The phrase "autograph letter" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a letter that has been signed by the author, often indicating its authenticity or personal touch.
Example: "The collector was thrilled to receive an autograph letter from the famous author, complete with a personal message."
Alternatives: "signed letter" or "handwritten letter".
The Library owns 1400 Dickens autograph letters, the largest American collection of manuscripts, checkbooks, original drawings & engravings for Dickens books.
There are enough autograph letters (none of them perfunctory) to give an interested visitor a long and happy day's reading.
Throughout much of his life Roosevelt bought ship models, nautical prints and paintings, scrimshaw, relics, naval documents, autograph letters and books on naval and maritime subjects.
The New Yorker, November 5, 1960 P. 43 Talk story about the current show at the Pierpont Morgan Library, "Autograph Letters and Documents of the Presidents of the United States".
PRINCETON "A Republic in the Wilderness: Treasures of American History From Jamestown to Appomattox," featuring some of Princeton's holdings of American historical manuscripts, autograph letters, rare books, maps, broadsides, prints, photographs and other original materials.
Thomas Venning, a specialist in autograph letters and manuscripts at Christie's in London, noted that the current record for a manuscript at auction is the $31 million paid for a Leonardo codex in 1994.
PRINCETON Princeton University Library A Republicc in the Wilderness: Treasures of American History From Jamestown to Appomattox," featuring some of Princeton's holdings of American historical manuscripts, autograph letters, rare books, maps, broadsides, prints, photographs and other original materials.
By Geoffrey T. Hellman The New Yorker, November 5, 1960 P. 43 Talk story about the current show at the Pierpont Morgan Library, "Autograph Letters and Documents of the Presidents of the United States".
Seventy-five works are signed; many others are undisputed attributions; 40 autograph letters and many other documents relating to his life survive, not to mention a personal account book for the years 1538-54, with diarylike details of his life and thoughts.
Not to be scanted, either, is the impressive library of first editions at Bauman Rare Books of New York, which includes a 1926 copy of "Winnie the Pooh," inscribed by A. A. Milne to his wife, Dorothy, and the smashing display of autograph letters and photographs at the Kenneth W. Rendell Gallery of New York, whose subjects range from Charles Lindbergh to Eleanor Roosevelt to the Beatles.
