manuscript.
Hugo, Adèle, 1830-1915.
Journal de l'exil : autograph manuscript.
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
Autograph letter signed : Aix en Provence, to his daughter Martha, 1787 Mar. 28.
Joyce, James, 1882-1941.
Ulysses : single leaf of typescript (on recto) and manuscript (on verso) : Paris, [1921].
Leonard, Elmore, 1925-2013.
Stick : typescript, [1983?].
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
Autograph notes for political speeches : [Springfield, Ill.?], [ca. 1858 May 18-Aug. 21].
Milton, John, 1608-1674.
Paradise lost : Book I : manuscript, ca. 1665.
Perrault, Charles, 1628-1703.
Contes de ma mère l'Oye : manuscript : [France], 1695.
Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778.
Autograph letter signed : Rome, to Charles Townley, 1772 Aug. 3.
Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849.
Autograph letter signed "Poe" : [New York], to John Augustus Shea, [1845 Feb. 3].
Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849.
Tamerlane : portions of autograph manuscript poem, [1827-1828].
Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744.
An essay on man : autograph manuscript of the first draft of the poem, undated [1730-1731].