RR Auction: August 2016 Fine Autograph and Artifact Auction

Signed book: The Collected Poetry of W. H. Auden. Fifth printing. NY: Random House, 1945. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6 x 8.5, 466 pages. Signed on th

Collection of seven books, each signed on an opening page by the author. Signers are: Rex Beach (Going Home), signed and inscribed, “To Mr. Mark Fende

Group of seven items signed by notable authors and poets, consisting mostly of TQSs signed in various ink types. Signers include: Allen Ginsberg (sign

Collection of five checks signed by different authors, including: Tennessee Williams, Dorothy Heyward, Henry Miller, Alex Haley, and Zane Grey. In ove

Collection of seven checks signed by notable authors, including: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Jack London, Zane Grey (4), and Manfred B. Lee (who wrote under

Collection of six checks signed by authors, including: Tennessee Williams, Louis Bromfield, and Zane Grey (4). In overall fine condition.

Two items: an AQS on an off-white 4.25 x 4.75 clipped sheet, reading, in full: “Our spiritual eyes are only open’d when we try to see spiritual things

ALS in French, one page, 5.5 x 4.25, April 12, 1960. Letter to “Alain,” possibly Alain Bosquet, requesting copies of a book. In very fine condition.

Belgian-born American author and illustrator (1898–1962) best known for his now-classic series of Madeleine children’s books. Signed book: The Donkey

DS, two pages, 8.5 x 14, February 18, 1971. Contract between American Broadcasting Company and Bradbury in which the latter agrees to sell, transfer,

Two ALSs, each signed “W. C. Bryant,” one page, dated 1854 and 1870. The first, in part: “It is our intention to leave New York by the eight o’clock t

Signed book: God’s Little Acre. Later printing. NY: The Modern Library, 1933. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5 x 7.25, 303 pages. Signed and inscribed on

Signed book: The Grass Harp. Third printing. NY: Random House, 1951. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.5 x 8.25, 181 pages. Signed on the first free end p

Convicted murderer and author of Papillon (1906–1973), an account of his time in a penal colony in French Guiana, later turned into a film starring St

Ballpoint signature, “Agatha Christie,” on an off-white 5 x 3 card. Christie adds on the reverse, “Purely a mistake! No mystery.” In fine condition. A

Untranslated ALS in French, signed at the conclusion and within the text, “Jean Cocteau,” one page, 5.25 x 8.25, July 17, 1952. In fine condition. An

Versatile French writer and artist (1889–1963) whose spectrum of work included novels, poems, plays, illustrations, films, and set designs. Signed boo

British author (1824–1889) regarded as the first British detective story writer. Ink signature, “Wilkie Collins, New York, October 1873,” at the top o

Otsego County Bank check, 6 x 2, filled out and signed by Cooper, “J. Fenimore Cooper,” payable to Self for $10, September 4, 1843. In fine condition.

Signed book in German: Gedichte . Ebenhausen: Langewiesche-Brandt, 1958. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.25 x 8.25, 76 pages. Signed and inscribe