RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts

TLS signed "Ray," one page, 8.5 x 11, personal letterhead, June 25, 1953. Letter to "Swanie," his agent H. N. Swanson, concernin...

Striking matte-finish 4 x 5.5 portrait of Clemens on an off-white 10.25 x 7 mount, boldly signed and inscribed on the mount with a witty AQS: "...

ALS signed “J. Fenimore Cooper,” one page, 7.75 x 8.5, October 16, 1840. Letter announcing his impending arrival in New York to his publishers, writte

American poet (1930–2001) and the youngest of the inner circle of Beat Generation writers. Scarce pairing of original felt tip sketches by Gregory Cor

ALS signed “Hart,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 8, Cunard Line letterhead, December 9, 1928. Letter to his good friend Samuel Loveman of N

ALS, one page, 4.5 x 7, Gad's Hill Place letterhead, March 3, 1870. Letter to a gentleman, in full: "I should be heartily ashamed of myself...

Hand-addressed and franked black-bordered mailing envelope, 5 x 2.75, addressed by Dickens to a fellow author, "R. H. Horne Esquire, Beaumont C...

American writer (1928–1982) known for his works of science fiction, including The Man in the High Castle, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Ubik,

Influential writer, educator, and civil rights activist (1868–1963) best known as the cofounder of the NAACP. Signed book: The Souls of Black Folk. Li

Noted German philologist (1829–1911) who strove for the unification of German orthography and founded the well-known German language dictionary Duden.

Partly-printed DS, signed “R. Waldo Emerson,” one page, 5.5 x 8, December 19, 1876. Document issued to writer William Leighton, Jr., in full: "...

Rare ALS signed “Wm. Faulkner,” one page, 8.5 x 11, March 16, 1937. Letter to William Stevens at Swarthmore College, in full: "Thank you for yo...

Signed book: Notes on a Horsethief. First edition, limited issue, numbered 764/975. Greenville, MI: The Levee Press, 1950. Hardcover, 6 x 9.5, 71 page

Celebrated French novelist (1821-1880) best known for his classics Madame Bovary, Salammbo, and A Sentimental Education. Lengthy handwritten manuscrip

Unique archive of seventeen items, highlighted by one page of unsigned handwritten notes by Ernest Hemingway. Also includes six typed carbon copy lett

TLS signed “Yours ever, Ian F.,” one page, 8 x 10, Kemsley House letterhead, July 21, 1955. Letter to journalist and spy Antony Terry, in full: &quo...

Important French poet, painter, writer, and critic (1876–1944) who converted from Judaism to Catholicism at age 39. Handwritten manuscript in French b

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...

Signed book: Sometimes a Great Notion. First edition, first printing. NY: The Viking Press, 1964. Hardcover with price-clipped dust jacket, 6 x 8.75,

Handwritten endorsement, signed "F. S. Key," on a partial manuscript DS, one page, 8 x 13, May 18, 1831. Document addressed to John Marbur...

Signed book: To Kill a Mockingbird. 40th Anniversary Edition, first printing (with "1" in the number line). NY: HarperCollins, 1999. Hardc...

ALS signed “Harper,” one page both sides, 5.25 x 7.5, personal monogrammed letterhead, April 1, 2009. Letter to her friend Felice Itzkoff, in full: ...

American poet (1917–1977) considered an important part of the confessional poetry movement. Lowell's hand-corrected draft for the poem "Wai...

French naturalist writer (1850-1893) considered the greatest French author of short stories. Untranslated ALS in French, one page, 4 x 6.5, personal l

French journalist, art critic, travel writer, pamphleteer, novelist, and playwright, who achieved celebrity in Europe and great success among the publ

ANS signed “John and Margaret Marsh,” one page on the reverse of a color 5.5 x 3.5 postcard featuring a 'Double Barreled Cannon,' postmarked...

Romanian-French writer (1876–1933) friendly with the intellectual, literary, and artistic elite of the day including Marcel Proust, Andre Gide, Paul V

Russian writer and translator (1890–1960) whose novel Doctor Zhivago takes a place among the central works of twentieth-century literature. ALS in Fre

Russian writer and translator (1890–1960) whose novel Doctor Zhivago takes a place among the central works of twentieth-century literature. ALS in Cyr

French writer (1871–1922) known for the monumental sixteen-volume In Search of Lost Time, regarded as one of the greatest achievements in world litera

DS, one page, 8.5 x 11, May 5, 1971. Official letter addressed to Kay Nolte Smith, in part: "This letter will constitute the entire understandi...

Bohemian-Austrian poet and novelist (1875–1926) who takes a place among the most highly regarded figures in early modern literature. ALS in French, on

Influential French literary critic (1804–1869). ALS in French, signed "Sainte-Beuve," three pages on two adjoining sheets, 4 x 5.25, May ...

Magnificent handwritten manuscript in French, unsigned, five pages, 8.5 x 11, no date. An interesting collection of handwritten mathematical expressio

ALS in French, signed “G. Sand,” one page, 5.25 x 8, May 17, 1868. Letter to her old friend and fellow writer Gustave Flaubert, referencing the immine

ALS in French, signed at the head of the first page, “J. P. Sartre,” six pages both sides, 6 x 7.75, annotated July 21, 1937. Lengthy untranslated let

German poet, critic, philologist, and scholar (1772–1829). ALS in French, signed “Schlegel, professeur de Cologne,” one page, 5 x 7.25, November 23,

Signed book: Where the Wild Things Are. First edition, with "Library of Congress catalog card number: 63-21253" on title page. NY: Harper ...

Handwritten manuscript in French by Sartre, unsigned, one page, 8.25 x 10.5, no date. Fragment of a manuscript relative to commitment, in part (transl

ALS signed “Gertrude,” four pages on two sheets, 8 x 10.5, April 30. Letter to Maurice, in part: "I am awfully sad that I had to return the pro...

Questionnaire, signed at the conclusion, “’First serial right’ to International News Service, G. Bernard Shaw, 25 Jany 1948,” three pages on two sheet

TLS signed “G. B. S.,” one page, 8 x 10, personal letterhead, July 5, 1938. Letter to Sir Almoth Wright at St. Mary's Hospital, in full: "Y...

ALS, one page, 8.5 x 11, personal letterhead, February 2, 1965. Letter to editor and artist Byron Dobell, in full: "Thank you for your invitati...

ALS signed “Father,” three pages on two sheets, 7.75 x 13, no date. Letter to his son Thom, in part: "I will not go into the difficulty of writ...

Signed book: Of Mice and Men. Later printing. Stockholm: Zephyr Books, 1945. Softcover with dust jacket, 4.75 x 7.25, 186 pages. Signed on the half-ti

Splendid ALS, three pages, 5.25 x 7, January 6, 1953. Written from the "Boat House" in Laugharne, a letter to British author and editor Er...

Highly influential Russian author (1818–1883) whose 1862 novel Fathers and Sons remains one of the pillars of nineteenth-century literature. ALS in Ge

ALS in French, one page, 4 x 5.25, February 20, 1892. Letter about the translation of his Voyages Extraordinaires, in full (translated): "An un...

ALS in French, signed “V,” one page, 4.25 x 6.5, no date. An intimate and charming letter to his close friend the Count d'Argental, in full (tra...

Magnificent matte-finish 7.5 x 9.75 mounted portrait of Wilde in a near-profile close-up pose, signed in ink, "with best wishes from Oscar Wild...