RR Auction: Fine Autographs & Artifacts

Sought-after ink signature, “Friday Twelfth May, 1865, Faithfully yours, Charles Dickens,” on a light blue 4.5 x 2.5 slip clipped from a sheet of his

Signed book: These 13. First edition, limited issue, numbered 98/299. NY: Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, 1931. Hardcover, 6 x 8.5, 358 pages. C...

Signed book: This Side of Paradise. Later printing. NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1920. Hardcover, 5.25 x 7.75, 305 pages. Signed and inscribed o...

ALS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, November 17, no year. Letter to “Miss Blue.” In full: “My wife and I are very sorry we can’t wriggle out of a previous eng

DS, one page both sides, 8.5 x 11, June 11, 1937. Contract between Hammett and MGM in which he agrees to “give, grant, bargain, sell, assign, transfer

Collection of three items in Hawthorne’s hand, including: an ink signature, “Nath’l Hawthorne,” on an off-white slip clipped from a check; a handwritt

Signed book: A Farewell to Arms. Volume 4935 of the Collection of British and American Authors series. Liepzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, no date. Hardcover

Short story writer born William Sydney Porter (1862–1910) known for his use of the surprise ending. ALS signed “Sydney Porter,” two pages on two adjoi

ALS in German, signed “H. Hesse,” one page, 5.75 x 8.25, Bremgarten Castle letterhead, July 1943. Untranslated letter to his friend, the lecturer Geor

Revered Norwegian playwright and poet (1828–1906) whose works, including A Doll’s House and Hedda Gabler, made him one of the seminal figures of moder

ALS in German, one page, 7 x 4.5, August 20, 1894. Letter to the German author Julius Elias, urging German impresarios to use only translations author

Desirable triple-signed personal check, 6.25 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Kerouac, payable to “Jack Kerouac” for $75, October 28, 1958. Also endor

Extraordinary pair of ALSs, each one page, 8.25 x 10.5, dated 1918–1919. The first, November 1, 1918, in part: “As I have been so long absent from Ire

Autograph manuscript in Greek, signed “N. Kazantzakis,” eleven pages, 6.75 x 13.75, no date but circa 1940s. A complete draft of the famous ‘Hoplopoii

Signed book: The Day After Superman Died. First edition, limited issue, numbered 184/300. Northridge: Lord John Press, 1980. Hardcover, 6.25 x 9.5, 48

Autograph check, 7.75 x 3.75, filled out entirely in Key’s hand and signed, “F. S. Key,” payable to Mr. N. Hickman for $26, December 4, 1839. In very

Signed book: Sea and Sussex. First edition, limited issue, numbered 47/150. NY: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1926. Hardcover, 9.25 x 11.25, 95 pag...

Austrian writer and journalist (1874–1936) best known for his satire. Ink signature in German (translated), “Many thanks and best wishes, Karl Kraus,

Signed book: The Story of Doctor Manente. First edition, limited issue, numbered 181/200. Florence: G. Orioli, 1929. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6 x 8

ALS, one page, 8.5 x 11, April 23, 1902. Letter to Paul Lemperly, in full: “Thank you very much for the clipping. I had not seen it.” In fine conditio

Signed book: Death of a Salesman. Limited illustrated edition, numbered 106/500. NY: Viking Press, 1981. Hardcover with slipcase, 5.75 x 8.5, 139 page

ALS signed “Margaret Mitchell Marsh,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 4 x 5, April 13, 1936. Letter to Miss Martha Angley. In part: “I'm gla...

Signed book: Southern Treasury of Life and Literature. Authors edition. NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1937. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.25 x 9,...

Two TLSs to John W. Draper, an English professor at West Virginia University: one signed “Margaret Mitchell Marsh,” one page, 7.25 x 11, personal lett

Signed book: After Such Pleasures. Limited first edition, numbered 186/250. NY: Viking Press, 1933. Hardcover, 5.5 x 8.75, 232 pages. Signed on the co

American photographer, musician, writer and film director (1912–2006) who is best known for his Life Magazine photographic essays and for directing th

Blue ballpoint signature, “Mario Puzo,” on a 4 x 2.75 bookplate. In fine condition. Accompanied by a first edition, first printing hardcover copy of T

Signed book: Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal. First edition, first printing. NY: New American Library, 1966. Hardcover, 5.75 x 8.5, 309 pages. Signed on

American author and poet (1849–1916) best known for writing in ‘Hoosier’ dialect and for his children’s poems. Uncommon 6.75 x 9.75 imperial cabinet p

Exceptional archive of approximately sixty autograph and typed letters, most signed “Sean,” ranging in date from 1933-1952. Letters are to MacDonald E

Rare AMS, five pages, 7.75 x 10.a5, December 14, 1894. A full autograph copy of Randall’s Civil War Anthem, “My Maryland!” In part: “I hear the distan

ALS in French, one page, 5.25 x 8.25, September 20, 1938. Untranslated letter to the German writer and journalist Heinz Stroh in Prague, who had sent

ALS in French, one page, 5.25 x 7.75, blindstamped monogrammed letterhead, June 16, 1856. Letter to a fellow author, in full (translated): “I don’t wa

Scarce ANS in French, signed “J. P. Sartre,” one page, 8.25 x 10.5, no date. A note dashed off to his lover, Michelle Vian. In full (translated): “Her

Unusually long AQS on an off-white 5.75 x 12 sheet, signed at the conclusion, “S. F. Smith.” Smith pens the four original verses of ‘America’ in their

TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, August 25, 1987. Letter to writer and political activist Elie Wiesel, in full: “No, I cannot accept your idea in your letter

Personal calling card imprinted with Turgenev’s name and address in Baden-Baden, Germany, 3.25 x 2, bearing a brief unsigned note in German in his own

Signed book: Slaughterhouse-Five. First edition, later printing. NY: Delacorte Press, 1969. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.5, 186 pages. Signed

Fantastic handwritten manuscript, unsigned, one page both sides, 7.5 x 9.5, no date but circa 1854. A page from Thoreau’s draft for his ‘Moonlight’ le

ALS in French, one page, 4.5 x 7.5, no date but a docketing notation to the reverse indicates the letter was received at Ferney on August 4, 1764. A t

TLS signed “H. G.,” one page, 7 x 4.5, personal letterhead, March 14, 1944. Letter to British official Ronald Storrs. In full: “I’m just pulling out o

National State Bank of Camden check, 6.25 x 2.5, filled out and signed by Whitman, “Walt Whitman,” payable for “Seventy Dollars,” August 27, 1887. A t

Iconic 4 x 5.5 albumen portrait of Whitman originally taken in September 1872 in Brooklyn by photographer G. Frank Pearsall, nicely signed at the bott

Vintage sepia matte-finish 7.75 x 11 head-and-shoulders portrait of Thornton, signed and inscribed in the lower right in fountain pen, “For Lee Keedic

Collection of four hardcover books signed on the title page in ballpoint or ink by Auden, who crosses out his printed name on each, including: a first

Collection of eleven signatures on slips and cards of various sizes, including: Harriet Beecher Stowe, Willa Cather, Carl Sandburg, Pearl S. Buck, Ogd

Collection of twelve hardcover books, all but one are first editions, each signed by the respective author, including: Martha Keller (2), Joan Rivers

Signed book: Just Above My Head. First edition, limited issue, numbered 186/500. NY: The Dial Press, 1979. Hardcover with slipcase, 6.5 x 9.5, 597 pag

Austrian novelist, playwright, and poet (1931–1989) considered to be one of the most important German-speaking authors of the postwar era. ANS in Germ

Ballpoint signature, “P. Boulle,” on an off-white 4 x 2.75 bookplate. In fine condition. Accompanied by a first edition hardcover copy of his best-kno