RR Auction: August 2016 Fine Autograph and Artifact Auction

Popular American novelist (1876–1916), best known for such adventure classics as The Call of the Wild, The Sea-Wolf, and White Fang, who drew his writ

Signed book: The Book-Bag. First edition, limited issue, numbered 68/725. Florence: G. Orioli, 1932. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.75 x 9.25, 109 page

Signed book: Treatise on the Gods. First edition, limited issue, numbered 120/375. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1930. Hardcover with wooden slipcase, 6.25 x 9

Signed book: The King’s Henchman. Later printing. NY: Harper and Brothers Publishers, 1928. Hardcover, 5.25 x 7.75, 132 pages. Signed on the title pag

Signed book: Through the Looking–Glass (And What Alice Found There). Pennyroyal Edition. Berkeley, CA: The University of California Press, 1983. Hardc

Signed book: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Pennyroyal Edition. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1982. Hardcover with dust jacket, 8.7

ANS on an off-white 5.25 x 3.25 card, in full: “May God give grace of patience to all those who have blundered into a condition of having their autogr

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

Collection of five books signed by Sandburg, including: a limited edition of Lincoln Collector, numbered 2267/2425, signed on the colophon; a first ed

Signed book: Five Plays. Limited edition. Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library, 1978. Hardcover, 6 x 8.75, 484 pages. Signed on the first free end pa

British author (1893–1957) best known for her series of mysteries featuring fictional detective Lord Peter Wimsey. Fountain pen signature, “Dorothy Sa

Two items by the writers known for their patriotic lyrics: an ALS signed “S. F. Smith,” one page, 5 x 8, November 13, 1893, in part: “Your two letters

AQS on an off-white 4 x 3.25 lightly-lined slip, in full: “A Direction Sure to produce Happiness, Here & Forever. Trust in the Lord, And do Good...

ALS signed “W. M. Thackeray,” one page, 4.5 x 7.25, July 16. Letter to the secretaries of the Literary & Philosophical Institution, Newcastle. I...

Companion of writer Gertrude Stein who wrote about their life together in What Is Remembered (1877–1967). Collection of three ALSs, each one page, dat

Signed book: Sun Moon Star. First edition. NY: Harper & Row, 1980. Hardcover with dust jacket, 9.25 x 12, 64 pages. Signed on the first free end...

Signed book: Mary Poppins from A to Z. First edition. London: Collins, 1963. Hardcover, 6 x 7.75. Signed and inscribed on the first free end page in b

TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, August 26, 1965. Letter to a professor at Olivet College in Michigan. In part (spelling and grammar retained): “Of course, I

Signed book: The Dream. First edition, second issue. London: Jonathan Cape, 1924. Hardcover, 5.25 x 7.75, 320 pages. Signed and inscribed on a free en

ALS signed “T. N.,” two pages, 5.75 x 8.25, February 12, 1970. Lengthy letter to noted author James “the lion” Herlihy, in part: “I’d go crazy if I we

Playbill for a performance of A Streetcar Named Desire at the St. James Theatre in October 1973, 5.5 x 9, vertically signed on the front cover in blue

Twice-signed Chase National Bank check, 6.25 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Williams, “Tennessee Williams, (Special account),” payable to cash for $

TLS, one page, 5.5 x 7.25, January 14, 1975. Letter to Mr. Dennett, in full: “Many thanks for your letter. Much appreciated, as Jeeves would say.” Dou

Signed book: The Age of Anxiety: Symphony No. 2 for Piano and Orchestra. Revised version. NY: G. Schirmer, Inc., 1966. Paperback, 7.5 x 5, 105 pages.

Attractive vintage matte-finish 3.25 x 5.25 photo of Callas as Norma, signed in fountain pen, “Maria Meneghini Callas, 1957.” Matted and framed. In fi

Striking matte-finish 3.25 x 5.25 postcard photo of Caruso as the Duke in Rigoletto, boldly signed in black ink. Handsomely mounted, matted, and frame

ALS, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7, February 3, 1895. Letter to his publisher Novello & Co., in part: “In accordance with your su...

Soviet Armenian composer and conductor (1903–1978) whose oeuvre includes the piano, violin, and cello concertos, as well as the Masquerade Suite and t

Astounding AMQS on both sides of an off-white 4 x 6.25 sheet, signed on the reverse in ink, “F. Liszt, April 58.” Liszt has transcribed bars 287–293,

ALS in French, one page on a 3.5 x 5.5 postcard depicting Westminster Abbey, January 31, 1934. Letter written to Germaine Delaunay, written from Londo

LS in French, two pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.25 x 7, La Floride letterhead, July 29, 1933. Letter declining a proposal for work, citing his decl

LS signed “G. Rossini,” one page, 5.75 x 8.25, January 17, 1841. Letter to the Marquis of Lasmarismas, regarding gourmet food from the House of Rothsc

TLS, one page, 8.25 x 11, personal letterhead, March 17, 1961. Letter to Mr. L. Arnold Weissberger, in part: “Thank you for your letter of March 15, w

Untranslated ALS in Italian, signed “G. Verdi,” one page, 5.25 x 8.25, August 27, 1880. Mounted and matted beside a portrait. In very good to fine con

DS, one page, 8.5 x 11, August 27, 1941. Bartok agrees to extend his contract and confirms it “has been transferred with all its benefits and obligati

Program for a special concert featuring the Czech Quartet held in Prague to honor the one hundredth anniversary of the death of Ludwig von Beethoven,

TLS, one onionskin page, 8.25 x 10.75, Ecoles d’Art Americaines letterhead, October 2, 1974. Letter to Mrs. Barbara Saul Jacobson. In full: “How kind

Italian composer of modernist tendencies (1883–1947) perhaps best known for his retrospective works, ‘Scarlattiana’ and ‘Paganiniani.’ Vintage semi–gl

Untranslated ALS in German, one page both sides, 8.75 x 5.5, personal letterhead, May 12, 1923. In fine condition, with writing showing through from o

Armenian composer (1903-1978) of the spirited ‘Sabre Dance.’ TLS in Cyrillic, one page, 6.5 x 6, no date. Letter to Vasily Pavlovich of the Moscow Mus

Collection of six items signed by classical musicians or composers, including: Ernst Krenek (AMQS), Jan Kubelik (SP), Agnes Huntington (SP), Alexander

Vintage matte-finish 7 x 9 photo of Ormandy with his arms crossed, signed and inscribed in black ink, “To Mrs. Edith Tigert, with my appreciation for

French composer, conductor, and organist (1863–1937) who won the prestigious Prix de Rome in 1882, and was taught by other such masters as Antoine Fra

Italian violinist and composer (1879–1936) who is best remembered for his trilogy of orchestral tone poems Fountains of Rome, Pines of Rome, and Roman

Uncommon 3.5 x 5.5 postcard photo of Strauss by Ursula Richter of Dresden, signed in the lower border in black ink. In fine condition, with a light cr

Blue ink signature and inscription, “To Jean Feldman, Every good wish, George Gershwin, Sept. 2, 1930” on an off-white 7.5 x 7 trimmed sheet of person

Vintage glossy 10.25 x 8 MGM publicity photo of Sinatra and a young Dean Stockwell in the 1945 film Anchors Aweigh, signed in fountain pen by Sinatra.

Vintage 8 x 10 Rush Studio portrait of Cline in a dark dress with a polka-dot collar, signed and inscribed in fountain pen to her cousin Earl Allanson

Amazing ALS signed “Patsy & All,” seven pages, lightly-lined, 4.75 x 8, October 11, 1961. Written from Nashville, Tennessee, a letter to friends...