RR Auction: August 2016 Fine Autograph and Artifact Auction

Ernest Hemingway’s personally-owned and -worn baseball cap, given to his longtime friend and biographer A. E. Hotchner during a fishing trip on the Pi

LS in French, one page, 8.5 x 13.5, July 22, 1870. Hugo’s open letter entitled “To the Women of Guernsey,” written from his home at Hauteville House o

Signed book: The Weary Blues. Later printing. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1939. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.25 x 7.75, 109 pages. Signed and inscribed on t

ALS, one page both sides, 8.5 x 11, January 4, 1920. Written from Palazzo Ferraro in Capri, a letter to New York publisher B. W. Huebsch, in full: “To

ALS signed “T. E. Shaw,” one page, 5.5 x 8, no date. Interesting letter on one of his works. In full: “‘Revolt in the Desert’ is not a book, on its ow

Choice ALS signed “H. Melville,” one page, 5 x 8, December 4, 1857. Letter to a gentleman written from Boston. In full: “Your note is received and in

Rare pearl-finish 7.75 x 9.5 portrait of O’Casey smoking a pipe, signed in fountain pen, “Yours sincerely, Sean O’Casey.” In very good to fine conditi

ALS, one page, 5.25 x 7, personal letterhead, August 27, 1960. Letter to Frank M. Flack, in part: “Plays are written for enjoyment—not for study. For

ALS in French, one page both sides, 6.25 x 8.25, June 26, 1926. Letter to publisher Gaston Gallimard, telling him that he has received “the 7 volumes

Signed book: The Making of Americans. Second printing. NY: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1934. Hardcover, 5.5 x 8.25, 416 pages. Neatly signed on the f

Signed book: East of Eden. First edition, limited issue of 1500. NY: Viking Press, 1952. Hardcover, 6.25 x 9.25, 602 pages. Signed on the colophon in

ALS, one page, 8 x 12.5, no date but circa mid-1940s. Letter to an admirer, apparently about his 1945 novel Cannery Row. In full: “Thanks very much fo

ALS, one page both sides, 5.25 x 7, personal Oxford letterhead, September 4, 1968. Letter to Mary Fairburn, an artist who sent him paintings of severa

ALS in French, one page, 4.25 x 5.25, August 2, 1903. Letter to his nephew Andre. In part (translated): "I received your two articles on Pasteu...

ALS in French, signed “V,” one page, 4.5 x 7.25, May 4, [1755]. Letter to his friend Francois-Louis Defresney, written from his home Les Delices in Ge

LS in French, signed “Voltaire,” one page both sides, 6.75 x 9, April 12, 1754. Letter to Jesuit priest Joseph de Menoux. In full (translated): &quo...

Extremely rare Midland Bank Limited check, 5.5 x 3, filled out and signed by Woolf, payable to The Principal Brighton Technical College for £sd...

Influential American writer (1900–1938) known for his poetic autobiographical fiction, best remembered for the 1929 novel Look Homeward, Angel. TLS si

Massachusetts author (1832–1899) best remembered for young adult novels characterized by ‘rags-to-riches’ narratives, such as the Ragged Dick, Luck an

TLS signed “Isaac,” one page on the reverse of 5.5 x 3.25 government postcard, April 28, 1967. Letter to Maggie Rose, in full: “Forgive postcard, plea