RR Auction: Fine Autograph and Artifact Auction Featuring Presidents

Irish poet (1904–1972) who was the British Poet Laureate from 1968 until his death. Handwritten poem by Cecil Day-Lewis entitled "Where are the...

English poet, short story writer and novelist (1873–1956) who is best remembered for his works for children, the poem The Listeners, and for subtle ps

Massachusetts poet who is perhaps best known for her poem entitled 'A Name in the Sand.' Scarce handwritten poem by Hannah Flagg Gould entit...

Four lines of verse by esteemed writer and poet Bret Harte, penned in purple ink on an off-white 5.5 x 8.25 sheet. The poem, in full: "And on t...

ALS signed “O. W. Holmes,” two pages both sides, 4.5 x 7, January 15, 1864. In part: "When I wrote 'To Canaan' I sent it to Fields, who...

Handsome 7.5 x 9.5 print of John Elliott's 1901 chalk portrait of Howe, signed below in black ink, "Julia Ward Howe, March. 1902." Mou...

Signed book: The World According to Garp. First edition, first printing. NY: E. P. Dutton, 1978. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.75 x 9.5, 437 pages. Si

ALS signed “W. Irving,” one page, 4.5 x 6.75, February 21, 1820. Letter to Thomas S. Norgate, in full: "I am preparing for an excursion into th...

American essayist, novelist, and friend of Mark Twain (1829–1900). AMS signed "Chas. Dudley Warner," five pages, 5.5 x 9, comprising his e...

American novelist (1921–1977) who won the 1952 National Book Award for his first published novel, From Here to Eternity. Two items signed by Jones: a

ALS signed “Harper,” one page both sides, 5.25 x 7.5, personal letterhead, March 28, 2009. Letter to her friend Felice Itzkoff, in full: "You &...

TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, May 5, 1941. Letter to Atwood H. Townsend, chairman of the Committee on College Reading at New York University. In full: &q...

Bank of Hawaii check, 6.5 x 2.75, filled out and signed by London, payable to Hawaiian Gazette Co. for $1.00, June 25, 1915. Encapsulated in a plastic

ALS in German, one page both sides, 8.5 x 10.5, personal letterhead, July 9, 1936. Letter to a fellow doctor, in part (translated): "The desire...

TLS in German, one page, 8.5 x 11, November 7, 1954. Letter to Alice K. Orlan, in part (translated): "Obviously, you have read The Deceived in ...

Typed poem by John Masefield entitled in his own hand, "Seaman's Prayer," one page, 8 x 10.25, signed at the conclusion by Masefield. ...

Two TQSs, signed "W. Somerset Maugham," on individual off-white sheets. In the first, he comments on "Modern Poets," in full: &q...

Souvenir typescript, one page, 8.5 x 11, signed at the bottom in fountain pen, "W. Somerset Maugham." An excerpt from A Writer's Noteb...

American author of frequent bestsellers (1907–1997) best known for Tales of the South Pacific, Hawaii, The Drifters, The Fires of Spring, Alaska, and

Signed book: The French Connection. First edition. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1969. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.5, 309 pages. Signed

ALS signed “Sean,” one page both sides of a light blue 7.75 x 9.5 aerogramme, September 10, 1956. Letter to Mr. Jo Young at the Kansas State Teachers

Signed book: The Emperor Jones. First edition, limited issue, numbered 614/775. NY: Boni & Liveright, 1928. Hardcover, 7.75 x 10.25, 90 pages. S...

First issue of The American Spectator: A Literary Newspaper from November 1932, four pages, 17.5 x 22.5, signed in fountain pen by its five editors an

Four lines of verse penned by James Whitcomb Riley on an off-white 6 x 3 sheet, signed and dated below, "J. W. Riley, New York, Nov. 26, —1887—...

AQS on a vellum 7 x 9 sheet, signed at the conclusion, "Edwin Arlington Robinson, July 1, 1930." Robinson quotes from his Pulitzer Prize–w...

TLS, one page, 8.5 x 5.5, The Chicago Daily News, Editorial Rooms letterhead, January 14, 1922. Letter to poet and Smith College professor Grace Hazar

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

Signed book: The Bat-Poet. Later printing. New York and London: Macmillan, 1964. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.25, 43 pages. Signed on the first

Color 18.5 x 24 poster featuring a Wild Thing made for the tenth anniversary of the New York Book Fair in 1988, signed and inscribed in blue felt tip,

Signed book: Where the Wild Things Are. 25th Anniversary Edition. NY: HarperCollins, 1984. Hardcover with dust jacket, 10.25 x 9.25. Signed on the hal

Christmas card apparently originally sent by the Dumas family featuring a printed Christmas tree scene, 7.25 x 3.5, signed at the top in black ballpoi

Uncommon handwritten poem by Edith Sitwell entitled "A Young Girl's Song," one page both sides, 8 x 13, signed in the upper right corn...

American author (1896–1972) remembered for her classic 1943 novel A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. AQS on an off-white 5 x 5.5 album page, signed below in bl

ALS, one page, 8.5 x 10.5, March 20, 1954. Letter to Harry Ford of Alfred A. Knopf Publishers, in part: "I'm distressed to be so late in wr...

Handwritten poem by John Greenleaf Whittier on an off-white 4 x 3 sheet, signed and dated at the conclusion, "John G. Whittier, 12th 6 Jne, 186...

Unsigned first edition book: These Happy Golden Years. First edition. NY: Harper & Brothers, 1943. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.25, 299 ...

ALS, one page on a 3.5 x 5.5 photo postcard depicting the El Castillo pyramid at Chichen Itza, March 11, [no year]. Letter to critic and arts theorist

Colophon from the 1929 limited edition of The Bridge of San Luis Rey, one page, 8 x 11, signed in fountain pen by author Thornton Wilder and illustrat

Souvenir typescript from the production notes for The Glass Menagerie, one page, 8.25 x 8.75, signed at the conclusion in blue ballpoint by Williams.

Composer (1910–1981) whose Adagio for Strings is widely considered a masterpiece of modern classical music. AMQS on a beige 5.25 x 3.25 gilt-edged car

ALS in French, one page, 4.5 x 7, December 3, 1836. In full (translated): "I am enclosing herewith, sir, the ticket for a box seat with my sinc...

Noted Romanian composer, violinist, pianist, conductor, and teacher (1881–1955). AMQS on an off-white 5 x 3.25 card, signed and dated below in fountai

French composer (1818–1893) best remembered for his composition of 'Ave Maria.' Desirable handwritten musical manuscript in pencil, one page...

Armenian-American composer (1911–2000) who ranks among the most prolific of the 20th century. Fantastic full-page AMQS on an off-white 7.75 x 10.5 mus

Very appealing AMQS on an off-white 10.5 x 6 sheet, signed below in fountain pen, "P. Mascagni, Chicago 21 Decemb. 1902," who pens four ba...

French composer (1819–1880) best known for his popular stage works, most notably Orpheus in the Underworld (including the famous 'Can-Can') ...

Wonderful AMQS on an off-white 5.75 x 3.5 Italian autograph postcard, signed below in fountain pen, "Giacomo Puccini, 1917," who adds four...

Exceptional vintage pearl-finish 7.25 x 9.25 portrait of Rachmaninoff by the Kubey–Rembrandt Studios of Philadelphia, signed and inscribed in white in

Program for an "International Celebrity Subscription Concert" presented by Harold Holt in the 1937–38 season, 6.5 x 8.25, signed inside in...

Lovely AMQS on an off-white 7.25 x 9 sheet, signed and inscribed in French in black ink, "C. Saint-Saens, Geneva, Juillet 1892," who adds ...