Original Manuscripts
Manuscripts are handwritten documents, often letters or drafts of literature. Because of their unique quality and being inherently one-of-a-kind, manuscripts can be quite valuable and collectible. Handwritten drafts of book chapters, poems, or other works of art are very hard to find and provide tremendous insight into the thinking and expression of the author, and it can be fascinating to examine the differences in content between the original manuscript and the final, finished product. One notable example of a found manuscript that sparked controversy is the original manuscript of the Big Book, otherwise known as the the basic literature for Alcoholics Anonymous. The found manuscript included a lot more precise language about the role of God in recovery, and much of that content was edited or removed for the final version. While not all original manuscripts differ in content as the Big Book, it is clear that many original manuscripts are so valuable.
Autograph Manuscript, Signed: "Does No One but Me at All Ever Feel This Way in the Least?
by Frost, Robert
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- Used
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Boston, Massachusetts
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A$16,978.54A$17.00 shipping to USA
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[Autograph Manuscript, re: His Reflections on Economic and Political Matters]
by Shaw, George Bernard
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- Used
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New Haven, Connecticut
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A$6,216.40A$8.00 shipping to USA
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The Battle of Leyte Gulf - A Gathering of Original Combat Despatches and Various Original Ephemera From History's Greatest Naval Battle.
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- Hardcover
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- Used
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- Hardcover
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San Anselmo, California
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A$13,209.85A$6.50 shipping to USA
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Pierre-Jean de Béranger: Chansons Original Handwritten Working Manuscript
by Béranger, Pierre-Jean de
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- very good
- Hardcover
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- Used - Very Good
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- Hardcover
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Nashville, Tennessee
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A$18,649.20A$4.99 shipping to USA
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Forty-six fine watercolours elegantly bound in a nineteenth-century album
by NOVELLI, Francesco
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- first
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- Used
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Sydney, New South Wales
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A$57,750.00A$19.50 shipping to USA
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Album d'Articles de Voyages d'après les Modèles de Messieurs Godillot Père et Fils, Brèvetès Malletiers du Roi
by GODILLOT
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- first
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- Used
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- First Edition
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Sydney, New South Wales
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A$12,500.00A$19.50 shipping to USA
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A student's manuscript of mathematical problems from A Treatise on Plane and Spherical Trigonometry as well as Andrew MacKay's The Theory and Practice of Finding the Longitude at Sea or Land.
by Bonnycastle, John
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- very good
- Hardcover
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- Used - Very Good
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- Hardcover
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Moray, United Kingdom
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A$2,351.88A$27.00 shipping to USA
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Reality Jew
by levy, d a.
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- Used
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Ardsley, New York
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A$3,108.20A$5.00 shipping to USA
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Ensemble complet des archives du Chevalier de Sade
by SADE Louis, Chevalier de
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- Fine
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- Used - Fine
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Paris, France
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A$173,973.15A$20.00 shipping to USA
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Manuscrit autographe de Boris Vian intitulé ""Conseil de révision (des opinions)"" à propos de Paul Anka : « Paul Anka est un garçon de vingt ans qui écrit ses chansons et qui les chante. »
by VIAN Boris & (ANKA Paul)
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- Fine
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- first
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- Used - Fine
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Paris, France
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A$3,866.07A$20.00 shipping to USA
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Manuscrit illustré de dessins originaux et composé de deux parties ""La Porcelaine de Chine"" et ""Le Bronze chinois""
by ANONYME
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- Fine
- Hardcover
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- first
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- Used - Fine
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- Hardcover
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Paris, France
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A$4,832.59A$20.00 shipping to USA
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Index to library (= gilt title to front cover): American Manuscript Library Catalogue
by C. Lawrence Lavretta
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- Used
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Tuebingen, Germany
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A$2,437.31A$20.00 shipping to USA
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Designs and specifications for Shingle-Sydes; Litchfield County, Connecticut: The home and studio of Connecticut illustrator, poet, and architect, William Walworth Stilson, (1874-1962)
by William Walworth Stilson
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- Used
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Tuebingen, Germany
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A$7,564.05A$20.00 shipping to USA
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Album with 13 original wash-colour drawings with views in Rome.: Manuscript
by Uggeri, Angelo (artist).
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Tuebingen, Germany
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A$15,128.10A$20.00 shipping to USA
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Serbian medieval manuscripts - 18 ornaments: Artistic reproduction of the 18 most beauiful Serbian medieval manuscripts
by Svetislav Strala
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- Hardcover
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- Used - Very Good+
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- Self-published
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- Hardcover
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Providence, Seychelles
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A$8,547.55FREE shipping to USA