RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts

Two items: a DS, 8.5 x 14, two pages, December 4, 1963, a popular songwriter's contract between Hollis Music, Inc., and Silverstein relating to ...

Bengali poet, playwright, philosopher, and author (1861–1941) who became the first non-European to win a Nobel Prize (Literature) in 1913. Rare ALS in

Signed book: Exodus. First edition. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1958. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6 x 8.5, 626 pages. Signed on the half-title page in

ALS, one page, 6.5 x 7.5, November 6, 1945. In full: "Here enclosed are the corrected final proofs of my book of poems Deaths & Entrances. ...

Neatly penned partial autograph document in French, signed "Voltaire," one page, 6.5 x 8, January 5, 1761. The untranslated document appea...

ALS in French, signed “V,” one page both sides, 7 x 9, no date but circa 1753–1754. Letter to Francois-Louis Defresney, director of the post in Strasb

Famed and highly influential French poet (1844–1896) who penned Poèmes saturniens and Romances sans paroles; likewise remembered for his tumult...

Author and lexicographer (1758-1843) who published the first comprehensive dictionary of American English. ALS signed “N. Webster,” one page, 8 x 9.75

Signed book: Cat's Cradle. First edition. NY: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1963. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.5, 233 pages. Signed on the...

Signed book: Twelve Poems by Edith Wharton. Limited edition, numbered 125/130. London: Medici Society, 1926. Hardcover, 6.5 x 9.5, 51 pages. Boldly si

Physician and Pulitzer Prize-winning writer (1883–1963) whose innovative verse made him one of the most influential figures in 20th century American l

American poet and writer of fantasy and science fiction (1937–1995). Signed book: The Doors of His Face, The Lamps of His Mouth, and Other Stories. Fi

Boldly penned ALS in French, two pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 8, July 9, 1901. Letter to the French poet Saint-Georges de Bouhélier, conc...

Signed book: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. Limited edition, one of 50 copies specially bound by Paul Belard in red morocco ...

Signed book: Witness and Celebrate. First edition, limited issue, numbered 34/100. Northridge, CA: Lord John Press, 2000. Clothbound hardcover, 8.25 x

Unsigned book: Naked Lunch. First edition, first printing. NY: Grove Press, 1959. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.5 x 8.25, 255 pages. Book condition: V

Writer and advocate of phrenology (1788–1858) who founded the influential Edinburgh Phrenological Society. ALS signed “Geo Combe,” one page, 5 x 8, Se

Glossy 8 x 10 photo of Dahl working in his office, seated in a large armchair with a custom desktop, signed in the lower border in red felt tip, &qu...

ALS, one page, 5.5 x 9, December 5, 1972. Ginsberg writes on the reverse side of a letter addressed to him by a college student who is "sickene...

Two photos: a color 10 x 8 photo of Jodie Foster's image from the Silence of the Lambs movie poster, signed below in blue felt tip by Harris; an...

ALS signed “Oliver Wendell Holmes,” one page, 4.25 x 7, 296 Beacon Street letterhead, October 23, 1883. In full: "Please accept my thanks for y...

Pulp and science-fiction author (1911-1986) who became a lightning rod for controversy as the founder of the Church of Scientology. TLS signed “Ron,”

Two books: a copy of Pet Semetary, published by Doubleday & Company in 1983, hardcover with dust jacket, signed and inscribed on the title page ...

Ink signature, "Henry W. Longfellow, 1880," on an off-white 4.5 x 2.25 slip affixed inside a vintage leather-bound 6.75 x 4 autograph book...

American writer (1822–1908) who usually wrote under the pseudonym Ik Marvel, best known for his 1850 novel of rural life, Reveries of a Bachelor. Matt

British-Canadian poet and writer (1874-1958) known for his vivid descriptions of the Yukon territory during the Klondike gold rush. TLS, one page, 8.2

Swiss author (born 1935) whose works posit claims about extraterrestrial influences on early human culture, including the best-selling Chariots of the

American cartoonist (born 1930) best known for his drawings for The New Yorker. Signed book: Everybody’s Favorite Duck. First edition, first printing.

Unsigned book: The Day of the Triffids. First American edition. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1951. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.5 x 8, 222 pages. Book

Hungarian violinist, conductor, and composer (1845–1930) who was renowned as a violin teacher; among his top students were Jascha Heifetz, Nathan Mils

German composer (1838-1920) who wrote over 200 works, including staples of the violin repertoire. Scarce AMQS on an off-white 7.25 x 4.5 sheet, signed

Important Austrian composer (1824–1896) whose symphonies are considered emblematic of the final stage of Austro-German Romanticism. Rare ALS in German

Pair of untranslated ALSs in Italian on individual 5.5 x 3.5 postcards, one dated October 24, 1904, and the other postmarked November 18, 1904. In ove

Fantastic original self-portrait sketch by Caruso, showing himself in profile, accomplished in ink on an off-white 7.5 x 5.75 sheet, signed in the low

Italian composer (1797-1848) known as a leading composer of the bel canto opera style. Untranslated ALS in French, signed “Donizetti,” one page, 5.25

French composer of over thirty operas, best known for La Juive (1799-1862). Lengthy AMQS on an off-white 11.75 x 8.75 musically lined sheet, signed at

Unusual dual AMQS on an off-white 7.5 x 5.75 sheet, signed and dated twice, "R. Leoncavallo, Brissago 18 Sept. 1908," and "R. Leoncav...

Rare AMQS on an off-white 10 x 6.5 musically lined sheet, signed and inscribed in French in black ink, "F. Liszt, A Madame Henriette Fuchs—affe...

Vintage matte-finish 3.75 x 5.25 head-and-shoulders portrait of Puccini, signed and inscribed in fountain pen in Italian, "Giacomo Puccini, New...

Soviet composer (1906–1975) whose fifteen symphonies occupy a place of central performance in the orchestral literature of the twentieth century. Outs

ALS in German, one page, 5.25 x 8.5, October 23, no year. Untranslated letter to "Herr Fritzsche," presumably his publisher, to whom he re...

Appealing AQS on an off-white 4.25 x 7 sheet, signed at the conclusion in ink, "S. F. Smith, Written in 1832, May 24, 1895." Smith neatly ...

Innovative jazz alto saxophonist, flautist, and bass clarinetist (1928–1965) who died suddenly at the age of 36 from a diabetic coma. Vintage ballpoin

Vintage glossy 8 x 10 publicity photo of Fitzgerald in a tender close-up pose, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, "To 'Buck,' you...

DS, signed “Miss Billie Holiday,” one page, 8.25 x 11, September 28, 1950. Tom Kelley Studios consent document for the Schmidt Lithography Company. In

Influential jazz bassist and composer (1922–1979) whose complex, innovative works meld elements of jazz, classical, and gospel. Vintage ballpoint sign

Idiosyncratic pianist, composer, and arranger (1917–1982) who takes a place among the most innovative and influential figures of modern jazz. Vintage

Astounding collection of over 80 signatures of legendary jazz musicians, each signing in ink on individual off-white 4.75 x 3.25 sheets, with musician

DS, four pages, 8.5 x 13, May 8, 1953. Memorandum of agreement between Lars Schmidt of Gothenburg and Cole Porter, Guy Bolton, P. G. Wodehouse, Howard

AMQS on an off-white 5.25 x 3 sheet, signed below in black ink, "John Philip Sousa, 1901," who pens four bars of music from an unidentifie...