RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts

English poet, translator, and novelist (1895–1985). ALS, one page, 8 x 13, February 14, 1927. Letter to fellow poet Henry Newbolt. In part: “Do you pr

Ink signature, “Herman Hesse,” below a preprinted German birthday greeting on an off-white 5.75 x 4 stationery card. In very good to fine condition, w

AQS on an off-white 6 x 8 sheet, signed, “Oliver Wendell Holmes, Boston, Dec. 18th 1888.” Holmes pens the final stanza from his poem ‘The Boys,’ in fu

Contemporary manuscript copy of Victor Hugo’s birth certificate, in French, one page, 8.25 x 10.75, February 27, 1802. Document headed (translated),...

ALS in French, one page, 5.25 x 8.25, January 16, 1961. Untranslated letter to Bernard Baker. In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing e

Two items: a glossy 5 x 7 publicity photo of his book Sailor Song, signed and inscribed in white and orange ink, “For Matt, from Kesey”; and a review

Signed book: Kesey’s Garage Sale. First edition, first printing. NY: Viking Press, 1973. Hardcover with dust jacket, 9 x 11, 238 pages. Signed on the

Book: Carrie. First edition, first printing. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1974. Hardcover with dust jacket ($5.95 price on front flap, “P6” on last pag

Yellow bookplate, 4.25 x 2.75, signed in black ink by King. Also includes a 1989 hardcover with slipcase copy of My Pretty Pony. In fine condition.

Valentine’s Day card from 2010, showing a small furry puppy on the front, measuring 11 x 8 open, signed inside below a printed sentiment in black ink,

Satin-finish 8 x 10 close-up photo of Lee, signed in black ink. In fine condition.

Central Bank of Oakland check, 6.5 x 2.75, filled out and signed by London, payable to California Electrical Works for $300, stamp-dated April 1, 1907

Exceptional vintage matte-finish 6 x 9 soft-focus portrait of Maugham by Pirie MacDonald of New York, affixed to its original 10.75 x 13.75 studio mou

Signed book: Death of a Salesman. Collector’s edition. Norwalk, Connecticut: Easton Press, 2002. Leatherbound hardcover, 6 x 9, 142 pages. Signed on t

Irish playwright (1880-1964) best known for such working-class dramas as The Plough and the Stars and Juno and the Paycock. Scarce vintage semi-glossy

Pulitzer Prize–winning American writer (1890–1980) best known for such enduring stories as ‘The Jilting of Granny Weatherall’ and the novel Ship of Fo

Handwritten notes, unsigned, one page both sides, 5 x 8.5, no date. A sheet of notes written by Pound containing contact information for his various b

Union Trust Company check, 6.25 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Pyle, “Ernest T. Pyle,” payable to Theo J. Morgan for $55, January 2, 1931. Pyle adds

Souvenir typescript headed “One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich,” one page, 8.5 x 11, signed at the bottom in blue ballpoint by Solzhenitsyn, with

Two items: an ink signature, “that you will believe me, always yours, A. Tennyson,” on an off-white 3.75 x 1.75 slip clipped from the close of a lette